Scotland’s public spending deficit hits record of nearly £2,200 a head – The Guardian

How the demented agenda of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP has condemned Scotland to a summer of discontent – Daily Mail

‘Decontamination’ of streets may be needed for public health safety – STV News

Letters to the press, 25/08/22: “the lesson which she and all nationalists ought to learn from GERS is so simple surely only the infantile could miss it: even if they want independence, Scotland cannot afford it.”

Sturgeon says there is no ‘bottomless pit of money’ to end council pay dispute – Yahoo News

Scotland’s Push to Secede From UK Won’t Go Away – Bloomberg

Filthy Fringe in pictures: Edinburgh festivals plagued by bin strikes – STV News

Some Glasgow children still being taught to read at secondary school – Glasgow Live

Midwives feel ‘gaslit on industrial scale’ by Scottish Government as they fear ‘lack of safe care’ for patients – Edinburgh Evening News

Funding for long Covid sufferers in Scotland ‘will not be enough’ – STV News