Three workers at Scots care home test positive for virus as visitors banned

care home resident has made a plea for visiting rules to be eased so she can spend more time with her family.In a video message, Mary Fowler said the coronavirus restrictions mean her care home has been "like a prison".She urged people to get involved with campaigns to allow relatives more access, and she said many care home residents must be in the same position of wanting to see their children "at the end of their life".She said: "I just want to say, it's just been like a prison in here."We're

Covid-19. NHS Lanarkshire confirmed that a case has been detected at Our Lady's High School in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.

Our Politics newsletter is now daily.

received at the home, which has been at the centre of three abuse cases in the past two years.

care home has admitted it was at fault over the death of a multiple sclerosis sufferer who choked on a sausage roll. Richy Passmore died after being left to eat lunch on his own, despite clear instructions that he should always have been supervised.

Covid-19 in a Scots care home hopes legal action will prevent other families enduring a similar ordeal. Colin Harris passed away in April after catching the deadly bug.

coronavirus.Bosses at the Bellshill plant on Sholto Crescent in the Lanarkshire town confirmed the workers had tested positive for Covid-19 over the past 10 days and said six other employees are now awaiting test results.The workers who have been in contact with the positive pair are now self isolating and will receive full pay whilst they are off.A spokesperson for the company said: "Over the last 10 days two people at our Bellshill bakery have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently

Royal Navy's multi-billion-pound flagship won't sail after crew members tested positive for covid-19. The £3billion HMS Queen Elizabeth, which was mainly built at Scots shipyards, was due to leave Portsmouth Historic Dockyard today for training exercises.

coronavirus pandemic. Margarita Platt, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, has not been able to see her friends and family since the UK was first locked down in March.

greenhouse so he could continue working and still protect his family.David Young, from Caithness in the Highlands, knew how important it was to remain at work while the battle raged against coronavirus but he was also aware of the possible dangers of transmitting the virus – so he moved out of the family home into the greenhouse in his garden to allow him to continue working throughout the pandemic.His incredible commitment to his job was one of hundreds of stories being told on Friday to

rain tumour.Neurosciences graduate Kaite ­Bourgeois, 29, was doing a ­post-grad in radiotherapy oncology when she developed symptoms.She said: “At the beginning of 2018, I began to suffer from tinnitus. I had suffered from ­build-ups of ear wax as a child and I passed off my experience and the fact that my hearing on one side seemed to be muffled.

X Factor contestant Cher Lloyd has donned a 'Disgustang' face mask on her TikTok account and told her fans she's forever linked with the famous Scottish 'Disgustang' meme. The iconic video, which went viral a few years back is remembered by many and includes two young Scottish girls who prepare to sing a cover of ‘Oath’ (not Cher Lloyd) by  Cher Lloyd.

Tesco workers have tested positive for Covid-19. Staff members at the Livingston distribution centre in West Lothian are said to be self-isolating at home.

Our Politics newsletter is now daily.

Covid-19 since Scotland's schools re-opened earlier this month. Education Secretary John Swinney announced the latest figures on September 1.

dementia pensioner who recorded a charity single is back on the microphone after music 'saved her' during lockdown. We told how a video of Margaret Mackie performing Frank Sinatra's My Way at her care home in Edinburgh went viral in late 2019.

horrific cruelty at a former remand home.His nightmare ordeal included a sick sex attack by a woman guard after being sent to Calder House in Blantyre aged 11 for a minor misdemeanor he denies to this day.Yet after reporting his horrors to the ongoing Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, he was left furious as the home forms no part of the hearing.Now 62, he said: “I’ve repeatedly asked the abuse inquiry why they’ve not got it on their list but they just fob me off.“They’re not investigating and we’re