Scottish pupils have excelled despite SNP education policy not because of it – Holyrood

River Almond named in report documenting pharmaceutical drug pollution – Daily Record

SNP’s mishandling of NHS is sign of managed decline of everything we cherish – Edinburgh Evening News

Nicola Sturgeon fails to sell out Edinburgh Fringe event as hundreds of seats remain empty – Daily Express

Claim national insurance payments show independent Scotland could ‘more than afford’ pensions bill is Mostly False – The Ferret

More than half of children missing out on free bus pass, figures reveal – STV News

Letters to the press, 11/08/22: ‘This Friday sees a “sturgeon supermoon” in the night sky. Although this Moon may look bigger it is perhaps not unexpected that it is only an optical illusion’.