“Someone should be held responsible” – the words of an Edinburgh man who contracted Legionnaires’ disease in the capital. Gordon Erasmuson is one of twelve people now seeking legal action over the outbreak – which has claimed two lives. Lawyers say they expect more victims to come forward, as the investigation into the source of the infection continues. Rangers will find out on July the 4th whether their new incarnation will be allowed to stay in the Scottish Premier League or face banishment to a lower division. In another development, the SPL announced that the club has a case to answer over its past use of a tax avoidance scheme. Punishments could include Rangers being stripped of past titles. Two in five unpaid carers are ignoring their own health to look after ill, disabled or elderly loved ones. A survey found that many are delaying medical treatments ranging from operations to cancer screening as they cope with their caring responsibilities. Men suffering from an incurable muscle-wasting condition will continue to die young – unless the Scottish Government acts now. That’s the message from campaigners, who claim it’s a critical time for investment into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A forty-four year-old man has appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with murder. It follows the discovery of the body of thirty-one year old Lee Duncan in a flat in Lauriston Place in Tollcross in February last year. A contract worth more than fifteen million pounds has been awarded …
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