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 1.  FREEZING CONDITIONS TO HIT SCOTLAND AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE

 2.  EWAN MCGREGOR STOPS AT SCOTTISH FOOD TRUCK FOR SURPRISE VISIT

 3.  'THUGGISH': JULIA HARTLEY-BREWER INTERVIEW OF PALESTINE MP SPARKS
     INTERNATIONAL ANGER

 4.  SCOTTISH SPCA ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE ON AMERICAN XL BULLIES

 5.  WHERE IS THE HARBOUR CAFE? POPULAR SCOTTISH RESTAURANT FEATURES IN BBC
     SERIES

 6.  SCOTLAND'S SMALLEST CASTLE AMONG 'MOST CAPTIVATING' TINY TOURIST SPOTS IN
     THE UK

 7.  MARTIN LEWIS ISSUES ALERT TO VINTED USERS OVER 'SIDE HUSTLE TAX'

 8.  UNIONIST CALL FOR GENERAL ELECTION TO BE USED TO PUSH ABOLITION OF HOLYROOD

 9.  OIL FOUND IN SCOTTISH WATERWAY AFTER LEAK IN PIPE TO GRANGEMOUTH REFINERY

 10. GLASGOW CALLER BRANDED 'EMBARRASSMENT' AFTER SHOCKING CALL ON JEREMY VINE
     SHOW

 11. OWEN JONES: KEIR STARMER'S NEW SOUNDBITE SUMS UP LABOUR'S BIG WEAKNESS

 12. FORMER SCOTTISH POLICE CHIEF GIVES UP MBE OVER UK'S STANCE ON GAZA

 13. WALL 'AT RISK OF COLLAPSE' HIGHLIGHTED AT HISTORIC SCOTTISH HOUSE

 14. 'OFF TO SEE NEIL OLIVER?': RUSSELL BRAND SPOTTED IN SCOTTISH SHOPPING
     CENTRE

 15. THE SIX FREE ATTRACTIONS IN SCOTLAND AMONG THE UK'S TOP-RATED SPOTS TO
     VISIT

 16. PATRICK HARVIE SPEAKS OUT FOLLOWING HUMZA YOUSAF'S DINNER WITH BRIAN SOUTER

 17. MAN AND WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN GREENOCK NAMED BY POLICE

 18. TEENAGER, 18, DIES AFTER ATTENDING NEW YEAR'S DAY RAVE IN GLASGOW

 19. ‘IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE’: SNP MP SAYS POST OFFICE SCANDAL ‘NOT DONE YET’

 20. AYRSHIRE COUPLE HAILED AS HEROES AFTER SAVING MAN'S LIFE ON BUSY ROAD

 21. GLASGOW TRAINS CANCELLED AND DELAYED DUE TO 'EMERGENCY INCIDENT'

 22. ROD STEWART LEAVES SCOTTISH HOTEL STAFF £10K TIP – WITH ADVICE ON HOW TO
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 23. BOOST FOR POPULAR SCOTTISH BUTCHER AS IT STRIKES DEAL WITH MAJOR
     SUPERMARKET

 24. RUSSELL CROWE REVEALS HE IS RELATED TO JACOBITE LORD WHOSE 'DEATH COINED A
     PHRASE'

 25. COULD REFORM UK CAUSE EXTINCTION OF SCOTTISH TORIES AT NEXT GENERAL
     ELECTION?

 26. TOMMY SHEPPARD: IF THE SNP LOSE THIS ELECTION, INDEPENDENCE IS OFF THE
     TABLE

 27. IN PICTURES: PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS HOLD DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS SCOTLAND

 28. SAM HEUGHAN OPENS UP ON 'FRIGHTENING' EXPERIENCE IN NEW MEN IN KILTS SERIES

 29. MISSING PIECE OF STONE OF DESTINY 'IS IN CUPBOARD AT SNP HQ', ACTIVIST SAYS

 30. SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY RESPONDS TO CALL TO STRIP MICHELLE MONE OF HONORARY
     DEGREE

