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The local council trying to recruit a teacher for more than six years
A local council has been trying to recruit a teacher for a remote island primary school for more than six years, according to ...
LGBT veterans will not lose other benefits after compensation
Veterans due to receive payments from the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme will not lose out on other benefits after a ...
Threat to wild salmon as sea lice show resistance to chemical used to protect fish
The threat to wild salmon from sea lice could be worse than feared as a new study shows the parasite is building up ...
Spads being offered six-figure salaries as cost of advisers soars
SNP chiefs were accused of making a “sleekit” bid to use the Holyrood by-election as cover to sneak out the soaring costs of their special advisers. Figures published by the Nats Government reveal ...
Disposable vapes ban flouted across Scotland including shops linked to Anas Sarwar's family's firm
Our investigation uncovered retailers still brazenly selling outlawed devices despite the single-use vape ban coming into ...
The 6-point plan Scottish Labour must seize on to ram home the advantage against 'confused' SNP
Former first minister Henry McLeish has outlined a six-point plan for Scottish Labour to adopt after its triumph in Hamilton.
Would you move to a tiny Scottish island to become a teacher? Orkney island's search to fill classroom post - still vacant after SIX YEARS
A remote island primary school has spent more than SIX YEARS trying to fill a teaching post as politicians warn of acute ...
Orkney primary school teaching post vacant since March 2019, figures show
The Scottish Liberal Democrats said data they have uncovered shows more than 1,350 teaching posts have had to be readvertised ...
John Swinney in the firing line after allowing education secretary to swerve parliamentary duties DESPITE school crisis
JOHN Swinney let Jenny Gilruth dodge a grilling on school violence. We can reveal the First Minister signed off the SNP Education Secretary’s absence two months before the Holyrood Q&A on the ...
Schoolgirl died after her breast cancer referral was downgraded – because she was just 16
A teenage girl died of breast cancer after her treatment was downgraded from “urgent” to “routine” due to her age. Isla ...
Opinion
Damp and mouldy housing means too many people are left in the cold
Citizens Advice Scotland welcomed this in principle, but we know from our evidence that more needs to be done across the rented sector to ensure that everyone in Scotland can live in safe and secure ...