By Fiona MacLeod IT MAY be seen by some as shifting deckchairs on the Titanic, but a stir has been made in education circles by the new-look Labour education team. Iain Gray, the new leader of the party in Scotland, has stamped his mark on his revamped shadow cabinet.

By ANDREW DENHOLM EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT PREGNANT mothers struggling with deprivation, poor health, addictions and bad housing should be given extra support to give their children the same opportunities as the rest of the population, ministers said yesterday.

YOUR editorial (November 3) failed to identify the number of education directors or headteachers who have been removed for incompetence over the past 30 years, but simply appeared to imply that the quality of employee at the chalk face is responsible for educational performance across Scotland.

By NO BYLINE TRANSPORT chiefs are to apologise to Midlothian MSP Rhona Brankin after taking it upon themselves to answer questions on health and education which she posed to First Minister Alex Salmond.

LABOUR have called for a review of access laws after a landmark ruling let Scotland's richest woman ban ramblers from the grounds of her home. They want the Lord Advocate to tell sheriffs the "right to roam" is an integral part of the land reforms passed by parliament.