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Could Covid-19 and Brexit lead to Scotland’s exit from the United Kingdom?
Our Scotland correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has been talking to voters who previously rejected independence to see if the tide is turning, and what might be behind their change of heart.
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Next year’s Higher and Advanced Higher exams cancelled in Scotland
Scotland has announced that all Higher and Advanced Higher exams will be cancelled next year.
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Scotland first to set date for vaccine rollout to care homes
Scotland’s health secretary, Jeane Freeman, has today been talking about Scotland’s vaccine plans.
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Scotland is first country to give free period products for all
Products will be available in schools, colleges, public toilets and other public buildings.
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Scotland needs a ‘Covid-recovery parliament’ instead of a referendum, says Labour’s Ian Murray MP, Shadow Scotland Secretary
We spoke to the shadow Scotland secretary, Labour’s Ian Murray.
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Scotland focus group reveals views on independence referendum
An unprecedented polling trend in favour of independence.
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Dozens of beavers killed in Scotland despite protected species status
Beavers were reintroduced into the wild in Scotland more than a decade ago and given protected status last year. Now, numbers are thriving – but not everyone is happy. Some landowners want the animals gone because they say they are causing damage. But 105,000 hectares of woodland – considered the perfect habitat – can’t be…
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Scotland’s to enter five-tier Covid alert level system
Much of Scotland is already under a high level of restrictions which have forced restaurants and bars to close.
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Police investigating care home deaths in Scotland
Channel 4 News can reveal that a major police investigation into care home deaths is up and running in Scotland, with officers beginning to gather evidence on all notified care home deaths.
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Pubs in central Scotland to remain closed as Covid restrictions extended
Nicola Sturgeon has extended Scotland’s 16 days of restrictions for one more week, meaning pubs and restaurants in the central belt of Scotland will remain closed.
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Scotland to introduce similar Covid alert system to England
The Scottish government is also bringing in a three-tier system of restrictions, similar to the one in England.
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Pubs and restaurants shut in Scotland’s central belt
In the central belt of Scotland, pubs and restaurants closed their doors for the next two weeks at least as part of the Scottish government’s plan to tighten covid restrictions.
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Pubs and restaurants in Scotland’s central belt forced to close
“Short, sharp action” is how the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, described the decision to impose tough new restrictions on hospitality and socialising in the central belt of Scotland.
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Students in Scotland banned from visiting parents
The Scottish government imposed stricter rules after a major Covid outbreak at Glasgow University where over a hundred students tested positive.
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Scotland reports record number of daily Covid cases
While the Westminster government has faced widespread criticism over its handling of the pandemic, Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon and her government have both had consistently high approval ratings.