holidaymakers scrambled to return home from Croatia to the UK before new quarantine rules are imposed. Travellers will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am on Saturday.
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Universal Credit is a payment intended to help people out of work or on a low income with living costs. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been unprecedented levels of claims for benefits.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has received more than 3.2 million individual claims for Universal Credit since lockdown began in March. But as lockdown measures across Scotland continue to ease and the wheels of the economy slowly start to turn again, many people are trying to
.holidaymakers scrambled to return home from Croatia to the UK before new quarantine rules are imposed. Travellers will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am on Saturday.
Biffy Clyro have topped the UK album chart with A Celebration Of Endings.
Biffy Clyro have a lot to celebrate today (Aug. 21) as their new album, A Celebration Of Endings, lands straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.
Taylor Swift is Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart for a third non-consecutive week with Folklore, pipping Biffy Clyro to the post.
strike action. Edinburgh Napier University had announced job cuts sparking fury among trade union members.
Eilidh MacLeod have told a court of the devastating impact the bombing has had on their lives. Roddy and Marion MacLeod - whose talented daughter was just 14 when she died - said they are living with “anger, fear resentment and heartbreak.” The couple’s heartbreaking statement was read out at the sentencing hearing of jihadi Hashem Abedi at the Old Bailey in London.
Tell us what you think about this year's A levels in our survey here. Chris Foley, h eadteacher of St Monica’s RC High School in Prestwich, said: "After the changes in Scotland, Northern Ireland Wales it seemed only fair that pupils in England can also receive the centre assessed grades that were submitted by teachers in June.
holiday destinations are at risk of being added to the Scottish Government’s quarantine list. Turkey, Greece and Croatia have seen a worrying spike in new coronavirus cases in recent days which is fueling concerns they could join Spain, France and the Netherlands.
boozer. Police were alerted to an assault in Templehill, Troon, at around 8.45pm on Thursday August 13.
Mock exam grades will be able to be used to allow GCSE and A-level students in England to progress to university, college and employment, the government is set to announce.Unions have been calling on the Government to follow Scotland’s lead in scrapping moderated grades after the downgrading of more than 124,000 results was reversed.Schools held mock exams before they were forced to close to try and control the spread of Covid-19.The results of those tests will now carry the same weight as the
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.THE number of Scots claiming benefits has more than doubled over the past year as the economy continues to feel the impact of the coronavirus lockdown.The latest figures show the number of people working in Scotland fell by 15,000 from April to June.Official figures out today show there were 222,000 claimants as of June - an increase of 9100 over the month and a rise of 112,500 over the year.For the
prisons for the brutal murder of a paper boy.The Glasgow mum was aged just 30 when she was ordered to the gallows of the now-demolished Duke Street Prison in 1923.Newell has been branded as one of the most evil women in Scottish history for the callous nature in which she murdered 13-year-old John Johnstone.At around 7pm on June 20, 1923, the youngster chapped on the door of Newell’s Coatbridge home - which she shared with her husband John Newell and her eight-year-old daughter Janet
Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Dozens of Higher grades slashed because Renfrewshire pupils live in an area of high deprivation will be appealed.The grades are among thousands across Scotland being questioned after the SQA confirmed students’ past work and predicted grades were slashed purely because of where they live.The exam body - which this year had to find a new way of grading students performance in absence of the usual exams - controversially
Glasgow cafe has gone viral with its ‘Cooncil Box’ that has come ‘directly from the local scheme’. The culinary geniuses at Tophski’s in the south side of the city launched the unique dish yesterday - and it has already captured the imagination of punters on social media.
Residents in Greater Manchester have been told to 'cancel' any plans to visit Scotland.The message from Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Friday (July 31), came just 12 hours after it was announced more than four million people will face tougher lockdown restrictions, including in parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire.Scottish people are advised to avoid travel to areas in northern England facing the new tougher restrictions after a spike in coronavirus cases.Travel between
drugs with a street value of £83,000 in the Highlands. One man, 36, from Inverness and a 21-year-old man from Forres, on the Moray Coast, are due to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court on Thursday, July 30.
Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE leader of North Lanarkshire Council’s Conservative group has criticised payments of more than £12.2 million made by the authority to departing staff in recent years.Councillor Meghan Gallacher says these figures highlight how council resources have been “stretched to the bone” by Scottish Government cuts to local authorities.The council has made 475 agreements in just the last three years, with the bill totalling
scotlandtranserv.co.ukLive trunk road information can be found by visiting trafficscotland.org or by following @trafficscotland on Twitter.Kefa Gacura, Scotland TranServ’s bridges manager, added: “An efficient and well-managed trunk road network is particularly important to supporting essential supply chains and the wider economy across south west Scotland at this time.“We have identified a number of essential maintenance projects, which are being prioritised over the coming weeks.”
Perth’s Christmas light switch-on and other Winter Festival events will take place this year.Councillors are expected to make a decision on whether to pull the plug on the annual celebration at a meeting next month.And council leader Murray Lyle has admitted it would be “challenging” to run the events as they usually doCall for urgent action on road named one of the most dangerous in Scotland The news follows the decision in Edinburgh to cancel its traditional Hogmanay street party, with