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John Swinney has been removed from his job as education secretary and put in charge of Scotland’s covid recovery. He will remain as Deputy First Minister and was moved as Nicola Sturgeon begins a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle.

mickey out of Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross in her latest voiceover. Janey who has been a huge hit with her funny voiceovers of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon throughout the Coronavirus crisis, decided to pick on someone else for a change.

SNP veteran will remain as Deputy First Minister and will also take responsibility for cross-government action on Scotland's recovery from covid.Swinney was appointed education secretary in 2016 but has endured a torrid last year in the role as lockdown upended the regular school timetable and led to the scrapping of the exams diet for the first time in history.The replacement system for awarding grades to senior high school pupils was roundly criticised last August and was eventually scrapped

Police are 'concerned' after school pupils were repeatedly spotted hanging around the M8. Officers are warning youths to stay away from the busy motorway 'before someone gets seriously injured.' It comes after they received a number of sightings between J4a Heartlands and junction 4 Whitburn this week.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed it is accepting tax relief claims for Scots working from home due to coronavirus during 2021/22. More than 550,000 employed workers have already claimed and received tax relief worth between £65 and £127 for the current financial year.

coronavirus vaccine. Scottish Government chiefs have said today that the first doses have now reached a massive two thirds of the adult population as of last night.

notorious Scots paedophile was accused of trying to abduct in 2018 have spoken of their relief after he was convicted of preying on underage victims on Wednesday. John Bermingham, 54, had denied a string of charges at Edinburgh High court including repeatedly subjecting two underage girls to sexual abuse and exposing himself to a boy.

Nicola Sturgeon's lockdown announcement has given the green light for more businesses across Scotland to reopen. The First Minister confirmed that the next stage of the roadmap will take place next week allowing mainland Scotland - with the exception of Moray - to move down to Level 2.

Nicola Sturgeon 'asked people not to lick one another' as she 'looked forward to the bingo with her pals' in Janey Godley's latest voiceover.

Perthshire results a “disaster” for the Conservatives and attacked candidates Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith. Both Conservative politicians were later elected to the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list ballot.

on the constitution and whether the SNP leader has a mandate for another referendum on Scottish independence. Putting that argument to one side, the First Minister already faces a daunting list of domestic issues which urgently require her attention.

Janey Godley has claimed she was forced to call police after allegedly being bombarded by 'unionist death threats'. The Scots comic told how officers arrived at her home after trolls accused her of 'being a drug dealer in the IRA'.

workplace pension should be scrapped, according to a pensions provider. Scottish Widows argued that many workers earning less than £10,000 in a job - and perhaps some employers - are not aware that employees can choose to opt into their company pension.

Edinburgh nursery. The alarm was raised at the Lanark Road Nursery at around 7.19am on Wednesday, May 5, after smoke could be seen coming from the building.

Janey Godley has been up to her old tricks with footage of Nicola Sturgeon visiting an off licence. Janey, who has kept Scots entertained through lockdown with her voiceovers, couldn't resist adding her own commentary to the latest footage of The First Minister.

arrested in charged in connection with a spate of high-value thefts within a number of areas in Scotland. The pair were cuffed after good were robbed from business premises across the Forth Valley.

Alba Party instead.The councillor for the Maryhill ward is a former business manager for the SNP administration on the council.Letford will appear alongside Alex Salmond when the former first minister hosts a campaign session in Glasgow tonight as the election campaign enters its final week.He said: “I have left the SNP and joined the Alba Party because I want to work towards achieving Scottish independence.

The Snuts will be the next guests to join The Record Club with Bowers & Wilkins, to talk all about their recent Number 1 album W.L.