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Good morning Voornaam

 

We are less than a week away from Christmas - so if you've got any last-minute Christmas parties to fit in before the big day, then enjoy! In the meantime, get yourself a coffee or tea and we'll bring you up to speed with all the very latest on the news front.

 

Firstly, we lead with a story on ferries from our Transport Correspondent Alastair Dalton, who writes that SNP ministers have been ordered to justify the decision made to directly award a wide-reaching contract to CalMac.

 

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  Warning of 'catastrophic' CalMac privatisation after ministers told to justify ferry contract  
Warning of 'catastrophic' CalMac privatisation after ministers told to justify ferry contract
     
 
Anas Sarwar creates rift with Sir Keir Starmer after being 'deeply disappointed' by Waspi betrayal
Anas Sarwar creates rift with Sir Keir Starmer after being 'deeply disappointed' by Waspi betrayal
 
     
 
Swinney cracks down on ministerial car use after Gray row with 'exceptional' clause
Swinney cracks down on ministerial car use after Gray row with 'exceptional' clause
 

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Why a new model village near Edinburgh has been hailed by the King
Why a new model village near Edinburgh has been hailed by the King
 
     
 
Plans approved for urban village with 3,000 homes to be built on old Scottish airport runway
Plans approved for urban village with 3,000 homes to be built on old Scottish airport runway
 
     
     
 

Our Heritage Correspondent Alison Campsie has written about a new model village in East Lothian that has been praised by King Charles III.

 

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How to cook Christmas dinner by using an air fryer
 
How to cook Christmas dinner by using an air fryer
 
Christmas in Scotland Past: Here are 16 festive memories from half a century ago
 
Christmas in Scotland Past: Here are 16 festive memories from half a century ago
 
     
     
  'Decisions will be wrong' - SFA chief on Rangers non-penalty award in cup final defeat to Celtic  
     
  'Decisions will be wrong' - SFA chief on Rangers non-penalty award in cup final defeat to Celtic  
     
 
Ex-Rangers hero and Scottish boss tipped to replace ex-Scotland defender
 
Ex-Rangers hero and Scottish boss tipped to replace ex-Scotland defender
 
How the 17 players that left Celtic last summer have fared - including O'Riley and Iwata
 
How the 17 players that left Celtic last summer have fared - including O'Riley and Iwata
 
New Rangers CEO making presence felt on penalty call as perplexed SFA prepare to release VAR audio
 
New Rangers CEO making presence felt on penalty call as perplexed SFA prepare to release VAR audio
 
     
     
 

Lastly for today, we have a first-person piece, again from our transport guru Alastair Dalton, who tried out riding an e-scooter in England, as Scotland has again decided to veto rental trials.

 

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Now it's trivia time. Yesterday we asked: Which terrifying entity, not present in the traditional Roald Dahl plot line, terrified children at the Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow and made headlines?

The answer is: The Unknown.

 

And onto today's question: Which country was former first minister Alex Salmond attending a conference in when he died on October 12 this year, aged 69? 

 

Whatever your plans for today, have a good one.

 

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The team at The Scotsman

 
     
   
     
     
     
   
     
     
   
   
   
 
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