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The SNP: on the verge of collapse?
Talking Point As Nicola Sturgeon exits the top job, her party is left looking around asking what is left?
By The Week Staff Published
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Next SNP leader odds and polls: the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon
In Depth ‘Continuity candidate’ Humza Yousaf remains front runner but Kate Forbes still in running as voting opens
By Asya Likhtman Last updated
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Dazzling Northern Lights visible across UK: when and how to see them
Speed Read Aurora Borealis seen as far south as Kent and Cornwall after ‘particularly strong solar flare’
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Sturgeon’s exit: does SNP leader leave Scotland a better place?
Talking Point Outgoing leader dominated Scottish life but had her star status began to fade away?
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Otter accused of killing relocated Loch Lomond beavers
Speed Read The dead beaver kits were moved from Tayside to RSPB Scotland reserve last month
By The Week Staff Published
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Kate Forbes: SNP frontrunner who could be ‘Scotland’s Jacinda Ardern’
In the Spotlight Nicola Sturgeon’s 32-year-old finance minister is favourite to become the next SNP leader and first minister
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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If at first you don’t secede: the rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
In the Spotlight Scotland’s first female and longest serving first minister announces resignation, saying ‘it’s not right to carry on’
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Last updated
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Trans prisoners: a ‘conflict of rights’?
Talking Point Case of where to house trans woman convicted of rape causes uproar in Scotland
By The Week Staff Published
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Battle of Britain: will Rishi Sunak block Scotland’s gender recognition law?
Today's Big Question Prime minister reportedly set to use constitutional ‘nuclear option’ in showdown with Holyrood over the legislation
By The Week Staff Published
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The Lockerbie disaster and the ‘third man’ Mas’ud
feature Libyan suspect extradited to US to face trial over 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
By The Week Staff Last updated
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How difficult is it to change your gender in the UK?
In Depth UN official urges Scotland to delay plans to make it easier for transgender people to be granted legal recognition
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Last updated
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Quiz of The Week: 19 to 25 November
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
By Julia O'Driscoll Published
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Scottish independence polls: does Scotland want to leave the UK?
In Depth Supreme Court rules that Scotland cannot hold an independence referendum without Westminster’s consent
By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Last updated
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‘Dog poo war’ breaks out in Scotland
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
By The Week Staff Published
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