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1. Ex-jail boss calls for removal of biological men from female prisons after trans 'sex attack'

   Rhona Hotchkiss has said that trans-identifying male prisoners must be removed from female prisons as a priority after a recent case highlighted ­“inadequate” risk assessments.

2. Richest Scots council bosses to receive £2m bumper pay despite crumbling services

   Figures obtained by the Sunday Mail show that as a result from November just 10 bosses will trouser a combined annual salary of £1,969,811.

3. Scotland’s airports cashing in on 'rip-off' pick-up and drop-off charges despite £100m profit boost

   Experts said pick-up and drop-off fees at terminals, branded the 'kiss and fly tax', are a "rip off".

4. Pensioner's heat pump nightmare over £19k Ofgem demand for improving her windows

   Margaret Beveridge, 73, has been hit with the crippling repayment order over claims which she says have been totally discredited.

5. Scottish town halls gripped by 'censorship culture' 10 years on from free speech case

   In 2016, independent Argyll and Bute councillor Mike Breslin was cleared of code of conduct charges after 'robustly' criticising council officials.

6. Crime boss snared for importing drugs unmasked as head of two extreme dog breeding firms

   William Byrne is behind bars awaiting sentence after pleading guilty over a £1.6million drug ring which saw him and his associates sneaking drugs into Scotland from the Netherlands.

7. John Swinney vows to remain First Minister for another 10 years if he wins election

   In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Mail the SNP leader said he intends to serve a full term in Bute house - and contest another Holyrood vote after that in 2031.

8. Scots actress Sharon Rooney among famous faces confirmed for upcoming Celebrity Traitors

   The Glasgow-born star of My Mad Fat Diary will be among 21 stars heading to the Ardross Castle in the ­Highlands in the BBC show

9. Ex-Glasgow Uni boss splashed £93K flying business class to exotic destinations and five star hotels

   Sir Anton Muscatelli spent £99,104 on flights and stays in luxury hotels in far-flung destinations before stepping down from his £400,000-a-year role as principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow in September.

10. Anas Sarwar vows to chop NHS waiting times as he blasts SNP 'culture of secrecy'

    Ahead of polling day, the Scottish Labour leader said the infections scandal at Glasgow's superhospital is the SNP's 'single biggest failure'.