Health

Gillian Martin has applied for her constituency office to be a breastfeeding friendly workplace when it has safely reopened following the pandemic.

Light the North will start on Saturday and features 50 large and 90 smaller artworks which will be auctioned off in November.

A NORTH-east MSP has called for a change in the way drug misuse is handled in Scotland.

THE NHS have announced changes to two phone helplines.

Fully vaccinated people from the EU and US will be able to travel to Scotland without quarantining from Monday, August 2.

In Scotland in the last 24 hours there have been a total of 1398 positive cases of coronavirus (1179 yesterday).

A PUNISHING spinathon challenge has seen a Fochabers fundraiser get to within touching distance of her target.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon held a briefing this afternoon providing an update on the latest coronavirus developments.

In Scotland in the last 24 hours there have been a total of 1044 positive cases of coronavirus (1000 yesterday).

A new fund has been launched to help families with the costs of visiting and providing essential care for their children in hospital.

Age Scotland has partnered with Scottish Water to launch a new campaign to help older people across Scotland stay hydrated this summer and beyond.

In Scotland in the last 24 hours there have been a total of 1237 positive cases of coronavirus (1307 yesterday).

An Inverurie family is supporting an event that will mark the British Heart Foundation’s 60th anniversary.

Aberdeenshire Council’s mobile testing programme provides lateral flow self-tests for those without Covid symptoms and will be at several local sites.

MSP Tess White has urged the Scottish Government to ensure patients in Grampian are treated at accident and emergency within four hours.

Funding of just under £120,000 has been secured allowing the plan to proceed, with further fundraising efforts to continue to allow for enhancements.

The centre is located at Car Park 4, Garthdee Campus and tests must be booked in advance.

In Scotland in the last 24 hours there have been a total of 1505 positive cases of coronavirus (1825 yesterday).

Changes are being made to self-isolation rules for close contacts of Covid-19 cases to allow essential staff in critical roles to return to work.

More than 75 per cent of adults across the north-east have had both Covid jabs while more than 92 per cent have now had their first injection.