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1. American football club take on Christmas cycling challenge in aid of Wishaw church's toy drive

   Clyde Valley Blackhawks, who play their home games at the town's Belhaven Park, will be getting on their bikes for a 24 hour ‘cycle’ to Lapland while raising funds for Wishaw’s Pathway Church toy drive to help children across the region.

2. Scots can end Keir Starmer's time in Downing Street by voting for the SNP in May

   In his regular column for the Record, First Minister John Swinney says he will tell Keir Starmer what people in Scotland expect him to deliver.

3. Scottish Greens 'civil war' has now ended, insists new co-leader Ross Greer

   The Greens' new co-leader accepted it had been a “difficult couple of years” for his party.

4. Rise in synthetic opioid use across Scotland equivalent to 'America's fentanyl crisis'

   Official reports warn “contamination of drugs with toxic substances was both common and widespread" across Scotland.

5. Families who lost young boys to suicide say Scotland is still failing its youth

   Helen Mitchell was told her ­struggling son Jack, 18, was just your “typical teenager” before he cut his life short.

6. MSPs declare support for Ash Regan's legislation to criminalise Scots who buy sex from prostitutes

   EXCLUSIVE: Rhoda Grant and Ruth Maguire have sent a joint letter to the Scottish Government calling on them to back Ash Regan's proposals.

7. Morton’s Rolls to make comeback after bitter court battle with UK Government

   “I stepped in to rescue the iconic Morton’s Rolls bakery from liquidation and to rehire as many of the former bakery workers as I could"

8. Scottish Government continues to fail youngsters despite years of promises

   Record View says the Scottish Government is still failing youngsters across the country.

9. Russell Grant's horoscopes as Libra told to avoid any arguments about cash

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

10. Dear Coleen: Stroppy partner is so lazy it feels like having another kid

    Last week, things came to a head when he asked me for money for a golf trip with his mates and I said no.