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- Douglas Ross urged to make statement on travel expense claims: The SNP is calling on Douglas Ross to “make an urgent statement” to parliament on claims he used taxpayer-funded expenses to pay for travel to his job as a football linesman. According to the Sunday Mail, the Scottish Tory leader’s aides identified 28 “dodgy” claims he made to the Westminister authorities.[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24375869.douglas-ross-urged-make-statement-travel-expense-claims/]
- Swinney defends decision to ignore Yousaf independence plan: John Swinney has defended the decision to ditch Humza Yousaf’s plan to have the word independence on the ballot paper at the general election. The First Minster told The Herald: “The Scottish National Party is what I need people to vote for and that’s what’s going to be on the ballot paper.”[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24375918.swinney-defends-decision-ignore-yousaf-independence-plan/]
- How Scotland won German hearts and minds before Euro 2024 kicked off: THE Scotland squad arrived at their Euro 2024 training base in the shadow of Zugspitze, the world-famous mountain which is the highest in Germany at 9,718 feet, last night on a mission to launch a serious assault on the finals and scale new heights in the coming weeks. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, an Alpine ski resort in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria in the far south of the country just a few miles from the Austrian border, will be home for Steve Clarke’s men for much of the next fortnight.[https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24376183.scotland-won-german-hearts-minds-euro-2024-kicked-off/]
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