Businesses across Scotland face ruin today in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon‘s draconian two-week alcohol ban. The First Minister yesterday announced a ban on pubs and restaurants from serving alcohol indoors in Scotland for at least 16 days from Friday. Hospitality venues will only be allowed to open from 6am to 6pm and in five ‘hotspot’ … Read more
Suranne Jones cuts a casual figure in a coat and jeans as she films an outdoor scene for BBC thriller Vigil in Glasgow By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 19:33 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 19:36 BST, 7 October 2020 She confirmed in August that filming had resumed on her upcoming BBC One thriller … Read more
Shocking moment a cyclist is ‘pushed and punched’ by a furious road-rage driver – but was handed an official warning for SWEARING at his attacker David Brennan, 47, handed a written warning for Breach of the Peace in Scotland Shouted expletives at a driver who swung a punch his face in shocking footage Hospital-worker Mr … Read more
Former Sunday Telegraph editor Sir Peregrine Worsthorne – who famously caused a storm when he uttered the F-word on national television – has died at the age of 96. The journalist, writer and broadcaster spent 36 years with the Telegraph – the majority of which was with the Sunday edition, which he edited for three … Read more
Why has she STILL not quit? Nicola Sturgeon faces demands to join MP recall petition for SNP’s Margaret Ferrier after her 800-mile round trip to Parliament with coronavirus symptoms SNP’s Margaret Ferrier facing fury for flouting coronavirus self-isolation rules Travelled to House of Parliament while suffering symptoms and taking a test Took train 400 miles … Read more
Britons drank alcohol more than usual during lockdown but there was a rise in the number of people who gave up cigarettes, research has revealed. One in six people admitted binge drinking at least once a week in April, during the darkest days of the crisis, up from one in 10 before the pandemic reached … Read more
Students and parents have complained about inadequate food parcels for locked-down freshers – including baked beans, Pot Noodles and tins of chicken meatballs. A vegan fresher at the University of Edinburgh was even given a ‘Mars bar and a croissant for dinner’ in a move described by her mother Tina McKenzie as ‘chaotic’. Ms McKenzie … Read more
12 universities set up their own Covid testing – as thousands of students are banned from going to parties or pubs at weekend after outbreaks on TEN campuses across UK Student outbreaks recorded in Exeter, Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow Eleven universities in England and one in Wales set up their own testing facilities It comes … Read more
Major Covid outbreak at Glasgow University as 124 students catch virus while 600 are told to self-isolate – after positive tests on Liverpool, Dundee and Aberdeen campuses By Luke May For Mailonline Published: 06:47 BST, 24 September 2020 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 24 September 2020 A major Covid-19 outbreak at Glasgow University has seen 124 … Read more
Tougher lockdown rules could work, suggests official data showing Glasgow‘s spike in coronavirus cases was controlled within days of being hit by fresh restrictions. Residents in the city, home to around 600,000 people, and two neighbouring areas were banned from visiting any other households back at the start of September, in a desperate attempt to … Read more