More than £200k child poverty payments made in one month

St Andrew's House in Edinburgh earlier today the First Minister said the situation is giving cause for concern but that vaccines are providing hope. The number of people testing positive for the covid-19 has tripled in the last month with 992 new cases identified in the last 24-hour period.

Damon Albarn, Laura Mvula, Caribou, Anna Meredith, The Snuts and many more acts have been announced for Edinburgh International Festival 2021.This year’s event, which takes place amid the Scottish city’s other arts festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is scheduled for August 7-29.

Scotland last month, allowing holidaymakers to jet abroad for the first time in months. People are now able to travel to "green list" countries without having to quarantine, provided they take one post-arrival test.

(CAMHS). But by the end of March this year that figure had increased to 2,012 - an increase of 189.5% over the period.

health minister said he was encouraged by the fact the numbers of “did not attends” had fallen over the last few days. On the weekend of May 22 and 23, around half of all vaccination appointments at the SSE Hydro were missed.

Friends fans rejoiced after the long-awaiting reunion finally aired on TV this week, bringing together the six stars of the sitcom 17 years after it ended. The reunion brought us laughter, tears and quite possibly the best meme to grace the internet in the whole of 2021 - thanks to the one and only Matt LeBlanc.

iOS - Android A total of 20 properties were purchased in Wishaw, plus 10 each in Bellshill and Shotts, five in each of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Motherwell, plus single properties in Moodiesburn and Viewpark.North Lanarkshire has spent £8.65m on the acquisitions and repairs during the past year, with the help of £3m in Scottish Government grant funding; while a further £790,000 has been committed to another 17 properties which are currently at the conveyancing stage.

paedophile who tried to lure a 14-year-old girl to his home to have sex with him dodged jail today. Andrew Halliday exchanged more than 1000 messages on the WhatsApp application alone with his intended victim as he groomed her for more than six weeks - despite her repeatedly warning him of her age and discussing her days at school with him.

coronavirus vaccine. Nicola Sturgeon also revealed that a total of five million doses have now been administered in Scotland, with almost 1.9m second jabs now been given.

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils was slammed after he was jailed again - for abusing a young girl at least 100 times.Pervert William Wright, 80, is already serving a four-year prison sentence for abusing two girls in the 1970s and 1980s.Last month Wright, of Elderslie, Renfrewshire, admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting another former pupil between 1985 and 1990.And at Paisley Sheriff Court on Friday, the retired music teacher was blasted by a judge as he was hit with a further

Greggs is recalling more products from Iceland amid concerns that some of them contain pieces of glass. The fast food giant has issued an alert on certain batches of its two-packs of Vegetable Bakes available on sale at Iceland stores in Scotland.

Prince William set out on his first tour in more than over a year as he began his Scotland tour a few days ago. Among several royal engagements, the Duke of Cambridge also visited communities associated with the Church of Scotland.

Drug addicts with Hepatitis C are more likely to die from overdoses despite progress in treating the illness. Experts said improvements in helping patients were “futile” if users were dying from substance abuse instead.

fined £200,000 after a man plunged to his death from a shipping container.

covid cases in the area on the outskirts of Glasgow have been "very swift". He added that the situation was being monitored by the Scottish Government.

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils was slammed today as he was caged again - for abusing a young girl at least 100 times.Pervert William Wright, 80, is already serving a four-year prison sentence for abusing two girls in the 1970s and 1980s.Last month Wright, of Elderslie, Renfrewshire, admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting another former pupil between 1985 and 1990.And at Paisley Sheriff Court today, the retired music teacher was blasted by a judge as he was hit with a further