Scottish Parliament spending soars as MSPs paid £300,00 more in expenses than previous year – GB news

Jim Sillars: ‘I haven’t voted for the SNP for a long time’ – Holyrood

Paramedic says crisis-hit Scots ambulance service ‘beyond fixable’ and leaving staff in tears – Daily Record

If dissenters can be abused now, imagine the abuse were Scotland to secede – Think Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon accused of trying to win Scottish independence by waiting for older Unionists to die – Yahoo news

Council tax ‘could rise by up to 5% every year over the next three years’ – The Scotsman

Scotland ‘far off track’ in race to end child poverty, campaigners warn – Daily Record