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Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:31:23 +0100
Adult Disability Payment: Scheme brought out in three more areas
Scots living in three more council areas are now able to apply for a new benefit ahead of its full launch in August.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:50:36 +0100
Covid Scotland: Warning amid 'not unexpected' summer case spike
A health expert has said that "Omicron is not finished with us yet" as Covid-19 cases begin to rise again.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:01:13 +0100
George Orwell's Animal Farm to be translated into Scots
George Orwell's classic Animal Farm is to be translated into Scots for the first time.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:44:46 +0100
Government win right to appeal MP's bid to uncover secret poll
THE UK government has won the right to appeal against an SNP MP’s long running bid to force the disclosure of publicly-funded polling on the state of the union.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:01:00 +0100
Alison Rowat: SNP depute leader caught on hop over leaked recording. WATCH
HERE is one for practitioners of modern political etiquette. How soon is too soon to ask a senior political figure about an embarrassing leak of the audio kind?

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:59:00 +0100
Doug Marr: It’s our own fault if politicians lie to us
Q: How do you know when politicians are lying? A: Their lips are moving. Sure, it’s a very old joke, but it captures how many see present-day politics and professional politicians.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:49:00 +0100
Lesley Riddoch: Why Devo Max shouldn't be one of the choices in a referendum
It’s priceless. One minute the SNP don’t have a mandate for a second independence referendum because Nicola Sturgeon went quiet about independence in 2019 (despite her clear manifesto pledge) and highlighted other things for the final weeks of th...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:38:00 +0100
New hopes of stopping strike that will paralyse Scots rail services on Tuesday
New hopes have emerged that a three-day UK rail strike that is set to cripple ScotRail and cross-border services can still be averted.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:23:00 +0100
'Deeply alarming': NHS Scotland bullying cases rise by 50% in five years
THE number bullying cases reported in Scotland’s NHS has soared by almost 50 per cent over the last five years.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:20:00 +0100
New ferry fiasco cripples key CalMac islands' route for three days
CONCERNS have been raised about food shortages and tourists sleeping in cars as a Calmac ferry breakdown caused most services on a key Outer Hebridean island route to be cancelled over the weekend.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:16:00 +0100
Sparkling growth as Laura Bond prepares to celebrate
A Scottish online jewellery brand boasting more than 100,000 social media followers and celebrity fans such as Michelle Visage and Jesse J is preparing to celebrate its third anniversary with a showcase of its solid gold piercing accessories.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:06:00 +0100
Mark Smith: The final census figures reveal the Scottish problem
The final figures are in. And they don’t look good. Eighty-eight per cent. That’s six per cent lower than the Scottish Government’s own target and nine per cent lower than the result achieved in England and Wales. The Tories call it a shambles....

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:02:00 +0100
Kevin McKenna: Have the SNP unlocked the secret of endless power?
“NOW I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand prese...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Alister Jack asks MP to consider gene editing probe
ALISTER Jack is to call on Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee to probe the Scottish Government’s rejection of new gene-editing legislation.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Paul Sheerin: Signs of engineering sector optimism amid challenges
If someone asked me to pick three words that characterise the sector I have spent my career working in, pragmatic would be a first pick, resilient a sure second, and probably purposeful would make the last spot.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Covid Scotland: Questions over 'discriminatory' guidance
CLINICAL guidance issued early in the pandemic may have led to elderly and disabled people being discriminated against over access to ventilators and critical care, researchers have said.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:49:47 +0100
Coastguard warning after driver parks car on island beach
With temperatures climbing, where better to soak up the sun than  the stunning silvery sands of the western isles.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0100
Opinion: Hit by a scammer? The shame is theirs, not yours
By Laura Toffolo

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: If they want us to stay, they should fix the UK first
I TIRE of the same old claptrap being trotted out about independence for Scotland. OK, if the unionists want us to stay part of the UK, what are they going to do about the myriad problems currently bighting the UK?

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:05:00 +0100
Framed answer June 20: Framed movies hints and today's answer
What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 366 June 20: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Heardle answer June 20: Heardle song hints and today's answer
Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Quordle answer June 20: Quordle words hints and today's answer
Wordle's tougher and more challenging cousin, Quordle is a daily headscratcher. Here are some tips to help you crack the puzzle and the answer when you give up!

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:28:44 +0100
Cervical Screening Awareness Week: 11 questions you've always wanted to ask about smear tests
What should you wear, how often should you get a smear, and what happens if you get an abnormal result? Imy Brighty-Potts gets the low-down.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:37:00 +0100
Glasgow traveller left in the dark over bus destination
THE Diary is recalling with sentimental affection the mighty public transport workers who once ruled Scotland. Sometimes with beneficence. Sometimes with bite.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Issue of the day: Row brews over tea drinking
COULD drinking less tea really help a nation’s economy? It’s a plan of action in Pakistan.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:41:54 +0100
Scotrail strikes: See the services affected across Scotland
Across June 21, 23 and 25 there will be a very limited number of services operating only in the Central Belt.

