High street chains Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home have collapsed into administration with 866 jobs axed and hundreds more under threat. A total of 64 stores – 56 Edinburgh Woollen Mill and eight Ponden Home – will stay permanently closed. The remaining 328 EWM and 65 Ponden Home stores will continue to trade, Covid-19 … Read more
High street chains Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Ponden Home collapse into administration with the loss of 866 jobs and closure of 64 stores A total of 64 stores under the Edinburgh Woolen Mill and Ponden Home fascias They will remain permanently closed while remaining stores continue to trade Bosses at EWM’s other brands were granted … Read more
Edinburgh University invests £865,000 in notorious online tutoring service that allegedly helps students CHEAT on remote exams by asking online experts question during the test Figures from institution last year show they invested in £11.60-a-month platform Chegg allows students to send photos of homework to experts who help online Many believe linked to cheating as … Read more
Hospitals in Leeds and Edinburgh have been forced to cancel non-urgent operations in order to make room for coronavirus patients, it was revealed today. Leeds Teaching Hospitals – one of the biggest NHS trusts in England – said it now has more Covid-19 patients in its wards than at the peak of the first wave … Read more
Furious students in Bristol and Edinburgh are demanding refunds for costly accommodation as they protest coronavirus restrictions imposed by university authorities. Bristol University is enforcing lockdowns on two halls of residence after 725 students tested positive for Covid-19. A group of students are organising a rent strike from October 24, in which they are encouraging … Read more
A woman has described the moment a ‘creepy’ stranger started messaging her after taking her number from a pub’s track and trace. Toni Drummond, 20, went for an evening out in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a friend last month and wrote her name and number down on card at the entrance to a restaurant. Later in … Read more
Hundreds of maskless anti-lockdown protesters including conspiracy theorists today marched on Edinburgh on the first weekend of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus clampdown on pubs across Scotland. Demonstrators brandished placards which screamed ‘Purge the Sturge’ and ‘Truth not Fear’ as they gathered outside the Scottish Parliament in defiance of tough restrictions on mass gatherings. Police patrolled the protest … Read more
Up to four people have died after a Covid-19 outbreak on a cancer ward at an Edinburgh hospital, causing the department to be closed off as six more test positive. NHS Lothian says it has discharged patients from its cancer ward at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, but some are being kept in over the … Read more
Jaeger and Peacocks owner Edinburgh Woollen Mill is on the brink of collapse putting 24,000 jobs at risk after sales were hit by lockdown Company owned by billionaire Phillip Day is under threat of collapsing It blamed the strict lockdown and new local measures for business drying up If it goes under it will be … Read more
The final hurrah in Scotland! Drinkers flock to bars in Glasgow and Edinburgh for one last night out before Nicola Sturgeon’s 16-day alcohol ban comes into force at 6pm today Scottish First Minister has banned the sale of alcohol inside pubs and restaurants for the next two weeks Hospitality sector has branded the move a … Read more