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Caroline Donald
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Labour’s shock win in Hamilton is a reminder to all of us the SNP has years of baggage
Mainstreaming of far-right ideas in UK politics shows why John Swinney was right to raise alarm ...
Can you trust health influencers on TikTok ? 5 experts you can actually trust - and how to spot misinformation
At 59K followers on TikTok, Dr Amir Khan is best known for sharing his medical advice on popular TV shows including Good ...
Classical music is not dead: Why it's a myth that young people don't like it
Record-breaking numbers of young people have been taking part in Edinburgh International Festival’s ‘Art of Listening’ ...
Why Tories must stop agreeing with Farage and start attacking him to survive
The Conservatives’ ‘Reform-lite’ strategy is designed to win back voters who have flocked to Nigel Farage’s banner but it is ...
Zonal pricing: What is the scheme, is it good for Scotland and will the energy system actually happen?
Plans to introduce a “zonal pricing” regime to the UK’s electricity market were recently backed by a House of Lords committee.
Terminally ill man behind Church of Scotland assembly on the 'really difficult' assisted dying conundrum
John Williams on the crisis facing palliative care and the importance of talking about terminal illness ...
HGV lorry driver rolls cigarette while driving on motorway with no hands on wheel
Shocking footage shows a lorry driver on the motorway with no hands on the wheel - as he rolls a cigarette. Watch the moment when an HGV driver gets caught driving on the motorway with no hands on the ...