virus Donald Trump says coronavirus vaccine will be developed ‘by the end of this year’ By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 07:44:54 +0100 US President Donald Trump has told a town hall meeting that he thinks a coronavirus vaccine will be developed “by the end of this year”. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Lockdown measures eased for millions By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 17:25:35 +0100 While millions of people have taken advantage of easing coronavirus lockdowns to enjoy the outdoors, some of the world’s most populous countries have reported worrying new peaks in infections. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Countries divided over lockdown By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:50:40 +0100 Regional and political divisions have emerged in many nations over how fast to lift coronavirus lockdowns as worries about economic devastation collide with fears of a second wave of deaths. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: New cases in China and South Korea By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:59:10 +0100 China and South Korea both reported more coronavirus infections yesterday after reopening economies damaged by devastating outbreaks. Full Article
virus New coronavirus cases in China and South Korea as world lockdowns ease By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:32:17 +0100 China and South Korea both reported more coronavirus infections Friday after reopening economies damaged by devastating outbreaks. Full Article
virus Coronavirus Scotland: Celebrity hairstylist Taylor Ferguson gives his top tips to keep your locks looking good By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 05:10:00 +0100 WHEN we eventually emerge from lockdown the first thing most people will want to do is hug their nearest and dearest, but for some they will be running to their hair stylist to sort out the unruly mass of top of their head. Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: Scottish Government advisor backs lockdown exit that lifts restrictions for majority but shields most vulnerable By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 13:00:00 +0100 RESEARCHERS have called for a two-track approach to easing lockdown which would strengthen protection for the most vulnerable but relax restrictions for the majority of the population. Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: IVF treatment to restart 'as quickly as possible' By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:06:16 +0100 NICOLA Sturgeon hopes to reopen IVF clinics “as quickly as possible” to stop the closure having a “devastating” impact on families’ lives during the pandemic. Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: If lockdown unravels, should we ask the sick, elderly or obese to stay at home instead? By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 05:00:00 +0100 THE people of Scotland have been offered a “light at the end of the tunnel” in the form of various potential relaxations to lockdown - but warned they will only get there if they double down on their compliance. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Professor raises 'big problem' with Nicola Sturgeon's test, trace, isolate strategy By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:05:16 +0100 A PUBLIC health professor has warned that the Scottish Government’s strategy to escape the lockdown will encounter “a big problem” unless test results can be provided quicker. Full Article
virus Italy’s coronavirus death toll rises above 30,000 By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:15:23 +0100 Italy has become the first European Union country to record more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths. Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: Edinburgh's economy set for £300m hit after festivals axed By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:20:06 +0100 SCOTLAND'S capital is coming to terms with the "heart-breaking" news that its summer festivals will not go ahead this year - costing the city hundreds of millions of pounds. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Edinburgh Airbnb flats help solve homelessness crisis By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:10:00 +0100 HOUSING bosses in Scotland’s capital have finally moved all homeless families with children out of unsuitable B&Bs after Airbnb properties and hotel rooms were left empty by the coronavirus lockdown. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Scottish businesses which ignore social distancing face police action By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:38:22 +0100 NICOLA Sturgeon said she does not expect police to be “routinely patrolling office blocks” as sweeping new enforcement powers come into force to include workplaces flouting social distancing rules. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Scots told to give up cigarettes and reduce alcohol from lockdown diet By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:48:34 +0100 SCOTS have been urged to give up smoking and cut down their alcohol consumption in a bid to reduce “complications linked to conroavirus”. Full Article
virus Joanna Blythman: The many exciting food initiatives that have emerged through the Coronavirus crisis By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 05:00:00 +0100 The ingenuity of Scotland’s independent food sector, and its determination to keep feeding us in these testing circumstances, is remarkable. Restaurants and cafés have gone down the takeaway route, small artisan suppliers who lost overnight all their catering customers have rapidly reconfigured their business around home delivery. Farmers who previously struggled to attract supermarket shoppers have never been so busy. Farmer’s markets have adapted to sell delivered or collected vegetable b Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: Giovanna Eusebi shares memories of cooking with her grandmother in lockdown recipe series By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 13:18:08 +0100 LEARNING from the hands of her grandmother in Italy, it was perhaps always going to be Giovanna Eusebi's destiny that she would go on to create culinary masterpieces of her own one day. Full Article
