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Scots firms get nothing from £220m ferry deals given to Turkey There is no bias in the title provided. It has emerged that Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL), the Scottish Government-owned firm which owns and procures ferries and harbours failed to stipulate that there should be any Scottish benefit from the £220m contracts given to Turkish shipyard Cemre Marin Endustri. It can be revealed that as Turkey landed a second £115m contract earlier this year to build two ferries for longsuffering islanders in a bid to shore up the nation’s ageing ferry fleet, the only Scottish benefit stipulated was that…

Blood infection scandal victim from Perthshire speaks out There is no original title provided. It took seven years – during which she experienced extreme fatigue and was forced to give up work – for her to be notified the blood had been infected. On Monday, the findings of a long-running inquiry were released, with chairman Sir Brian Langstaff finding more than 30,000 people were infected with contaminated blood between the 1970s and 1990s, which he described as a “calamity”. Deliberate attempts, the inquiry found, were made to cover up what had happened and patients were knowingly exposed to an unacceptable…

Majority of Scots have no religion census data shows There is no bias in the title provided. The question is voluntary and was first introduced in 2001, when just 27.5% said they had no religious beliefs. The largest decrease has been in followers of the Church of Scotland, with 42.4% identifying as a follower in 2002. That has dropped to 20.4%, a fall of 610,100 people since 2011, and over 1 million since 2001, though Church of Scotland remains the largest group for those who identified as religious. The next largest religious groups were Roman Catholic (13.3%), Other Christian (5.1%) and Muslim (2.2%). There was a…

TRNSMT Festival to takeover Barras Market for one off event There is no bias in the title provided. They’ll be taking over the iconic market with live music from artists playing this year’s River Stage and Boogie Bar, as well as having a sustainable fashion pop-up and food vendors on site. Those attending will be in with a shout to win tickets if they’re checking out the fashion pop-ups as organisers have hidden five golden labels among the railings that will award each winner two VIP passes to the festival. DF Concerts, Kevin Mackay says the fashion pop-up aims to…

Man dies in East Ayrshire Motorcyle crash near Kilmarnock There is no bias in the original title He was travelling on the A76 between Kilmarnock and Mauchline and was pronounced dead at the scene. The road was closed in both directions between Crossroads and Crosshands for a crash investigation and re-opened at about 2.45am. Sergeant Martin Cunningham, of Police Scotland, said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man who has died and our inquiries into the circumstances of what happened are ongoing. “I am appealing to anyone who saw what happened and anyone driving in the area who…

Scotland issued yellow warning for rain as sunny spell ends There is no bias in the original title provided. Covering nearly the full of the east coast and large parts of the Highlands and Central Belt, the weather warning will be in place from 12pm on Wednesday and last until 6pm on Thursday. Some areas could see up to 80-100 mm of rain over an extended period of heavy rain. A Met Office spokesperson said: “An area of heavy rain is expected to move northwest across Scotland from Wednesday afternoon, with rain most persistent across northern and eastern hills. Rain…

Rein application mentioned ‘sex scene with genital contact’ There is no original title provided to identify any biased words or phrases. However, documents released to The Herald under Freedom of Information suggest the explicit nature of the show was known about before the grant was awarded. The work, which aimed to show an “erotic journey through a distinctly Scottish landscape,” proved controversial after a casting call made clear that “any sex that features will not be simulated but performed by cast members.” In a letter to Holyrood’s Culture Committee, Iain Munro, Creative Scotland’s Chief Executive, claimed lead artist Leonie Rae…

Scotland’s carbon footprint down 11.5% in year to 2020 There is no bias in the title provided. Data from Scotland’s chief statistician shows the carbon footprint fell from 55.1 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2019 to 48.8 million tonnes in 2020 – a decrease of 6.3 million tonnes and a drop of 11.5%. It is the lowest level since recording began in 1998, however 2020 covered the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and travel restrictions which may have accounted for some of the drop. SUBSCRIBE: The Herald is only £1 for 3 months This impacted…

Front page summary The Herald – Report on infected blood lays bare ‘gross failures’ say lawyersThe Herald says The report on the infected blood scandal lays bare “decades of gross and culpable failures”, according to a law firm which represented hundreds of Scots affected by contaminated blood.Thompsons Solicitors, which represented 300 individuals and two charities in the Infected Blood Inquiry, said the “hard-hitting” report set out a number of Scotland-specific failures that led to “so much suffering and death”.These included, the firm said, failures in Scottish blood transfusion services in the 1980s and numerous “missed opportunities” to remedy the injustices…

Front page summary Metro – ‘Chilling’ Verdict on NHS Catastrophe: 40 years of bloody cover upThe Metro leads on the report into the infected blood scandal which found there was a “pervasive” cover-up to hide the truth. The report found the scandal – which claimed 3,000 lives and affected 30,000 – could have been avoided and was covered up for decades, the paper writes. It pictures people embracing after the release of the report following a five-year inquiry.The paper describes it as “forty years of bloody cover-up” and notes that it could have been avoided and was covered up for…