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Archaeologists say they've discovered the oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea. The Greek trading vessel is believed to be nearly 2500 years old. Its mast, rudders and rowing benches have been extremely well preserved about 2 km below the surface. #bbcgms 0720
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Call for Ian Blackford to resign over misconduct MP 'support'
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So today on twitter I’ve been called “scum” “traitor” and wished a slow death, amongst other things. All on my day off. A good time to take a holiday. No tweets til Monday 21st. All the best.
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National Audit Office says more than half of companies given contracts to supply Covid PPE via special VIP route provided items unsuitable for hospitals. They say UK govt has nearly 4 billion items of PPE it doesn't need.
We'll speak to @JolyonMaugham @GoodLawProject
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People living in Shetland would need to be earning at least £104,000 a year to avoid fuel poverty. The stark warning is from @ShetIslandsCll & estimates by April the average energy cost per year for a household will be over £10,000, double that of the rest of the UK
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Hearts @JamTarts & Hibs @HibsOfficial both throwing open their doors to anyone who is going to be alone on Monday offering Christmas dinner at either Tynecastle or Easter Road. #bbcgms 0835
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For a year Nick Ray @LifeAfloat has been kayaking around Scotland's coast.
He aims to raise awareness around mental health and brighten up the lives of people following him on his journey.
Today is his last day paddling so we'll speak to Nick #bbcgms 0750
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Nicola Sturgeon's Covid WhatsApp messages were deleted - newspaper report
We invited Ms Sturgeon to come on the programme but she declined as did the SNP, Scottish Govt & National Clinical Director Jason Leitch.
We'll speak to @jackiebmsp
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Row between Scottish Govt and previous owner of Ferguson's shipyard, Jim McColl, has reignited. He claims the timing of the contract in 2015 was rushed for party political reasons.
Nicola Sturgeon has accused him of being disingenuous.
We'll speak to Jim McColl
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I do my job. I love my job. I try my best to always be fair and impartial, in the best BBC traditions. Criticize me and the BBC but please be respectful. We are journalists doing our best in the most extraordinary times.
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We did ask a host of Scottish Tories to join #bbcgms this morning including Ruth Davidson & and Secy of State for Scotland Alister Jack. We were told they're not available.
The Scottish Conservatives couldn't provide anyone to speak to this programme this morning.
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2 years ago the Scottish Govt pledged to publish a strategy to make NHS Scotland a world leader in sustainability and a net-zero organisation by 2045.
With 2 weeks until COP26 the BBC has learned that it still hasn’t delivered that plan.
@BBCLisaSummers reports
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One of the Western Isles’ biggest employers tells @BBCScotlandNews the island ferry service is the worst in living memory with & the situation leaves a question mark over job security.
@ConnorGillies reports from Barra
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The GMB union is recommending members reject the Scottish Government's 4% pay rise for NHS workers. @GMBScotOrg Scotland said the offer was a "pre-election stunt."
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has stepped up his attack on the Prime Minister for standing by his senior adviser Dominic Cummings.
We again asked to speak to Scots Secretary Alister Jack but he declined. Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw was unavailable.
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TOP EU COURT'S ADVOCATE GENERAL SAYS BRITAIN CAN REVOKE BREXIT ARTICLE 50 UNILATERALLY
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Dominic Cummings row continues: we asked to speak to someone from @ScotTories again this morning, including Scottish Secretary Alister Jack & Scotland Office Minister Douglas Ross. Again no-one was available.
We'll speak to special adviser to Number 10 @Ramsay59
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Labour's pledging to deliver the "biggest transfer in wealth and power" from London to Scotland for more than 7 decades if it wins power in the next General Election. Shadow chancellor is on a 2-day tour of Scotland
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#bbcgms requested to speak to @RuthDavidsonMSP this morning but we were told she wasn't available today or this week. We've had a longstanding request for an interview over recent weeks. The Scottish Conservatives say she will be available at the Tory party conference.
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The pub chain, Wetherspoons, has announced a huge drop in its annual profits - of 133 percent - as a result of the pandemic. The group, which has nearly 900 pubs across the country, lost 34-million-pounds.
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We've been told @RuthDavidsonMSP won't be available for interview this week. We were told the same last week. We'll keep asking. nitter.app/neil1pat/status/899876…
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Audit Scotland: Watchdog concern over where £5bn Covid funds went
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The First Minister has denied claims the Govt pushed through the controversial Calmac ferries deal, without proper checks, to secure party conference political capital. She dismissed the allegation from the former Ferguson shipyard owner.
