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MSPs launch inquiry into bank closures across Scotland
MSPs are to examine how to tackle the “relentless decline” of banks in Scotland as more than a third have closed since 2010.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072894.MSPs_launch_inquiry_into_bank_closures_across_Scotland/
Pothole-related callouts up 110 per cent following Beast from the East, says RAC
Breakdown recovery service says it saw a huge increase in callouts caused by thaw-related road damagehttp://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072893.Pothole_related_callouts_up_110_per_cent_following_Beast_from_the_East__says_RAC/
What are nerve agents and how do they work?
Chemical weapons are now suspected of playing a part in the collapse of a Russian double agent and his daughter.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072896.What_are_nerve_agents_and_how_do_they_work_/
Female politicians back campaign to empower girls to lead
Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson and Kezia Dugdale are supporting the Citizen Girl campaign.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072895.Female_politicians_back_campaign_to_empower_girls_to_lead/
Poisoned Sergei Skripal kept ties to Russian intelligence, fellow exile claims
The former double agent maintained ties with intelligence officers at the embassy of the country he betrayed, it has been claimed.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072897.Poisoned_Sergei_Skripal_kept_ties_to_Russian_intelligence__fellow_exile_claims/
EasyJet flight hit by lightning as it flew from Edinburgh to London
An easyJet flight was struck by lightning as it flew from Edinburgh to London Stansted.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072899.EasyJet_flight_hit_by_lightning_as_it_flew_from_Edinburgh_to_London/
Bill to end period poverty receives 96 per cent backing in consultation
Labour MSP Monica Lennon has proposed the legislation at Holyrood in a bid to tackle the problem.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16072898.Bill_to_end_period_poverty_receives_96_per_cent_backing_in_consultation/
“Everyone has a sexuality – it is part of them as a whole person”
THE College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists would welcome this report from Scottish Care into a neglected and taboo area.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16071801._quot_Everyone_has_a_sexuality_____it_is_part_of_them_as_a_whole_person_quot_/
Russia’s tame state media accuses Fleet Street of ‘wild theories’
British journalists are “Russian to judgment” about the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16071799.Russia___s_tame_state_media_accuses_Fleet_Street_of____wild_theories___/
SNP income tax rise will rise almost nothing as rich will dodge it
RAISING the top rate of income tax in Scotland will generate virtually nothing because the rich will avoid paying it, the government’s independent...
