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Bid to reveal secret owners of Scottish land
FIVE years ago David Cameron spent a rainy summer weekend on Jura. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303599.Bid_to_reveal_secret_owners_of_Scottish_land/
Pay hike ‘absorbs’ £50m college merger savings
ALL of the savings generated by a Scotland-wide college merger programme will be ‘absorbed’ by higher wages for staff . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303613.Pay_hike____absorbs______50m_college_merger_savings/
Langholm named best town for quality of life
IT is chiefly known as the birthplace of the poet Hugh MacDiarmid and the ancestral home of the first man to walk upon...
New fall in sightings of frogs and toads
Sightings of frogs and toads in gardens have declined as ponds vanish, survey results from tens of thousands of households suggest. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303564.New_fall_in_sightings_of_frogs_and_toads/
Ghostly forests spring up all over Scotland as moths get set to fly
THEY are the ‘ghostly’ forests of cobwebbed trees whose spectre haunts woodlands throughout Europe. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16303135.Ghostly_forests_spring_up_all_over_Scotland_as_moths_get_set_to_fly/
Children travelling to school by car exposed to twice as much pollution as those who walk
CHILDREN driven to school by car are exposed to twice as much traffic pollution as pupils walking along busy roads, research reveals today....
Doddie Weir charity donates £100,000 to MND patients
A charity founded by former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir has donated £100,000 to support people with motor neurone disease (MND). . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16304692.Doddie_Weir_charity_donates___100_000_to_MND_patients/
Humza Yousaf seeks advice from think tank advocating public railway monopoly
TRANSPORT minister Humza Yousaf has sought advice from a think tank which advocates turning the railways into a state-run monopoly as he considers...
‘Rights’ fear over residential care for disabled people
Plans to force disabled people into residential care when support costs become too dear breach human rights, it has been claimed . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16304732.__39_Rights__39__fear_over_residential_care_for_disabled_people/
MSPs demand urgent overhaul of economic strategy
MSPs have demanded an urgent overhaul of the Scottish Government’s economic strategy. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16304735.MSPs_demand_urgent_overhaul_of_economic_strategy/
