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SNP accused of ‘transparent campaign to undermine the BBC’
THE SNP has been accused of a “transparent campaign to undermine the BBC” after it insisted the broadcaster had failed to address a...
Revealed: Up to 38,000 mountain hares culled in a year by game estates
Up to 38,000 mountain hares are killed a year in Scotland, it has been revealed, as a charity blamed mass culls by shooting...
Anniversary memorial service remembers Manchester attack victims
The 22 people who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena atrocity have been remembered at an emotional national commemoration service to mark...
The day in pictures: 20 photographs that made today’s news
A collection of the most striking images which captured news and topical issues across the UK and around the world on Tuesday, May...
Medic in Tayside decapitated baby case ‘had worked nearly 24 hours’
A GYNAECOLOGIST had been working for nearly 24 hours at a Dundee maternity unit when she allegedly decapitated a premature baby in a...
Sexual abuse ‘whitewashed’ by children’s home staff, inquiry told
A man has told an inquiry how the sexual abuse he suffered as a child was “whitewashed" during his time at a children’s...
Independent Scotland could join currency union with UK, insists Bank of England
AN independent Scotland could enter into a currency union with the rest of the United Kingdom, Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank...
Heads on the block after history exam gets wrong date for death of Mary Queen of Scots
EXAMINERS’ heads are on the block after a mistake in a Scottish history exam. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16242322.Heads_on_the_block_after_history_exam_gets_wrong_date_for_death_of_Mary_Queen_of_Scots/
Speaker reported to Commons watchdog over alleged expletive outburst
JOHN Bercow, the Commons Speaker, has been reported to Westminster’s standards watchdog over claims he branded Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom a “stupid woman"...
No 10 brushes aside Davidson’s suggestions May’s Government “dour” and “joyless”
DOWNING Street has brushed aside suggestions that Theresa May should cheer up after Ruth Davidson claimed the Tory Government came across as “dour”...
