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Scotland has seen its first 7-day period without any Covid deaths for 8 months.
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Chants of “shove the coronation up your arse” and “not my King” as thousands of Scottish independence supporters march through Glasgow city centre.
@SkyNews
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BREAKING: Police have FOUND 7 year old Carson Shephard in Ayrshire. He is safe and well.
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NEW: Detectives seen with a spade & garden equipment in the rear garden of Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon’s Glasgow home.
Officers spotted with blue tarpaulin sheets, a stills camera and laptop as they examine the area around the garage.
Rolling coverage
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This is utterly sickening.
@BBCJamesCook
is the most fair, thorough & kindest journalists in the business. His calm reaction in the face of this vitriol tells you everything you need to know about him. Appalling.
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BREAKING: Glasgow bin strike is back on. GMB refuse collectors will take part in a walkout from midnight tonight as world leaders arrive for
#COP26
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Coffin of
#Manchester
bomb victim Eilidh MacLeod arrives in the Western Isles on a chartered plane draped in the
#Barra
flag.
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🚨Massive row erupting at the Scottish Tory conference. No10 press officers barred Scotland’s media, apart from 7 hand-picked journalists, assess to Prime Minister interview huddle.
Media forced our way in and Downing St caved. We are now in.
Will bring it live on
@SkyNews
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Andrew, an asylum seeker who was living in the hotel where the Glasgow knife attack happened, presents a thank you card to a police officer at the scene.
It has been signed by members of the community
@PositiveActionH
praising PC David Whyte who was stabbed.
@BBCScotlandNews
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Scottish Government confirms international travel/going on holiday will NOT be illegal from Friday but travelling to the airport will be.
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BREAKING:
#DonaldTrump
says they "took back control of their country. It's a great thing" as he arrives in
#Ayrshire
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Deputy First Minister Shona Robison told Holyrood last year there’s “no evidence” predatory men ever had to “pretend to be anything else” to “carry out abusive behaviour”.
Comments made during gender reform debate.
How does that square with Andrew Miller/Amy George?
@SkyNews
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Thinking about the victims and families of those killed in the
#Glasgow
bin lorry tragedy 2 years ago today.
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BREAKING: Scotrail staff to go on strike during COP26. RMT members will walk out from 1st-12th Nov in a row over pay.
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SKY NEWS EXCLUSIVE
Former FM Alex Salmond says he received call around 10 days before historic equal marriage vote saying Humza Yousaf “arranged a Govt meeting” on same day amid pressure from religious groups.
Tells
@BethRigby
his version is backed up by others present at time.
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❓”What are you so scared of?”
🗣️Douglas Ross criticises ‘SNP secrecy’ despite repeatedly refusing to reveal membership figures for his Scottish Conservatives.
🔢Lost count how many times he dodged providing a number during my
@SkyNews
interview… 👇🏽
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BREAKING: Police Scotland officers acting alone will proactively offer a verification check to allow public to check they are legitimate.
Police radio to be put on loudspeaker & public will hear control room confirm officer is on duty
Being implemented today after
#SarahEverard
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Heartbreaking scenes on
#Barra
as 14 year old Eilidh MacLeod is laid to rest following the
#Manchester
bomb.
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Crowds gathered outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court sing in support of former
#Catalan
minister
#ClaraPonsati
who is inside at her initial extradition hearing.
@AamerAnwar
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NEW: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon predicts ALL of Scotland will move to Level 1 from early June and then Level 0 by the end of June.
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Crowds gather here in Glasgow city centre for a protest against PM Boris Johnson.
@BBCScotlandNews
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🗣️“Folks, let’s not boo.”
The moment a heckler disrupts Humza Yousaf’s flagship independence speech to SNP members.
The First Minister leaves the stage to try and engage with protester.
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BREAKING:
#GrenfellTower
council meeting decends in to chaos. Council leader scraps meeting due to media presence.
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NEW: FM
@NicolaSturgeon
asks people to stay at home and avoid mixing on Hogmanay as 1895 new cases of COVID are reported. 🦠
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Police block Buchanan St as anti-Boris protesters increase the volume and march the entire length of the street.
@BBCScotlandNews
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NEW: First Minister Humza Yousaf tells
@SkyNews
he cannot say whether transgender butcher Andrew Miller (also known as Amy George) will be detained in a women’s prison after being sentenced in Aug.
Miller lured the girl to his car before locking her up & sexually abusing her.
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NEW: BBC Scotland has said "with the pandemic still a major cause for public concern, we will, over the coming weeks and as we have done this week, look to cover the ScotGov health briefings live on TV".
This follows row over the broadcaster 'cutting' the FM's live TV briefings.
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BBC News understands Gordon Strachan will not be appearing on Sky Sports ever again after he appeared to conflate convicted sex offender Adam Johnson's situation with racial abuse.
