Thousands of Scots on benefits receive £367 Christmas savings bonus

Eli Countryman Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have been given their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, royal officials told AP.The vaccinations were administered on Saturday at Windsor Castle, the location in which both royals have been quarantining since the pandemic began to spread through the U.K.

In the UK, it was God save the Queen – and the Duke of Edinburgh. Both have been given the Covid-19 vaccination, according to Buckingham Palace.

direct to your inboxNHS coronavirus patients are to receive new life-saving treatment which can reduce hospital stay by up to 10 days, the government has announced,Patients across the UK who are admitted to intensive care units due to Covid-19 will receive drugs which are typically used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.The REMAP-CAP clinical trial, funded by the government, found tocilizumab and sarilumab reduced the relative risk of death by 24 percent when administered to patients within 24 hours

Emotional Kate Garraway says her husband Derek Draper is "very changed" after seeing him over the festive period.The presenter was back on Good Morning Britain today, Thursday 7 January, and shared an update on his progress after a chaotic Christmas. Although she revealed she could see Derek with their children, Kate says the visit was tinged with real sadness.The 53 year old is still recovering from Covid-19 after spending most of the summer in a medically-induced coma.

animal welfare bosses have launched a search for the owners of a group of festive strays - including a ferret and a chicken. Animals were found roaming wild by the Scottish SPCA over the past few weeks.

Diversity star Ashley Banjo has given fans a hilarious insight into fatherhood with footage of his New Years Day all with his daughter Rose.The former Britain’s Got Talent winner shared a video on his Instagram account of himself and his young daughter on a stroll, but as most parents know these are not always as simple as a walk in the park. In the video the dancer and judge is holding his one-year-old little girl by her coat as as she hangs horizontal to the ground.

Mail on Sunday has apologized to Prince Harry for an October article alleging that he had not been in touch with the Royal Marines since stepping down from his role as Captain General in March. The article further claimed that the Duke of Sussex had ignored a letter from former Army head Lord Dannatt, requesting more support for the British military community.

Cops are appealing for witnesses to a suspected murder-suicide after a gifted teenager and his father were found dead at their Scots home at Christmas. We revealed today that Antoni Thomas, 16, and Seweryn Thomas, 40, were found dead at their home in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, last week.

Arbroath harbour on Christmas Eve. The alarm was raised after the vehicle was seen entering the water at around 7.20pm on Thursday.

vanished in the early hours of Christmas Eve along with her three young children. Iona Whyte is believed to have left an address on Garrison Road, Montrose, Angus, between 2am and 3am on December 24.

MND after giving birth has lost her fight with the disease. Warrior Jennifer Bell, 28, was given just months to live when medics diagnosed her in March 2019.

Christmas Eve bell ring on doorsteps in a bid to combat loneliness around the festive period. The movement follows the same idea as Clap For Carers, which saw people pay tribute to key workers at windows and in doorways every Thursday during the first lockdown.

receiving their bonus from February 2021 and payments to social care staff will start in March 2021. Payments will be made to health and social care staff through their normal payroll system.

white Christmas after a weather warning for snow and ice was announced. Wintry showers are expected in the north of the country after the Met Office issued the yellow warning for snow and ice overnight and into Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve in a bid to tackle loneliness. The sweet campaign is asking the nation to create a 'wave of bells across the world' to spread festive cheer amid tough lockdown restrcitions.The idea came from Mary Beggs-Reid, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, to "end 2020 with a bit of magic, hope and togetherness" in her hometown.

In September 2019, the UK Government pledged an extra £200m towards new MRI and CT scanners.At the time the UK had the lowest number of both CT and MRI scanners per capita among the EU15 and G7 countries - less than a third of that in Germany.Dr William Ramsden, a vice-president at the Royal College of Radiologists, said: “There are two issues there - first of all we have an aging equipment base."When you have aging equipment, it’s more susceptible to break down, it needs more maintenance."Also

Gavin and Stacey Christmas special graced our screens and left a huge void in our TV viewing. The series, which is the brain child of James Corden and Ruth Jones, was released 13 years ago and has gone on to be one of the most beloved British sitcoms in history.