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Nicola Sturgeon
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Latest news from The Ferret about Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the SNP.
FFS explains: Scotland’s educational attainment gap
Ferret Fact Service looks at Scotland's attainment gap between the richest and poorest students.
Heathrow lobbied Holyrood 40 times in two years
Heathrow airport has lobbied Scottish ministers and MSPs over 40 times in two years to back a proposed third runway in London.
Claim Scotland is first place in UK to get Covid-19 vaccine into care homes is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that Scotland is the first UK nation to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine to care homes.
‘We screamed for help and no one came’: Belarus expats on regime’s crackdown
Belarusians living in Scotland are watching on horrified as the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko cracks down on political protests.
Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that Jaffa Cakes are biscuits is False
Ferret Fact Service looks into the age-old question. Jaffa Cakes: cake or biscuit?
Fact check: Anti- lockdown Covid-19 claims
Ferret Fact Service looks at a number of claims made in a leaflet used to promote anti-lockdown protests in Edinburgh.
Claim Scots will be £2,000 worse off after independence is Unsupported
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim using GERS figures to say that Scottish independence would cost each person £2,000.
Claim Sturgeon signed ‘once in a generation’ indyref agreement is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross about whether Nicola Sturgeon signed an agreement that the 2014 referendum would be a 'once in a lifetime' vote.
Adoption charities taking over Kinship carer service is ‘slap in the face’
Kinship carers – relatives who look after children when their birth parents cannot – have criticised a decision to hand the contract for a vital helpline and support service to national adoption and fostering organisations.
