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Iona Fyfe: Westminster is rubbing salt in the wounds of UK musicians
SINCE 2016, touring in Europe has made up an essential part of my earnings as a self-employed professional folksinger. I voted to remain, and despite Scotland also voting to remain, we as a nation have been ripped away from Europe, and our musicians
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EU 'flexibility' may yet allow Scotland to regain Erasmus, scheme founder says
ONE of the founding fathers of the Erasmus scheme has warned the devolved Governments in Cardiff and Edinburgh not to stop lobbying for a return to the student exchange programme. Hywel Ceri Jones, who is a former director general of employment
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History will not be kind to those SNP figures who put their egos first
ALEX Salmond (former SNP leader), Jim Sillars (former depute SNP leader) and Joanna Cherry (aspiring SNP leader) all have something in common, besides their undoubted talents and past/present leadership ambitions: they are each in danger of letting
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Distinguishing between high street shops and online stores is not easy
THE Treasury is proposing an online sales tax to assist high street shops and traders. A good strategy? On the face of it, yes! However, many shops, traders and businesses are also online traders too. One can buy the same goods from a department
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Snow and freezing temperatures expected in Scotland as amber warning put in place
DISRUPTION to travel is set to worsen as an upgraded amber warning has been put in force across central Scotland. The Met Office forecasts snow showers will continue during Monday night and Tuesday, with some large build-ups in parts of central
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Academics pelt LibDem MSP over claim anti-Scottish hostility study is 'hogwash'
A SCOTTISH LibDem politician has been rounded on by academics after claiming academic research about anti-Scottish sentiment in England is “Trumpian hogwash”. Alex Cole-Hamilton took issue with a study about rising levels of animosity south of
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Betting firm panned after omitting Scotland from Six Nations Twitter poll
JUST a few short months after the Scottish men’s national football team qualified for their first major tournament in 23 years, the rugby team broke an even older record. Gregor Townsend’s boys beat England at Twickenham for the first time
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Are Tories right to say SNP promised to vaccinate one million Scots by February?
CLAIM “'On track to hit all targets’ is just not true. The [Scottish Government] target was to vaccinate 1 million Scots by 1st February, until you moved the goalposts” – Tory MSP Dean Lockhart, February 7, 2021. DOORSTEP ANSWER In November
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We’ve been treated with contempt since the 2014 referendum
FOLLOWING the result of the independence referendum David Cameron stated, “Just as the people of Scotland will have more power over their affairs, so it follows that the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger say over theirs
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Tonight's TV: Darcey Bussell’s Wild Coasts of Scotland and Celebrity Best Home Cook
Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad (STV, 8pm) THIS week, the father and son tour Italy, including taking a trip to Lake Garda. Bradley gets the perfect vantage point to enjoy the views, when Barney takes him paragliding – and the take-off involves
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300k sign petition urging Tories to U-turn on Brexit chaos for live music
MUSICIANS have hit out at the UK Government over “devastating” post-Brexit red tape for the live music industry. New UK travel rules came into force at the beginning of the year and do not guarantee visa-free travel for musicians in the EU.
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Scots Erasmus hopes dashed for now as EU says it's only open to independent states
SCOTLAND's hopes of rejoining the European Union's Erasmus scheme have been initially dashed after Brussels indicated it is only open to independent countries. The Commission last month seemed willing to discuss how Scottish students could take
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Pilot service that uses rural fire stations as Covid testing centres to be expanded
A PILOT service that uses rural fire stations as coronavirus testing centres in the Highlands is to be expanded, Nicola Sturgeon said. NHS Highland has been trialling the pilot in Thurso and Lochgilphead to use the fire stations as bases where
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Scotland to hit one million vaccine milestone within days, Nicola Sturgeon says
SCOTLAND is expected to hit the milestone of one million Covid-19 vaccines administered over the coming week, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister, speaking at the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing, revealed 866,823 people have
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Nicola Sturgeon hits out at 'ridiculous suggestions' made to Salmond inquiry
NICOLA Sturgeon says she is looking forward to taking “head on some of the ridiculous suggestions that have been made” about the Alex Salmond affair. Speaking at the Scottish Government’s daily coronavirus briefing, the First Minister rejected
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Man charged over 'offensive' tweet targeting Captain Tom Moore
A MAN has been charged over an alleged offensive tweet about Captain Sir Tom Moore. The veteran passed away on February 2, aged 100. Three days later, police in Lanarkshire received a report of an offensive tweet about the captain. A 35
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Five more people die in Scotland after contracting Covid-19
ANOTHER five people have died after contracting Covid-19 in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. A further 928 cases were also confirmed, with a positivity rate of 6.6%. The deaths, recorded in the past 24 hours among those who tested positive
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Thanks to SNP infighting, the Unionist parties can sit back and relax
THERE are three elements to Scotland becoming an independent country. Firstly, there has to be a resounding victory for the SNP at the upcoming Holyrood elections. Then there has to be extreme pressure to hold another independence referendum and
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Joanna Cherry was unwise to call the actions of her colleagues ‘Stalinist’
READING Joanna Cherry’s latest article I was struck by how impressive an act of self-harm it was for our movement (Why my removal from the SNP front bench smacks of double standards. February 5). Whilst we SNP members may disagree on many things
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Five people fined after travelling from England to Edinburgh for lockdown party
FIVE people have been fined after travelling from England to Scotland for an illegal Christmas party. They were part of a group who came north the week before Christmas to stay in rental accommodation in Edinburgh, with police intervening after
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Scots health bosses reveal top tips for people recovering from Covid
Over 185,000 people have tested positive for the virus since March 2020 in Scotland. To aid recovery of Covid-19 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams have created a new online resource to help anyone who
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Tory MSP claims Peter Murrell guilty of perjury after Salmond inquiry evidence
SNP chief executive Peter Murrell clashed with MSPs on the Holyrood Salmond inquiry today, after he was accused of being "untruthful". The party chief – who’s married to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon – said he “absolutely refuted” the claims.
