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The Scotsman
22 Feb, 2019
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Brexit: Scotland faces ‘worse recession than 2008 crash’ under no-deal
A no-deal Brexit would result in a “multi-million-pound blow” to the Scottish economy as the country’s network of global trade deals collapse, business leaders have warned.
Latest News
Scrapping Offensive Behaviour law ‘sent out wrong signal’ to Scottish football fans

The decision to repeal Scotland’s Offensive Behaviour at Football Act sent out the wrong signal to fans, according to an MSP.
Identity of Alesha MacPhail killer revealed as Aaron Campbell

The 16-year-old boy who raped and murdered Alesha MacPhail can be identified as Aaron Campbell after a judge allowed his name to be reported.
Is a good retirement still affordable?

We may be working longer, but most of us are counting down to retirement. But planning for the golden years is crucial.

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The Edinburgh of the future will have no residents and an all year festival – Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith imagines an Edinburgh where permanent residents have left and the city has been handed over to a never-ending festival

These are the Scottish regions with the highest and lowest average weekly earnings

New data has been published this week revealing which Scottish regions have the highest and lowest average weekly earnings.

Sport Update
Hearts boss Craig Levein ask why all top Scots refs are from Glasgow and Lanarkshire

Bringing in foreign referees to preside over Scottish matches is not the solution, according to Craig Levein.
Steven Gerrard asks why Steve Clarke didn’t speak out over Kris Boyd’s abuse

Steven Gerrard has questioned why Steve Clarke railed against the sectarian chanting he was subjected to at Ibrox on Wednesday night but made no comment on the similar abuse suffered by Kris Boyd during Kilmarnock’s match with Celtic at the weekend.
Comment: Strict liability the only way to tackle sectarianism

It’s not often a 55-year-old man wouldn’t be happy to be made to feel like he was 23 again. It is thoroughly depressing to consider
that Steve Clarke was left despairing and full of contempt at this shedding of the years in his psyche at Ibrox on Wednesday night.
And finally...
Writer-director Harry Wootliff on her new Glasgow-set movie, Only You

A young couple’s struggle to conceive is the ‘intimate and real’ focus of Harry Wootliff’s new movie. She tells Alistair Harkness why Glasgow was the ideal setting
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