Please click the image below to read more: Exclusive: Staff from the Outhousebar in Edinburgh say they felt “uncomfortable” after finding out that a group of people affiliated with the Scottish Family Party had booked a table at the venue. Three customers were refused entry to an Edinburgh pub after staff found out that they […]
Please click the image below to read more: Some events planned for Scotland may be cancelled or moved to other parts of the UK if the Scottish Government does not respond to concerns over vaccine passports. A business chief says that losing big events just as the sector is getting back on its feet would […]
Please click the link below to read more: The Commission for School Reform said the implementation guidance around CfE ran to 20,000 pages and placed too heavy a burden on teachers. In June, a report into CfE from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said CfE had suffered from failures of implementation. Chaired […]
Please click the image below to read more: RAF Lossiemouth marked a double milestone today as its £100 million Poseidon Strategic Facility was officially named as the “Atlantic Building” and a new Standard was presented to CXX Squadron. With the Atlantic Building as a backdrop and flanked either side by two submarine-hunting Poseidon aircraft, 60 […]
Please click the link below to read more: More than 7000 British Red Cross volunteers have helped nearly 164,000 people across Scotland amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to new figures. The charity said the ways their volunteers have assisted include delivering food and medicine to doorsteps, helping with vaccinations and manning a coronavirus support line […]
Please click the image below to read more: ONE in eight Scots teachers is now in temporary posts, new figures reveal. Some 6,259 out of 52,672 teachers were not on full-time contracts in 2020, as the 12 per cent tally was up from eight per cent reported in 2006. Ministers faced calls to end the […]
Please click the image below to read more: The only GP surgery in a Borders village is to close after it was agreed it was no longer viable to operate. If follows the failure to fill some “key posts” at the Coldingham site. Eyemouth Medical Practice – which operates the branch surgery – said the […]
Please click the link below to read more: Glasgow and Lanarkshire are the two worse hit corona hotspots in Europe, according to the World Health Organisation. The rate of Covid-19 cases per person in the two Scottish regions are significantly higher than elsewhere in the country, the United Kingdom and the continent. Lanarkshire’s seven-day rate […]
Please click the image below to read more: The Spey Fishery Board states the amount of water extracted to generate hydro-electricity is having a “devastating” impact on the river. A report published today shows 90% of the water taken from the Spey comes from the top 13% of the river. This water is then diverted […]