11 h. ago How BBC Scotland's Debate Night has revealed the big shifts in public opinion over last six years

Debate Night audiences were angry with the Conservatives about Brexit, then the SNP over its achievements in government and now Labour

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58 h. ago Readers' Letters: Scotland can't afford this bloated public sector

Jobs must be cut from Scotland’s ‘obese’ public sector, says reader

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3 d. ago "Public money should not be used" as Welsh universities face biggest financial crisis yet

The financial news from universities in Wales is dire as institutions across the UK face a reckoning

Economics

3 d. ago Billie Eilish review – snarls, seduction and moments of sheer rapture

Brisbane Entertainment CentreAt one point the singer soars on a pedestal far into the air – a glorious new-age leader exorcising her heartacheWhere do you go as a pop star when you’ve already hit the top? Maybe you flame out and move to Vegas. Maybe you launch a billion-dollar makeup line and never perform again. Maybe you re-record all your hits, take the world’s biggest victory lap and break a seismological record.If you’re Billie Eilish, you burrow deeper. You continue transcribing the deadening thrum of fame, the banality and brutality of public opinion. You keep excavating all your quivering neuroses until you’re in a crater of your own creation. Or – as on the cover of Eilish’s 2024 album Hit Me Hard and Soft – you’re submerged in a bottomless well, grasping for the surface. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago SNP need to get an urgent grip of huge public sector pay bill

With higher numbers of people working in the public sector and higher wages, Scotland’s public purse is under pressure

Economics

5 d. ago Dementia UK praise BBC's Janice Forsyth for speaking out about Alzheimer's diagnosis

The 65-year old BBC Scotland presenter has stepped back from broadcasting since discovering that she has the early onset version of the disease.

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5 d. ago BBC Scotland presenter shares devastating diagnosis but vows 'I'm not done yet'

Janice Forsyth is to continue working at her podcast company

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