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LibDems say hundreds waited a week for Test and Protect interview
LibDem leader Rennie uncovers 300 people waited a week for Test & Protect interview after positive test
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie today said...
French border closed to UK freight – Scotland ‘ready to help’
There was a meeting today of SGoRR, the Scottish Government’s emergency resilience committee this afternoon.
This followed a COBR meeting earlier. SGoRR discussed the...
Letter from Scotland
The Prime Minister in London tells us we should have a “Merry little Christmas” and his Christmas present to us is a ticking parcel...
Register now for CivTech’s Demo Week 5.0
The Scottish Government's national Accelerator programme, CivTech, is looking for innovators, investors, public sector organisations and tech enthusiasts to register for its Demo Week...
Coronavirus – celebrate Christmas safely
Having said The Scottish Government would do so today at the media briefing, the First Minister has issued guidance on how Scots might approach...
Coronavirus – period of self-isolation reduced to 10 days from Monday
All over the UK, anyone who is required to self-isolate, due to contact with someone who has had a positive test for Covid-19, or...
Letter from Scotland
I feel the tide has turned this week. We’ve seen the start of the Covid-19 vaccination programme but we’ve also watched in horror as...
National Records of Scotland announce number of deaths returning to average levels
National Records of Scotland have announced today that 13,295 deaths were recorded between July and September 2020, which represents an increase of 1.2% from...
National Records of Scotland – weekly figures show ‘slight decrease’
National Records of Scotland have announced the figures for deaths involving Covid-19 for Week 49, from 30 November to 6 December 2020 this morning.
As...
Climate move by Scottish Episcopal Church is welcome news
On Saturday The Scottish Episcopal Church took the decision at their General Synod to set a 2030 net zero carbon emissions target.
This move...
Letter from Scotland
Scotland has joined the “four nations” bubble for Christmas.
To avoid confusion and to recognise the ties that still bind the peoples of Britain...
For St Andrew’s Day – one million words of kindness
Celebrate shared kindness and community spirit this St Andrew’s Day 2020 by sending ‘One Million Words of Kindness’ across the country.
The Scottish Government would...
Booker Prize – masterful Scottish working-class story Shuggie Bain wins in most diverse year...
by Stevie Marsden, Tutor in Publishing, Manchester Metropolitan University
Stevie Marsden, Manchester Metropolitan University
Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain has won the 52nd Booker Prize....
Letter from Scotland
More than two million of us, nearly half the population, have been placed under “lockdown” until 11th December. It’s a last desperate effort to...
Scot Douglas Stuart wins the Booker Prize 2020
Shuggie Bain wins 2020 Booker Prize
· Douglas Stuart is the second Scot to win the prize, following James Kelman in 1994
· This novel is based on Stuart’s...
Government to fund devices to keep care home residents connected
New government funding has been announced to provide around 1,400 care homes in Scotland with digital devices to connect those receiving care with their...
Letter from Scotland
We have paused to see what the virus will do next. I sense a feeling of uneasy calm and weariness.
We are settling into...
Newly named gritter will display remembrance logo
A brand new 32 tonne gritter which has just taken to the roads, is to be called Scotland's Bravest Gritter, and it will feature...
Equal Protection from Assault Act is law from today
Legislation that gives children the same legal protection from assault as adults comes into force on Saturday 7 November 2020.
The Children (Equal Protection from...
Letter from Scotland
As I write, the swings and roundabouts of the American electoral system are slowly working out whether Donald Trump should continue to live in...
New report by shows improvement in gender equality in Scottish theatre
Stellar Quines and Christine Hamilton Consulting published a new report today which analyses numbers of women in creative roles in subsidised theatres in Scotland...
First Minister pays tribute to Sir Sean Connery
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, has paid tribute to Sir Sean Connery, who has died in the Bahamas, aged 90.
SI Neg. 2001-3797.18a. Date: 4/6/2001.
Actor Sir...
Is Scotland poised to phase out oil now?
The international race is on to see which countries will lead the transition into a new age of eco-friendly alternative energy sources.
And while...
Letter from Scotland
Our masters are telling us we will have to learn to live with this Covid creature though all the dark months of winter (the...
Scottish Government offer one-off support grants
The Scottish Government announced today that more funding will be made available for businesses affected by the extension of temporary restrictions to slow the...
Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 – the box office is open now
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020 will run from 7 to 14 November 2020.
The ESFF again brings the world’s best short film to Edinburgh:...
Prime Minister says Brexit will be based on ‘no deal’ – what the Scottish...
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has said that any trade talks with the EU are at an end.
This is the text of the...
Millions for Scotland’s scientists
The UK Government is backing Scotland's most promising scientists with funding of £12 million.
This finance is intended to take innovation and help turn it...
Letter from Scotland
I was stopped in my tracks this week by the shocking statistic that one in three children in Glasgow were living in poverty, even...
Letter from Scotland
The autumn school holidays were originally to allow children to help bring in the potato harvest. “Tattie howking” it was called.
Nowadays, it’s done...
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