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First Minister meets the Prime Minister

PM “willing to consider options” on EU. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has held constructive talks with the Prime Minister Theresa May at Bute House. The First Minister welcomed the Prime Minister to Edinburgh on what was her first official visit since coming into office. Following the meeting, the First Minister said: “It was a constructive and very good discussion. “The Prime Minister and I have big political disagreements but we are both women who approach business in a similar way, so I think we can have a good working relationship…

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Reassurance following EU referendum

Scottish Government to issue open letter to EU nationals and work with businesses. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will send a message of reassurance to EU nationals living in Scotland that they are welcome here. The First Minister today met consuls and diplomats from EU countries and will distribute an open letter to EU citizens that reiterates and values the contribution EU migrants make to Scotland’s economy, society and culture. The First Minister also met business organisations and committed to work jointly, in Scotland and in Brussels, to ensure EU trading…

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Protecting Scotland’s EU interests

FM praises the “open doors” of leaders across Europe. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has held a series of positive meetings with senior figures in Brussels today. During a full day of engagements, she met the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, as well as the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and the leaders of a number of the political groups in the European Parliament. The First Minister set out Scotland’s position following the result of the referendum last week and discussed the need to ensure Scotland’s voice…

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First Minister’s statement on EU referendum

FM updates Parliament in light of referendum result. The First Minister today pledged the Scottish Government’s overriding priority is to protect Scotland’s relationship with, and place in, the EU. The First Minister was updating Parliament on the steps being taken by the Scottish Government to reassure people and organisations that Scotland is an open and welcoming country, and to ensure Scotland’s voice to remain in the EU is heard. The full text of the First Minister’s statement to Parliament is below. Presiding Officer This is not a statement I wanted…

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EU Referendum

First Minister says Scotland will engage with Europe. Talks will take place with EU institutions and member states to protect Scotland’s place in Europe, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister chaired a meeting of the Cabinet to discuss the Scottish Government’s next steps following the EU Referendum result. In addition, regular contact will continue with the EU and, as was planned, Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, will be attending the AGRIFISH Council in Luxembourg on Monday and will meet EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan…

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Keeping your online storage secure

Whether it’s your pics, your financial information or just your favourite funny cat videos you are storing online, you need to take steps to keep your data safe. Here are some tips to keep you, and your info, safe from the hackers: Keep your password secure. Change your password regularly and don’t use the same password across multiple websites. If hackers crack one password it’s a pain, but if they access all your online accounts it can be a nightmare. As many sites use your email as a login ID,…

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On Line File Storage

What is online storage? Online storage systems, or “cloud” services as they’re also known, alllow you to store digital media online by uploading it through your computer or mobile device. Though transferred and accessible at any time via the web, the data is actually physically held on mammoth servers owned by whoever provides the partcular service you use (Google, Microsoft etc). Are they safe? The biggest issue with using cloud storage is data security, as you are relying on the service to keep your files and documents secure. If your…

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Alexander Fleming

ARTICLE SOURCE & MORE INFO AT: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world’s first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. Fleming was knighted for his scientific achievements in…

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Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone and founding the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Bell’s father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell’s life’s work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S.…

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