@BBCScotlandNews
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NEW: Downing Street rules out
@NicolaSturgeon
's new proposals for passengers to isolate for 8 days on arrival to UK while taking PCR tests on Day 8 & Day 2.
Prime Minister's spokesperson said Scottish & Welsh Govt plans would have "detrimental effect on the travel industry".
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BREAKING NEWS: Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating SNP finances.
@SkyNews
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💥UPDATE: Ash Regan’s team threaten to raise the stakes if SNP HQ fails to provide clarity by tomorrow.
“If we do not receive a satisfactory response addressing our legitimate request…by 3pm 16/03, Ash Regan will hold a press conference outside Parl to address matter further.”
NEW: SNP headquarters issue statement refusing to issue the number of members voting in the leadership contest.
It comes after all three contenders demanded transparency on the matter.
Party chiefs hint they’ll issue figures AFTER race to replace Sturgeon is over.
@SkyNews
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NEW: There have been questions as to why SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf missed the final, historic vote on equal marriage in 2014.
He said he had Govt business and told me he questions why it’s being “resurrected 10 years on”.
@SkyNews
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EXC: Head of Scotland’s prosecution service refuses to say whether the Crown Office ‘deliberately delayed’ giving the go ahead to search Nicola Sturgeon’s house until after SNP leadership race.
@SkyNews
questioned Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain.
Full story🗣️
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🗣️ “Why didn’t you sack him months ago?”
⚠️Amid a row with No10 over blocking full Scottish media access to Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak finally takes questions on BBC chairman quitting.
📺On behalf of broadcasters, I asked him if he’s sick of clearing up Boris Johnson’s mess?
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BREAK: Transgender butcher Andrew Miller, also known as Amy George, admits abducting a schoolgirl from a Scottish Borders street before locking her in his bedroom & repeatedly sexually assaulting her.
Miller lured his young victim in to his car while dressed as woman.
@SkyNews
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First Minister Humza Yousaf says he has formally ‘demanded’ a section 30 order in a conversation with the Prime Minister requesting the powers to hold a second independence referendum.
FM says Sunak “did not agree”.
@SkyNews
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NEW: Liz Lloyd, former chief of staff to the First Minister, refuses to tell me if Nicola Sturgeon has betrayed the Covid bereaved by deleting her WhatsApps.
All messages between the pair between March and Sept 2020 have been wiped.
@SkyNews
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Nicola Sturgeon says “urgent” talks are underway at a UK level about possible international border closures.
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Thrilled & honoured to be joining
@SkyNews
as Scotland Correspondent this autumn.
It’s hugely exciting at a fascinating time in Scottish society & politics.
And also bittersweet - as I leave the first-class
@BBCScotlandNews
team where I’m grateful for all the opportunities.
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NEW: Kate Forbes campaign issues explosive statement calling for SNP HQ to appoint independent auditors to oversee the leadership voting process & final result.
It comes amid claims the race to replace Sturgeon is mired in secrecy.
SNP chiefs to hold emergency meeting on Thurs
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Our amazing baby boy arrived on Christmas Day. See you back at work in a sleep deprived state in Feb. 👣 🍼
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NEW: Humza Yousaf tells me he was unaware the SNP owned £100k motorhome until he became party leader. The vehicle was seized by police at a home connected to Peter Murrell.
❓Was Sturgeon wrong not to reveal auditor issues?
“Would of been helpful to know beforehand”.
@SkyNews
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BREAKING: Glasgow City to move down to Level 2 from midnight on Friday into Saturday.
🏡It means Glaswegians will be able to visit each other inside homes for 1st time in 8 months
👩👩👧👧6 people from a maximum of 3 households allowed
🍺 Drinks allowed inside pubs
🚗No travel ban
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NEW: FM
@NicolaSturgeon
tells me her husband Peter Murrell has “taken responsibility” for membership row and it is “right” he announces he is resigning as SNP Chief Exec today.
Latest
@SkyNews
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🗣️Demands for an inquiry after it emerged police had to wait two weeks for approval from prosecutors to search Nicola Sturgeon’s house.
❌Scotland’s top prosecutor refuses to answer
@SkyNews
questions today.
📺Full report 👇🏽
📲
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NEW: Johnston Carmichael issued a report in Sept 2022 - same month the firm resigned from auditing the SNP
“We have conducted an initial risk review...this has led to disengagement from clients where we perceive there to be a risk of failing to deliver a quality audit.”
@SkyNews
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NEW: Justice Secretary
@HumzaYousaf
brands
#Rangers
fans “selfish and irresponsible” as thousands breach COVID rules by gathering in Glasgow.
Scottish Govt now in talks with police & football authorities about “further action”.
