Experts call for more controls to curb damage done by deer By Richard Baynes on January 29, 2020 Scotland’s Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham Strict new rules should
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THE FERRET: NEWS IN PICTURES FROM BURKINO FASO
The number of people in Burkina Faso displaced due to Islamist violence could reach nearly one million by Spring.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS BUY EXAM PAPERS FROM SQA
Performance reports – detailed analyses of pupils’ exam performance written by Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) senior examiners – are designed to boost grades in subsequent years but can cost up to £929 per subject. Between 2013-14 and 2017-18 private schools bought 17 of the 30 performance reports – 56 per cent.
BELT OF THE CROZIER FOR BISHOPS AFTER ABUSE REVIEW
The report noted that progress had been made in St Andrews and Edinburgh despite “difficult circumstances”, including the prior management of the diocese by Cardinal Keith O’Brien. Cardinal O’Brien stood down in February 2013 after admitting sexual misconduct and was replaced by Archbishop Leo Cushley.
WEST DUNBARTON FOURTH IN DEPRIVATION LEAGUE
Responding to the SIMD research, Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell said more than £1.4bn had been invested in helping low-income households in 2018-19, with ministers also set to bring in the new £10-a-week Scottish Child Payment for poorer families from the end of 2020.
TAX MONEY GOES INTO POCKETS OF PRIVATE LENDERS
This audit should be the nail in the coffin for NDP/MIM and all variants of privately financed public infrastructure projects. The Scottish Parliament should immediately ban any further contracts. DEXTER WHITFIELD, EUROPEAN SERVICES STRATEGY UNIT