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The Scottish government measures the positivity rate by dividing the number of positive tests per day by the total number of tests carried out. VideoHandcuffed, blindfolded and beaten in Libya. Business Now Mag. A simple guide to the Scottish Conservatives, Tories propose new laws to boost Covid recovery, Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars. The full document can be found here. This next chart shows the progress made so far across all age groups, according to official figures. Key questions answered about Derek Chauvin trial, Time: A love story coloured by incarceration, JD Vance: Trump whisperer turned Senate hopeful, Five key moments from the Derek Chauvin trial, Why new football Super League makes financial sense, How India failed to prevent a deadly second wave, Handcuffed, blindfolded and beaten in Libya. The Scottish Conservatives have set out plans to "rebuild Scotland after the worst year that many of us have faced in living memory". THE BBC has been accused of 'increasing support for Scottish independence' as its coverage came under fire from a peer in the House of Lords. Scotland's second wave has seen a much bigger surge in the number of cases because many more people are being tested. BBC Scotland broadcasts three television services to Scottish audiences. The spring outbreak peaked in mid-April 2020 and then mainly declined until the summer, when Scotland went for a long period when there were no deaths following a positive test for Covid-19. How product placements may soon be added to classic films, Two men killed in Tesla 'without driver' in seat1, Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars2, The woman who could be Germany's next chancellor3, Why are football's biggest clubs starting a new league?4, The best climate solution you've never heard of5, Daughters of gay couple denied entry to Namibia6, Residents evacuated as Table Mountain fire spreads8, Blast puts spotlight on shadowy Russian force9, Huawei denies spying accusation in the Netherlands10. The first Covid-19 vaccinations in Scotland were administered on 8 December. The flagship news programme Reporting Scotland is presented by Laura Miller and Sally Magnusson. In January 2021, the number of Covid patients in hospital passed the spring peak of 1,520. Motors. End division and rebuild the country from the pandemic, Oppose another referendum on Scottish independence, A school catch-up plan comprising a nationwide tutoring scheme and hiring 3,000 extra teachers, A law guaranteeing the funding the Scottish government would have to pay to local authorities, £600m to tackle the NHS backlog in 2021-22, £40m to NHS staff wellbeing this year including rest facilities and mental health services, Invest £120m in a two-year catch-up premium allocated to schools on a per pupil basis, Delay the introduction of any new non-Covid related regulations on businesses to April 2023, Introduce a Right to Retrain Account for every Scottish adult, with £500 to be spent on training every year, Tougher sentences for those convicted of defrauding vulnerable people following an increase during the pandemic, Oppose a second referendum on independence and repeal the Referendum Act, Bring forward proposals to allow voters to recall MSPs in exceptional circumstances, Give the Scottish Parliament the tools it needs to properly scrutinise government, Support a freeze in MSP and ministerial pay for the next five years, Support a reduction in the Cabinet from 12 to six, Introduce a 10-working day national standard for all business support grant applications to be processed, Maintain the poundage rate freeze until the 2023 revaluation, Offer at least 25% rates relief to businesses in 2022-23 and introduce a tapered scheme for businesses with rateable values between £15,000 and £20,000, Introduce a Scottish Exporting Institute for trade expertise, Fund for full fibre broadband to every home by 2027, Scrap parking charges to encourage local shopping, Allocate £1bn of attainment funding to all schools over five years, Review the quality of teacher training and recruit 3,000 more teachers, Create a Rural Teacher Fund to attract teachers to work in rural areas, Introduce a dedicated STEM teacher in every primary school, Introduce a "subject guarantee" to pupils that allows them all to take at least seven subjects in S4, Increase annual NHS funding by at least £2bn by 2025-26, based on current estimates, Increase medical school training in line with future need, prioritising people who live in Scotland, Invest at least 11% of the overall NHS budget into general practice by the end of the next Parliament, Increase mental health funding to 10% of the frontline health budget, Ask the Drugs Death Taskforce to publish a comprehensive review into the provision of drug treatment and recovery services before the end of the year, Maintain local democratic accountability of the social care system and avoid what the party calls "unnecessary" structural reforms, Create a "global Britain" now that the country has left the EU, In fishing, negotiate a "transformative sector" deal with the UK government with catchers and processors agreeing on a shared vision for the industry's future, Establish a £25m Cleaner Seas Fund to take harmful products including plastics out of the seas, End peat extraction and aim to restore peatland to 20,000 hectares by 2024-25, Bring forward a new Animal Welfare Bill which would ban the use of electric shock collars and the sale of dogs with cropped ears, Create Scotland's third national park in Galloway and consider proposals for other national parks, Bring forward a Circular Economy Bill to help Scotland achieve net-zero emissions by 2045, Support the UK government's North Sea Transition Deal, which will invest up to £16bn to reduce emissions and secure 40,000 jobs, Use devolved powers to target "specific" groups in receipt of the UK government's £20 per week increase to Universal Credit, Free school lunches and breakfasts for all children in primary school, Increase the Scottish Child Payment to £20 per week, Introduce a taper rate to the Carer Allowance so that carers do not lose all of their allowance if they earn more than the limit, End rough sleeping by 2026 by investing £10.8m in a Housing First programme, Create a government-owned company to give disabled people work experience and skills to help them secure long-term employment, Build 60,000 new affordable homes with 40,000 of these in the social rented sector, £2.5bn over the next five years on energy efficiency in homes and buildings, Introduce Compulsory Sales Orders for long-term unoccupied properties in Scotland, Ban the use of combustible cladding in Scotland, Permanently increase the threshold for