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New Renfrew Bridge Opens, Boosting Clyde Connectivity

The Renfrew Bridge, a £117m road and pedestrian bridge across the River Clyde, opened on Friday, improving connectivity between Renfrew and Clydebank and marking a significant step in the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside regeneration project.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Mother Jailed for Boyfriend's Culpable Homicide

Dionne Christie, a 24-year-old mother, was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for the culpable homicide of her boyfriend, Jevin Haig, whom she stabbed with a 12-inch hunting knife in Falkirk, Scotland in June 2022, while 12 weeks pregnant with his child; the court heard evidence of prior ...

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Supreme Court Rejects Gender Self-ID in Scotland

The UK Supreme Court unanimously struck down key parts of Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, ruling that biological sex, not self-identified gender, determines legal rights under the Equality Act 2010, impacting women-only spaces and gender quotas.

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Gender Equality
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Scottish Shed Conman Jailed for £110,000 Fraud

Alistair Baxter, a 36-year-old man from Scotland, has been jailed for three years and four months for defrauding 67 people out of £110,000 by falsely promising to build garden sheds and summerhouses between September 2020 and March 2024.

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Reduced Inequality
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Reform UK's Rise in Scotland: A Threat to Established Parties?

Reform UK is making significant gains in Scottish local elections, averaging over 12% of the vote in almost 30 by-elections, raising concerns among established parties ahead of next year's Holyrood elections.

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Reduced Inequality
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Jailed Killer's Revenge Plot Against Prison Officer Foiled

In November 2022, Robert Paterson, a lifer at HMP Edinburgh, faked a heart attack to hide swallowed cocaine, later plotting revenge against the officer who delayed his hospital trip, resulting in a police intervention that stopped a planned gun attack.

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Reform UK Surge Could Hand SNP Scottish Independence Majority

A new Survation poll projects Reform UK to win 21 seats in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, potentially enabling an SNP-Green pro-independence majority; the Scottish Conservatives warn this would be "catastrophic" for Scotland and put independence "back on the table".

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Skye Shooter's Appeal Rejected

Finlay MacDonald's appeal against his murder conviction for the Skye shootings in August 2022 was refused; he was sentenced to at least 28 years for killing his brother-in-law and injuring three others.

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Edinburgh Arson Attacks Linked to Gang Feud: 26 Arrests Made

Kurtis Young, 41, faces attempted murder charges for two Edinburgh arson attacks linked to a gang feud involving 26 arrests since March, targeting properties across Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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Six-Figure Settlement in Loretto School Pupil-on-Pupil Abuse Case

Angus Bell, 44, won a six-figure settlement from Loretto School in Musselburgh, East Lothian, after alleging extensive physical and sexual abuse by fellow pupils in the 1990s; the school settled before a civil trial, the first of its kind involving pupil-on-pupil abuse, and a Police Scotland investi...

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Quality Education
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Scotland Drops Plans to Criminalize Misogyny and Ban Conversion Practices

The Scottish government dropped plans to create standalone legislation criminalizing misogyny and banning conversion practices before the next election, citing legal complexities, opting instead for secondary legislation and UK collaboration, respectively, causing outrage among women's rights and LG...

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Gender Equality
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Scotland Faces RTS Meter Crisis: 135,000 Homes at Risk

Nearly 135,000 Scottish homes with old-style RTS electricity meters face disruption from June 30th, 2024, when the controlling radio signal switches off; energy suppliers are struggling to replace them in time, particularly in rural areas where electric heating is prevalent.

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Affordable and Clean Energy

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