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Bernard Ponsonby on his interview with Derek MacKay over ferries fiasco
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Derek Mackay: CalMac ferry cost overruns a ‘scandalous state of affairs’
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Derek Mackay: Ferries fiasco scandalous but not my fault

Alister Jack: 'Scotland has no desire to be part of European Union'
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Alister Jack: 'Scotland has no desire to be part of European Union'

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen has whip removed after appearing to compare Covid vaccine with Holocaust
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Tory MP suspended after appearing to compare Covid jab to Holocaust

Rishi Sunak to face healthcare and strike scrutiny as PMQs returns from Christmas break
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Rishi Sunak faces MPs on healthcare and strikes as PMQs returns

Westminster Accounts reveal how much MPs received in donations, gifts and secondary earnings during parliament
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Humza Yousaf launches £8m drive for 300 new care beds to end delayed discharge crisis
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Yousaf launches £8m drive for new care beds to end discharge crisis

Humza Yousaf addresses Holyrood amid Scottish NHS delayed discharge ‘crisis’
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Humza Yousaf addresses Holyrood amid NHS delayed discharge 'crisis'

Nicola Sturgeon insists Humza Yousaf ‘doing a good job as health secretary’ despite health service pressures
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Sturgeon insists Yousaf 'doing a good job' despite pressure on NHS

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

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Ferguson shipyard loses out on new CalMac ferry contract
Scotland

Ferguson shipyard loses out on new CalMac ferry contract

Probe launched into allegations of historic sexual abuse at Scottish Borders secondary school
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Probe launched into allegations of historic sexual abuse at secondary school

No buyer found for Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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No buyer found for Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Up to £10m of funding approved for development of Scottish port
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Up to £10m of funding approved for development of Scottish port

Aberdeen Mosque attacked with paint and rocks while worshippers gathered inside
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Mosque attacked with paint and rocks while worshippers gathered inside

Drivers warned of long delays on M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh for weeks due to major works
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Drivers warned of long delays on M8 for weeks due to major works

Six teenagers charged after Fife Derby including one ‘with weapon’
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Six teenagers charged after Championship game including one 'with weapon'

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Aberdeenshire businesses protest plans to axe Macduff harbour nightwatch service due to council cuts
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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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John Swinney says SNP does not have a woman problem as 14 female MSPs won’t seek re-election
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SNP does not have a woman problem, says Swinney

People believe Harry Potter, Spider-Man and Gandalf support same political party as them, study finds
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People believe Harry Potter and Gandalf support same political party as them, study finds

Former Scottish health secretary Michael Matheson to stand down in 2026
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Former Scottish health secretary to stand down in 2026

Health secretary refuses to rule out PIP disability benefits U-turn
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Health secretary refuses to rule out PIP disability benefits U-turn

Great British Energy board to meet for first time in Scotland
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Gilruth accused of ‘lack of accountability’ over university funding shortfalls

Starmer should apologise to disabled people over cuts uncertainty, says SNP
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Starmer should apologise to disabled people over cuts uncertainty, says SNP

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