Councillors blame each other for Wishaw school hub failure

the social care sector in Scotland in the wake of the covid pandemic and is now calling on political parties to back it.The union wants the next Scottish Government to establish a publicly-owned and funded National Care Service to replace the fragmented existing system which is largely left to private operators.As well as a £15 minimum wage, Unite is calling for social care workers to be offered improved terms and conditions such as enhanced sick pay and consistent pension plans.It comes as the

knife embedded in a man’s head.Adrian Rosu, 25, collected three knives from his staff quarters at the Green Welly Stop cafe in Tyndrum, Perthshire, and set off towards the Tyndrum Inn after a fight over a game of pool.Witnesses described him walking down Tyndrum main street with one knife tucked into his belt and crossing and re-crossing the others in front of him to sharpen them. Staff barred the inn door while police raced to the scene from nearly 35 miles away.

boy with disabilities broke his nose at a Scots school and his mum claims he was 'neglected'. Kirsty Clapperton was left furious when her son, who has autism and uses a wheelchair, was in a serious accident at Braidburn School in Edinburgh.

Blairgowrie and Rattray are celebrating this week after land at Mount Ericht in Rattray was purchased to create a community garden for the town.

Ayr town centre is bidding to win up to £10,000 of national funding.Narture, the contemporary project looking to boost cultural links in the local community, hopes to land the match funding from Creative Scotland.A total of 20 creative projects across the country are vying for a share of the £75,000 funding pot.Money raised by each project will be matched on a first come, first serve basis for up to £10,000 per project.Narture bosses say they are looking for support to "enliven empty shops and

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Old Firm clash. A 17-year-old boy has now been charged after the vile post was reported to officers during the Celtic v Rangers SPFL match on Sunday.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a Scots school.Engines have been called to Aberdeen's Northfield Academy at 1.43pm amid huge plumes of smoke pouring from the building.Dramatic pictures from the scene show black smoke filling the sky over the Granite City.Orange flames appear to be leaping out of parts of the building.Northfield is home to hundreds of pupils and is understood to have a capacity of

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.”

SNP's autumn conference by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, the one-off, pro-rata payment is intended as a bonus for the work done by health and care staff to combat Covid-19. Eligible social care staff, expected to number more than 400,000, will have to have worked in the sector for at least a continuous four-week period between March 17 and November 30 last year.

Doja Cat turned heads at the Grammys on Sunday. The "Say So" singer rocked a moto jacket-inspired leather dress zipped all the way down adorned with neon feathers.

Parents are being warned not to gather at school gates after dropping off kids in fears it could lead to a spike in Covid cases.From Monday all primary school children in Scotland will return to full time face-to-face learning and ahead of this, Scottish Government chiefs are urging parents to adhere to social distancing rules.Previously First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the 'risk' of a rise in community transmissions comes from parents gathering at the school gates, as opposed to children

spending plan put forward by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes was passed with support from Green and Lib Dem MSPs after she reached agreements with both parties on Monday.It will deliver a pay rise for public sector workers, an expansion of the free school meals programme for primary pupils, and free bus travel for those aged 21 and under.But Scottish Labour opposed the Budget after its call for social care workers to receive a pay uplift to £12 an hour was rejected as being too costly.The party

Acute Respiratory Illness Centre (ARIC) in Hamilton after NHS Lanarkshire told them they could no longer bring their own face masks.They had previously been allowed to wear FFP3 masks - respirator masks which protect by filtering out tiny virus particles from the air - which they bought themselves.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.An Annan man has told how he has been left crippled waiting on a double hip replacement operation.Robert Watson claims he has become almost bedbound and is struggling to care for himself.And he says delays blamed on Covid have left him “frustrated and in pain”.The former dairyman had to give up work and leave his tied accommodation because he could no longer carry out his role in the farming industry.He

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Former bank premises in Bannockburn are to get a new lease of life as part of a £1.2 million regeneration project.Stirling Council is investing in the refurbishment of both the former Royal Bank of Scotland branch at Quakerfield and Bannockburn Library.The project includes a new businesses and support hub in the former RBS unit, which has lay empty since the bank controversially close the branch in 2018 and

Barnett bugleAn extra £1.2 bllion for Scottish government to decide what to spend on. This is on top of £9.7 billion extra in the past year for pandemic support.Going green in AberdeenA £27 million investment in the oil industry to fund a renewables strategy to potentially create of almost 13,000 jobs in the north east.

Jordan Rose Four decades in, hip-hop is not just a music genre, but a microcosm of the nation. At its core, the genre  embodies the concept of the American dream — to transcend one’s environment in search of a better life — and with that comes its own challenges.