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Hogmanay 2020 was a damp squib – as Covid restrictions led to the cancellation of events and left families unable to even meet up in their own homes to celebrate the New Year.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled her party’s “transformational” manifesto, but said she could go further if Scotland was independent. She outlined a £2.5 billion increase in NHS spending in the next five years if her party is re-elected on May 6, along with an £800 million boost in social care funding. NHS dentistry charges will be scrapped, at an initial cost of £75 million a year and then rising to £100 million annually as demand grows, and government-supported childcare will be expanded to one and two-year-olds. The rates of income tax will also be frozen over the next par...
17 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 1986 (Part 2) It was a memorable year in which the Commonwealth Games made an unexpectedly controversial return to the city, financial firms prepared themselves for the ‘Big Bang’, and one of our football clubs came within a whisker of lifting the Scottish league title. This was Edinburgh in 1986. Monday, 1st February 2021, 6:13 pm Edinburgh had received plaudits far and wide for its handling of the 1970 Commonwealth Games just 16 years earlier, but the city’s second attempt at playing host would sadly be swept up in controversy. Firstly, the Sc...
Scots radio star says stations are 'promoting spread of coronavirus' by bringing presenters into studios Robin Galloway contacted the Record after penning an open letter to Scottish radio. The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest celeb gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox each week with our Showbiz newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. ...