Civil servants working for Nicola Sturgeon’s own policy unit on the Scottish Government’s independence prospectus knew a dodgy wind statistic was being used “without much evidence” more than a month before ministers admitted it was wrong.
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  First Minister's officials knew wind statistic was wrong a month prior to admission by ministers  
     
  Civil servants working for Nicola Sturgeon’s own policy unit on the Scottish Government’s independence prospectus knew a dodgy wind statistic was being used “without much evidence” more than a month before ministers admitted it was wrong.  
     
First Minister's officials knew wind statistic was wrong a month prior to admission by ministers
     
   
     
 
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With the right investment potential of Scotland’s medical research is infinite - Professor Heather Wallace
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