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Joanna Cherry tells SNP to forget 'stop Brexit' and campaign for independence
JOANNA Cherry has called for the SNP to forget trying to stop Brexit and focus on campaigning for independence. Writing in today edition of The National, the SNP MP argues that the party needs "fresh arguments" to win indyref2. Cherry said
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A polluting pro-independence cavalcade of cars is a bad idea
SURELY someone has given some thought to the consequences to the planet, and the independence movement, of a “car cavalcade” for independence (Independence cavalcades ready to roll across Scotland, July 29)? It should hardly need saying, but increasing
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SNP say making judges solve Brexit power grab shows 'disregard' for Scotland
THE SNP have hit out at the decision to ask judges to solve the Brexit power grab row, saying it shows a “total disregard” for devolved nations. The Westminster Government has sparked fury over plans to create powers over a UK “internal market”
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Ruth Davidson's peerage shows PM is rattled by rise in independence support
IF Ruth Davidson is elevated to the ermine in Boris Johnson’s honours list, she will be in interesting company. Of the circa 800 members of the Lords, around 70 register their address as living in Scotland, which surprisingly is roughly Scotland’s
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Clement Attlee broke Labour's 1945 promise on home rule for Scotland
MARTIN Hannan’s profile of Attlee gave a fair picture of a good politician (How far the Labour party have fallen, July 27). However, it should be remembered that Attlee did two notable disservices to the people of Scotland, in one case intentionally
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How stupid does the SPFL chief think Scottish football fans are?
YOUR article “SPFL chief calls for clubs to move forward at last with relegations finalised” (July 28) carries the following senseless and contradictory statement from SPFL chief Murdoch MacLennan: “Throughout the process, and whilst under the most
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Scottish park's gates to be manned to stop alcohol consumption
GATES to Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow are to be manned to stop people enjoying the sun with booze. Glasgow City Council staff will be stationed at open gates on Friday to inform anyone arriving at the green spot with alcohol that they will be refused
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Surgery services ‘to run at 60% of normal levels for next two years’
THE impact of the coronavirus pandemic means surgery services will run at about 60% of normal levels for the next two years, a Scottish Government report has said. New policies are being developed to ensure fair access to the “limited surgical
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Boris Johnson confirms appointment of new MI6 spy chief
BORIS Johnson has confirmed the appointment of Richard Moore as the next chief of the Secret Intelligence Service. MI6's new "C" is the Foreign Secretary’s choice and he has now been backed by the Prime Minister. Moore is currently the Foreign
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RAF jet forced into emergency landing at Scottish airport
AN RAF jet has made an emergency landing at a Scottish airport after getting into difficulty during a training flight. The Typhoon took emergency action due to a "technical issue" and landed at Aberdeen International Airport shortly before 1pm.
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WATCH: Irish minister praises 'amazing' baby box after following Scotland's lead
AN Irish minister has praised Scotland's "amazing" baby box scheme which has just been rolled out in Ireland. Neale Richmond helped spearhead the campaign for the initiative in Ireland after meeting with Scotland’s Children’s Minister, Maree Todd
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ScotRail to resume 90 per cent of services from next week
SCOTRAIL will increase the number of services it runs from Monday next week, including all peak-time trains. The train operator will run 90% of normal services from August 3, compared to the current level of 60%. Demand is expected to increase
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Teenager charged after £500,000 of cannabis seized in Scottish city
A TEENAGER has been charged after the discovery of a large cannabis cultivation in Glasgow. Police Scotland officers recovered the haul during a raid at an industrial premises in Fairley Street, Govan, on Tuesday. They recovered cannabis plants
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Ruth or Laura? Here's five people the PM could hire to present No 10 briefings
IT was always pretty clear that Boris Johnson didn’t enjoy having to answer questions at Number 10’s Covid-19 briefings. In general, it’s obvious that he isn’t struck on being held accountable. Remember when he dodged Andrew Neil’s interview
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Tonight's TV: Great Continental Railway Journeys and Celebrity MasterChef
Great Continental Railway Journeys (BBC2, 8pm) NEW series. Armed with a 1936 edition of Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo ventures on to the European rail network, beginning an emotional journey that takes him deep into his
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Reducing briefings is another confident, sure-footed move
THE Unionists are lining up along with their latest ammunition in plain sight as they view the 2021 elections with open fear. So who’s “too feart” now? Scaling down the briefings at the moment showed another sure-footed, confident move on the part
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Scottish mother and three-year-old son missing for five days
A WOMAN and her three-year-old son have not been seen for five days, police have said. Heather Fraser, 29, and son Jack Meldrum from Sauchie in Clackmannanshire were last seen at Stirling railway station at about 3.15pm on Friday. They were
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'Clueless' Annunziata Rees-Mogg panned for comments on food poverty
ASIDE from destroying his party's seemingly unassailable lead in the polls, Boris Johnson says the coronavirus crisis has had a profound impact on him personally. The Prime Minister – who previously stated he was a “libertarian” when it comes
