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1. Woman 'surprised' after checking real price of bag she picked up at charity shop

   The female couldn't believe her eyes when she picked up a number of items from her local charity shop. She then realised what they were actually worth if brand new

2. Cholesterol levels could be lowered by eating this fruit every day

   A study found a link between eating this popular fruit and reduced cholesterol levels

3. Thousands of Scots 'disenfranchised by poverty' in upcoming Holyrood election

   Research by the Poverty Alliance has found an 11 per cent gap in voter turnout between the richest and poorest constituencies.

4. Marie Curie backs Sunday Mail campaign to help terminally ill people pay rocketing fuel bills

   Terminally ill people often rely on medical and mobility equipment at home and can need extra heating to manage symptoms.

5. Barlinnie prisoner lifts lid on Scotland’s spiralling drug crisis behind bars

   He is one of a number of cons interviewed for a shocking new BBC documentary series which follows the lives of inmates battling addiction amid a flood of illegal substances while serving time in the country’s largest and most infamous jail.

6. Female prisoners 'repeatedly requested emergency contraception after sex with trans inmates'

   Sources have told the Sunday Mail a number of inmates have asked for the morning-after pill following relations.

7. John Swinney sends Fifa boss letter urging 'fair prices' at World Cup for Tartan Army

   The First Minister criticised dynamic pricing for the gold-dust tickets which had made it 'the most expensive World Cup in history'.

8. Ex-drug addict turned charity boss helps cons at Scotland’s toughest jail get clean

   Natalie Logan is using her personal experience of drug addiction to help men at HMP Barlinnie, where the vast majority of prisoners are caught in a revolving door of addiction, crime, and incarceration.

9. Hydrogen boiler tech unproven as £25m Fife scheme branded 'policy misstep'

   The two-year H100 pilot in Methil, Fife, by SGN, was previously hailed by John Swinney as a “shining example” of net zero policy.

10. Domestic abuser who battered ex-partner and set fire to flats was on bail at time

    David Storie, who caused a blaze so serious it spread to several homes and completely destroyed two properties, was on bail at the time of the horrific attack, the Sunday Mail can reveal.