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FactCheck: Sunak claims violent crime rising in Scotland
The evidence is mixed.
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FactCheck: would free movement with England continue in an independent Scotland?
The details would be the subject of exit negotiations.
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Sturgeon pledges new currency for independent Scotland
An economic crisis cooked up here in Downing Street provided Nicola Sturgeon with an ideal backdrop as she set out her economic plan for an independent Scotland. Unveiling the 108-page document, the first minister said splitting from the UK would bring a “stronger, fairer and more sustainable” economy, but admitted the need for checks on…
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FactCheck: Sturgeon claims ‘50 times more’ long A&E waits in England than Scotland
It’s not a like-for-like comparison.
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Queen Elizabeth makes her final journey from Scotland to London
The Queen has made her final journey from Scotland to London, to her home at Buckingham Palace. An estimated 33,000 mourners filed past her coffin as it lay-at-rest in St Giles Cathedral for 24 hours. Thousands more waited outside as the coffin left Edinburgh by road, bound for the airport to be flown to London,…
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King Charles visits Northern Ireland as Queen Elizabeth’s coffin leaves Scotland
The King has returned to London after visiting Northern Ireland. He visited here dozens of times, but this was his first visit as monarch. And the first by a British King for nearly eight decades. He was welcomed by crowds here and senior political figures and attended a service of reflection for the late Queen.…
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What is the constitutional future of Scotland under King Charles?
Angus Robertson was the leader of the SNP in Westminster. Dr Eve Poole is the chief executive of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Scotland to freeze rent and rail fares to combat cost of living crisis
For some businesses, any promise of help from the new prime minister will already come too late.
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Rubbish continues to pile up in Scotland as strike actions spreads
Rubbish is starting to pile high across Scotland as strike action over pay has spread to 13 more local authorities.
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Exam results: pass rate drops from pandemic high in Scotland
They’re the first students in the UK to get the results of traditional examinations since the summer of 2019.
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Scotland has highest drug death rate in Europe
Despite a slight fall this year Scotland continues to have by far the highest drug death rate recorded by any country in Europe.
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It is a watershed moment, but not enough – lawyer on Cricket Scotland board resignations
We spoke to Aamer Anwar, the criminal defence lawyer representing the two Cricket Scotland players who made the claims of racism and abuse
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Board of Cricket Scotland resigns ahead of racism review
The board of Cricket Scotland has resigned ahead of a report expected to reveal findings of institutional racism in Scottish cricket.
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‘This is what living with Covid looks like’, says Scotland’s national clinical director
Covid infection levels in the UK have risen by more than 30 per cent in a week according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics.
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Is Scotland heading for UK exit after new independence vote plan?
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out plans to unilaterally call a second independence referendum in October 2023 but only if she can persuade the Supreme Court that it is legal. Nicola Sturgeon said she accepted that calling a vote without Westminster’s agreement would be challenged in court, so rather than wait, she was…