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The Scotsman
Dec 23, 2017
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Nicola Sturgeon: Blue British passport is ‘insular nonsense’
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has poured scorn on plans to bring back the blue cover for the British passport as “insular, inward looking, nonsense”.
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Xmas shoppers to smash Scottish record on ‘Super Saturday’

Scottish retailers are bracing for a pre-Christmas shopping bonanza as customers prepare to shell out more than a million pounds in a last-minute festive spending spree on one of the most important weekends of the retail calendar.
Angry passengers threaten to sue airline over 41-hour Edinburgh delay

Hundreds of passengers are planning to sue Qatar Airways after their flight from Edinburgh was delayed for nearly two days.
MSP sends Cullen skink to David Davis in Brexit warning

An MSP has posted the UK Brexit Secretary a fishy Christmas gift to warn of the risks of the leaving the EU.
‘Christmas is ruined’: Cadbury fans slam decision to drop Fudge

Cadbury has dropped the Fudge bar from its festive selection box and replaced it with a Dairy Milk Oreo, sparking anger from some chocolate lovers.
Sport Update
Bristol Airport travel disruption after plane comes off runway

All flights at Bristol Airport were halted after an aircraft came off the runway.
Money taken early in council tax error

More than 12,000 residents have had their council tax collected almost a week early due to an “internal processing error”.
Women in burqas racially abused on Edinburgh-Glasgow train

Two women wearing burqas were subjected to racist abuse on board a train travelling between the Capital and Glasgow.
And finally...
Arts review of 2017: Joyce McMillan on the year in theatre

For the Scottish theatre industry, 2017 has been a year overshadowed by events far beyond the control of the artists who work in it. Just as theatre tends to sense long-term political developments ten or 20 years ahead of the curve, so it often has to wait a few years to process sudden, unexpected events; so with one striking exception, there have been no major new plays dealing directly with Brexit or the Trump presidency, despite many productions of existing plays that seem to take on new shape, reflecting the new crises of our time.

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