Exams will go ahead for Renfrewshire pupils next year if pandemic causes no further setbacks

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Forecasters have urged Scots to slap on the sun cream and wear a hat ahead of a ‘Mediterranean plume’ descending on the country. The Met Office is anticipating temperatures to climb to the mid-20s across Scotland on Wednesday.Dumfries is expected to see the best of the conditions, with the thermostat entering into 26C in the late afternoon.

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.

Scottish make-up artist Jamie Genevieve has wowed fans with the release of her latest beauty product.

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Nathan Evans admits that opening the main stage at TRNSMT will be his first time at a festival. The TikTok star told Capital Scotland he has previously never been to a music festival and his performance will also double up as his first time at an event.

Glasgow, after they returned on Wednesday to find the toilets were being locked during class time. It's understood the decision was made "to minimise the opportunity for inappropriate behaviour".Fourth-year student Mia Benjamin has now launched a petition demanding that the harsh rule be revoked.

Scots Squad and River City star Jordan Young couldn't stop 'being sick' ahead of his fundraising skydive with fellow actor Jame Mackenzie. Jordan has gone to some lengths to overcome his fear of heights ahead of the 20,000 foot jump in Glenrothes, Fife, which they hope will raise £100,000 for the Beatson Cancer Centre in Glasgow.

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MORE NEWS FROM THE PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESSExactly half of Scotland’s 32 council areas recorded covid fatalities last week.Worst hit were Glasgow, Edinburgh, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire, each of which had five deaths.In Renfrewshire, more than three quarters of the adult population in Renfrewshire - 77.8 per cent - are now fully vaccinated against the virus.A further 90.9 per cent have received their first jab.A total of 389 new infections were identified between August 9 and 15, with

Shirley-Anne Somerville made the announcement today and insisted the decision was driven by "fairness for learners". It means pupils in S4, S5 and S6 can look forward to returning to assembly halls in April and May next year to sit National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher papers.They will be externally marked and kids won't find out their grades until August.

Social Security Scotland next year that will replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for Scottish claimants. The new benefit will provide additional financial support to people of working age across Scotland with a disability, long-term illness or mental health condition.

MORE NEWS FROM THE PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESSThe number of suicides in Scotland decreased by three per cent last year NRS data shows there were 805 probable suicides in Scotland in 2020 - down from 833 in 2019. Between June and September, however, there were 28 per cent more suicides than usual for those four months.

MORE NEWS FROM THE PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESSThis marks the highest total since 2008.In Renfrewshire, the rolling five-year average remains at 43, meaning the latest is in line with the previous year's total.This NRS report presents mortality rates for deaths from causes known to be exclusively caused by alcohol consumption.Most alcohol-specific deaths were of people in their 50s and 60s.Deaths in the most deprived areas were four times more than those in the least deprived areas.Scottish Families

the country's largest trade union body - has written to education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville to make the demand on the day classrooms reopen following the summer holiday.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensA landmark moment for Renfrewshire school children, thousands of students were asked to quarantine for 10 days in the 2020/21 school year - many on multiple occasions.Figures revealed by the Express earlier this year showed that Renfrewshire pupils were particularly badly hit by the pandemic.The local authority area was one of only three in Scotland which had at least 50 per cent of its schools have one or more pupil test positive for the virus.In