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Nine patients at two Scottish hospitals have been affected by the clostridium difficile (C diff) infection. Four patients were affected at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and five at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow. Health Protection Scotland said both clusters involved the virulent 027 strain of the...
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 16: Celtic fans pay tribute to Celtic and Scotland international football legend Tommy Burns, who died yesterday, May 15, 2008, aged 51 after losing his battle with cancer, at Celtic Park on May 16, 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland. Tommy Burns was a player with the club from...
GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 16: A man walks past the 150ft Titan crane on May 16, 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland. The world's first giant cantilever crane, the Titan aided the construction of battleships and big liners at John Brown's shipyard. The crane was opened to the public on August 3, 2007,...
An ice rink has been opened in the Japanese city of Yokohama - with no ice. It is made up of petrochemical resin panels, which save around pounds 100,000 in air conditioning and water bills. (c) 2008 Daily Record; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
Scottish media company SMG has said that its ITV television business STV expects "double-digit" growth in regional sales in May and June. But in an interim management statement issued ahead of its AGM today, SMG said its radio operation, led by Virgin Radio, is experiencing a "weaker" second...
Gilchrist, G. and Gruer, L. and Atkinson, J. (2005) Comparison of drug use and psychiatric morbidity between prostitute and non-prostitute female drug users in Glasgow, Scotland. Addictive Behaviors 30(5):pp. 1019-1023. Abstract Aims: To compare psychiatric morbidity between 176 female drug users...
Posted on: Thursday, 15 May 2008, 12:00 CDT GLASGOW is to stage its first Gaelic literary festival. Leabhar's Craic will feature some of Scotland's top Celtic writers, poets and musicians. The one-day festival, on May 24 at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, will also include creative writing and...
Published Date: 16 May 2008 THE Scottish Government said it would force councils to deliver free personal care to the elderly after MSPs voted against charging last night. The vote also gave the SNP administration a mandate from Holyrood to go to Westminster to demand the £30 million attendance...
The railways minister was on the wrong track when he criticised my lobby colleagues for focusing on tittle-tattle Among most lobby correspondents, the name of Tom Harris, Labour MP for Glasgow South and a junior transport minister, is hardly box office. But I've always found Tom, a tall,...
A French high-speed TGV If ministers do not agree quickly to give the go-ahead for a national high-speed rail network it could hamper the UK economy’s growth by a whopping £60bn ($117bn), according to one workers body. Rail union TSSA general secretary Gerry Doherty said: “The economic and...
