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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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  • NATIONAL PARKS: Visitors are being treated as a problem, instead of the Parks’ most important customers
  • HEALTH MATTERS: John Stapleton says blood thinners cost Lynn Faulds Wood her life
  • CARE HOMES: Erskine Receive Funds from Officers Association Scotland
  • ENVIRONMENT: Ministers failing to meet targets to restore peatlands
  • SUMMER FUN: MAGIC AS HARRY POTTER TRAIN STEAMS BACK
  • NATIONAL PARK: Minimalist approach to its core path network will come back to haunt them this summer.

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NATIONAL PARKS: Visitors are being treated as a problem, instead of the Parks’ most important customers

NATIONAL PARKS: Visitors are being treated as a problem, instead of the Parks’ most important customers

Loch Lomond National Park where the facilities don’t meet the demand for them. By Nick Kempe Our two National Parks, the Cairngorms and Loch Lomond

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HEALTH MATTERS: John Stapleton says blood thinners cost Lynn Faulds Wood her life

HEALTH MATTERS: John Stapleton says blood thinners cost Lynn Faulds Wood her life

John Stapleton believes blood thinners cost his wife Lynn Faulds Wood (above) her life. By Lucy Ashton John Stapleton, the 75-year-old broadcaster – whose partner

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CARE HOMES: Erskine Receive Funds from Officers Association Scotland

CARE HOMES: Erskine Receive Funds from Officers Association Scotland

Purchase of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle thanks to Generous Grant By Susan Hamilton In October 2020, Erskine, Scotland’s largest Veteran’s charity, received a generous grant of

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ENVIRONMENT: Ministers failing to meet targets to restore peatlands

ENVIRONMENT: Ministers failing to meet targets to restore peatlands

Less than a third of the Scottish Government’s annual peatland restoration targets have been met over the last two years, prompting campaigners to say plans

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SUMMER FUN: MAGIC AS HARRY POTTER TRAIN STEAMS BACK

SUMMER FUN: MAGIC AS HARRY POTTER TRAIN STEAMS BACK

By Malcolm Tattersall CROWDS of railway enthusiasts turned out last week to watch Black 5 steam locomotive “Lancashire Fusilier” hauling the Jacobite’s vintage carriages back

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NATIONAL PARK: Minimalist approach to its core path network will come back to haunt them this summer.

NATIONAL PARK: Minimalist approach to its core path network will come back to haunt them this summer.

The relaxation of travel restrictions on outdoor recreation and the Lomond & Trossachs National Park has caught many people by surprise, according to Parkswatch campaigner

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Is the spectre of suffering the only way to motivate us to do something?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Is the spectre of suffering the only way to motivate us to do something?

By Canon Gerry Conroy Both the first reading and the Gospel today give us an insight into a serious problem facing the early Church when

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BAILLIE SUPPORTS FAMILY PLEA FOR FATAL ACCIDENT INQUIRY INTO CAMERON HOUSE FIRE

BAILLIE SUPPORTS FAMILY PLEA FOR FATAL ACCIDENT INQUIRY INTO CAMERON HOUSE FIRE

By Lucy Ashton The mother of one of the men who tragically died in the Cameron House hotel fire has spoken out about her distress

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