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Former MSP to face trial accused of causing crashes while drink-driving

Colin Smyth, 53, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

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Swinney rejects Burnham’s claim Scots feel distant from Holyrood

The First Minister accused the Labour leadership hopeful of trying to ‘lecture’ him and described his comments as ‘polemics’.

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King’s Baton begins Scottish tour in Glasgow ahead of Commonweath Games

Swimmer Duncan Scott said it was a ‘privilege’ to carry the baton in at the start of its Scottish tour.

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Commonwealth Games will show Scotland's love of sport, John Swinney says

John Swinney has said he 'cannot wait' for the 2026 Commonwealth Games to get under way, adding that the Glasgow tournament would…

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JK Rowling meets with the Queen in Edinburgh royal residence

The Queen has held an audience with JK Rowling at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh

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Reform MSP blasted for sending children to private school in England

A Reform MSP has been blasted for sending her children to a private school in England instead of educating them in Scotland

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Ceremony of keys to take place to mark King visiting for Royal Week

On Tuesday the King and Queen will carry out a series of engagements in Edinburgh as Royal Week gets under way in Scotland.

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Creative Scotland chief executive steps down after nearly eight years

The chief executive of Creative Scotland has announced he will step down from the role

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Creative Scotland’s chief executive to step down from role after eight years

Iain Munro will leave the more than £110,000-a-year role at the end of the year after nearly eight years in charge.

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King to formally open seventh session of Scottish Parliament

A ceremony will take place at the Scottish Parliament on Saturday.

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Holyrood to crack down on MSPs working from home and abroad

HOLYROOD will crack down on MSPs working from home or abroad, the new Presiding Officer has said.

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Swinney hits back at ‘baseless’ claims of SNP ‘cover-up’ of Murrell’s crimes

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay had insisted the First Minister was ‘at the heart of the cover-up’.

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Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell jailed for more than five years

A judge told Murrell he was responsible for a ‘calculated crime of dishonesty’.

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Former SNP chief Murrell to be sentenced for embezzling £400,000 of party funds

The 61-year-old falsified accounting records and created fake invoices in a bid to cover up his wrongdoing.

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Scotland’s foreign investment attractiveness at record levels, study finds

A third of the firms planning UK investment say they will choose Scotland, up from 27% last year and an all-time high, EY said.

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Swinney: Dangerous for me to intervene on Holyrood restricting media

The First Minister said it would not be right for him to ‘regulate’ the decision of Scottish Parliament bosses.

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People must stand united in condemning Edinburgh attacks, says John Swinney

Scotland’s First Minister insisted there is no place for race-based or faith-based violence in the country following suspected anti-Muslim attacks.

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John Swinney will 'consider implications' of Aberdeen South by-election defeat

The SNP will 'consider the implications' of its defeat in the Aberdeen South by-election, John Swinney has said

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Commons leaders pressed over ‘safeguards’ for public cash after Murrell crimes

Patricia Ferguson, the chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee, has written to both the Clerk of the House of Commons and the Speaker on the issue.

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Pretty rubbish? Dress made from recycled bags-for-life highlights climate change

It will be shown during the Edinburgh Climate Festival on June 27.

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Former Tory leader urges Aberdeen South constituents not to split unionist vote

The by-election was called by the resignation of former SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn following his election to Holyrood.

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Swinney warns of ‘rising tide of hateful rhetoric’ in wake of unrest

The First Minister has accused Reform UK of ‘stirring up of hatred within our society’.

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MSPs vote down Labour calls for Murrell inquiry at Holyrood

Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar said the crimes committed by Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband amounted to ‘the greatest political scandal since devolution’.

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More protests after Belfast stabbing ‘ill-advised’ – Swinney

Two officers and three members of the public were injured in disorder in Glasgow on Tuesday night.

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SNP and Greens have final chance to back Murrell probe, says Labour

Labour will force a vote on a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday.

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