Scottish Government announces 56 coronavirus deaths in Scotland amid 1,357 new cases

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Scottish Government has published a full list of frontline healthcare and social workers that are eligible for the new £500 grant. Nicola Sturgeon announced details of the one-off payment during her keynote speech to the SNP’s virtual party conference yesterday.

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed In the last 24 hours there have been 969 fresh infections, bring to the total number of cases since the pandemic began in March to 93,155. The new deaths bring the total loss of life to 3,676.There are 1,099 people currently in hospital and 80 being treated in intensive care for Covid-19.

infections, with 1,125 people currently in hospital and 90 being treated in intensive care for Covid-19. It comes as the four UK nations agreed a plan for the festive period.Christmas gatherings will be set at eight people over 12 years old in Scotland - and households should stay two metres apart indoors, according to new official guidance.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The Scottish Government has agreed a cautious and limited relaxation of the rules on household meetings to support people over the Christmas period.A maximum of three households are to be able to meet in a “bubble” during a short window of time across the festive period.Households will be able to travel between local authorities and between the four nations during December 23 and 27 to form a bubble, and

COP26 conference on the environment is held in Glasgow, SNP ministers have been told to "accelerate" its green plans.The call came from the Climate Emergency Response Group (CERG), which is made up of a variety of civic and business leaders based north of the Border.In spring 2019 the CERG published a list of 20 proposals for climate action which was subsequently backed by the Scottish Government.A report out today by the group has used a traffic light system to rate ministers' efforts to meet

Scottish Government have confirmed.

the correspondence - despite a formal request from a committee of MSPs who are investigating how the government botched its handling of the allegations made against the former SNP leader. Earlier this month a majority of MSPs backed a motion calling on the legal advice to be published.

Jeane Freeman said today the vaccine would not be made be made compulsory for Scots but added ministers would actively work to reassure the public the simple procedure was entirely safe. There has been concern among health chiefs around the world over the impact of online disinformation which makes false claims over vaccinations.

Scottish Government have confirmed.The latest figures reveal the death toll now stands at 3,496.Another 887 people have also tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of cases to 87,517.The latest numbers show that 1,193 people are being treated in hospital for the virus with 100 in intensive care.Of the new cases, 234 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 246 in Lanarkshire, and 140 in Lothian.Figures were released by the Scottish Government this afternoon as

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.THE Scottish Government’s decision to plug the shortfall in school milk funding left by Brexit has been praised by Airdrie MP Neil Gray.Children and young people in Monklands will now be able to continue to access subsidised milk in schools, despite the EU ceasing to provide local authorities with provision subsidy.Ministers had pressed the UK Government to make up the shortfall, but to date no such

Scottish Government has published a list of essential businesses that will be allowed to remain open under level four restrictions. Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday that 11 local authority areas in central and western parts of Scotland will move into the highest tier later this week.

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The outstanding efforts of residents, workers, community groups, businesses and volunteers have been recognised in a Scottish Government-backed national initiative.Getting Better Together, Paul’s Parcels and Salvation Army, all based in Shotts, were all highly commended in Scotland Loves Local’s High Street Heroes awards.The Scotland Loves Local campaign is designed to encourage more people to support the

a new £4.5 million scheme aimed at helping people install renewable and energy efficiency measures in their homes.The new Scottish Government cashback initiative will also help homeowners save money on their future energy bills.People will be able to apply for 75 per cent cashback up to the value of £7,500 towards the cost of a renewable heating system and a further 40 per cent cashback up to £6,000 for installing energy efficiency measures.The new initiative is in addition to the £4 million

coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours. The low figure is a result of Register Offices being closed over the weekend, and may not be a true reflection of the figures.

coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The latest figures show there were 1,212 new Covid-19 cases recorded overnight, bringing the total number of positive cases to 77,660 since the pandemic began.

However, SNP opposition members branded the Labour plea as “hypocrisy”, claiming Labour had already voted against a review of Third Sector funding and refused to spend reserves to help the community.Depute SNP group leader, Councillor Frank Anderson, branded Labour’s approach as an: “Oliver Twist financial strategy of  ‘Can we have some more’.”Councillor Anderson said: “Perhaps if they were serious, instead of playing politics, they would use their £2million reserves, or the ability they have to

coronavirus deaths in Scotland overnight. The First Minister also confirmed there were 1,216 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 69,660 since the pandemic began in March.