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IT'S Thursday, it's First Minister's Questions, it's, well, it's going to be longer than usual. The first session of the new parliament will see a 45 minute cross-examination of the First Minister. We'll all be tuning in at mid day.

Sturgeon should face some questions on the ongoing difficulties at the Queen Elizabeth University hospital where cleaners tell our reporter that they are under so much pressure they can only spot-clean the wards . The new "Southern General" is in danger of cementing a reputation as a problem hospital.

The first question of FMQs is already answered, Sturgeon says she won't meet with US presidential hopeful Donald Trump when he opens his Turnberry golf course later this month. He's turning up on the day the EU referendum result is declared, 24th June, it's not going to be a quiet day.

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Neither is the EU debate quietening down here. Expect sparks when Iain Duncan Smith and Alex Salmond clash on LBC radio this afternoon and the PM, David Cameron is in front of a live audience tonight at 8pm on Sky.

Finally, some hairline fractures in SNP unity as nationalists veterans launch SNP Vote Leave in Dundee today.

The campaign has nothing to do with the party, an SNP spokesman said. The education stats showing that the literacy and numeracy of Scottish pupils is at shockingly low levels is an actual national scandal. There's some very good analysis by teacher and journalist James McEnavey in today's paper.