🔴 Scottish council leaders told they 'need training' in how to make decisions after £60m school blunder

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First up, a Scottish local authority has been told to ensure its political leaders are properly trained in scrutiny and decision - making after a blunder.

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Next up, if a week is a long time in politics, then 36 years is a very long time in the fickle world of fashion.

Read about the fall of a Scottish fashion giant - what went wrong at Ted Baker?

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Lastly, it is a place where stories of Vikings, Picts, warriors and Kings mingle, right in the centre of what is now Scotland's largest city.

Read more as archaeologists return to "Govan Warrior" site in their search for an ancient kingdom.

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