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SNP demand Douglas Ross opposes Westminster tax rise on low income workers
Boris Johnson is said to be on the verge of signing-off a rise in National Insurance payments to help fund an expansion of social care.
04:30, 24 JUL 2021
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Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross (Image: Getty Images)
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Linda and Mervyn Lovat pictured at home in East Renfrewshire. The couple were both vaccinated at same time in the same venue, and are both fully vaccinated. But Linda’s certificate wrongly shows her second Covid jag in May as her first A RETIRED teacher says she feels like she is being held to ransom by errors in her vaccine status certificate which make it impossible for her to visit her son in Israel. Linda Lovat is among hundreds of fully vaccinated Scots whose immunisation details have gone missing or been incorrectly recorded, with helpline operatives unable to fix the problem.
Children in East Renfrewshire can learn a new language next week.and raise funds for charity at the same time. Estrellas Brillantes, which translates as ‘Shining Stars’, is to host a summer club from Monday, July 26, to Friday, July 30, with no prior Spanish knowledge necessary. It is the brainchild of Rachel Peebles, 40, whose love of languages stems from her nine years in Bolivia, where she spoke Spanish every day while working with families in a Christian community project. After returning to East Renfrewshire, Rachel decided to start a Spanish club, teaching babies, toddlers and children of primary school age. The summer club will be held at Cartsbridge Church, in Busby, using crafts, songs and other activities to teach the language.
In Glasgow city however, it is considerably lower, at 69.6%. In the younger age group, 18 to 29 year-olds, it is even lower. Across Scotland 71.1% in that group have had a first dose of the vaccination. But in Glasgow city, it is 62.5%. The uptake is lowest among men where only 58.9% of 18 to29 year olds have had a first dose compared to 66% of women. The rate for second doses is also lower but the gap is not as wide and not all adults have been offered a second dose appointment yet.
READ MORE: For the second dose only 13.5% of younger men have been jagged and 21.6% for women, both lower than the Scottish figures of 16% and 26.6%.