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Health boards ‘dragging their feet’ on offering take-home abortion pill a year after law change
Women cannot get hold of the take-home abortion pill in swathes of Scotland including Tayside and Fife a year after the Scottish Government announced its introduction.
Hundreds of trainee teachers have quit the classroom in the last four years
Hundreds of trainee teachers have quit over the last four years while Scotland suffers staffing shortages in its schools.
Rural life in Scotland under threat, claims EU official
Rural life in Scotland faces devastation if farming subsidies in the UK are slashed after Brexit, an EU official has warned.
Scotland could be back in EU two years after independence, says Labour MEP
Scotland could be back in the EU two years after becoming independent, according to Britain’s longest-serving MEP.
Fife teacher launches whistleblowing website amid anger over ‘arrogant’ response to open letters
A whistleblowing website for teachers has been launched by a Fife educator after a series of anonymous open letters criticised the Scottish Government's record on schools.
Nicola Sturgeon calls for patience from SNP faithful on Indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon has pleaded with SNP members to be patient on independence while the “fog of Brexit" clears.
P4 pupils downing as many as eight caffeine-supercharged energy drinks a day, say teachers
Primary schoolchildren are consuming up to eight energy drinks a day, teachers have warned.
Nicola Sturgeon warned not to ‘dither’ over Indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon dangled the prospect of holding an independence referendum by spring 2021 as pressure mounted on her at the SNP conference to strike early.
Richard Leonard condemned for sacking Labour’s only ethnic minority MSP from frontbench
The SNP’s most senior Muslim has condemned Richard Leonard for removing his only ethnic minority MSP from the Labour frontbench.
Indyref2 is not required for Scotland to be independent, says SNP MP
Scotland could break away from the UK without holding an independence referendum, says a senior SNP MP.
