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🔴 The films are part of a retrospective series, Truth to Power

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The iconic films to be screened for free at retrospective festival programme
The films are part of a retrospective series, Truth to Power
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November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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John Swinney accused of 'deceiving public' and told to clarify SNP defence position
Labour MP Graeme Downie has urged the First Minister to provide clarity over whether the Scottish Government supports defence investment.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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🔴 Watchdog says there is need to be careful about ‘future encroachment’

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Watchdog to review Police Scotland's use of biometric data
Watchdog says there is need to be careful about ‘future encroachment’
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November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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🔴 Shell has given a 3GW floating wind lease back to Crown Estate Scotland after reportedly failing to sell it on to another renewables developer

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Shell hands back ScotWind lease risking £3bn of investment amid 'fierce headwinds'
Shell has given a 3GW floating wind lease back to Crown Estate Scotland after reportedly failing to sell it on to another renewables developer
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November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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🔴 There is a corner of Edinburgh that is forever Lieutenant Robin Tudsbery.

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The Edinburgh chapel built for a Scots solider and his last story now told
There is a corner of Edinburgh that is forever Lieutenant Robin Tudsbery.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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'Marathon' Scottish NHS shifts revealed, including 19-hour days
The Scottish Conservatives called the figures ‘shocking’
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November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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🔴 The Scottish Labour leader has pleaded with his UK government colleagues to be “pursuing the opportunities that exist in oil and gas”

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Anas Sarwar backs oil and gas drilling and calls for 'balanced approach' to North Sea
The Scottish Labour leader has pleaded with his UK government colleagues to be “pursuing the opportunities that exist in oil and gas” in the North Sea despite a manifesto pledge to end new licensing.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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📰 Good morning! Here is the front page of The Scotsman for Tuesday.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Group behind controversial Moray FLOW-Park plans pull out of public meeting over ‘safety concerns’ for staff
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Group behind Moray FLOW-Park plans pull out of public meeting over ‘safety concerns’
Controversial project would see huge floating foundations anchored along the Moray Firth
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November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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John Swinney says ex-Downing Street aide's BBC position is 'untenable'
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John Swinney says ex-Downing Street aide's BBC position is 'untenable'
The First Minister says Sir Robbie Gibb’s position ‘fuels that doubt and debate about the independence and the impartiality of the BBC’
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November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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🔴 A long-running law firm based in Edinburgh has published its accounts publicly for the first time

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The 175-year first for prestigious law firm linked to novelist Sir Walter Scott
A long-running law firm based in Edinburgh has published its accounts publicly for the first time
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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🔴 Prosper said it is worried the UK’s Industrial Strategy Advisory Council ‘will not understand the Scottish economy and the interactions between reserved and devolved policies’

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The key UK Government business committee with no Scottish representatives
Prosper said it is worried the UK’s Industrial Strategy Advisory Council ‘will not understand the Scottish economy and the interactions between reserved and devolved policies’
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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🔴 A new book co-written by a former first minister calls the current situation ‘unacceptable’

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Scottish Government special advisers 'must be brought out of the shadows and exposed'
A new book co-written by a former first minister calls the current situation ‘unacceptable’
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A police inspector involved in the search for the Stone of Destiny after its famous theft in 1950 ended up receiving a “hidden” piece of the artefact years later

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The police inspector gifted with Stone of Destiny fragment after daring 1950 Westminster Abbey raid
A police inspector involved in the search for the Stone of Destiny after its famous theft in 1950 ended up receiving a “hidden” piece of the artefact years later, research has revealed.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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🔴 SNP accused of secrecy over £35m bailout decision for delayed derry

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SNP accused of secrecy over £35m bailout decision to finish long-delayed ferry
Glen Rosa: SNP accused of secrecy over £35m bailout decision for delayed derry
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November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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🔴A leading economic expert has called on whoever forms the next Scottish government to place growth and productivity at the heart of their policy

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People being 'put off' coming to Scotland by high taxes, as 'economic-free zone' claims made
Anas Sarwar has vowed to devolve power away from Holyrood to boost regional economic growth if he forms the next Scottish government.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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🔴 BREAKING: BBC boss Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resign over Donald Trump documentary editing
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BBC boss Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resign over Donald Trump documentary editing
Director-general Tim Davie has resigned from the BBC, the corporation has announced.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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19 photos of those in Edinburgh and London remembering the fallen on Remembrance Sunday
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19 photos of Edinburgh and London remembering the fallen on Remembrance Sunday 2025
The country fell silent this morning as we remembered those who had fallen fighting for their country, to mark this year’s Remembrance Sunday.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Police Scotland Chief Constable lands taxpayers with £134k expenses bill for second home
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Police Scotland Chief Constable lands taxpayers with £134k expenses bill for second home
Details of the bill come just days after the Chief Constable asked for an extra £140 million from the Scottish government.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Will John Swinney die on the same hill as Nicola Sturgeon?, writes @euanmccolm.bsky.social
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It is not controversial to say men should not be imprisoned alongside women, says Euan McColm
John Swinney’s continued failure to fully enact Supreme Court ruling on gender could see him die on the same hill as Nicola Sturgeon
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November 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Man accused of sexually assaulting boy at Loch Ness campsite dies in prison
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Man accused of sexually assaulting boy at campsite dies in prison
A report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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'More sensible approach' urged as Bon Jovi concert in Edinburgh sends hotel prices soaring, via @janekbradley.bsky.social
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Bon Jovi's Edinburgh concert sends hotel prices soaring as 'more sensible approach'
A concert by Bon Jovi is scheduled for the last weekend of the Fringe
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November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Good morning - here is today's front page of Scotland on Sunday: Restructuring school hours considered to tackle violence
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Police apologise to For Women Scotland director over umbrella incident at Parliament protest
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Police apologise to For Women Scotland director over umbrella incident
Susan Smith said she was ‘relieved’ to draw a line under the episode
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November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Crowning place of Robert the Bruce to get £10m transformation - including new visitor centre and adventure playpark
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Crowning place of Robert the Bruce to get £10m transformation, with new adventure playpark
Scone Palace - a site on which a host of Scottish monarchs have been crowned - will be transformed under a £10 million investment
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November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM