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Corbyn announces frontbench line-up
JEREMY Corbyn has revealed the first appointments to his shadow cabinet.The new Labour leader revealed the names late on Sunday night, confirming his leadership rival Andy Burnham as the new shadow home secretary.In a surprise move, Mr Corbyn's campaign
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Aide at centre of T in the Park row abandons MSP bid
Tom Gordon and Paul Hutcheon THE former SNP government aide at the centre of a row over cronyism and T in the Park has abandoned her bid to come an MSP next year. Public relations consultant Jennifer Dempsie, 33, confirmed she had withdrawn
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Life starting to imitate art as "Partick Thistle Nil" becomes a reality
BILLY CONNOLLY’s old gag about some people thinking the full name of his local football team was Partick Thistle Nil is in danger of ringing true. Thistle are traditionally that most capricious of beasts but in one regard they have become wholly predictable
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Gary Mackay-Steven backs Celtic team mate Leigh Griffiths over claims Aberdeen player should have seen red
CELTIC winger Gary Mackay-Steven last night backed Leigh Griffiths over his claims that Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine should have been sent off for his foul on the striker at Pittodrie on Saturday. Referee Craig Thomson awarded a penalty after Aberdeen
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Goalscorer Law happy to issue a reminder of his worth in contract year
By Stewart FisherNICKY Law had been waiting just ten games for his first goal of the season but it seemed like an eternity. "I felt like everybody else in the team had scored except me," said the Rangers midfielder.His impression wasn't too
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Nicky Law: Rangers can win a cup this year
By Stewart FisherNICKY Law, the Rangers midfielder, feels that Mark Warburton's high-flying Rangers side can have realistic ambitions of winning either the William Hill Scottish Cup or the League Cup this season. The Ibrox side have won all 10 of the
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Gary Mackay-Steven confident Celtic can atone for Aberdeen loss against Ajax in Amsterdam
GARY Mackay-Steven has played down the significance of Celtic’s defeat to Aberdeen and insisted they are capable of overcoming Ajax in their opening Europa League group game in Amsterdam this week. Ronny Deila’s team squandered a one goal lead to Derek
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Resurgent Rangers can aid Celtic's flawed financial plan by securing a Premiership place
THE displays of the Rangers team on the park this season and the boardroom stability which now exists at Ibrox have been a relief to their supporters after so many years of struggle and uncertainty. Yet, Rangers are by no means over the serious financial
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Rousing Pittodrie win gives Aberdeen reason to believe they can claim Celtic's Premiership crown
ADAM Rooney spent much of Saturday evening fielding questions about whether Aberdeen, who had just toppled Celtic off their perch at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership, could sustain their title bid this season. The Irishman, whose well-taken second
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Doubly frustrating exit from New York as Murray turns to Davis Cup
Jamie Murray hot-footed it out of New York on Sunday, bound for Scotland and his country’s Davis Cup semi-final against Australia, which begins in Glasgow on Friday.The quick turnaround will doubtless help the 29-year-old get over his defeat in the final
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'My life is perfect' . . . Pennetta revels in New York glory
For Flavia Pennetta, summing up her tumultuous, shocking, fascinating and heart-warming U.S. Open triumph was easily described in a single word."Perfect."Pennetta, the oldest maiden grand slam finalist in the Open era, became the first Italian
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TV review: Nostalgia and chips in This Is England '90
I still regard the ‘90s as too close to exert any nostalgic clout, although that odd feeling of proximity is said to be a sign of age: if you think the ‘90s were just a few years ago then you’re getting old. And yet the 1980s, when I was born,
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Braehead Clan get domestic duties off to winning start against Fife Flyers and Edinburgh Captials
BRAEHEAD CLAN’S start to the domestic campaign proved not to be a Challenge this weekend with two convincing wins from two matches.The Glasgow side had shaken off any ring rust already due to their participation in the Champions Hockey League over the
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Mike Blair sees positives for wounded Warriors
IT was a home debut to savour, but so nearly one to forget. For Mike Blair, his Glasgow Warriors bow was a reminder of the form that once made him Scotland captain and a British and Irish Lion.But the fragility of the team as it conceded 26 points with
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Hosts acknowledge German domination at European Eventing Champs
German domination of the Longines FEI European Eventing Championships was completed at Blair Castle yesterday with victory in the team event and an individual triumph for Michael Jung and their British coach was unrepentant about helping force his compatriots
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Edwards hails his record-breaking Walker Cup heroes
Great Britain and Ireland captain Nigel Edwards hailed his side's special achievement after they regained the Walker Cup in record-breaking fashion, securing an emphatic victory with six matches to spare.Leading the United States 10-6 after the morning
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Great Britain and Ireland win Walker Cup in emphatic style
Great Britain and Ireland regained the Walker Cup in record-breaking fashion at Royal Lytham, securing the points required against the United States with six matches to spare.Leading 10-6 after the morning foursomes, the home side required just three
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A Sunday stroll as GB&I surge to Walker Cup victory
A walk in the park, a walkover? Whatever you want to call it, this was a wonderful Walker Cup win for Great Britain & Ireland.It was all done and dusted by 5pm. Or should that be Dunne and dusted? With six singles matches still battering away at various
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Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend turns down royal role
Prince Harry's former girlfriend Cressida Bonas has decided that another link to royalty is not for her.The aspiring actress has turned down a part in a new £4.3m movie about Bonnie Prince Charlie to be filmed in Scotland later this month.The Great Getaway
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Bloody Scotland book festival celebrates most successful year to date
Scotland's international crime writing festival, Bloody Scotland, has enjoyed its most successful year yet - selling almost 6000 tickets over three days.Authors such as Martina Cole, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and Peter May all featured at the festival's
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Gilmour backs Cornish to bounce back
THE speed and manner of Gary Cornish’s weekend defeat at the hands of Anthony Joshua may, at first glance, suggest that the 28-year-old Highlander is destined not to fulfil the promise bestowed on him by his manager, Tommy Gilmour.Gilmour was quick to
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KLM Open: Double delight for Thomas Pieters
Belgium's Thomas Pieters claimed a second successive European Tour victory as Lee Slattery bogeyed the final hole at the KLM Open in Holland.Slattery, a joint overnight leader and winner of last week's Russian Open, had the chance to match Pieters' 19
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Evian Championship: Ko in cruise control and into golfing history books
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko is rewriting golfing history. Yesterday in France, she became the youngest winner of a women’s major with an astonishing final round of 63 at the Evian Championship.The flawless eight birdie round was the low score of the week and
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Martyn Waghorn keen to atone for Rangers' past transgressions
Rangers striker Martyn Waghorn claims Mark Warburton's new-look Ibrox line-up are desperate to make up for their predecessors' sins. The Light Blues have started the campaign under new boss Warburton with 10 straight wins. The Ibrox faithful
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Downton Abbey ending will be sad and muted, says star Jim Carter
Downton Abbey star Jim Carter has revealed the finale of the show will be tearful and "muted". The actor, who plays Carson in the period drama, said the ending is "satisfying" and ties up all the stories. "All the servants were together in
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Kay and Robinson on Lancaster's World Cup selections . . .
Two of England's World Cup winners have given their verdicts on the marginal selection calls facing Stuart Lancaster at lock and on the wing for Friday's World Cup opener against Fiji.Geoff Parling, Courtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury are competing to start
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Round-up
GLASGOW Hawks supremo Peter Laverie hailed the counter-attacking skills of his men as he looked back with satisfaction on the 43-24 victory over Gala. The hosts created five touchdowns and a penalty try at Old Anniesland and looked a much more positive
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Ayr 19 Melrose 23: Pecquer powers visitors to victory
MELROSE sped to the top of the BT Premiership with this win at Millbrae. Sped is correct, because the pace of winger Sam Pecquer was a crucial ingredient in their victory, writes Matt Vallance.Coach John Dalziel gave: "massive credit" to his
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UPDATE 1-Germany introduces "temporary" controls along Austrian border
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Germany had temporarily introduced controls along its border with Austria in an attempt to reduce the number of asylum seekers arriving in the country."At this moment Germany is temporarily introducing
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Hawick 29 Stirling County 25: First Premiership win of season at last for Greens
After their massive win over Selkirk at Bridgehaugh seven days earlier, Stirling – facing Borders opposition on a second successive weekend – found Hawick less malleable and at the end of a match of oscillating fortunes County were perhaps relieved to
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GB&I win the Walker Cup
Great Britain and Ireland regained the Walker Cup in comprehensive fashion at Royal Lytham this afternoon, securing the points required against the United States with six matches still to finish.Leading 10-6 after the morning foursomes, the home side
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Police make arrest after man injured in car accident in Glasgow
A man has been arrested after another man was seriously injured when a car was allegedly deliberately driven at him. The 34-year-old man was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) after the incident in Kerr Street in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow
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Three men hunted for attack on boy, 14, in Kilwinning
Police are appealing for information following a serious attack on a 14-year-old boy by three men. Around 10.30pm on September 12 the teenager was walking along St Winning’s Road, Kilwinning, when he was confronted by a group of men near to St
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Woman, 18, subjected to serious sexual assault in Edinburgh city centre
A young woman has suffered a serious sexual assault in the centre of Edinburgh. The 18-year-old was attacked on Princes Street at around 4am on Saturday. Police have appealed for witnesses to help catch the man who carried out the "horrendous
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Man arrested in connection with death of Sean Banks, 18, in Uddingston
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Sean Banks (18) in Uddingston. Sean was left injured in North British Road, Uddingston, just after midnight yesterday. Emergency services attended and he was taken to Monklands Hospital
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Roberts insists Wales have strength in depth to cope without injured pair at World Cup
Jamie Roberts has underlined the deep sense of collective pain felt by Wales' World Cup squad after Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb suffered tournament-ending injuries.Wales centre Roberts says that full-back Halfpenny faces six months out of the game following
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Queen attends Scottish horse show to finish week celebrating her place as longest serving monarch
The Queen has attended a Scottish horse show rounding off a week in which she became Britain's longest serving monarch. The Queen arrived by Range Rover to the Longines FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) European Eventing Championship at
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Former World Cup winners ponder England head coach Stuart Lancaster's World Cup selection dilemmas
