Craig Meighan

Craig Meighan

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Russell Findlay: Who is the new Scottish Conservative leader replacing Douglas Ross?
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Russell Findlay: Who is the new Scottish Tory leader?

Scottish council workers to vote on strike action after ‘insufficient’ pay award from COSLA
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Council workers to vote on strike action after 'insufficient' pay offer

Council leaders withdraw support for Scottish Government’s revised National Care Service bill
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Councils withdraw support for Scottish National Care Service

Former reporter Russell Findlay elected as leader of Scottish Tories
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Former reporter Russell Findlay elected as leader of Scottish Tories

Pensioners launch legal challenge against UK and Scottish governments’ winter fuel payment cut
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Pensioners launch legal challenge against winter fuel payment cut

Last First Minister’s Questions for Douglas Ross before Scottish Tory leadership election result
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Last FMQs for Douglas Ross before Scottish Tory leadership result

Family of murdered Highlands banker Alistair Wilson criticise ‘callous and insulting’ Police Scotland chief
Highlands & Islands

Family of murdered banker criticise 'callous' and 'insulting' police chief

People urged to avoid wooded area after ‘unexplained’ death of man in Livingston
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People urged to avoid wooded area after 'unexplained' death of man

Cyber attack hits Scotland’s busiest train stations with terror messages
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Cyber attack hits Scotland's busiest train stations with terror messages

GB Energy will be based in Aberdeen, Keir Starmer confirms
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GB Energy will be based in Aberdeen, Keir Starmer confirms

Threat of NHS Scotland strikes over after all unions agree to 5.5% pay rise deal
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Threat of NHS strikes over after all unions agree to 5.5% pay rise deal

Number of live homelessness cases in Scotland surges to record-high
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Number of live homelessness cases in Scotland surges to record-high

West Lothian father of two who has had four liver transplants ‘forever grateful’ to donors
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Father of two who had four liver transplants ‘forever grateful’ to donors

M8 rush-hour delays of nearly an hour after crash near West Lothian
Edinburgh & East

M8 rush-hour delays of nearly an hour after crash

Rider killed after orange Triumph motorcycle crashes
Glasgow & West

Rider killed after orange Triumph motorcycle crashes

Man arrested after ‘assaulting’ cyclist on busy Edinburgh street
Edinburgh & East

Man arrested after 'assaulting' cyclist on busy street

Multi-agency rescue mission launched to save man from River Clyde
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Man rescued from River Clyde after 'getting into difficulty' in water

Firefighters battle ‘well-developed’ blaze at derelict Airth Castle Hotel in Falkirk
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Edinburgh & East

Firefighters battle 'well-developed' blaze at Airth Castle

Keir Starmer ‘will no longer accept donations for clothes’ after row over £100,000 in freebies
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Keir Starmer 'will no longer accept donations for clothes'

Unison NHS workers vote to avert strikes and accept Scottish Government pay offer
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More strikes averted as biggest NHS union votes to accept pay offer

Pair arrested after frauds at bank branches across Scotland
Glasgow & West

Pair arrested after frauds at bank branches across Scotland

Postal workers urge Scottish Government to stop ‘dragging its heels’ over crackdown on dangerous dogs
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Postal workers call for crackdown on dangerous dogs in Scotland

Man and woman arrested after 37-year-old ‘stabbed’ in Fife
North East & Tayside

Man and woman arrested after 37-year-old 'stabbed'

Keir Starmer ‘not sure he’d look good in a kilt’ after offer of free tartan outfit
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Keir Starmer 'not sure he’d look good in a kilt' after offer of free tartan outfit

SNP have made a mess of Scotland’s economy, says Starmer
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SNP have made a mess of Scotland's economy, says Keir Starmer

Scottish Government U-turns on wood-burning and peat stove ban in new build homes amid backlash
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Scottish Government U-turns on wood-burning stove ban in new builds

Grangemouth should be nationalised by UK Government, local Labour MP says
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Grangemouth should be nationalised by UK Government, local MP says

John Swinney faces FMQs on anniversary of Scotland voting no to independence
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Swinney faces questions on anniversary of Scotland voting No to independence 

NHS strike averted as workers overwhelmingly accept 5.5% pay offer from Scottish Government
Scotland

NHS strike averted as workers overwhelmingly accept 5.5% pay offer

John Swinney: I agree with Nicola Sturgeon that independent Scotland and united Ireland will happen
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Independent Scotland and united Ireland will happen, Swinney says

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World-first technology developed at University of Aberdeen can see ‘previously undetectable’ cancer spread
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World-first technology can see ‘previously undetectable’ cancer spread

North Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, East Renfrewshire, Moray and Perth councils to confirm tax hikes
Scotland

More councils across Scotland to confirm inflation-busting tax hikes

Cocaine worth £400,000 seized in Dundee flat raid as investigation launched
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Cocaine worth £400,000 seized in flat raid as investigation launched

Swinney seeks to renew trust in politics and unite Scots against ‘radical right’
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Swinney seeks to renew trust in politics and unite Scots against ‘radical right’

Woman dead and man in hospital after car crash on A87
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Woman dead and man in hospital after car crash on A87

Elgin schoolboy missing for two days found ‘safe and well’
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Scots schoolboy missing for two days found 'safe and well'

Scots teen becomes youngest British woman to surf Nazare waves
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Scots teen becomes youngest British woman to surf world's biggest waves

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Scotland Tonight: ‘I’ve moved to Spain to be a teacher, there are no jobs in Scotland’
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'I've moved to Spain to be a teacher, there are no jobs in Scotland'

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Street 'like warzone' after van full of fireworks explodes

Scotland marks third anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Scotland marks third anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Michelle Mone-linked Covid PPE company evidence to be heard privately

Holyrood committee seeks voters’ views on proposals for sacking MSPs
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Holyrood committee seeks voters' views on proposals for sacking MSPs

College places down by more than 8,000 to lowest in a decade, figures show
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College places down by more than 8,000 to lowest in a decade, figures show

The Scottish Budget has passed… and election rows are just ramping up
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The Scottish Budget has passed... and election rows are just ramping up

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Defence spending boost is price to pay for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Defence spending boost is price to pay for Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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Inspectors to visit child inpatient mental health units in Scotland after cruelty claims
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Inspectors to visit child inpatient mental health units after cruelty claims 

Starmer announces cuts in overseas aid to fund rise to 2.5% defence spending ahead of Trump meeting
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Starmer announces cuts in overseas aid to fund rise to 2.5% defence spending

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