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Groups are now calling for full monitoring of the sewage overflows in this stretch of the Water of Leith

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Growing problem: The fears over Scotland;s plant-based future

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Obesity: the hidden facts and figures behind Scotland's battle with the bulge

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Good morning, Scotland — Here’s a look at today’s front page of The Herald, as Glasgow councillors call for greater powers to bring empty or derelict properties back into residential or commercial use.

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The week-on-week rise in cases is being driven by new variants

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A leading charity has called for a “proportionate response” to alcohol deaths, alongside drug-related fatalities

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The funding is being provided by Cancer Grand Challenges

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Audit Scotland said it was “hard to see how some financial decisions were reached” during the pandemic

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Medics from ethnic minority backgrounds described experiences including patients refusing to be treated by them because their names 'did not sound British'

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Why are deaths from DVTs amog wonen increasing?

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spent £3.6m in 2019/20, although researchers stressed this was "probably not surprising"

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Why has vaccination been sluggish among the under among under-12s

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Health officials have urged people not to become alarmed

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Today's Covid statistics show new infections have risen slightly

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Today's coronavirus statistics show that the death toll has now risen about 12,100

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No link betweet hepatitis outbreak in children and Covid vaccine, say experts

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No link betweet hepatitis outbreak in children and Covid vaccine, say experts

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Covid-19 vaccine being produced in Scotland has been approved.

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Of the total 'Covid admissions' around 30% were exposed to the virus while in hospital. https://t.co/BryToJf3Ta

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More cases of hepatitis have been confirmed among young children across the UK.
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