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Scotland's block grant to be probed in independent report, Tories and SNP agree
THE UK and Scottish governments have agreed to commission an independent report into Scotland’s block grant. The report will “inform the subsequent review” into the devolved fiscal framework, according to a release from the Scottish Government.
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Coldplay announce Scotland dates as part of 2022 'green' world tour
COLDPLAY have announced that they will be playing at Hampden Park as part of their 2022 world tour. The Glasgow gig will take place on August 23 next year with tickets due to go on sale next Friday, October 22, at 10am. The band have said they
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Should £500,000 of our taxes really be used to fund a pub buy-out?
I’M finding it hard to justify in my mind the spending of £500,000 of taxpayer’s hard-earned cash to finance the buying of Britain’s remotest mainland pub, the Old Forge on the Knoydart Peninsula in Lochaber. As a tax-paying contributor to this
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Paul Kavanagh helped me to emerge from a dark place after my stroke
I MODESTLY claim a place in the queue of those who wrote appreciating the Wee Ginger Dug’s encouraging words. In fact, I claim precedence in this distinguished group. You see, I too suffered a stroke (and a heart attack) at about the same time as he
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Tory MSP's tweet calls into question his knowledge of his own seat
ONE Tory MSP has had a busy summer - visiting almost 3000 constituents. The only trouble is, it’s not clear how many of those were actually his. Craig Hoy was elected to represent South Scotland in Holyrood in the May elections, but he doesn
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Rail workers to strike during COP26 over pay and conditions disputes
RAIL workers are set to go on strike during the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow after union members voted for strike action. COP26 will take place in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12 and will see global leaders, activists, campaigners
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The REAL Scottish Politics: Douglas Ross finds a backbone ... almost
LIFE, they say, is full of surprises. Today Scottish politics got another surprise. It turns out that there is after all a line that the British Government can cross that will rouse Douglas Ross up from the position of supine compliance in which
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Richard Murphy: How Boris Johnson's Tories are worsening a looming recession
IN 1759 the world’s first recognised economist – the Scotsman Adam Smith – wrote that however selfish we might think people to be, the evidence is very strong that the happiness of other people is really important to people’s own wellbeing.
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White House confirms Joe Biden will come to Glasgow for COP26
US president Joe Biden will travel to Glasgow for crucial COP26 climate talks, the White House has confirmed. Biden will be one of around 120 leaders set to attend the world leaders’ summit at the start of the two-week conference, which aims to
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'Porn' artwork reported to police by Douglas Ross vandalised
AN art installation in a Highland town which was reported to the police by Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has been vandalised. The piece, by artist Mark Creaney, used blue tiles with Scrabble-like letters to spell out the word “porn”
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Firms hoping to win Scottish Government contracts must pay real living wage
FIRMS hoping to win Scottish Government contracts will now have to pay the real living wage as a commitment from the SNP-Green co-operation agreement is enacted. The wage, currently sitting at £9.50 per hour, will be required from “most” contract
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Boris Johnson's 'shameful' Brexit blamed as exports fall by more than £1bn
OFFICIAL figures showing UK exports fell by more than £1 billion in August once again highlight the “devastating impact” of the Tory government’s Brexit deal, the SNP have said. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that exports
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DUP tell EU negotiators Northern Ireland Protocol changes 'fall short'
THE DUP have told EU negotiators that the proposed changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol “fall short of what is needed”. DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said that he told European Commission (EC) vice president Maros Sefcovic that there needs
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Police to deal 'robustly' with protesters who block roads at COP26
POLICE Scotland has vowed to get tough on protesters who disrupt main traffic routes during the COP26 climate conference. Senior officers have stressed that the tone of policing will be “friendly” but said they will deal “swiftly and robustly”
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We can’t wait through two long, cold winters for a 2023 referendum
A GROUP of MPs have concluded that Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid-19 outbreak was “one of the worst public health failures in UK history”. This will be a surprise to nobody who knows even a little about Boris Johnson. An inept, lazy buffoon
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Majority of UK retailers to raise prices amid supply chain problems
THE majority of retail bosses plan to put up prices on goods by the end of the year and one in 10 have already done so, according to the boss of the industry’s trade body. Helen Dickinson, head of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), which represents
