Humza Yousaf confident Scotland's 'Freedom Day' can go ahead despite Covid jab concerns

Scottish Government is looking at introducing a scheme like seen in other countries across the world in a bid to get more people jabbed. Take-up of the covid vaccine in Scotland is relatively high compared to some countries around the world who have been using some creative ways to encourage hesitant people.

Humza Yousaf is suing a nursery he accuses of discriminating against his two-year-old daughter. Yousaf and his wife Nadia are demanding the nursery apologises and pays damages to charity over claims it refused their daughter Amal a place on racial and religious grounds.

Lewis Capaldi,Love Island's Harry Young and reality star Brian Matthews were amongst those to enjoy clubbing and pubbing as Freedom Day arrived. As the bars and clubs reopened in Scotland beyond level zero, the city centre clubs and bars were mobbed with people who had waited for the big moment since the start of the pandemic in March last year.

Freedom Day '. In a Parliamentary statement on Tuesday, the First Minister said the country will exit the levels system that we have been accustomed to throughout the last year or so.

Gotham in Glasgow is gone, and Indiana Jones 5 has left the city, we thought it might be fun to find some places in Scotland that are named after some of telly and cinema's famous eateries. Whilst we can't promise that Monica will be making cakes in Central Perk (Falkirk), or that you'll find Jeff Goldblum popping into The Bluebird Cafe in Edinburgh, here's our top places to hang out in Scotland that may make you feel like you're on set.

Celtic WAG Helen Flanagan said she plans to return to Glasgow in two weeks time after becoming homesick. Former Corrie star Helen lived in Scotland for four years while Scott Sinclair played with Celtic, and brought up her family in Glasgow.

First Minister addressed MSPs about the latest situation across the country as cases and the number of hospitalisations begin to fall following the spike earlier this year.

coronavirus figures from across the country. She will likely tell MSPs about how many cases and deaths have been recorded in the last 24-hour period in Scotland.

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has complained to watchdogs demanding they investigate whether a nursery discriminated against his two-year-old daughter.

Love Island winner Amber Rose Gill has admitted she likes Scots born barber Dale Mehmet as she watches this year's show.. And as Amber complimented him online, fans reckons that the heavily tattooed Conor McGregor lookalike actually prefers Kaz to his current love interest Chloe.

Love Island Scot Dale Mehmet looks to have taken a step closer to securing a longer stay in the Majorca villa. The Glasgow barber was seen cracking on with Chloe Burrows - and he suggested that she was the only woman that he was getting on with in the villa.

Get the latest Falkirk news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterMessages asking people not to attend the ‘very busy’ emergency department at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert could be putting people off seeking treatment as quickly as they should.The hospital has been struggling to hit waiting time targets, particularly in A&E and psychological services.Chief executive Cathie Cowans told a meeting of Forth Valley NHS’s board on Tuesday that the waiting times were a result

Scottish Conservatives have attacked the SNP Government over its pledge to give second doses to the 40-49 age group by today, when just 75.8% of those in that group are fully covered against Covid-19. The First Minister claimed the government aimed to have offered second doses to people aged 40-49 by Monday, despite pledging in Holyrood more than a month ago they would have been delivered by that deadline.

Covid victim has been refused disability benefits despite being left unable to work and taking 10 types of medication for the last 16 months. Shereen Smith was a wedding singer and had also been in the process of setting up her own cake-making company when she was struck down by the virus in March last year.

pensioners including a 91-year-old woman, an 82-year-old man and care home workers after testing positive last December. Leadbetter, 59, also ferried desperately ill passengers to and from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary who were attending for dialysis treatment while failing to wear a protective mask.

Public Health Scotland on Saturday shows that almost a third of those aged 18 to 29 (31.6%) have not had their first dose yet, with the figure at 19.5% for those aged 30 to 39. Just one in five (20.2%) 18 to 29-year-olds have been double-jabbed, with the figure at 30.4% for 30 to 39-year-olds, the statistics show.Health Secretary Humza Yousaf hailed the "incredible work" of everyone involved in the vaccination programme.

Jason Leitch. Despite restrictions being relaxed, he has issued an assurance to “at risk” groups that they can carry out everyday activities despite Covid-19 cases continuing to rise.

Nicola Sturgeon has issued a reminder to Scots as England prepares for its so-called ‘Freedom Day’ from Monday. People south of the border will see most legal Covid restrictions lifted from the July 19, with legislative powers on the likes of mask wearing and limits on household mixing completely abolished.

Spain, and who have not been double-vaccinated, will have to self-isolate at home for 10 days upon their return home.In a boost for holidaymakers, Croatia and Bulgaria will go green, meaning arrivals in Scotland will not have to isolate for 10 days on return regardless of their vaccine status.Hong Kong and Taiwan will also be added to the green list, while the British Virgin Islands will go amber.Cuba, Indonesia, Myanmar and Sierra Leone will be added to the red list, meaning 10 days of