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  Ian Kevin Draper

  

  Nicola Sturgeon denies Forth Road Bridge maintenance cuts

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said it is "absolutely" not true that cuts to maintenance budgets led to the closure of the Forth Road Bridge. The bridge will be closed to all traffic until the new year after a defect was found in one of the support beams on the north tower. Ms Sturgeon said all …

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  Ian Kevin Draper

  

  Labour peer Lord Foulkes proposes second chamber for Scottish Parliament

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  A Labour peer has proposed turning the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a second chamber for the Scottish Parliament. The plan by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock would see the setting up of a Scottish Senate to revise Holyrood legislation. It would consist of 46 members elected using proportional …

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  Ian Kevin Draper

  

  Glasgow drivers caught on CCTV pay more fines than any other UK area

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  Drivers in Glasgow have paid more in fines this year for traffic offences caught on CCTV than in any other UK council area. The £4m total is 11% of the UK figure and takes the amount raised by Glasgow City Council since 2013 to £11m. There were 131,238 Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued in Glasgow …

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  Ian Kevin Draper

  

  Syria strikes: Salmond says UN mandate needed before SNP backs action

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  The SNP's foreign affairs spokesman Alex Salmond has said a UN mandate would be a condition for his party to support military action in Syria. The former nationalist leader spoke after his successor Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC she was "prepared to listen" to the case for air strikes. The position of …

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  Ian Kevin Draper

  

  

  Nicola Sturgeon's new channel and Scottish Six 'outdated'

  The Telegraph

  Senior BBC and STV executives have attacked as “outdated” Nicola Sturgeon’s demands for a new Scottish TV channel and a ‘Scottish Six’ evening news programme. Bobby Hain, STV’s director of channels, said creating a new channel was a “slightly old-fashioned” way to increase the number of Scottish …

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  Ian Kevin Draper

  

  Armed robber targets Kirkcaldy bank branch

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  Police are investigating an armed robbery at a bank in Fife. Officers were called to the Bank of Scotland branch in Mitchelston Industrial Estate in Kirkcaldy just before 13:30. Nobody was injured in the incident, but people in nearby premises, including shops and schools, were kept inside the …