Andy Burnham cancels his Edinburgh Fringe appearance www.heraldscotland.com/news... @andrewlearmonth.bsky.social
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'We help them take a breath, realise there are options, make sense of their results, and talk about their next steps' Free helpline set up to support students with next steps on exam results day www.heraldscotland.com/news/2643268... @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social
Scotland's only ethnic-minority and Muslim MP calls for SNP to fund dedicated cohesion strategy after Glasgow far-right disorder www.heraldscotland.com/news/2642963...
MP calls for SNP to back dedicated cohesion strategy after Glasgow far-right disorder
Glasgow South West MP Dr Zubir Ahmed says Scotland's failure to build a community cohesion strategy backed by funding and ministerial…
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Care home providers plead with Scottish Government not to force them to answer Freedom of Information requests, but overwhelming majority of families and carers are desperate for law to apply to the sector www.heraldscotland.com/news/2642982...
Information commissioner backs extending FOI for care homes but operators resist
Scotland's care home providers have urged ministers to exempt them from Freedom of Information law but families and unpaid carers who responded…
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Ministers urged to consider mandatory chimney sweeping law as new Scottish Government research links wood and coal burning to 160 deaths a year www.heraldscotland.com/news/2642358...
Scottish Government research links wood and coal burning to 160 deaths a year
A Scottish Government-commissioned study has, for the first time, put a figure on the health toll of domestic solid fuel burning.
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EXCLUSIVE: Celtic failed to come up with a 'viable' alternative to the unauthorised street party that led to serious disorder in Glasgow city centre in May, according to internal police documents www.heraldscotland.com/news... @andrewlearmonth.bsky.social
Judge Kemp said that under the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, which requires employers to ensure tips are "allocated fairly between workers", unpaid tips amount to an unauthorised deduction from wages under the Employment Rights Act 1996. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2629761...
Tribunal awards Loch Awe hotel receptionist four figure payout after boss kept tips
A hotel receptionist who represented herself at an Aberdeen employment tribunal has won £1,151 after her employer kept tips in a jar in the…
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Poll: Dropping Labour name and splitting from UK Labour could win party back voters lost to SNP and Greens www.heraldscotland.com/news/2628802...
Poll: Dropping Labour name could win party back voters lost to SNP and Greens
A new poll has revealed that most former Scottish Labour voters who switched to the SNP or Greens would return if the party split entirely from UK…
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Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe. @gabymckay.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2627102...
Ann Widdecombe may have been murdered with manhunt launched for suspect
Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe
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Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has sparked anger after dismissing the 1996 Dunblane massacre as "one murder" during an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Andy Burnham is about to become PM. Here's what Harold Wilson and Clement Attlee can teach him. Tonight's @heraldscotland.bsky.social Unspun by @douglasbeat.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2626444...
Andy Burnham is about to become PM. Here's what Wilson and Attlee can teach him.
As Andy Burnham prepares to enter Downing Street, Douglas Beattie examines what history's Labour giants can teach the next prime minister.
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Scottish Government spent record £2.16m on taxpayer funded special advisers in 2025-26 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2626115...
Scottish Government spent record £2.16m on special advisers in 2025-26
The Scottish Government spent a record £2.16 million on political special advisers during John Swinney's first year as First Minister, marking…
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'The world feels a little less bright without him in it' Tributes have been paid after the death of Scots comedian Paul Sneddon, better known as Vladimir McTavish www.heraldscotland.com/news... @gabymckay.bsky.social
EXC: Burnham becoming PM could be 'game changer' for Glasgow, says SNP council chief @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2622954...
Susan Aitken says Andy Burnham could unlock Manchester-style devolution for Glasgow
Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken believes Andy Burnham's expected move to Downing Street could finally secure a £400 million-a-year…
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Former Tory MSP Edward Mountain calls Russell Findlay a "disaster" who should be replaced as Scottish Conservative leader, warning failure to act will "consign the party to the wilderness" ahead of next year's council elections.
A car hire giant has been accused of "utterly bizarre" discrimination after a Shetland family was left stranded in Glasgow when staff refused to rent them a car without a passport because they were from "overseas" www.heraldscotland.com/news/2622359...
Car hire giant leaves family stranded after classing Scottish islands as 'overseas'
A Shetland family with a one-year-old child was left stranded in Glasgow after Europcar staff refused to rent them a vehicle without passports,…
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New images have been published showing the items purchased over the 12-year period, between August 2010 and October 2022. The items were retrieved from Murrell's home he shared with Nicola Sturgeon, and the motorhome www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social
“It’s quite frankly an outrageous amount of money to be spending on pens, in my opinion. What about your opinion? You bought them, you must have an opinion on them, Peter." www.heraldscotland.com/news/2621811...
WATCH: 'You're thieving off them': Peter Murrell interviewed for Operation Branchform
Videos of Peter Murrell being interviewed by Operation Branchform investigators have been released.
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