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2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Matthew Lindsay

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has written to the Competition and Markets Authority urging them to investigate SFA and SPFL rules (Image: PA) ANAS Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, has written to Sarah Cardell, the chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), urging her to investigate “exploitative practices” in youth football in this country.

2 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Mark Williamson

First minister John Swinney and deputy first minister Kate Forbes in the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh (Image: PA) John Swinney has promised the SNP Government will concentrate on getting things done after doing too much strategising in the past as he made clear that UK taxpayers would be expected to pick up associated bills.

3 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Brian Donnelly

A Scottish company with the “largest onshore fleet of helicopters in the UK and Ireland” has acquired a drone business. The firm said the takeover involves a “leading provider of unmanned aerial vehicle solutions” based in Manchester.   Inverness-based PDG Aviation Services, a UK and Ireland’s provider of aerial survey, inspection and lifting solutions in support of critical infrastructure, said it has acquired Team UAV.

3 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Jody Harrison

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney (Image: Jeff Mitchell/PA Wire) John Swinney has described Pope Francis as “a voice for peace, tolerance and reconciliation” as he paid tribute following the pontiff’s death aged 88. Scottish First Minister joined with politicians across the UK to pay tribute to the leader of the Catholic Church after news of his passing broke on Easter Monday morning.   "I am deeply saddened to learn that His Holiness Pope Francis has died.

3 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Jody Harrison

Children queuing for communion during Pope Francis’ closing Mass at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin’s Phoenix park in 2018 (Image: Brian Lawless/PA) Pope Francis will be remembered for his “love and mercy” following his passing on Easter Monday, one of Scotland’s leading catholic clergymen has said.   William Nolan, Archbishop of Glasgow, said that Francis time at the head of the Catholic Church had been “a blessing”, though controversial at times.