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The SNP's coalition with the Green Party has ended, making Humza Yousaf's administration a minority government. The Scottish government abandoned its climate change target, causing speculation about the future of the coalition. Labour plans to re-nationalize railways, which the Conservatives describe as pointless and unfunded. Ofsted's one-word judgements on schools will remain. A major study suggests that young girls in the UK drink, smoke, and vape more than boys. England leads in child alcohol abuse globally. Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets album is Spotify's most-streamed in a week, with over one billion plays. With the latest on Kyle Fraser, the SNP's coalition with the Green Party has ended. It means that Humza Yousaf's administration will now run as a minority government. The First Minister called an emergency cabinet meeting this morning. There has been speculation over the future of the party's cooperation after a key climate change target was ditched. Last week the Scottish government abandoned its commitment to cut emissions by 75% by 2030. The coalition have been in place since the last election in May 2021. The Conservatives have described Labour's plans to re-nationalise the railways if they win the next general election as pointless and unfunded. Sir Keir Starmer's party says that they'll bring routes back into public ownership within five years. Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Hague claims it'll be the biggest change to the network in a generation. It's an incredibly wasteful system at the moment, with dividends and performance fees being leaked out to the private sector and enormous duplication and waste across the system because it is so fragmented and complex. It looks like Ofsted's one-word judgements on schools such as outstanding or inadequate are staying for now. The government insists that there are significant benefits for parents and there have been concerns since a headteacher took her own life after her primary school was downgraded. Young girls in the UK who do drink, smoke and vape more than boys, a major study has suggested. England is also top of the charts globally for child alcohol abuse, according to research by the World Health Organisation in 44 countries. And in showbiz, Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets department has become Spotify's most-streamed album in a single week. It's been played more than one billion times. It has already racked up 300 million streams in a single day.