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Scottish Child Payment which opens for applications in November.  This is an increase of around 24,000 eligible children (14 per cent) since the Scottish Government’s initial forecast in June 2019, accounting for the increased Universal Credit caseload - one of the main qualifying benefits - due to Covid-19.  The forecast comes as legislation was laid last week to allow for the delivery of the benefit - which will give eligible families £10 a week, per child under six.

Star Wars actor cited the 2016 Brexit deal as the main reason for his change of heart.Talking on the Real Time with Bill Maher show (40 mins in), McGregor said: “I was always for keeping the Union because I think it worked – but after the Brexit vote I’ve changed my tune about it I think.“I think Scotland has been voting for a government that they haven’t been given for years. We’re a very left voting country in Scotland and we’ve been under Conservative rule.

Ewan McGregor has thrown his support behind Scottish independence - despite previously wanting Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom. The Scots actor was one of the big names to back a no vote in the 2014 referendum on Scotland’s future in the Union.But in an interview on American television last night, the 49-year-old said that “it’s time” for Scotland to break away from the UK.

coronavirus cases, with an increase of 81 per cent in the last week.

mental health support in Scotland after her daughter took her own life, leaving four young children behind.Linda Broadhurst spoke out about the pain of losing her “amazing and kind” daughter Emma Watson, 32, to suicide just 10 months ago in a bid to help other families.The gran, 57, from Larkhall, and Emma’s children - aged between five and 14 - are receiving daily support from Lanarkshire-based charity FAMS (Families and Friends Affected by Murder and Suicide) to deal with their grief.But Linda

Royal Navy's multi-billion-pound flagship won't sail after crew members tested positive for covid-19. The £3billion HMS Queen Elizabeth, which was mainly built at Scots shipyards, was due to leave Portsmouth Historic Dockyard today for training exercises.

pubs must be on the table to get Scotland back on track in the coronavirus crisis, Nicola Sturgeon has been warned. The call from a leading SNP councillor comes as infection rates continue to rise despite localised restrictions.

illegal raves and halt a "complete wipe-out" of jobs.Big names including TRNSMT boss Geoff Ellis and Glasgow's SubClub hope their new "freedom to dance" campaign will support regulated venues struggling after months of Covid restrictions.The UK's furlough scheme, which protects a share of wages, ends next month.

children's hospital in Edinburgh will not be finished until the end of January next year.Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said there was now a "confirmed timeline" for the facility which was supposed to open in July 2019.The January 25 deadline was announced at Holyrood today after a report last month revealed a mistake in a spreadsheet several years ago contributed to the long wait.But the saga was branded shameful in parliament in a sign of frustration and anger at rising costs and the

parents a Scots girl who died of a rare brain tumour have launched a charity in her honour. Aoife Kidd passed away on December 16 after a four-an-a-half year battle with a brain tumour.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterCases of coronavirus in Ayrshire and Arran rose by 11 overnight.The pandemic total for the health board region now stands at 1,359.Across Scotland, 154 new cases were reported which accounts for 1.2 per cent of newly tested patients.No new deaths have been declared and the death toll remains at 2,494.A total of 20,632 people have tested positive for the disease since the outbreak.The symptoms of

Stockport has sold for a whopping £367,500 at auction.

Ayrshire.The Scottish Government released information as part of its daily COVID-19 update this afternoon.No new deaths mean Scotland's COVID-19 death toll remains at 2,494.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 4,222 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, August 23 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.Across Scotland, a total of 21,007 positive tests have been recorded since the end of February from 519,762 tests carried out.The number of positive

mum has launched a bid to stop her dead transgender child’s frozen sperm being destroyed.Louise Anderson, 45, plans to go to the highest court in Scotland after learning that samples saved by her daughter Ellie, 16, who died suddenly last month, could be destroyed in days.Ellie, of Stirling, who was born a boy, identified as a girl from the age of three, and planned to have gender reassignment surgery at 18.The teenager, who identified as a straight female, delayed taking hormone blockers to