We'll speak to Jim McColl.
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On immigration #bbcgms wanted to speak to a spokesperson for the UK Government this morning - no-one was available - nor was anyone from the Scottish Conservatives at Westminster or Holyrood.
We'll hear from the Scottish Govt next
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Scotland is close to gold standard set by the Nordic nations in ensuring babies survive to full term says new study. #bbcgms 0815
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An apology from @Ianblackford_MP was "a cop out" & the SNP hasn't learned a thing from recent events according to party staff member sexually harassed by MP Patrick Grady.
We'll hear from the victim #bbcgms 0735
Neither Ian Blackford or someone from the SNP available to respond
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Barbados becomes a republic and parts ways with the Queen
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Audit Scotland calls for more clarity over Covid funding. They says Scottish govt needs to be clearer about how and why it spent £12bn of emergency funding during the pandemic.
We'll speak to Stephen Boyle
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On @BBCScotNine
Former First Minister Jack McConnell warns gender recognition reforms risk attracting male sex offenders to Scotland. MSPs vote this week on the legislation.
We'll hear from @KarenAdamMSP & @shonacraven
@bbcscotland channel from 9pm
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Electoral Commission investigating if cash from Scottish Unionist Association Trust given to Scottish Conservatives complied with rules. We asked again to speak to someone from the party. Again no-one was available.
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Health Secy Humza Yousaf says the Euro 2020 fan zone will open in Glasgow on Friday without mandatory Covid tests.
Testing or proof of two jags needed for other events including matches @ Wembley.
Humza Yousaf unavailable this morning.
We'll speak to @murdo_fraser
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Up to 1,700 jobs across Skye and Lochalsh will sit vacant this year because workers cannot find a home in the area, according to new research.
The study, described as the biggest of its kind, suggested a lack of affordable housing was worse than previously thought.
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Scotland outstrips Europe and UK on inward investment.
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A crisis with no end in sight is the view of a senior doctor on the state of Scotland's NHS. Dr Graeme Eunson is standing down as chair of @BMAScotland consultants committee. He says the situation in accident and emergency departments is "horrific"
We'll speak to him
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Why is #BBCThisWeek ending? When we need more and more political discussion we should find a slot for the intelligent @afneil discussion.
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Boris Johnson apologises for breaking lockdown laws addressing Parliament after being fined by police. SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said parliamentary rules prevent him from calling the PM a liar but said the public have already made up their mind.
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BBC News - Hong Kong police shoot man in day of violence and chaos.
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It's 8 years since the inquiry into Edinburgh's tram project was announced by then-First Minister Alex Salmond. So far it's cost the public purse £12.2 million and the report is still nowhere in sight.
We'll speak to @JeremyRBalfour MSP @ScotTories
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BBC News - May urged to investigate donations to Scottish Tories. #bbcgms wanted to question @RuthDavidsonMSP & @Carlaw4Eastwood but were told they weren't available.
We'll speak to SNP MP @PeteWishart #bbcgms 0755
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You do realise you're tweeting a BBC Radio Scotland story to tell me that we aren't reporting it.
P.S. as you tweet it we are currently discussing it on #bbcgms
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One positive of broadcasting from home; the view from the “studio” or kitchen as it’s better known. Spring has arrived.
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2 years on from an SNP promise to deliver free breakfasts for all primary school pupils in Scotland many are still waiting. The vow was made in the last election. Now a charity which funds morning meals for thousands of children is calling out the lack of action.
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Members of staff at Coylumbridge hotel near Aviemore have been sacked and made homeless amid the #coronavirus outbreak. The owners Britannia Hotels have told overseas workers who live in the complex to leave immediately. We'll hear from one of those affected.
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#bbcgms asked to speak to Nicola Sturgeon, Andrew Wilson, John Swinney and Derek Mackay. None was available
Murdo Fraser in the top slot on a issue of such importance. What a miserable offering and an utter disappointment. A real news channel would have had Nicola Sturgeon on to discuss it. You haven’t even got a mainstream government minister on. Few will be listening.
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New report on Scotland's economic performance says growth and productivity lags behind countries of a similar size like Denmark & Norway. It was funded by the entrepreneur @SirTomhunter and he's been speaking to our business and economy editor @BBCDouglasF
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Two House of Lords committees say they are deeply concerned about the effects of UK Govt Internal Market Bill. It comes as 3 think tanks say the bill will weaken devolution, worsen relations between UK and devolved govts & not guarantee high standards after Brexit.