Two of England'sWorld Cup winners have given their verdicts on the marginal selection calls facing Stuart Lancaster at lock and on the wing for Friday's World Cup opener against Fiji.Geoff Parling, Courtney Lawes and Joe Launchbury are competing to start
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Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
Israeli police raided the plaza outside Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque in what they said was a bid to head off Palestinian attempts to disrupt visits by Jews and foreign tourists on the eve of the Jewish New Year.Police used tear gas and threw stun grenades
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Gilmour misses out to teenager in Belgian title but picks up vital ranking points
Kirsty Gilmour was given a brutal reminder yesterday that time waits for no-one in top level sport when she was beaten in straight games by a girl six years her junior in the final of the Yonex Belgian Open.Still only 21, Scotland’s best ever singles
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Ireland manager Joe Schmidt taking a risk with World Cup preparation, says Ben Kay
Joe Schmidt has adopted a "risky strategy" in preparing Ireland to peak for a potential World Cup Pool D decider against France, according to Ben Kay.England World Cup winner Kay claims Ireland squad players have revealed head coach Schmidt
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THOUSANDS EVACUATED AS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE RAGES
Thousands of people rushed to escape a massive wildfire charging across California's tinder-dry Sierra Nevada foothills and another out-of-control fire that broke out in Northern California, injuring four firefighters.The northern fire began in Lake County
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Missing Sabina McAleer who is seven months pregnant, has been found
Police have traced a heavily pregnant woman who was missing for two days. The 24-year-old, who is seven months pregnant, was last seen by family in Southpark Avenue, Barrhead, at 9.30pm on Friday September 11. Police asked for assistance today
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Clashes, militant bombing, kill nine in southeast Turkey
Kurdish militants killed two police officers in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeast Turkey as authorities imposed a curfew in the region's largest city Diyarbakir where clashes broke out, security sources said.Turkish forces backed up by helicopters
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UPDATE 1-Al Qaeda chief urges lone wolf attacks, militant unity
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western countries to carry out attacks and urged greater unity between militants."I call on all Muslims who can harm the countries of the crusader coalition
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POLICE HUNT CONTRACTOR AFTER 90 DIE IN INDIA BLASTS
Police in central India are looking for a man in connection with a massive explosion at a restaurant that killed 90 people, as angry residents protested at the way the authorities were handling the case.A cooking gas cylinder exploded at the restaurant
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Man arrested over death of Jamie Walsh in Greenock
A man has been arrested in connection with "a senseless attack" which led to the death of a man. Jamie Walsh, 23, from Greenock was killed during the disturbance at a flat in Wren Road, Greenock, at around 7.10pm on Thursday. Share article
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Sunday newspaper digest
Scottish Enterprise has taken its largest ever write-off in a single year, mainly as a result of the failure of wave power company Pelamis.The Sunday Herald says the economic development agency’s annual accounts show £16.3m of the £23m it wrote-off in
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Music Review: Mark Pringle Trio, Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Mark Pringle Trio, Jazz Bar, EdinburghRob Adams THREE STARSThe piano trio, a format with a proud and crowded tradition in jazz, continues to flourish and given that it’s not the easiest of the small groups to find gigs for – not every venue on the circuit
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Music review: NYCoS National Girls Choir, City Hall, Glasgow
NYCoS National Girls Choir, City Hall, GlasgowMichael TumeltyFive StarsWHAT a rich and completely-rewarding afternoon’s music on Saturday from everyone involved in what was a showcase concert for the National Youth Choir of Scotland’s National Girls Choir
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Music review: RSNO, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
RSNO, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, GlasgowMichael TumeltyFour starsNOW that’s what I call a warm-up for the winter season. The RSNO’s annual Music at the Museum concert, which was presented on Friday and Saturday, has become an annual fixture.
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Review: Soeryo Soemirat Dance Workshop, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Soeryo Soemirat Dance WorkshopRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland, GlasgowMary Brennan THREE STARSEven at its fiercest – when good is in mythic conflict with evil – there is something solemn and controlled about this traditional courtly dance from Indonesia.Common
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Theatre Review: The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil Dundee Rep
The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil Dundee RepNeil CooperFive starsThe ceilidh band is already playing as the audience step onto the bare floorboards of Joe Douglas' revival of one of the defining plays of twentieth century Scottish theatre
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GB&I remain on course for Walker Cup glory
Great Britain & Ireland’s amateurs took another step towards Walker Cup victory as they eased into a four point advantage after the final session of foursomes at Royal Lytham this morning.Nigel Edwards’s team, who led 7-5 overnight, won the foursomes
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Two thirds of Scots say independence 'inevitable' by 2045
A majority of Scots are still sceptical about independence but most think it is inevitable by 2045 at the latest. Independence is backed by 47% of people in Scotland, slightly more than the 45% who voted Yes last September, according to a Panelbase
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Kisses, brandy and comedy French accents: an afternoon with Salmond in the Commons
A YEAR ago, this was enemy territory for Alex Salmond, who was darting around in his helicopter battling “the three amigos” of what he called “Team Westminster”: David Cameron, George Osborne and Ed Miliband. But now, here he is in the Central Lobby
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Dragon backs recruitment duo in first Scottish venture
TWO Scottish recruitment consultants have received financial backing from former Dragons’ Den star James Caan to launch their first company.Mr Caan, who has tasted success of his own in the recruitment industry, is majority shareholder and chairman of
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Rangers 3 Livingston 0: Inquest at Ibrox despite routine victory
IT was Armed Forces Day at Ibrox, but, as it turned out, Rangers weren’t quite able to demonstrate their usual firepower. This was far from the most impressive performance of the season by Mark Warburton’s side. Indeed a well-marshalled Livingston outfit
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Colin Fleming savours next chapter of remarkable Davis Cup success story
COLIN Fleming remembers how it all got started. The 31-year-old was part of the Great Britain Davis Cup squad which went down 3-2 to Lithuania in Vilnius in March 2010, a tie which left them staring hard at the humiliation of relegation to the third tier
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Championship round-up
FALKIRK kept Rangers within sight as they stormed back from two goals down to snatch an unlikely 3-2 win at St Mirren.John Baird scored twice in the second half, his second coming in injury time – a painful defeat for the home side. Scott Agnew had put
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Sparkling attack meets defensive defiance as old foes Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer lock horns once again
SOMETHING has to give when Novak Djokovic takes on Roger Federer for the US Open title today as the best attacking player in the sport faces the man who has made defence into a new art.The world’s top two meet for the 42nd time, with Federer nudging in
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Manuel Neuer on how Germany can keep Scotland's Euro 2016 dreams alive
IT was the German equivalent of “if you scratch our back, we’ll scratch yours”. Manuel Neuer was being diplomatic – his national team have rarely needed anyone’s help to achieve their goals – but the sentiment from the Germany and Bayern Munich goalkeeper
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Doddie Weir and Kenny Milne urge experienced players to take responsibility
FORGET the young bucks, the runners and the glory boys; Ross Ford is the key man for Scotland and their World Cup campaign this month. So says a man who should know, having been through two World Cup campaigns including the one in 1991 in which Scotland
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Flavia Pennetta calls it quits after securing first grand slam
ITALY’S Flavia Pennetta became a Grand Slam champion and then announced she was going to quit at the end of the year. The 33-year-old, who almost gave up tennis three years ago after a second bout of wrist surgery, edged out her old friend and compatriot
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Double trouble for Jamie Murray as second slam bid goes astray
JAMIE Murray plans to channel his disappointment at missing out on a Grand Slam title for the second time in two months by helping Britain beat Australia this week to reach the final of the Davis Cup.Murray and John Peers, an Aussie who won’t be playing
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Emotions runs high at Doncaster as Simple Verse loses St Leger in Stewards' Room
ANDREA Atzeni was denied back-to-back Ladbrokes St Legers by the Doncaster stewards after Simple Verse was disqualified and placed second behind Bondi Beach.Supplemented at a cost of £50,000 on Monday, Simple Verse (8-1) was aiming to become the first
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Pennie sets her sights on World Championship gold
THERE is no doubt this week’s World Canoe Slalom Championships at Lee Valley will recapture the essence of London 2012. Athletes from 55 countries will attempt to tame the Hertfordshire course, extensively upgraded since the last Olympics, and the Great
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Ferguson stands firm as GB&I seize Walker Cup lead
Forget the Hampden roar. This was the Bearsden bawl. When Ewen Ferguson stroked in a four-footer for par on the last green to clinch a vital one hole singles victory over Maverick McNealy, the din generated by the assembled masses who had made the journey
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Glasgow's brain-child: rallies held across the globe for refugees
IT began with an idea for a quiet gathering in Glasgow to show solidarity for the plight of Syria’s refugees, which quickly spread around the world.Yesterday, thousands took part in vigils for refugees across the UK, in European cities including Athens
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Griffiths faces trouble for criticising referee
LEIGH Griffiths is set to land in hot water with the Scottish Football Association after claiming that referee Craig Thomson would have sent off any Celtic player guilty of the kind of infringement that saw Andrew Considine hand the Parkhead side a
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St Johnstone 4 Hamilton 1: MacLean hat-trick helps demolish Hamilton
Steven MacLean has waited a while to add to his collection of match balls in his bar at home, last netting a senior hat-trick for Sheffield Wednesday against Doncaster Rovers in December 2004. He’ll have to find space now, though, beside the four
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Russian cargo planes carrying 'humanitarian aid' arrive in Syria
Two Russian planes carrying 80 tonnes of 'humanitarian aid' arrived yesterday at an air base in the Syrian city of Latakia, a stronghold of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.The aircrafts' arrival comes amid increasing reports that Moscow is upping its
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The Fabulous Conchita Wurst flies in for Scotland's first LGBTI Icon Awards
THE flamboyant and beloved gay icon Conchita Wurst is to fly into Scotland to perform at the country's first LGBTI awards ceremony.A string of celebrities including Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst are to appear at the inaugural Icon Awards 2015 in Glasgow
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Sturgeon confirms SNP manifesto will set out 'triggers' for second referendum
A SECOND referendum on independence could take place by 2021, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed, with a list of 'triggers' to be included in the SNP’s Holyrood manifesto.In an interview with the Sunday Herald to mark the first anniversary of the historic
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Westminster bans Scotland from global summit
Westminster has barred the Scottish Government from joining a UK delegation to a vital international summit this month aimed at combating poverty, injustice, inequality and climate change.The UK Secretary of State for International Development, Justine
