Legionnaires’ outbreak is over
An OUTBREAK of Legionnaires’ disease in which two people died has been declared over. The Health Protection Agency said 21 others were taken ill during the Stoke-on-Trent outbreak, thought to have been...
View ArticleWarning for mothers who smoke early in pregnancy
WOMEN who smoke have been warned their habit is most likely to cause harm to their babies during the first three months of their pregnancy.It has long been known that cigarette smoke harms an unborn...
View ArticleTrio charged over robberies
Three people have been arrested and charged in connection with a number of assaults and robberies on the elderly in the capital.The trio have been charged following a series of incidents involving...
View ArticleVaried temperature scales help fish cope
The temperature a fish experiences at the earliest stage of development can affect how it copes with temperature changes later in life, new research suggests.Researchers found that zebrafish embryos...
View ArticleScottish independence: Yes campaign chief turns the question on its head
The chief executive of the independence campaign yesterday offered an alternative perspective on the constitutional issue.He posed the question: “How many Scots would vote to join the Union if Scotland...
View ArticlePregnant women face vitamin D deficiency
TOO many women in Scotland are failing to heed expert medical advice on using vitamin D supplements while they are pregnant, according to research.The failure is leading to very low levels of the...
View ArticleBus driver admits guilt over death of pedestrian in Glasgow’s east end
A BUS driver has admitted running over and killing a woman while driving a double decker bus.Gary Kearney, 41, made his way along Carntyne Road in Glasgow’s east end before turning right at the...
View ArticleNew vitamin D alert to pregnant women in Scotland
TOO many women in Scotland are failing to heed expert medical advice on using vitamin D supplements while they are pregnant, according to research.The failure is leading to very low levels of the...
View ArticleEdinburgh attacker freed twice on murder charge faces jail
A MAN who once made legal history by winning appeals against two murder convictions is facing a jail term for a knife attack.Sean Hoy, 42, forced his way into a flat in Granton Crescent, Edinburgh,...
View ArticleGenetic selection is ‘a moral obligation’
Creating designer babies is simply a matter of “responsible parenting”, a leading academic has argued.Julian Savulescu, professor in practical ethics at Oxford University, said that genetically...
View ArticleMinister says Westminster ‘stifling’ plans for railways
Transport minister Keith Brown has hit out at the UK government, claiming it has “stifled” plans to improve the railways north of the Border.Mr Brown said it was a “source of real frustration” that the...
View ArticleTrain ran over father and brother of passenger onboard near Rannoch Station
A RAILWAY passenger has described his shock at learning two people struck by the train on which he was travelling were his father and brother.Offshore worker Gary Kolarczyk, 60, was travelling to meet...
View ArticleFruit growers facing a crisis
For the second year in a row, Scottish soft fruit growers have taken a pounding from the weather, with losses estimated to run into millions of pounds. This week Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser...
View ArticleFarming: Fears grow for Scottish cereal crops
Scottish cereal growers are entering a critical period with a vast improvement needed in the weather to prevent the 2012 harvest turning into a disaster.So far, with crops ripening about two weeks...
View ArticleScottish experts are developing a way to help save Celtic rainforest
Academics at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have created a programme which calculates how decisions now will combine with future climate change to effect biodiversity.Forest managers can input...
View ArticleSilverburn in Glasgow increases recycled rubbish to 96 per cent
One of Scotland’s biggest shopping centres is recycling all its waste after dramatically improving its performance.In the past three months Silverburn in Glasgow has increased the amount of recycled...
View ArticleMoors Murderer Ian Brady letter could reveal Keith Bennett’s grave
MOORS murderer Ian Brady’s mental health advocate has told police she gave a letter in which he apparently reveals the location of one of his victims back to him, sources said last night.• Mental...
View ArticlePressure mounts on city chiefs to bring Olympic parade forward
CITY leaders were today under growing pressure to stage an immediate parade to honour Edinburgh’s Olympic heroes.• City leaders under growing pressure to bring forward parade for Edinburgh Olympic...
View ArticleRyan McGowan puts the boot in as Aussie’s goal bet forces Danny Grainger to...
FOR one Hearts star, the boot will certainly be on the other foot – all season long.Tynecastle defender Danny Grainger’s confidence that he could out-score a teammate has backfired and means he will be...
View ArticleLeader: ‘Inertia adds weight to argument for mayor’
IF Britain’s Olympians were as leaden footed as our city leaders, then they wouldn’t have collected a single medal at London 2012.From Belfast to Southampton, Leeds to Weymouth, people have taken to...
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