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Can’t we harness the power of lochs in Scotland to fight climate change?
I LIVED and worked as an electrician in Denmark for three years in the 60s. Took our son back to Legoland in the 80s and came home spouting “wind power” everywhere I went. To my joy eventually the first wind turbine appeared, in spite of the NIMBY
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Those currently taking aim at Nicola Sturgeon make unlikely bedfellows
ON cursory review it seems unlikely that a former economist working for an “international bank” would be a likely bedfellow of ideological left-wing activists, never mind be a leading member of the disbanded 79 Group within the SNP. It appears
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Pro-independence Junts per Catalunya leading Catalan election race in poll
JUNTS per Catalunya, the party of exiled Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, have maintained pole position against the Socialists (PSC) and their pro-independence colleagues in the Republican Left (ERC), as Catalonia prepares to vote on Sunday, according
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Political magazine says SNP majority in May gives 'unarguable mandate' for indyref2
SCOTTISH independence is recognised as one of the defining issues of the next decade, and while a majority at the Holyrood election in May would give the SNP an “unarguable mandate”, a leading political magazine says the party “has to explain what
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Open Minds on Independence #1: 21 reasons to Believe in Scotland
WELCOME to the first in a series of 24 articles you will receive in The National from Believe in Scotland over the next 12 weeks. Believe in Scotland is an organisation set up to make sure Scots hear the truth about the many advantages this country
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Everything you need to know about the Yes Challenge and Open Minds on Independence
LAST month The National and Believe in Scotland launched the Yes Challenge, an initiative aiming to help convert undecided voters over to the independence cause. As part of the challenge we wanted to get 5000 people to sign the pledge, vowing to
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Tributes paid to SNP councillor after death at the age of 62
TRIBUTES are being paid to SNP councillor Graham Lambie after his sudden death aged 62. The Stirling councillor has been described as "one of a kind" by friends and colleagues following his death. The Forth and Endrick ward member passed away
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Tonight's TV: It's a Sin and Big Weekends with Gregg Wallace
It’s a Sin (C4, 9pm) RUSSELL T Davies’s series has been universally praised, and rightly so. It turns a spotlight on a world many of us know about, but only a few have had first-hand experience. This week, it’s March 1988. The remaining members
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The courts cannot rule about the legality of a hypothetical indyref2
I THINK Dennis White (Letters, February 8) has misunderstood the purpose of the courts. Yes, it is to test legislation, but they can only do that when the event has occurred, and that I believe was the thrust of Andrew Tickell’s article (No outcome
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Scottish ministers look at border controls to stop Covid quarantine loophole
THE Scottish Government must give “serious thought” to border controls to stop travellers entering Scotland by landing elsewhere in the UK, the Health Secretary has said. New quarantine rules in Scotland mean that from Monday, travellers from any
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Second outbreak of bird flu identified in Scotland, Government confirms
A SECOND outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in Scotland. The Scottish Government said a flock of kept birds at a gamebirds rearing site in Leven, Fife, has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. The birds on site will
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'We will never leave Scotland alone': Greek MEP says indy Scotland will be welcomed by EU
A GREEK MEP has said a post-independent Scotland would be warmly welcomed back into the EU and will not face the same issues as Montenegro. Speaking on a Brexit panel, Maria Spyraki, said Scotland will always have a place in the EU after leaving
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Warning over funerals in Scotland amid reports of people breaching restrictions
THE Scottish Government has received reports of people breaching the coronavirus restrictions around funerals, which limits those attending to 20. Speaking this afternoon, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman told the Scottish Government’s coronavirus
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Covid in Scotland: Another 67 people die with Covid-19 over 24 hours
A FURTHER 67 coronavirus deaths have been registered in Scotland over the last 24 hours, the Health Secretary has confirmed. Speaking at the Scottish Government Covid-19 briefing alongside national clinical director Jason Leitch this afternoon,
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Nicola Sturgeon reacts as data shows Scotland's vaccine roll-out leading in Europe
NICOLA Sturgeon has praised the “fantastic” work of those involved in Scotland’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out after data showed the country’s vaccination rate leading across Europe. The First Minister shared the figures from the Our World in Data
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We are called 'divisive' while Unionists hurl derogatory remarks at our FM
AS sure as Johnson cannot get through one day without dropping a cluster bomb on the Union, the supporters of that Union cannot go one day giving credit where credit is due. Any and all mention of the progress made against this pandemic is met
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How much are Scots paying for a Union Unit to act against our interests?
