NICOLA STURGEON promised to “get on with the job of building a better country” today — but Labour accused her of complacency over the challenges facing Scotland.
Announcing the Programme for Government at the start of the new parliamentary year, the First Minister revealed a raft of measures for a “new Scottish green deal,” including making the Highlands and Islands the first zero-emission region for aviation.
The Scottish government will pilot “low or zero-emission flights” in 2021, with the intention to “decarbonise all flights between airports within Scotland by 2040.”
Is the Scottish government in favour of drilling or not? Evasiveness and incoherence are the order of the day, argues KENNY MacASKILL
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN