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Kate Wallace, CEO, Victim Support Scotland

You never know when you may need help of Victim Support Scotland - Kate Wallace
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Crown Office's independence has been trashed amid Salmondgate – John McLellan
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Student carers need more support - Gill Ryan
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Why Sturgeon may, or may not, have to resign – Kenny MacAskill MP
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Mass consumption has created a big problem but also an opportunity –Iain Gulland
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The United States can still regain its position in leading the free world - Rodd...
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Join Scotland’s Virtual Kiltwalk to help disadvantaged people - Audrey McKinven
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Alasdair Gray's book Lanark is worthy of a day of celebration – Laura Waddell
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The wider ecomony needs a buoyant housing market - David Alexander
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Why the Covid pandemic is a warning about climate change – Professor Harry Burns
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Care home visits will end ‘torture’ of isolation – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP
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This cesspit of vipers is not fit for government – Murdo Fraser MSP
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Fate of Edinburgh's winter festivals is a serious issue – Scotsman comment
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Sturgeon and Johnson are united on this point about lockdown – Scotsman comment
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New Scottish film could give Trainspotting a run for its money – Brian Ferguson
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Universities are at risk of being used for money laundering – Martyn McLaughlin
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How Covid has increased the risk of gambling addiction – Steve Cardownie
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Why internet retail giants must pay their fair share of taxes – Andrew Morrison
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Scotland's climate change plan needs more work – Dr Richard Dixon
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Banking as you know it will be a thing of the past - Jim Duffy
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How golden eagle festival should help nature conservation – Scotsman comment
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Boris Johnson's rescue dog, Dominic Cummings' leg and a PR godsend – Aidan Smith
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Social media plays key role in business growth - Mike Christoforou
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Uber court ruling exposes the reality of the gig economy – Richard Leonard MSP
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Scotland's future is being reduced to a pawn in Tory feuding – Angus Robertson
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Edinburgh still a good place to profit from property - David Alexander
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Why Starmer's vision for the Labour party is on the right track – Ian Swanson
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We've been lucky over Covid vaccines. We may not be again – Eleanor Riley
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It’s time to think about what ‘rewilding’ means to you - Dr Dave Parish
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Volunteer engineers tackling Malawi’s Covid oxygen crisis need your help - Davi...
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Indy debate balances risks against vision of Scandinavian future – Marc Weller
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MSPs need to wake up to the ruinous impact the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill will ha...
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End of life care must be improved - Ellie Wagstaff
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The SNP’s opposition are playing the wrong game - Brian Monteith
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Farming: Foot and mouth outbreak a warning from history on animal welfare standa...
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Why reliance on social media is bad for our politics - Alastair Stewart
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New Labour leader must tackle SNP on its policy failures - Euan McColm
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Why O2 is helping to increase 4G coverage across rural Scotland - Derek McManus
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Does residential property offer the solution to the decline of the high street? ...
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Will recovery confirm aviation as a ‘nasty, rotten business’? - Alastair Dalton
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Lockdown behaviour has magnified the differences between warring parents - Shona...
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Ask Gareth Shaw: What are the inheritance tax pitfalls to look out for when I bu...
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Analysis: Facebook news ban belies its contempt for democratic discourse
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The tech ‘Holy Trinity’ still exerta a strong influence
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Cameron House Hotel case sets tougher sentences
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A failure to communicate is key to so many complaints - Vicky Crichton
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The best firms are problem solvers - Rob Aberdein
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Scottish cultural venues will need to look after Scottish talent more
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Maximise your income with the money talk team - Catherine Henry
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Communities need support now more than ever - Paul Carberry
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Rural business hub could be the perfect compromise for future office working - A...
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Retail collapse means business rates rethink is urgent - Murdo Fraser
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The scourge of ‘institutional racism’ remains a stubborn blight on Britain
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Rewriting real life is stranger than fiction - Alexander McCall Smith
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Recovery comes with the opportunity to place social good at the heart of our cho...
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Who will defuse the crypto taxation time bomb? - Jim Duffy
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Five capitals bar way to EU accession for independent Scotland - Marc Weller
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Scottish Tories are deploying the Trump playbook - Angus Robertson
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We long for day when we are not publishing daily death tolls - leader comment
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The limitations of science in medicine – Professor Graham Watt
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SchoolCloud learned to expand in the face of adversity - Marcus Fields
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Staycations could change the shape of rail travel in the UK - Keith Fenwick
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We can all become ‘carbon literate’ - Catherine Gee
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Food and drink sector needs time to recover from Covid and Brexit blows - David ...
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Cancel culture will deny us the ability to tell lies from truth - Brian Monteith
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Quarantine hotel loophole is a recipe for chaos - leader comment
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Valentines Galentines Palentines - let's get this Zumba party started
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Salmond inquiry exposes alarming truth about Scottish democracy – Brian Wilson
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Does SNP plan to shatter Scottish Press into a thousand pieces? – John McLellan
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If we avoid complacency, there are better times ahead – Scotsman comment
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Scotland have real chance to end 22 years of Six Nations' hurt –Scotsman comment
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Chancellor must give nation hope as economic crisis rages – Christine Jardine MP
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Single people's struggles with lockdown celibacy are no joke – Kirsty Strickland
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Where is the nuance in Holyrood’s reform to short-term lets licensing? - Stephen...
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Scotland's peatlands are vital to climate change fight – Roseanna Cunningham
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Ticking timebomb within Police Scotland must be defused – Tom Wood
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