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'We stand with you, shoulder to shoulder, and hand in hand. We see you – we are one'
Over 1000 people turned out in Edinburgh yesterday to show solidarity with the refugees fleeing war-torn Syria.The Edinburgh Sees Syria vigil, which was expected to continue to midnight, heard a series of speeches from campaigners who spoke out about
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Sex workers; 'Decriminalising prostitution will keep us safe'
Decriminalising Scotland's sex trade will cut human trafficking and minimise violence against prostitutes, according to Scotland's leading organisation for sex workers.Scot-pep, an organisation which campaigns on behalf of sex workers, claims its members
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War of words escalates between Austria and Hungary over refugee crisis
Austria's chancellor Werner Faymann criticised Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis yesterday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust. In an escalating a war of words between the two countries, Hungary responded
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Putin's shift in rhetoric
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said yesterday it was welcome that fighting had stopped in eastern Ukraine, a change in rhetoric compared to his previous accusations against Ukraine for violating a ceasefire. Until recently Putin has repeatedly criticised
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Corbyn has killed Blairism
So much for the Tory/Trotskyite entryists. Jeremy Corbyn won very convincingly among full time members of the Labour party as well as among the £3 “supporters”. This was a stunning victory for the Islington MP. He took 59% of the vote on the first
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Aberdeen 2 Celtic 1: Dons put down title marker with Pittodrie win
AN exorcism at Pittodrie brought back whispers from the past yesterday afternoon. As 10-man Aberdeen laid the ghosts of last season to rest by beating Celtic, the burgeoning sense that the Dons can be genuine title challengers was given substance by
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Corbyn win splits Labour and makes independence only alternative to Tories
JEREMY Corbyn yesterday buried the remains of Tony Blair's New Labour under an electoral landslide, as his uncompromising anti-austerity message swept him to victory in his party’s leadership race. The 66-year-old left-winger secured an overwhelming
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La Rioja expected to prove the toast of Scottish racing fans
HENRY Candy believes Scottish racing enthusiasts are set to see a special talent getting stronger by the race should Qatar Racing push ahead with their plans to retain the William Hill Firth of Clyde Stakes with La Rioja.The Candy-trained two-year-old
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Cannabis cocktails, robot chefs, cookers that play music and the rise of the flexitarian ... welcome to the world of food fads 2015
THE return of fatty foods, a comeback for the garish Del Boy cocktails of the 80s, the rise of robotic chefs and cannabis as the flavouring of choice - these is the fads which experts claim will dominate the future of the food and drink industry.The Innovation
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Tom Cruise film crew killed
A small plane assigned to the crew of a movie starring Tom Cruise has crashed in the Colombian Andes, killing two people and seriously injuring a third. Cruise was not on board the aircraft. American, Alan Purwin, was killed along with Colombian national
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PM basks in election victory
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong basked in his party’s thumping election victory this weekend, declaring it a sign that the city-state has found a formula to keep it on the path of success. The People’s Action Party (PAP), which has ruled without
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Restaurant explosions kill 82
A total of 82 people have been killed in two nearly simultaneous explosions in a crowded restaurant in central India, according to police. Inspector Mewa Lal Gond says a cooking gas cylinder exploded in the restaurant and triggered a second blast of detonators
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Body of missing tourist found
Spanish police have found the body of US tourist Denise Pikka Thiem, who went missing in April as she was walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain. She was last seen near Astorga, in the province of Leon, in early April. She
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Deila demands the real Celtic turn up for Europa League
RONNY Deila wants Celtic to return to the level of last season’s Europa League away game against Inter when they play Ajax in the Amsterdam ArenA on Thursday night.The Norwegian remains haunted by his most recent European experience, the badly off-colour
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Search continues for flood victims
Search teams using boats and helicopters resumed looking for at least 16 people still missing after torrential rain and flooding across Japan this week, while thousands waited to return to their homes as waters slowly receded.Floods swept houses off their
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Gabriele Marcotti: De Gea a winner whichever way you look at it
SO this one is pretty simple. Either David de Gea has had a change of heart and all the stuff that was coming from his camp all summer long – the business with the girlfriend, wanting to go home and his annoyance at Manchester United’s goalkeeping coach
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Gilchrist ready for rugby's greatest challenge
THE minute they completed one set of four games with that narrow defeat by France last weekend, Scotland turned their attention to the next quartet. With two wins and two losses, those warm-up matches went down as a qualified success, in which the team
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That All Black magic will again be hard to resist
THE training camps are over, the warm-up matches done. Twenty teams are as ready as they will ever be to compete for the Webb Ellis Cup, known to its friends and admirers as Bill. The action starts at Twickenham on Friday, when England take on Fiji. It
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Sunday Herald View: Independence is Scotland's destiny ... it is only a matter of time
The Sunday Herald was the only newspaper to call for a Yes vote in the independence referendum, the anniversary of which falls this week. One year on, we are as sure as ever that it was the right thing to do, even though the referendum was lost.
