Katrine Bussey
The Scotsman
United Kingdom
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Scotland strikes: Secondary teachers announce plans for more strike action in January
Secondary teachers in Scotland have announced plans for further strike action early next year, with union leaders insisting the move sends a “clear message that the teacher unions are not for turning” in their dispute over pay. → Read More
Scottish independence: Lib Dems 'won't play SNP's game' with de facto referendum
The Liberal Democrats have told the SNP and Scottish Greens they "won't play their game", as the pro-independence parties seek to make the next election a de facto referendum on independence. → Read More
Scottish man Brian Glendinning freed from Iraqi prison returns home to emotional family
A father of three who was held in an Iraqi jail over an unpaid debt had an emotional reunion with his family as he returned to Scotland. → Read More
Disruption continues after heavy rain in Scotland which swept person into floodwater
Travel is still disrupted after a day of heavy rain across parts of Scotland – when a person was swept into water. → Read More
Scottish school strikes: Teaching union announces more strike dates in pay dispute
Scotland’s largest teaching union has announced two new planned strike dates on top of next week’s walkout. → Read More
Scotland spending cuts: Police warnings over impact of Scottish Government’s resource spending review
Scottish Government spending plans could result in a “fundamental reduction” in policing, MSPs have been warned, with police chiefs claiming they could be forced to make savings of up to £300 million over the next few years → Read More
Tory leadership: SNP preparing to fight general election, declares Ian Blackford
The SNP is preparing to fight a general election, the party’s Westminster leader said, as he insisted Scots will be “appalled” at the prospect of Boris Johnson making a dramatic comeback as prime minister. → Read More
Expert panel to investigate flagship Glasgow hospital as part of public inquiry
An expert group has been set up to carry out further investigations at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) as part of a public inquiry probing problems at the flagship site. → Read More
Jeremy Hunt mini-budget statement: Nicola Sturgeon says 'thank goodness' Scottish Government didn't act 'so rashly' over Liz Truss tax cuts
Nicola Sturgeon has said “thank goodness we didn’t act so rashly” after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced most of his predecessor’s tax cuts were being scrapped. → Read More
Nursing union ballots members on strikes for the first time in 100 year history
Nursing leaders have said they had “no option” but to ask members to go out on strike for the first time in their union’s 100-year history. → Read More
UK economic policies likely to cause many more deaths than Covid, claims Scottish academic
The UK Government’s economic policies are “likely” to have caused a “great many more deaths” than the Covid-19 pandemic, an academic has claimed. → Read More
Almost 5,000 patients spent half a day or more in A&E in Scotland in August
Almost 5,000 patients spent half a day or more in accident and emergency (A&E) in August, as waiting times performance hit a new low. → Read More
Pedestrian killed after being struck by car in East Kilbride
A pedestrian has been killed after being hit by a car in South Lanarkshire. → Read More
Man charged with attempted murder of police officer in Glasgow
A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a police officer in Glasgow. → Read More
Exact route revealed for Queen’s last journey from Scotland through Edinburgh on Tuesday
Details of the route the Queen’s coffin will take as it leaves Scotland for the last time have been revealed. → Read More
Demands for new PM to reduce fuel costs for rural households in Scotland
Rising fuel prices have left Scots living in remote areas having to shell out almost £2,000 a year more in transport costs, a Liberal Democrat MP has said. → Read More
Person rang 999 to say bus had not stopped for them, Police Scotland reveal
A member of the public called 999 to report the bus they were waiting on had driven past them, Police Scotland have revealed. → Read More
Species of fungus unknown to science found in the Cairngorms
A never before discovered type of fungus is amongst the “wild and wonderful species” that have been found in the Scottish mountains. → Read More
Covid Scotland: Coronavirus death toll passes 15,000, figures show
Scotland’s coronavirus-related death toll has passed 15,000, new figures have revealed. → Read More
Scottish independence: Boris Johnson formally rejects Nicola Sturgeon call for second independence vote
Boris Johnson has formally rejected a call from the Scottish First Minister for Holyrood to be given the power to hold a second independence vote. → Read More