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Man dies and 15 more “critical” in Edinburgh Legionnaires’ outbreak

AN outbreak of the deadly Legionnaires’ disease has left one man dead and another 15 critically ill. Health bosses are frantically searching for the source...

A parking fine for every centimetre of road: Tiny street tops ticketing table

A SCOTS street has emerged as the most dangerous for illegally parked drivers, after it was revealed that almost 8000 tickets had been dished...

NHS prescribes £22,500 worth of iPad

EARLIER this week it was announced that the city council would spend £18,000 on iPads for councillors, now health chiefs have spent £22,500 on tablets for senior...

Pensioner dies after being starved by hospital for week

AN 84-YEAR-OLD patient was starved for more than a week by hospital staff as she waited to have an operation. Peggy Davis later died from...

Doctors paid twice for treating patients

MORE than 70 doctors at a health board mired in controversy over waiting lists are being paid twice for treating NHS patients. The hospital doctors, employed...

Supermarkets banned from selling alcohol

 SUPERMARKETS have been given a ban on selling alcohol after objections were made by health officials.   Sainsbury’s and two independent retailers were given the ban...

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