Scots couple married for 50 years die of covid within 12 hours of each other

dementia was left waiting more than 19 hours for an ambulance despite suffering symptoms of a stroke. Frail Joyce Meikle, 82, was unable to lift her leg and became unresponsive in her Rutherglen home after her health deteriorated through the night on Sunday, August 22.

here."He then appeared to speed up, as you can hear in the video. He scared the living daylight out of me, and it was only my experience that kept me on the road."Likewise for my dad.

couple are expecting a baby just six months after meeting on Facebook Marketplace over a super king size bed listing.

Detectives say they remain committed to hunting Caroline Glachan’s killer on the 25th anniversary of the teenager’s death. Five years after reopening the cold case, a dedicated team of officers are continuing to work on catching the 14-year-old’s murderer.

died following a lorry crash in South Ayrshire. We told how police sealed off part of the A77 near Glenapp Castle, Ballantrae following the smash on Tuesday.

married - and then camped out overnight with macaroni cheese to celebrate. Steph Ivers, 30, changed out of her walking gear and into a bridal gown to marry Morgan Price, 31, during howling winds and minus six degree windchill at the top of Beinn Bhreac, Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands.

Aberdeen. The 18-year-old was reportedly assaulted around 12.55am last Tuesday on Bon Accord Street in the Granite City.

NHS crisis. And exactly a week later 67-year-old Helena Walker was kept waiting eight hours for an ambulance before spending another eight hours on a trolley in a hospital corridor after a stroke.

court today that the fatal incident was an accident. Adriana Ciurar, 25, said she had pushed Samoila Stoica when she had a knife in her hand as she was doing washing up in the kitchen.

wedding party. Stephen and Sherree Sutherland were heartbroken after hundreds of pounds went missing from a handbag at the bash in their Bonhill home.

Scots island for almost 40 years have tragically died. We previously told how a breeding pair of the birds of prey had returned to Orkney after an absence of almost four decades.

nudist couple have embarked on a month-long "wedding pilgrimage" - walking 220 miles across Scotland completely naked. Silke Muys, 30 and Kieran Shannon, 28, won’t need much in the way of clothes - except for a sturdy pair of boots - during their adventure from Girvan, South Ayrshire, to the Isle of Skye.

lightning during a walk. Sophie Pass, 33 and her partner Richard, 33, were on a wild swimming trip in the north of Scotland last week when huge thunderstorms broke out.

Paisley, who is due to get married on Sunday, was struck down with the virus after returning from a holiday to Ibiza with friends in July. Just two days after returning home, on July 18, he began to feel unwell before testing positive for the virus two days later following a PCR test.

thieves raided a Scots hairdressers on two separate occasions making off with equipment and hundreds in cash. The Sheer Perfection salon on Alness High Street was broken into around 5.15pm on Friday and then again at around 3.15pm on Monday.

dead in a car in the same town. Officers were called to the property in Kellie Court, Glenrothes shortly before 7am on Monday, August 9.

Get the latest Falkirk news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterThe findings of an investigation into bullying allegations in a hospital’s emergency department were “clearly distressing”, health bosses have said.The review of Forth Valley Royal Hospital’s frontline operations uncovered a culture of bullying and cover-ups as under pressure staff feared raising concerns.At a special meeting of NHS Forth Valley Board its chief executive Cathie Cowan described its findings as a

Bathgate with their two sons, hit the jackpot last Wednesday and won the gobsmacking £5,162,779 total. The supermarket worker and his nurse wife have slogged throughout the pandemic and revealed they 'burst into tears' when they scooped their lottery win.

UK Government must have a plan to roll out coronavirus vaccines to 16 and 17-year-olds following suggestions experts were about to approve the move. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stated that she was "veering towards expecting" the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to outline updated guidance for young people having the coronavirus jab.

Scots company for six years after £2.4 million went missing from their double glazing firm before it went bust. Gary Fieldman, 58, and his wife Hagit, 54, were directors of First For Windows Ltd, which traded as Dalmatian Windows, before it went out of business with the loss of dozens of jobs.