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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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  • None of the five Astute-class submarines in service completed an operational deployment in the first half of 2024
  • LibDems call for a crackdown on cowboy vendors and efforts to restore High Streets
  • Motorcyclists take part in launch of new safety event

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Two hospitals prepare for No Mow May – by doing precisely nothing 

Two hospitals prepare for No Mow May – by doing precisely nothing 

by Bill Heaney Summer’s just around the corner, it’s a holiday weekend, and the sun is (hopefully) about to put his hat on – it

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Remember to register to vote!

Remember to register to vote!

Stop moaning and complaining about public services in your area. And do something about it by turning up and voting at polling stations across the

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Wildfire warning in place ahead of bank holiday weekend …

Wildfire warning in place ahead of bank holiday weekend …

The extreme warning for the whole of the country remains in place until Saturday An extreme warning for wildfires is in place across Loch Lomondside

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None of the five Astute-class submarines in service completed an operational deployment in the first half of 2024

None of the five Astute-class submarines in service completed an operational deployment in the first half of 2024

Infrastructure upgrades at the Royal Navy’s submarine base on the Clyde must be delivered at pace or the UK risks failing its AUKUS obligations, the

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LibDems call for a crackdown on cowboy vendors and efforts to restore High Streets

LibDems call for a crackdown on cowboy vendors and efforts to restore High Streets

by Bill Heaney New polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats reveals three in 5 people want to see more power to control the number of

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Motorcyclists take part in launch of new safety event

Motorcyclists take part in launch of new safety event

by Bill Heaney Police Scotland and partners yesterday launched a new motorcycle safety initiative aimed at improving the skills and confidence of bikers returning to

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UAE says Iran cannot be trusted over Hormuz strait …

UAE says Iran cannot be trusted over Hormuz strait …

Katie Mellett in The Irish Times Main points US president Donald Trump said he was sticking with a naval blockade of Iranian ports amid concerns the vital

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Findlay slams ‘7,000 days of failure and division under the SNP’

Findlay slams ‘7,000 days of failure and division under the SNP’

by Lucy Ashton Scotland has suffered almost 7,000 days of failure and division under the SNP, Russell Findlay said today (Sunday), on the 19th anniversary of

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