Obesity putting young Scots at risk of blindness
OBESITY is putting young Scots at risk of going blind, researchers have said. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17284376.blindness-causing-condition-on-the-rise-in-fife-amid-obesity-epidemic/
Health boards in Scotland spend £9m treating non-UK patients
NHS Scotland has recouped less than half the costs spent treating patients from Europe and overseas in the past five years. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17284127.health-boards-in-scotland-spend-9m-treating-non-uk-patients/
O2 network crash: How you can claim compensation
O2 customers affected by the mobile network’s data outage could be in line for compensation over the loss of service. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17284169.o2-network-crash-how-you-can-claim-compensation/
No-deal Brexit could lead to six months of cross-Channel chaos, says UK Government assessment
A no-deal Brexit could lead to six months of chaos on key cross-Channel routes, the latest UK Government assessment shows. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17284143.no-deal-brexit-could-lead-to-six-months-of-cross-channel-chaos-says-uk-government-assessment/
Virgin Atlantic pilots to strike over Christmas amid union dispute
Pilots for the airline will strike from December 22 to Christmas Day, from December 30 to January 2 and January 4 to 7. ....
100,000 grants issued in Scotland this year to combat the ‘bedroom tax’
More than 100,000 grants have been paid out by the scheme used to mitigate Westminster’s so-called bedroom tax in Scotland, new figures show....
UK Government ‘block’ Holyrood paying settled status fees for EU citizens in Scotland’s public services
The UK Government will not allow Holyrood ministers to pay £65 settled status fees for European citizens who are working in Scotland’s public...
Fiona Bruce to become first female Question Time presenter
Fiona Bruce has been revealed as the new presenter for Question Time. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17284003.fiona-bruce-revealed-as-new-question-time-presenter/
Mother of murdered Owen Hassan makes emotional appeal to catch son’s killers
The father-of-three was attacked by two men who hid behind the Old Stag Inn and brutally stabbed him in a “vicious" planned attack on Wednesday,...
MSP tells John McDonnell: ‘Only way to reverse London power shift is through independence’
SNP MSP George Adam has hit back at Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonell’s claim to deliver the “biggest transfer in wealth and power"...
