Scots struggling to contact vaccine helpline with thousands of calls unanswered

Scots school boy has been praised for his quick actions by calling an ambulance after his mum suddenly collapsed at home. Shaun Ramsay had been getting ready for school at the family’s home in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, in December last year when Anne suffered a seizure.

Emergency services have been called to a Scots railway station after a passenger ‘took unwell’ on board a train. The alarm was raised at Bishopton Station in Renfrewshire shortly before 10.30pm on Friday.

cruel granddaughter swiped thousands of pounds from her gran. Deborah Jess cleaned out more than £4,000 from the account of Helen Loy, who has since passed away.

Parents have backed opposition leaders for an end to compulsory facemasks in schools.

Alan Cumming has told fans he has tested positive for coronavirus but is already being double vaccinated. Alan, who lives in the States, urged people to get their Covid jabs despite not displaying any symptoms of the virus.Alan told his fans: 'I tested positive for COVID! I am isolating and following all the protocols but feeling totally fine because of the vaccine.

jabs by today, but Labour say this target has not been met. Scottish Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said: “The SNP’s failure to meet this flagship target is humiliating for them – but it should worry us all.

horrific crash has closed a Scots road with an air ambulance on the scene tonight. Dramatic pictures from the scene at the A96 near Keith, Moray show a huge number of police vehicles, ambulances and a helicopter have been sent to the emergency.

Scots beach. RNLI and Coastguard vessels raced to Lunan Bay, in Angus, amid reports of people struggling off the coast.

Nicola Sturgeon ’s flagship social justice policy is the Scottish Child Payment, which gives families from low income households £10 a week.

care home worker has been given a warning for calling a 'distressed' resident a 'f***ing b***h' and a 'horrible woman' after slapping her twice. Karen Lenny kicked off during a shift at Methven House care home, run by Kingdom Homes Ltd, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on January 16, 2020.

West Lothian street. The 40-year-old female owner of the XL American Bulldog-type animal has also been reported to the Procurator Fiscal in connection with the incident.

Public Health Scotland on Saturday shows that almost a third of those aged 18 to 29 (31.6%) have not had their first dose yet, with the figure at 19.5% for those aged 30 to 39. Just one in five (20.2%) 18 to 29-year-olds have been double-jabbed, with the figure at 30.4% for 30 to 39-year-olds, the statistics show.Health Secretary Humza Yousaf hailed the "incredible work" of everyone involved in the vaccination programme.

Jason Leitch. Despite restrictions being relaxed, he has issued an assurance to “at risk” groups that they can carry out everyday activities despite Covid-19 cases continuing to rise.

police officer feared she was being pursued for miles by a drone – but the bright light in the sky was actually a planet. It was only after a drawn-out “pursuit” that she sought help from senior officers, who told her it was Jupiter – some 365 million miles away.

Edinburgh Reservoir.Police raced to the Thriepmuir Reservoir after the alarm was raised at around 5.35pm on Wednesday, 14 July.Emergency crews desperately launched a large rescue mission to find the man before sadly discovering his body.The man's family have been contacted and made aware of the tragic find.The Thriepmuir Reservoir was closed but has now re-opened alongside the car park and public path.Police Scotland said: "Officers in Edinburgh can confirm that a body has been found in the

baby patient a ‘fat b******’ while branding a new mum a ‘scummy junkie’ has been rapped by a watchdog. Karen Edith Cunningham was working in the neonatal intensive care unit at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee when she made the slew of horrendous remarks in 2018.

overturned dingy'. Police, fire and ambulance officers were called to Threipmuir Reservoir in the Pentlands, Edinburgh on Wednesday afternoon.

cops on an erratic 40-mile chase. Graham Ellis, 40, stole the 999 vehicle that had arrived to treat his pregnant girlfriend, a court heard.

scenic Scots river. Bosses at Calamity Kayaking in Paisley were so sick of the state of the River Cart that they used a massive line over a local bridge to pull out as much rubbish as they could.