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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urges people to wear face masks as hospitals near capacity
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Sturgeon urges people to wear face masks as hospitals near capacity

Blocking Scotland’s gender reforms would be ‘disastrous’, campaigners claim
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Blocking Scotland’s gender reforms would be ‘disastrous’

Rishi Sunak refuses to say if he uses private healthcare in Laura Kuenssberg interview
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Sunak refuses to say if he uses private healthcare as NHS under pressure

Westminster’s Scotland Office spends nearly £1.5m on spin doctor fees since 2021, figures show
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Scotland Office spends nearly £1.5m on spin doctor fees since 2021

UK Government ministers urged to back plans to introduce paid leave following miscarriage
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Ministers urged to back plans to introduce paid miscarriage leave 

Nicola Sturgeon chairs resilience meeting over ‘unprecedented’ pressure NHS facing in Scotland
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Sturgeon chairs resilience meeting on 'unprecedented' NHS pressure

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross brands independence debate on return from Christmas break ‘bonkers’
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Ross brands indyref2 debate on return from Christmas break 'bonkers'

Employers could be allowed to sue unions over ‘minimum staff levels’ during strike action
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Employers 'could sue unions over staffing levels during strikes'

Shona Robison says Scottish Government doing ‘everything it can’ to ease cost-of-living crisis
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Government 'doing everything it can' amid living costs crisis

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promises to end Channel small boat crossings in first major speech of 2023
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Sunak accused of 'flimsy' promises in first speech of new year

‘Disastrous’ health secretary Humza Yousaf urged to quit over cost of bed blocking
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‘Disastrous’ health secretary urged to quit over cost of bed blocking

Fall in number of public toilets caused by SNP underfunding – Lib Dems
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Fall in number of public toilets caused by SNP underfunding - Lib Dems

Historic Scotland: The devolution referendum of 1997 
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Historic Scotland: The devolution referendum of 1997 

Nicola Sturgeon urged to recall Holyrood amid ‘crisis’ in NHS
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Nicola Sturgeon urged to recall Holyrood amid ‘crisis’ in NHS

Scots lose out on £1.9bn in lost wages by working 130 million hours unpaid overtime, figures show
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Scots lose out on £1.9bn in wages due to unpaid overtime, figures show

Scottish spaceports ‘months from lift off’ as expert group to offer advice on maximising sector opportunities
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Scottish spaceports 'months away from lift off' as expert group formed

Scottish children using food banks surges almost 80% amid urgent calls for right to food law
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Calls for 'right to food law' as children using food banks surges

Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Nicola Sturgeon in Bernard Ponsonby’s politics review
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Holyrood leaders issue messages for 2023 as Nicola Sturgeon vows to support most vulnerable
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Holyrood leaders reflect on 2022 as they issue Hogmanay wishes to Scots

'No advantages' to leaving European Union says SNP's Angus Robertson
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'No advantages' to leaving European Union says SNP's Angus Robertson

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Family of boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy fight for access to life-changing drug
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'Our boy is getting weaker - we need this drug before it's too late'

Man convicted of murder and attempted murder in street attack
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Man convicted of murder and attempted murder after fatal knife attack

Man fighting for life after crash between HGV and van
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Man fighting for life after crash between HGV and van

Russian captain of North Sea crash ship appears in court
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Russian captain of North Sea crash ship appears in court

Cardiac arrest: ‘People need to be given skills and confidence to step in’
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Cardiac arrest: ‘People need to be given skills and confidence to step in’

CalMac ferry MV Glen Sannox removed from service after crack discovered in hull
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MV Glen Sannox removed from service after crack discovered in hull 

Family of Rangers fan Christopher Potter who died in Turkey left ’emotional’ at 40th minute applause tribute
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Family of Rangers fan who died in Turkey 'emotional' at applause tribute

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Doctor Who and Torchwood’s John Barrowman will ‘apologise to anyone offended’ – watch full interview
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Aberdeenshire businesses protest plans to axe Macduff harbour nightwatch service due to council cuts
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Protest against council's 'terrible' plans to axe harbour nightwatch service

John Barrowman: ‘I don’t regret anything, everyone on set was having a laugh’
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Scottish pizza chain Civerinos named among ‘best in the world’ by Time Out
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'Full of gratitude and grated mozzarella': Scots pizza chain named among 'best in the world'

First Minister concerned by ‘very severe’ University of Dundee crisis 
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First Minister concerned by 'very severe' situation at Dundee University

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Scottish Government announces £30m top up for mental health and wellbeing fund
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Scottish Government announces £30m top up for mental health and wellbeing fund

Decision to cut winter fuel payment ‘complied with Equality Act’, court told
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Decision to cut winter fuel payment ‘complied with Equality Act’, court told

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says University of Dundee’s £35m financial crisis ‘must be a one-off’
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Dundee University £35m financial crisis 'must be a one-off', says chancellor

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says more defence spending will keep Scotland safe and deliver more jobs
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'More defence spending will keep Scotland safe and deliver more jobs’

Mairi Gougeon becomes latest SNP MSP to announce decision to stand down
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Cabinet secretary becomes latest SNP MSP to announce decision to stand down

Swinney’s decision to meet Trump’s son was ‘bad call’, says Green co-leader
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Swinney’s decision to meet Trump’s son was ‘bad call’, says Green co-leader

Rachel Reeves says increase in lending capacity will help UK defence sector
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Rachel Reeves says increase in lending capacity will help UK defence sector

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Danny Jones ‘deeply apologises to wife’ after Brits ‘kiss’ with Maura Higgins
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'Never a better day for baby wombats': Woman who snatched animal flees Australia
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'Never a better day for baby wombats': Woman who snatched animal flees Australia