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The Scotsman
23 Oct, 2018
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Brexit: EU offers border compromise as Cabinet to get weekly updates
Cabinet will get weekly updates on Brexit talks and preparations for a no-deal exit from the EU as negotiations get closer to the deadline for a deal, Downing Street has confirmed.
Latest News
Striking council workers march in row over equal pay

Thousands of council workers have marched through Glasgow in a strike over equal pay which has shut hundreds of schools and affected home care services.
Scotland’s big cat sightings: is there any truth behind them?

Scotland has a rich tradition of mysterious big cat sightings.
Make the most of your retirement

Retirement brings one thing in abundance: time. Here’s how to enjoy every minute of it.

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Ryanair racist abuse: Police identify man involved

A man who was filmed racially abusing an elderly woman on a Ryanair flight has been identified, police said.
Scots economy faces Brexit ‘aftershock’ as business looks to stockpile supplies

Scotland’s economy could be hit by a post-Brexit shock as firms “stockpile” supplies to deal with an increasingly uncertain future outside the EU, the country’s chief economist has warned.
Oil slump sees office block once valued at £5m sell for £20k

An 11- storey office block in Aberdeen has sold for just £20,000.
Sport Update
Celtic outcast implores manager Brendan Rodgers to give him a chance

Marvin Compper says he’s willing to stay and fight for his place at Celtic Park, even though he doesn’t understand why he’s not in the team.
Reports in Russia claim Spartak Moscow want Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers is on the shorlist to be the next manager of Spartak Moscow, according to reports in Russia.
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Hearts’ Craig Levein excited by quality of Scottish managers

Craig Levein has hailed a golden age of managers in Scottish football as the season reaches a potentially telling stage.
And finally...
Film reviews: Fahrenheit 11/9 | Halloween

Michael Moore’s exploration into how the US ended up with its current president has a frustratingly scattergun approach, although parallels between the director and his subject are amusing
Book review: The Scottish Clearances, by TM Devine

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. / Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; / A breath can make them, as a breath has made; / But a bold peasantry, their country’s pride, / When once destroyed, can never be supplied...”
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