edinburgh marathon cancelled

I would like to say it’s wrecked my training plans but that wouldn’t really be true.Absolutely gutted that the Edinburgh marathon has now been postponed until 2021. Organisers say event will no longer take place on weekend of September 5-6 amid coronavirus pandemic.It had been postponed from May until the weekend of September 5-6, but organisers have decided it now won’t go ahead amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Organisers said in a statement: “As you know, it is outside of our control to say when events will be permitted to go ahead, and sadly there is insufficient information currently available to allow us to estimate when this will be.“The nature of the event demands a considerable amount of preparation, not only from our team and our delivery partners, but from the participants.”Participants can log into their accounts and see what options are available to them First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her deputy, John Swinney, were forced to backtrack after initially branding the process 'credible'.Swinney to set out next steps after 'exam results train wreck'Sturgeon 'sorry' after fierce criticism over exam results'Credible' exam moderation process branded a 'train wreck'Pass rates rise for school pupils after exam-free yearIn a statement to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, education secretary John Swinney apologised to the students for the SQA’s controversial moderation system.He said: “We set out to ensure that the system was fair. But we did not get it right for all young people.“Before I go any further, I want to apologise for that.“In speaking directly to the young people affected by the downgrading of awards – the 75,000 pupils whose teacher estimates were higher than their final award – I want to say this: I am sorry.”In response to Swinney’s 18-page statement, Jamie Greene, the Scottish Conservatives’ education spokesperson, branded it the “longest resignation speech in history, minus the resignation”.Last Tuesday, around 138,000 school pupils received the results of their National, Higher and Advanced Higher courses after an exam-free year due to the coronavirus pandemic.The SQA downgraded 124,564 results – 93.1% of all the moderated grades – based on criteria including schools’ historic performances.Pupils from the most deprived areas of Scotland had their grades reduced by 15.2% compared with 6.9% in the most affluent parts of the country.In response, opposition politicians branded the moderation process a On Friday, hundreds of pupils took to Glasgow’s George Square to protest the methodology – which was only revealed on results day.Scottish Labour also tabled a vote of no confidence in Swinney, backed by the Scottish Conservatives, which could take place this week.Initially, Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon defended the system, branding it “credible”.Swinney said without the moderation, the pass rates compared to 2019 would have been “an annual change never been seen in Scottish exam results”.The First Minister claimed had the moderation process not been in place, she would have been announcing that 85% of young people in the most deprived areas had passed Highers this year compared to around 65% last year.Instead, around 70% of young people from the most deprived areas passed their Highers.Both Sturgeon and Swinney stressed the appeals process would allow eligible pupils to challenge their results if they were downgraded from teachers’ estimates.However, both the First Minister and her deputy later backtracked.On Sunday, Swinney said he had “heard the anger of students” and said each of them deserved a grade that reflected the work they had done.He stated: “These are unprecedented times and as we have said throughout this pandemic, we will not get everything right first time.”The following day, Sturgeon apologised and said too much focus was given to the system rather than the individuals.She said: “Despite our best intentions, I do acknowledge we did not get this right and I’m sorry for that.“The most immediate challenge is to resolve the grades awarded to pupils this year. By STV News More details. Friday, 19th June 2020, 10:12 am. Brilliant! 19 Jun 2020 10:53 am. This year’s rescheduled Edinburgh Marathon Festival has …

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Blocking motion from debate would be anti-democratic.”The Scottish Greens have called for the Scottish Government to hold an urgent review into the fiasco and into the exams system as a whole.Swinney said that a current review being conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) into the Curriculum for Excellence would be expanded to “include recommendations on how to transform the Scottish approach to assessment and qualifications, based on best practice globally”.He also said that an investigation will be undertaken to look at how this year’s awards were handed out.He said: “Coronavirus has not gone away and, while we expect next year’s exams to go ahead, we need to put in place the right plans to make sure we don’t find ourselves in the same situation again.”Swinney to set out next steps after 'exam results train wreck'Sturgeon 'sorry' after fierce criticism over exam results'Credible' exam moderation process branded a 'train wreck'Pass rates rise for school pupils after exam-free yearAberdeen and Celtic's matches over the next week have been postponed.Red card: Football season at risk after Celtic violationAberdeen players apologise to fans for breaking Covid rulesTerrace talk: 'Deduct points from the clubs involved'Managers react: 'One person makes a mistake ... it gets exaggerated tenfold'The joint response group has confirmed both teams’ respective fixtures against Hamilton and St Mirren on Wednesday, as well as their match against one another on Saturday, will not go ahead.It comes after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the teams should not expect to play in the coming week.Celtic defender Boli Bolingoli breached quarantine rules by travelling to Spain and failing to self-isolate for 14 days on his return.And two Aberdeen players have already tested positive for Covid-19 after visiting a bar with six teammates.Sturgeon said at the Scottish Government’s daily briefing: “As a minimum you should not be expecting to see Aberdeen or Celtic play over the course of the coming week.”Speaking on Scottish football, she added: “Consider today the yellow card, the next time it will be the red card because you will leave us with absolutely no choice.”Sturgeon said Bolingoli “flagrantly” breached the guidelines by not self-isolating when he returned from Spain.The club and the player himself have apologised, while the eight Aberdeen players in question did so for their own behaviour in a statement on Saturday.The SPFL has agreed to introduce a player education programme as it tries to prevent further rule breaks.The body will also put in place punitive measures that can be implemented so it can directly take action against players in the event of other breaches.Sturgeon said she does not want the season to be in jeopardy, adding she wants players to live up to their responsibilities.She said: “This is just not acceptable.

'As you know, it is outside of our control to say when events will be permitted to go ahead, and sadly there is insufficient information currently available to allow us to estimate when this will be.