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PM basks in election victory
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong basked in his party's thumping election victory this weekend, declaring it a sign that the city-state has found a formula to keep it on the path of success half a century after it won independence. The People's
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Revealed: Government funds propping up organisation for top Scots police officers
Taxpayers handed £280,000 to the official body which represents Scotland's senior police officers last year. The subsidy for wages, expenses and office costs is paid for by the Scottish government. It has now brought into question the independence
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Dave King believes Rangers' return to a club to be proud of is starting with the smallest of acorns
OUTWITH the thunderous words and bewildering promises of resurrecting “oldco”, there was one quieter moment last week, wrapped up within the minutiae of a board meeting, which showed Dave King that the culture change he has been looking for within Rangers
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Billy Dodds: Vital for Ronny Deila that Celtic do well in Europa League
RONNY Deila will probably be judged on how his team get on in Europe and the domestic cups, which is why Celtic really need to have a strong Europa League campaign. People now take them winning the league for granted, rightly or wrongly, so it’s vital
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Amsterdam visit offers something new for Craig Gordon
CRAIG Gordon will not be the first to arrive in Amsterdam hoping to experience something new. The city of canals, coffee shops and other exotic attractions will have plenty to offer the large travelling support who will head there this week to take in
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Independence Referendum One Year OnBlair Jenkins: 'When the first result came in, I couldn't believe it'
BLAIR Jenkins was certain on the day of the referendum that the Yes side had won.“We were never complacent, but the information we were getting back from all around the country had us convinced we were going to win,” the former Yes Scotland chief executive
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Rangers boss Mark Warburton reveals his players face daily urine tests as part of new regime
MARK Warburton, the Rangers manager, has revealed that the code of conduct now in place within Murray Park extends to players being suspended from training and fined if they fail to pass daily urine tests.The 53-year-old Englishman has become known for
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Swimmer Ross Murdoch on doping: “It’s something I would never do. It’s a lifestyle thing, the personality of a cheater."
‘WHAT is wrong with the people who run our sport?” The heartfelt plea came from Ross Murdoch via his Twitter page. The Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning swimmer was responding to comments made by Cornel Marculescu, an executive director of Fina, world
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Independence Referendum One Year On: Sturgeon looks determinedly forward to the day Scotland will become independent
NICOLA Sturgeon doesn’t look back in anger. Twelve months ago, when the polls flipped and the Yes surge felt unstoppable, she fully expected to win the referendum. Touring Glasgow on polling day, she felt sure of it. So the result was not merely disappointing
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Child: Paula's nightmare may stop athletes sharing blood data
The treatment of Paula Radcliffe will put off other athletes from sharing their blood data information, believes Scottish hurdler Eilidh Child. Under siege after she became implicated in blood doping allegations, Radcliffe has vigorously denied
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Independence Referendum One Year On: Willie Rennie 'The No campaign was dark and secretive ... and Cameron was despicable'
LISTENING to Willie Rennie recall the Better Together campaign is like eavesdropping on a therapy session as he wrestles with a half-buried trauma. The misery simply pours out of him. The No side was “shambolic in its development”, groans the Scottish
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One year On: Iain MacWhirter looks at the new reality of a nation reborn
IT was a grey dawn that broke over Holyrood on the morning of September 19, 2014. Yes campaigners trooped in the rain to Edinburgh's Dynamic Earth exhibition centre for what many had hoped and believed would be a victory celebration. It felt more like
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Sleepless nights as Solheim showdown looms
YOU would think falling asleep would be quite simple. All you have to do is lie around doing nothing for eight hours, after all. Of course, the process of drifting off into a deep slumber is never that straightforward. When you are the captain of a team
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Independence referendum: One Year OnHow the World Sees Us Now
After the images of Aylan Kurdi woke the world up, European leaders began quarrelling about how to deal with the worst refugee crisis in decades. Among them were David Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon. The UK premier was reluctant to offer asylum. Scotland's
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John Phelps's portfolio
We took further steps to rebuild our depleted portfolios with three notional purchases on Wednesday morning as we continued our search for undervalued shares which should hold up well in volatile stock markets.Rat catcher -to- linen hire group Rentokil
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Dundee Rep revival must speak with the political tongue of today
When Dundee Rep theatre announced its autumn programme, there was considerable excitement that the Tayside playhouse would be opening the season with a production of John McGrath's famous 1973 play The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil. Written
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The stars and their movies shine at the Venice Film Festival
In the sometimes solipsistic world of film festivals, much is made of how the behemoth of Toronto has been gobbling up the late summer spotlight that used to belong to Venice, that the venerable event had lost its allure. But over the past 10 days, you
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Album review: Carbs, Joyous Material Failure (Save As Collective)
CarbsJoyous Material Failure(Save As Collective)Lo-fi quirkmeister Jonnie Common and his real-life brother Jamie Scott (of Conquering Animal Sound) have travelled so far around the nerd spectrum, they've stumbled into the realm of cool. Their first collaboration
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Jamaica - a sweet forgetting: Scotland's role in the slave trade
EVER since I was a teenager, I’ve wanted to visit Jamaica and savour its Caribbean heat, its energy, its natural beauty. The exuberance and musical audacity of reggae has been a constant in my life and Jamaican culture always seemed so self-assured that
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One year on: Ian Bell on how the referendum changed us
THE first jump from the high board is the hardest. It’s a long, slow way up and a long, quick way down. You step off and there’s nothing underfoot. You step off and suddenly the world is unrecognisable. You don’t know whether this will end badly or
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Sunday Herald review: Legend (18)
