"WINTER DEATHS WARNING AFTER 'FLIMSY' NHS PLAN UNVEILED"
Rachel Amery for @Scotsman.com
Ministers have been warned more patients will die this winter because Angela Constance's NHS plan is inadequate.
BMA says hospitals are overwhelmed.

"WINTER DEATHS WARNING AFTER 'FLIMSY' NHS PLAN UNVEILED"
Rachel Amery for @Scotsman.com
Ministers have been warned more patients will die this winter because Angela Constance's NHS plan is inadequate.
BMA says hospitals are overwhelmed.
"TIME RUNNING OUT AS FLAGSHIP WIND POWER PROJECTS STALL"
@DavidBol.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
John Swinney has warned there is no guarantee Scotland will lead the world in floating wind, as bosses say rising costs and delays are closing the window.
"UNION CHIEFS 'WEAPONISING' STUDENTS, SAYS UNI PRINCIPAL"
Catriona Stewart for @Scotsman.com
Peter Mathieson has accused Edinburgh University's UCU of "weaponising" students, saying a 5-week strike was timed to force a retreat on redundancies.
"USE BUDGET TO UNLOCK £50BN IN NORTH SEA, PM IS URGED"
@DavidBol.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
Energy chiefs have warned Andy Burnham's Budget is pivotal for North Sea.
Urging him to scrap new licence bans and bring forward the Windfall Tax reform.
"TORIES VOW TO CHANGE LAW TO BUILD NUCLEAR IN SCOTLAND"
@AndrewJQuinn97.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
The Conservative Party will pledge to override Holyrood and lift SNP's ban on new nuclear if they win the next General Election.
"500 SERIOUS MATERNITY INCIDENTS IN THREE YEARS"
@MartynMcL.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
Nearly 500 high-level incidents, which led to deaths, falls, and the sudden deterioration of patients have been recorded across Britain.
"MSP LENNON ACCUSED OF BULLYING BY FORMER STAFF"
Catriona Stewart for @Scotsman.com
Serious allegations of workplace bullying from former staff members have surfaced against prominent Labour Party MSP Monica Lennon.
"PETER MURRELL HAS LEGAL AID WITHDRAWN BY FUNDING BODY"
Catriona Stewart for @Scotsman.com
Legal aid for Peter Murrell (former Chief Executive - SNP) has been terminated following disclosures regarding his personal financial circumstances.
#TheScotsman
#TomorrowsPapersToday
"TAKE SCHOOLS AWAY FROM COUNCILS, NEW REPORT URGES"
Catriona Stewart for @Scotsman.com
A government-commissioned report has urged that school education functions be taken from councils and given to new Local Schools Authorities.
"UNFILLED MIDWIFERY SHIFT PUT MATERNITY CARE UNDER STRAIN"
@MartynMcL.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
Nearly 40,000 midwifery shifts went unfilled across United Kingdom maternity and neonatal services over three years, as shortfalls more than doubled.
"BURNHAM: I WILL NOT ALLOW 'DIVISIVE' NEW REFERENDUM"
@AlistairKGrant.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ruled out a divisive second Independence Referendum, saying the 2014 vote settled the issue for a generation.
It is indeed absolute absurd that there is no great memorial to Cochrane in Edinburgh
#LordCochrane #NavalHistory #AgeOfSail #EarlOfDundonald #RoyalNavy #MaritimeHistory #Edinburgh #TheScotsman
"SCOTS COLLEGES JUST 'KEEPING LIGHTS ON' AMID FUNDING CRISIS"
Catriona Stewart for @Scotsman.com
Colleges in Britain are just keeping the lights on amid a funding crisis described as fundamentally broken, with enrolment down 70,000 in two years.
"SNP TOLD TO ABANDON FAILED DRUGS POLICY AS DEATHS SOAR"
@DavidBol.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
Scottish National Party ministers have been told to abandon a failed drugs policy after fatalities rose 11 per cent to 1,133 last year.
"COURT CLASHES AMID BATTLE TO PUBLISH SALMOND FILES"
@AlistairKGrant.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
Ministers have clashed in court with the information watchdog over publication of the so-called Alex Salmond Files after a ruling they wrongly withheld info.
"FURY AS FRESH CHAOS HITS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL"
@AlistairKGrant.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
Airlines hit out after a second NATS technical failure in two weeks cancelled and delayed flights.
RyanAir have again called for Martin Rolfe to resign.
"SNP BLASTED FOR WASTING TIME ON NEW INDEPENDENCE DEBATE"
Rachel Amery for @Scotsman.com
Critics branded an SNP motion on Independence a distraction and gimmick as First Minister John Swinney appeals for unanimous backing at Holyrood.
"UK MINISTER IN DEMAND FOR SNP NUCLEAR POWER TALKS"
@DavidBol.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
UK Energy MP Martin McCluskey has called for talks with John Swinney's government to break the nuclear stalemate and protect Torness from an ideological block.
"MINISTERS VOW NEW RULES ON DATA CENTRES"
@DavidBol.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com
MSPs voted to pause planning decisions on AI Data Centres until ministers publish national guidance by Christmas.
Rejecting a full moratorium.
Campaigners hailed a landmark day.
"'IMMEDIATE' ACTION NEEDED TO DEAL WITH VIOLENT ABUSE"
Rachel Amery for @Scotsman.com
The brother of a murdered woman told John Swinney that immediate change is needed to tackle violence against women after a Holyrood summit.