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Nicola Sturgeon slams Unionist claims her Covid-19 briefings are political
THE First Minister told her political opponents not to “undermine” the Scottish Government’s public health messaging with claims the Covid-19 briefings are like “party political broadcasts”. Speaking at the daily briefing today, Nicola Sturgeon
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Openreach to bring ultra-fast broadband to 60 Scots locations - here's where
OPENREACH has announced plans to extend its ultra-fast broadband network to 60 towns and villages across Scotland. Work is expected to start at many of the locations within the next 12-18 months. It will continue into 2024 in some areas, and is
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'Possible cluster' of Covid-19 cases under investigation in Glasgow
A POSSIBLE cluster of coronavirus cases has been identified in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, according to the First Minister. Speaking at the Scottish Government’s daily briefing, Nicola Sturgeon said that 14 of Scotland’s 22 new cases had
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Catholic Church fearful Hate Crime Bill could make possessing a Bible an offence
SCOTLAND'S Catholic bishops have expressed concern that possessing the Bible could become an offence under proposed new hate crime legislation. The Catholic Church has become the latest organisation to raise its fears about the controversial reforms
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Covid-19: Scotland records 22 new cases, and no deaths for 13th day
THE Scottish Government has recorded 22 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Scotland - taking the total to 18,580 since the beginning of the crisis. Provisional information indicates that 14 of those are in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area. A
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Eight deaths linked to coronavirus registered in Scotland last week
EIGHT further deaths linked to coronavirus were recorded in Scotland last week, it has been confirmed. It means a total of 4201 people have died in Scotland with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, according to the National Records of Scotland (NRS
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SNP MP slams Russian embassy for saying Crimea is part of Russia
AN SNP MP has rebuked Russian officials after they said an area of the Crimean Peninsula is part of Russia. Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded and annexed the region in 2014 after pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was deposed in Kiev. The
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Independence cavalcades ready to roll across Scotland this weekend
THE first Scottish Independence Nationwide Cavalcade will take place this weekend. The Scottish Independence Movement’s “Convoy for Independence” will start simultaneously on Saturday at four locations across the country at 1pm prompt. The cities
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Hate crime bill is open to abuse by malicious individuals
THE Scottish Police Federation is rightly concerned that the proposed new hate crime legislation would destroy public trust in the police service (Hate Crime Bill: Scottish Police Federation launches fierce attack, thenational.scot, July 28). The
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Madeleine McCann: German police search garden for third day in a row
A GARDEN plot in northern Germany is being searched extensively for the third consecutive day as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. German officers, using excavators and sniffer dogs, have dug even further into
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John Curtice: SNP majority would make Tory position on indyref2 untenable
THE UK Government’s opposition to a second independence referendum will become untenable if the SNP win a majority at next year’s Holyrood elections, Professor Sir John Curtice has suggested. The polling expert said that Boris Johnson cannot “bind
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Motorcyclist, 72, dies in crash near the Scottish Border
A 72-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist has died in a crash with a van near the Scottish Border. The collision happened on the A68 near Carter Bar shortly after 4.10pm yesterday. The man was riding a Honda motorcycle when it was involved in a crash with
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Gripes of the Scottish Tories are desperate, parochial and petty
ANNIE Wells’s recent gripe about the sale of branded face masks comes in the wake of Conservative complaints regarding daily health briefings and demonstrates just how petty, parochial and desperate the Scottish Tory party is becoming. Ms Wells
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Boris Johnson 'fears a second wave could begin within two weeks'
BORIS Johnson is “extremely concerned” that a second wave of Covid-19 cases could start within a fortnight, reports say. England’s seven-day coronavirus case average stands at nearly 700, up 28% on three weeks ago. With new outbreaks in Europe
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Scottish bog backed to win same global status as the Pyramids and Machu Pichu
THE largest peatland and wetland area in Europe has received support in efforts to win the same global status as Machu Pichu and the Great Barrier Reef. The Flow Country, which stretches across Caithness and Sutherland, is an important store of
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Boris Johnson seeking £100k-a-year spokesperson to front Number 10 briefings
THE Tory leader is looking for a £100,000-a-year spokesperson to represent the UK Government in new televised briefings. The Conservatives posted the vacancy on their website this morning, describing it as a “unique opportunity” to work at the
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Conservatives' bid to tackle obesity in UK will do a fat lot of good
BORIS Johnson and Matt Hancock have declared a new war on obesity with their Better Health campaign. Cue annoying “get on yer bike” slogans, oversimplified rhetoric and frivolous statements on being five pounds lighter together etc, etc. Cue
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FM warns against foreign holidays due to ‘worrying’ Covid trend
