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    Politics Show: Does Labour’s by-election loss vindicate Sarwar?

    27/02/2026 | 23 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like Politics Show: Will Starmer really campaign with Sarwar? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n0swyn
    The Green Party of England and Wales has won the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Hannah Spencer (pictured) taking the seat from Labour in the Greens' first-ever Westminster by-election victory.
    Natalie and Phil meet at the Scottish Labour conference in Paisley to talk to MPs and MSPs about what their party does now. Can Keir Starmer continue as Prime Minister? Did Anas Sarwar get it right when he called for him to resign? And how do they fight an election campaign amid such division?
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Natalie Higgins and Phil Sim
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    Aberfeldy case: how did police get it so wrong?

    26/02/2026 | 31 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Who is Nicholas Rossi?’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lpbn
    Brian Low was 65 when he was found dead on a country track near Aberfeldy. Police treated his death as non-suspicious for five days - until a pathologist found bullet wounds on his body.
    Former gamekeeper David Campbell, 77, wasn’t arrested for another three months. But this week he was convicted of murder and sentenced to 19 years in prison.
    Now an investigation into where the police investigation went wrong is due – two reporters who have covered the case since day one tell us which questions still need to be answered.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    Inside the 'Salmond files'

    25/02/2026 | 25 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘What’s going on in the Peter Murrell case?’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rgbs
    Thousands of documents from James Hamilton's investigation into former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and her predecessor Alex Salmond have been released.
    Phil Sim tells us what – if anything – we have learned from this batch of the so-called ‘Salmond files’.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    Ruth Davidson and the fight on the right

    24/02/2026 | 28 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Malcolm Offord: I can be a Reform first minister’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n9d4
    Baroness Ruth Davidson (pictured) led the Scottish Conservatives between 2011 and 2019.
    In the face of rising support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, she tells us why she is launching a new political movement.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler.
    Get in touch: [email protected]
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    What if Alex Salmond’s party folds?

    23/02/2026 | 25 mins.
    If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘What Tommy Sheridan did next’: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dmdp
    Alba leader Kenny MacAskill says the pro-independence party founded by Alex Salmond (pictured) is unlikely to field candidates in the Holyrood election.
    Kirk Torrance, an adviser to the former first minister and ex-SNP leader when he formed Alba, tells us why the party needs fresh leadership.
    Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins.
    Get in touch: [email protected]

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