PPE

'Sick of the lies': Michelle Mone breaks silence on covid PPE scandal

Vladimir McTavish finds Matt Hancock, above, hard to believe

An ‘honest and heartfelt’ apology dripping with insincerity - Vladimir McTavish

Bo'ness Car 4U volunteers take local cancer patients to doctor's appointments.

Charity calls for more volunteers to help drive local cancer patients to doctors

Martyn Day MP, Thomas Martin and the Arco Team in Linlithgow.

Linlithgow MP visits Arco's safety centre

Thornlea Nursing Home in Loanhead will be turned into housing, after care chiefs suspended its licence. (Photo credit: Lisa Ferguson).

Loanhead nursing home where half of residents died to be turned into housing

Linlithgow Fire Crew will be donning their full firefighting kit and Breathing Apparatus and walking from 9am-5pm along the town’s High Street on Saturday (April 9), raising money to buy much-needed equipment for firefighters in Ukraine. Photo: Linlithgow Fire Crew

Linlithgow Fire Crew set for charity walk in aid of Ukraine

The Covid pandemic created a huge demand for PPE for NHS workers (Picture: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Covid PPE scandal saw UK Government waste billions of pounds – Angus Robertson

Government acquisition of personal protection equipment was badly handled and cost nearly £10 bn

Readers' letters: PPE scandal has cost us nearly £10 billion

Midlothian MP Owen Thompson (SNP).

Midlothian MP urges Crony Bill backing as £8.7billion in Covid Contract losses r...

The pandemic has seen millions of tonnes of plastic PPE,, including respirators and masks, dumped in landfill in 193 countries.

Heriot-Watt project could give discarded PPE a second life

Tory peer Baroness Mone is facing investigation by the Lords standards watchdog over the awarding of Government contracts worth more than £200 million to a PPE supplier.

Michelle Mone faces Lords standards inquiry over award of PPE contracts

Vaccines do not prevent people from liking Barry Manilow's music (Picture: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid anti-vaxxers should be made to pay more for a night out – Susan Morrison

Cynthia Guthrie, chief executive of Guthrie Group, which is based in Livingston.

West Lothian firm wins £1m deal to supply PPE and workwear for Scottish college

Highbank Intermediate Care facility in Dalkeith.

Positive care inspection for Highbank

Almost 4 in 10 Brits admit to leaving litter on a beach - and say they will cont...

All six major Morrisons stores in Edinburgh will trial the zero waste scheme

Edinburgh Morrisons stores to become 'zero waste' trial centres
Edinburgh’s supermarket shoppers will be the guinea pigs for a UK-wide trial of a scheme by Morrisons to slash its impact on the environment through a massive recycling programme.

Blasted the Taliban: Councillor Lachlan Bruce

East Lothian council member blasts the Taliban

Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Pandemic will have 'long-lasting impact' on intensive care staff

Children at Busy Bees nursery had to 'wait to get their basic needs met'

Inspectors find Edinburgh nursery 'visibly dirty'

12.6 billion PPE items are stored in the UK as central stock, which costs around £6.7 million per week (Photo: Getty Images)

Taxpayers will be paying costs of pandemic for decades - with Covid bill already...

Dentists warned of growing crisis in patient care

Patients face waiting until 'next year' for dental check-up in Edinburgh

Hot Flame in Livingston. Picture: JPIMedia

Restaurant hits out at customers who left without paying during fire alarm

The latest updates on Covid-19 in Scotland and around the world.

Live Covid Scotland RECAP: Thursday's updates

Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has published a WhatsApp exchange in which the Prime Minister appeared to describe Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s performance as “totally f***ing hopeless” (Photo: Shutterstock)

Johnson called Hancock 'totally f***ing useless' in WhatsApp messages, Cummings ...

