Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned of a “strong backlash” if Scotland were to be taken out of the EU by an UK-wide referendum. The SNP leader will use a speech in Brussels to say a vote to take the UK out of the European Union could cause a “groundswell of anger” in Scotland. […]
Baby Ashes Report Calls for Inspector από wochit A national inspector should be created for crematoriums after bereaved parents were unable to receive their babies’ ashes, an inquiry has concluded. About 60 families are believed to have been affected by failures at Shrewsbury’s Emstrey crematorium between 1996 and 2012. The Shropshire Council-commissioned report said poor […]
Welfare reforms are making people live in “constant fear” of cuts to their benefits, according to a report. The study by Napier University found those on benefits were anxious that changes to their circumstances would push them into “crisis situations”. Scottish Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil urged the UK government to rethink its reforms. But […]
A Royal Marine trainee has collapsed and died on a exercise on Dartmoor. The man, who has not been named, was based at the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone, Devon, and was taking part in a 30-mile (48km) march. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said the cause of death was unknown. He said: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]