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Day: June 5, 2020

VIRUS: CHIEF’S WARNING FOR THIS WEEKEND

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The majority of people continue to do the right thing because it is the best way to stop the virus spreading and, ultimately, to contribute to prevent people dying.

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SAVE LIVES: DAE AS YER TELT, STAY IN THE HOOSE, KEEP YOUR 2m DISTANCE, NAE PARTIES OR LARGE GATHERINGS

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The statistics reveal 110 fixed penalty notices were handed out compared to 252 the previous week. This brings the total since the measures were introduced to 3,213.

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NORMAL PEOPLE?

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TV review: The sensitive, sensual and refreshingly scandalising series draws to an end

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FERGUS EWING IS ‘FISH FARMERS GREATEST ALLY’

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Fish farm critics described Ewing as the industry’s greatest political ally. “No wonder the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation and the fish farm companies it represents are keen to speak to him privately,” said John Aitchison from the coastal community group, Friends of the Sound of Jura.

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OBAN POLICE RAID RECOVERS HEROIN WORTH £15,000

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A 28-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman have been arrested and charged in connection with drugs offences. They both appeared at Oban Sheriff Court on Thursday, 4 June, 2020.

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  • STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met
  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children
  • LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats
  • LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people
  • Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way
  • Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

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STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

Just how bad are the NHS statistics for Public Health in Scotland? Dumbarton’s MSP laid them out for all the world to see following the

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives will lead a debate tomorrow (Wednesday) in Holyrood to warn of another SNP “tax bombshell” that could hit middle-income

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Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth and Morven-May MacCallum, LibDem MSP by BILL HEANEY Ahead of a parliamentary debate about the Scottish Government’s plans to reorganise

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Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange men on parade – but it’s still no go for them at Garvachy Road in Portadown. 28 September 2026 Updated 1 hour ago The

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REPORTS FROM STORMONT AND PORTADOWN: Garvaghy Road residents seek ‘international mediator’ as protest goes on and on

REPORTS FROM STORMONT AND PORTADOWN:  Garvaghy Road residents seek ‘international mediator’ as protest goes on and on

Orange Order members hold ‘constructive’ meeting with NI Secretary Bryant Garvaghy residents meet Bryant, seeking international mediator in dispute Orange Order maintains presence at Drumcree

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