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The Scotsman
21 Mar, 2019
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Alesha MacPhail: Teenager jailed for at least 27 years for rape and murder of 6-year-old
The 16-year-old boy who abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail has been locked up for at least 27 years.
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FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon says independence only solution to ‘broken’ Westminster

Nicola Sturgeon has told the Scottish Parliament independence is the only solution to the "broken government" of Westminster after the chaos of Brexit.

Brexit: Theresa May could quit if UK doesn’t leave EU by end of June

Downing Street refused to rule out Theresa May resigning if the UK does not leave the EU by 30 June as Brussels raised the stakes by suggesting a Brexit delay may only be available if MPs back the Prime Minister’s deal.

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Kenny MacAskill: As democracy dies, we should remember Churchill’s words

“Democracy imperilled,” the Brexiteers cry. I actually agree, but for different reasons. They’re blaming it on John Bercow for refusing to allow yet another vote on Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement, which neither Parliament nor the country wants. Good on him I say.

Aberdeen Standard Investments to advise on five Virgin Money funds

Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has been appointed as investment adviser for some £3.6 billion of assets on behalf of Virgin Money.

Sport Update
Allan Massie: Twickenham comeback may bode well for Scotland’s Rugby World Cup hopes

Gregor Townsend may, come the World Cup in Japan, benefit from the consequences of the blows fortune has inflicted on him in this Six Nations campaign, writes Allan Massie

Gregor Townsend hails Scotland’s calm before the try-storm

This Calcutta Cup match swung one way then the other only to finish in the highest-scoring draw between two first class rugby nations in the history of the sport.

Rumour Mill: Celtic target hints at future | EPL side eye Hoops ace | Morelos ‘provoked by opponents’ | Celtic flag probe

The latest Scottish football news, transfer rumours and gossip...

Rivals often out to provoke Alfredo Morelos says Rangers’ Candeias

No-one who has ever watched the whirling dervish that is Alfredo Morelos would dare claim that the Rangers striker is more sinned against than sinning. The fact the 29-goal forward has been shown four red cards and 19 yellow cards this season reveals all about the 22-year-old’s irascibility.

And finally...
Art review: RSA New Contemporaries 2019, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Every year I look forward to the RSA New Contemporaries. It always fizzes with energy. Here are the young showing us how, while the so-called grown-ups drag us through the grisly farce of Brexit. Nor does this year disappoint. There are 63 new graduates including a small group of architects. The show is on both floors of the RSA and so there is room for them each to have their own bit of wall or floor. Thus their work is not scattered and they can spread themselves out a little. One or two individual works have been in the recent group shows, but here the artists, among their peers, have a better chance to make a statement.

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