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Former foreign editor of The Times praised for switching from No to Yes
THE former foreign editor of the Times has been praised by the SNP for switching from No to Yes. Martin Fletcher, whose grandmother was Scottish, outlined his support for Scottish independence in his New Statesman column on Monday. He wrote
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Undermining the SNP leadership won’t help get us independence
THERE is no middle way! Kevin McKenna and others with deep-rooted socialist beliefs need to decide whether they wish to have a realistic opportunity of achieving their ambition of a socialist state run from Holyrood, or they wish to consign future
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The Yes movement needs to wake up and start countering anti-indy claims
LESLEY Riddoch’s column in yesterday’s National hits the nail squarely on the head. Unionists and their supportive TV and newspapers will continue to bombard the Scottish people with supposed reasons why independence is bad for you. However, if there
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Work ongoing to ensure vaccine program runs 'smoothly as possible' during severe weather
THE First Minister has voiced concern about the potential impact severe weather could have on Scotland's Covid-19 vaccination programme. Nicola Sturgeon said forecasts of heavy snow “make my heart sink”, but she added measures are in place to minimise
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Animal charity warns of bogus inspectors stealing pets from homes
THE Scottish SPCA has issued a warning about bogus inspectors attempting to remove animals from properties. The animal welfare charity has been made aware of reports of people impersonating inspectors in Perthshire and Renfrewshire. The bogus
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Alex Salmond committee appearance in doubt as he blasts inquiry's 'farcical' decision
ALEX Salmond’s appearance in front of the Holyrood inquiry is now in doubt after the committee refused to publish his allegations that Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament. The former First Minister branded the decision “farcical”. The ex-SNP
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Mother of boy who filmed himself heckling Chris Whitty confiscates his PlayStation
A TEENAGER who accused England’s chief medical officer of “lying” about Covid-19 in the street has had his PlayStation confiscated by his mother as punishment, it has been reported Footage of a verbal attack on Professor Whitty was branded “unacceptable
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Jag it up: More than 45,000 Scots receive Covid vaccine in just one day
MORE than 45,000 Scots received a Covid jag on Wednesday, by far the highest number of vaccines dished out in one day yet. The First Minister said the uptake rate was beyond what she thought was possible. READ MORE: Covid in Scotland: Nicola
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MPs told EU market is 'closed altogether for food exporters across Scotland'
THE UK Government has been accused of being "in denial" about the scale of the problem facing businesses exporting to Europe. The heads of Scottish business groups in the food and drinks industry told MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster
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Tonight's TV: Adrian Dunbar’s Coastal Ireland and The Chasers Road Trip
Your Garden Made Perfect (BBC2, 8pm) HOMEOWNERS get the chance to see what two designs will look like before they pick their favourite. Viewers are introduced to Demi and Laura, who have a busy family life in Hertfordshire – and a lacklustre L-shaped
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No 10 claims Boris Johnson is voice of Scots who rejected independence in 2014
BORIS Johnson is the “voice of the majority of the Scottish people” who rejected independence, Downing Street has claimed. The comments came amid turmoil in the No 10 Union unit, with the group's only Scot, former Ochil and South Perthshire MP
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The Union Unit has shown itself to be useless – but beware its dirty tricks
AS icy blizzards hit Scotland this week, there’s nothing warms the cockles quite like the Tories all a-fluster about the end of the United Kingdom. On Tuesday, the Prime Minster’s press secretary confirmed that Number 10’s “Union Unit” chief
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Jacob Rees-Mogg praises Joanna Cherry's 'courage' after being sacked from front bench
JACOB Rees-Mogg has praised Joanna Cherry's "courage" after she was removed from her frontbench role in the SNP. Cherry was dropped from her position as SNP justice and home affairs spokeswoman in a reshuffle by Ian Blackford on Monday, which led
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Strict travel restrictions are 'trade-off' to get normality at home
NICOLA Sturgeon has said that the Scottish Government will give more details about managed quarantine for international travellers next week. At the daily coronavirus briefing today, the First Minister described the necessity for a "comprehensive
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If Alister Jack wants to help Scotland, UK borders should be secured
ALISTER Jack’s offer “of assistance to the Scottish Government in Scotland’s hour of need” by sending in the army to boost the number of Covid vaccinations being delivered deserves careful consideration and a very considered response from the First
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Police asked to probe threat of violence against SNP MP Alyn Smith
POLICE Scotland has been asked to investigate a threat of physical violence made against the SNP's Alyn Smith. The MP for Stirling referred an email sent to him on Monday night as a row exploded over the sacking of his colleague Joanna Cherry from
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Nicola Sturgeon hails 'ray of sunshine' as Covid cases fall below key threshold
NICOLA Sturgeon has welcomed a “small ray of sunshine” as coronavirus cases in Scotland fell below a key measure that indicates the pandemic is “under control”. Giving the latest figures at the Scottish Government briefing, the First Minister announced
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Yes Challenge smashes key target as 5000 people sign up to indy pledge
THE Yes Challenge has reached its first major target, with more than 5000 people now signed up to the pro-independence campaign. Set up by The National in tandem with Believe in Scotland, the initiative aims to convince as many undecided voters
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Weather warning for heavy snow and rain issued across Scotland
WEATHER warnings for snow, ice and heavy rain have been issued for much of Scotland by the Met Office today. The meteorological service said 10cm to 20cm of snow could fall on higher ground, with 40cm predicted to fall across the Grampian mountain
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Reports of vaccination figures for care homes require much closer scrutiny
A LOT of politicking is being made over vaccination rates across the UK. When comparing its constituents parts (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Scotland is seemingly at the back, trailing by 2.7% from the leader, when measuring vaccination
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No individual’s ego is bigger than the SNP or the Yes movement
I READ with dismay Kevin McKenna’s latest update and analysis on the “dark going-ons” in both the Scottish Government and the upper echelons of the SNP (Here’s why the SNP better organise an indyref sooner rather than later, February 3). His personal
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Another 53 people die in Scotland after contracting Covid-19
ANOTHER 53 people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. A further 1149 cases were also confirmed, though the positivity rate (4.9%) dropped to below 5% for the first time in more than a month. The
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International travel 'strongest predictor' of death rates in first coronavirus wave
INTERNATIONAL travel had the biggest impact on coronavirus death rates during the first wave of the pandemic, a study suggests. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen examined a range of Covid-19 risk factors including border arrivals, population
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How many people in Scotland have been vaccinated so far?
