Scotland quarantines people who have been in contact with England’s monkeypox patient Health specialists Scotland has affirmed it is assisting with following contacts of a monkeypox patient who was recognized in England. The patient had as of late made a trip to Nigeria, where they were accepted to have gotten the infection. “Few people” in … Read more
Kate Middleton and Prince William seem to be making quite the case for a modern monarchy during their trip to Scotland, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge breaking royal protocols not once but twice already! According to Express UK, royal tradition states that members of the royal family should not be touched by commoners; … Read more
During a short tour of Scotland today, Kate Middleton and Prince William posed for photographs and interacted with youngsters, putting on their best charm offensive. For the first day of the two-day trip to Glasgow, the Duchess of Cambridge, 40, wore a £170 Cefinn baby blue shirt with a fine pair of navy pants and … Read more
Buckingham Palace has announced that members of the British Royal Family would tour the UK’s nations during the Platinum Jubilee festivities’ core weekend. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, will visit Wales, while the Earl and Countess of Wessex will go to Northern Ireland. Princess Royal, Queen Elizabeth’s daughter, will … Read more
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, committed on Tuesday to do more to combat growing living costs, with the subject at the forefront of local elections this week. But he again rejected calls for a one-off windfall tax on major energy companies, to offset soaring bills that have squeezed household incomes. Voters … Read more
On Thursday, local council and city elections will take place in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as elections for the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast. Here are details about the voting and what’s at stake: – When does voting take place? – Polls open at 0600 GMT on Thursday and close at 2100 … Read more
According to the most recent Office for National Statistics estimates, COVID infections in Scotland have declined dramatically (ONS). According to weekly sampling, one in every 25 people in the country had COVID in the week ending April 23, down from one in every 19 the previous week. That would imply that approximately 218,000 Scots were … Read more
The UK’s remaining put-up-Brexit border controls had been postponed again, the authorities said on Thursday, blaming rising energy costs and the conflict in Ukraine. Certification and physical assessments on food and animal goods from the European Union were to start with because introduced on January 1 this year. The controls were then positioned back to … Read more
The UK is set to introduce first ever driverless buses, as it takes to the roads in Scotland for live road testing. The CAVForth pilot scheme will see five single-decker independent buses’ routes in Edinburgh and Fife from Tuesday. It will be a two-week long practice, and if it goes well, the buses will be … Read more
Detectives looking into the murder of a father of two over 18 years ago believe a planning issue may be relevant to their investigation. On the evening of November 28, 2004, bank manager Alistair Wilson was shot on the threshold of his family’s home in Nairn. He died later in the hospital. He had complained … Read more
The UK on Monday commenced two days of talks with the USA, hoping for progress to cozy a coveted submit-Brexit free change deal. International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan was web hosting her US counterpart Katherine Tai in Aberdeen, northeast Scotland, and London. The pair formerly met in Baltimore at the give up of March and announced an … Read more
A hit-and-run motorist is wanted in connection with the death of a woman from Scotland who now resides in Canada. Erin Yoxall, 30, was struck and killed by a white Mercedes AMG GT convertible at 3:15 a.m. on Thursday in Toronto. According to the Toronto Police Service, the driver of the car left the scene of … Read more
A man in Aberdeen, who repeatedly fired a stun gun at his new wife has been jailed for 18 months. Slawomir Buczynski shot at Katarzyna Kowal up to seven times as she made a cake in their flat in Aberdeen. A young boy who was also in the house hid in a bedroom as 37-year-old … Read more
Police suspect a man found dead in a Glasgow street was the victim of an attack. Craig Watson, 39, was discovered severely injured just after midnight on Sunday at Whitevale Gardens, Dennistoun. Emergency personnel responded to the location, but he died shortly thereafter. Police are considering his death as “unexplained” and are conducting an investigation … Read more
SCOTLAND’S DELAYED ABOLISHMENT OF THE FACEMASK MANDAMENT, a GB News reporter reported, is considered a “laughable situation” by many Scots. Scotland finally relinquished their mandate today, less than three months after England abolished the ban. While Scots are happy that the measure has been repealed, there is a “real sense” that it should have occurred … Read more
The last remaining legal requirement of wearing face masks in Scotland was withdrawn today. This means that not wearing a covering in public places, such as stores, public transportation, and restaurants, will no longer be illegal. From Monday, April 18, the legal requirements will become guidelines. However, it is ‘strongly suggested’ that … Read more
Here are the dates and locations for all of golf’s major tournaments in 2022, as well as information on other important golfing events in the coming year. The first two majors of the year have already been played, with American players winning both. Jennifer Kupcho won the Chevron Championship on the LPGA Tour in California, … Read more
LONDON: Rates of Covid infection have hit a record high in the UK, official data showed Friday, just as free government testing ended for millions in England. Some 4.9 million people in the UK are estimated to have had Covid-19 in the week ending March 26, or 600,000 more than the previous week, the latest … Read more
Many people dream of seeing the stunning northern lights, and they spend years chasing the cosmic phenomenon. Residents of Scotland got their wish last week when they saw the brilliant northern lights, often known as Aurora Boreas. This phenomenon, named after the Roman goddess of dawn (Aurora) and the Roman god of the north wind … Read more
DUNDEE, United Kingdom – Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi are fighting for pardons for all those executed for witchcraft in Scotland, the vast majority of whom were women, and for a memorial to those forgotten by history. “Between the 16th and 18th century in Scotland, approximately 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft,” explained Mitchell, a … Read more
When Steven Knox first took charge of the German national cricket team as a head coach in 2014, the idea that they could have qualified for a World Cup would have sounded far-fetched. When the former Scotland international player got associated with the squad, he was not much hopeful about making big with the team. … Read more
LONDON – Scotland, fresh from hosting the COP26 climate summit awarded offshore wind project concessions for almost £700 million ($960 million, 840 million euros). Crown Estate Scotland announced in a statement that it has granted 17 concessions via an auction process to energy companies including BP, Royal Dutch Shell and SSE, as well as Spain’s … Read more
CHEVENING: Britain and the European Union are to intensify efforts to resolve a dispute over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said after talks on Friday. In a joint statement, the two described their two-day meeting as “cordial” and said they had agreed to … Read more
LONDON: Wales star Dan Biggar fears playing the Six Nations behind closed doors could harm the champions’ prospects of a successful title defence. Wales’ first home game of the 2022 Championship sees them up against Scotland on February 12 but, under current restrictions issued by the Welsh government, only 50 spectators would be allowed to attend — … Read more
LONDON, (AFP) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned of a looming “tidal wave” of Omicron, and brought forward a target to give over-18s a booster jab by one month to the end of December. “No-one should be in any doubt: there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming,” he said in a … Read more
DUNMURRY, United Kingdom: In a factory in Dunmurry on the edge of Belfast, black and green boxes of ventilation systems destined for Poland are piled high, each bearing the European energy label. The EU member state is Brookvent’s largest market, despite the UK’s departure from the bloc and disputes about post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland. … Read more
LONDON: Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has announced its exit from the proposed development of Cambo oilfield off the Shetland Islands, a project which has been blighted by climate protests. Shell, which has a 30 per cent interest in the development off the western coast of Scotland, said on late Thursday that the investment case … Read more
KABUL: At a Kabul market, coal is arriving by the tonne as the winter cold sets in. Even as prices rise, Afghans have a few options but to burn it for heat, creating some of the world’s most dangerous air. “Pollution causes serious respiratory diseases … All Afghans know what coal does,” customer Amanullah Daudzai, dressed … Read more