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SNP staffer disputes colleague's claim of Alex Salmond 'physical aggression'
THE SNP's chief operating officer says she was the victim of "an act of physical aggression" by Alex Salmond. However Sue Ruddick's claim has been disputed by another senior SNP staffer, who said she witnessed the event, and that it was nothing
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Snowfall across Scotland as Storm Darcy brings cold weather front
HEAVY snowfall has been reported across Scotland as large parts of the country are hit with severe weather warnings. Scots have been told to expect travel delays and power cuts as Storm Darcy sweeps over the UK. Many areas face another day
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Jason Leitch: Public confidence in vaccines is absolutely crucial
PUBLIC confidence in the coronavirus vaccine is “absolutely crucial”, Scotland’s national clinical director Jason Leitch has said. Professor Leitch said he was not “overly worried” about a new study in South Africa which found the Oxford/AstraZeneca
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Alex Salmond will not appear before Holyrood inquiry in row over evidence
ALEX Salmond will not attend the Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish Government’s botched probe into harassment complaints against him. The former First Minister’s decision comes after the committee refused to publish his allegations that Nicola
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Online event to focus on drug death reform
THE way in which independence will allow Scotland to tackle its drugs deaths problem will come under the spotlight online this week. Aberdeen Independence Movement (AIM) will host an online event focusing on drug reform in Scotland and how independence
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Scottish Women in Sport: We should never forget the power words have
I’VE often been called contrary, although to be fair it was quite a few years ago and at the time I accepted it, as it felt it was part of the territory of being a young women in the 1970s. However, through age and experience I can assure you that
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Socially distanced painting features in Scots exhibition
A PAINTING by LS Lowry that seems apt for socially distanced times has been included in a new online art exhibition. The picture, An Old Street, painted in 1937, features in the Art-tastic exhibition, which has begun its virtual run at St Andrews
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All adults in Scotland may have first vaccine by summer
ALL adults in Scotland could have had their first Covid jag by the summer, Jeane Freeman has said. The Health Secretary was speaking as the number of Scots to have had a vaccine dose rocketed in recent days. More than 50,000 Scots were inoculated
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Why the Holyrood election is NOT only about independence
IT is less than 90 days till the May 6 Holyrood election. The polls indicate an overwhelming victory for the SNP, who are polling at more than 50% despite having been the governing party since 2007. One might think this gives the SNP an unrivalled
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Scotland's future lies in the EU and this is how we can stay European
THE unfolding, multi-layered and predictable damage to Scotland, and the rest of the UK, from Johnson’s EU-UK trade deal is getting clearer every day. As the UK Government blusters about “global Britain”, it appears to have no strategy for its relationship
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How the Scottish Labour leadership contest can be win-win for Yes
IT would be fair to say that Scottish Labour’s successive leaders since 2014 have been so busy carefully removing the knives placed in their backs by party colleagues that there has scarcely been time for them to be much of an opposition. The party
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Scots brewer reports huge rise in sales, despite dry January
DESPITE Dry January proving popular this year, a Scottish brewery has seen a massive rise in the sales of its beers. Innis & Gunn enjoyed a 39% uplift in sales across its range of beers in January – thanks to strong performance in UK supermarkets
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Music festival bosses say it is ‘too soon’ to axe Scotland’s summer events
THE boss of one of Scotland’s biggest music festivals has said it’s too soon to start cancelling events planned for the summer. Geoff Ellis, from DF Concerts, was speaking after a senior civil servant warned that it would likely be another bleak
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Scotland's Health Secretary urges the UK to toughen up hotel quarantine policy
THE Scottish Government is still trying to convince the UK to toughen up its hotel quarantine policy. Next week, all travellers into Scotland will be told to self-isolate for 10 days in special accommodation, but south of the Border, only those
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SNP chief executive Peter Murrell returns to Alex Salmond inquiry
SNP chief executive Peter Murrell will return to give more evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee today. Murrell, the husband of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, will face MSPs looking into the Scottish Government’s handling of harassment complaints
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We should be thanking Tories’ Union unit ... for the laughs
WHEN we first learned that the UK Government had set up a special Union Committee to fight the growing support for Scottish independence, I thought the whole thing seemed like a waste of time. The save the Union unit, chaired by Michael Gove, certainly
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Politicians urged to build more inclusive future for disabled Scots
PLANNING for a post-Covid-19 Scotland must be about “building forwards towards a more inclusive future for disabled people, not back to an old ‘normal’ that excludes a lot of us”, according to Inclusion Scotland. The group says the Covid pandemic
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No to Yes: I backed the Union, until Brexit showed this wasn't the UK I voted for
Sabrina Willekens, 48, is a freelance interpretation consultant from Germany who lives in Perth. She used to back the Union, but Brexit proved to be a turning point. GROWING up in a strong federal republic and seeing the benefits of a strong union
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Dark Forebodings: It is difficult to see past tragedies in the future with nuclear weapons
ON January 22, the United Nations ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: they are now illegal, globally. So what? We all know that we live in a world of “realpolitik”: power rules. How can we understand the threat posed here? Alan