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#Brexit
Party supporter egged by protester outside Nigel
#Farage
here in Edinburgh.
@BBCScotlandNews
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UPDATE ON SCOTLAND'S LOCKDOWN EASING
*Depend on virus suppression*
💇Hairdressers 15 July
🍺Beer gardens 6 July
🍔Restaurants restricted reopen 15 July
🏠Holiday homes & caravans open 3 July
👪15th July meet household indoors
🛍️Shopping centres 13 July
@BBCScotlandNews
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NEW: White van exits the large evidence tent outside the home of Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell.
The property was raided by detectives this morning amid Murrell’s arrest.
@SkyNews
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NEW: Police evidence tent erected outside the home of former SNP exec Peter Murrell after he was arrested amid party finances investigation.
The Glasgow property he shares with his wife Nicola Sturgeon is sealed off by detectives.
@SkyNews
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BREAKING NEWS: Scotland’s travel restrictions are being lifted from Friday to allow families to meet outdoors. Movement around Scotland permitted.
6 people from 6 households also allowed to meet outdoors.
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Crowds cheer as former
#Catalan
minister
#ClaraPonsati
arrives for initial hearing in her extradition case here at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
@AamerAnwar
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NEW: SNP contact Electoral Commission over “difficulty” finding replacement auditors as deadline for finances looms.
@SkyNews
understands accountants Johnston Carmichael resigned in Sept. Earlier the FM said it was “around Oct”.
Former auditors apparently “raised no concerns”.
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That’s my time at BBC Scotland finished and my replacement* has already swooped in. 🙄
Start at
@SkyNews
in a few weeks. See you on the other side…
(*my son)
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NEW: First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks for the first time following the arrest of the SNP treasurer Colin Beattie.
@SkyNews
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NEW: SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes tells
@SkyNews
her faith says it’s “wrong” for children to be born outside of marriage & she would “seek to avoid”.
Also told me:
➖Trans rapist Isla Bryson is “man”.
➖NOT in favour making it easier for 16 &17yr olds to change gender.
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Crowds at the Glasgow vigil take part in a spontaneous version of the Israeli national anthem.
@SkyNews
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Here’s my full interview with
@Ianblackford_MP
who was secretly recorded appearing to ask his fellow
@theSNP
MPs to support MP Patrick Grady who was found guilty of sexual harassment involving a teenage victim.
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BREAK: Paedophile Andrew Miller, also known as Amy George, jailed for at least 20 yrs for abducting schoolgirl from a Scottish Borders street before locking her in his room & repeatedly sexually assaulting her.
He lured his victim to his car while dressed as woman.
@SkyNews
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Large crowds gather outside Holyrood as
@NicolaSturgeon
addresses a pro-independence rally after the Supreme Court ruling.
@SkyNews
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NEW: SNP headquarters issue statement refusing to issue the number of members voting in the leadership contest.
It comes after all three contenders demanded transparency on the matter.
Party chiefs hint they’ll issue figures AFTER race to replace Sturgeon is over.
@SkyNews
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🗣️”Thank you!”
❌Scottish Govt minister in charge of abandoned gender recognition reforms refuses to tell me if she ploughed ahead with a court battle even if her legal advice said the Scottish Govt would lose.
The court row likely to cost taxpayers £350,000+.
@SkyNews
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NEW: Kate Forbes tells the covid inquiry she was not aware of the existence of “gold command” meetings where major pandemic decisions were taken despite her being Scotland’s Finance Secretary at the time.
Forbes was “never invited” to the small meetings led by Sturgeon.
@SkyNews
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NEW: Covid inquiry sees WhatsApp exchanges between Nicola Sturgeon and her former chief of staff Liz Lloyd as Boris Johnson was announcing a lockdown in Oct 2020.
Sturgeon brands the Prime Minister a “fucking clown”
@SkyNews
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Standing ovation as Nadia El-Nakla, wife of Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf, takes to the stage at the SNP conference in an emotional address where she talks about final goodbyes to family trapped in Gaza.
@SkyNews
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Who knew about the SNP-owned £100k motorhome?
✅ Police did when they seized it.
❌New leader Humza Yousaf didn’t until weeks ago.
❌Ex-treasurer Colin Beattie was apparently unaware.
❓Did Nicola Sturgeon?
The luxury vehicle was removed from home of Sturgeon’s mother-in-law.
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Subtitles giving Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar an interesting new name and title...
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A view from what appears to be inside a restaurant in
#GeorgeSquare
last night as hooligans launch missiles at riot police.
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An exchange I had with the Deputy First Minister in May…
I was talking about predator Andrew Miller / Amy George who was today jailed for 20 years for luring a girl in to his car while dressed as a woman before holding her hostage and subjecting her to repeated sex attacks.
