New Child Disability Payment applications open in three council areas next month

to receive the bonus payment for health and social care workers which was announced by SNP ministers in November 2020.

The FOI also revealed that 76 pupils were infected in total during the timeframe but there were no large outbreaks involving more than 10 children.The schools were: Armadale Academy, Balbardie Primary School, Bathgate Academy, Boghall Primary School, Broxburn Academy, Deans Community High School, East Calder Primary School, Falla Hill Primary School, James Young High School, Linlithgow Academy, Linlithgow Bridge Primary School, Ogilvie School Campus, Parkhead Primary School, St Columba’s Primary

vile fascist graffiti off a war memorial after it was targeted by yobs. Steven McGowan and his six-year-old son, also named Steven, went to the Spanish Civil War Memorial in Motherwell after hearing it had been damaged on June 26.

independence. It also shows 35% believe indyref2 should be held within the next two to five years.

Pam Duncan-Glancy, the first permanent wheelchair user elected to Holyrood, said thousands of Scots had gone without adequate care during the height of the coronavirus pandemic - leaving many families at "breaking point" as a result. In an interview with the Record, the Glasgow MSP explained why she cannot support a proposed bill which would legalise assisted dying at a time when so many people are unable to live independently.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Lidl has announced plans to open dozens of new stores in Scotland as part of an expansion drive that will also pave the way for hundreds of extra jobs.The German discounter announced the openings as part of a pledge to reach 1,000 stores in the UK by 2022.It said £1.3bn will be invested into the project, which includes opening 50 new stores over the next 12 months in the UK overall.In total, the budget

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Dunkeld walking 5000 miles across Canada to help raise money and awareness for the vanishing forests in the Scottish Highlands has made it halfway across the country. With former sled dog Alaskan Husky Luna by his side, red-bearded Michael Yellowlees made it to “The Centre of Canada” sign – located just east of Winnipeg – earlier this month.

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Scotland's fan zone vowed to keep on boogying through the night after a historic point at Wembley. About 3000 socially distanced supporters gathered to watch our crunch match with the Auld Enemy on huge screens at Glasgow Green.

mum who survived losing five litres of blood, a haemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy, is backing a campaign to urge Scots to give blood and 'save lives'. Annie Kenyon from Aberdeenshire would love Scots to back the Pledge a Pint campaign off the back of World Blood Donor Day on June 14.

State Pension provides essential financial support every month for around 12.6 million people across the UK, including 981,399 Scots. This regular paymen t is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women.

Police have released the first picture of a baby girl who died after falling into a garden pond in Falkirk. 18-month-old Ella-Grace Rimington, known as Gracie, died after she was found unresponsive in water at a property in Dollar Avenue, Bainsford, shortly after 6pm last night, Thursday June, 10.

Falkirk has been locally named as Ella-Grace Rimington.

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coronavirus jab in Scotland. In what has been a tumultuous year of the pandemic, the discovery of a vaccine sparked hoped across the world and signalled the light at the end of the tunnel.

domestic abuser has been warned he could be jailed for battering his partner twice in the same day.Scott Coulter attacked Kerry McGeechan while they were about to enter a taxi in the village of Langbank, Renfrewshire, after leaving a restaurant.And he carried out a second attack when the taxi had dropped them off around four miles away, in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.The details emerged yesterday when Coulter, 34, appeared in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court over the events of July 24 last year

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Scottish Government has announced no coronavirus deaths and 775 new cases in Scotland overnight. The latest figures were released on Sunday after restrictions eased across parts of the country this weekend, with many areas dropping down to Level 1.