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Legal Aid Crisis

Colin Lancaster, chief executive of the Scottish Legal Aid Board.

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

Colin Lancaster: ‘Legal aid helping more people – but system needs to change’
Colin Lancaster, chief executive of the Scottish Legal Aid Board writes for The Herald's legal aid series. Legal is is helping more people, but the system needs to change, he argues.

20/06/15.HAMPDEN - GLASGOW.Kenny MacAskill MSP speaks at this year's Supporters Direct Scotland conference at Hampden.. (52277291)

20/06/15.HAMPDEN - GLASGOW.Kenny MacAskill MSP speaks at this year's Supporters Direct Scotland conference at Hampden.. (52277291)

Legal Aid Crisis

As Justice Secretary, I cut legal aid, but we need to fund it before it’s too late

Ross Greer insisted this week that independence preparations must continue

Ross Greer insisted this week that independence preparations must continue

National government

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Rebecca McQuillan: Independence splits over Holyrood budget are an embarrassment

Lee Anderson said: 'Once again the failed establishment are trying to go over the same arguments that they have already lost.'

Lee Anderson said: 'Once again the failed establishment are trying to go over the same arguments that they have already lost.'

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Ian McConnell: Home truths infuriate in-denial Brexiters

Stuart Callison

Stuart Callison

Defibrillators and AEDs

Labour missed a chance to save lives – but it's not too late

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EIF ascends under Benedetti – meanwhile, BBC Scotland are stuck relying on London

Former SNP member of the UK parliament Tommy Sheppard opposes plans for carbon capture projects off Scotland

Former SNP member of the UK parliament Tommy Sheppard opposes plans for carbon capture projects off Scotland

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Mark Williamson: SNP Government credibility in tatters amid Rosebank furore

Jeremy Clarkson speaks with the media in central London ahead of the farmers protest over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in the recent budget. PA Photo

Jeremy Clarkson speaks with the media in central London ahead of the farmers protest over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules in the recent budget. PA Photo

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Alison Rowat: It's not just Jeremy Clarkson being driven to despair by Labour

Elon Musk with Donald Trump

Elon Musk with Donald Trump

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Carlos Alba: X marks the turning point: we must regulate social media

Stephen Flynn has created a storm within the SNP by announcing he intends to stand for Westminster

Stephen Flynn has created a storm within the SNP by announcing he intends to stand for Westminster

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Kevin McKenna: Flynn is the SNP's last chance. Let the bloodletting begin

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Galloway National Park

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Farmers are important. But Galloway National Park can't be all about them

How solar farms can help our declining bee population

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer

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Kirsty Hughes: As the world changes, impotent Starmer is stranded on the sidelines

Youngsters at Townhead Park

Youngsters at Townhead Park

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Kevin McKenna: I visited UK’s cheapest town - and I fell in love with it

Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport

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Ian McConnell: Huge developments for Scottish airports

President Macron is finding himself marginalised

President Macron is finding himself marginalised

STRUAN STEVENSON

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After Labour's farm inheritance tax raid, new trade deal could hammer Scots farmers

Police officers on the streets of Hartlepool following a violent protest. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Police officers on the streets of Hartlepool following a violent protest. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

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Roz Foyer: Trump is back, closer to home the far right is too

Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer

Every year, over 350,000 women die from cervical cancer

For the first time, the elimination of a cancer is within our reach

Elon Musk isn't held accountable for what he publishes

Elon Musk isn't held accountable for what he publishes

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Neil Mackay: I know what fighting for free speech means. This isn't it

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Mark Smith: The Govan revolution that could be good for all of us

Happy teens are healthy teens

Happy teens are healthy teens

Zahra Hedges: Scotland can follow Iceland's example to help the next generation

Stephen Hamilton

Stephen Hamilton

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The neat future of whisky making

The famous ‘class’ sketch featuring John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett

The famous ‘class’ sketch featuring John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett

University of Edinburgh

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Condemnation of class could be the last acceptable prejudice in Scotland

Kevin says some of those leaving X are 'among the most ghastly and insufferably sanctimonious people I’ve ever encountered in journalism and politics'

Kevin says some of those leaving X are 'among the most ghastly and insufferably sanctimonious people I’ve ever encountered in journalism and politics'

KEVIN MCKENNA'S DIARY

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To all Scotland's 'liberals', no-one gives a Friar Tuck if you flounce away from X

Health inequalities faced by women and girls in Scotland are deeply entrenched within the systems that are meant to care for us, writes Engender CEO Catherine Murphy.

Health inequalities faced by women and girls in Scotland are deeply entrenched within the systems that are meant to care for us, writes Engender CEO Catherine Murphy.

Scottish Government needs to do more on women’s health, says Engender

Birthdays can be a mixed blessing

Birthdays can be a mixed blessing

My Midlife Diary: I turn 47 this weekend - when will I feel like an adult?

