Motorists queued for hours to get a drink at Costa drive-throughs this morning, sparking fears people are ignoring lockdown measures as more high street chains reopen. Tailbacks stretched around the block at takeaway chains in Edinburgh, Wakefield and Glasgow today as drivers waited to get their coffee fix. At the weekend, eager customers queued for … Read more
A top eye doctor who had warned of the ‘serious’ danger posed by coronavirus is the latest frontline NHS worker to die from the killer disease. Opthalmologist Dr Paul Kabasele, 58, was also a church pastor and highlighted the severity of the pandemic to his congregation. He died at King’s College Hospital on April 24, … Read more
Tributes have flooded in for two NHS staff members who died after contracting coronavirus – with a brave paramedic and father-of-two becoming the latest frontline victims of Covid-19. Robert Black, 51 and a father-of-two, from Kintyre, died in hospital in Glasgow on Saturday after a battle which lasted ‘for weeks’. As reported by Edinburgh Live, … Read more
Costa Coffee will reopen another 29 stores across Britain for deliveries and drive-through orders taking the total to 33 as all staff are given PPE Four Costa branches re-opened in Manchester, Bristol and Mansfield on April 24 Another 12 delivery only and 17 drive-through stores are re-opening today Costa Coffee joins the likes of McDonald’s … Read more
Princess Anne has given royal fans a rare glimpse into her country home at Gatcombe Park. The Princess Royal, 69, was seen sitting in a traditionally decorated room as she opened the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow via videolink yesterday. She is thought to be in isolation at Gatcombe Park, the Gloucestershire estate where she … Read more
A 13-year-old boy has been left fighting for his life with coronavirus after developing inflammatory symptoms including bloodshot eyes and rashes. Lewis Greig, from Torry, Aberdeen, has been on a ventilator at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, after he fell ill last week with a high temperature. Mother Karen Simpson said they were initially … Read more
A grieving son says the NHS ‘fobbed off’ his father after a surgery ‘would not’ send a doctor to a 78-year-old cancer patient before he died because of the coronavirus lockdown. Old Kilpatrick Medical Practice in West Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, ‘refused’ to send a doctor to Stuart Cameron, 78, who died of a heart attack brought … Read more
Tragedy as boy, 4, is found dead in bed by his father after going to his room to watch his favourite film David George, 4, died of SUDC while he was watching Transformers in his room His father found him unconscious in their home in Glasgow and called medics Sudden unexpected death in childhood is … Read more
Coronavirus is killing people more than a decade before they would have died naturally, according to a study. Men who die of COVID-19 are losing, on average, 13 years of their lives, scientists say, while women have 11 years cut off their life expectancy. The disease, which has hospitalised more than 100,000 people in the … Read more
Thug jailed for beating up ‘vulnerable’ man is back in prison after dragging his nurse girlfriend out of bed with a knife to her throat and smashing a lantern over her head because he suspected she’d cheated on him David Newlands attacked former lover Jennifer Watson at her Glasgow home Newlands dragged her out of … Read more
Home listings have dropped 82 per cent on average as the UK’s property market enters the deep freeze during the coronavirus crisis. Woking, in Surrey, recorded the worst fall in the country, with a 94.7 per cent drop in listings in the month since the lockdown began, data reveals. It was followed by East Renfrewshire, … Read more
MasterChef Australia viewers are already falling in love with ‘hot’ new judge Jock Zonfrillo. But many would be surprised that the 43-year-old Scottish-born chef and philanthropist has a dark past, and for many years had a crippling addiction to heroin that led to homelessness and financial ruin. Jock’s life spiralled out of control when he tried the … Read more
The carnage is horrific as this hideous pandemic carves through care homes across the country, killing hundreds of residents despite the best efforts of devoted staff. Thirteen people died with coronavirus symptoms at Stanley Park home in County Durham. Fifteen fatalities at care homes in Liverpool and Luton. Thirteen deaths at one in Glasgow, nine … Read more