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A Baltic bank, a Belarussian bribe and a British embarrassment
IN EARLY 2011 two men walked in to a bank in Riga, Latvia, and set up a company. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16190405.A_Baltic_bank__a_Belarussian_bribe_and_a_British_embarrassment/?ref=rss
UK and Scottish ministers in last-ditch bid to break Brexit bill deadlock
UK and Scottish ministers are preparing for one last try next week to square the circle on the Brexit Bill – but hopes...
Third of ambulances on emergency callouts ‘arrived late’ in 2017
MORE than a third of ambulances responding to life-threatening emergencies last year failed to arrive at the scene within the target response time,...
Tory MSP tells “unionist ultras” to dial down rhetoric on Gaelic
A TORY MSP has called for online partisans – including those he called “unionist ultras" – to tone down their rhetoric on Gaelic....
Tom Gordon: SNP learns the hard way that silence is not golden
WHEN all else fails, do the right thing. That appears to have been the SNP’s maxim this week after its self-inflicted problems with...
Kevin McKenna: Badly-judged SNP attack on UK backfires
IN those febrile days of 2014, fading now but not yet forgotten, a posse was marshalled from the ranks of Labour Unionists to...
Children in care bullied for speaking social work jargon
Professionals urged to stop using baffling words that see pupils treated as pariahs . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16190390.Children_in_care_bullied_for_speaking_social_work_jargon/?ref=rss
Car hire firm awarded lowest ever satisfaction score in survey
A car hire firm has recorded the lowest customer satisfaction rating of any operator in seven years, according to a consumer group. ....
Meeting air pollution targets ‘could cut nitrogen dioxide by up to 60%’
UK cities regularly breach air quality standards, largely as a result of vehicle emissions. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16190870.Meeting_air_pollution_targets____could_cut_nitrogen_dioxide_by_up_to_60____/?ref=rss
NHS to spend £150m to protect against ‘growing threat’ of cyber attacks
The NHS is to spend £150 million on cyber security to protect it from attacks such as last year’s WannaCry incident. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16190868.NHS_to_spend___150m_to_protect_against____growing_threat____of_cyber_attacks/?ref=rss
