Oct 18, 2020

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A round up of the most popular news stories this week.


	‘That’s ma line!’: Watch Nicola Sturgeon and Janey Godley join forces for new comedy sketch

	Nicola Sturgeon and Janey Godley joined forces last night to raise money for this year’s STV Children’s Appeal fundraiser.

Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland can learn from New Zealand as Jacinda Ardern scores ‘resounding’ election victory

Nicola Sturgeon has sent her congratulations to Jacinda Ardern after the New Zealand prime minister won a landslide victory to serve a second term in office.

Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit will damage the UK for years to come – Scotsman comment

The UK’s declaration that the Brexit trade talks are “over” was either a bluff ahead of EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier’s visit to London or a sign that the Government has succumbed to the dangerous delusions of the most feverish of Brexiteers.

‘He taught freedom of expression’: Unarmed Paris teacher killed in ‘Islamist terrorist attack’

A knife-wielding attacker has been shot dead by French police in a Parisian suburb, after he beheaded a schoolteacher in the street on Friday evening.

Celtic v Rangers: Police officers mobilised as fans set off flares outside Celtic Park

Dozens of fans gathered outside Celtic Park ahead of the old firm match this afternoon, in defiance of pleas from the First Minister and football chiefs to stay at home.

Why latest Scottish independence poll doesn’t actually tell us very much – Brian Wilson

The preoccupation with polls in mid-pandemic sits uneasily with lofty talk about uniting to meet the Covid challenge.

Donald Trump’s second Scottish golf course will be named after his mother

President Donald Trump's company is to build a second golf course in Aberdeenshire.

Meet the Tory peer who’s mad, bad and dangerous to business (and in charge of Brexit border preparations) – Brian Wilson

The name of Theodore Agnew, Baron Agnew of Oulton, had not impinged on my consciousness until this week.

Why independence is not unstoppable if unionists can summon the fighting spirit of this WWI general – John McLellan

My centre is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking… so reported the French general Ferdinand Foch to his superior Marshall Joffre as he ordered a counter-offensive at the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914.



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