Scots mums warned vaping during pregnancy can cause behavioural problems

Glasgow care home has been left devastated after losing its first resident to Covid-19 after staying clear of the virus during the first wave. A number of staff and residents at David Cargill House, in the city’s West End, have recently tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.

supermarkets as new coronavirus restrictions come into force. National Clinical Director Jason Leitch wants all retail to adopt safety mitigations introduced during the first peak of the virus in March and April.Shoppers faced lines and lines of queues as supermarkets tried to maintain social distancing throughout stores.The Scots health expert hopes that firms will ‘re-engage’ with similar policies as new restrictions are imposed in Scotland over the next 16 days.

coronavirus, Scots researchers have found.Experts at Edinburgh University reassessed a model which predicted hundreds of thousands of deaths if no action was taken to stop the spread of Covid-19.They found that closing schools reduced the reproduction number of the virus but had the unexpected effect of increasing the number of deaths.The authors wrote in The BMJ: "In the absence of an effective vaccine for Covid-19, school closures would result in more overall deaths than no school

Scottish Government over plans to relax restrictions for baby groups for those whose children are 12 months old or under. Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday that classes involving babies under 12 months would be allowed 10 adults in the room - as opposed to the previous limit of five.

Nicola Sturgeon has given the clearest indication yet that Scotland may have to enter a stricter period of lockdown to deal with the rising number of people testing positive for Covid.The First Minister said it was "possible we will have to do more" after a further 697 people were confirmed as having the virus yesterday.The SNP leader will meet with health officials later today to assess the latest data from across the country but stressed no final decision on entering stricter lockdown had been

Storm Alex caused a trail of devastation across the country. More than a month's worth of rain hit the east of the country over the weekend.Landslides and power outages have been sparked by the deluge.

charity in her memory.Seven-year-old Freya Skene and mum Brooke Reid were dragged down a series of waterfalls in the River Braan near Dunkeld on July 9.Despite Brooke and her partner Sean McKiddie's best efforts to save her, Freya sadly passed away.Heartbroken Brooke has now set up a fundraising page in the hope of starting up a charity called 'Freya's Wish' in her daughter's honour.She said: "Like a flash of a light, a current dragged us both down multiple waterfalls."I was lucky to survive,

knifeman who held a blade to his throat during a four-hour standoff with police at a mainline rail station - in which nearly 100 trains had to be cancelled, delayed, or diverted - has dodged jail. Connor Waugh, 22, caused disruption as far south as London as a result of what was described as "a siege situation" at the station in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.

First Minister has warned Scots that there is “absolutely no room for complacency” as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases continues to soar. The Scottish Government earlier reported that a further 714 people have tested positive for coronavirus overnight - the highest increase since the start of the pandemic.

parents are backing a national 'pumpkin trail' idea after Nicola Sturgeon admitted Halloween may be cancelled due to Covid-19. The First Minister told Holyrood that children may be banned from guising this year in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.

raped by other children have teamed up to take their cases to the Scottish Government.With the help of the Daily Record the women are meeting Justice Minister Humza Yousaf to vent their anger at police, social workers and education chiefs.The covid-friendly discussions will happen online and are scheduled for the end of this month and October.The two children were attacked by older boys in separate incidents.One happened in a house in Angus in 2017 while the other took place in Dundee last

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sexual and physical abuse that left them permanently injured and suicidal.Victims say they were regularly attacked by staff members at remote Fornethy House after being told they were going to a holiday camp.Detectives are investigating allegations of sexual and physical assaults at the girls-only facility which was run by Glasgow’s local authority in Kilry, Angus.Poorly youngsters from working- class families were taken to the school 90 miles from the city for “convalescent” breaks after it

four-and-a-half times the drink-driving limit when he set off from his home through residential streets in the middle of the afternoon to visit his local shop.Police were alerted after another motorist noticed O’Neill’s silver Vauxhall Mokka “approaching very quickly from behind and appearing to sway”.The incident happened at about 2pm on June 22, on New Hallglen Road, Falkirk, near the former midfielder’s home.O’Neill pled guilty to drink-driving at Falkirk Sheriff Court.

cocaine bragged about his champagne lifestyle after jumping bail and fleeing Scotland.Security consultant ­Christopher Lawson posted photos of his jet-setting around the world as he spent three years on the run from justice.Lawson, who was shot in the line of duty in Afghanistan, regularly updated his social media with pictures from countries including Tanzania, Cambodia, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.But he was arrested at an airport when he returned to the UK from Dubai in June

criminal convictions during the bitter strike of the 80s are set to be pardoned.An independent review established by the Scottish Government has proposed the move, which would also cover miners who have since died.The review team, chaired by John Scott QC, reported that most of the miners’ actions were unlikely to lead to ­prosecution today and said those affected believed they were punished in a “grossly excessive manner”.The report concluded: “It is hard to disagree.”The year-long nationwide

bigoted tongue.Karen Mason, 49, verbally abused people in Bo'ness, West Lothian, “almost daily” for nearly two-and-a-half years.Many of her targets were neighbours of her elderly mother.In one particularly nasty outburst she called a man “a homosexual, flag-waving Jew”, a court was told.Prosecutor Kristina Kelly said: “Comments directed at other neighbours included, ‘That’s the black b******’.”Falkirk Sheriff Court heard Mason’s behaviour got so bad that a couple living in Links Road, Bo’ness,

conviction quashed on appeal. Glaswegian Adnan Ahmed - who called himself Addy A-game in secretly-filmed videos posted online - was convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour for approaching several young women, causing them fear and alarm.

CCTV appeal on the anniversary of 'frightening' robbery at a Scots store. The thug who threatened staff before robbing them at Camelon Perk shop in Camelon near Falkirk remains at large a year after the incident.

Nicola Sturgeon has issued a stark warning about coronavirus cases as new lockdown restrictions are introduced in parts of Scotland today.The First Minister took to Twitter this morning to urge Scotland to follow new restrictions currently implemented in council areas and new rules which apply across Scotland on Monday.She warned positive Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the West of Scotland and asked people not to let others into their homes or visit friends and family inside their homes.As of