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Bernard Ponsonby: I predict Liz Truss will perform immediate U-turns if she becomes Prime Minister
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Prediction - Truss will perform immediate U-turns if she becomes PM

Bernard Ponsonby
Bernard Ponsonby
John Swinney to hold urgent bin strikes summit with council bosses and trade unions
Scotland

John Swinney to hold urgent bin strikes summit with councils and unions

Scotland’s public spending deficit falls below £24bn but continues to suffer from Covid pandemic
Scotland

£24bn black hole in government spending in Scotland last year

Barnett-style funding formula proposed for local government budgets
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Barnett-style funding formula proposed for local government budgets

What are the Scottish Government’s GERS figures and why do they always cause a rammy?
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What are the GERS figures and why do they always cause a rammy?

Public to be asked for views on creating future for Gaelic and Scots
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Public to be asked for views on creating future for Gaelic and Scots

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi to travel to Scotland as ministers urged to freeze bills
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Chancellor to travel to Scotland as ministers urged to freeze bills

Labour mayor Andy Burnham: ‘The UK needs to be completely rewired’
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Labour mayor Andy Burnham: 'The UK needs to be completely rewired'

SNP and Liberal Democrat councillors in Edinburgh call for ‘respectful debate’
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SNP and Lib Dem councillors in Edinburgh call for 'respectful debate'

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon hosts energy summit amid cost of living crisis 
Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon hosts energy summit amid cost of living crisis 

Council strike action involving waste and school staff set to go ahead as talks fail to resolve dispute
Scotland

Council strike action set to go ahead as talks fail to resolve dispute

Scottish Power’s £100bn plan for two-year energy bill freeze in crisis ‘worse than Covid’
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Scotland

Scottish Power's £100bn plan for two-year energy bill freeze

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to meet energy bosses amid price cap warning
Scotland

First Minister to meet energy bosses amid price cap warning

Rishi Sunak: ‘I will make UK a science and technology superpower’
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Rishi Sunak: 'I will make UK a science and technology superpower'

Boris Johnson holds call with world leaders including Joe Biden following return from holiday
Politics

PM holds call with US president after returning from holiday

Nicola Sturgeon warns energy price cap rise will ‘push families into destitution’
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Nicola Sturgeon warns energy price cap rise will cause 'destitution' 

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak should ‘look in the mirror’ over Scottish Government scrutiny calls
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Sunak and Truss should 'look in mirror' over Holyrood scrutiny claims

Organisers claim 3,000 joined Inverness indyref2 march amid ‘terminal cost of living crisis’
Highlands & Islands

Organisers say 3,000 joined indyref2 march days after Tory hustings

Liberal Democrats urge Scottish Government to ‘rip up NHS recovery plan and start again’
Politics

Scottish Government 'should rip up NHS recovery plan and start again'

Ministers warn New Zealand trade agreement will be ‘damaging’ to Scottish farmers
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Trade agreement with New Zealand 'damaging to Scottish farmers'

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Co-driver competing in Jim Clark Rally dies following crash as driver taken to hospital with serious injuries
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Co-driver competing in Jim Clark Rally dies following crash

Disabled Islay pensioner forced to rely on son’s food parcels amid Co-op shortages
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Highlands & Islands

'My son had to send me shopping from England due to food shortages on Islay'

Family pay tribute to ‘hero’ dad of two who died after being stuck by car in Aberdeen
North East & Tayside

Family pay tribute to 'hero' dad who died after being stuck by car

Fire crews race to scene of blaze at Greenock recycling centre as public urged to avoid area
Glasgow & West

Public urged to avoid area as firefighters battle recycling centre blaze

Petrichor: What is that earthy smell of rain hitting dry ground after weeks of sun?
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What is that earthy smell of rain hitting dry ground after weeks of sun?

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Sean Batty
Motorcyclist dies at scene following crash involving transit van on A819 near Tullich
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Motorcyclist dies at scene following crash involving transit van

Aberdeen v Celtic Scottish Cup final preview: Treble hopes and trophy dreams
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Scottish Cup final preview: Treble hopes and trophy dreams

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Critically endangered cotton-top tamarins born at Edinburgh Zoo 
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Critically endangered cotton-top tamarins born at Edinburgh Zoo 

Wolf of Badenoch: New statue brings story of one of Scotland’s worst tyrants to life
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Wolf of Badenoch: New statue brings story of one of Scotland's worst tyrants to life

Student in race to save eyesight as family make fundraising plea for new drug from US
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Meet the caber-tossing, hammer throwing female athletes of the Highland Games
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Meet the caber-tossing, hammer-throwing female athletes of the Highland Games

Prime Minister announces U-turn on winter fuel payments
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Prime Minister announces U-turn on winter fuel payments

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Calls made by Donald Trump for more North Sea oil drilling are no surprise says John Swinney
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Trump's calls for more North Sea oil drilling 'no surprise', says Swinney

Candidates announced for Edinburgh Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart by-election
Edinburgh & East

Candidates announced for upcoming Edinburgh council by-election

Swinney and Starmer discuss Grangemouth, migration, and economy at meeting
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Swinney and Starmer discuss Grangemouth, migration, and economy at meeting

Donald Trump: UK should ditch ‘unsightly windmills’ and drill for North Sea oil
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Donald Trump: UK should ditch ‘unsightly windmills’ and drill for North Sea oil

Scottish councils getting less money for housing despite emergency
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Scottish councils getting less money for housing despite emergency

‘Scunnered’: The mood in crucial by-election battleground
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'Scunnered': The mood in crucial by-election battleground

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Colin Mackay
Why are only SNP and Reform putting up candidates for Hamilton by-election debate?
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Why are only SNP and Reform putting up candidates for by-election debate?

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