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LIKE few others in living memory, 2020 has been a year we all want to put behind us. There is little that can be said about this most tragic of years that hasn’t already. It has taken a toll on all of us, on our communities and our economy, a harsh and cruel chapter which will be difficult to forget. Since the introduction of Lockdown in March I have used my Glasgow Times column to regularly inform and update readers on the city’s response to the Covid pandemic.  From support for o...

Unions concern for teachers in West Lothian ahead of third wave of Covid-19 The teachers union made one last desperate plea to the council and Scottish government before they meet internally to decide upon their next course of action Updated Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education, John Swinney and First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again ...

Updated: Wed 16th Dec All Wales lockdown as First Minister “not prepared to offer North Wales a second class level of protection” This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2020 The First Minister Mark Drakeford has explained why today’s Level 4 announcement is covering all of Wales, rather than parts of Wales. On Monday the revised control plan published by Welsh Government detailed a possible “national, regional or local” intervention, however the new Level Four restrict...

Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...

Harvard Summer School suspended all study-abroad programming for the summer of 2021, citing concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Administrators in Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education, the department in charge of summer study-abroad programs, determined that it would not be in students’ and faculty members’ best interests to carry out summer programming for 2021 given rising global COVID-19 case counts, according to DCE spokesperson Harry J. Pierre. The decision falls in lin...

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A UNION is asking teachers whether they would strike over accusations Glasgow City Council is not protecting staff health.

Latest Public Health Scotland data reveals falling Covid-19 transmission rates as council argue that West Lothian should be in Level Two West Lothian Council argued this week that the county should have been moved down to Level Two Updated Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon placed West Lothian down to Level Three this week Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When ...

A UNION is asking teachers whether they would strike over accusations Glasgow City Council is not protecting staff health.

Schools in Glasgow are facing the threat of industrial action by teachers over calls to bring in remote learning before and after the Christmas holiday. The Glasgow Local Association of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), Scotlands largest teaching union, has opened a consultative ballot of all members. EIS leaders said Glasgow City Council had rejected their EIS request to move teaching and learning to remote online platforms for the pre and post-Christmas period, in the inter...