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1. People on Attendance Allowance may be able to boost payments by £146 every month

   More than 1.7 million State Pensioners receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through the disability benefit.

2. Scottish Child Payment 'must be raised to £40 a week to help tackle poverty'

   The Action for Children charity called for the Scottish Child Payment to be increased to £40 per week.

3. Scots security expert warns Prince Harry is prime target for terrorists without armed protection

   The Royal and VIP executive committee has launched a fresh risk assessment of Harry's security when he next visits the UK with a decision expected next month.

4. Terminally ill Scots dad begs for 'final Christmas' with young daughter amid visa red tape

   “I have found out I have stage four colon cancer and don’t know how long I’ve got left to live."

5. Ricky Gervais donates portion of £2.5m tour proceeds to Scots animal charity

   The Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home will receive a donation of £100k from Ricky Gervais.

6. Scots Covid patient who penned book on near-death ordeal lost £5,000 in publishing scam

   Paul Henderson, 60, was “two hours from death” and spent 30 days in an induced coma and on life support after contracting the virus in March 2020.

7. Russell Grant's horoscopes as Leo told they'll find a rewarding job

   Today's horoscopes, brought to you by Russell Grant.

8. Sturgeon's education vow is yet another key promise SNP has failed to deliver

   Even with Covid in mind, Record View says closing the poverty-related attainment gap in schools is yet another key SNP promise the party has failed to deliver.

9. Covid fraud bill of £11bn unlikely to ever be recovered, report finds

   A damning report has revealed that the billions of pounds lost to Covid fraud is unlikely ever to be recovered.

10. Scotland 'should consider' following Australia and ban social media ban for under-16s

    EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish Labour MP said "we shouldn’t waste time arguing about whether to follow suit" if the Australian social media ban is proven to work.