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Youth activists confront 'evil' Shell CEO on stage at TED talk panel
YOUTH activists disrupted a TED panel in Edinburgh with the CEO of Shell dubbing him “one of the most evil people in the world”. Environmental campaigners took over the stage at the TED Countdown conference in Edinburgh which was hosting a panel
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Scotland records a further 29 deaths of Covid patients in 24 hours
SCOTLAND has recorded a further 29 deaths of coronavirus patients in 24 hours, according to the latest figures. Data released today (October 14) shows that the number of deatsh under this measure - of people who died within 28 days of first testing
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Nicola Sturgeon shares stunning clip of Iceland before key Arctic Circle speech
NICOLA Sturgeon shared stunning footage of her arrival in Iceland before speaking to the Arctic Circle Assembly later today. The First Minister is arriving in the country 24 hours after she delivered a TED Talk promoting Scotland’s work in the
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SNP MSP under fire for attending anti-abortion 'vigil' at Glasgow hospital
AN SNP MSP has admitted to attending an anti-abortion gathering and claimed termination services are seldom “essential” or “vital”. John Mason, who represents Glasgow Shettleston, described an anti-abortion gathering outside a hospital as a “vigil
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Priti Patel seeks to give Border Force staff immunity over migrants drowning
PRITI Patel is seeking to introduce immunity for Border Force officials in the event that a refugee drowns while small boats are being pushed back into French waters in the Channel. A provision in the Home Secretary's Nationality and Borders Bill
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Glasgow residents ask Joe Biden for help in 'war' on Burger King development
A COMMUNITY campaigner has invited President Joe Biden to meet with him in support of the campaign against a controversial fast food development. Frank McNab, the acting chair of Thornwood Community Council has made the bold move of asking for
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Mosque attack suspect said arson plan was a 'joke', court hears
A MAN on trial for terrorism offences told police he threatened to burn down a mosque as a “joke”, a court has heard. Sam Imrie has been charged with posting statements on social media platform Telegram suggesting he was going to carry out an attack
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As Captain Kirk boldly goes into space, what species may be lost forever?
CAPTAIN James T Kirk has headed into space once more. The 90-year-old has gone where very few nonagenarian will ever go. This story, had it happened 40 years ago when climate change was not visible to us all with our eyes open, would have been
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Section 30 approach to achieving independence is fraught with risk
Dear Members of Parliament and Members of the Scottish Parliament, We, the Scottish Sovereignty Research Group (SSRG hereafter), are writing to share our informed collective view on how Scotland could become independent within a short period of
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Rishi Sunak makes 'patently false' claim about solving trade crisis
RISHI Sunak’s claims that the UK Government is doing “absolutely everything we can” to fix the supply chain crisis have been branded “patently false”. The Tory Chancellor has been forced to reassure Brits that the festive period will not be ruined
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WATCH: Tory donor takes Lords seat so he can become Scotland Office minister
A FAILED Tory election candidate and party donor has taken his seat in the House of Lords so he can serve as a minister. Malcolm Offord, who unsuccessfully stood for the Scottish Parliament in May, received a peerage to enable him to take the UK
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Nicola Sturgeon praises 'powerful' campaign calling on men to tackle sexual violence
NICOLA Sturgeon has encouraged all men to watch a new campaign video aimed at tackling sexual violence in Scotland. Titled Don't Be That Guy, the new initiative run by Police Scotland aims to reduce sexual crimes by encouraging men to have "frank
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Binmen vote for strike action in Glasgow during COP26 summit
REFUSE workers in Scotland’s biggest city are going to strike during the COP26 climate summit if a pay dispute is not settled prior to the event. GMB members in Glasgow announced this morning that they had voted for industrial action to take place
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Glasgow's Hydro venue renamed ahead of COP26
GLASGOW'S biggest entertainment venue has a new name. The OVO Hydro is the new title partner for the Finnieston concert venue which was formerly known as the SSE Hydro. The city venue reopened its doors in September after 18 months due to
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COP26 could spark Covid surge in Scotland, public health expert warns
SCOTLAND could suffer a spike in Covid-19 cases as a result of hosting COP26, a public health expert has warned. Professor Linda Bauld, chair of public health at Edinburgh University, said mass events like the climate conference are still “risky
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EU has gone ‘extra mile’ to fix post-Brexit issues, says envoy
THE European Union has gone “to the limits” in making concessions to Boris Johnson’s Government over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, the bloc’s ambassador to the UK has said. The European Commission has laid out measures to slash 80% of
