John Swinney says schools reopening in Scotland hasn't caused covid spike

Kenny MacAskill is "somewhat of a relief" after he quit to join the newly-formed Alba Party. Alex Salmond launched his latest political project on Friday as a means to create a "supermajority" of pro-independence supporters in Holyrood.

Janey Godley has had the last laugh at trolls who say she isn't funny as she scooped her second comedy award in one week. This week alone, the Scots comedian was awarded "Woman of Influence" comedy award and also a Chortle award for being a 'legend of lockdown'.

lockdown restrictions begin to ease. The high street retailer was forced to close, along with a raft of other businesses, when stay at home lockdown restrictions were imposed in Scotland on Boxing Day last year.

Janey Godley 's latest video had fans in stitches as she took a swipe at Scots Tory Ruth Davidson. Yesterday, the Tories at Holyrood lodged the motion on the First Minister over her government's botched handling of the complaints against Alex Salmond.

Perthshire humanitarian hero is urging fellow Scots to join a fundraiser – to walk, run or cycle 154km over 31 days – to aid some of the 11 million Syrians forced to flee their homes. Those people who left Damascus travelled that distance to reach the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, to escape the brutal conflict brought about by the Assad regime which has killed more than 500,000 Syrians.

a previous FOI we sent to Public Health Scotland, that revealed that there were 294 pupils across 55 schools in the nine months from March 2020 to January 2021.The secondary schools with pupils returning positive coronavirus infections in January and February were: Armadale Academy, Bathgate Academy, Broxburn Academy, Deans Community High School, Inveralmond Community High School, James Young High School, Linlithgow Academy, St Kentigern’s Academy, St Margaret’s Academy, West Calder High School

sexually aggressive behaviour' of male comics.The Scots funny woman claims she as been personally 'called out' multiple times after men in the industry were exposed for inappropriate behaviour.The social media star says she has been accused of not 'saying anything' about predators' actions after sharing a stage with them.But Janey insisted she either had no idea or was immediately threatened with lawyers 'shut up letters' when she did speak out.The 59-year-old, who was abused as a younster, says

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pay the price of bringing all pupils back in at once. They had called for a staggered approach, similar to what's happening in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Today we've confirmed cases at a further nine schools across the region, bringing the number affected so far to 31.These are only the ones the Manchester Evening News has been alerted to by parents though, so the figure is likely to be higher.

Nicola Sturgeon on March 2, the day before she appeared before the inquiry investigating the handling of harassment complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond.On BBC Scotland's Sunday Show, Andrea Bradley, the assistant secretary of the EIS teaching union, said the Scottish Government was looking for a "good news story that week".However, Ms Sturgeon had previously announced the earliest date for some pupils to return to school would be March 15.On Monday, Education Secretary John

link!In total, 38,218 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lanarkshire and 1245 people have died after testing positive.Lanarkshire has been the worst affected region in Scotland by coronavirus with 5762.5 cases and 194.9 deaths for every 100,000 residents.Across the region, 237,555 people - 43.7 per cent of the population - have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccination and 16,411 of them - three per cent of the population - have received both doses.

new Scottish Labour leader used his first major policy speech today to argue it was a "moral imperative" that teenagers in their senior years are not left behind because of classroom closures during lockdown.The Glasgow MSP - who yesterday revealed he would challenge Nicola Sturgeon for her seat in May - said his party would put a "national recovery plan" at the heart of his election campaign.And he claimed "old arguments" about the timing of a possible referendum on Scottish independence would

a lack of supplies is the reason for West Lothian’s bad performance on the PHS charts.

Nicola Sturgeon’s troubles at Holyrood’s Salmond Inquiry.The EIS hit out at the decision as parents prepared to send Primary 4-7 kids back full-time on Monday, along with the part-time return of secondary pupils.Andrea Bradley, EIS assistant secretary, told BBC Scotland teachers had been “caught by surprise” by the First Minister’s March 2 announcement on the eve of her giving eight hours of evidence to the Alex Salmond inquiry.Bradley said: “The decision seemed to be a political one rather than

motion of no confidence in the Deputy First Minister at Holyrood today following an ongoing row about the disclosure of evidence to the Alex Salmond Inquiry.Scottish Parliament bosses confirmed a vote could go ahead tomorrow but just moments later the Greens announced they would refuse to back it.The Conservatives argue that Swinney should resign after waiting four months to publish legal advice regarding the botched handling of complaints made against Alex Salmond in 2018.MSPs twice voted for

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.The latest figures were announced by John Swinney this afternoon.The Deputy First Minister revealed that 501 new cases of the virus were recorded overnight.654 people are being treated in hospital while 59 are currently in ICU.The latest figures mean that since the start of the pandemic, 7422 people have lost their lives to coronavirus in Scotland.It comes as 28 people were arrested in connection with lockdown flouting celebrations of Rangers fans

Janey Godley has said she wants to release a video of all the hate mail she has received through her website.The Scots comedian revealed on Twitter that she got a call from her personal assistant who read out several emails she was sent from men she blocked online.The 60-year-old has previously shared the vile messages she is sent on a daily basis with her fans.In the Tweet, Janey said: "My assistant called me today (works remotely) and read out the emails sent to my website from angry men who

James Wolffe has been under fire after the Parliament redacted some of Salmond’s evidence following a warning by the Crown Office.However, he said he is “satisfied” he can be head of the Crown Office while at the same time serving as the Government’s legal adviser.Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here.