NICOLA Sturgeon has warned Scots against heading overseas at the moment, saying there is“a worrying resurgence of Covid cases” in Europe. Over the weekend, the Scottish Government re-introduced a 14-day quarantine on holiday-makers returning from
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Kevin McKenna: Boris and chums fail to face cover themselves in glory
YOU know the Union is under threat when Tories are reduced to shrieking about face-coverings. This Great Mask Debate of theirs is what happens when you elect a former used car salesman to lead your party. Little wonder that Adam Tomkins, one of the
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First as young Scottish mother prescribed cannabis legally
A YOUNG mother has become the first person in Scotland to be prescribed cannabis legally as part of new European study. Kayleigh Compston, 26, says using the drug has allowed her to play with her children and take a shower after years of chronic
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SNP minister 'angered' by 'barbaric' killing of sea eagle on grouse moor
SCOTTISH ministers are coming under pressure to bring in licensing for grouse moors sooner rather than later. On Monday, Police Scotland confirmed that a one-year-old satellite-tagged sea eagle had died on a grouse moor in Aberdeenshire after eating
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Martin Hannan: Eight Nations is too much, too soon for the UK
With my usual proviso that we should all be concentrating at this juncture on preserving lives and the NHS, sport is coming back and the fact is that when I first heard of rugby’s new eight-nations tournament I have to confess I wasn’t listening properly
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German police searching garden plot in Madeleine McCann case
GERMAN police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have searched a garden plot in Hannover in connection with their probe, prosecutors said. Julia Meyer, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig, confirmed local
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Energy watchdog vows to crack down on 'unscrupulous' charges for firms
OFGEM has promised to crack down on brokers who take as much as 50% of a business’s energy bill in commission to set them up with a supplier. The energy watchdog said it would “tackle unscrupulous energy brokers” to help millions of tiny businesses
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Short film set in Scots supermarket picked for Venice Festival slot
A SHORT film set in a Glasgow supermarket has been selected for this year’s Venice Film Festival. The Shift is the second movie written and directed by Edinburgh film-maker Laura Carreira, a 2019 Bafta Scotland nominee with her previous production
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George Galloway's bid to save the Union gets off to a bad start
GEORGE Galloway’s bid to save the Union hasn’t got off to the greatest of starts. Sure, he’s excited some of the more excitable Yoons on the old Twittersphere, but those poor dears have spent most of the last year relying on Jackson Carlaw
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Murphy says headcount must not set independence debt share
IT would be “wrong” to use population size to work out an independent Scotland’s share of the UK national debt, according to a leading economist. The UK’s borrowings are estimated at £1.3 trillion. And the pain of paying back a multi-billion sum
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National Museums Scotland announces planned re-opening dates
THE National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh is preparing to re-open on August 19 after an unprecedented five-month closure due to coronavirus. The National Museum of Flight at East Fortune Airfield, North Berwick, will re-open on August 5, and
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BP fined for 'significant' North Sea crude oil discharge
BP has been fined £7000 after admitting an unpermitted discharge of crude oil in the North Sea. About 95 tonnes of oil was released into the sea 75 miles west of Shetland on October 2, 2016. An investigation by the Department for Business, Energy
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£4m for more than 400 victims of historic child abuse
MORE than 400 victims of historic child abuse in care have received payouts from the Scottish Government. The Advance Payment Scheme was launched In April 2019, promising £10,000 to those who were abused in care before 2004 and are aged over 68
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What scale of debt could Scotland inherit if it were to become independent?
I AM aware of much debate of late on the scale of the debt that Scotland would have to inherit if it became a country independent of England. The issue usually runs along the Unionist political divide. Unionists are usually those who were adamant that
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Mercedes Benz on track for ‘biggest ever’ class action court case
A “HUGE” lawsuit against Mercedes Benz will be Scotland’s biggest ever class action court case, solicitors claim. Thompsons Solicitors already represent more than 2000 Scottish drivers in a landmark case against Volkswagen in connection with the
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Health campaigners warn cancer must not become ‘forgotten C’
HEALTH campaigners have warned cancer “cannot become the forgotten C”, after a report showed patients in more deprived areas are being diagnosed at a later stage with some forms of the disease. The Cancer Incidence in Scotland paper said cases
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Alyn Smith: Independence will be won on centre ground with sound policies
THERE has been a great deal of debate in some quarters lately on the policy of the SNP, and as policy development convener of the party, I have been delighted at the extent to which branches up and down the country have engaged with the new structure
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Coronavirus cost Scots shops £1.9 billion in lost custom, study claims
SCOTLAND'S shops have suffered lockdown losses of almost £2 billion in sales, according to new figures. The first four months of the pandemic are said to have cost the country's retailers £1.9bn in custom. The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC
