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The BBC's Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.
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What is fuelling teenage knife crime?
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May 06, 2026 |
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Should we worry about the vape shop boom?
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May 05, 2026 |
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Has Gen Z killed the traditional pub?
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May 04, 2026 |
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‘I’m John MacKay’: Stories, strikes and STV's future
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May 01, 2026 |
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Politics Show: The 'meh-lection' campaign?
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Will Offord’s boat boast capsize his campaign?
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Will university strikes ever end?
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Kezia’s JK Rowling apology and the gender debate
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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What is school for? - The Education Debate
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Manifesto special
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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What happens to Scottish Labour if PM clings on?
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Will Miliband’s plan to slash our bills pay off?
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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A pundit's ref rants and a Hampden ban
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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How to fix the NHS - The Health Debate
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Politics Show: TV debates and crystal balls
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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‘He’s a liar’ - Sarwar's latest spat with Reform
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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'How we convicted killer husband and made legal history'
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Why did Wes Streeting stir up an indyref row?
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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BBC leaders debate – the debrief
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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How to create wealth - The Economy Debate
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Ferry fury and what polls are really saying
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Hunting gangsters – and how organised crime works
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Green hopeful calls for prisons to be abolished
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Rape trials - a victim’s view
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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A ‘food desert’ and the fight for a supermarket
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Candidate controversies and North Sea debate
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Who's to blame for our ferry problems?
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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The questions raised by the Jordan Linden case
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Is the net closing on notorious gangster family?
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Sarwar, Findlay and end of term
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Russell Findlay: the election interview
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Offord admits to 'crude' George Michael joke
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Anas Sarwar: the election interview
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Drill, maybe drill? Our North Sea dilemma
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Greens, Swinney and bills galore
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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John Swinney: the election interview
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Why did the assisted dying bill fail?
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Gillian Mackay: the election interview
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Can we afford another cost of living crisis?
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Leader interviews and assisted dying
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Malcolm Offord: the election interview
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Glasgow fire: who owns our historic buildings?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Alex Cole-Hamilton: the election interview
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Who’s to blame for Old Firm bedlam?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Politics Show: BBC poll, Joani Reid and Holyrood candidates
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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‘Salmond files’: the man taking government to court
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Iran: Are our bills about to shoot up?
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Does the NHS care about women?
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Hydrolysis: our UK-first ‘green’ funerals
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Does Labour’s by-election loss vindicate Sarwar?
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Aberfeldy case: how did police get it so wrong?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Inside the 'Salmond files'
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Ruth Davidson and the fight on the right
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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What if Alex Salmond’s party folds?
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Corruption row at Holyrood
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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AI philosopher: Why we're not doomed
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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What's going on in the Peter Murrell case?
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Do police officers need more guns?
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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What now for BrewDog?
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Will Starmer really campaign with Sarwar?
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Has Scotland's space dream crashed to Earth?
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Can Martin Lewis fix our power of attorney problem?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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What has Anas Sarwar done?
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Why Sarwar finally turned on Starmer
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Anne McAlpine: I’m not angry at my stalker
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Starmer drama and trans prisoners
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Mandelson, Starmer and Sarwar: what happens next?
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Autism: rising rates or overdiagnosis?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Why the Prostitution Bill fell at the first hurdle
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Screen grab: should we take kids’ phones away?
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Polanski pact, QEUH ‘pressure’ and SNP messaging
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Could Scotland tap into the AI goldrush?
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Unpacking Deacon Blue’s row with Reform
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Could Gordon McQueen's death change football?
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Will the Burnham saga sway the Holyrood election?
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Sarwar’s QEUH claims, assisted dying and ‘Salmond files’
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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What would it take to trigger a World Cup boycott?
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Super hospital ‘scandal’: the story so far
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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How dangerous are our roads?
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Is Swinney respecting the Supreme Court on gender?
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Robert Jenrick and Scottish Budget reaction
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Could Farage clash with his new Scottish leader?
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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‘She spent £16,000 a year on childcare’
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Is the Budget an election game-changer?
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Is the SNP about to hand high earners a tax cut?
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Politics Show: Election 2026, Angela Constance and a new Reform leader
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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What’s going wrong at our universities?