virus Cook your way through the coronavirus crisis with Marc Mazoyer By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:01:18 +0100 MARC Mazoyer is getting ready for the week ahead. He’s made soup, and a loaf of bread, and roasted a chicken and he’s thinking about what he’ll do with the food over the next few days. Some of the chicken can go into a dahl, and maybe a risotto, and he might make some quesadillas with it too. And the leftovers can go into a caesar salad. This is how Marc keeps physically well. But it’s how he keeps mentally well too. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: seven video games to play during lockdown By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 06:10:00 +0100 Someone is mortally wounded, shot to bits by a stormtrooper, hacked to pieces by a zombie, legs crushed by a Sergio Ramos tackle, or crippled when their go-kart careered into a cartoon tree. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Scottish biotech firm to help develop Covid-19 antibody test By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 05:00:00 +0100 OMEGA Diagnostics shares jumped 77 per cent after it announced it is part of the UK rapid test consortium working to jointly develop and manufacture an antibody test. Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: Police issue 140 fixed-penalty notices to people flouting lockdown rules By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:30:00 +0100 Police have issued more than 140 fixed-penalty notices to people flouting coronavirus lockdown rules in Scotland in the week since new powers came into force. Full Article
virus Progress in tackling domestic abuse must not suffer in coronavirus crisis By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:12:43 +0100 THIS time last year the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and the Crown Office were united in great fanfare about groundbreaking new legislation designed to tackle domestic abuse. Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: Prison governors to have final say over early releases By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 19:12:32 +0100 PRISON governors have been handed the power to veto prisoners they have concerns over being released early - as plans are pushed forward for up to 450 prisoners to be freed to allow inmates to socially distance in cells. Full Article
virus VE Day 75 Scotland Remembers: How armed forces and veterans charities are still a lifeline in coronavirus lockdown By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 05:02:02 +0100 It dates back to1885 and started out as a fund to help military families at home while the Second Expeditionary Force set sail for Egypt. Major James Gildea wrote a letter appealing for money and a fund was set up to provide allowances. Full Article
virus Coronavirus in Scotland: Pop-up paths and cycle lanes to boost social distancing By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:25:37 +0100 TEMPORARY walking and cycling routes are set to pop-up across Scotland in a bid to improve social distancing while Scots are now being advised to wear face coverings in “enclosed spaces”. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Home working 'could help revive Scotland's rural communities' By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 14:19:51 +0100 SCOTLAND’S workers could stay put in rural communities in the post-lockdown world - boosting countryside economies and cutting commuter traffic, a Holyrood cabinet secretary has suggested. Full Article
virus Scottish golf courses urged to close as coronavirus takes hold By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:40:06 +0000 Scotland’s golf courses have been urged to close in the wake of the Government’s latest measures to combat the coronavirus. Full Article
virus Golf clubs need members 'more than ever' in coronavirus crisis By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 05:00:00 +0000 It wasn’t that long ago that health experts were championing golf as a soothing, morale-boosting haven away from the ravaging rigours of the coronavirus. Full Article
virus Golf and coronavirus: Why Covid-19 may be the final straw for outdated clubs By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 05:10:00 +0100 To say that amateur golf in Scotland has been slow to adapt to change is putting it kindly. But where the rise of the nomads, the Equality Act, the credit crunch and repeated faltering reform efforts have failed, perhaps Covid-19 will finally be the shock that thrusts the sector into a meaningful if seriously belated overhaul. Full Article
virus The Open 2020 golf championship cancelled due to coronavirus crisis By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:01:39 +0100 THE Open Championship will not take place at all this year. Full Article
virus Opinion: Kevin McKenna: Coronavirus aftermath makes independence more vital than ever By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 05:20:02 +0100 YOU could call it state-sponsored sanctimony. In times of crisis or national emergency we’re all urged to pull in the same direction and put partisan politics behind us. How dare you talk about inequality and the plight of the disadvantaged at a time like this? Those who tend to be loudest in rebuking these social pariahs are often those who stand to benefit most from any suspension of scrutiny. Full Article
