Scottish travellers are being treated as “second-class citizens”, with delays in rolling out a digital vaccine passport leaving holidaymakers unable to prove their vaccination abroad, opposition leaders have claimed.
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Today we report Scottish travellers are being treated like "second-class citizens" as the as digital vaccine passport delay throws holiday plans into doubt.

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Meanwhile, new lateral flow tests are being introduced at Scottish schools after uptake was revealed to be as low as one per cent

And in case you missed our exclusive story yesterday, a court has granted permission a for judicial review into the Unexplained Wealth Order against Donald Trump, Martyn McLaughlin reports. 

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