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| | | Latest News | | | | Euan McColm: Week from hellâs nothing to decade in purgatory | The last week of term at Holyrood was a copper-bottomed disaster for the SNP. From the ditching of the Scottish Governmentâs flagship education bill to a reshuffle which saw First Minister Nicola Sturgeon forced to withdraw the nomination of Gillian Martin as a minister, crisis piled on top of crisis. |
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| | Sport Update | | Sharp and Muir in showdown over two laps | Laura Muir and Lynsey Sharp have blazed trails and conquered tracks aplenty in recent years, the paths normally divergent but their careers skirting the highest peaks of middle-distance running. Both European gold medallists, each striving for excellence, products of a Scottish system that has set them up to excel. |
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| And finally... | | Edinburgh festivals receive nothing from £15m pledge | A new multi-million funding pot set up by the Scottish Government and city council leaders to safeguard the future of Edinburghâs festivals has come under fire after it emerged none of this summerâs events will be benefiting. |
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