Alex Salmond and MP Kenny MacAskill have been confirmed as the leader and depute leader of the Alba Party. View email online

Subscribe today Sep 12, 2021 Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week. Alba Party: Alex Salmond re-elected as leader Alex Salmond and MP Kenny MacAskill have been confirmed as the leader and depute leader of the Alba Party. More than 6,000 work days lost for Police Scotland due to assaults on officers More than 6,000 work days have been lost to the police as a result of assaults on officers, new figures show. Best dog beds 2021: stylish, comfortable dog beds for all kinds of dogs, and every owner’s budget It can be a challenge buying your dog a bed they love - we’re here to help Promoted by The Scotsman Recommended SNP-loyalist comedians like Janey Godley leave Scotland lacking real satire of those in power – Brian Wilson In Scotland, even the ‘satirists’ are house-trained loyalists to the regime, so Janey Godley’s humour never had any cutting edge. Alok Sharma: Conservative minister responsible for Cop26 ‘being undermined by Boris Johnson’ The Cop26 president is being "undermined at every turn" by Boris Johnson, Glasgow's council leader has said. SNP conference: Members demand public energy and transport companies Ordinary members of the SNP have overwhelmingly backed a plan to establish a Scottish national energy company just days after the government quietly dropped the idea, and demanded the creation of a national transport company to own electric car charging infrastructure on Scotland's roads. Libraries are one of our greatest public goods, on a par with our hospitals and schools – Alexander McCall Smith I have no firm recollection of the first cinema I ever went to. I have a vague memory of being intensely uncomfortable during the screening of an unintelligible black-and-white film, desperate for it all to end. I have worked out that I was four at the time, which makes it, I suppose, one of my earliest memories. SNP conference: Members’ dismay at abandonment of public energy company plan Ordinary members of the SNP have overwhelmingly backed a plan to establish a Scottish national energy company just days after the government quietly dropped the idea. Alba conference: Alex Salmond and MP Kenny MacAskill confirmed as leader and depute Alex Salmond and MP Kenny MacAskill have been officially confirmed as the leader and depute leader of the Alba Party. A teenager has been killed in a late-night hit-and-run on a busy Glasgow road A teenager has died in a hit and run in the early hours of Saturday. View more news

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