Derek Healey
Evening Telegraph
United Kingdom
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Election campaigns to resume following pause to mark Duke of Edinburgh’s death
Election campaigning will resume this week following a pause to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh but will be suspended again on Saturday for his funeral, it has been confirmed. → Read More
Exclusive: SNP’s parliamentary business minister breaches Covid election rules
The SNP's parliamentary business minister, Graeme Dey, has offered "unreserved apologies" after breaching coronavirus election rules on the first official day of campaigning, we can exclusively reveal. → Read More
NHS Tayside asks other health boards to help with ailing breast cancer service
NHS Tayside has been forced to make a plea to other health boards to help shore up its ailing breast cancer service in the wake of a chemotherapy treatment scandal, it can be revealed. → Read More
Stonehaven rail tragedy: Report on ‘accident that shook Scotland’
Experts investigating the Stonehaven rail tragedy have set out more than 50 recommendations to make the UK's rail network more resilient against the "substantial challenge" of extreme weather and climate change. → Read More
Douglas Ross pledges new scheme to fend off 'tsunami of unemployment'
Douglas Ross will pledge to kickstart a skills revolution as he announces a new fund to help people get back into work or progress their career in a bid to fend off a "tsunami of unemployment" in the wake of coronavirus. → Read More
Ruth Davidson: Scottish Conservatives can block an SNP majority
"Something in Scotland has changed" in recent weeks and the Scottish Conservatives are now on the path to blocking an SNP majority, according to Ruth Davidson. → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon to step back from Covid briefings during election
Nicola Sturgeon will take a step back from the Scottish Government's regular coronavirus briefings during the run up to May's Holyrood election. → Read More
‘Lives could have been saved’: Sturgeon grilled on pandemic planning
Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of ignoring "warning after warning" and showing a lack of leadership that left Scotland unprepared for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Scotland's roadmap out of lockdown to be set out next week
A new roadmap out of lockdown will be published next week but restrictions will remain in place across Scotland until at least early March "and possibly for a period beyond that", Nicola Sturgeon has announced. → Read More
Sturgeon 'satisfied' Scotland will meet coronavirus vaccine target ahead of slowdown
Nicola Sturgeon is “satisfied” Scotland has hit its target to vaccinate all over-70s and the clinically vulnerable but warned progress will slow in the coming days as some centres reduce their hours following a dip in supplies. → Read More
Vaccine rollout: Sturgeon 'really sorry' after pensioner collapses
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted there is no wider issue with Scotland's vaccination programme, as she apologised for a botched appointment booking that saw an elderly woman collapse with suspected hypothermia. → Read More
Ticket to ride: Is a Covid vaccine passport in your future?
UK ministers are reportedly looking into the creation of a digital vaccine passport in a bid to reopen international travel as life-saving jabs become more widely available across the world. → Read More
‘Wheesht for indy’: The internal SNP row that led to Nicola Sturgeon’s transphobia video
Nicola Sturgeon has strongly condemned accusations of transphobia in the SNP and vowed to treat it with zero tolerance following reports of large numbers of young activists leaving the party over the issue. → Read More
Indyref2: SNP party bosses in 'co-ordinated attack' on 'plan B' debate
A prominent SNP figure who has been a driving force behind calls for a "plan B" route to Scottish independence claims party bosses orchestrated a "co-ordinated attack" to stifle the debate. → Read More
New rule requiring medical grade face masks ‘being actively explored’ in Scotland
Scotland could follow Germany's lead in requiring people to wear medical grade face masks to help halt the spread of new mutated strains of coronavirus, John Swinney has said. → Read More
Data reveals many more traveling to work than during first lockdown
Many more people across north and north-east Scotland are traveling to work than during the first lockdown and experts have warned not enough is being done to support workers to stay at home. → Read More
Our worst shame: Sturgeon pledges £250m for drug deaths crisis
Nicola Sturgeon has admitted "more should have been done" to tackle "the national disgrace" of Scotland's drug deaths crisis as she announced more than £250 million of new funding to get to grips with the issue. → Read More
Trump's biggest legacy 'could be his undermining of democracy and long-term violence'
The transfer of power between US presidents has proven frequently to be a turning point in world history. → Read More
Breast cancer patients want answers from Jeane Freeman on 'grievous damage'
Breast cancer patients given lower-than-standard chemotherapy doses by NHS Tayside have called on Jeane Freeman to help resolve the "grievous damage" caused by unanswered questions over their care. → Read More
FMQs: No grilled Sturgeon on the Christmas menu for final session of 2020
'Twas the final first minister's questions before Christmas, when all through the chamber MSPs were stirring, to get their names in the paper. → Read More