West Lothian mass vaccination centre opens its doors as health board defends figures

East Lothian.Officers swooped on the property in Letham Mains in Haddington yesterday morning.They executed a drugs warrant under what police have dubbed 'Operation Juneau'.A 50-year-old man was arrested in relation to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 offences.East Lothian Community Action Team cops along with local Community Officers attended at the address and seized a number of mature cannabis plants worth £3200.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "A 50-year-old man will be charged and reported

Covid-19  vaccinations were wasted in  Hamilton. Central Scotland MSP Margaret Mitchell had brought the issue up at First Minister’s questions last week before the health board categorically denied that 14 vials of the Pfizer vaccine had been thrown out at Whitehill Neighbourhood Centre.

Home Bargains store opened its doors this week - complete with a garden centre and a giant alcohol section. The new store opened its doors in Irvine's Riverway Retail Park - just four doors down from its previous home, but three times the size.

West Lothian road.The bird escaped from her home at the HOPE Scotland animal assisted therapy centre in Bathgate on Monday afternoon.The cheeky two-year-old noticed a gate had been left open by a delivery driver and took the opportunity to go on an adventure.Confused motorists took pictures and filmed the bird as she strolled alongside the busy carriageway after darting out in front of at least one vehicle.A hilarious video caught the moment one driver clocked the emu with him proclaiming:

vaccination centre was plunged into chaos after a fridge broke down.Replacement Covid-19 vaccines had to be brought in after the fridge failure Glentrothes' Rothes Halls site, Fife, which delayed jab appointments this morning.NHS Fife said the clinic was now running again with people encouraged to turn up.In a statement, the health board said: “We experienced a brief issue earlier this morning at our Rothes Halls community Covid-19 vaccination clinic following a fridge failure overnight.“The

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Fife and Tayside. Hundreds of pensioners were left standing for hours in the snow and ice, with lengthy queues reported at Caird Hall in Dundee, and community clinics in Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly, Anstruther, Buckhaven and Glenrothes.

Stanley in Perthshire last week to deliver vaccinations to some hard to reach residents.Around 400 people identified by NHS Tayside as living in remote areas are expected to be vaccinated via trained Scottish Ambulance Service staff operating out of a modified coach.The appointments are made via GP practices.Lochs and Glens Holidays of Gartocharn kindly offered and supplied the bus free of charge.It began last Wednesday, February 3, with a team of five staff members from SAS delivering the first

organisers helping families stay on top of mess.Zoe Berry and Victoria McHugh have gutted attics, cleared out overflowing cupboards and helped hoarders reclaim their home in their unique job roles.Professionally known as Life/Edit, the Edinburgh-based duo will tackle anything from wardrobes to garages and get a "real buzz" creating "calm out of chaos."The clean queens, who work across Edinburgh and the Lothians, left their nine to five jobs two years ago to declutter full time - and say they

“Increasingly, funding given to us by the Scottish Government, is earmarked for specific national programmes, so reducing any flexibility for innovation, and forcing the council to cut back on essential service areas.“There’s no increase to the capital budgets that councils have to spend on improvement works and projects, and following a massive shortfall in capital grant last year, the council faces another significant shortfall in grant funding for 2021/22.“There is a 0.7 per cent increase in

lowest daily jabs total was recorded.

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