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ALASDAIR CLARK: John Swinney risks being defined by NHS crisis

ALASDAIR CLARK: John Swinney risks being defined by NHS crisis

John Swinney has apologised to patients in recent weeks after a series of hugely damaging reports and stories about Scotland’s struggling NHS. After...

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Alasdair Clark

GORDON BROWN: How a Kirkcaldy ‘warm welcome’ is bringing communities together

GORDON BROWN: How a Kirkcaldy ‘warm welcome’ is bringing communities together

This morning I will visit the Salvation Army Warm Welcome space in my hometown of Kirkcaldy. I will be joining in their Big Welcome Breakfast,...

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Gordon Brown

JIM SPENCE: What is the survival plan at Dundee University?

JIM SPENCE: What is the survival plan at Dundee University?

As a former Rector of the University of Dundee, I was asked to sign a letter supporting the restoration of the student pantry and free breakfasts...

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Jim Spence

STEVE FINAN: Free youth bus travel has created thugs on tour culture in Dundee

STEVE FINAN: Free youth bus travel has created thugs on tour culture in Dundee

I recently heard of a pensioner unable to get off a Dundee bus because a youth with his feet up, sprawled across the aisle, refused to move. The...

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Steve Finan

KIRSTY STRICKLAND: Remote working’s loudest critics are same people who yearn for world that no longer exists

KIRSTY STRICKLAND: Remote working’s loudest critics are same people who yearn for world that no longer exists

In a recent BBC documentary, Lord Rose, the former boss of Asda, said home working was contributing to the “general decline” of the UK economy....

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Kirsty Strickland

REBECCA BAIRD: Dundee University helped me build my life – but I wouldn’t look for one there in 2025

REBECCA BAIRD: Dundee University helped me build my life – but I wouldn’t look for one there in 2025

Ten years ago, almost to the day, I accepted my place at Dundee University. And the five years I spent studying there indisputably changed my life...

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Rebecca Baird

CARLO MORELLI: How China folly and ‘reckless’ decision-making worsened Dundee University’s financial crisis

CARLO MORELLI: How China folly and ‘reckless’ decision-making worsened Dundee University’s financial crisis

Visitors to Dundee University’s main teaching block cannot miss the portraits of all the principals who had the privilege of serving the...

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Carlo Morelli