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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Jane McLeod

Politicians back drive to get Scots to read for just six minutes a day

From left: Lorna Slater, Anas Sarwar, Nicola Sturgeon, Stephen Kerr, and Patrick Harvie

FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon and other top Scottish politicians have given their support to a campaign to get Scots reading for six minutes on May 11, to help boost their mental health and wellbeing.

Party leaders Nicola Sturgeon, Anas Sarwar, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater were joined by Stephen Kerr to give their backing to the Keep the Heid and Read! campaign, which has already had more than 173,000 minutes pledged to the national reading moment.

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