Scottish loyalists and BLM protesters demanding the removal of Glasgow’s Sir Robert Peel statue hurl missiles at each other and clash with riot police – as officers make astonishing claim the trouble was not linked to BLM demo By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 14:07 BST, 14 June 2020 | Updated: 14:20 BST, 14 June … Read more
Black Lives Matters protesters have been renaming Scottish streets after prominent black people and civil rights activists. Tens of thousands have joined the demonstrations against systemic racism across Britain today, two weeks after African American George Floyd died while being arrested by police in Minneapolis. In several streets in Glasgow city centre signs with a … Read more
‘I was charged £600 more a year due to a glitch’: Scottish Power customer reveals error claiming she was £17k in credit led to huge increase in bills Marion Bell was told her tariff would go up by £600 a year due to a glitch Scottish Power had it recorded on their system that she … Read more
World’s oldest ‘bug’ is a fossilized 425-million-year-old millipede discovered on a Scottish Island that suggests the ancient creatures evolved from water to live on land in just 40 million years The fossilized millipede was found on the Scottish Island of Kerrera An improve dating technique found it is 75 million years younger than believed Researchers … Read more
One heel of a creation! Shop worker tries making a face mask out of a sock but it goes hilariously wrong Helen Campagna, from Irvine, North Ayrshire, shared video of Carolann Hitchell Heel of the sock ends up inside Carolann’s mouth instead of over her nose Hilarious clip of grandmother’s creation been viewed more than … Read more
An antiviral drug that could be taken as a nasal spray can block the coronavirus from latching onto lung cells, according to laboratory trials. The medicine, marketed as Neumifil, was developed as a treatment for flu but may be able to prevent COVID-19, scientists say. A study by the University of St Andrews in Scotland … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. S.B. writes: My account with Scottish Power has been under review by the energy supplier for more than … Read more
A total of 20 residents at a care home have died due to suspected Coronavirus – with four deaths taking place in the past 24 hours. The Berelands Care Home, in Prestwick, Ayrshire, has been ravaged by the deadly bug. One resident passed away on Friday while three people died yesterday. Some 16 people had died … Read more
More than 7,000 care home residents are now feared to have died from coronavirus, according to new data. Care England, the country’s largest representative body for care homes, said the number of residents dying from the illness far surpassed government estimates. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) earlier this week showed only 237 … Read more
A Scottish newsagent is selling coronavirus test kits for £30 each – and claims he has already sold £750,000 worth to a pharmacy. Nadeem Anwar says the antibody test, which can tell if someone has already had the killer infection, he sells is 92 per cent accurate. He has already bought 100,000 kits from China … Read more