Gangster films invariably play with fire, in the way that they glamorise the criminal world, seducing us with the dangerous charisma and fancy trappings of their anti-heroes. Martin Scorsese is the most obvious example, with the strutting, beautifully
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Album review: Petite Noir, La Vie Est Belle/Life Is Beautiful (Double Six Records)
Petite NoirLa Vie Est Belle/Life Is Beautiful(Double Six Records)Born in Brussels to Congolese and Angolan parents and raised in Cape Town, where he cut his musical teeth alongside rapper-producer Spoek Mathambo, Yannick Ilunga announced his presence
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In the footsteps of Romans: walking the Antonine Trail
IN the year 122AD, Roman Emperor Hadrian came to Britain to begin construction of his stone wall across the north of England. He had decided it was time to stop the Empire expanding. Only 20 years later (142 AD), his successor, Emperor Antoninus Pius,
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Geoffrey Smeddle: lip-smacking mackerel
I'VE never been won over to the old tradition of rolling mackerel fillets in oats before cooking. I like oats, I love mackerel, just not together. For me, oats act as a barrier, preventing the skin from becoming crisp during cooking. The robust, roasted
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Joanna Blythman: Harry's Bar And Grill, Edinburgh
Harry's Bar And Grill7b Randolph Place, Edinburgh 0131 539 8100Lunch/Dinner £6-£30Food rating 8 ½/10THESE days, I find myself ignoring whole sections of menus – those lists of burgers, steaks, the inevitable farmed sea bass, the sine qua non goat cheese
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Alecos Papadatos and Abraham Kawa on new graphic novel Democracy
When did democracy begin? For the purposes of the following it was possibly when Alecos Papadatos sat down in front of the computer a few years ago to help his six-year-old daughter with her homework.“The homework was about Pericles,” Papadatos tells
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REVIEW: Paul Theroux: Deep South (Hamish Hamilton)
Deep South Paul Theroux (Hamish Hamilton £20) Reviewed by Hugh MacDonald It is not the most elegant of Theroux sentences but it lacks nothing in power. Deep in the Deep South these words emerge from the red dirt, the interminable dust
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Album review: Loose Tubes, Arriving (Lost Marble)
Loose Tubes Arriving (Lost Marble) The continuing unavailability of the albums recorded during Loose Tubes’ first incarnation has made the series drawn from the orchestra’s 1990 farewell residency at Ronnie Scott’s all the more cherishable
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Album review: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mauceri, The Genius Of Film Music (LPO)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mauceri The Genius Of Film Music (LPO) Here’s a real blast from the past. Who remembers John Mauceri, director of Scottish Opera in the 1980s, and the man responsible for bringing Leonard Bernstein to Glasgow
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TV review: Damien Love on Doctor Who (BBC One)
Doctor Who 7.40pm, BBC One The nine-year-old kid who lives in my head was going absolutely mental during the first episode of the new Doctor Who. And, by the end, the grumbling old cynic who usually makes him go stand in a corner was jumping
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Paperback reviews
Vertigo by Boileau-Narcejac (Pushkin Press, £7.99) Hitchcock’s famous film was based on this 1954 novel by French writing duo Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, a post-war nightmare of a man searching for a psychologically disturbed woman. Hitchcock
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Hibernian 3 Alloa Athletic 0: Loan stars set up win
ALLOA ATHLETIC tried to erect a roadblock but Islam Feruz helped Hibernian swat aside Danny Lennon’s visitors in a 3-0 victory.The Leith outfit saw off their opponents in a comprehensive win decided by goals from Liam Henderson, Jason Cummings and John
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Treviso 24 Edinburgh 27: Solomons' men survive the heat of battle
IT wasn’t just the blistering Italian heat that had Alan Solomons, the Edinburgh head coach, sweating at the end of this match. Having put on a 35-minute performance of near second-half perfection the exhaustion of a tough pre-season had caught up with
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League Two round-up
ELGIN City head a logjam at the top after beating Berwick Rangers 4-1 at Borough Briggs. With only three points separating the top seven in the table, Elgin find themselves in first spot on goal difference.Berwick almost took the lead when Blair Henderson
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League One round-up
AYR United nudged early pacesetters Dunfermline Athletic off the top of the table with a 2-0 win at East End Park.Alan Forrest put Ayr in front midway through the first half when he raced clear to beat Sean Murdoch.Dunfermline’s goal touch eluded them
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Hope Over Fear rally row over safety concerns
COUNCIL chiefs have contacted Police Scotland with “serious” safety concerns over an unlicensed pro-independence rally in Glasgow on Saturday.Police officers are in “constant dialogue” with the local authority after the organisers behind the Hope Over
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Uranium reserves discovered
Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said yesterday. The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western
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SE takes worst ever hit after Pelamis sinks £16m beneath the waves
The collapse of Scotland’s pioneering wave energy generator Pelamis has led Scottish Enterprise to its biggest ever write off in a single year, the agency’s annual report and accounts have revealed.The summary of losses and amounts written off in accounts
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Police to withdraw drowning kits from patrol cars, move branded 'irresponsible'
POLICE Scotland has been accused of “irresponsible” behaviour by backing the withdrawal of water safety equipment designed to save people from drowning. The single force decided last month to ditch vital water ‘throw lines’ from patrol vehicles
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Speaking up for BBC Scotland
Gerry Hassan does a disservice to the many talented and dedicated BBC Scotland staff when he glibly offers up just one single example – A History Of Scotland – of daring and evocative programming in the last 25 years (It’s time to change the channel”)
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Left-wing SNP candidate in private school row
A left-wing lobbyist selected as an SNP candidate in a deprived Edinburgh constituency is under fire after it emerged her children go to private school. Ash Regan-Denham, who works for the socialist Common Weal think tank, shunned state schools
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Saudi Arabia blames winds for deadly crane collapse, opens investigation
Saudi Arabia said yesterday that stormy winds knocked over the crane which collapsed onto one of Islam's holiest shrines in Mecca and killed 107 people on Friday. The huge red crane crashed into a part of the Grand Mosque as it was filled with
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Get home safe, warns freshers week campaign. Too many young people don't.
