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Keir Starmer confirms he is 'committed' to keeping BBC licence fee
KEIR Starmer has said his government is “committed” to keeping the TV licence in place. After years of speculation about whether the £159 annual fee would be scrapped by the Tories, Starmer confirmed that his party would be keeping the licence
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81-year-old man with walking frame hospitalised after motorbike hit and run
AN elderly man is fighting for his life in hospital after being struck by a motorbike in a hit and run incident. Police said the 81-year-old man, who was using a walking frame, was struck as he crossed Bathgate Road in Blackburn, West Lothian,
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'Utterly devastated': Bear rescued from war in Ukraine dies in Scottish zoo
A BEAR who was rescued from the war in Ukraine and rehomed in a Scottish zoo has died. Staff at Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder in West Lothian said the death of Yampil, an Asiatic black bear, meant it was a “truly sad day”. The animal had
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'Really special': Woman welcomed back to Scotland during round-the-world yacht race
A SCOT taking part in a gruelling round-the-world yacht race told how arriving in her home country was “really special”. Vicki Leslie spoke after boats in the Clipper Round the World Race arrived in Oban on Friday night – the first time the race
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Climate activists blockade entrance to incinerator site in Aberdeen
CLIMATE activists have blocked the entrance to an incinerator site in Aberdeen in a bid to draw attention to the pollution caused by the facility. Around 100 activists from Climate Camp Scotland formed a picket-line at the incinerator located
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BBC commentator speaks out after deaths of wife and two daughters in crossbow attack
A BBC racing commentator has said “the devastation we are experiencing cannot be put into words” after his wife and two daughters were killed with a crossbow. Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of BBC 5 Live commentator John Hunt, and two of their daughters
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John Swinney must be 'ruthless bastard' and scrap Trident commitment, says ex-SNP MP
AN SNP MP who lost his seat at the General Election has said John Swinney must be a "ruthless bastard" and scrap the party's commitment to removing nuclear weapons from Scotland within two years of the nation becoming independent. Stewart McDonald
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Scottish fan with Euro final ticket makes perfect indy quip in TV interview
A SCOTLAND fan with a ticket to the Euros final had the perfect quip for a news reporter asking whether he could be convinced to sell it. England are due to face-off against Spain in the final of Euros in Berlin on Sunday. Ahead of the
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'Let it go': Alan Cumming urges Joe Biden to pull out of US presidential race
ALAN Cumming has said Joe Biden should no longer be US President as the Scottish actor became the latest high-profile Democratic party supporter to call for him to pull out of the race for the White House. The Traitors US presenter, who has been
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Multi-million pound contract awarded for Rest and Be Thankful ground investigations
THE Scottish Government has awarded a £5.5 million contract for ground investigations at the Rest and Be Thankful. The pass, on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, has been hit by landslides and flooding in recent years, forcing ministers to seek a long-term
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The world needs a revived peacenik movement to face up to new threats
I’M a peacenik for science-fictional reasons (or at least, cosmological). Why, over billions of years and immeasurable distances, has no-one else contacted us in this vast material universe? Because it’s extremely plausible that civilisations blow
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We are in a new era and pragmatic re-set can change SNP fortunes
AS we claw our way out of post-election analysis and, in the case of the SNP, post-election shock, there is one thing we can all agree on – we are in a new era of politics. Journalists at certain more left-of-centre news outlets have been waxing
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Stephen Flynn takes on Chris Brookmyre as Euros sweepstake finalists confirmed
WE’RE now down to the final match of The National’s Euro 2024 charity sweepstake as Stephen Flynn’s England will take on Chris Brookmyre’s Spain to see who will be crowned champions. England booked their spot in the finals after they beat
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Mhairi Black: SNP implosion has been on the cards for years
THE election of just over a week ago should have been something to celebrate given we finally got rid of that horrendous Tory government. For the SNP, it was a night of chickens coming home to roost. The SNP losing 39 of the 47 seats they previously
