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Kate Middleton leads a royal charm offensive to welcome the Qataris... just don't mention Manchester United!
Royal Family
The Emir of Qatar and the first of his three wives are on a state visit to the UK, the first since the impossibly wealthy Qataris were outbid for the Red Devils by Britiain's richest man!
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SNP Minister living in 'fantasy Scotland' as she insists Scots are 'better off' after 17 years of Nationalist rule
Scottish Government
Scottish Government Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville also demanded the UK Government pay for the SNP's decision to hand out bumper public sector pay deals.
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SNP 'puts up welcome sign' for human traffickers and people smugglers with 'naïve' asylum proposal
SNP
New proposals to let asylum seekers the right to work in parts of Scotland have been labelled 'absurd' with criminals standing to benefit the most
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Prince William and Kate Middleton will 'refuse royal order' to protect children
Kate Middleton
Vladimir Putin has put the world on red alert of a nuclear war and that is causing concern for the Prince and Princess of Wales
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'Mega cold' leaving Scots wiped out for weeks as UK Health Agency issues major warning
Coronavirus
People are reporting feeling run down for weeks rather than just a few days with Covid and flu also expected to have a major impact this winter
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Scottish farmers to protest outside Holyrood after Jeremy Clarkson led march on Whitehall
Farming
After thousands of farmers marched in central London for a peaceful mass protest against Labour's Budget, it's the SNP's turn to be warned that Scottish farmers expect a fair deal for once
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As Trump starts his second term, it's our chance to ask: Donald, where's your trade deals?
USA
John Swinney and Keir Starmer must start acting like grown ups and work in partnership in order to secure the long-awaited US-UK trade deal that will be worth billions every year
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Have I Got News For You has become a weak parody of a political satire thanks to its anti-Tory bias
BBC
The panel show has fallen a LONG way since its heyday in the Nineties and Noughties... is it time to pull the plug on Ian Hislop and Paul Merton and the weekly hate-fest directed at members of the previous government?
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Over 120,000 Scots sign petition calling for General Election as 'hot spots of dissatisfaction' ripe for Reform gains emerge
General Election
The petition has been signed by over 2.6 million people across the UK as anger rises at Sir Keir Starmer and his Labour government
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Bonus bank holiday for Scots in 2025 as major milestone to be marked by government
Holidays
UK Government Ministers are thrashing out plans for four days of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Second World War ending
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Nicola Sturgeon says it was 'rational' that Scotland would vote to stay in UK as she claims Unionists 'don't understand'
Nicola Sturgeon
The former first minister and SNP leader also admitted her side failed to adequately answer the question of which currency and independent Scotland would use
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Masterplan to save the Scottish pub unveiled as Russell Findlay lays down gauntlet to John Swinney
Pubs
The Scottish Conservative leader wants pubs and restaurants to be given 100% rates relief by the SNP Government when Shona Robison unveils the budget next month
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Paul McCartney's Mull of Kintyre farm at risk from Labour's tractor tax
Tax
Macca's farm was purchased to avoid Harold Wilson's swingeing taxes. Now another power-mad Labour PM could hit the Beatle's family with a whopping tax bill
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Shona Robison told to pay back £460m offshore wind funding after Budget boost
Budget
The Finance Secretary raided the 'ScotWind funding to temporarily plug the black hole in their finances – it is a scandal' says Labour MSP Michael Marra, as calls grow for the money to be repaid
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Hospitality industry in Scotland faces 70% higher business rates than in England
Budget
A hotel in Scotland would be paying £26,000 more than a similar business in England, where the hospitality industry has been offered business rates relief for the third year in a row
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Nicola Sturgeon caused 'all sorts of difficulties' during pandemic, claims Matt Hancock
Nicola Sturgeon
The Covid Inquiry was shown a document from May 2020 which made a request to “reset” the relationship between the English and Scottish administrations
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Eric Trump blasts SNP and Labour for 'horrible mistreatment' of Aberdeen's oil and gas industry
North Sea oil and gas
Donald Trump's son says his dad is restoring 'hope and faith to the world' when he could be playing golf in Scotland, and predicts a 'revolt' against rising petrol and energy prices as the North Sea shuts down
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William and Kate's former private secretary is now helping the UK take on Russia and China
Armed Forces
If he can defend William and Kate against attacks from Harry and Meghan, then surely Jean-Christophe Gray has got nothing to worry about defending the UK from Putin and Xi?
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Over £1.5m of public cash used to heat Scottish prisons over winter as pensioners help cut
Scottish Prison Service
A significant amount of taxpayer cash is utilised to heat up prisons for Scotland's worst criminals, with Barlinnie's heating bill hitting over £100,000 in three months over winter.
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Angela Constance urged to look at deporting foreign criminals before releasing dangerous cons early
Scottish Prison Service
The Scottish Government's Justice Secretary confirmed that she was in discussion with the UK Government about potentially deporting foreign criminals back to their home countries.
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Boo hoo! SNP MP moans that Westminster MPs criticise the Scottish Government
SNP
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP Seamus Logan hit out at 'pathetic' criticism from Labour MPs of the Scottish Government as he demanded 'planted questions' for the UK Government are stopped
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Anas Sarwar vows to reinstate winter fuel payment as he attempts to outflank the SNP
Anas Sarwar
Scottish Labour have claimed that they will bring the back the key benefit for older people during winter if they manage to win the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election.
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World on nuclear war alert as Putin signs new doctrine 'lowering threshold' for use of weapons
Vladimir Putin
The Russian president has sent an ominous message to the West after Joe Biden gave Ukraine the green light to use American-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia.
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John Swinney urged not to waste £3.4bn budget bonanza after squandering £5bn in 17 years of SNP rule
John Swinney
Scottish Labour have outlined a number of policies which they insist the First Minister should implement so he doesn't waste the budget boost from Rachel Reeves.
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