Scots hospitals at breaking point with more Covid patients than at pandemic peak

coronavirus ward has said patients told her they did not believe the virus was real.Senior charge nurse Rosario Walshe leads the team at Ward A31 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, near Falkirk, and said there has been a “huge spike” in cases recently.The 32-bed Covid-19 ward has every bed taken up as hospital referrals have doubled since the first wave.Rosario believes a combination of family gatherings at Christmas, people ignoring guidelines and the rapidly-spreading variant is behind

ambulance crews pizza as they waited for a covid logjam to clear. The paramedics were forced to stack up outside the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary last night, January 28, as patients were processed.

crashed into a tree. Around 9pm last night emergency services were called to the serious collision on the A710 Dumfries to New Abbey to Dalbeattie road, near to Southwick.

hospital after his tractor skidded out of control on an icy road in Fife. Emergency services were called to the scene on the A921, near Otterston Loch, shortly before 1pm on Saturday, January 23.

army veteran who suffers from extreme anxiety-triggered PTSD has successfully fought for his local council to change their on-hold music, which he says can cause flashbacks to his time in Bosnia. Harry Marshall, 41, found the on-hold music used by the systems at Perth and Kinross Council triggered severe anxiety whenever he was forced to sit through it.

Scottish police fear losing the right to extradite serious criminals from many EU states, including Germany and Poland, as a result of Brexit.The UK assured the 27 remaining countries that it would continue to co-operate with them all if a UK citizen was wanted for a serious crime on the continent.But 13 of them resolved to refuse future extradition requests from the UK because of fears the human rights of their citizens would not be respected post-Brexit.Extradition was used in 2008 to bring

NHS Ayrshire and Arran hospitals has fallen for the first time in five days.But the deadly disease has claimed the lives of a further 12 people from Ayrshire, according to new Scottish Government statistics.Latest figures show 225 people are currently battling the disease in hospitals within the health board region.That's down 12 on the previous days number of 237.

link.Judith said: “Our staff are battling to save lives every day and I am immensely proud of them.“Every single Lanarkshire resident can help save lives by following government guidance and staying at home.”Patients with any concerns can contact the dedicated helpline number 0300 303 0446.All patients should consider the latest Scottish Government advice, including staying at home if they have symptoms that may be caused by Covid-19 or they live with someone that has symptoms.For the latest

hospital after being knocked down in a horror hit and run collision in Midlothian. The 55-year-old pedestrian was hit by a silver-coloured VW vehicle at around 2.45pm on Tuesday January 19 on the A701.

Dumbarton. Officers from Police Scotland are warning the public to be on alert after the 53-year-old received a phone call from a male pretending to be from the fraud department at her bank.

union chiefs have warned. The cabbies are being ‘discriminated’ against in the new £1500 scheme introduced to help keep them afloat during the covid crisis.

parents of a Brit killed on a tropical island have vowed to get justice for their former Royal Marine son. Andy and Maria Davies have been given new hope after a coroner ruled their son Carl was unlawfully killed.The couple, from Fife, have vowed to return to the French overseas territory of Réunion in the Indian Ocean to see the killers put behind bars.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Scots mum who had a stillbirth says she has been left traumatised after her baby was 'dumped' on a hospital floor.

Covid-19 ward over Christmas Day and New Year says an Amazon oximeter saved her life.

challenging year in living memory” in 2020.He warned of a recession and jobs crisis caused by the pandemic “which will likely takes years to recover from”.Meanwhile Mairi Spowage, deputy director of the Fraser of Allander Institute economic think tank, said joblessness is likely to “rise significantly” when the UK Government’s furlough scheme is wound up at the end of April.The latest chambers of commerce report on the economy, covering the final three months of 2020, showed business confidence

Gerald Murray, 65, painted himself as a Lothario who was cheating on his partner with the two women.But a judge today saw through his lies and placed him on the Sex Offenders' Register at Paisley Sheriff Court.Murray asked one woman, who was doing work in his house, to nick knickers for him from other homes she worked in, repeatedly exposed himself to her and forced her to watch pornography.He regularly videoed and photographed her and another woman without their consent raided through one of

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire hospitals are dealing with a record number of coronavirus patients, new figures show.Statistics released by Public Health Scotland reveal there are 201 Covid patients in the region  - the highest number since the pandemic began.That includes a further 11 virus-related admissions in the last 24 hours.A total of 11 deaths have also been confirmed as Ayrshire tries to get to grips with a

ghost girl in a white nightie’ on camera while staying in the 'UK's most haunted hotel'. Amanda Riddock and Maria Elliot, from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, visited Liverpool's Adelphi Hotel pre-pandemic when they made the eerie discovery.