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The Scotsman
8 Feb, 2018
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Scotland’s weather: Snow and ice to hit overnight
Scotland’s spate of bad weather is set to continue as a pair of warnings overnight on Friday will see the country hit by both heavy snowfall and ice.
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Mark O’Donnell: Sight loss must not hold our children back

All of us want our children to have the best chances in life and to reach their full potential. That is what Royal Blind believes children and young people with vision impairment deserve. Much has been achieved for disabled people in Scotland since devolution, including for those with vision impairment.

Youth teams wanted to road test Edinburgh public transport

Teams of young people are being recruited to road test public transport across the Capital and the Lothians to devise improvements for the next generation of passengers.

Kenny MacAskill: The UK politician with the power of life and death

Do we have the death penalty in the UK? Of course not, people say. Suspended in 1965 following a backbench MPs bill, the ban was made permanent four years later by Jim Callaghan when Home Secretary. The last person hanged in Scotland was Henry Burnett at Craiginches Prison, Aberdeen, in 1963, though two prisoners were hanged the following year in England.

Film and TV production contributes £15m to Glasgow economy

Film and television productions shot in Glasgow brought £15.13 million to the city’s economy in 2017, a drop of £1m from the previous year.

Sport Update
Rangers secure banking facility with Close Brothers

Rangers have secured a banking facility for the first time since David Murray was owner of the Ibrox club, according to the Scottish Sun.

Vinnie Jones ‘held secret talks with Graeme Souness over Rangers move’

Vinnie Jones has revealed he held ‘secret talks’ with Rangers about a move to Ibrox during the Graeme Souness era.

Edinburgh Rugby poised to play their final match at Myreside

Edinburgh Rugby could play their final match at Myreside as early as tomorrow evening as they prepare for a flit to the back pitches at BT Murrayfield next season.

And finally...
Classic novels rewritten to show internet’s impact on romance

They are three of the nation’s most iconic love stories, set in a time when life was far more simple and all communication was done face to face or by letter.

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