John Swinney keeps job as Education Secretary over school results fiasco

lockdown measures will remain in the borough, which has the second highest rate of new coronavirus cases in the country.

lockdown plan.The SNP politician said she “definitely” hoped this would not happen, but did not rule it out.It came after some lockdown measures were reimposed around Glasgow and western parts of Scotland as coronavirus cases rise.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the move after 66 new positive tests were recorded in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area on Tuesday.Restrictions on visiting other households now apply to people living in Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire

well as encouraging pupils and staff to maintain physical distancing whenever possible.

Spectator, the 87-year-old Dynasty star, who has been holidaying in St. Tropez, said she was “pounced upon” when an official spotted her wearing a clear, plastic visor rather than a face mask, which have been mandatory in indoor public spaces in France since July 21.

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Nicola Sturgeon has said she was not aware of female civil servants being advised not be alone with her predecessor Alex Salmond.But she said MSPs probing the Scottish Government’s handling of sexual harassment allegations made against the former first minster were “perfectly entitled” to take up this issue.She vowed she was “absolutely committed to fully complying with the inquiry”.Her comments came after concerns were raised about “huge swathes” of information provided by the Scottish

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox every Friday.Nicola Sturgeon said there are no outbreaks of coronavirus in primary schools after concerns pupils were testing positive.The First Minister confirmed more cases since the return to class full time in Scotland last week, but said they were linked to communities rather than schools."We are not seeing outbreaks in primary schools, we are seeing individual cases of primary school aged

local schools. Despite best intentions, a situation was created where an unacceptable number of our young people felt trapped and that education was not a route out of poverty.The Scottish Government listened to the exemplary campaigning of pupils, their parents and teachers, and are now putting it right.

hereThey added: "We are taking this very seriously and are working with the police and our security team to bring the person in question to justice."We are pleased to confirm that we will be opening our doors at 3pm today and would like to assure all of you that we will continue to take the safety of our staff and customers extremely seriously and that PAREA is, and will continue to be a safe place for you to visit."We thank you for your understanding and support during this time."The pair were

after thousands of pupils in England had their results downgraded.Protesters gathered outside Downing Street on Friday chanting for Mr Williamson to be sacked, a call echoed by some opposition MPs.And the Royal Statistical Society has written to the Office of Statistics Regulation to ask for a review into whether “the models and processes adopted by the qualification regulators did in fact achieve quality and trustworthiness”.But Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted he has confidence in Mr

school results scandal.The First Minister praised Professor Mark Priestley, who came out for the SNP at the general election, for his skills and experience and said he is the right person for the job.Education Secretary John Swinney this week made a u-turn after confirming that around 120,000 downgraded results would be reversed following a backlash by pupils and parents.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood,

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Boris Johnson has defended education secretary Gavin Williamson after he came under fire over pupils having their A-Level results downgraded.The Prime Minister, speaking during a visit to Northern Ireland, told reporters that this year's results are “good” and are “dependable for employers”.“Let’s be in no doubt about it, the exam results that we’ve got today are robust," Mr Johnson said."They’re good, they’re dependable for employers, but already I think that there’s a record number of

Paedo teacher jailed for abuse“What does that teach a student who wants to break out of the poverty they may be in? How does that encourage pupils to try harder.”South Lanarkshire Liberal Democrat group leader, Robert Brown, asked for the matter to be discussed at the council’s next executive committee.Councillor Brown said South Lanarkshire’s pupils “deserve the full support of their council”.