Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey on why the government got it wrong over exam results

BBC Radio One host Clara Amfo has taken to Twitter to respond to the mixed response to Biffy Clyro‘s Live Lounge cover of ‘WAP’ by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.The band delivered the cover as part of BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month yesterday (September 3) in support of their new album ‘A Celebration Of Endings’.

@LabourRichard resigns are the ones who told us that Better Together was a huge success story for Labour and that Jim Murphy was the salvation of the Party - they have been repeatedly wrong and are wrong again - it’s treachery with a snarl.” Leonard has insisted he is staying on and will lead the party into the Holyrood election on a platform of "building a National Care Service, establishing a quality Jobs Guarantee scheme and reviving Scotland's economy with a Green New Deal".He said: "If any

Scottish Labour leader.James Kelly, who was his party’s justice spokesperson, resigned on Tuesday night after saying Leonard had not taken the party forward.In a brutal resignation letter, Kelly said: “I have no confidence in your ability to shape the party’s message, strategy and organisation.

standing down from Holyrood at next year’s election – writes in the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser: “It would be absurd to build the new hospital on top of one of the most toxic sites in Scotland. That must be resisted.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.THE SNP must tackle the “ticking time bomb” of operation backlogs says Tory MSP Graham Simpson.The latest figures from ISD Scotland showed that 1944 fewer NHS Lanarkshire patients had operations in June than 12 months previously.Central Scotland MSP Mr Simpson said: “The continued backlog of operations is of huge concern to patients who have already been suffering in recent weeks and months.“While it

Indoor care home visiting banned as COVID-19 cases continue to rise“In doing so they made history by making Perth and Kinross the first seat that the SNP would win at a by-election and hold at the subsequent by-election, and they ensured that I became the longest-serving current Scottish parliamentarian.“The support of one’s constituents is not only essential for political success, it is immensely humbling and I am very thankful for it.“It has been a great privilege too to have been in

Alex Neil has announced he will stand down as an MSP at next year's Holyrood election. The ex- health secretary is the latest former member of Alex Salmond's Cabinet to step away from the Scottish Parliament, with Stewart Stevenson and Roseanna Cunningham having previously revealed their intention to quit in 2021.

Biffy Clyro have topped the UK album chart with A Celebration Of Endings.

Biffy Clyro have announced that their rescheduled tour will go ahead next year instead. The Scots band were gutted when their first arena tour in four years had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic but are excited to set dates for next year.

The Scottish Government’s Job Start Payment is a one-off grant of £250 to help with the costs of starting a new job. The upper age limit rises to 25 for care leavers and the payment rises to £400 if the person has a child.

exam results for English pupils. The shambles comes one week after the Scottish Government became the first of four UK administrations to bow to mounting pressure and scrap downgraded results.

coronavirus in Scotland, such as the recent outbreak of the virus in Aberdeen.The proposed ban on music in hospitality venues has received criticism over the weekend, with Sneaky Pete’s owner Nick Stewart calling the ruling “misguided” and arguing that a total ban on music will “only drive people to seek music in uncontrolled environments instead, such as house parties”.“A music ban is not safer than having properly controlled background music,” Stewart, who also works for the Music Venue Trust

John Swinney has held on to his job after surviving a no-confidence vote over the pupil grades scandal. He was kept in post after securing the support of the pro-independence Scottish Greens.

Newfield Place and threatened a male member of staff with a knife, demanding money before from the premises with a three figure sum of cash.

Rutherglen takeaway shop before making off with a quantity of cash.

“FUCK EVERYBODY /  FUCK EVERYBODY / WOO!” – no, not a leaked Dominic Cummings memo, but the closing screams of Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil on the epic ‘Cop Syrup’, the six-minute finale and highlight of the Scottish trio’s ninth album ‘A Celebration Of Endings’. If there was ever a band to have lived by that mantra and done things their way, it’s affectionately monicker-ed ‘The Biff’.

hereResults will be based on teachers’ predictions and statistical modelling.Teachers were asked to predict the grades they thought pupils would have achieved had exams gone ahead, based on coursework, the result of mock exams, and homework.Schools were also requested to rank pupils in each subject.But Northern Ireland’s exams body, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, said students will have a broader scope to appeal their A level and GCSE grades.Student approaches to

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