Scottish Conservatives to push ahead with vote of no confidence in John Swinney

pandemic, should be a matter for Holyrood to decide.

sexually aggressive behaviour' of male comics.The Scots funny woman claims she as been personally 'called out' multiple times after men in the industry were exposed for inappropriate behaviour.The social media star says she has been accused of not 'saying anything' about predators' actions after sharing a stage with them.But Janey insisted she either had no idea or was immediately threatened with lawyers 'shut up letters' when she did speak out.The 59-year-old, who was abused as a younster, says

Her work is available to read within the Scottish Review which was published on March 8.Teacher Miss Lundy, who was in charge of collating the entries for the competition, said: “Meggan’s words have a further reach than she knows.”

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Figures announced by the Scottish Government this afternoon reveal 532 new cases of the virus have been identified overnight, bringing the total cases to 213, 529.

Nicola Sturgeon in the programme for government, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill will enshrine the treaty in Scotland's statute books in a "landmark" move, according to children's minister Maree Todd. In practice, the Bill will mean public authorities will not be able to act in a way that contravenes the UNCRC and the children and young people's commissioner will be able to take legal action where he feels the treaty has been breached.

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

Scottish Conservatives virtual conference to attack the SNP and a second independence referendum.During his 10-minute speech the Prime Minister said Nicola Sturgeon's party is "not invincible".The Prime Minister set a task for Scottish Tories to stop an SNP majority at May's Holyrood elections and blunt nationalist demands for a second independence poll.Speaking online to the virtual spring conference, the PM did not definitely rule out a second referendum, although he has in the past said he

45% of respondents said they would vote Yes if the vote was held tomorrow, while 47% said they would vote No and 8% said they did not know.When unsure voters were excluded, 51% said they would vote in favour of the union while 49% would vote for independence.The poll interviewed 1,009 people aged 16 and over between March 5 and 10.A poll carried out for The Times by YouGov found that 51% were in favour of the union while 49% supported independence.The survey of 1,100 people, carried out between

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A civic trust has asked a government employee to reconsider his intent to grant a housebuilder consent to press on with the next phase of a development in Kinross in light of ongoing complaints about the scheme’s sewers.The Kinross-shire Civic Trust (KCT) has written to government reporter David Buylla urging him to pay particular attention to complaints raised in the last few weeks over trucks having to

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

SNP education secretary said that infection levels had continued to fall, despite children in nurseries and P1 to P3 returning to the classroom on February 22 – a move that came two weeks ahead of pupils in England.Swinney today insisted that earlier return had happened “because we felt that was a safe thing for us to be able to do because of the low prevalence amongst younger children”.And Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gregor Smith, said since then there had only been “one or two small

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.The latest figures were announced by John Swinney this afternoon.The Deputy First Minister revealed that 501 new cases of the virus were recorded overnight.654 people are being treated in hospital while 59 are currently in ICU.The latest figures mean that since the start of the pandemic, 7422 people have lost their lives to coronavirus in Scotland.It comes as 28 people were arrested in connection with lockdown flouting celebrations of Rangers fans

Savanta ComRes for the Scotland on Sunday newspaper indicates 52% to 48% in favour of the union.The poll is the first to be carried out since Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond gave evidence to the Holyrood inquiry into the unlawful investigation of the former first minister.Carried out in the two days after the current First Minister appeared before the committee, the survey found 35% of respondents said the inquiry was making them less likely to vote for independence.Another 16% said the inquiry

Janey Godley has said she wants to release a video of all the hate mail she has received through her website.The Scots comedian revealed on Twitter that she got a call from her personal assistant who read out several emails she was sent from men she blocked online.The 60-year-old has previously shared the vile messages she is sent on a daily basis with her fans.In the Tweet, Janey said: "My assistant called me today (works remotely) and read out the emails sent to my website from angry men who

Salmond and Sturgeon fall-out as another reason to not hold an independence poll.Rees-Mogg made his now regular attacks on independence while answering questions in the Commons.SNP MP Angus MacNeil asked: “If the Scottish people or indeed the Welsh people, given the polling in Wales this morning, were to vote for independence at the ballot box, would he respect that choice of the Scottish and indeed the Welsh people?”Rees-Mogg replied: “There was a referendum, he may have forgotten, in 2014 in

the final result could be announced 48 hours after polling places close at 10 pm on May 6.Traditional door-to-door canvassing will be permitted on a limited scale from April 5 but only if covid cases are low enough.Regional list candidate will also be permitted to travel across council areas even if lockdown restrictions are still in place.Last year, the Scottish Parliament passed legislation allowing the poll to be postponed if necessary due to Covid-19 - but parliamentary business manager

brutal clip shows a teenage girl being repeatedly punched to the head by another girl on the backseat of a bus while a group of the attacker's pals laugh in the background.The aggressor wearing a white jumper is seen to punch and kick her victim as the youngster cowers in the corner of the bus.Close to the end of clip her shrieking pals are heard to shout out comments like "That's it now, leave it - that's it, leave it."A second vicious 40 second video features two teenage boys punching each

Tory chancellor will boast that the fund is part of a £57 million investment in Scottish business growth in Wednesday’s Budget statement.Sunak is also expected to announce up to £2 million to support jobs as the oil and gas industry moves into cleaner energy sources and a further £5 million for the Global Underwater Hub in Aberdeen, building on last year’s £1.3 million commitment.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover

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exclusive poll published by the Record predicts the SNP will win 67 seats at May's election - just two more than is needed for an overall majority.But the rise in support for the Greens - who also back calls for an IndyRef2 - mean Unionist parties could be heavily outnumbered in the Scottish Parliament at a time when the constitutional question is dominating politics. According to the Survation poll of 1000 Scots, the SNP would have 67 MSPs, a gain of four on the 2016 election.