virus Readers react to reports Nicola Sturgeon 'missed six coronavirus Cobra meetings' By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:50:34 +0100 Readers have been quick to voice their opinion after it was reported that Nicola Sturgeon missed six emergency coronavirus Cobra meetings. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: PPE shipment from China remains at Prestwick Airport due to 'labelling issue' By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:07:13 +0100 MILLIONS of face masks to protect Scottish health and care workers against coronavirus could be stuck in limbo at Prestwick airport for a week, it has emerged. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Lockdown could end later in Scotland than England By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:38:03 +0100 NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested the coronavirus lockdown in Scotland could end later than the one in England and that she might seek powers to close the Border. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Dumbarton police station temporarily closed after staff member showed symptoms By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:38:29 +0100 Dumbarton police station has temporarily closed after a member of staff showed symptoms of Covid-19. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Wizz Air announce plans to resume flights By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:51:52 +0100 Low-cost European carrier Wizz Air has announced plans to resume some flights from Luton Airport on May 1. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Passengers entering UK 'to be quarantined for two weeks' to halt spread By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:14:45 +0100 People arriving in the UK could be forced to quarantine for two weeks to halt the spread of coronavirus under plans for the "second phase" of the Government's response. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Scottish Government urged to help allocate more space for cyclists on roads By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:00:00 +0100 THE SCOTTISH Government has been urged to empower the country’s towns and cities can be transformed into healthier hubs for walking and cycling amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: UK Government 'actively looking at' quarantining UK airport arrivals By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 14:05:42 +0100 THE UK Government is “actively looking at” quarantining people arriving from abroad as criticism mounts over the country dragging its feet compared to other parts of the world. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: Visitors to UK face 'two weeks in quarantine' By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 08:11:10 +0100 Quarantining people arriving from abroad is being “actively” looked at, a senior member of the UK Government has admitted, as criticism mounts over the country dragging its feet compared to other parts of the world. Full Article
virus Coronavirus sparks calls over car use and public transport By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 05:00:00 +0100 SCOTLAND’S towns and cities have seen a “stark decrease” in toxic traffic fumes since the coronavirus lockdown came into force. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: One in four want police to be tougher over lockdown By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:09:15 +0100 MORE than one-quarter of people in Scotland want police to take tougher action against those who flout lockdown rules, a survey has found. Full Article
virus Coronavirus: 'Low inherent risk' anglers fish for a way back onto Scottish waters By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 05:00:00 +0100 SCOTLAND's foremost angling organisation has set out a bid to allow people to take part in the sport as lockdown measures are eased saying it carries a "low inherent potential" for Covid-19 transmission. Full Article
virus Issue of the Day: Rolling Stones are back with a coronavirus song By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 05:15:45 +0100 The Rolling Stones have released their first new song in eight years. Unlike everything else they've done in the last three decades, it's bang up to date. It even references the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
virus Glasgow's Summer Nights Festival cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0100 Glasgow's Summer Nights at the Bandstand festival has become the latest major music event to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Full Article
virus Iain Macwhirter on coronavirus: this crisis could bring a Great Depression, not socialism By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 06:10:00 +0100 The Meadowbank Stadium was one of the shabbier landmarks in east Edinburgh until it was knocked down last year. A new one is rising from the ashes, looking like one of those massive cruise liners that appear in the Forth. Full Article
virus Iain Macwhirter: Failures over testing means no end to coronavirus lockdown in Scotland By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 05:08:07 +0100 Next week, Nicola Sturgeon is promising to outline her proposals for lifting the lockdown. Good luck with that. She is unlikely to open the schools because she can't rely on parents to send their children. Full Article
virus What Coronavirus-Stricken Schools Want From the Feds Next: Online Learning Help By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 One of the biggest pieces of unfinished business for education groups when it comes to federal help with the coronavirus is connectivity and online learning. But what's the state of play? Full Article E+Learning
virus Many Districts Won't Be Ready for Remote Learning If Coronavirus Closes Schools By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 E-learning may help some schools keep instruction flowing but major gaps in access and resources mean not all schools are ready to offer virtual classes, and not all students are equipped to learn online. Full Article E+Learning
virus How Districts Are Helping Teachers Get Better at Tech Under Coronavirus By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Educators are struggling to learn how to use new tech tools—devices, apps, software, and online textbooks—in greater volume than ever before. Full Article E+Learning