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Scotland Set to Lose 6 MP’s in Boundary Changes

(Article by BBC Scotland) ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37667282 RELATED LINKS: SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT WEBSITE >> www.parliament.scot SCOT GOV WEBSITE: >> www.gov.scot The Boundary Commission for Scotland is to outline its plans to reduce the number of Scottish MPs from 59 to 53 on Thursday. Here, BBC Scotland’s Andrew Kerr looks at the reasons for the changes – and what they could mean for Scottish MPs. This is a story as old as our parliaments, as old as representative democracy. Where do we get our officials from to represent us and how…

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Andy Murray wins Shanghai Masters

(Article by BBC Scotland) ARTICLE SOURCE: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/37670781 RELATED LINKS: www.andymurray.com ATP TOUR WEBSITE: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview Britain’s Andy Murray beat Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters and edge closer to Novak Djokovic in the world rankings. The Scot recovered from a stutter in the first set to win 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 against the Spanish world number 19. Bautista Agut beat Djokovic in the semi-finals, but Murray ultimately eased to his sixth title of the year. Murray, 29, is 915 points behind the Serb for 2016, increasing…

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Indy Ref 2 “highly likely” Before 2020

(Article by The National) ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.thenational.scot/news/sturgeon-indyref2-now-highly-likely-before-2020.23655 RELATED LINKS: THE NATIONAL WEBSITE >> www.thenational.scot Sturgeon: Indyref2 now ‘highly likely’ before 2020 IT IS “highly likely” Scotland will be asked to vote on independence before 2020, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Speaking on ITV’s Peston show, the First Minister challenged Theresa May to stop the breakup of the UK by listening to the Scottish Government’s demands to remain in the European single market. During last week’s SNP conference Sturgeon said she would soon publish a package of proposals for new powers…

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Nicola Sturgeon: SNP 16 Conference

“The time is coming to put Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands” @NicolaSturgeon concludes #SNP16 ARTICLE SOURCE: >> twitter.com/ScoPoliticsNews/status/787333465670836224 RELATED LINKS: SNP WEBSITE >> www.snp.org "The time is coming to put Scotland's future in Scotland's hands" @NicolaSturgeon concludes #SNP16 https://t.co/3sqVhCCRS3 — ScottishPoliticsNews (@ScoPoliticsNews) 15 October 2016

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Nicola Sturgeon warns on leaving Single Market

Sky News 16/10/16 VIEW POST ON TWITTER: >> twitter.com/ScoPoliticsNews/status/787608132717608960 RELATED LINKS: SNP WEBSITE >> www.snp.org .@NicolaSturgeon: continuing to be part of a UK determined to leave single market has severe consequences #Murnaghan .@NicolaSturgeon: continuing to be part of a UK determined to leave single market has severe consequences #Murnaghan https://t.co/n1kk5XPrHV — ScottishPoliticsNews (@ScoPoliticsNews) 16 October 2016

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Nicola Sturgeon’s #SNP16 speech: the key points

Nicola Sturgeon’s #SNP16 speech: the key points by Liam Furby ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.snp.org/nicola_sturgeon_snp16_speech_key_points RELATED LINKS: SNP WEBSITE >> www.snp.org Nicola Sturgeon delivered her closing speech at SNP National Conference, and set out our vision for Scotland: a welcoming, progressive, open, outward-looking and inclusive nation. The speech was packed with new announcements – from increased childcare flexibility to new measures to boost our economy. Here’s what you need to know. We will implement a four-point plan to boost trade and exports, ensuring that our European friends know that Scotland is…

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Nicola Sturgeon opening address #SNP16

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.snp.org/nicola_sturgeon_opening_address_2016 RELATED LINKS: SNP WEBSITE >> www.snp.org Below is the opening address given by Nicola Sturgeon to SNP Conference 2016. Conference. Welcome to the Dear Green Place. Welcome to the great city of Glasgow. A city that said Yes in 2014. A city where every citizen is now represented in the Scottish Parliament by an SNP constituency MSP. Let me begin today by warmly congratulating our new Depute Leader, Angus Robertson. We had four first class candidates to choose from. Indeed, we had more quality in our…

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Slovakia 3 – 0 Scotland

BBC REPORT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37538763 MATCH STATS: http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017743/index.html Scotland slumped to an emphatic defeat to Slovakia in a calamitous 2018 World Cup qualifier that intensifies the pressure on coach Gordon Strachan. The Scots – who drew with Lithuania on Saturday – fell behind when Robert Mak netted moments after the visitors felt Steven Fletcher was fouled in Trnava. Mak sidestepped Russell Martin for the hosts’ second before Adam Nemec rose unchallenged to head their third. Scotland now sit fourth in Group F, three points behind leaders England.

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Eliza Wigham

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Wigham Elizabeth (Eliza) Wigham (23 February 1820 – 3 November 1899) was a leading suffragist and abolitionist in 19th-century Edinburgh, Scotland. She was involved in several major campaigns to improve women’s rights in 19th-century Britain, and has been noted as one of the leading citizens of Edinburgh. Her stepmother, Jane Smeal, was a leading activist in Glasgow, and her brother John Richardson Wigham was a prominent lighthouse engineer. Photo: Public Domain – http://www.nls.uk/collections/topics/slavery Life Eliza Wigham was born on 23 February 1820 in Edinburgh to John Tertius…

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James Watt

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt James Watt FRS FRSE (30 January 1736 – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen’s 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines. He realised that contemporary engine designs wasted a…

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