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Data watchdog raps Scottish Government over Covid Status app privacy issues

The UK’s data watchdog has reprimanded the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland over their failure to inform people how their personal information is used by the NHS Scotland Covid Status app. The app is one method people can use ...

25 Feb 2022 at 09:25

Sturgeon promises medical supplies to Ukraine and urges PM to do more

Scotland will send half a million items of medical supplies to Ukraine to help those “fighting a battle for democracy and freedom” against the Russian invasion, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister visited an NHS Scotland distribution ...

02 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Ireland

Head of HSE admits ‘challenges’ as National Service Plan published

The Government has hailed the 20 billion euro national service plan budget as the largest ever, as senior officials warned that urgent reforms were still at the mercy of Covid-19 uncertainties. The National Service Plan, published on Tuesday,...

01 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Queen thanked by Archbishop for ‘staying the course’

The Queen is “still in the saddle”, the Archbishop of York has said, as he thanked her for “staying the course”. In his sermon for the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, The Most Rev Stephen Cottrell compared the ...

03 Jun 2022 at 16:13

King, William and Harry to walk behind Queen’s coffin to Westminster Hall

The King will be joined by his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex as they walk behind the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to where she will lie in state. Charles, William and Harry – along with the Duke of York, the ...

14 Sept 2022 at 07:33

Kilkenny Live

Celebrating our local heroes in Kilkenny

There was great excitement at Kilkenny Castle last weekend when a Blue Light Parade and Static Display took place as part of National Services Day. There were rounds of applause from passers-by as the parade of approximately ...

11 Sept 2022 at 14:33

Scotland

NHS boards spent £14.7bn in first year of pandemic

Scotland’s NHS boards spent £14.7 billion during the first full year of the pandemic, the latest figures show. Public Health Scotland (PHS) released statistics on Tuesday showing the spending in 2020/21 increased by 5.2% in ...

22 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Campaign to find ‘unsung heroes’ 60 years after end of National Service

A campaign is being launched to help find “unsung heroes” who completed National Service, ahead of the 60th anniversary of the end of the programme. The Royal British Legion (RBL) launched its AskDad and AskGrandad ...

04 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Princess Royal says country owes ‘debt of gratitude’ to National Servicemen

The Princess Royal has said National Service conscripts “understood all too well the price of freedom and shouldered that burden on our behalf” at a service commemorating the two million who served. Princess Anne ...

16 May 2023 at 18:00

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06 Sept 2022 at 19:33

Tory policies drive wedge between young and old people, conference hears

Tory policies such as the national service scheme drive a wedge between the younger and older generations, the Conservative Party conference has heard. In its election manifesto, the party pledged to make ...

01 Oct 2024 at 12:35

Wartime entertainer, 98, recalls how young Roger Moore hitchhiked to see her

A 98-year-old wartime entertainer has recalled how her Army driver, the future James Bond actor Roger Moore, used to hitchhike across Germany to visit her during the Second World War. Hazel Kaye, who ...

08 May 2025 at 11:57

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