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MSPs to decide if Scottish Brexit Bill amounts to emergency legislation
The move would allow the legislation to pass through Holyrood on a shortened timetable.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16057513.MSPs_to_decide_if_Scottish_Brexit_Bill_amounts_to_emergency_legislation/
Defence needs a bigger budget to take on changing threats, military chief warns
Vice chief of the defence staff General Sir Gordon Messenger said “defence affordability is not something we should shy away from”. Downloadhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16057515.Defence_needs_a_bigger_budget_to_take_on_changing_threats__military_chief_warns/
May faces crunch talks ahead of keynote speech
PM to meet Donald Tusk after fierce rejection of EU proposals for status of Northern Ireland after Brexit.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16057514.May_faces_crunch_talks_ahead_of_keynote_speech/
Margaret Taylor: Is legal assistance just a means of providing legal aid on the cheap?
WHEN private practice solicitors started withdrawing from police station duty work at the end of last year their hope was to force the...
Aye Write! book festival among recipients of Creative Scotland’s latest £800,000 funding round
CREATIVE Scotland, the national arts funding agency at the centre of a furore over its funding decisions, has announced £830,000 new grants to...
Analysis: Dedicated cultural hubs could be saviour of gigs for rising talent
IT makes for depressing reading.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16057082.Analysis__Dedicated_cultural_hubs_could_be_saviour_of_gigs_for_rising_talent/
SNP chief whip facing questions over Mark McDonald case
THE SNP is facing questions about its handling of former minister Mark McDonald as part of a Holyrood inquiry into sexual misconduct.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16057495.SNP_chief_whip_facing_questions_over_Mark_McDonald_case/
How not to slip up at work during red weather alert
WHILE public bodies may have closed their doors as a result of the Arctic conditions sweeping Scotland yesterday, workers in the private sector...
Court rules failing care home to close in three weeks
AN East Renfrewshire old people’s home will close within three weeks over concerns raised by the Care Inspectorate.http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16057493.Court_rules_failing_care_home_to_close_in_three_weeks/
Commuters frustrated as trains severely disrupted by ‘beast from the east’
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16057496.Commuters_frustrated_as_trains_severely_disrupted_by___39_beast_from_the_east__39_/
