Councils have been accused of using government-funded probationer teachers as cheap “cannon fodder” to fill vacancies, fuelling fears that qualified individuals are being displaced and driven to quit.

By a Scottish secondary school history teacher

AILEEN Campbell is not, as far as I know, a black-hearted rapacious villain. Far from it.

ROYAL Dutch Shell has announced plans to increase payouts to shareholders as it feel the benefit of the increase in oil prices fuelled by the rollout of coronavirus vaccines.

NEW research has found that mass tree-planting can boost Scotland’s economy as well as help mitigate the climate crisis.

It is 2040 and Glasgow has just topped several European happiness indexes. However, is it a hopeful statement or something that could become a reality?

PATIENTS are being put at risk by an “escalation” of short-notice pharmacy closures, a health board has warned.

By Ian McConnell

It expects 110 team members to be based at the facility, with 30 of these employees being new hires

JD WETHERSPOON has underlined the impact on trading from Euro 2020 as it again signalled its expectation of making a loss in its current financial year.

A blockbuster deal involving a Scottish firm whose name is not well known outside financial circles has highlighted a development in the property world that may not be the boon some think.

The small-batch rum is distilled in a 200-litre copper pot still.

A SECOND pensioner vaccinated against Covid through his GP surgery says he has been unable to obtain a status certificate.

By Kristy Dorsey

AS a rule I find it best not to eat while watching the Scottish news bulletins. With all the spluttering that goes on it is safer, and requires less cleaning afterwards, to go nil by mouth. Take this week, for example.

NICOLA Sturgeon last night strongly hinted that Scotland’s exit from lockdown may have to be delayed, admitting she faces “not easy or popular” decisions in the days ahead.

AN Alba Party chief has claimed England winning the Euros will do more to boost the cause for independence than the SNP’s plans.

I can’t help thinking about them. The people I met. People like Sheila, who ran a secret school for girls. And Brad, who lost his best friend and said he would never be the same again. And Kobra, whose father was forced to flee for his life. And Sh...

By Ian McConnell

By Kristy Dorsey

By Kristy Dorsey

FARMING

THE new Health Secretary’s announcement of the end of self-isolation for the double jabbed and under 18s attracted both praise and condemnation from columnists and contributors in the newspapers.

Police investigating a deliberate fire at the home of Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell have released images of a man and vehicle they want to trace.

I THINK William Loneskie (Letters, July 7) forgets the purpose of masks – to prevent the spread of Covid. Is this objective more or less important than avoiding “mask mouth” whose “symptoms include dry mouth ... halitosis or bad breath ... gi...

Scotland’s only all-female prison appears to be using segregation as a way to manage “high levels of distress” experienced by inmates with complex mental health problems, a new report has claimed.

The Scottish public “lacks awareness” about the range and scope of sexual offences, research has indicated.

One person has been taken to hospital following a fire in Edinburgh.

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Iain Scott

BRITAIN was presented with a new pandemic threat yesterday: the Johnson Variant. In truth, it sounds less like a virus and more like a Bourne-type thriller title.

THIRTY years ago, in another life, I taught rich kids English literature. What else could a poor young writer do?

Kasper Schmeichel was targeted by a laser pen as Harry Kane took England's winning penalty tonight.

RAHEEM STERLING insists it was a “clear penalty” that was given as England booked their place in the final of Euro 2020.

THE build-up to the British and Irish Lions’ second tour game of South Africa may have been as chaotic as the off-field circumstances surrounding the campaign, but the result was reassuringly familiar.

POLICE have launched an investigation following claims Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths sent inappropriate messages to a fifteen year old girl.

Federer suffered his first straight-sets loss at SW19 since 2002.

NICOLA Sturgeon has said that the planned dates for easing Covid restrictions in Scotland are “not set in stone”.

TWO further Scottish hospitals have been in a rare ‘Code Black’ status as a result of rising pressures during the third wave of Covid.

ARMED police have attended a Glasgow street after reports of a man spotted with a weapon.

SCOTLAND’S Test and Protect system has been labelled “completely overwhelmed” by a surge in cases after officials failed to hit a World Health Organisation (WHO) target for 80 per cent of cases to be closed within 72 hours.

Andy Murray and Piers Morgan have clashed on social media for the second day running.

THE SNP has described the Conservative Government as "sleekit" with "endemic cronyism" during the pandemic.

Victoria's Secret and Discover Glasgow have become the latest of a dozen retailers to resume trading at Glasgow Airport as the hub seeks to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

THE UK Government’s security minister has stepped down from his role after treatment for lung cancer.

Less than  new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Scotland during the past 24 hours.

AN MP who lost several relatives during the pandemic has lashed out at Boris Johnson and his ministers for failing to condemn and sack Dominic Cummings after his infamous Barnard Castle trip.

THE Delta Covid variant will "rush through the vaccinated and un-vaccinated' if the public does not maintain measures such as masks, social distancing and testing, a health board leader has said.

BORIS Johnson has been compared to a "timpot dictator"over a new bill designed to protect elections.

CORONAVIRUS rates in Scotland have continued to soar despite more than eight in 10 people having Covid antibodies, according to the latest surveillance.