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Just over a week until the Coronation of King Charles & new research suggests 7 in 10 Scots don't care about it. The survey by polling company YouGov found the mood in Scotland towards the monarchy less favourable than in the rest of the UK.
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UK energy minister Greg Hands urges the Scottish govt to “rethink” its block on new nuclear power stations.
He argues the war in Ukraine should give SNP ministers a “pretext” to change policy. But the Scottish govt says it’s opposition was “absolutely clear”
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Strike action is underway in Scotland's criminal courts. Hundreds of defence solicitors are taking part in a boycott protesting over what they describe as the Scottish Government's failure to provide support to law firms during the Covid crisis.
@scotscrimbar
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That may well be the case and we’ll make every effort to ask those questions. Producers looking into it
Gary is there not questions for David Mundell to answer here? Was he aware of this funding going to Grimsby, and if so did he not think it could impact the Annan site in terms of investment in capacity? If he didn't know about it, why was it kept from him?
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BBC News - Boris Johnson failed to close down Cummings story.
We did ask to speak to someone from the Scottish Conservatives this morning but were told no-one was available.
We'll speak to commentator and former MP @MatthewParris3
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It's been decades in the making but finally the deal is done.
Perched on the most westerly point of the British mainland the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse is now, officially, owned by the local community.
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Really? That’s your comment in the current climate. It was live online and I personally have seen the comments replayed twice on BBC1 this afternoon alone. All of my colleagues are doing the best they can in very trying circumstances for us, as well as everyone else.
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Waiting list for non-urgent outpatient care in Scotland more than 525,000 up 10.5% in a year. Queue for inpatient treatment more than 150,000 up 1% in 3 months.
Health Secretary Michael Matheson unavailable for interview.
We'll speak to Tory MSP @Sandeshgulhane
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Cyclists in Scotland will be able to get free bicycle repairs worth up to £50 from today. The scheme is funded by the Scottish Government and is being delivered through @WeAreCyclingUK which promotes the use the bicycles.
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Researchers from @dundeeuni & @UofGlasgow say they have managed to identify a number of proteins created by coronavirus, and are using that information to find biological tools to treat and defeat it.
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We asked again to speak to Scottish Secretary David Mundell this morning about Brexit forecasts. He declined but you you can listen back to what he told this programme on Friday when the initial story broke here:
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BBC News - MSPs to back new independence referendum in Holyrood vote.
Political Editor Brian Taylor
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BBC News - Dominic Cummings' press conference did not answer fundamental question.
Opposition parties at Westminster are meeting to find a way of keeping the pressure up.
@Ianblackford_MP
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Not the case. @AlynSmith is an MP. He's the Foreign Affairs spokesman for the SNP group at Westminster. He's not part of the Scottish Government. Hope that's cleared it up for you.
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More than 8000 people have backed a petition calling for appointment of Baroness Ruth Davidson as a non-executive director of the SRU to be kicked into touch.
We'll speak to former @ScotTories head of media @AdamMorrisEdin
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A care home boss says the Scottish government "had the power and knowledge to act much earlier to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among our most vulnerable population."
@TonyBanks61 @BalhousieCare
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BBC News - Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to set out 'unarguable' case for indyref2.
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Demonstrators have marched en masse through Barcelona in protest at the trial of Catalan separatist leaders.
Some 200,000 people took to the streets, waving Catalan flags and shouting pro-separatist slogans in support of the 12 leaders on trial.
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It's emerged elements of weapons used in a missile strike in Yemen may have been manufactured in Glenrothes by US defence firm, Raytheon. That's sparked criticism of Scottish Govt after it emerged Scottish Enterprise has awarded the company a number of grants. #bbcgms 0745
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David Mundell tells #bbcgms “everything is on the table” for cross party talks, but says that excludes “arrangements that seek to stop Brexit” - including another referendum
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So when I say "the killer in Florida was a member of a white nationalist militia" you think people in Scotland are going to conflate that with support for Independence?
I credit our audience with much more intelligence than that
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Grey's Anatomy actor Kevin McKidd has got his band back together to record a charity single to raise money for the Trussell Trust during the Coronavirus pandemic.
We'll hear from @TheRealKMcKidd
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Here is our SNEAK PEAK of our wee song for @trusselltrust #foodbank. It's released tomorrow!! Get in ANYWHERE ! Apple Music , Spotify etc - link to DONATE is in my BIO instagram.com/p/B_uu33ElCCm/…
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The Danish billionaire who lost 3 children in the Easter Sunday Sri Lankan Terror attack has written an open letter thanking the Scottish people for their "many words of comfort". Anders Holch Povlsen & his wife Anne said messages received had touched their hearts.
