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The Scotsman
25 Aug, 2019
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Top stories of the week

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

Boris Johnson criticised for having foot on table at Macron meeting

Boris Johnson has been pictured putting his foot on a table in France’s Elysee Palace during Brexit talks with Emmanuel Macron.

Fife-Holland ferries could launch as soon as late October under ‘ambitious’ plans

ferries to the Netherlands from Rosyth could start as soon as the end of October according to the director of the company looking to establish the route.

Donald Trump should buy Scotland, not Greenland – Jim Duffy

Jim Duffy has a satirical take on how to kill Scotland’s deficit...with a little help from our friends across the pond

SNP plan to slash deficit in independent Scotland could cause ‘shock austerity”

Labour and the Tories have attacked claims made by a senior Nationalist that an independent Scotland could slash its fiscal deficit to three per cent within just two years of a Yes vote.

Scottish soldier, 25, dies after fall from hotel balcony in Poland

A solider from Scotland has died after a fall from a balcony in Poland.

Just the right amount of self-belief will win Scottish independence – Joyce McMillan

SELF-BELIEF is a great thing, is it not? Sometimes, fuelled by self-belief, individuals can achieve what any reasonable judgment would have said was impossible; and when a group or community begin to believe in themselves and what they can achieve - well then, the sky can sometimes seem the limit. It’s arguable, for example, that Britain might have never have had the nerve and vision to construct its postwar welfare state, if it had not been for the exceptionally high levels of self-belief generated by the achievement of licking Hitler; and everyone has seen groups from sports teams to fund-raising committees achieve marvels, once they begin to believe that they can.

Woman ‘could not wear bra or socks’ for more than two years because of skin condition

These shocking pictures show the horrific extent of a woman's skin condition which became so painful that she was unable to wear a bra or socks.

Young boy dies after ‘falling ill’ in swimming pool at Center Parcs resort

A young boy has died after becoming unwell in a swimming pool at a flagship Center Parcs resort in England.

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