Scots nurses fear hospital ward shift swaps are spreading coronavirus to patients

Scots with cancer are living in fear of Covid-19, according to research by Macmillan Cancer Support.About 38,000 people with cancer in Scotland – 15 per cent of those who have the disease – have barely left the house because they are scared about catching the virus.Melissa McNaughton, 31, a blood cancer patient, from Glasgow, said: “I’ve never had anxiety but being in lockdown made me anxious to leave my flat.

lightning.Bolts blasted a hole in a roof and set fire to another house in Saltcoats as thunderstorms hammered North Ayrshire.One family with a five-year-old are understood to have had a miraculous escape when their roof collapsed on them as they slept.A neighbour told how the force of the blast was so strong, she first feared her own home had been hit.She said: “We had a window open and the impact made stuff in the room fall over and the blinds actually lifted away from the window into the

Jon Ward, 34, passed away on Wednesday prompting an outpouring of grief from shocked pals.They told how the RAF corporal, based in a Glasgow recruitment office, was out on a run in Lossiemouth the day before he died and planned a 100-mile fundraiser.Moray Road Runners chairman Gareth Jenkins, 50, said: “He enjoyed the run - they were having a laugh because they were two RAF personnel and a policeman and they got lost in the woods.“There was nothing to suggest the news that was to come."It’s just

drink-driver left his victim severely injured before fleeing the scene of the high-speed crash by driving on the wrong side of a dual carriageway.Tyre fitter Andrew Gentleman, who has two convictions for drink driving, was more than four times the limit when he caused the hit-and-run smash.The 52-year-old, who left four people – including two young children – needing hospital treatment, was still four times the limit nearly four hours after the accident.Gentleman, of Falkirk, admitted driving

Cold case detectives in the US have launched a new investigation into the brutal murder of a Scottish nurse at a US religious college 30 years ago.Elizabeth Mackintosh, 50, was found beaten, strangled with a cord and stabbed in the neck in the toilet of a chapel at the Covenant Theological Seminary in Creve Coeur, Missouri, in March 1990.Elizabeth, the daughter of a former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, was originally from Edinburgh and was studying at the seminary for a degree in

pets are being deliberately poisoned after five died and two went missing in a Scots town.One devastated owner told the Record she has lost three cats in suspicious circumstances within the last three months in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, as animal welfare chiefs confirmed they had launched a probe yesterday.The mum, who does not want to be named, found her pet Milo’s body had been laid on her driveway some time after he had died and no one has ever come forward to explain how the three-year-old

hospital in a serious condition after being assaulted and robbed in Ayrshire. The 16-year-old was assaulted by three young men in Boydfield Gardens, Prestwick, at around 8.35pm on Saturday.

coronavirus in Scotland, bringing the hospital death toll to 2,464.

Almost 14,000 jobs have been furloughed in East Ayrshire as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.Figures made available reveal the impact of COVID-19 on the back of the country being locked down on Monday, March 23 in a bid to combat the deadly disease – with Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s programmes preventing jobs being axed.A total of 13,700 employments have been furloughed as part of the job retention scheme (JRS) in East Ayrshire.Meanwhile, 3500 claims have been made through the

Nando's has reopened a total of nine restaurants in Scotland for collection or delivery during lockdown.The peri peri chicken chain delighted fans last month when it made its long-awaited comeback and reopened three stores in locations including Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow.Nando's has now revealed it is reopening six more restaurants this week and is giving customers free delivery on all orders.From June 8, the chain is scrapping fees across all restaurants currently open for delivery - but

Ayrshire is continuing to slow down, new figures show.

A postmortem on a tragic dad who died a day after being released from hospital following an alleged blade attack has ruled the cause of death “unascertained”.

Brits could skip quarantine when travelling abroad by the end of this month if infection rates in Europe are low enough.

Scots are being urged to stay vigilant over a new TV licence email scam as fraudsters take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic.

A further 12 people have died from Coronavirus in Scotland bringing the death toll to 2,375.

The family of a vulnerable Scots pensioner have issued a warning after vile internet scammers conned their mother out of £70,000.

A tragic dad said to have been stabbed in the neck during a blade attack has died just a day after being released from hospital.

Three-quarters of Scottish call centre staff fear catching Covid-19 from “hazardous” working conditions, according to a shock report.

Police have sealed off a residential street this evening after an alleged disturbance, which has left one man in hospital.

A Scots health board has apologised after it sent coronavirus test results and other personal information on more than 50 patients to a private business by mistake.