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Should we bring back military service?
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Gritter man: How we beat the ice
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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What we’ll be talking about in 2026
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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The biggest stories of 2025 (Part 2)
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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The biggest stories of 2025 (Part 1)
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Two Doors Down's Christmas comeback
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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STV boss on costs, cuts and a backlash
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Have Greens saved the justice secretary’s skin?
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Is the Sandie Peggie ruling discredited?
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Malcolm Offord: I can be a Reform First Minister
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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'Tweakments' doc: Nothing is regulated
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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What the Sandie Peggie ruling means
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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‘Ready to explode’: prisons and early release
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Are Starmer’s Scottish MPs sick of him?
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Priced out? The cost of the World Cup
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Kezia Dugdale on Labour, trust and Rachel Reeves
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Do we need a grooming gangs inquiry too?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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‘Why I'm defending Sandie Peggie’
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Hot takes from Budget day
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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What to watch out for in the Budget
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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‘Derailed’: what now for £50m public inquiry?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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‘I’ll cry on stage’: the busker who’s gone bigtime
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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We’ll be coming! Why the football means so much
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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‘Getting caught betting was the best day’
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Will Labour's asylum shake-up spark another revolt?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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GTA 6: delays, sackings and Scotland's gaming boom
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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PM plots and the promise stoking a teacher strike
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Battle of the taxes
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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BBC trust and the 2014 referendum
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Climate change and the 'culture wars'
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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My clan, the land and who owns it
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Who is Nicholas Rossi?
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Where the election could be won and lost
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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The Orange Order's Most Worthy Grand Master
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The 1,000 prisoners up for early release
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Will Celtic fans revolt?
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Why true crime fascinates us
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Have cops cracked the gangster crimewave?
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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‘I’ll break MP rules over Prince Andrew’
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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F1’s female pioneer on pushing the limits
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The librarian, a book ‘ban’ and the gender debate
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Tax rises and tattie troubles
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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What’s the FM’s Africa trip all about?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Football management in an age of rage
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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How smart is the SNP independence plan?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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What STV cuts tell us about the mainstream media
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Is Sturgeon's Promise being broken?
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Tory leader’s Farage dilemma
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Tempers flare over Swinney’s Palestine stance
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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My life with Tourette’s
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Michelle Mone and the Covid PPE scandal
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Does trans school guidance give us 'clarity'?
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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How should Sarwar deal with Starmer?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Could Andy Burnham be prime minister?
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Obstacles for outdoor learning
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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'Exposing care home neglect overwhelmed me'
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Gangster arrests in Dubai: who’s who?
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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New Lockerbie bombing twist
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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How Swinney charmed Trump ahead of state visit
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Living through a housing emergency
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Will scrapping not proven make a difference?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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What if antibiotics stop working?
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The NHS surgeon who butchered his patients
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Sex worker: Listen to me
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Meet the new Scottish Green leaders
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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What’s going on with the Saltire?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Sandie Peggie tribunal: what’s going on?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Why are drugs deaths down?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Falkirk asylum hotel protest: what we saw
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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What will the Greens do next?
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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‘I’m with Farage’: the Graham Simpson interview
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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'Scotland has a problem with race'
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Asylum hotel protests spread
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Top doctor: NHS can’t go on like this
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Housing crisis: the emotional cost
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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The Highland drug lines
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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'I tried to get under Sturgeon’s skin’
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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How to save childhood
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Would a wealth tax work?
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Sturgeon’s book stirs up Rowling row
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Sturgeon memoir: news or hype?
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Making the news with Kirsty and Brian
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Irvine Welsh: Mobile phones destroy culture
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Darren McGarvey on oversharing, fame and Farage
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Do we need a minister for disco?
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Why Kate Forbes has had enough
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Are our festivals for everyone?
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Nobel scientist on AI and finding cures
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Trump visit: what has it changed?
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Referendum plan revealed
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Why Trump's really here
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Trump visit, Green ‘civil war’ and Finnie
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Sandie Peggie, Labour rebels and Scottie’s soliloquy
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Kneecap, migrant deal and booze at football
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Rachel Reeves, welfare U-turn and 'proper' jobs
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Wingsuit flyer: Why I do it
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Is taxing private schools pointless?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Could Iran shake our economy?
