2 h. ago Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon: The secret to happiness? It’s not politics

Frankly is Nicola Sturgeon’s bid to “reveal the person behind the politician”. As she puts it, “The seemingly confident, combative woman who dominated Scottish politics for more than a decade, unnerved the Westminster establishment, helped lead Scotland to the verge of independence and steered it through a global pandemic, is painfully shy, an introvert.”

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3 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon book 'causing heartache for Alex Salmond's widow', claims former SNP minister

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Neil said the former first minister's "attacks" on her predecessor are hurting Moira, the later former first minister's widow.

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22 h. ago All the biggest talking points from Nicola Sturgeon's new memoir

Here’s what you can expect from the new book:

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25 h. ago The biggest revelations from Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir – from JK Rowling to arrest and bullying

Here, The Independent looks at the key takeaways from Nicola Sturgeon’s explosive memoir, Frankly

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25 h. ago Voices: Why Nicola Sturgeon’s biggest regret is her position on trans rights

In her memoir, Scotland’s former first minister is surprisingly candid about her sexuality and the collapse of her marriage – but yet more remarkable is her admission of her failings as a politician, and how she seriously misread public opinion on gender reform, says Simon Walters

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27 h. ago ‘Frankly’: The key things we have learned from Nicola Sturgeon's memoir as book goes on sale early

As her memoir gets released days early, we take a look at the main talking points from ‘Frankly’.

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28 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon book: 7 bombshell revelations we learned from reading ex

Chris McCall, the Record's deputy political editor, reviews the most eagerly anticipated Scottish politics book of the year.

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49 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon interview LIVE as former First Minister lifts lid on being embroiled in SNP scandal

The former first minister has opened up on some of the most controversial chapters in her long political career.

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3 d. ago Optometry Scotland: Eyecare can be delivered far cheaper and closer to home

A transformation in eyecare is taking place across Scotland - but it needs to be supported, writes Eilidh Thomson.

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4 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon opens up on harrowing miscarriage in new book

The former SNP leader has candidly opened up about the pain and loss of her child through miscarriage in 2011.

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4 d. ago JOANNA CHERRY: She's promised to tell the unadorned truth... but will Nicola Sturgeon's book answer any of the embarrassing questions that REALLY matter? Frankly, I doubt it

It's billed as the 'revelatory' memoir of Scotland's first female First Minister, the inside story of almost a decade at the top of government.

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4 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon: Former SNP First Minister details how she nearly quit politics

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed she nearly gave up on politics in the first term of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.The former First Minister told an audience in her current Glasgow Southside constituency that there was a moment where she nearly quit.

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8 d. ago Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to appear at 2025 Wigtown Book Festival

Comedians Julie Wilson Nimmo and Greg Hemphill and Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie will also be appearing at Scotland's Book Town.

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8 d. ago Kate Forbes: Will the SNP Deputy First Minister's resignation pave the way for a Lib Dem victory?

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have long been targeting Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes’s seat in Holyrood.

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9 d. ago Storm Floris: SNP minister urges Scots to follow advice and expect disruption if travelling

Angela Constance said "Storm Floris is well and truly with us today" and was already impacting public transport services.

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9 d. ago SNP Ministers must be held to account for the state of the NHS as thousands suffer

New figures unearthed by Labour show there have been over 250,000 falls by patients at Scottish hospitals.

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1 week ago Flamingo Land: SNP ministers accused of falsifying documents in controversial Loch Lomond resort case

SNP ministers are being accused of ‘unlawful and biased’ conduct over the calling-in of the Flamingo Land planning application.

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3 w. ago Swinney to ‘turn heat up’ on Westminster for indyref2 as part of new strategy

The Scottish First Minister laid out his three-part strategy on Friday.

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3 w. ago Swinney ‘supports’ NHS Fife after trans medic row nurse cleared of misconduct

The First Minister said the health board ‘has my confidence and support’.

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4 w. ago Starmer urged to allow SNP ministers borrow more cash ahead of upcoming funding gap

SNP ministers are braced for a capital funding shortfall by the end of the decade.

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