The government was not as prepared as it could have been for the Covid pandemic, the National Audit Office found (Photo: Shutterstock)

Government did not have ‘detailed contingency plans’ in place for pandemic

Porsche Macan EV

Porsche Macan EV pictured testing on public roads

Allowing customers to remove masks for beauty treatments would help salons 'save themselves from the brink', according to the group (file image). Picture: Eric Lalmand/Belga/AFP via Getty Images.

Beauty industry urges rule change in Scotland over wearing masks
The beauty industry is urging the Scottish Government to relax face mask rules in salons, saying this would help save cash-strapped venues and bring the nation in line with the rest of the UK.

Passed inspection: The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Concerns over waste, PPE and handwashing at Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary

The popular food delivery app, Uber Eats, is now delivering to South Queensferry (Photo: Lisa Ferguson/Shutterstock).

Popular food delivery service launches in South Queensferry

More than one million face masks issued to NHS workers may fail to meet safety standards, the Government has warned (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS told to stop using over a million masks issued to workers that ‘may not meet...

People wave from inside a care home during the Christmas period (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Care home visits will end ‘torture’ of isolation – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens now? (Photo by Molly Darlington - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens...

Care home residents in Scotland will be allowed two designated visitors, who can each meet them indoors once a week

Visits for Scots care home residents to restart in early march

Care home appeals against poor infection control rating from Care Inspectorate

A multitude of healthcare bodies in the UK are asking the Government for better personal protection against Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

UK health workers want the government to update 'inadequate' Covid PPE guidance

Nicola Sturgeon said she had tried to be "pretty candid"

Sturgeon won't 'mark own homework' on Covid

A practice nurse at the Pentland Medical Practice, Currie. Picture: Russell Cheyne - WPA Pool/Getty Images

The best advice is not being followed - Ian Murray MP

The most commonly recorded symptom was flashbacks of the patient's time in hospital (Photo: Shutterstock)

Around a third of Covid patients thought to experience PTSD symptoms after being...

Ambulance staff face strict new Covid protocols

Scottish ambulance response times hit by Covid pandemic protocols

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and Wales since the pandemic began (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and W...

Plea: The leading medic has written a direct plea after spending a year on the wards battling Covid.

A Doctor Writes: 'We’ve both been damaged by COVID in ways others can’t see'

PPE: West Lothian Council leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick

West Lothian Council brings in new PPE policy for staff

The lockdown babies of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh parents adapting to pregnancies and births during lockdown

Construction work will be able to go ahead, with tightened restrictions (Picture: Shutterstock)

Will construction sites stay open during Scotland lockdown?

Meeting others outdoors still poses Covid risks - could it be banned?

In a report submitted to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday, the inspectorate highlighted issues of infection prevention and control at Braid Hills nursing centre.

Care home watchdog finds 'serious concerns' at nursing centre in Liberton

The return of weekly clapping for the “heroes” of the pandemic returned on Thursday.

Clap for Heroes meets with muted response

Barnabas Cox, who used his start-up 3D printing business to manufacture and distribute free face masks to the NHS and local businesses. Picture: Andrew O'Brien

Scot whose 3D printing firm provided NHS face masks honoured

Caution: Councillor Cammy Day

Covid-19 can’t dampen our community spirit - Cammy Day

Hayley Matthews was in so much pain she was considering drastic action, like out-of-work labourer Chris Savage who removed two of his teeth with a mole grip during the lockdown, until she discovered her dentist was happy to help her (Picture: Habibur Rahman)

How I had a narrow escape from DIY dentistry – Hayley Matthews

£122m worth of Covid PPE bought for the NHS has never been used

Coronavirus in Fife: 26 residents and 22 staff test positive for covid-19 at Fife care home

26 residents and 22 staff test positive for covid-19 at Fife care home

1st and 2nd class stamps are going up in price - here's how much you'll have to ...

Experts warn that the nation is in for a big freeze – as gas engineers expect to...

Most shoppers wear face masks

Tonnes of Covid-19 face masks could be dumped in Scottish landfill sites