Mark McLaughlin

SCOTLAND’S civil servants have been told to ditch their “repetitive waffle” to free up time and staff as SNP ministers prepare to axe 12,000 public sector jobs. Scotland’s top civil servant Joe Gri…

POLICE Scotland’s claim there were “no missed red flags” that one of its officers was a serial rapist has been shattered by new revelations that he had two previous reports of criminal behaviour ag…

BULLY-row Nat Jenny Gilruth is claimed to have once “exploded” in anger because her takeaway pizza had the wrong stuffed crust. The Deputy First Minister was still a teacher when she showed pupils …

A BOY of 13 was asked if he was pregnant by an NHS nurse before being allowed to get an X-ray. The lad had to sign a “nonsense” waiver confirming that he did not have a foetus growing inside him. T…

GLASGOW faces financial turmoil amid a string of pressures including a refugee homelessness crisis, the local authority spending watchdog warned. The city’s Nats-run council faces a budget gap of £…

A NAT chief wants Glasgow’s council area made bigger in a bid to stop the city from going bust. Ricky Bell — frontrunner to lead the local authority — is calling for a cash grab by merging Glasgow …

HEALTH chiefs have said sorry after staff asked a boy if he was pregnant. The U-turn comes after it emerged claims they had a “legal responsibility” to pose the question were bogus. We revealed las…

CELTIC legend John Hartson is backing the men’s health Movember campaign to stop blokes dying prematurely in Scotland. It comes as a report revealed 35 men pass away before their time every day — w…

LEADERS of the three nationalist parties bent on dismantling the United Kingdom will today hammer out a joint strategy “towards independence and free from the shackles of Westminster”. John Swinney…

JOHN Swinney was last night accused of cosying up to Sinn Fein as he signed a joint agreement with them to fight for independence for the UK’s “Celtic nations”. The SNP leader posed for pics alongs…