Last year, First Minister John Swinney insisted the target could still be met and recognised it "requires changes in behaviour from members of the public". Audit Scotland says in order to achieve the car kilometre target, car traffic levels would need to decrease by 7.3 billion kilometres to 29.3 billion.

Scotland’s First Minister has said reconnecting power in Scotland following Storm Eowyn has been a “colossal” task and the impact is a “warning that climate change is with us”. Tens of thousands of homes were left without power after the storm hit on Friday with almost 8,000 homes still cut off on Monday morning.

John Swinney has appealed for “patience” as work is carried out to restore power supplies and transport services in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. People all over Scotland were urged to stay indoors on Friday to avoid injury in hurricane-force winds, as a rare Met Office red weather warning was issued for much of the south of the country.

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The First Minister said he was determined to end the ‘vicious circle’ of high waiting times and delayed discharge.

Tens of thousands of homes were left without power due to the storm, with almost 8,000 homes still cut off on Monday morning.

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Speaking at an event in Edinburgh, John Swinney said: “It’s a warning to us that climate change is with us and the ferocity (of it).” The scale of the challenge has been colossal ...

Schools across central and southern Scotland are closed and people have been told not to travel ahead of Storm Éowyn.

Anas Sarwar had earlier referred to Mr Swinney’s self-applied nickname of “full-on John”, and it does reflect the bullish confidence with which the first minister has been carrying himself of late. Katie Allan, 21, and 16-year-old William Brown, also known as William Lindsay, took their own lives in separate incidents at the facility in 2018.

Margaret Caldwell, Jim Coyle and Stewart McGrory will meet with the First Minister at Bute House in Edinburgh on Tuesday.

First Minister John Swinney is calling on Westminster to work ... refused to devolve power over immigration to SNP ministers in Edinburgh, is being “dragged in an anti-growth direction ...