3 h. ago SNP ministers urged to launch probe into huge rise in pupils with ASN

The Commission on School Reform said the current position is ‘unsustainable’

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45 h. ago Housing Minister Mairi McAllan 'not even considering' future SNP leadership bid

Mairi McAllan told The Scotsman she is ‘front of that queue in the John Swinney fan club’

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4 d. ago Wife’s desperate plea for missing London husband, 50, to ‘come home’ as police launch urgent search

Steven Bailey-Hogg was last seen at home in Woolwich on Monday

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7 d. ago Bolton girl, 12, missing for over 24 hours as police launch urgent search to find her

Greater Manchester Police have launched a major search to find a missing Bolton girl, 12-year-old Isla, who vanished from the area of Spinny Nook over 24 hours ago

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7 d. ago SNP minister blasted UK Government communication despite cancelling meeting with Labour minister

Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan complained her Government had been “calling for meetings” ahead of the Budget - despite cancelling one on Thursday.

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8 d. ago SNP ministers accused of 'highly concerning' lack of detail over electric buses after outsourcing to China

MPs Euan Stainbank and Brian Leishman have written to Kate Forbes to ask for clarity around the third round of a new fund for electric buses

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9 d. ago Cops launch urgent search for missing girl, 15, and boy, 14, who were last seen together

COPS have launched an urgent appeal after two teenagers vanished last weekend. Avon & Somerset Police say both individuals went missing in unexplained circumstances. The force posted the alert on X, urging the public to help track Hattie, 15, and Steven, 14, and it is believed they were last seen together. The last sighting was...

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9 d. ago Horror as woman, in her 30s, sexually assaulted while out on a morning run as cops launch urgent probe

COPS have launched a probe after a woman was pulled to the ground and seriously sexually assaulted while on her morning jog. The victim, in her 30s, was running along a path just before 6am on Wednesday morning when an unknown man approached her and sexually assaulted her. Suffolk Police have appealed for information and...

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1 week ago Police launch urgent appeal to find missing Hackney man last seen two weeks ago

Jason Scarfe, 56, was last seen leaving his home address in Hackney on Wednesday, November 5

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1 week ago Cops launch urgent appeal to find missing man last seen in Edinburgh

Roderick Nisbet, 52, was last seen in the St Leonard's area of the capital almost a day ago

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1 week ago BREAKING: Three pensioners arrested in huge UK probe into historic child sexual abuse

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1 week ago Three pensioners arrested in huge UK probe into historic child sexual abuse

Two men and a woman in their 80s have been arrested following reports of historic child sexual abuse made by eight victims who were housed in children's homes in Bradford

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1 week ago SNP majority at Holyrood will end Starmer’s time at Number 10, claims Swinney

The Scottish First Minister said he has ‘no doubt’ the Prime Minister will be unable to remain in office.

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1 week ago SNP minister 'could force' Edinburgh University bosses to negotiate with unions over job threats

Minister Ben Macpherson said he is considering whether to use special powers to force Edinburgh University chiefs into union negotiations

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1 week ago Why SNP ministers must back Bill to end the appalling slave trade that is prostitution

Make no mistake, sex slavery is thriving across our beautiful country, writes Dr Jacci Stoyle

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1 week ago Lone teen 'raped by two men' as police launch urgent appeal to find Good Samaritans

A teenage girl was raped by two men while walking alone on Saturday night, with police launching an urgent appeal to track down three people who helped fight off the attackers

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2 w. ago Senior SNP minister wants more direct international flights from Scotland

Angus Robertson spoke of the important of ‘growing direct routes’ to countries such as China

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2 w. ago Fears SNP's ScotWind at risk of collapse without Chinese firm MingYang's Highlands factory approval

SNP ministers have been accused of having “left Scotland dangerously dependent on foreign powers like China”.

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2 w. ago Swinney ‘open’ to grooming gangs inquiry as he praises courage of survivors

The First Minister is been pressed by one young victim to launch a probe.

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2 w. ago NHS will face pressure this winter during ‘challenging’ flu season, says Swinney

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar accused the Government of forcing the health service to ‘breaking point’.

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