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Coronavirus – Government eases restrictions on EU and US visitors
People from the EU and US who are fully vaccinated will be able to travel to Scotland without any requirement for quarantine from Monday...
Letter from Scotland
Monday is “Freedom Day”…though it depends what you mean by freedom and it depends on whether you live in Scotland or England.
In England,...
Letter from Scotland
“We’re at the sharp end of the Delta wave,” the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, told us. For a day or two, Scotland had the...
Letter from Scotland
Midsummer and the end of term, for schools, parliament and people.
And we even have a glimpse of the end of Covid restrictions on...
Coronavirus – international students will be included in vaccination programme
International students are to be included in the national Covid-19 vaccination programme.
Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, has confirmed this will take place in line...
Letter from Scotland
There’s a gentle air of midsummer rustling through the café awnings. People sit discussing the warm weather or Scotland’s prospects in our first European...
Letter from Scotland
Is Scotland really going green? It’s tempting to think so in a week which has seen the SNP and the Green Party talking about “a...
Letter from Scotland
It’s cup final weekend. The Hibees and the Saints will battle it out at Hampden on Saturday afternoon for the Scottish Football Association Challenge...
Check your Covid vaccination status online before travel
An NHS service allowing people travelling abroad to access their record of vaccination status themselves has been launched. The measure will provide confirmation of...
Marketing on Tap to help the hospitality industry
The new ‘Marketing on Tap’ campaign aimed at helping the Scottish hospitality industry has been set up by The Marketing Society Scotland (MSS) and...
Letter from Scotland
“We’re putting the recovery first,” was the election slogan all parties could agree on. And now the election is over and the new members...
Letter from Scotland
“Now is the month of Maying when merry lads (and lasses) are playing.” So Thomas Morley’s song welcomes in this happy month and so...
Letter from Scotland
We have been given back our “right to roam”. The coronavirus figures are now good enough for Nicola Sturgeon to make the surprise announcement...
#SP6 – LibDems unveil their commitment card
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie used a visit to Edinburgh on Tuesday to unveil the party’s Commitment Card which states that every candidate...
Letter from Scotland
Despite the pandemic and despite the collapse of the economy, Democracy goes marching on. The election campaign for the 129 seats in the Scottish...
Looking to more resilient hospitality businesses
INDUSTRY EXPERT LOOKS FORWARD TO A MORE RESILIENT HOSPITALITY SECTOR EMERGING FROM THE FIRES OF COVID-19
Having recently launched his own restaurant consultancy, hospitality...
Coronavirus – further restrictions on passengers arriving in Scotland
Ministers have agreed, on the basis of advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre, to place additional restrictions on travellers arriving in Scotland from the...
Letter from Scotland
This week there’s a feeling that “We’re almost there!” Somewhere out on the horizon, the tide has turned.
Governments, north and south of the...
National Records of Scotland report rise in number of deaths
The National Records of Scotland has confirmed on Wednesday that Quarter 4 deaths were 12.5% above average.
The number of deaths recorded from October to...
Tenement TV are back with a new music project
After almost a year without live music, TENEMENT TV are delighted to launch a brand-new music project connecting Scottish musicians currently locked down across...
Coronavirus – National Records of Scotland announce weekly statistics
The National Records of Scotland has just announced the week's statistics at 28 February 2021. This includes the number of deaths where Covid-19 was...
Letter from Scotland
We are being told to stay in our nest boxes for another two months. The route out of Lockdown seems to get longer each...
Pensioners advised to check eligibility for Pension Credit
Pensioners in Scotland are reminded to check if they are eligible for Pension Credit. Figures show that many could be missing out...
Coronavirus – revising the strategy to get out of lockdown
On Tuesday afternoon, the First Minister will set out The Scottish Government’s revised strategic framework and outline in broad terms how Scotland will gradually...
Biggest ever online event for World Thinking Day
Any Girlguiding member can tell you that 22 February is Thinking Day. It was the first Chief Guide's birthday.
Today, over 2,000 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides...
Letter from Scotland
At last the schools are beginning to re-open.
From Monday morning the bell will ring for pupils in the first three years of primary...
Coronavirus – government gives update on vaccination programme
The Scottish Government has now confirmed that 742,512 people have received the first dose of vaccine and 9,529 have also received their second dose....
Letter from Scotland
February has dawned dull, wet and cold. There’s deep snow on the hills and a scattering of snow showers and sleet in the lowlands....
Letter to the Editor – register to vote
A letter from Mrs Patricia Baillie Strong on registering to vote.
Dear Madam There are many examples all over the world where democracy is...
Letter from Scotland
Much of the country has had at least a dusting of snow as Storm Christoph blew in from the west.
It fell on a...
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