Working-class Scots report an obsession with their accents and intense questioning over which school they attended

Working-class Scots report an obsession with their accents and intense questioning over which school they attended

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Edinburgh Uni must stop appalling snobbery from Saltburn-esque toff students

Caledonian Isles arrives in Ardrossan

Caledonian Isles arrives in Ardrossan

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Alan Simpson: How is CalMac supposed to run a ferry service without any ships

UN climate summit kicks off this week (Peter Dejong/AP)

UN climate summit kicks off this week (Peter Dejong/AP)

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Brian Taylor: Three big reasons why action to reverse climate change is in trouble

To understand why expensive and technically difficult upgrade projects are essential, it’s worth considering the history of the UK’s transmission grid

To understand why expensive and technically difficult upgrade projects are essential, it’s worth considering the history of the UK’s transmission grid

Business Voices

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Expensive but essential: Grid investments key to powering the UK economy

First Minster John Swinney with his deputy Kate Forbes

First Minster John Swinney with his deputy Kate Forbes

National government

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Scottish Parliament has failed to deliver. Here are three ways to reform it

Fuel poverty is linked to child poverty and living in cold, damp homes negatively impacts educational attainment

Fuel poverty is linked to child poverty and living in cold, damp homes negatively impacts educational attainment

Elizabeth Leighton

A cold, damp home is a deadly home - here's how Scotland can change that

Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Elon Musk and Donald Trump

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Mark Smith: Which one are you: the hater or the hated? It’s time for a rethink

The system needs to aim for fairness for all

The system needs to aim for fairness for all

Scotland’s social security system reaches a significant milestone

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Neil Mackay: Stephen Flynn – the SNP’s Macbeth, a man of ambition unfit to lead

Dr Nandan Mukherjee is calling for immediate action at COP29, not a prolonged debate.

Dr Nandan Mukherjee is calling for immediate action at COP29, not a prolonged debate.

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Critical juncture amid unprecedented climate chaos must be tackled head-on

Glasgow Airport is changing hands

Glasgow Airport is changing hands

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Ian McConnell: What will major change mean for Glasgow and Aberdeen airports?

Blaming Nicola Sturgeon for the SNP's problems when she stood down two years ago isn't helpful

Blaming Nicola Sturgeon for the SNP's problems when she stood down two years ago isn't helpful

National government

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Mark McGeoghegan: Three lessons the SNP need to learn after US election

Kemi Badenoch has finely honed right-wing instincts

Kemi Badenoch has finely honed right-wing instincts

National government

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Andy Maciver: Are you ready for the nine-word culture war?

Donald Trump's win in 2016 was supposed to unleash an artistic renaissance – where is that sentiment now?

Donald Trump's win in 2016 was supposed to unleash an artistic renaissance – where is that sentiment now?

‘Think of all the great art we’ll get from a Trump win…’

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The questions over Higher History marking saga just won't stop coming

General view of the Glasgow Fort shopping centre

General view of the Glasgow Fort shopping centre

MARISSA MACWHIRTER

Braehead Shopping Centre

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Could a shopping centre's major expansion spell disaster for Glasgow city centre?

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Five things you won't know about Cumnock — the UK's 'most affordable town'

Nicola Sturgeon will take to the stage at the forthcoming comedy festival. Brian Wilson believes that a few star turns could join her

Nicola Sturgeon will take to the stage at the forthcoming comedy festival. Brian Wilson believes that a few star turns could join her

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Brian Wilson: SNP selection process will show exactly how the party views Holyrood

Tesco is opening on Sundays on Lewis

Tesco is opening on Sundays on Lewis

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Neil Mackay: I’m with the Free Presbyterians: just say no to Sunday opening

A Ryanair 737 landing on the main runway at Prestwick Airport.

A Ryanair 737 landing on the main runway at Prestwick Airport.

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Ian McConnell: Hopefully Prestwick Airport’s corrosive detractors are happy now?

Climate Emergency

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Rebecca McQuillan: Is the climate doomed? Scottish experts have their say

The Emigrants memorial in Sutherland

The Emigrants memorial in Sutherland

Highlands & Islands

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It's time the Highlands and Islands got reparations for the sins of the clearances

President elect Donald Trump casts a long shadow over the West

President elect Donald Trump casts a long shadow over the West

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Carlos Alba: Even Trump can't destroy the West in the next four years - here's why

John Rebus (RICHARD RANKIN)

John Rebus (RICHARD RANKIN)

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Are we getting value from BBC Scotland? We asked an arts writer. He wasn't impressed

Our future tech leaders already exist, we just need to give them the right skills

Israeli soldiers search the site of the weekend attack by Palestinian militants on the Supernova Desert Music Festival, near kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 12, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinian, have

Israeli soldiers search the site of the weekend attack by Palestinian militants on the Supernova Desert Music Festival, near kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 12, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinian, have

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Roz Foyer: We cannot sit back and allow Palestine to die

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The Day of the Jackal is ruined by this one major problem

'The gas-lighting of millions of working-class Americans has begun in earnest and shows no sign of abating', writes Kevin McKenna

'The gas-lighting of millions of working-class Americans has begun in earnest and shows no sign of abating', writes Kevin McKenna

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The counterfeit left failed on Trump - and will lose Holyrood