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NEW: Thousands of people have marched on the Scottish Labour conference to call for the UK Government to take action against Israel over its illegal actions in Palestine www.thenational.scot/news/2495595...

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NEW: A huge pro-Palestine protest has marched on the Scottish Labour conference calling for action on Israel

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NEW: A staff member has been arrested and another four workers suspended at a crisis-hit Scottish care facility www.thenational.scot/news/2495586...

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NEW: The Labour Government has a 'moral and historical responsibility' to recognise the state of Palestine – and must do so now, the nation’s UK ambassador has told the Scottish Labour conference www.thenational.scot/news/2495573...

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NEW: The Met Office has issued an update on several yellow weather warnings for Scotland as the country faces strong winds and rain www.thenational.scot/news/2495576...

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NEW: Scotland's first-ever slap-fighting competition has been cancelled following concerns over brain injuries www.thenational.scot/news/2495573...

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NEW: Jackie Baillie has quoted a nurse working in south east England to depict the 'reality of the NHS in Scotland' Get the full story below ⬇️

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NEW: The UK Government’s plans for a legal definition of English single malt whisky have been criticised for 'taking advantage' of the reputation built by the Scottish industry, the head of a trade body has said www.thenational.scot/news/2495568...

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NEW: Nigel Farage and Liz Truss are accepting the 'far-right Reichsmark', Humza Yousaf has said www.thenational.scot/news/2495566...

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The swing to the far right is not only an American threat, it is a worldwide one. We have watched the political centre of the UK drift to the right over the last few decades, and that drift is undoubtedly picking up pace // Mhairi Black Full story below ⬇️

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NEW: A hotel in Scotland located on the edge of an 'ancient' woodland has been named one of the best in the UK for enjoying the great outdoors www.thenational.scot/news/2494807...

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NEW: A road in Moray has been closed following a collision between a pedestrian and an ambulance in the early hours of the morning www.thenational.scot/news/2495561...

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NEW: A boat manufacturing firm from Ross and Cromarty has been awarded a large contract to build vessels for Mowi www.thenational.scot/news/2495560...

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NEW: A 'breath-takingly beautiful' beach in Scotland has been named one of the best coastal locations to visit this winter www.thenational.scot/news/2494533...

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NEW: Here's how local Hebridean businesses who seek sustainable futures have managed to tap into a old and abundant resource, right on their doorstep www.thenational.scot/news/2495541...

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NEW: The Scottish Government will face a vote on suspending its support for arms companies in the wake of a weapons giant posting record profits, The National can reveal www.thenational.scot/news/2495453...

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NEW: These are some of the biggest concerts taking place across Scotland this March

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Tomorrow's front page: Anas Sarwar branded a 'pound-shop Musk' with DOGE pledge, Scottish Labour conference targeted by Grangemouth workers ... and independence campaigners to take case to UN 🗞️

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Labour have a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity' at the 2026 Holyrood elections, the campaign chief behind the party’s General Election campaign has said

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Police in Scotland are being placed under 'stress', and public perception of them is changing due to officers in England such as the killer Wayne Couzens, the leader of the Scottish Police Federation has said

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The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said it will reinvestigate Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds over accusations he misrepresented his legal career

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NEW: Reform UK have ruled out backing an independence referendum, after speculation spread online. The party said it's pro-UK, 'no ifs or buts', after figures like Wings Over Scotland promoted the rumours.

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The Labour Government will not respond to every comment from Donald Trump, a senior ally of Keir Starmer has said

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'It is weeks like this that remind you how unlikely it was that the rest of the world used to be subordinate to Westminster – and how Scotland still is' Read this week's Worst of Westminster newsletter 👇

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The first free public transport trial of its kind in Scotland has been approved

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Apple is to remove its highest level of data protection from customers in the UK following a Government demand for access to user data

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A tiny species of fly which lived during the Ice Age has been discovered in a loch in the Highlands

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I was there for Anas Sarwar's conference speech. He made it very clear that he wants to be first minister. But it's not looking good. // Analysis from Scottish Labour conference www.thenational.scot/politics/249...

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Scottish Labour’s leadership has suffered a defeat at their party conference after delegates rejected calls to impose 'single-sex spaces … based on biology' in Scottish schools

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ICYMI: Elon Musk waved a custom chainsaw on stage during American conservative conference

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The UK equalities regulator has intervened in a tribunal about staff access to single-sex changing facilities at NHS Fife

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A man has died after being hit by a car in Aberdeenshire

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EXC: Scottish independence campaigners have said they are taking their case to the United Nations in a bid to 'free Scotland from its colonial chains' Radical independence campaigners Salvo and its sister organisation Liberation Scotland have presented a petition to the UN

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EXCL: The Home Office is presiding over the “racist enslavement” of care workers, a top trade union has warned. www.thenational.scot/news/2495511...

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NEW in The National tonight - The UK Government has been urged to “come clean” on a military supply flight it dispatched to Israel this week. An RAF flight took off from the Cyprus base on Wednesday evening bound for Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. www.thenational.scot/news/2495524...

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NEW: The Scottish Government is one step closer to ending the two-child benefit cap after opening a consultation on the policy

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The BBC has removed a film on Gaza which featured the child of a Hamas official from iPlayer while the broadcaster carries out 'further due diligence'

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LATEST: Sinn Fein to boycott White House St Patrick's Day over Gaza ethnic cleansing plan

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Anas Sarwar is bidding to be a 'pound-shop Elon Musk' with his plans to copy the far-right US official’s cost-cutting measures, the SNP have said

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ICYMI: The new home for world’s only Gaelic teaching hub has been announced

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LATEST: Plan your commutes accordingly, most CalMac services disrupted amid stormy weather

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NEW: Alan Cumming has said he will make a return to musical theatre next year teasing plans to take a production from Pitlochry to Broadway

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NEW: Controversial plans for a new distillery on the shores of Loch Lomond to be licenced past midnight will be considered by councillors next week

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NEW: A councillor who labelled 15-year-old a “sexual deviant” after wrongly accusing them of spying on girls in a school changing blames suspension on 'woke mob'

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NEW: A pro-Palestine protest is set to take place outside the Scottish Labour party conference this weekend

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