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Number of absent pupils in Scottish schools ‘sky-high’ since pandemic
Scottish pupils have also fallen behind their English counterparts in literacy, maths and science
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St Andrews ball fundraiser stole £9,000 from arts charity
Amy Fisken, 28, blamed the stress of her final-year studies for helping herself to money raised through ticket sales
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Labour council leader resigns following claims he sent sexual messages to Ukrainian refugees
Cammy Day quits as head of Edinburgh city council after allegations he made inappropriate contact over social media
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‘Charlatan’ Sturgeon exploited pandemic to pursue independence, says Scottish Tory leader
Russell Findlay accuses former first minister of using Covid to ‘create division and further her own selfish political obsession’
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Dundee University principal quits after criticism over £7,000 Hong Kong trip
Prof Iain Gillespie steps down amid outrage at ‘truly upsetting’ spending on visit abroad at a time of financial woe
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Starmer will help scrap two-child benefit cap in Scotland – but not in England
Labour forced to fend off questions why it is not taking similar action across UK
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Police officer beard ban plan is scrapped in Scotland
Policy abandoned after unions complain and several officers take legal action against force
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Sir Keir Starmer rejects call to copy SNP pledge to abolish two-child benefit cap
Prime Minister says move is ‘not a silver bullet’ to tackle child poverty
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Telling children Father Christmas is real is ‘manipulative’ and ‘unethical’, insists academic
Philosophy lecturer Joseph Millum says maintaining myth around St Nick is ‘parenting by lying’
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SNP rent controls ‘led to 20 per cent rise in one-bedroom flat costs’
Nicola Sturgeon’s administration brought in measure that had opposite of desired effect, creating property shortage and rise in rents
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SNP income tax cut only enough to ‘buy selection box from Poundland’, Swinney told
Scottish Tory leader says the ‘thank you’ to workers for paying more tax than elsewhere in UK is worth ‘roughly £1 per month’
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Russell Findlay attacks steep early learning curve by grinning to win it
Scottish Tory leader continues to show Holyrood he is very different proposition to previous incumbents
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Rosie Millard: If protecting children from harm makes me a Terf, then I’m proud to be one
Former boss of BBC Children in Need quit over grants awarded to controversial transgender charity
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SNP claims Scots will not face year-long NHS waits by 2026 – two months after missing same target
Scottish Tories claim SNP’s only vision for the NHS is ‘rehashing old promises they have already broken’
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SNP to end two-child benefit cap in Scotland in latest welfare splurge
Party has ‘lost touch with reality’ by asking taxpayers to fund more handouts to large families, say Tories
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Female parking warden sues council over ‘having to do patrols alone in the dark’
Kathryn Hilton alleges she is the victim of sex discrimination after being ‘treated less favourably than her male colleagues’
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SNP must end era of ‘high taxes and free spending’ in Scottish Budget
Opposition parties urge common sense by ruling minority government ahead of spending plans announcement
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Son of ‘doorstep murder’ victim still suffers nightmares 20 years on
Andrew Wilson calls for chief constable’s resignation over lack of progress in investigation of his father’s death in 2004
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Conman who tricked friends by promising cheap golf sessions at prestigious course jailed
Other scams included promising cut-price Apple products
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Britain’s prettiest (and ugliest) towns, ranked
There are 1,250 towns in Great Britain – our experts give their verdict on the prettiest, and least attractive, of them all
