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Lucy Grieve: Anti-abortion protests negatively affect patients and staff
Chris Deerin: ‘NatRail’ nightmare could be the end of the line for SNP
Readers’ letters: Gardens are still work in progress
Donna McLean: Understanding terrifying sleep paralysis is key to stopping it
David Knight: Online honesty means Aberdeen thugs will never escape their own actions
James Bream: Piper Alpha memorial redesign can prompt grief and be a good thing at the same time
George Mitchell: What would go in your Room 101?
Yvie Burnett: It’s time to let the Queen do more of what she enjoys
The Flying Pigs: We’ve lost a traffic jam and Haudagained a slightly shorter traffic jam
MARY-JANE DUNCAN: Thank you for everything, Deborah James
Louise Glen: Take a seat and let’s get back to trainspotting
Readers’ letters: Officials need to give facts about Shetland tunnel connections
David Mackay: Elgin still a hometown to be proud of despite city status snub
Moreen Simpson: Hypocritical MP couldn’t boil a tattie, let alone his heid
Angus Peter Campbell: Spend twice as long listening as you do speaking to properly master a language
Huw Owen: Human suffering doesn’t end as soon as it stops making the headlines
Erica Munro: Range anxiety is only the beginning of potential electric car pitfalls
Catherine Deveney: Cold reality of cost of living crisis will hit when winter comes
Readers’ letters: Nicola’s statement might raise eyebrows among supporters
Andy Philip: Murdo Fraser took his eye off the ball with Seville jolly
Kirstin Innes: Some Scots relying on food banks can’t even afford to heat up their meals
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