Claire Elliot
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Lockdown children 'lack empathy and social skills' thanks to pandemic (opens the original)
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Scots children starting secondary school ‘lack empathy and basic social skills’ after missing key points in their early education due to Covid lockdowns, an inquiry found. Teachers have warned each cohort of pupils is ‘in more distress and difficulty than the previous years’, with the situation ‘becoming progressively worse’ as each new year group moves up. Those who started S1 this summer would have been in their first year at primary when the country shut down in March 2020. The lasting impact
Former American senator told to 'cover up' T-shirt on Holyrood tour (opens the original)
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A former American senator claims he was told to cover up his T-shirt during a tour of the Scottish parliament after its design was seen as a ‘political statement’. Republican Scott P. Brown was about to embark on a tour of Holyrood when he says he was stopped by a police officer who took umbrage at his top supporting ‘law enforcement’. The 67-year-old explained that he had bought the black short-sleeved garment printed with the Thin Blue Line flag, and a Spartan helmet, at a bike festival earlie
Shortage of cadavers is a 'serious problem' for medical students (opens the original)
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It is a delicate subject often avoided in conversations. And despite a well-functioning body donor programme, a new report has now found there is a ‘serious problem’ in sourcing cadavers for students to practice on at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). Professor Gordon Findlater, HM Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland, has informed Scottish ministers in his annual report that an increase in demand for courses, coupled with the government’s strict intake targets, is putting a strai
Famed cookery writer's hotel changes hands for first time since 1676 (opens the original)
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Built as a farmhouse in the 1676, it was later converted into a hotel by one of Scotland’s best known cookery writers, Lady Claire Macdonald, and her clan chief husband. Now, after more than 300 years in the Macdonald family, Kinloch Lodge, on Skye, has been sold to the Wickman family, who own two other hotels on the island, as they. The new owners, who are embarking on a phased £1.6million investment programme at the hotel, have promised to ensure its viability for ‘generations to come’ and aim
Council turns to Star Wars-style laser tech to stop gulls (opens the original)
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Drones and lasers defending people from attack from the skies may sound like a scene from a Star Wars movie. But beleaguered councillors have resorted to using the state-of-the-art technology in a desperate effort to rid their communities of the seagulls. Dumfries and Galloway Council deployed the modern-day weaponry, which does not harm the birds, ahead of this year’s breeding season to drive them away from built up areas. The lasers work by shining a green beam of light which the gulls perceiv
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