paying Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) to £250,000, Expand the M8 to three lanes and upgrade the whole A1 to a dual carriageway, Deliver a national charging infrastructure by 2025 for electric vehicles, Introduce a Scottish Smart Travel Card for passengers to use on all types of domestic transport in Scotland, Rebuild local railways where it would "make economic sense", Scrap Caledonian Maritime Assets and introduce long-term contracts for ferry operators, Bring in a Victims Law which would include an end to the not proven verdict and prevent convicted killers from being released unless they disclose where their victims' remains can be found, Introduce a Local Policing Act which would include reinstating policy scrutiny boards across Scotland, Double the maximum sentence for assaults on police and other emergency workers, Introduce whole-life sentences, end the presumption against short sentences and end automatic early releases, Repeal the Hate Crime Bill and introduce a Protection of Free Speech Bill. Why are football's biggest clubs starting a new league? The first coronavirus death in Scotland was reported by NHS Lothian on 13 March 2020. Please ensure you have read the terms and conditions. Top Fashion Zone. While speaking to the Scottish … Some younger people have already had the vaccine because they have been prioritised as health or social care workers, or because they have a condition which makes them particularly vulnerable to Covid-19. Get the latest Scottish news from BBC Scotland: breaking news, analysis, features and debate plus audio and video coverage on topical issues from around Scotland ITEMS FOR SALE OR PROMOTIONS. Excess deaths from most causes rose significantly last year - the exception was deaths from respiratory diseases, where the number was much lower than average. During daytime broadcast hours, the channel broadcasts a simulcast of BBC Two, but may opt out for news and sports events outside of its formal broadcast hours. Although BBC Television had been established in Scotland since February 1952, and had broadcast some opt-out programming, it did not start its daily Scottish television news service until Friday 30 August 1957, initially consisting of a five-minute bulletin at 6.05pm on weekdays and a sports results programme on Saturdays. However, the Scottish government now publishes figures on Covid-19 patients who have been treated in intensive care for more than 28 days. The … PROPERTYBALL. Video, Handcuffed, blindfolded and beaten in Libya, Two men killed in Tesla 'without driver' in seat, The woman who could be Germany's next chancellor. SCOTLAND ALERTS: Get extra updates on BBC election coverage. What's happening to unused Covid-19 jabs? 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. England BBC. Other measures include declines in cases, Covid-related deaths and hospital admissions. Get the latest news from the BBC in Glasgow and West Scotland: Local website with breaking news, sport, weather and travel from the area plus in … Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, was reported by NHS Lothian on 13 March 2020, Excess deaths from most causes rose significantly last year, when assessing the status of a Covid-19 outbreak within a country. Scottish Parliament. Get breaking news on Scottish football teams including Rangers, Celtic FC, Hibs FC and more The Scottish Liberal Democrats pledge to prioritise the recovery from the pandemic in the next session of the Scottish Parliament. Solicitors. Only patients who test positive during their current stay in hospital, or in the two weeks before their admission, are counted by the Scottish government as Covid-19 patients. There are three ways to count deaths from Covid-19. Click here for rolling coverage of all the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates from across Scotland on Thursday 20 August. The Scottish Conservatives have unveiled their vision for Scotland ahead of the 6 May Holyrood election. The organisation says that a positivity rate which is kept below 2% is one indication that rates of community transmission of Covid-19 are at low levels. The following chart shows the number of daily confirmed cases after an NHS Scotland or UK government test since 1 August, along with a seven-day average. The rate of new deaths rose again in the autumn as the second wave of the pandemic took hold, finally peaking at the end of January 2021. If the reproduction number is higher than one, then the number of cases increases exponentially. All the highlights from the BBC Scotland channel. Scottish Fire and Rescue. By Mary McCool BBC Scotland news ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. The Scottish Conservatives have unveiled their vision for Scotland ahead of the 6 May Holyrood election. Below are the main policies from the party's manifesto. Read about our approach to external linking. Scottish election 2021: The voters the parties are vying to win over. There have been 223,914 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Scotland and 7,642 people have died following a positive test for the virus, according to the Scottish government. Edinburgh News BBC. Below are the main policies from the party's manifesto. The Scottish government's aim is to offer a first dose of the vaccine to everyone in Scotland aged 16 or over by the end of July. BBC Scotland is a British English-language free-to-air television channel that is under the BBC Scotland division of the BBC.It airs a nightly lineup of entirely Scottish programming. The coronavirus outbreak has created a huge load on Scotland's hospitals during both the first and second waves of the pandemic. This page analyses the key figures for the coronavirus outbreak in Scotland. Do you have a question about the Scottish Parliament election? © 2021 BBC. The Scottish government also publishes figures on the number of cases across Scotland's 14 health boards. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. You can register to vote online. At the peak of the outbreak in the spring there were more than 1,500 Covid patients in hospital, including over 200 in intensive care wards. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. UK Government Info. There have been 1,593 cases detected over the past seven days, with 232 confirmed on Monday. It’s set to be a significant election at the Scottish Parliament – so what is the voting process that elects politicians to Holyrood? Anyone who lives in Scotland, is registered to vote and aged 16 or over on 6 May is eligible. This number is then multiplied by 100,000. This is your BBC Scotland. On 6 May, people across Scotland will vote to elect 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). The party that wins the most seats will form the government. 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