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Salmon farmers hit back at claims they are damaging the environment
SALMON farmers have insisted a highly-critical report which claimed the industry’s expansion could cause “irrecoverable damage” to the environment is not fully backed...
Brexit: SNP leadership all but concedes no deal on Withdrawal Bill
Eleventh-hour talks to resolve the disagreement between the Scottish and UK governments over the EU Withdrawal Bill are all but doomed, the SNP...
Robison accused of ‘burying’ report on cancer waiting times
A PROPOSED shake-up of cancer waiting times which would see some tumour types dropped from the 62-day treatment deadline has been branded “shameful”...
Scotland ‘leading the world’ in treatment of hip fractures
A HIP fracture protocol pioneered in Scotland has been described as a “benchmark to which other nations can aspire" after a study found...
Scottish GDP uplift as oil revenues back in the black
SCOTTISH economic growth picked up last year as oil revenues moved back into the black. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16200339.Scottish_GDP_uplift_as_oil_revenues_back_in_the_black/?ref=rss
Effort to identify women in Scotland affected by breast cancer screening failure
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told MPs that officials are working to identify women living in Scotland that may be affected by a...
New row over safety standard of SNP Baby Box
SNP ministers have admitted the British safety standard cited for their £8m baby box scheme does not apply specifically to the cardboard crib...
Sex row MSP makes first Holyrood speech since downfall
THE disgraced former childcare minister Mark McDonald has made his first speech at Holyrood since leaving the government half a year ago. ....
Resident uses dolls’ heads to highlight pothole problem
A local resident so fed up with potholes near his home has come up with a unique way to highlight the problem –...
Government thinking on customs evolving, says PM’s spokesman
As ministers met to thrash out a solution, Theresa May told MPs there were ‘a number of ways’ of achieving the Government’s goals....
