Nicola Sturgeon mocked for launching ship 'with painted on windows' in row over CalMac ferries

Nicola Sturgeon has been crowned Britain’s most influential woman, beating the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and BAFTA award-winning actress Michaela Coel.

A parliamentary inquiry must be launched into the Scottish Government's initial response to the coronavirus pandemic last year, Labour had demanded.

Scotland's First Minister will deliver a Ted Talk about the country's climate change ambitions in the run-up to Cop26.

The SNP will "crumble" when Nicola Sturgeon eventually steps aside from frontline politics, Alex Cole-Hamilton has predicted.

Nicola Sturgeon has made a fresh warning to Boris Johnson not to block a second referendum on Scottish independence.

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Conservative conference in Manchester. Ross will argue the Scottish Conservatives are the only party to represent the working classes against the “cosy Holyrood consensus” on issues like free speech and fair justice.

Queen has met with Nicola Sturgeon for the official opening of the new session of the Scottish Parliament. In a speech, the Queen urged MSPs to “help create a better, healthier future” by tackling climate change ahead of the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

spared jail. Helen Nimmo, 53, repeatedly punched her sister Linda McDuff - said to be "of a similar age" - as they squabbled in the sitting room of the house where they had been taking turns to look after the sick old lady, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.

Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon asked the SNP leader at First Minister's Questions earlier today about the important issue. Lennon, an MSP for the Central Scotland Region, said abortion rights are under attack around the world but also in Scotland with many women being confronted by protesters at clinics.Sturgeon was asked to speed up the process of implementing buzzer zones around facilities after it has "stalled".

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covid-19. There have also been 2,556 new cases of the virus recorded in the latest 24 hour period, bringing the total number of positive cases since the pandemic started to 550,090.

Sarwar will call for the SNP to fill the gap as the cost of gas and electricity is due to rise steeply within days.The energy price cap will increase by £139 to £1277 on October 1 this year leaving 150,0000 Scottish pensioners living in poverty facing a desperate choice.The push from Labour comes after it was revealed that a woman in her 90s starved to death, the first fatality from lack of food recorded in Scotland for at least 20 years.Sarwar will tell conference that the Scottish Parliament

Police Scotland following several Orange Order marches in Glasgow last weekend for alleged anti-social behaviour, which included sectarian and racist chants. The First Minister was asked by Glasgow Cathcart MSP James Dornan about the creation of a parades commission, similar to the one in place in Northern Ireland.

covid pandemic in Scotland later today. The First Minister will address MSPs in the Scottish Parliament about the latest figures and announce measures, if any, that will be imposed in order to deal with the surge in cases.

First Minister will address the Scottish Parliament about the high level of covid cases across the country as hospitalisation remain at an alarming level. Cases have surged over the last month-and-a-half after the majority of lockdown restrictions were lifted on August 9 on Scotland's 'Freedom Day'.Sturgeon and other government ministers have urged people to practice good personal hygiene in a bid to halt the surge in cases of the deadly virus.

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pressure points in the service - an action already taken in parts of England.The SNP leader spoke out following reports that a frail pensioner found collapsed at his home in Glasgow died following a 40-hour wait for an ambulance.Relatives of Gerard Brown, 65, said they had been told the delay cost the former engineer his life.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is the latest big name on the high street to offer cash incentives to motivate new and existing customers to stay with them, fending off fierce competition from HSBC, Nationwide, Santander, LLoyds and Virgin Money. RBS is offering £150 to new and existing customers who switch and stay by 5pm on November 18, 2021.