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All dental students in Scotland will have to repeat a year of school after Covid prevented them getting enough training to safely qualify Pandemic has prevented students from getting vital experience in procedures Schools in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh are deferring graduations Affected students will be able to apply for a bursary up to £6,750 … Read more
Scottish health secretary will be ‘very important witness’ in trial of former SNP MP Natalie McGarry who is accused of embezzling £25,000 from pro-independence groups, court hears Ex-MP Natalie McGarry, 39, has today denied two charges of embezzlement She is accused of appropriating £21,000 for her use between 2013 and 2015 Glasgow Sheriff Court told Jeane … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon was facing fury today after her Government demanded English authorities quarantine all travellers flying into England if they were planning to go to Scotland. The First Minister was accused of trying to extend Scottish laws south of the border with the demand that would force England to lock people up in hotels for … Read more
The SNP’s civil war burst out into the open today as an MP called in police over a ‘vicious threat’ to her personal safety the day after she was sacked from a senior post. Police Scotland said officers are investigating following a report of ‘threatening communications’ being made online against Joanna Cherry. The 54-year-old, an ally of … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon could allow Scottish students to return to school weeks before those in England after her top medical adviser said it was safe for them to go back. Professor Jason Leitch claimed ‘progress’ is being made against the coronavirus and he has recommended to the SNP Government that younger children can return. At the last … Read more
Joanna Cherry is sacked from the SNP’s Westminster frontbench after row over gender recognition and trans rights as widely-tipped leadership challenger to Nicola Sturgeon blasts party chiefs Joanna Cherry said she had been ‘sacked’ from the SNP Westminster frontbench She is widely tipped as a future SNP leadership challenger to Nicola Sturgeon Ms Cherry has … Read more
Tories accuse Nicola Sturgeon of vaccine ‘showboating’ to ‘curry favour’ with the EU to boost chances of an independent Scotland rejoining the bloc after she pledges to publish details of UK vaccine supply in boost for Brussels Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of taking the EU’s side in bitter vaccine row She vowed to publish … Read more
Boris Johnson got the all-clear to visit Scotland today from police after independence-supporting nationalists tried to report the Prime Minister for breaching lockdown rules. Police Scotland said it had received several complaints after the Prime Minister flew from London in an RAF jet to Glasgow in defiance of Nicola Sturgeon’s warning to stay away. But it … Read more
A new tongue-in-cheek website called ‘Is my MP a p***k?’ has attracted 250,000 visits in just four days. The website, which was set up on Sunday, allows constituents to search their MP’s name and rates politicians based on their voting records. While all Tories are branded ‘p***ks’ by the website, the majority of Labour, SNP … Read more
Could Nicola Sturgeon try to BAN Boris Johnson from going to Scotland? SNP questions whether PM’s trip north of the border is ‘essential’ Prime Minister Boris Johnson expected to make a trip to Scotland later this week Mr Johnson is expected to use the official visit to stress the benefits of the Union But SNP … Read more