GLASGOW health chiefs are desperately trying to trace anyone who had contact with a man suffering a drug-resistant form of TB.
The man, from overseas, is being treated in an isolation ward in the city’s Gartnavel Hospital.
It’s thought to be the first-ever Scottish case of XDRTB, an extreme strain of the disease.
It is prevalent in other [...]

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The Scottish Premier League has agreed to pay the wages of Gretna’s unpaid players - helping the club to stay in business until the end of the season.
The league has given the club a six-figure advance of money due to them at the end of the current campaign.
The club’s administrator told the SPL they are [...]

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Two people have been taken to hospital in Edinburgh after a chemical spill on board a ship at Leith Docks.
The incident happened at about 0900 GMT on a vessel berthed at the Cemex plant within the dock complex.
Lothian and Borders Fire Service said the spill had been contained on board the ship and there was [...]

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Train operator First ScotRail has submitted plans to build a wind turbine at Leuchars station in Fife.
It would supply all the electricity needs for the station and surplus power would be sent to the national grid.
The firm has lodged a planning application for the 6kw turbine, which it said was part of its strategy to [...]

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