More than 600,000 people in Scotland have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. The figure contributes to a current total of more than 10 million people in the UK who have received their first dose, marking the biggest inoculation programme
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Scotland's vaccination rate catching up with England, says Nicola Sturgeon
VACCINATION rates in Scotland will soon catch up with England, Nicola Sturgeon has promised. Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, the First Minister said jags north of the Border were now being done proportionately "at a higher rate than England
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Man charged in connection with alleged threat sent to Joanna Cherry
A MAN has been charged in connection with an alleged threat made to SNP MP Joanna Cherry. Officers had been contacted after “threatening communications” were made online. It followed Cherry’s sacking from the SNP’s front bench at Westminster
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Nicola Sturgeon attacks Michael Gove over car crash interview on vaccine figures
NICOLA Sturgeon launched an attack on Michael Gove for failing to say how many people in cares homes in England have been given the Covid-19 vaccine. The First Minister hit back at Gove as a row continued over the rates at which people are being
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Where is the rebuttal of doom and gloom anti-independence reports?
SOMETIMES we should thank critics of independence for managing to do what we seemingly cannot – switch our energies from internal division to building the case for Yes. Three cheers, then, for the gloomy academic study on the costs of independence
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Online political bloodletting is killing our case for Scottish independence
EVEN the most cursory glance at Twitter right now is enough to make any Scot desirous of independence shudder. I’m not talking about attacks from the Unionist cabal, if only it were that simple. Any pile on and criticism from such quarters are par
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Nicola Sturgeon joins in with clap honouring Captain Sir Tom Moore
FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon joined in with a clap to honour Captain Sir Tom Moore last night. People across the UK took part in the tribute to the veteran at 6pm, following his death at the age of 100. Moore’s family said they were “incredibly
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Review calls for Scottish national care service on equal footing with NHS
THE Scottish Government has been urged to establish a national care service on an equal footing with the NHS. The recommendation came in the long-awaited Independent Review of Adult Social Care led by Derek Feeley, a former Scottish Government director-general
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Having to pay to listen to Ruth Davidson on the vaccine roll-out changes things
I’M annoyed. I’m just putting that out there so you have the opportunity to bow out nice and early and go and look at photos of kittens or something. My broadband broke this week. Despite my expert twiddling, dutiful resetting and ferocious
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Sri Lanka celebrates 73 years since independence from Britain
WHAT’S THE STORY? TODAY is the 73rd Independence Day in Sri Lanka, the country formerly known as Ceylon. The celebrations are scheduled to take place at Independence Square in the capital Colombo, in the presence of the country’s president
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Radical Independence Movement shows there’s an opportunity for new political alliances
WHEN it comes to my Scottish identity, I’ve never been a romantic nationalist. I’ve never felt that sense of solidarity that comes with shared birthplace or ancestry alone. Rather, when I think of Scotland, I see a nation built on conflicting, clashing
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Scottish musicians find inspiration from Covid-19 lockdowns
TWO musicians from Glasgow have used the coronavirus lockdowns as inspiration for their first single and EP – the former out now and the latter due out on February 12. Glassworks is a piano/vocal duo from Glasgow, made up of long-time collaborators
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Scots could be hit with council tax hikes in 2022, MSPs warned
SCOTS could face council tax hikes of 6 per cent in 2022 after Finance Secretary Kate Forbes offered authorities £90 million to freeze the charge in the forthcoming financial year, MSPs have been warned. Gail Macgregor, resources spokeswoman for
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Law Society of Scotland calls for big justice reform in next parliament
THE body which represents Scottish solicitors has called for a massive programme of reform for the country’s criminal and civil justice systems. The Law Society of Scotland said at the heart of reforms must be improved access to justice and published
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Last chance to sign up to Yes Challenge as drive enters home straight
THE Yes Challenge is within touching distance of reaching its goal, and with less than 24 hours to go before the deadline we need everyone to help us down this final straight. Since The National launched the drive eight days ago, more than 4500
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Major US newspaper highlights Scottish independence and fragile Union
ONE of the USA’s biggest and most respected newspapers has told its readership of the possibility of Brexit leading to Scottish independence. The Los Angeles Times is one of the most influential newspapers in America, with the fifth-largest circulation
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Sir John Curtice says SNP are facing biggest internal rift since 1980s
THE SNP are facing their biggest internal battle in 40 years which could damage their chance of winning the Holyrood election and progressing independence, according to one of the UK’s leading political analysts. Sir John Curtice, professor of
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Nicola Sturgeon to consider providing tuition in summer holidays
SCOTTISH children could benefit from school hours being extended and extra tuition given over the summer holidays in a bid to make up for lost face-to-face teaching. Nicola Sturgeon told Holyrood yesterday she would consider such proposals when
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Scottish charity honoured for ‘significant impact’ on ethnic minority citizens
A GLASGOW charity has been honoured for the “significant impact” its work has had on the lives on ethnic minority citizens during the pandemic. Glasgow Afghan United works with members of the city’s diverse communities to achieve unity, equality
