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Swinney is set to tell SNP members that Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are attempting to “dismantle devolution” and will slam the “muscular unionism” of the UK Conservative government.

Covid. The Deputy First Minister has now booked a PCR test after being pinged.

among the options being considered to slow the recent spike of coronavirus infections in Scotland, it has been reported.

coronavirus pandemic has been handled is "imminent". Bereaved families met with Scottish Government ministers to discuss if a separate inquiry can be launched in Scotland.

Aamer Anwar at the Scottish Government for a meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Jane Morrison, Jude Kilbee, Connie McCready, Peter McMahon and group chairman Alan Wightman met Deputy First Minister John Swinney – who is also the Covid Recovery Secretary – and Health Secretary Humza Yousaf during the discussions at Holyrood.

exam results are to be released. It is the second time the results have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic with many youngsters waiting to see their fate.

Perth and Kinross on Monday.The Perth and Kinross Mental Health and Wellbeing Festival, organised and hosted by local charity Trauma Healing Together, will run from August 9-15 and will be held mostly online.A keynote speaker will be best-selling author Michael Byrne, a survivor of the Clutha helicopter tragedy, who battled complex PTSD and recently featured on BBC documentary ’Disasters that Shocked Scotland’.Perthshire North MSP John Swinney will also speak at the festival’s welcome event on

Scottish Beer & Pub Association, took to Twitter to announce that 'vertical drinking' will be allowed from August 9. It comes after industry leaders were left confused when First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that physical distancing rules were to be removed on Monday.

Government ministers are currently in conversation with UK Government officials about introducing the measure for holidaymakers. Any changes could come into force next week, with a decision expected at some point today - according to reports.

face masks could remain mandatory for people in Scotland until Christmas.John Swinney was asked if the rules around coverings implemented during the height of the first wave of the covid pandemic could stay in place until December, he replied "that's perfectly conceivable". During a Scottish Government announcement yesterday on the latest lockdown situation in Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said mask rules would remain passed ' Freedom Day ' on August 9.

covid pandemic could stay in place until December, he replied "that's perfectly conceivable". During a Scottish Government announcement yesterday on the latest lockdown situation in Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said mask rules would remain passed ' Freedom Day ' on August 9.

John Swinney.The country's Deputy First Minister - and Covid Recovery Minister - revealed the detail from the Scottish Government's modelling, which predicts the number of cases and deaths as a result of the virus.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today that Scotland would move to the lowest of its Covid-19 restrictions on July 19 as planned.It means up to eight people from up to four households can meet within homes, while outside up to 15 people from up to 15 households can get together

UK Cabinet Office minister used a visit to the north east of Scotland to speak out against the prospect of the SNP signing a power-sharing agreement with the environmentalists at Holyrood. Nicola Sturgeon's party is one seat short of an overall majority following May's election and her deputy John Swinney last week confirmed talks were on-going with a possible deal with the Greens.

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Scottish Government travel ban to Manchester.John Swinney said financial support would not be “appropriate” and said the ban is “consistent” with similar policies in the past.Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement on Friday that all non-essential travel to Manchester and Salford would be banned from today was met with a furious reaction by Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.Burnham said yesterday: “I was really disappointed on Friday that the First Minister of Scotland just announced out of the blue,

Perthshire, just after 11pm last night when a huge fire broke out. Footage of the incident shows the wooden building - a recreated Iron Age house - consumed by flames on Friday evening as horrified locals watched the tourist attraction burn.

Perthshire has been described as a "devastating blow for the community".

Douglas Chapman, the MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, announced he had resigned as national treasurer of the party on Saturday evening.

Covid Recovery said there were "encouraging signs" that the virus was under control across the country. Speaking on the BBC 's Good Morning Scotland show, the SNP MSP revealed the vaccine is working against the strains currently in circulation.

John Swinney has been removed from his job as education secretary and put in charge of Scotland’s covid recovery. He will remain as Deputy First Minister and was moved as Nicola Sturgeon begins a long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle.

SNP veteran will remain as Deputy First Minister and will also take responsibility for cross-government action on Scotland's recovery from covid.Swinney was appointed education secretary in 2016 but has endured a torrid last year in the role as lockdown upended the regular school timetable and led to the scrapping of the exams diet for the first time in history.The replacement system for awarding grades to senior high school pupils was roundly criticised last August and was eventually scrapped

SNP veteran was handed the schools brief shortly after Nicola Sturgeon won the 2016 Holyrood election and has remained in post since - despite facing a motion of no confidence from opposition MSPs in August last year. The First Minister is expected to unveil her new ministerial team this week after winning a second successive election earlier this month.

Perthshire results a “disaster” for the Conservatives and attacked candidates Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith. Both Conservative politicians were later elected to the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list ballot.

Perthshire Advertiser after being re-elected, he said: “We went back to the ‘70s with tannoys on cars.” And the move caused some confusion on Perthshire doorsteps.

Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency for the SNP. The farmer won the seat over the Conservative's Liz Smith.Mr Fairlie will take over from Roseanna Cunningham, who had been Scotland's longest serving parliamentarian.

exams system is set to descend into chaos for the second year running, opposition MSPs claim.There is currently no uniform policy for assessing pupils’ grades.Deputy First Minister John Swinney said there would be no national exams this year but many schools have abandoned continuous assessment and switched to a ­traditional exam timetable.For some pupils, who will return full-time to the classroom after the Easter holidays, that could mean sitting prelims then full exams – with only a week in

Covid-19 restrictions as lockdown gets eased further. Deputy First Minister John Swinney is pleading with Scots to continue following coronavirus rules so the virus can continue being suppressed.

First Minister said understudy John Swinney and parliamentary business chief Graeme Day were “mortified” over lockdown breaches on the campaign trail. When leafleting during the campaign, a maximum of four people from two households are allowed to meet outdoors.Dey, who is contesting the Angus South seat for the SNP, was pictured with at least eight supporters last week.

Covid-19 lockdown because they didn’t have access to a computer or broadband connection. Education Secretary John Swinney will use a campaign conference speech today to announce the election pledge.

Alex Salmond. It comes after former Brexit Minister David Davis dropped a bombshell in the House of Commons last night when he revealed he received 'whistleblower' information that said the First Minister knew of the complaints against Salmond in February, not in April like she had stated.

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

link!Councillor Jordan Linden added that he felt this was a display of “faux outrage” by Labour to discredit Mrs Adamson ahead of the May elections and highlighted the numerous schools the Scottish Government had contributed funding towards.Councillors voted on whether to approve a motion to note the Scottish Government decision, return the town hub project to “unapproved” status and write a complaint to John Swinney or a composite SNP/Conservative amendment to simply note the decision and

John Swinney has tonight survived a motion of no confidence at Holyrood despite his party being branded "secretive and outrageous" in its behaviour towards the Alex Salmond Inquiry.MSPs finally voted on the matter at 9.12pm on Wednesday evening after a debate on the Hate Crime Bill ran an hour late, with members rejecting the motion by 65-57.

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

John Swinney has confirmed.The Deputy First Minister has told the Holyrood inquiry into the Government's unlawful investigation of Salmond that he is unable to provide details that the committee had asked for.Swinney, who is facing a vote of no confidence after refusing parliament's demands to release legal advice for almost four months, had said the Government did not record minutes of meetings with its external counsel about the former first minister's ultimately successful legal challenge.The

Scottish Parliament on the coronavirus situation across the country.