 31. WHY OWEN JONES IS COMING TO WRITE FOR THE NATIONAL

 32. SCOTS COULD BE £10K BETTER OFF WITH 'INDEPENDENCE PRIZE OF HIGHER LIVING
     STANDARDS'

 33. BAN ON XL BULLY DOGS PROBABLY NOT NEEDED IN SCOTLAND, HUMZA YOUSAF SAYS

 34. CELTIC HERO SUTTON BRUTALLY TROLLS EX-RANGERS BOSS BEALE OVER SUNDERLAND
     DERBY DEFEAT

 35. POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION TO HELP TRACE MISSING 13-YEAR-OLD BOY

 36. BODY OF WOMAN RECOVERED AT SCOTTISH BEAUTY SPOT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

 37. MAJOR CAR RETAILER CLOSES SCOTTISH SHOWROOM AFTER 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS

 38. TAKING ON THE TORIES: SNP BEGIN BATTLE FOR KEY TARGET OF DOUGLAS ROSS’S
     MORAY SEAT

 39. YOUSAF BECOMES FIRST UK LEADER TO CONDEMN ISRAELI PUSH FOR 'ETHNIC
     CLEANSING'

 40. PAT KANE: IS OUTLANDER JUST KEEPING SCOTLAND WRAPPED IN TARTAN MIST AND
     MYTH?

 41. 'I WAS EVICTED SO MY LANDLORD COULD SELL FLAT... THEN IT WAS LET OUT FOR
     MORE MONEY'

 42. TWO ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH EDINBURGH HOGMANAY MURDER

 43. 'FAKE NEWS': BBC PANNED OVER CLAIM ABOUT SCOTTISH VOTES IN GENERAL
     ELECTIONS

 44. TWO PEOPLE CHARGED AFTER MAN SHOT DEAD OUTSIDE EDINBURGH PUB ON HOGMANAY

 45. IF POLITICIANS WILL NOT ACT, WE MUST BOYCOTT ALL GOODS FROM ISRAEL

 46. ‘I’M MARCHING TO HOLYROOD TO DEMAND APOLOGY FOR HISTORIC GYPSY TRAVELLER
     ABUSE’

 47. JEFFREY EPSTEIN PAPERS ALLEGE BILL CLINTON'S 'PREFERENCES' AND STEPHEN
     HAWKING ORGY

 48. VINTED ACCOUNTS CLOSED AS HMRC INTRODUCES NEW 'TAX ON SIDE HUSTLES'

 49. THE AWFUL ‘CULTURAL GENOCIDE’ OF SCOTLAND’S GYPSY TRAVELLER COMMUNITY

 50. RUTH WISHART: STARMER HAS NO APPETITE FOR CHANGE – INDEPENDENCE IS THE ONLY
     WAY

 1.  THE NATIONAL WELCOMES NEW REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR OWEN JONES

 2.  SNP MINISTER 'BACKS ALBA PLAN FOR REFERENDUM ON HOLYROOD'S POWERS'

 3.  WHY OWEN JONES IS COMING TO WRITE FOR THE NATIONAL

 4.  SOME SNP MPS 'ABSOLUTELY LOVE' BEING AT WESTMINSTER, MHAIRI BLACK SAYS

 5.  UNIONIST CALL FOR GENERAL ELECTION TO BE USED TO PUSH ABOLITION OF HOLYROOD

 6.  OWEN JONES: KEIR STARMER'S NEW SOUNDBITE SUMS UP LABOUR'S BIG WEAKNESS

 7.  'WE HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE A PUNCHBAG': MICHELLE MONE'S HUSBAND RELEASES
     STATEMENT

 8.  REFORM UK TO STAND CANDIDATES IN EVERY SCOTTISH SEAT AT GENERAL ELECTION

 9.  FEARS FOR SCOTS' SAFETY AFTER WARNING OF 'ROTTING' NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE
     ON CLYDE

 10. BBC PRIORITISES ISRAELI DEATHS OVER PALESTINIAN, FRESH ANALYSIS SUGGESTS

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