Glasgow driver who failed to list drugs conviction gets private hire licence – Glasgow Live

Green light expected for key infrastructure on £2.1bn electricity ‘superhighway’ between Scotland and England – New Civil Engineer

Fears over “completely avoidable” deaths as NHS Scotland records worsening A&E waiting times – The Scotsman

Social housing waiting times ‘more than year in most councils’ – STV News

Civil servants in Scotland made 58,000 bank card transactions – BBC Scotland

Letters to the Press, 08/08/23: “Never any question of how Scotland can afford this. The bottomless pit is at the end of the SNP rainbow no doubt.”