By Michael Blackley Published: 21:41 GMT, February 4, 2025 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, February 4, 2025 The annual average costs for holding a convicted criminal in Scotland's prisons have risen …
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Family cats are safe from an SNP ban as Swinney rules out crackdown on Scotland’s felines
by Abellaby AbellaBy Michael Blackley for the Scottish Daily Mail Published: 21:26 GMT, February 3, 2025 | Updated: 23:08 GMT, February 3, 2025 John Swinney was dragged in line yesterday about whether …
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STEPHEN DAISLEY: Isn’t it time we named an oil tanker after this ruddy-jowled rabble-rouser?
by Abellaby AbellaA parliament is only as good as the politicians who attract it. Unfortunately for Holyrood it usually attracts the Flotsam and JetSam of the Scottish public sector-NGO complex, all those …
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STEPHEN DAISLEY: SNP’s minister for limos was helpless in the face of this onslaught…
by Abellaby AbellaBy Stephen Daisley for the Scottish Daily Mail Published: 12:19 GMT, January 30, 2025 | Updated: 12:58 GMT, January 30, 2025 Jackie Baillie is a cash register. The most bankable …
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Bus driver widow’s fury as teenage killer sent to unit with luxury swimming pool and fitness suite rather than jail
by Abellaby AbellaA violent teenager who has brutally attacked and killed a bus driver, will serve his punishment in a community unit, complete with a swimming pool and a fitness room. By …
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SNP membership slumps to its lowest level in 10 years as 65,000 abandon the party
by Abellaby AbellaSNP membership has fallen to its lowest in a decade after 65,000 supporters left the party, the post on Sunday can reveal. In a hammer blow to Prime Minister John …
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UK’s first legal ‘shooting gallery’ for drug addicts to take heroin and cocaine under medical supervision has over 100 visits in its first week of operation
by Abellaby AbellaBy KATE FOSTER SCOTTISH HEALTH EDITOR Published: 00:24 GMT, January 22, 2025 | Updated: 00:31 GMT, January 22, 2025 The £2.3 million Scottish drug shooting gallery was visited 131 times …
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GRAHAM GRANT: The era of ‘full-on John’ has dawned but Swinney has stuck with the same script – to take even more of your hard earned cash
by Abellaby AbellaIt's 'full-on John' Swinney's first week after his David Brent-style reinvention – when he promised us a new beginning. But you won't be surprised to hear that the big new …