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From frustrations in the hospitality trade over the method used to work out bills to anxiety among sole traders over the red tape that plagues the system, rating policy in Scotland is ripe for reform. That’s why The Herald is calling for major reform to the system. Here are the six changes we are looking for and why👇
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Emergency services are in attendance at an area of flooding around a care home in Saltcoats👇
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Emergency crews in attendance at flooding incident around care home

Emergency services are in attendance at an area of flooding around a care home in Saltcoats.

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The A78 is to remain closed in both directions between Skelmorlie and Largs following significant damage to the carriageway and sea wall during Storm Boelo 👇
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Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious 👇
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Body found in search for man reported missing in Stranraer

A body has been found during searches for a man reported missing in Stranraer.

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Police have carried out emergency evacuations in South Ayrshire due to severe weather and flooding caused by Storm Boelo 👇
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Storm Boelo forces evacuation of dangerous buildings and caravan park in Ayrshire

Police Scotland has carried out emergency evacuations in South Ayrshire due to severe weather and flooding caused by Storm Boelo.

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Ex-Reform MSP: 'It feels like I have escaped a coercively controlled relationship' heraldscotland.com/news/2666…

Ex-Reform MSP: 'It feels like I have escaped a coercively controlled relationship'

Amanda Bland, who served as Reform UK's justice spokesperson at Holyrood, has broken her silence to allege months of shouting, intimidation and the systematic sidelining of women by the party's...

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Here's the Scottish albums, films, books and exhibitions everyone will be talking about next says Nicola Meighan heraldscotland.com/opinion/2… @Nicola_Meighan @heraldscotland

The Scottish albums, films, books and exhibitions everyone will be talking about next

Nicola Meighan's pick of the best Scottish arts, music, film and literature events happening this autumn

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Scottish Greens’ motion on polyamorous rights not debated as conference ends early heraldscotland.com/news/2666…

Scottish Greens’ motion on polyamorous rights not debated as conference ends early

Scottish Greens conference ends early in Inverness as Storm Boelo stops debate on equal rights for polyamorous relationships.

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Inside story: Behind the scenes at the Scottish Greens conference as strategists map out route to return to power in Holyrood. @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/news/2666…

Inside the Greens' conference as party plots new path to power amid financial woes

The mood among the three hundred or so Scottish Greens members gathered in Eden Court Theatre in Inverness was upbeat after months seeing a record 15 MSPs elected in May.

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The warning comes as the country is still dealing with Storm Boelo, which has led to the death of a man in Dumfries and Galloway 👇
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Storm Chloe poised to hit Scotland as fresh wind warning issued days after Boelo

Scotland faces the prospect of a second named storm in days, with forecasters warning that Storm Chloe could bring damaging winds and fresh travel disruption across large parts of the country next...

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A controversial Greens motion on polyamorous relationship rights was left undebated 👇
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Scottish Greens’ motion on polyamorous rights not debated as conference ends early

Scottish Greens conference ends early in Inverness as Storm Boelo stops debate on equal rights for polyamorous relationships.

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A man has died after being hit by a falling tree which came down due to high winds driven by Storm Boelo.
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Man dies after being struck by falling tree during Storm Boelo

A 60-year-old man died after a falling tree struck him near Castle Douglas during Storm Boelo in Scotland, Police Scotland says, on October 25, 2026.

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The plants, puddles and cracks that spell trouble for Scotland’s tenements 👇
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Live in a tenement? Then these are the warning signs you need to know

Scotland’s tenement owners urged to inspect gutters, roofs and stonework, tackle damp and plants, and plan shared repairs to protect ageing homes nationwide.

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