Scottish News. Scotland at 7 - 24/07/2020 Scotland at 7 is a our nightly news and current affairs programme for Scotland. National and international news, plus sport and weather. How to see Comet NEOWISE from Scotland tonight: Comet NEOWISE entered our skies in early July, appearing predominantly in the morning hours. The maximum jail term for being cruel to animals in Scotland is now five years. What's on TV tonight including Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media. Comet NEOWISE Scotland: How to see Comet NEOWISE from Scotland tonight? I have to be absolutely mindful of the sciences involved.Scotland's Education Secretary John Swinney said that the return of pupils would have to take place gradually so it does not 'undermine the really good work that's been done'"It's a really careful balance to be struck because what we don't want to do is to undermine the really good work that's been done by a commitment of members of the public to reduce the incidence of coronavirus in our society.He added: "We've made no definitive plans when schools will recommence and we've made no changes to the arrangements for the forthcoming period.The deputy FM also reiterated that whenever pupils do return to classrooms, it would not be done all at once."Your viewers will have probably heard the First Minister talking at lunchtime today about the R number, the reproduction number of coronavirus."We couldn't have 2,000 pupils coming back together again in some of our secondary schools in Scotland."So there'll have to be a phased return for different groups within individual schools - and the education recovery group is actively looking at what that might look like.""I just can't see that happening - for all the reasons of social distancing and the gathering together of many pupils in one individual school."What I can say definitively is that I kind cannot see a situation where all pupils in all schools will come back in one go. 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Plans are still being discussed with an education recovery group which will be meeting again virtually on Friday.Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter."We have to reflect those in our decisions about Scottish education, just as much as they have to be reflected in the business communities as well.""We need to get that substantially lower than it is today before we can even contemplate bringing any pupils to our schools because obviously if we do that it affects parents going back to their works.John Swinney told STV's Scotland Tonight programme that a careful balance needs to be struck for pupils being allowed to return - which would also have a knock-on effect on their parents returning to work.The number is currently believed to be below one - meaning each person infected with Covid-19 passes it on to less than one other person, having been above three at the start of the lockdown."I can't just sit down one day and say the schools are going back. The comet is only visible from the Northern Hemisphere where it traced an arc from the north to the northeast skies. On iPlayer. Use it to locate a planet, the Moon, or the Sun and track their movements across the sky. ... 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The map also shows the phases of the Moon, and all solar and lunar eclipses. Current affairs show which tackles the issues behind the headlines from a Scottish perspective, with live studio debate and analysis of all the top stories Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Glasgow on a date of your choice. Once NEOWISE passes out of sight it will not return to Earth's corner of space for another 6,800 years.Hopeful astronomers in will have to catch a glimpse of the comet in the next week or so.Although Comet NEOWISE is the brightest comet to be seen from the Northern Hemisphere since 1997, it has already started to fade. 24/07/2020 As of mid-July, Comet NEOWISE is better seen in the evening hours after sunset. 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