First Minister will address MSPs at Holyrood as cases continue to rise across parts of the country. It comes as Scotland marks six months since the Covid-19 vaccination programme was rolled out.
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Nicola Sturgeon has signalled she will bring a bill proposing a referendum to parliament next Spring.
However, powers to call a referendum are reserved at Westminster and the Scottish government’s Lord Advocate could kill the bill by declaring it is beyond the competence of the Holyrood parliament.Controversies over the sensitive appointment have led to Labour and the Tories arguing that the post should be split and free of a political role.Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour’s deputy leader, said:
.First Minister will address MSPs at Holyrood as cases continue to rise across parts of the country. It comes as Scotland marks six months since the Covid-19 vaccination programme was rolled out.
Nicola Sturgeon is set to make an announcement on the state of the coronavirus pandemic in the Scottish Parliament later today.The First Minister will address MSPs at Holyrood as cases continue to rise across parts of the country.It comes as Scotland marks six months since the Covid-19 vaccination programme was rolled out.At the end of last week Sturgeon announced that cases of the deadly virus had tripled in the last month just as Scotland starts to move out of lockdown restrictions.The news
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.
First Minister said the situation remained "fragile" but added there was growing confidence that the on-going vaccination programme was reducing the number of people who required hospital treatment after testing positive for coronavirus. It comes as parts of the country prepare to move from Level 2 to Level 1 of lockdown restrictions as of midnight on Friday, while Glasgow will move from Level 3 to Level 2.
First Minister told MSPs today that mistakes were made during the first weeks of the global coronavirus pandemic in March last year. It comes as Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar accused the Scottish Government of being in "lockstep" with Westminster over when big decisions to tackle covid were implemented.
Level 2. Changes are due to come into effect in a weeks time on June 7.
Level 2. Changes are due to come into effect in a weeks time on June 7.
coronavirus advisor has claimed. Professor Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh has urged policymakers to reopen the country cautiously amid concerns over the mutant strain of the virus, reports Glasgow Live.
virus expert. Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, said Holyrood leaders repeated the same devastating errors as Westminster.
Level Three for a number of weeks after cases started to creep up in some parts for the city. The south side of Glasgow has been an area badly hit by the rise in cases over the last month.
Nicola Sturgeon is due to hold a coronavirus briefing today and is expected to make a update on rising infections in pockets of Scotland.During a briefing scheduled for Friday, May 28, the First Minister is set to make a decision on the situation in Glasgow, which is currently the only area at Level 3 restrictions.Other areas of Scotland have also seen rising infections including East Renfrewshire and Clackmannanshire, with the latter now overtaking Glasgow with the highest case rate.Sturgeon is
coronavirus briefing later today as cases in parts of Scotland continue to rise. The First Minister will issue an update on the situation in Glasgow as cases of the virus spread.
Glasgow as cases of the virus spread across parts of the city. Scotland's largest city is currently stuck in Level Three lockdown while the rest of the mainland is in Level Two and much of the island community is at Level One.
Rangers during attempts to secure the club’s financial future, a court has heard. David Whitehouse, 55, told the Court of Session today the First Minister didn’t want the Scottish Governmen t to intervene when the club was placed in administration in 2012.
coronavirus briefing later today as cases rise in some parts of the country.The First Minister will provide an update on the state of the pandemic in Scotland as the country slowly moves out of lockdown.It's expected Sturgeon will address the situation in Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and East Renfrewshire where cases of the virus are particularly high.Glasgow is the only council area in Scotland that remains in Level Three lockdown, while the rest of the mainland sits in Level Two.The news comes as
First Minister said there would be a “number of reasons” for figures showing around half the coronavirus vaccine appointments at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro vaccination centre this weekend were missed.There were many cancellations and non-attendances on Saturday and Sunday amid rising case numbers in the city which remains at level three lockdown.Speaking at the Scottish government covid briefing on Tuesday the First Minister urged young people in the 18-29 cohort to make sure they registered for their
Eurovision fans bombarded First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with requests for a Scottish song entry while they watched the contest - and saw a Lewis Capaldi doppelganger. Scots fans got very excited about Norway's entry looking a bit like our own Lewis Capaldi.
covid pandemic. He replaces Jeane Freeman, who retired as an MSP at the last election.A Scottish Government press release said: “Humza Yousaf becomes Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, with responsibility for the NHS, including ongoing health service remobilisation as we move out of the pandemic.
SNP leader in a special session later today. Nicola Sturgeon will be sworn in as First Minister, however Rennie says it "should not just be an SNP cakewalk".
Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the city of Glasgow will remain in level three for another week after a spike in covid infection cases.She said there is evidence suggesting the outbreak, concentrated in the south side of the city, is being driven by so-called Indian variant.Glasgow, like most of the country, was due to go to level 2 on Monday.Going to this level would have meant pubs being able to