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The UK’s most venerable literary prize prepares for 100 year birthday in Edinburgh

IT has been one of Britain’s key literary prizes, with its home in Scotland, for 100 years. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17276712.the-uks-venerable-literary-prize-prepares-for-100-year-birthday-in-edinburgh/

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Tories isolated as Holyrood votes today on Brexit

THE Scottish Tories will today pride themselves on being isolated at Holyrood on Brexit. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17275760.tories-isolated-as-holyrood-votes-today-on-brexit/

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Constituents of SNP fire services minister hit by fire service shutdown

THE SNP minister for Scotland’s fire services has been urged to apologise after staff shortages forced the closure of a fire station in...

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SNP minister attacked for ‘shrugging off’ ScotRail child charges

SNP Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has been accused of a “total abdication of responsibility” after refusing to intervene in the ‘Kids Go Free’...

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Latvian gang jailed for money laundering

Four Latvian men who formed a “highly sophisticated” transnational serious organised crime syndicate which specialised in money laundering and fraud have each been jailed...

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Aberdeen University lowers ‘poor student’ target

It was a policy designed to ensure pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds who did not traditionally go to university were helped up the ladder to...

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Victory declared as ‘damaging’ oil transfer plans in Firth are sunk

Residents of a small coastal village have declared victory in their bid to stop potentially harmful transfers of millions of tonnes oil which could...

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NHS Scotland ‘too reliant’ on locums to fill doctor vacancies

CONSULTANT vacancies in NHS Scotland are nearly twice as high as official statistics suggest, and a “heavy reliance" on locums is being overlooked...

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David Mundell: Nicola Sturgeon could go on post-Brexit trade missions with Theresa May

The prospect of Theresa May going on post Brexit trade missions with Nicola Sturgeon has been raised after David Mundell insisted that businesses would...

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Parliament has ‘won back control,’ say MPs, after May suffers three Brexit defeats in Commons

PARLIAMENT has “won back control” of Brexit, MPs have declared, after it inflicted three humiliating defeats on Theresa May’s embattled administration. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17276141.uk-parliament-has-won-back-control-say-mps-after-theresa-may-suffers-three-brexit-defeats-in-commons/