PIP to be scrapped for some claimants and replaced by new payment which involves no face-to-face assessments

TV designers Colin McAllister and his partner Justin Ryan were involved in a horrific car accident over the weekend.

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the learning system in Scottish classrooms was working a decade after it was first subject to a major reform. The long-awaited final report from the OECD said senior secondary school pupils found lessons focused on memorising information needed for exams "boring".

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.

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Audit Scotland' s long awaited report into how the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) managed PPE arrangements showed there was a surge in prices which cost the NHS £37.4 million more than normal for the safety kit. The report, which was released earlier today, reiterated its previous finding that the Scottish Government did not fully implement recommendations from pandemic preparedness exercises.

Edinburgh bar did not hold back, warning customers that staff would not put up with inappropriate behaviour from revellers.

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.

iOS - Android Availability will be on a first come, first served basis, rather than bookings, with some restrictions still in place.Landlord, Paul Jardine, told Lanarkshire Live: "It's mixed emotions as we haven't opened our doors since the beginning of October and are about the last in the Village to do so.

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.

Child Disability Payment will be open in three pilot areas for new claims from July 26, 2021. Families of children with a disability or long-term health condition living in Dundee City, Perth and Kinross and the Western Isles who need financial support will be able to apply for the new Social Security Scotland benefits.

sex offender moved one step closer to a life sentence today after a judge called for a formal risk assessment on the danger he poses to the public. John Bermingham, 54, was found guilty of repeatedly subjecting under-age girls to horrific sexual abuse this year after being caged in 2002 for attempting to rape an 11-year-old girl and carrying out a sex attack on a teenage nursing assistant.

claiming Universal Credit, a benefit designed to help those out of work or on a low income cover the costs of daily living.