ANENT yesterday’s front-page headline (Anti-indy cash splash shows PM ‘panic’ over Yes support, February 11), is it not time that we demanded more information on the subject of the costs of the Union Unit and also gave more publicity to what these
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WATCH: Michael Forsyth defends getting SNP's name wrong on Question Time
FORMER Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth called the SNP the wrong name twice during a Question Time debate on Scottish independence. The former Tory MP for Stirling insisted that Scotland should be focused entirely on its Covid-19 recovery rather
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WATCH: Jeane Freeman rips up Tory peer's 'once in a generation' indyref claim
JEANE Freeman took on former Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth during last night’s Question Time as he insisted the 2014 independence referendum was a once in a generation opportunity. The Health Secretary was on the BBC panel alongside Forsyth
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Temperatures hit lowest in two decades as Scotland weathers -20C freeze
TEMPERATURES plunged to minus 23C overnight on Wednesday into yesterday, the lowest in the UK in more than two decades, following an “extreme freeze”. The mercury dropped to minus 23C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, the coldest temperature recorded in
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Trump trial told he must be rendered accountable for inciting Capitol riots
DONALD Trump must be held accountable for his incitement of his supporters to insurrection. That was the main theme of the prosecutors on the third day of the former president’s second impeachment trial. Democrat members of the House of Representatives
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Inquiry to hold an emergency meeting on possible last-minute Salmond appearance
THE Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish Government’s botched handling of harassment allegations against Alex Salmond is to hold an emergency meeting today after a High Court ruling paved the way for the former First Minister to make a last-minute appearance
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Scotland to scale back Covid vaccine roll-out for fortnight as UK supplies dip
SCOTLAND will have to scale back its coronavirus vaccination programme over the next two weeks as supplies into the UK dip, Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has said. She said Scotland should hit its target of vaccinating 400,000 adults a
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Effects of Covid-19 have split UK population in half, City watchdog study shows
COVID-19 has left more than 27 million adults across the UK with characteristics of vulnerability such as poor health, low financial resilience or recent negative life events – family disputes, death or accidents – according to a new survey. The
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Police and former law chief call for inquiry into Rangers Crown Office fiasco
POLICE Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone and former Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland have both said they support calls for an inquiry into the malicious prosecutions of former Rangers FC administrators Paul Clark and David Whitehouse. Clark
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Benefits calculator launched to help financially challenged Scots
A NEW service has been launched for Scots to calculate their benefits entitlement in a bid to address the financial hardship facing many families. The online tool is the first to fully integrate devolved benefits. It has been produced by Scotland
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Charity calls for radical mental health reform from next Scottish Government
A CHARITY has called on the next Scottish government to take radical action in order to combat what it describes as a growing mental health crisis in Scotland. The Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) has launched its manifesto for the
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Pay tribute to some national icons with gifts and treats Made in Scotland
WHAT makes a national icon? The word is overused in these days of shallow celebrity, but we’re going to get plenty more wear of out it in this celebration of people, places, creatures and even foods that just scream “Scotland!” A staycation may
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Celebrating people and places inspires illustrator Rosemary Cunningham
Rosemary Cunningham is an illustrator based in Glasgow What’s the story behind your brand? I enjoy drawing and making folk happy with that skill! After being at art school for four years I realised the part of my course I liked the most was
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Holyrood urged to fight fuel poverty and deliver 'triple win' for Scotland
ONE in four households in Scotland lives in fuel poverty and campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to allocate more funding in this year’s Budget to tackle the problem. Housing, environmental and anti-poverty groups said this would
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Blood cancer charity urges Scots to register as donors to save lives
BLOOD cancer charity DKMS is thanking people in Scotland for registering as potential blood stem cell donors. While UK registrations have fallen by 28% during the pandemic, in Scotland they have risen by 19%. However, with the race still on to
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Despite a publicised 'dip', poll shows unprecedented Yes dominance at Holyrood
THE last time a Savanta ComRes poll showed the pro-independence vote on 53% was last October. It represented a non-significant 1% drop on the previous poll from the same firm in August, and coincided with an Ipsos MORI telephone poll that showed
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Shona Craven: Yes is soaring in polls, but history shows us how polls can lie
IT’S easy to forget that the EU referendum should never have happened. By this I don’t mean it shouldn’t have happened because I – along with millions of others – thought Brexit was a terrible idea. It shouldn’t have happened because the Conservative
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Pair of orphaned otters found wandering streets safely rescued
A PAIR of orphaned otter cubs spotted wandering the streets of a Scottish town have been taken in by an animal welfare charity. The Scottish SPCA said the youngsters are around three to four months old and would not have survived on their own.
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Shocking report reveals 'unprecedented' scale of abuse in Scottish football
SURVIVORS of abuse in Scottish football have described how they were raped and sexually assaulted, in a report into allegations of abuse within the sport. The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has published the final report of a review commissioned
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Awards fund to provide much needed boost for Scottish libraries
PUBLIC library services across Scotland are set to benefit from a £200,000 improvement fund, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced today. Administered by the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC), the awards were designed to support
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Joanna Cherry: Covid vaccine progress is tremendous, but other challenges remain
MORE than one million people in Scotland have now had their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and nearly all residents in our care homes have been vaccinated. This is a tremendous achievement, and we should all applaud our Health Secretary
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Just like with Covid, we must act now and follow science to fight climate crisis
DESPITE much of the country being blanketed with heavy snow, there are signs of hope that we are starting to see a way out of the pandemic that has shaped our lives for so many months. Reaching the milestone of a million people vaccinated in Scotland
