Two people who went for a swim off Kirkwall in Orkney have been rescued by coastguard crews overnight after struggling in the sea for 40 minutes. The females got into difficulty at Inganess Bay at about 01:50. An air and sea search involving the Kirkwall coastguard rescue team and RNLI lifeboat was launched after their […]
A bogus nurse is running a cosmetic clinic offering Botox and dermal filler treatments, according to a BBC investigation. Marie McGinty describes herself as an aesthetics nurse practitioner, nurse prescriber and midwife. But according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council, there is no record of Ms McGinty being registered. She has failed to respond to […]
Thousands of schools damaged during April’s devastating earthquake in Nepal have begun to re-open. More than 25,000 classrooms in some 8,000 schools were destroyed in the 7.8 magnitude quake and its aftershocks, and more than 8,000 people died. Many have only been rebuilt on a temporary basis using materials such as bamboo, wood and tarpaulin. […]
The condition of an elderly couple who were seriously injured by a bus in the centre of Glasgow has improved. The woman, 72, and the man, 76, were struck by a double-decker First Glasgow service, at the corner of Argyle and Queen Street, at 14:30 on Friday. Both were removed from under the wheels of […]
A memorial service for Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride is taking place at Manchester Cathedral. Kirkbride was one of the ITV soap’s most familiar characters, playing husky-voiced Deirdre Barlow for 42 years. She died in January, aged 60, after a short illness. Cast members William Roache and Beverley Callard will be among the actors attending […]
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has condemned what he described as a “hate” campaign against football’s world governing body by European officials. And he said he was “shocked” by the comments of US prosecutors following the arrests of Fifa officials under an American anti-corruption warrant. The 79-year-old Swiss was re-elected on Friday at a Fifa congress […]
The widow of the first Scot to contract Legionnaire’s disease from compost has made an emotional plea for stronger warning labels on bags. Margaret Murphy’s husband Andrew died in 2014 from leukaemia. His immune system was left badly weakened after he got Legionnaire’s from compost in 2008. She said stronger warning labels could avoid more […]
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested over the murders of two people in Colchester. Saudi national Nahid Almanea, 31, was stabbed 16 times as she walked to the University of Essex campus last June. James Attfield, 33, was found with 102 knife wounds in Castle Park last March. Essex Police said the boy, from Colchester, […]
As the rest of the world debates the exposure of corruption at the heart of Fifa, all the talk swirling in Russia is of a conspiracy. President Vladimir Putin argues that the criminal inquiry is aimed at ousting long-time Fifa president Sepp Blatter from his post. He sees it as punishment for continuing to support […]
Legislation giving more powers to the Scottish Parliament is due to begin its journey through Westminster. The Scotland Bill, outlined in the Queen’s Speech, could become law by February 2016 if approved by MPs. David Cameron said the legislation would make Scotland the most powerful devolved assembly anywhere in the world. But the SNP has […]