Could schools close again in Scotland as classroom outbreaks spark fears of shutdown

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterAnyone who knows me will acknowledge that I have a rather old-fashioned taste in music.Ask me what I thought of last weekend’s big music festival that was covered extensively by the BBC and I’d probably say: “Last Night of the Proms? Yeah, it was brilliant…”But even this auld fuddy-duddy was aware of the three-day TRNSMT event – Scotland’s biggest music gig – that attracted thousands of people to Glasgow.And

TRNSMT on Saturday as he opened the main stage of the festival. The star recently returned from touring in Europe, visiting the likes of Germany and Switzerland, before making his first big gig debut in Scotland.

book lovers by revealing it's actually from New Zealand. For decades we have assumed the book was Scottish - a belief so widely held that it has been taught in schools and is even found in the Scottish section in bookstores and online.The book, which was published in 1983, tells the story of dog Hairy and his adventures with his animal pals.

Steve Clarke 's Scotland. The road to the World Cup in Qatar remains a difficult one but the Scots can take control of their own destiny with a win over Austria this evening.

Covid. The Deputy First Minister has now booked a PCR test after being pinged.

Mercy crews raced to the scene after the alarm was raised at around 7pm. The blaze has now closed off the tunnel to all vehicles in both directions, reports Glasgow Live.

smash left a woman hospitalised. Mercy crews are on the scene at Caroline Place after two cars crashed at around 1.20pm.

East Lothian as emergency services close the rail line. Scotrail services between Prestonpans and Longniddry have been disrupted and trains between North Berwick and Edinburgh have been cancelled as a result.

Scotland faces another rising tide of covid infections after the school summer holidays.

Rangers. Ahead of Sunday's game with Celtic a group of supporters marched through the city centre singing the so-called 'Famine Song' and other offensive epithets.

iOS - Android Marc Lamnbert, CEO of Scottish Book Trust, told Lanarkshire LIve: "“The Live Literature School Residencies Programme (LLSRP) is incredibly important."It allows authors to build relationships with a school over time, working together with pupils on a dedicated project."The LLSRP, now in its sixth year, is funded by the Walter Scott Giving Group and delivered by Scottish Book Trust, the national charity changing lives through reading and writing.Schools across the country were

coronavirus. Kate Forbes will be forced to isolate for 10 days after she revealed on social media that she is not fully vaccinated against the deadly virus.

fire engulfed her garden says she is “crushed” that police have closed the case. Claire McGinley was asleep in her Chapelhill Road home with partner Mark and six-year-old daughter Everly when a neighbour banged on her door to raise the alarm at 4.30am on August 6.

First Minister took to social media earlier this evening to say she has taken a PCR test after being pinged.In a tweet to her more than 1.4 million followers the SNP leader thanked the contacted tracers from NHS Test and Protect for their work during the pandemic.It comes as Scotland recorded its highest daily coronavirus rate since the pandemic began.A total of 7,113 Scots returned positive tests from the deadly virus in last 24-hour period.Sturgeon tweeted: "I’ve had notification tonight that

leukaemia following tests. Two masses had formed on Aidan’s spinal cord causing him to lose all feeling in his legs and doctors told him that he may never be able to walk again, according to Edinburgh Live.

dog out of a van window and left it on the side of a Scots road before driving off. The incident occurred on the A77 near Innermessan in Stranraer at around 3.50pm on Thursday August 26.