Staff shortage leads to closure of wards for dementia patients
TWO wards treating dementia patients have been closed by a health board because of nurse shortages. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16400024.staff-shortage-leads-to-closure-of-wards-for-dementia-patients/
Residents angry at 70% increase in charge to park outside their homes
A CAMPAIGN group has been set up to oppose an imminent 70 per cent price rise in resident parking in Partick, Glasgow. ....
A decade of broken promises on Highland Main Line
IN centuries past, the idea of change at ancient Birnam Wood was so unthinkable that Shakespeare used it to lull one of his...
Ain’t no mountain high enough to defeat the abseiling botanists
Evidence is unequivocal the mountain climate is changing . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16400022.aint-no-mountain-high-enough-to-defeat-the-abseiling-botanists/
Crohn’s disease sufferers sought for new study testing stem cell transplants
SCIENTISTS are recruiting patients with untreatable Crohn’s disease to test whether a stem cell transplant can reboot their immune system and improve their...
Scotland leads the way on tackling rural crime
A specialist rural crime taskforce has been credited with Scotland bucking the trend on countryside thefts compared to the rest of the UK....
Senior cleric makes ‘watching cycling is a minority pursuit’ complaint over Glasgow 2018 closed roads
IT brought parts of Glasgow to a standstill with road closures the norm. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16399872.senior-cleric-kelvin-holdsworth-makes-watching-cycling-is-a-minority-pursuit-complaint-over-glasgow-2018-closed-roads/
Alan Roden: If the UK ends up with No Deal, Corbyn’s Labour will be to blame
THERE is a lot that Labour could learn from the way the SNP handled referendum defeat in 2014. Alex Salmond – then still...
Grandmother, 61, is Britain’s longest-serving swimming lifeguard
SHE has spent nearly 80,000 hours poolside since taking up work as a lifeguard when she was just 16. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16400021.grandmother-61-is-britains-longest-serving-swimming-lifeguard/
At least 39 dead as earthquake hits Indonesia
AT least 39 people have died after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Lombok, officials say. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16399851.at-least-39-dead-as-earthquake-hits-indonesia/
