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Laura Paterson
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Dozens of bus services cancelled as drivers strike in pay dispute
Monday’s strike is the first of three planned strike days for the next fortnight, followed by six weeks of continuous action from June 9.
By
Laura Paterson
26 May 2025
UK
Care home residents boxing clever as they train for their own Olympics
Residents at 15 homes are competing in five specially adapted sports.
By
Laura Paterson
6 Jul 2021
UK
Man who sent abusive tweet to Humza Yousaf is sentenced to home curfew
Stuart Smith accused the then Justice Secretary of being a terrorist sympathiser in the message sent soon after the Paris terror attacks in 2015.
By
Laura Paterson
5 Jul 2021
UK
Queen arriving in Scotland for Holyrood Week visits with William and Anne
It marks the 95-year-old’s first official visit north of the border since the death of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
By
Laura Paterson
28 Jun 2021
UK
Ruins of ancient village reputedly haunted by a seer go up for sale
The Old Village of Lawers sits on the banks of Loch Tay in Perthshire.
By
Laura Paterson
25 Jun 2021
UK
Sturgeon receives second coronavirus vaccine dose
Scotland’s First Minister urged those invited to take up appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations.
By
Laura Paterson
21 Jun 2021
UK
Royal Navy’s newest ship joins the fleet
HMS Spey was formally commissioned at a ceremony in Invergordon in the Highlands.
By
Laura Paterson
18 Jun 2021
UK
Pair in court over suspicious package left in Edinburgh park
The object, said to have the potential to cause harm, was found in Princes Street Gardens on January 11, 2018.
By
Laura Paterson
17 Jun 2021
UK
Scientists develop ‘transformative’ saliva Covid test
By
Laura Paterson
17 Jun 2021
UK
Action needed to save capercaillie from extinction, say conservationists
Numbers of the grouse species have declined in recent years with lack of habitat, predation and climate change among the reasons blamed.
By
Laura Paterson
4 Jun 2021
UK
UK Government urged to extend EU Settlement Scheme
Scotland’s Europe Minister, Jenny Gilruth, said thousands of those eligible in Scotland have not yet applied.
By
Laura Paterson
29 May 2021
UK
Councillor charged with child sex offences
Michael Green has been suspended by the Scottish Conservatives, which he had represented on Fife Council.
By
Laura Paterson
29 May 2021
UK
Future of Edinburgh Festival Fringe in ‘real danger’, organiser warns
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society chief executive Shona McCarthy wants the Scottish Government to drop its two-metre venue social distancing rule.
By
Laura Paterson
29 May 2021
UK
Holyrood minister seeks talks with Patel on ‘more humane’ immigration approach
Angus Robertson criticised the Home Secretary following a protest over an immigration raid in Glasgow.
By
Laura Paterson
27 May 2021
UK
Mary McLaughlin killer jailed for life after DNA breakthrough
Graham McGill must serve a minimum of 14 years after he was convicted of strangling the mother-of-11 with the cord from her dressing gown.
By
Laura Paterson
18 May 2021
UK
Tourism and hospitality chiefs demand talks with Sturgeon on Glasgow rules
Covid-19 outbreaks in Glasgow and Moray mean these areas remain in Level 3 restrictions while the rest of Scotland moved into Level 2 on Monday.
By
Laura Paterson
17 May 2021
UK
Coronavirus case rates on the rise in Glasgow, East Renfrewshire and Midlothian
These local authority areas and Moray have the highest case rates per 100,000 in Scotland, taken as a seven-day rolling average.
By
Laura Paterson
17 May 2021
UK
Some quarantine-free travel for Scotland from May 24 if plans approved
The Scottish Government is considering bringing in a traffic light system similar to the one confirmed for England.
By
Laura Paterson
10 May 2021
UK
Former pupil tells inquiry of abuse at boarding school
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard the man was left feeling ‘disgusted and shocked’.
By
Laura Paterson
4 May 2021
UK
Lawyers challenge decision to remove immunity from MEP facing extradition
Clara Ponsati faces a charge of sedition over her role in Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum.
By
Laura Paterson
4 May 2021
UK
Man taken to hospital after suspected gas explosion
Buildings surrounding the flat have been evacuated as a precaution.
By
Laura Paterson
3 May 2021
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