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Due to the widespread disruption caused by Storm Floris, Royal Mail has confirmed that there will be delays to the delivery of SQA results in several parts of Scotland.

In particular, deliveries to the Outer Hebrides, Orkney, and Shetland will be delayed due to the adverse weather.

Further localised delays to deliveries may occur at short notice.

If any affected candidates want to know their results, they should contact their school or college in the first instance, where staff should be able to help them.

Alternatively, learners can submit an inquiry via the SQA website at https://www.sqa.org.uk/learnerenquiry, external and their query will be responded to after 12:00 today.

There is lots of support available, regardless of what results pupils receive.

The SQA's candidate advice line can be reached on 0345 279 1000.

It opened at 08:00 and will stay open until 18:00. It will then be available from 08:30 until 17:00 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Guidance staff at schools will also be on hand to provide help.

If you have a conditional offer for university or college that you don't meet, you can apply to Ucas' clearing process, external which is used by universities and colleges to fill empty places.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS), the agency which supports training and skills for work, will also operate an advice line from 5 to 8 August.

If you need help and advice about the next steps in your career or education or if you didn't get the results you hoped for, you can phone the SDS results helpline number on 0808 100 8000.

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About 147,000 people across Scotland have started to receive their SQA results.

Find everything you need to know about Scotland's exam results day here.

Well, it's 08:00 and that means exam results are now being sent out to pupils across Scotland.

Good luck to everyone!

And stick with us for reaction and advice on what your next move could be.

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Pupils across Scotland will receive their results from 08:00.

The results cover Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers, as well as the more vocational National Progression Awards, Skills for Work Awards, and National Certificates.

They are sent out by first-class post but many students have opted to receive their grades digitally.

Text messages and emails are due to be sent to candidates who had an activated MySQA, external account from 08:00 onwards.

Last year, there were some delays to text results and some pupils receiving blank emails. The problem led to an anxious wait for some but was quickly rectified.

If you have opted to receive your results by post, it will depend on when your mail normally arrives.

If you're just joining us, welcome to our live coverage as pupils across Scotland wait for their exam results to be released.

Pupils will receive the verdict on their work - including candidates in Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers.

The more vocational National Progression Awards, Skills for Work Awards, and National Certificates will also land today.

Stick with us here to follow the latest news, results and reaction.

Erin Bartley is a School Careers Adviser at Skills Development Scotland and she tells Good Morning Scotland she's expecting a "very, very busy day".

She says: "Hopefully we get lots of callers giving us a wee call to find out how we can help them.

"At the results helpline we really focus on the individual, helping solve any issues they may have, whether that's results better than expected or unfortunately worse than planned.

"We'll be on hand to help whatever the issue is."

As we edge towards 08:00, here's another reminder of that Skills Development Scotland helpline, external number - 0808 100 8000.

A dedicated helpline - run by Skills Development Scotland - will be open from 08:00 to support those deciding their next steps.

Courtney, who is 17, has told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme she used the service last year after she didn't get the results she hoped for:

"My careers adviser helped me so much and my guidance teacher as well.

"The helpline helped too so I was happy with that."

She says she wants to be a PE teacher when she leaves school but she also has back-up plans like the police.

The Skills Development Scotland helpline, external number is 0808 100 8000.

Advice can also be found on the SQA website, external.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) will send out candidates' results following the completion of exams and coursework earlier in the year. If you have signed up for digital alerts on MySQA, these will come via text message or email from about 08:00.

At about 09:30, we’ll get an overview of the results from the SQA.

Traditional certificates will arrive by first class post - this will depend on when your mail normally arrives.

The SQA have warned a number of areas of Scotland will not get their results by post today due to Storm Floris.