By Jodi Mullen Governments and health officials around the world are battling to contain the spread of a new strain of swine flu, amidst fears that the virus could become a global pandemic. More than 1,600 cases of the illness have been reported in Mexico, where the first outbreaks of the virus occurred, [...]
Industrial action at the Sunday Mail and Daily Record is set to go ahead later this week after staff voted overwhelmingly to strike in protest at plans to cut 70 jobs.
Journalists at the Trinity Mirror group voted 95% in favour of industrial action short of a strike, including work-to-rule, in an National Union of Journalists chapel poll on Friday. Of these ballots, 85% also supported action including strikes.
By Jodi Mullen Tonight the News Room bar on Leith Street will play host to Edinburgh’s first ‘Tweetup‘, an informal gathering for local users of social networking phenomenon Twitter. The meet follows the success of last month’s Edinburgh Twestival, a charity event which saw Twitter users raise thousands of pounds for good causes. Over the [...]
A USB memory stick containing information on hundreds on police investigations has gone missing in Edinburgh, it was revealed today.
The device was reported missing on February 26 but may have been misplaced up to two months earlier at Lothian and Borders Police’s headquarters in the Fettes area of the city.
A search has been launched to recover the memory stick but police have stated that the loss will not affect any ongoing investigations.
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