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Greta withdraws – storm in a tea cup as 50 book festival authors threaten not to take part in Edinburgh Book Fest next year. FREQUENT disaster occurrences have led to this. Festival replied in an open letter… scotland4me.co/2023/08/14/gr…
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Ready steady and go, that is it for the 40th Edinburgh International Book Festival. It starts tomorrow and runs from 12th August to 28th August 2023. Here are a few memories... More here scotland4me.co/2023/08/11/re…
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Lorna Slater defends deposit return scheme plan ift.tt/YvLjKRy

Lorna Slater defends deposit return scheme plan

Lorna Slater denies claims that crucial assessments have not been submitted to the UK government.

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Scottish Cup final: Why kick-off time is causing controversy among fans ift.tt/cgf3ohq

Why a kick-off time is causing controversy

Fans and clubs react to the Scottish Cup final being shifted from its traditional 3pm kick-off time.

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Seventh man charged over Greenock doorstep shooting death ift.tt/0xwa6z4

Seventh man charged over Greenock doorstep shooting death

The 25-year-old is due to appear in court on Wednesday over the death of Neil Canney in Greenock.

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Police Scotland: Racism, sexism and homophobia uncovered in review ift.tt/q41rgt8

Police Scotland: Racism, sexism and homophobia uncovered in review

Accounts of racism, sexism and homophobia by serving officers were heard in a review of force culture.

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Proclaimers say Coronation playlist row passed them by ift.tt/i48pqLd

Proclaimers say Coronation playlist row passed them by

The band who are staunch republicans had their most famous song removed from a Coronation playlist

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Bear Grylls discovers he is related to Robert the Bruce ift.tt/xCr50aB

Bear Grylls discovers he is related to Robert the Bruce

The TV presenter learned of his royal connection while taking part in Who Do You Think You Are?

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Care home loses bid to reduce £100,000 fine over resident's death ift.tt/feNq6vs

Care home loses bid to reduce £100,000 fine over resident's death

St David's Care was fined after an elderly resident froze to death after leaving unnoticed.

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Call for more action to curb teen vaping ift.tt/TQy0Lrp

Call for more action to curb teen vaping

Public health expert Prof Linda Bauld says the way vapes are branded and marketed needs to change.

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Man rescued after 24 hours stuck on remote Highland cliff ift.tt/Ecp8QW4

Man rescued after 24 hours stuck on remote Highland cliff

The 72-year-old hillwalker was rescued from the remote Highland cliff by a lifeboat crew.

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Recycling and packaged food found in Highland bins ift.tt/wi7XedO

Recycling and uneaten packaged food found in Highland bins

Highland Council has said more than half of waste in the average household bin could be recycled.

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Shell AGM: Climate activists storm shareholder meeting ift.tt/oulKfhA

Shell AGM: Climate activists storm shareholder meeting

Protesters rush the stage at the oil giant's annual general meeting in London over climate plans.

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Margaret Ferrier: Covid breach MP faces fresh calls to quit ift.tt/RL9VFy5

Margaret Ferrier: Covid breach MP faces fresh calls to quit

Margaret Ferrier has been urged to resign now rather than wait to be recalled by her constituents.

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Glasgow killer who set victim's body alight in bin jailed ift.tt/SkCJTKe
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Uist ferry disruption 'worse' than lockdown impact ift.tt/qKPmI9x

Uist ferry disruption 'worse' than lockdown impact

Island businesses made the claim in a meeting with Transport Minister Kevin Stewart.

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Annan Athletic: 'The community is on a bit of a high' ift.tt/ky7lasY

Annan Athletic: Town on a high as team wins promotion after 15 years

What does Annan Athletic's historic promotion mean to the south of Scotland town?

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More than 1,600 offshore contractors set to strike over pay ift.tt/BDltHTc

More than 1,600 offshore contractors set to strike over pay

Action over pay in June will now involve 1,650 workers, the Unite union announces.

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#Aberdeen #University^ | ift.tt/KaM29ld | Inspiring a long-lasting love of language learning Learning a new language is said to boost brain power, improve memory, enhance multi-tasking ability and improve performance in other academic areas.

Inspiring a long-lasting love of language learning

Learning a new language is said to boost brain power, improve memory, enhance multi-tasking ability and improve performance in other academic areas.

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#Aberdeen #University^ | ift.tt/cFLybPz | North-east breast cancer team launches fundraising event Colleagues working together from NHS Grampian and the University of Aberdeen have launched plans for a local fundraising event which will see money raised invested direc…
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