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Humza Yousaf: Iran will hit back
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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What’s really going on in our schools?
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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A minimum income for all
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Is AI coming for your job?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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What Tommy Sheridan did next
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Is Swinney really under pressure?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Acorn: a ‘greenwashing scam’?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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'One lawyer quit to become cabin crew'
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Who hacked M&S?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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By-election: a tale of two winners?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Labour wins Hamilton by-election
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Is Gen Z ready to fight a war?
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Flamingo Land ruffles feathers on Loch Lomond
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Has Swinney gone shy on independence?
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Gangsters gunned down in Spain
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Devi Sridhar on how we can live longer
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May 29, 2025 |
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Star chef: ‘Our crazy, unreasonable business’
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May 28, 2025 |
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Farage digs in over Sarwar racism row
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May 27, 2025 |
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Why are kids carrying knives?
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May 22, 2025 |
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Net zero: what’s in it for us?
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May 21, 2025 |
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Should buying sex be a crime?
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May 20, 2025 |
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Fishermen’s fury over PM’s Brexit reset
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May 19, 2025 |
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'I’d go to prison over abortion buffer zones’
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May 15, 2025 |
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Dry spell prompts water warning
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May 14, 2025 |
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Assisted dying backed by MSPs
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May 13, 2025 |
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A matter of life and death
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May 12, 2025 |
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Is AI a threat to musicians?
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May 08, 2025 |
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Booze back on tracks
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May 07, 2025 |
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Election 2026 predictions
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May 06, 2025 |
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Why we need more babies
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May 05, 2025 |
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Karen Dunbar: ‘What is laughter?’
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May 01, 2025 |
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Grangemouth: what happened?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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In defence of Kneecap
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Is Sturgeon ducking gender debate?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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River City goes to Holyrood
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Is Swinney scared of Farage?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Is gender self-ID dead?
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Take 2: Drug supervision room
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Take 2: Weight-loss jabs
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Take 2: Farmers v. lynx
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Take 2: The porn industry responds
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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What happened in a Highland dungeon?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The author who beat Adolescence to it
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Assisted dying: what happens next?
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Should Scots pay for uni?
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Getting to know Sally Magnusson
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Explained: Trump’s tariff trade wars… and us
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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How much could your rent go up?
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Our problem with drugs
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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A quick take on the Spring Statement
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Is live music a rip off?
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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What’s going wrong with our mental health?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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What’s it like to be a police officer?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Why Scots are warming to Farage
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Jeane Freeman reflects on Covid
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Sturgeon cleared over Operation Branchform
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Tour de France: how we won the race
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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How Scots are hit by Labour’s benefit cuts
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Fans hit out at Old Firm policing
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Rise of the litter pickers
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Sturgeon quits parliament
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Can weight-loss jabs save the NHS?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Who’d be a councillor?
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Mhairi Black on ADHD and quitting politics
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Would you leave school at 14?
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Rangers takeover: soccer with stardust?
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Martin Compston: 'I want to bring jobs here'
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Jagtar: jailed for terror in India
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Defending ourselves: Ukraine, Trump and Trident
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Fewer teachers = better schools?
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Abortion buffer zones: is prayer a crime?
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Gender: are politicians pivoting?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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People v. the pylons
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Why are energy bills still so high?
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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What now for Scotland’s Ukrainians?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Is it time to scrap council tax?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Who thinks lynx should roam the Highlands?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Uncovering a scandal
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Life inside our packed prisons
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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What’s it like to be homeless?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Humza Yousaf on Trump and Gaza
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Water: is it as plentiful as we think?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Can we backtrack on Brexit?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Rosebank and the political climate
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Stopping the scammers
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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What Waspi women want
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Fixing the NHS: where do you start?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Tourist tax: the answer to overtourism?
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Mary v. the porn industry
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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'Petrifying' failings at hospital baby unit
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Is Trump Scotland's friend?
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Why housing is so expensive
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Why Lockerbie is back in the news
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Is shoplifting out of control?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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UK's first drug supervision room opens
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Hello from Scotcast
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Jan 06, 2025 |