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The Scotsman
28 Feb, 2018
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ScotRail tells commuters: Go home now
ScotRail is to urge people to go home now as it plans to start shutting down the network from 2pm.
Latest News
‘Risk to life’ as Met Office issues red alert for Scotland

Scotland’s weather is now so severe that there is a ‘likely’ risk to life, after the Met Office upgrading their weather warnings for snow to Red, the highest possible rating.

Video shows man snowboarding in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Park

While many have been plagued by travel chaos and delays as a result of the winter weather, some have been taking full advantage.

Scotland’s weather: Schools closed as public urged not to travel

Vast swathes of Scotland were left reeling this morning as the full impact of the so-called ‘beast from the east’ weather front hit the country with a vengeance.

Scottish National Investment Bank will launch by 2019

There will be a Scottish National Investment Bank, First Minister has said, adding that she expects the institution to be operating by next year.

Sport Update
Aberdeen keen to sign Ryan Christie on permanent deal

Derek McInnes will make another attempt to sign Ryan Christie on a permanent deal if Brendan Rodgers decides the midfielder doesn’t have a long-term future with Celtic.

‘No further action’ over Scotland-England tunnel fracas

Six Nations Rugby will not take any further disciplinary action after it concluded its investigation into the “scuffle” that took place in the tunnel prior to the Calcutta Cup match between Scotland and England.

Jason White hopes new charity can tap in to power of sport

‘Legacy” is routinely dismissed as a meaningless buzzword in modern sport. Ephemeral, often intangible, and yet its intention is noble in recognising the life-changing possibilities sport can offer.

And finally...
Theatre preview: Joyce McMillan on the Play, Pie and Pint Spring Season

It was in the autumn of 2004 that the late David MacLennan launched A Play, A Pie And A Pint, at the new Oran Mor bar and arts venue in Glasgow. After some fierce run-ins with the Scottish Arts Council during the 1990s, over the withdrawal of funding from his radical music theatre company Wildcat, MacLennan had no intention of tangling with arts council funding bureaucracy ever again. So on a wing, a prayer and a surge of formidable goodwill from theatre professionals, Glasgow audiences and Oran Mor owner Colin Beattie, he set out to create something that could sustain itself without state subsidy.

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