Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is calling for action as new figures show over 600,000 homes in Scotland are in fuel poverty. Scottish Government figures released on Tuesday show almost one in four, some 613,000 households in Scotland, were in fuel poverty in 2019.
Snow could fall in Scotland this week as temperatures plummet to below freezing
15.11.2020 - 16:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
snowfall of winter as colder air sweeps the country later this week. Forecasters at Netweather are predicting parts of the north and north east of Scotland could see some winter showers on Thursday morning.
Experts say the risk of snow is as high as 48 per cent between 9am and midday in places such as Caithness.The chances of snowfall decreases as you head down the country, with the website saying there is a very slight 9 per cent chance of snow on Thursday afternoon. Large parts of the country
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01.12.2020 / 17:36
Scots schoolboy diagnosed with bone marrow failure after bruising knee when he fell off his bike
healthy schoolboy was diagnosed with life-threatening bone marrow failure after he bruised his knee in a fall from his bike. Doctors say Cory Prosser’s condition could have proved fatal if left untreated.
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01.12.2020 / 16:58
Scottish Government releases full list of people eligible for £500 coronavirus grant
Scottish Government has published a full list of frontline healthcare and social workers that are eligible for the new £500 grant. Nicola Sturgeon announced details of the one-off payment during her keynote speech to the SNP’s virtual party conference yesterday.
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28.11.2020 / 16:33
Pilot testing centre only open to people in Johnstone as full details published on how the scheme will operate
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Only people who live, work or attend school in Johnstone are being asked to take part in the mass Covid-19 testing scheme.Scotland’s first mass testing centre for people with no symptoms of the virus is set to open in Johnstone Town Hall on Wednesday.The pilot project will see up to 12,000 people tested for the virus over the following seven days.Now Renfrewshire Council has confirmed it will only be locals
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27.11.2020 / 09:23
Aberdeen skipper Joe Lewis urges Nicola Sturgeon to follow England's fan return lead as Covid crisis rages on
Aberdeen skipper reckons it doesn’t make sense that some areas down south will allow up to 4000 supporters to return to stadiums from December 2 while the majority of fans here are locked out.SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster has made a public plea for the Scottish government to follow England’s lead to avert a financial disaster which could kill clubs.
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26.11.2020 / 19:21
Perth and Kinross Council chief apologises after plans for events space in Pitlochry fall through
Perthshire town fell through. PKC had pledged £383,000 from its £2 million Town Centre Fund to develop an improved civic space for events and markets at Pitlochry’s Memorial Garden.
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26.11.2020 / 17:25
Nicola Sturgeon told 'third wave' of coronavirus will follow Christmas lockdown easing
the relaxed plan, which the First Minister already admits has split public opinion. Sturgeon also repeated confirmation a risk assessment of the new rules has not been carried out.
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21.11.2020 / 16:42
Scotland set to be battered by 'Arctic influxes' as temperatures plummet to -10C
winter in EIGHT years. Ice, snow and travel chaos are predicted, with temperatures expected to plummet to -10 degrees north of the border, according to The Weather Company.
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16.11.2020 / 17:55
Coronavirus cases in Lanarkshire continue to fall but area could still face level four restrictions
Lanarkshire on Sunday at her daily press briefing in Edinburgh on Monday.
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16.11.2020 / 08:23
Botched cosmetic surgery epidemic as Scots fall victim to rogue surgeons during Covid-19 Zoom boom
Zoom Boom has triggered a botched plastic surgery epidemic.The Record has discovered that legal experts have been swamped with compensation claims from victims of rogue cosmetic surgery practitioners after they tried to improve their appearance so they look better on Zoom calls.Shady surgeons have used this so-called ‘Zoom Boom’ to push out rushed or even unlawful cosmetic procedures.The news comes as the video conferencing application has become one of the most popular ways of conducting
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15.11.2020 / 07:41
Scots teen 'raped' by hotel worker in Cyprus hits out after officials fail to investigate despite horror ordeal
rape claim has demanded justice.The holidaymaker says she was attacked by a hotel worker in Famagusta, Cyprus.However, officers failed to act on a statement she gave them about the alleged assault.The childcare worker has told how she has been left “shocked” and “frustrated” by the police force’s claims she did not make a formal complaint.The 18-year-old, who lives in Midlothian, contacted Police Scotland in the hope that they could investigate.They have passed evidence and statements to their