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Day: March 4, 2021

MAYFLIES: NEW BOOK FROM ANDREW O’HAGAN: ORDER TODAY FOR WORLD BOOK DAY

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Available in all good bookshops and online. Andrew O’Hagan with his friend, Edna O’Brien, at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Picture by Bill Heaney The Booker

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LABOUR LEADER SAYS STURGEON/DAVIDSON CLASH ‘REPRESENTS WORST OF SCOTTISH POLITICS’

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By Bill Heaney Scottish Labour’s newly elected leader Anas Sarwar said he was dismayed at the post Salmond Inquiry clash between Tory leader Ruth Davidson

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SALMOND INQUIRY: STURGEON’S CLASH WITH TORY LEADER DAVIDSON

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Tory interim leader Baroness Ruth Davidson, who is deputising at Holyrood until May for Douglas Ross MP, who will take over after the Scottish Parliament

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COVID 19: FIRST MINISTER’S UPDATE IN PARLIAMENT

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By First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Yesterday, 500 new cases were reported, which was 2.5 per cent of all the tests that were carried out. The

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Carmichael welcomes end to US tariffs on Scottish whisky

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By Rory Murphy MP Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed news that the United States will end retaliatory tariffs imposed on Scottish whisky, which have cost the

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Thor ready for his Great British Shave Off

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Thomas Ellis, the reason behind his lengthy beard and long locks is not to look like a Glaswegian version of Thor, but to raise charity

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MURRELL CASE ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON POLICE SCOTLAND FUNDING

MURRELL CASE ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON POLICE SCOTLAND FUNDING

Peter Murrell, Pauline McLean, Chief Constable Jo Farrell, Ivan McKee, and Neil Gray by Bill Heaney SNP ministers have been told they must “urgently clarify”

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Lib Dem Islands MSP calls on Flynn to focus on ferries amid paddle steamer news 

Lib Dem Islands MSP calls on Flynn to focus on ferries amid paddle steamer news 

by Lucy Ashton Newly elected Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Morven-May MacCallum had today called on Stephen Flynn to focus on

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NOTEBOOK: DUMBARTON MAN WHO MADE HISTORY AS EUROPE’S LEADING FOOTBALL COACH

NOTEBOOK: DUMBARTON MAN WHO MADE HISTORY AS EUROPE’S LEADING FOOTBALL COACH

  Johnny Madden, ‘The Rooter,’ made a name for himself in Prague at the turn of the last century. Madden is an ancestor of John

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CLASSROOM LEARNING ASSISTANTS CLAIM THEY ARE UNDERVALUED BY COUNCIL

CLASSROOM LEARNING ASSISTANTS CLAIM THEY ARE UNDERVALUED BY COUNCIL

by Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire Council was forced into closing schools on Tuesday when classroom learning assistants took strike action over their pay and working

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EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL 2026

EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL 2026

Monthly e-news: May 2026 edition Festival dates: 15-30 August View this email in your browser It’s May and we’re well on the way! It feels like ages since

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Legal battle over closed Rogano restaurant is settled …

Legal battle over closed Rogano restaurant is settled …

Rogano, pictured in 2001, was said to be Glasgow’s longest surviving restaurant until it closed in 2020. A legal row over the iconic Glasgow restaurant

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WHAT’S ON AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

WHAT’S ON AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

This week in Parliament   The First Minister is selected   On Tuesday, MSPs voted to select John Swinney MSP as the First Minister of

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WITNESSES APPEAL: DRIVER DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER CRASH IN NATIONAL PARK

WITNESSES APPEAL: DRIVER DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER CRASH IN NATIONAL PARK

Road Policing officers are continuing their inquiries and appealing for information following a fatal crash in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park at Callander

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