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The Scotsman
20 Oct, 2019
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Top stories of the week

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

SNP under pressure to back Boris Johnson or risk no deal Brexit

Nicola Sturgeon is facing pressure to back the Brexit deal agreed by Boris Johnson or risk driving Scotland over the “no deal cliff-edge” she has warned against.

Brexit: Boris Johnson’s ‘great new deal’ unlawful and should not be put to vote, court told

The Brexit agreement Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed is a "great new deal" is unlawful and should not be considered by Parliament, a court has heard.

Caroline Flack’s plastic surgery entertainment show a new low for television – Emily Baker

Caroline Flack, the face of Love Island, has a new job on Channel 4, presenting what can only be described as a new low for television.

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Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: ‘Boy raped by monk who may have been his father’

A former pupil at a Catholic boarding school has told how he was raped by a monk who he suspects to be his father.

Police detain Extinction Rebellion activist who scaled Big Ben dressed as Boris Johnson

The Extinction Rebellion activist who scaled Big Ben is now in custody after evading police for more than three hours.

SNP under pressure, blocking indyref2 unsustainable, Boris Johnson ‘confident’ about passing deal- Breakfast politics briefing

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Rebels back Brexit delay amendment as loyalty put to the test before 
knife-edge vote

Boris Johnson has insisted “there’s no better outcome than the one I’m advocating” as he challenged MPs to back his Brexit deal and end the three and a half year saga of departure from the EU.

Brexit deal vote: Boris Johnson urges MPs in Commons to back his withdrawal plan

Boris Johnson has urged MPs to back his Brexit deal telling them that the time had come to heal the rift in British politics over the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

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