This stark image of a newsagent’s window filled up with this week’s death notices shows the heartbreaking reality of the current coronavirus situation in a rural Scottish town.
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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.

  
     
  ‘I’ve never experienced this number of deaths’ – Striking image shows stark reality of Scottish town’s rising death toll  
     
  This stark image of a newsagent’s window filled up with this week’s death notices shows the heartbreaking reality of the current coronavirus situation in a rural Scottish town.  
     
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Boris Johnson will have to take legal action to prevent Indyref2 if SNP win the election in May
 
If leave parties secure a majority vote in the next election, Boris Johnson will have to take legal action to prevent a second independence referendum.
 
     
 
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Obituary: Brig Charles Ritchie CBE, Scots soldier whose life was like 007 film
 
Charles David MacIver Ritchie CBE, soldier. Born: December 12 1941 in Inverness. Died: December 16 2020 in Edinburgh, aged 79
 
     
 
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Why any witnesses who lie to the Salmond inquiry should be worried – Brian Wilson
 
By common consent, the Holyrood committee investigating the doomed defence of an action raised by Alex Salmond has gone beyond the stage of farce.
 
     
 
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Boy,12, seriously injured after being struck by train
 
A 12-year old boy has been left with serious injuries after an acident at a train station.
 
     
 
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American television presenter Larry King dies aged 87 Ora Media announce
 
American talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87, Ora Media said in a statement tweeted from his account.
 
     
 
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Eyewitness: Tunisia on the brink as last bastion of Arab Spring faces turmoil
 
Scottish journalist Claire Herriot reports from the streets on Tunis, where the last remaining government swept to power in the Arab Spring of 2011 fights rebellion.
 
     
 
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Cybercrime is a growing threat but preventing it creates a real opportunity for Scotland’s economy – Scotsman comment
 
The theft of thousands of online files from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) – and subsequent publication after an unsuccessful attempt at blackmail – is yet another demonstration about the ability of cyber-crime gangs to disrupt our increasingly online way of life.
 
     
 
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Police Scotland curbs drone use after watchdog’s concerns about wide-ranging deployment
 
Police Scotland has only deployed its drones to search for missing people after the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) raised alarm about their wider use for operations such as public disorder.
 
     
     
     
   
     
   
     
     
 

     
   
   
   
 
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