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"woefully inadequate" record-keeping by UK govt makes it "impossible" to have confidence that Covid-19 testing contracts with private company Randox were awarded properly says @CommonsPAC
The contracts were worth £777 million.
We'll speak to @Meg_HillierMP
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Row over decision to close Youtube channels of 2 Scottish Independence campaigners. The video sharing website pulled the plug on Peter Curran and Stuart Campbell after the BBC highlighted copyright infringements in material the pair had placed online. @WingsScotland #bbcgms 0755
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At the end of @AlexSalmond interview on #bbcsundayshow the batteries in one of my microphone packs died. I did thank Mr Salmond for the interview but sadly it wasn’t heard on air.
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A row has developed over penalties that could be imposed on Scottish Govt for using civil servants to develop policy in reserved areas like independence.
We'll speak to Labour peer Lord @GeorgeFoulkes
We asked to speak to someone from the SNP - no one was available
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BREAKING: Defence contractor Babcock has won bid to build 5 new Royal Navy frigates. BAE Systems has lost out. Babock design had been seen as front-runner to secure £1.25 billion contract. Outcome seen as critical to the future of the Rosyth shipyard.
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From midnight tonight Scotland switches to an opt-out organ donation system. It'll be assumed that every adult in the country consents to donate their organs and tissues on death unless they've specifically stated otherwise.
Have you benefitted from organ donation?
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Our last #bbcgms before Christmas so @LauraMaxwell16 and I have donned our festive jumpers. Happy Christmas from us both.
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Questions are being asked about worst case scenarios from scientists around omicron .
SAGE minutes say without more restrictions hospital admissions could peak between 3000 & 10,000 a day with deaths between 600 & 6000.
We'll speak to @FraserNelson @spectator
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Group representing some hospitality businesses claims first weekend of enforcement of Scotland's vaccine passport scheme was an "unmitigated disaster". @ScottishGroup say staff faced "intolerable levels of abuse" and some venues saw a drop in footfall of up to 40%.
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Scotland could become the first country to provide period products for free if MSPs vote for new legislation today. The Period Products Bill would introduce a legal right of free access to period products in Scotland's public buildings.
@MonicaLennon7 MSP
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There's a warning the UK Govt risks losing Scotland unless it offers a new relationship between itself and the Scottish Govt. Former head of the Brexit department, Philip Rycroft, says the process of leaving the EU has “further destabilised” the union.
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Like @NicolaSturgeon Gibraltar's Chief Minister exploring options to keep the Territory in the EU. We hear from "The Rock" #bbcgms 0715
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Barclays Bank to locate up to 2,500 more jobs in central Glasgow potentially doubling its Scottish workforce. First Minister says it's "transformational" for the city centre. It will see the building of a large new campus on one of the city's regeneration gap sites. #bbcgms 0620
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SNP’s Westminster leader says it’s “utterly shameful” Labour will keep the 2 child cap on benefits if the party wins the next election. He’s written to UK & Scottish Labour leaders calling for a U-turn
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We'll speak to @StephenFlynnSNP 0805
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Scottish Government has reneged on repeated promises to provide Personal Protective Equipment for workers delivering care for people at home according to @SpaenTweets
We'll hear from Chief Exec of the Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network @colin_millar
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President Trump appears to have retreated from his suggestion that the NHS should be part of a trade deal between the US and Britain after Brexit. The remark brought a backlash from Conservative leadership candidates, Labour, the SNP and trade unions.
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The BBC is under fire from former cabinet minister Lord Andrew Adonis for its #Brexit coverage. He describes it as far too swayed towards the pro-Leave camp. @Andrew_Adonis #bbcgms 0815
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Hotel chain Best Western says they are too short staffed to open at full capacity.
Is there a recruitment crisis looming?
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The Scottish Government's National Clinical Director, Prof @jasonleitch tells #bbcgms "there isn't enough information to suggest we are at the peak of the virus." No decision on lifting restrictions until the numbers are going down
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak reject calls to resign over lockdown fines.
SNP calling for Parliament to return from its Easter break so the PM and chancellor can face questions from MPs.
We'll speak to @Ianblackford_MP @theSNP
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Alex Salmond inquiry says Nicola Sturgeon misled committee
We'll speak to @ScotTories leader @Douglas4Moray
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