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Iain Macwhirter: Mackay should be bold and take the chance to reshape our fiscal landscape

NEVER let a good crisis go to waste. The Brexit clusterbourach, as it is now officially known, has wiped every other issue off...

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Castles are culture too, National Trust tells Scottish Government

Castles are culture too, the National Trust for Scotland has told the Scottish Government. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17292003.castles-are-culture-too-national-trust-tells-scottish-government/

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Letters: Cancelling Brexit is not the solution to the bile in the body politic

NEIL Mackay (“) paints a very gloomy picture of Britain today. On a personal basis it is a picture I do not recognise...

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‘The Article 50 Brexit case has the potential to change lives’

AS INSTRUCTING solicitor on what has become known as the Article 50 court case, Balfour & Manson chairman Elaine Motion could not have...

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Derek Mackay could bypass Greens to secure Scottish Budget

Derek Mackay could try to secure next year’s budget without the Scottish Greens after the party made a politically hazardous overhaul of local taxation...

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Babes in the Wood killer jailed for 36 years

Babes in the Woods “monster” Russell Bishop has been jailed for at least 36 years for the murders of two schoolgirls 32 years ago....

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Castles, parks and landscapes are culture too, Scottish ministers told

To some they are just old stones and turrets. But in a plea to the Scottish Government, the National Trust for Scotland insists...

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May faces brutal Commons showdown as Brexiteers believe no-confidence threshold reached

EMBATTLED Theresa May faces a brutal Commons showdown today as her future as Prime Minister is in question with Tory Brexiteers expressing increased...

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ScotRail’s flagship new trains hit the buffers as travellers suffer second day of cancellations

ScotRail’s flagship new Class 385 trains hit the buffers as a second day of train cancellations, overcrowded carriages and delays greeted passengers following...

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Health inequalities persist as report warns gap between highest and lowest earners unchanged for 20 years

The earnings gap between the richest and the poorest earners in Scotland has remained almost unchanged in 20 years according to researchers, undermining...