"Glasgow has not lost its capacity to excite. On frosty nights, heading gig-wards along the Gallowgate, the Barrowlands’ fairground dazzle still quickens the pulse." Beautiful writing by Dani Garavelli in our first weekend read. glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgows-reinv…

UK government not considering Scottish visa to attract migrants bbc.in/3Ub6yOq

'There is nowhere left to cut,' say charities facing the National Insurance hike. One charity boss describes it as the 'death knell' for social care, while hospices say they may have to turn patients away. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

BREAKING: Scottish government vows to mitigate two-child benefit cap bbc.in/4eXiwT3

Labour council leader quits over alleged messages bbc.in/3Bgrf5b

Scottish government to ban WhatsApp for official business bbc.in/3VHPsbF

‘Large-scale change to the motorway is impossible without large-scale political reform. The council is too weak and too poor.’ Richard J. Williams on the problem of Glasgow’s M8: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Scottish Budget set to pass with Labour abstaining bbc.in/4a8g8Iv

BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell to end marriage bbc.in/3E29ebz

Swinney attacks Trump's Gaza 'take over' plans bbc.in/411809J

'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home' bbc.in/4h30Gz7

Bute has welcomed 125 Syrian refugees over the past decade. The fall of Assad's regime has given those who fled a glimmer of hope of returning. But it has also posed the question of where home truly lies. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home' Angus Cochrane and I went to Bute last week to speak with Syrians settled on the island after fleeing civil war a decade ago. More ➡️ bbc.in/4kjD0cB

Former Labour MSP quits party over welfare cuts bbc.in/41ZCd8h

Ex-SNP chief Peter Murrell in court charged with embezzlement bbc.in/41yE57W

Ex-Tory leader Douglas Ross to stand down as MSP bbc.in/4iME9Z5

Harvie to stand down as Scottish Green co-leader bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

How could the assisted dying law work in Scotland? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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'I can't lift a bag into an overhead locker but I climbed K2' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…