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The SNP has launched a “national discussion on education” following an official report which states governance, qualifications and inspection regimes are “not fit for purpose”. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth stated: “There is an overwhelming appetite for change in Scottish education.”

Given that the Supreme Court ruled a vote for “independence” is not within Holyrood’s remit, what isnote-0note-1 “Independence Minister” Jamie Hepburn note-2note-3for – to say nothing of the phalanx of civil servants around him for whom, like Mr Hepburn, we pay handsomely.

Lockdown increased an existing backlog in the NHS, and as your editorial said yesterday, people are paying for private treatment.

The naming process for Lyman P. White Park should serve as a reminder of the importance of being transparent and valuing citizen input.

I have been a feminist for decades. I still am one. But I am tired of people using this label – using me and my gender – in order to legitimise their transphobia.

Letter writer says it's time to get high court under control

Jamie Hepburn MSP, with the grand title of Scottish Independence Minister, says many more Scexit policy papers will be published.

So Sir Iain Livingstone says Police Scotland officers are institutionalised racists.

The sentence meted out to the murderer of Jill Barclay does not reflect the monstrousness of the crime: why are Scottish judges note-0apparently unwilling to hand down whole-life sentences with no chance of parole for the most unbelievably savage of crimes?

Electronics – the final frontier. This describes the voyage of the good ship “etty”. Its 19-year mission: to explore the brave, new world; to seek out new technologies and to innovate; to boldly go where no journal had gone before! by Peter Ihnat