A father has admitted killing his two-month-old baby daughter by violently shaking her. Joseph Ray has been charged after a near seven year probe into the death of baby Ava Ray at their flat in Prestonpans, East Lothian, on November 1, 2012. The 32-year-old faced a murder accusation at the High Court in Glasgow but prosecutors accepted his guilty … 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
Is this the least diverse series of BBC’s University Challenge ever? Viewers complain at ANOTHER all male line-up – with just five women in the last five episodes, compared to 35 men Warwick and Wolfson Oxford competed in all-male battle in last night’s episode Many viewers remarked on the BBC2 quiz’s latest ‘diversity fail’ – … 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
A dozen universities in England and Wales have set up their own Covid-19 testing facilities as thousands of students in Scotland are banned from going to parties and pubs this weekend – as outbreaks are recorded on at least 10 campuses across the UK. Up to 125 students have contacted coronavirus across three universities in … 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: 10:28 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
Aggressive passenger forces Jet2 flight from Glasgow to be diverted from Turkey to land at Manchester airport The Jet2 flight was set to land in Bodrum yesterday after taking off from Glasgow ‘Aggressive passenger’ caused the pilot to alter course and land in Manchester Greater Manchester Police met the plane when it landed at Manchester … Read more
This is the heart-breaking moment a bride dressed all in white surprised her terminally ill mother by arranging a wedding in just five days – having sworn never to get married. Nicole Lind, 30, left Elizabeth Bridgewater, 71, speechless when she turned up at her hospital bed in full wedding attire and asked her mother … Read more