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The Scotsman
16 May, 2019
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Joanna Cherry tweets about ‘backstabbing’ as SNP split deepens
A growing row within the SNP over an alleged “smear campaign” against one of its MPs has intensified after Joanna Cherry posted a tweet referring to “backstabbing”.
Latest News
Nicola Sturgeon: Theresa May has no chance of passing her Brexit deal

Theresa May has no chance of getting her Brexit deal passed at a planned vote next month on legislation for withdrawal, Scotland’s First Minister has said.

Children’s charity faces daily pleas for foster homes from councils

The head of a children’s charity in Scotland says he receives daily telephone calls and emails from councils desperate for foster parents for vulnerable children.

Leading ecologist’s outrage after pregnant beaver shot in head and killed near Crieff

This is the shocking picture of a pregnant beaver which was shot in the head and killed - less than two weeks after the animals became a protected species.

Dodgy car deals most common reason to call Scotland’s new consumer advice service – Andrew Bartlett

Nearly 1,800 used cars change hands on average every day in Scotland. For the overwhelming majority of drivers, the transaction is smooth and hassle-free. But sometimes, things go wrong, writes Andrew Bartlett of Advice Direct Scotland.

Sport Update
Andy Murray invests in tennis and squash hybrid and tips it to become huge

SIR ANDY Murray has expressed his excitement after investing in padel tennis - described as a cross between tennis and squash - and tipped it to become huge across the world.

Edinburgh-based former World Cup referee George Smith dies aged 75

Edinburgh-based former grade one football referee George Smith has died aged 75.

‘Josh Taylor has never run into a beast like me’ says Ivan Baranchyk

IBF light-welterweight champion Ivan Baranchyk has said he intends to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Terence Crawford, the WBO welterweight belt holder who has won world titles in three weight divisions.

And finally...
Tour the eerie Scottish island of Swona – abandoned for over 40 years

Swona, in the Orkney Isles, was last inhabited more than 40 years ago. Since at least the early 1930s, just one family - the Rosies - called it home with the last brother and sister sailing off for the final time in 1974.

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