👇🏽
Deputy First Minister Shona Robison told Holyrood last year there’s “no evidence” predatory men ever had to “pretend to be anything else” to “carry out abusive behaviour”.
Comments made during gender reform debate.
How does that square with Andrew Miller/Amy George?
@SkyNews
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V powerful moment as a tired and emotional
@HumzaYousaf
sheds a tear explaining how his 4 year old daughter asks about speaking to her granny who is trapped in Gaza.
@SkyNews
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NEW: Nicola Sturgeon’s former chief of staff Liz Lloyd says she “thinks” the former First Minister only had one phone.
Lloyd says she “believes” it was a personal device & confirms it was used for Govt business.
Ms Sturgeon wiped all her WhatsApps.
@SkyNews
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NEW: SNP confirm to
@SkyNews
its accountants Johnston Carmichael have resigned from auditing the party’s finances. Moves to find a replacement underway.
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NEW: SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf tells
@SkyNews
he was lobbied by religious groups over the gay marriage vote but dismisses claims by ex-Govt minister
@AlexNeilSNP
he deliberately arranged to skip historic moment by setting up a meeting weeks in advance.
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The Beast motorcade has arrived here at
#Prestwick
airport with the American and Scottish flags.
#DonaldTrump
minutes away.
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NEW: CocaCola among drinks giants looking to claim ‘millions’ in compensation amid Scotland’s failed deposit return scheme.
@SkyNews
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NEW: Covid inquiry releases messages from 2021 showing an exchange where Humza Yousaf admits he is “winging it” in his role as Health Secretary in charge of the pandemic.
He admits he will “get found out sooner rather than later 😂”
@SkyNews
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NEW: Scottish Government is aiming to move the whole of Scotland in to Level 0 on 19th July.
Social distancing will be scrapped outdoors and will be reduced to 1 metre indoors IF data allows.
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Former
#Catalan
minister
#ClaraPonsati
emerges from court here in Edinburgh with
@AamerAnwar
after extradition hearing. They then met crowds of Scottish supporters.
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📌Nicola Sturgeon answers questions outside her & Peter Murrell’s home.
➖What were police looking for?
➖Is Peter home?
➖Have you been questioned by police? ➖Indicated they want to speak to you?
➖Response to Humza Yousaf’s “SNP governance was not as it should be” comments.
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EXCLUSIVE:
@SkyNews
/YouGov poll suggests support for Scottish independence drops to 39%.
✅Kate Forbes most popular with public. She wins on leadership, competence & trust.
❌39% think Humza Yousaf is weak leader. 42% reckon he’s untrustworthy.
📺Sky leader’s debate live 7pm
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Scottish
#seashanty
star Nathan Evans reveals to
@DavidJ_Farrell
he has quit his job as a postie tonight after being inundated with opportunities. Fantastic news! 🚢 🛳
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🎥 Scottish Power debt enforcers caught on camera breaking into Glasgow woman's flat - even though she is not a customer.
⚠️It comes as BBC Scotland is inundated with claims of aggressive debt collection tactics.
⚡️
@ofgem
has contacted Scottish Power for talks amid BBC concerns
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NEW: SNP leadership contender Ash Regan tells
@SkyNews
(after repeated questioning) she will “adapt” her independence plans if the UK Govt doesn’t enter negotiations.
Regan refuses to tell me what that plan is and believes Downing St will listen to her more than Nicola Sturgeon
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🚨 Latest polling suggests SNP voting intention for Holyrood slumps to lowest in almost a decade.
YouGov data reckons Labour's constituency vote is highest since 2014 independence referendum.
@SkyNews
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Thousands call for the North of England (including Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle) to become part of Scotland.
http://t.co/qCzZW4yUxm
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New concerns ahead of plans to move another ‘dangerous’ transgender prisoner to an all-female jail despite fierce row over double rapist Isla Bryson.
Tiffany Scott (once known as Andrew Burns) stalked a schoolgirl.
Full
@SkyNews
report featuring ex-cabinet minster
@AshtenRegan
.
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Jury made a unanimous decision. Every single jury found him guilty of abduction, rape and murder.
Alesha’s family in tears in the court.
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BREAKING: Peter Murrell quits as SNP chief exec with immediate effect
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BREAK: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will lay motion of no confidence in the Scottish government this afternoon.
If SG loses it would require Humza Yousaf to resign, there is 28 days to instal a new leader or face Scottish election.
@SkyNews
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NEW: SNP deputy leader Keith Brown tells
@SkyNews
he was not informed the party had been without auditors since Sept last year until “shortly before it became public”.
He insists it was “not a crisis” at the time & denies it was an issue Sturgeon apparently kept him in dark.
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Murrell has resigned his SNP membership
BREAK: Peter Murrell charged in connection with embezzlement in long-running police probe examining the SNP’s finding and finances.
@SkyNews
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