Nicola Sturgeon's Christmas gift for struggling families | Celtic condemn fans after 'missile attacks'

Nov 30, 2020

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Nicola Sturgeon's Christmas gift

Christmas will come early for many of Scotland’s most vulnerable families with Nicola Sturgeon set to announce plans to provide a direct payment to all families with children receiving free school meals.

In a move which the First Minister hopes will help tackle child poverty during one of the toughest winters in living memory, the payment will be made before Christmas and those receiving it will be able to use it for whatever they wish.

Find out how much is being offered and details of the plan here.

Celtic condemn fans behaviour

Celtic have condemned the behaviour of their supporters after manager Neil Lennon and his players were pelted with objects thrown by an angry mob after the Betfred Cup defeat to Ross County.

Two police officers were also injured after hundreds of fans defied strict lockdown rules to congregate outside Celtic Park after the 2-0 defeat, scenes which Scotland’s Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf condemned as “utterly disgraceful”.

Read the full story here.

Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'lying' on BBC over Salmond allegations

The Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross accused Nicola Sturgeon of lying on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show after the First Minister was confronted with a clip from 2018 where she said she did not know of sexual harassment allegations against the former first minister Alex Salmond until April.

Ms Sturgeon, who was speaking to Andrew Marr on Sunday morning, was shown a clip of her responding to a question on whether she had “heard any stories” about Mr Salmond prior to it breaking in the press.

Here's how Nicola Sturgeon responded to the allegations.

St Andrew's Day trivia

We couldn't sign off the newsletter without sharing some fascinating facts about our patron saint.

Did you know Saint Andrew never came to Scotland..but parts of him did. Here are some surprising facts about the saint you might not know.

Thanks for reading,

Sam Shedden, sam.shedden@jpimedia.co.uk


	Nicola Sturgeon to announce £100 for every family receiving free school meals before Christmas

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Celtic condemn fans behaviour as Neil Lennon and players 'left shaken' after being 'targeted by missiles'

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Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'lying' on BBC over Salmond allegations by Tories

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