| | | | | | | | | |  | | | Nov 18, 2021 | | | | | | | | Good morning, Welcome to your daily update from The Scotsman. Here are the top headlines this morning Join us today and support quality Scottish journalism Gain unlimited access to our quality coverage of Scotland and beyond when you subscribe. From just £3 a month you unlock a faster website, with 70% fewer ads, and daily puzzles. We're currently offering £1 pizza for new subscribers Thanks for reading, more stories below, Ginny - ginny.sanderson@jpimedia.co.uk | |
| | | | | | | SNP accused of 'dodgy deals' after £586m value of Lochaber guarantee revealed | | | | | | | | The Scottish Government provided a guarantee of £586 million to Sanjeev Gupta’s company GFG Alliance as part of the company’s purchase of the Lochaber smelter. | | | | | |
|  | | | | | | | | | | Experts say face masks and social distancing still needed in Covid battle | | | | Social distancing, wearing face masks and handwashing should continue alongside vaccines to protect people from Covid-19, experts have suggested. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Cop26's Lasting Legacy | | | Of all the places in the world that could have hosted COP26 at such a time of intense environmental crisis and global scrutiny, it was perhaps fate that it should fall on a city known as the “Dear Green Place” to sow new seeds of hope.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Individuals from LGBT organisations and faith groups will advise the Scottish Government on conversion therapy ban | | | | An expert group will be set up to advise the Scottish Government on how to ban conversion therapy by the end of 2023. |
| | | | | | | | | When it comes to transparency, it is 'pot, meet kettle' for the SNP and Tories | | | | When it comes to standards of transparency while in government, it is hard to think anything other than ‘pot, meet kettle’ when listening to criticism from opposition SNP and Conservative politicians. |
| | | | | | | | | Is the Belarus migrant crisis a ‘new type of war’? A conflict expert explains | | | | For months, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been accused of using illegal migrants as a tool to punish the European Union for imposing sanctions on his regime. |
| | | | | | | | | MPs vote against ban on second jobs as paid lobbyists as Labour motion rejected | | | | A motion to ban MPs from holding second jobs outside parliament as paid lobbyists or political consultants has failed. |
| | | | | | | | | More than 100 organisations call for child payment to be doubled amidst 'perfect storm of financial uncertainty' | | | | More than 100 charities, faith groups, trade unions and others have urged the Finance Secretary to use the upcoming budget to double a benefit payment made to poorer families immediately. |
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