488 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 19,947 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 2.7% of these were positive 8 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive.
More seasonal rangers, temporary toilets, car parking and campervan facilities will help rural areas to welcome back visitors when coronavirus restrictions are eased. More seasonal rangers, temporary toilets, car parking and campervan facilities will help rural areas to welcome back visitors when coronavirus restrictions are eased.
Single year and multi-year projects now eligible to apply to a £22 million peatland restoration programme. Farmers, landowners and land managers across Scotland can now access a £22 million fund to undertake peatland restoration projects.
Major increases in child rapists, people who threaten national security and failed asylum seekers clogging up modern slavery system. Child rapists, people who pose a threat to our national security, serious criminals and failed asylum seekers will find it harder to take advantage of modern slavery safeguards under changes to be announced this week.
Ministers have agreed, on the basis of advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre, to place additional restrictions on travellers arriving in Scotland from Ethiopia, Oman, Qatar and Somalia. All passengers travelling to Scotland will be required to enter managed quarantine if they have been in one of these countries in the 10 days before arrival, including people travelling on from elsewhere in the UK or in Ireland.
Statement issue18 March 2021 by NDA, Dounreay and Sellafield. In 2013 we concluded the development of our strategy to remove unirradiated nuclear material from Dounreay and consolidate it at Sellafield.
Women, families and children are among those who will benefit from separate funds worth a total of £18 million to improve drugs services. Four schemes are planned for May with the funds coming from the additional £250 million announced by the First Minister to tackle the drug deaths emergency over the next five years.
CROFTING PLAN "FAILS TO DELIVER" - say Rhoda Grant MSP. The Scottish Government have published their long-awaited National Development Plan for Crofting today.
Hospital has carried out 32,000 healthcare appointments and vaccinated over 170,000 people. The hospital set up to support Scotland's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is to close on 31 March, with the mass vaccination centre relocating to The SSE Hydro.
The Scottish Police Authority will receive an additional £10 million to invest in modernisation of the police fleet. The funding will enable the purchase of around 235 new ultra-low emission vehicles by Police Scotland allowing them to move faster on plans to decarbonise the fleet and towards the vision of having the UK's first ultra-low emission blue light fleet by 2030.
Up to £20 million will be invested to provide more and better accommodation for Gypsy/Traveller communities. This funding, part of Scotland's first long-term national housing strategy, will enable local authorities to improve existing sites and expand provision over the next five years.
The Scottish Government must follow the Welsh Government's example and ensure that NHS workers who receive the £500 bonus get the full amount. The call comes as the Labour-led Welsh Government announced their payment would total £735 per person, leaving a full bonus of around £500 after deductions.
Work to help refugees settle in Scotland will benefit from £2.8 million of funding. The New Scots Refugee Integration Delivery Project will offer small, medium or large grants to organisations to either widen existing work, or start new initiatives which assist those who have had to flee their own country to escape war and terror.
More seasonal rangers, temporary toilets, car parking and campervan facilities will help rural areas to welcome back visitors when coronavirus restrictions are eased. The work - supported by £2.75 million to be administered through the NatureScot Better Places Fund – comes after countryside hotspots saw a marked increase in tourists last year, resulting in issues such as a lack of services, littering and antisocial behaviour.
Trade Minister Ivan McKee has urged the UK Government to provide clarity over the future of green ports in Scotland. The green port model adapts the UK Government's freeport proposals, offering a package of tax and customs reliefs.
Cllr Nicola Sinclair, Chair, Caithness Area Committee has written a letter on behalf of all of the Caithness councillors in support of the possible siting of a fusion Reactor at Dounreay. As Chair of Caithness Area Committee, I am writing on behalf of all eight Caithness councillors to state our unanimous, cross-party support for the bid to site the STEP Prototype Fusion Reactor in Caithness and North Sutherland.
A new national partnership will be established to tackle the significant on-going threat of scams, amid concerns of a rise in this criminal activity among fraudsters during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The creation of the Scottish Scams Prevention Partnership is at the heart of the Scams Prevention, Awareness & Enforcement Strategy.
Projects that lead the way to a low carbon future, support growth and future industries and enable sustainable communities to thrive in the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland are set for development. The Islands Growth Deal brings together £50m each from the Scottish and UK Governments and a further £235m from project partners.
A designer who is keeping the Fair Isle knitting tradition alive on the island has been awarded £40,842 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to expand her business. Marie Bruhat was inspired to move to Fair Isle from France four years ago following a previous internship with another island-based textile business.
More than 50 tourism related community organisations across the region are working to build back better after lockdown with the support of £1.59m of funding distributed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Cafes, heritage centres, visitor attractions, and community accommodation operators are amongst those upgrading facilities, and introducing measures to safely welcome tourists back to their communities, with all the subsequent economic benefits this will bring.