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Douglas Ross hits out at UK plans to 'carve up' his Moray constituency
SCOTTISH Tory leader Douglas Ross has added his voice to criticism of Westminster’s plans to reduce Scotland’s number of MPs, accusing the Boundary Commission of wanting to “carve up” his own constituency. While Ross is not planning to run in the
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Community given £500,000 to take over 'most remote' pub in Britain
A COMMUNITY is on track to take over mainland Britain’s “remotest pub” after it was awarded more than £500,000 in funding. The Old Forge in Inverie, which lies on the Knoydart Peninsula in Lochaber, is only accessible by an 18-mile (29km) hike
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WATCH: Oliver Mundell squirms as Michael Stewart exposes Brexit madness
EMPTY supermarket shelves, gas shortages and a mass pig slaughter. It seems Brexit isn’t going all that well. Unless you’re Oliver Mundell, that is. The Brexiteer Scottish Tory stuck to his guns during this week’s BBC Debate Night
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The Scottish seats set to change significantly under Westminster's plans
THE proposed constituency boundary changes in Scotland are likely to result in big changes in Glasgow and the Highlands and Islands. Under the plans detailed in the Boundary Commission Scotland report, Scotland’s number of MPs will be cut from
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European activists charter 'climate train' to travel to Glasgow for COP26
A GROUP of environmental activists from around Europe will head to the COP26 summit in Glasgow on board a specially chartered “climate train”. Around 500 people, who will also include representatives of the rail industry and policymakers, will
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Nicola Sturgeon to address Arctic conference on tackling climate crisis
NICOLA Sturgeon will discuss Scotland’s collaboration with Arctic nations on fighting the climate change crisis at an international conference in Iceland. Ahead of COP26, the First Minister is expected to talk about what Scotland can contribute
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'Several' killed and others injured in bow-and-arrow attack in Norway
FIVE people have been killed and others injured in Norway after a bow and arrow attack, according to reports. The BBC reports local police announced the incident in the town of Kongsberg, south-west of Oslo, at around 6.30pm local time. Chief
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Kate Forbes urges importance of review to Scotland and UK fiscal agreement
SCOTLAND’S Finance Secretary will stress the importance of a review of the fiscal agreement between Scotland and the UK, in a meeting with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Kate Forbes will meet Simon Clarke in London today. A review of
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Charity worker loses Supreme Court case over missing £75k tribunal award
CHARITY worker Anela Anwar – who was awarded £75,000 by an employment tribunal but never received a penny – has lost her landmark legal case against the UK Government. The UK Supreme Court has ruled against her petition for a judicial review against
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The cringe is real, and it's keeping us from seizing our independence
ONE of my favourite things on Twitter recently has been a fantastic and hilarious Scots word of a day posted regularly by Scots poet Len Pennie under the name Miss PunnyPennie. It’s a witty, fresh and modern take on the often forgotten and usually
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UK reveals plans to slash number of Scottish and Welsh MPs
PLANS to slash the number of Scottish and Welsh MPs have been published, demonstrating the need for "full control of our own democratic decisions", the SNP say. The Boundary Commission for Scotland has launched an eight-week public consultation
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Britain's past and Scotland's future – I know what I'm voting for
I GREW up in Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s as the beneficiary of something I always regarded as quintessentially British – the post-war settlement. Some of its principles could be broadly characterised as: that there should be a National Health
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Boris’s ‘Crisis? What crisis?’ moment may be upon us soon
IS this really a “Crisis? What crisis?” moment for Boris Johnson? The phrase was famously associated with Labour prime minister James Callaghan who had gone to a summit meeting on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and returned looking suspiciously
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'It's just chaos': Glasgow jeweller on how Brexit has hit his business
A JEWELLERY maker has told how Brexit has made it harder to sell to customers in Ireland than those 4000 miles away in America. Nicholas Guy Plunkett founded Arc Creative Jewellery a decade ago and has been selling to the EU since its launch. In
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With £184m up for grabs, EuroMillions insanity strikes even the sane
WHAT’S THE STORY? THE jackpot for the EuroMillions Lottery has soared to an astonishing £184m, and as it was not won on Tuesday night the same jackpot will rollover and still be available on Friday night. Judging by the screaming headlines
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Is the UK Government deliberately trying to torpedo talks at COP26?
ONE might imagine a conspiracist out there spinning a story about how the fossil fuel industry is manipulating events to see COP26 fail. Some might take it seriously – after all, the industry spent huge sums of money financing a long-term and sophisticated
