The Morning Briefing: Artists playing key role in innovative hospital projects

The Morning Briefing

Good morning, it's Xander here this Saturday morning bringing you the run down of today's news.

Dominating our most popular stories - and our front page - is the fallout from Thursday's edition of Question Time. The BBC show saw the host, Fiona Bruce, make a false claim about Scottish trans prisoners, and guest India Willoughby compare being on the panel to being at her own "hanging".

One audience member has written exclusively for The National explaining what it was like on set - and the verdict isn't good.

And elsewhere the news is still led by what happened on our TV screens, after Nadine Dorries' fawning interview with Boris Johnson that saw her label Nicola Sturgeon "Chippy Nick".

In more serious news, talks between the education unions and Scottish Government have led to "no new offer", and a man has been found guilty of threatening to assassinate the First Minister on social media.

And a touch of the absurd comes from the monarchy (who'd have guessed) as King Charles offers to let people struggling to pay their energy bills use two of his grand Scottish properties as “warm spaces” - but only once a week.

The SNP's depute leader at Westminster has written for us on Alister Jack's latest attempt to lay out a route to indyref2, and former constitution secretary Michael Russell looks at the corruption which is still rife at Westminster.

As always, there are loads more exclusive stories, acute analysis, and unmissable news coverage over at thenational.scot.

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Artists are playing a key role in innovative projects in hospitals across the country

Artists playing key role in innovative hospital projects

ARTISTS and makers are playing a key role in healthcare in two innovative hospital projects in Scotland.

Numerous Tories have been involved in scandals down the years

From the nineties to now: A history of dodgy Tory behaviour

ONE of the first scandals to hit John Major’s premiership concerned the sale of arms by British companies.

Rishi Sunak will find it 'hard to shift' the Tories association with sleaze and scandal, say experts

Experts give damning verdict on Rishi Sunak's 'sleazy' government

RISHI Sunak will find it “hard to shift” the Tory association with sleaze and scandal which has echoes of the downfall of the party in the 1990s, experts have said.

Strike rally on Buchanan Street for university lecturers on day 2 of strike action.

'Enough is enough': Walkout Wednesday is ‘only the beginning’

THE coordinated strike action taken by members of various trade unions across the nations of Britain on Wednesday, February 1 was the biggest walkout in the current wave of industrial action. In Scotland, England and Wales, an estimated half-a-million workers joined

A former Labour minister has called on Alister Jack to reveal the legal advice which formed the basis of the Section 35 order

Former Labour minister calls on Alister Jack to reveal Section 35 legal advice

SCOTTISH Secretary Alister Jack should publish the legal advice which was used as the basis for the Section 35 order blocking gender recognition reform legislation because it is a matter of such “constitutional significance”, a former UK minister has said.

Transparency International chief executive Daniel Bruce said the drop was a culmination of many corruption issues the UK is facing

Constant Tory scandals lead to 'troubling drop' on corruption index, campaigners warn

CONSTANT Tory scandals have led to a “troubling” drop by the UK to its lowest-ever score on a global study of corruption, campaigners have warned.

Sajid Javid thinks charges could reduce unnecessary consultations

‘Sajid Javid is wrong to back GP fees’, says Scots doctor

A SCOTS doctor has spoken out against Sajid Javid’s call for GP appointment charges after seeing the impact of fees in New Zealand.

Anne McLaughlin said it was 'outrageous' people who had to rely on meters had to face paying higher prices for their energy

Calls for overhaul to prepayment meter system after forced install row

AN SNP MP has warned the “whole system” of prepayment meters needs to change in the wake of the scandal over forced installations of the pay-as-you-go devices.

The case of Isla Bryson has been picked up by right-wing commentators in America

How did right-wing US commentators report on the Isla Bryson case?

THE case of transgender prisoner Isla Bryson has dominated Scottish headlines, with numerous American right-wing agitators and publications picking it up and running with it since.

Students have shown solidarity with those on strike

Ellie Gomersall: Solidarity between workers and students gives hope for fairer future

Students from across Scotland took to rally outside the Scottish Parliament in demand of urgent action from the Scottish Government on strikes.