53 h. ago Paternity leave in Scotland 'amongst the worst in Europe' as dramatic overhaul urged

Scottish Labour MP Graeme Downie says the system is limiting women and creating a huge societal imbalance

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4 d. ago Stirling flu vaccine plea as Scotland 'on track for worst flu season in years'

NHS Forth Valley is encouraging everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated as soon as possible to protect themselves, their families and their friends against the illness.

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1 week ago Scotland to be battered by 14 hours of torrential rain & flooding as Met Office warning covers Glasgow & central belt

PARTS of Scotland are set to be lashed by torrential rain within the next 24 hours. The Met Office has issued a 14-hour yellow weather warning for areas of the west coast and central belt. The alert will be in force between 10am and midnight tomorrow. Southern Scotland will be worst affected by the downpours,...

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2 w. ago Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex

Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for UkraineUkraine is facing a “forever war” and a slow erosion of territory unless Europe dramatically increases pressure on Russia, including by deploying troops and establishing a missile and drone shield on Nato territory to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks on its infrastructure, a former Nato secretary general has said.Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who held the Nato post from 2009 to 2014 and was the prime minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, said in an interview with the Guardian that if countries such as Poland agreed to host such air defences, Russia would understand that an attack on Ukraine would be an attack on the whole of the Nato alliance. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Claire Inglis: John Swinney urged to deal with bail 'blind spot' after young mum's murder

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay raised the case of Claire Inglis, who was murdered in 2021

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3 w. ago Darts star Gian van Veen shows off gruesome injury after dramatic win over Michael van Gerwen

Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen played out a dramatic encounter in the semi-finals of the European Championships and the world youth champion was in the wars

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