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Planets align in night sky - How to watch in Scotland and the Met Office forecast
This week is the best time to see a rare event where all the major planets line up in the night sky - it won't happen again until 2040.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 16:02:47 +0100
SNP chief whip launches Patrick Grady leak probe
THE SNP's chief whip has threatened members of the party's Westminster group with legal action after a recording of Ian Blackford giving his support to disgraced MP Patrick Grady was leaked to press.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 14:20:18 +0100
Keir Starmer 'succession planning' in case he has to quit
ONE of the favourites to be the next Labour leader has rubbished reports Sir Keir Starmer is already planning for his own succession.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 12:56:13 +0100
New ScotRail chaos with 70 services disrupted today as Sturgeon under fire over 'blame shifting' tweet
NEWLY-NATIONALISED ScotRail has seen around 70 services disrupted on top of services being cut in half by an emergency timetable in advance of a rail strike starting on Tuesday that is set to crippled the network.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:24:53 +0100
Sepa reveals cause of dead fish in Glasgow's Richmond Park pond
Thousands of fish had mysteriously died in a pond in Glasgow's Southside.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 10:51:39 +0100
Angus Robertson defends Ian Blackford over Patrick Grady sexual harassment row
ANGUS Robertson has defended Ian Blackford’s handling of the Patrick Grady sexual harassment case, insisting that the SNP Westminster leader has been “very, very mindful” of the disgraced MP’s victim.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 10:01:09 +0100
Strikes are ‘jeopardising the future of the railway itself’
TRANSPORT minister Grant Shapps has warned that this week’s strikes by the RMT are ‘jeopardising the future of the railway itself.’

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:27:14 +0100
Boris Johnson: 'We need to steel ourselves for a long war'
BORIS Johnson has told the UK to prepare for a "long war” in Ukraine.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:02:49 +0100
Jason Leitch tests positive for Covid
Scotland’s national clinical director, Jason Leitch, has tested positive for Covid-19.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 08:16:43 +0100
Crawick Multiverse and 6 other places to mark the longest day
CRAWICK Multiverse may not contain Scotland’s oldest stone circles and earthworks but the magic and the drama of this landscape, created by revered land artist Charles Jencks, makes it an ideal spot to celebrate the summer solstice, 21st century st...

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:47:00 +0100
Iain Macwhirter: Starmer is a bore, but Tories have fully succumbed to Brexit derangement syndrome
Why did Tory rebels hold their no-confidence vote before this week’s expected bloodbath at the Wakefield and Tiverton by-elections? It has puzzled Boris watchers. Perhaps they were worried that they might actually have won it if they’d waited.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:34:00 +0100
£50,000 spent to stage Sturgeon 'launch' of ferry fiasco ship - while ministers knew there were problems
NEARLY £50,000 was spent on staging Nicola Sturgeon's fanfare launch of a new ferry despite ministers knowing there were problems with it being ready for service - while five years on it remains unseaworthy, it can be revealed.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:24:00 +0100
Scotland's 'entire criminal justice system on brink of collapse'
SCOTLAND'S biggest criminal defence lawyer group has warned that the entire criminal justice system is "in imminent danger of collapse" because of an impasse on legal aid payments which has led to a mass boycott of the duty solicitor scheme.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:20:00 +0100
Ministers spend just £250,000 on preventing a Scottish Grenfell five years after tragic blaze
MINISTERS have spent less that £250,000 on dealing with 'dangerous' cladding across Scotland five years after the Grenfell tragedy as concerns surface that new code of practice means it will not be replaced, it has been revealed.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Police demand MSPs close loopholes in hare coursing ban
Kathleen Nutt

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
'EU will target Scots whisky in run up to independence vote to punish UK'
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Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: ‘Cut maths and IQ tests in schools. The way we teach kids is ruining them’, says Scots neuroscientist behind new education revolution
Professor Angus Fletcher is a global expert on how the brain functions. In groundbreaking research, he has discovered that the way we teach children is hugely counterproductive. We need a complete overhaul of schools. He talks to our Writer at Large

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:29:12 +0100
Human brain mapping conference could lead to breakthrough treatments
A WORLD-renowned Glasgow-based academic says future treatment of conditions and illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s and depression, as well as aiding stroke recovery, could begin their journey in the city as a major conference opens this week.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Unusual exhibition looks at Scotland and the demon drink
A grey-haired woman with a bottle of Eldorado wine in her right, slippers on her feet and sitting in the mire of Paddy’s Market - it may seem an odd companion for the elegant beauty of a Renaissance masterpiece.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:50:00 +0100
Michael Settle: Star Wars chuckles fall flat as Labour finally realise the force is not with Starmer
FOR all Boris Johnson’s masterful capacity to create bad headlines, there is an under-current of concern among the comrades; Keir Starmer isn’t cutting through with the public.

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
DAVID PRATT ON THE WORLD: Sickening murders are a stark reminder of the hostile heart of the Amazon
The deaths of journalist Dom Phillips and rainforest defender Bruno Pereira are a stark reminder of the sinister exploitation ripping across the Amazon basin in the name of profit. Foreign Editor David Pratt reports They are among the most isolated ...

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Scottish independence: MSP demands 'home rule' as alternative to Yes/No
By Kathleen Nutt

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
What Scotland can learn from Lisbon's approach to drug addiction
In the 1990s Portugal was in the grip of an opioid epidemic so intense that Lisbon was known as the heroin capital of Europe.



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