Page 37 - Wed Jun News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Safety of vulnerable teachers ‘top of the agenda’ as schools return – Sturgeon 03/02/2021, 3:15 pm Nicola Sturgeon said getting pupils back to school is the Government’s top priority (Callum Moffat/Daily Record/PA) A phased return of pupils to school is the Scottish Government’s top priority, Nicola Sturgeon has said, but she indicated vulnerable teachers should not be forced back to class before they are vaccinated. The First Minister announced on Tuesday that P1 to p3 pupils could return to school from February 22. In addition, Ms Sturgeon said she expects 5-8% of secondary pupil...

Support announced for Scottish seafood and fishing industries Updated: 03/02/2021, 12:04 am Funding has been announced to help support the seafood and fishing sectors impacted by Brexit and coronavirus (Michal Wachucik/PA) Money for the seafood and fishing industry has been allocated to help the sector deal with the impact of coronavirus and Brexit. A new £7.75 million funding package will offer support to fishermen, seafood businesses, ports and harbours, the Scottish Government has announced. The package includes £6.45 million for the Seafood Producers Resilience Fund to provide support t...

Pandemic creates an opportunity to manage demand for air travel, MSPs told 26/01/2021, 3:34 pm The Scottish Government should use the ‘opportunity’ created by the coronavirus pandemic to target reduced growth of air travel, MSPs have been told (Jane Barlow/PA) The coronavirus pandemic is a “tremendous opportunity” to stop the growth of air travel in an attempt to cut emissions, Holyrood’s Climate Change Committee has heard. MSPs were told that the Scottish Government’s climate change strategy targeting net-zero emissions by 2045 was particularly timid on emissions produced by the...

Community leaders asked to help tackle ‘vaccine hesitancy’ among minorities There are concerns that misinformation about the Covid-19 jab could spread (Nick Potts/PA) Community leaders are being asked to help tackle “vaccine hesitancy” among ethnic minority groups in Scotland, a minister has said, amid concerns that misinformation about the jab could spread. It came as an equalities group called on the Scottish Government to ensure that translated public health information reaches older people in minority communities who may have language or literacy issues. The Edinburgh and Lothian ...

Experts say the bigger the distance between people, the better, as it allows more space for any virus to be dispersed.