“Keys. Money. Phone. Do you have a plan? Don’t let a fun night out turn into a nightmare,” says the poster for the Get Home Safe charity, which last week launched an awareness campaign at the first of a series of university freshers' weeks across Scotland
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Stranraer’s end of the pier show? Not yetAll hands on bridge decks
CRUNCH time of sorts for the Stranraer marina story next week, when the Council considers the independent report into the £960,000 works which local councillors say is unfit for purpose for leisure boat users and disruptive to fishermen. Dumfries & Galloway
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Justices of the Peace group under fire for latest 'junket'
EXCLUSIVETom GordonScottish Political EditorA TAXPAYER-funded legal quango criticised for sending officials on lavish overseas ‘junkets’ is spending thousands of pounds on a trip to New Zealand, the Sunday Herald can reveal.The Scottish Justices Association
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Independence Referendum One Year OnWhat happened to the grassroots movements?
The Yes movement was characterised by the thousands of people who campaigned and joined the myriad of pro-independence groups which sprang into existence in the run-up to the referendum. With a total of around 350 organisations, it was dubbed the biggest
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Tragic consequences of our ethical failures
With regard to the refugee crisis, yacht skipper, Scott Macrae, says: "People have been dying for months. It's sad that it has taken this photo [of Aylan Kurdi] to shock people into action" (Scottish skipper's encounters with refugees, News,
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Chairing the inquiry into stop and search: inquiry chair John Scott writes for the Sunday Herald
The last five months have been something of a whirlwind. At the end of March, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, asked me to chair an Independent Advisory Group that would draft a code of practice dealing with police stop and search,
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Service, not profit, is the way forward
For six years, the Tory Government has carried out sweeping cuts on people's income. They have decimated social services of all kinds in the name of dealing with the financial crisis caused by the banks and financial institutions.Those financial institutions
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Fighting for the right to wear undies
Paloma Faith is quoted as saying: "It is important to help women feel confident and empowered with their choice of underwear, reclaim it back as ours" (Agent Provocateur shop worker turned pop star Paloma Faith looks back at her time there,
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Ocean of wasted knowledge
Colin Donald's excellent article on Scotland's attempt to become a world leader in marine power technology certainly highlighted the high waste of public and private investment that has gone into this sector in the last decade or so (How to make waves
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Topic of the week: Indyref2
It is good to see Jim Sillars searching for the magic bullet which will see independence take off beyond the reaches of the Brits. However it is not that the SNP did not engage with other political parties. It was that there was nobody there to engage
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Bar stool: Islena bar and restaurant, Glasgow
What is it: I was quite surprised when the Central Market restaurant on this site shut down a few months ago as it seemed to be doing quite well. Islena describes itself as a subtly Spanish-themed bar and restaurant offering Mediterranean food and drink
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McClure Naismith creditors unlikely to receive more than 'small dividend'
Creditors of the Glasgow-based law firm McClure Naismith which went into administration last month are unlikely to recover much more than a “small dividend” when the company’s affairs are finally wound up, one of the joint administrators has warned
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Growing the angels' share
Whether you see them as "broad-shouldered” targets for punitive taxes, or whether you champagne-toast them as valued high net worth entrepreneurs, one thing is inarguable: Scotland needs many more rich people living and working here to become a prosperous
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Politicians and industry join forces to fend off Brussels power grab over fracking regulation
Scotland’s control over its oil and gas reserves could be hampered by a regulatory power grab by the European Commission, a Scottish MEP has warned. Tory MEP Ian Duncan claims that the European Commission’s tasking of a private company to create
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Baking skills are dead, deceased, they've shuffled off their mortal coil ...
It’s been a good week for ... pushing up the daisies Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam is not stunned, resting or pining for the fjords. He’s very much alive ... contrary to anything you might have read in Variety magazine. Hollywood's industry bible
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Scotland's sustainable food and drink showcased at Milan Expo
Scotland's efforts to promote sustainability had their day in the sun this week. For the last four days, the eye-catching UK Pavilion at the Expo 2015 in Milan – the latest in a long line of world fairs – has been given over to the Scottish government
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'All the signs are good' – Rab Noakes on a new album, a new tour ... and living with cancer
IN one sense, part of Rab Noakes’s splendid new double album, I’m Walkin’ Here, is a poignant tribute to old friends who are no longer around. Gerry Rafferty, for one. Noakes has not only interpreted a great Rafferty song, Moonlight And Gold, but
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Drink choice: pairing wines with mackerel
MACKEREL is oily, strongly flavoured, quite meaty and a bit salty. These are all considerations when choosing your wine to go alongside. You also have to think about the preparation of the fish before you finalise your bottle choice.Happily there are
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My favourite room: ballerina Sophie Laplane on the Glasgow lounge where she relaxes, entertains ... and dances
HAVING grown up in Paris, where my family still lives, I moved to Glasgow 11 years ago, aged 21. I’d come to audition for Scottish Ballet and got the job. It took me a while to get used to the weather. Even now I’m still struggling without the sunshine
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Savers should weigh risks as alternative finance comes of age
The alternative banking sector is coming of age. Zopa, which invented online lending between individuals, is 10 years old and has just passed the £1billion milestone. So-called peer-to-peer lending or the P2P sector is catching on, with £500m exchanged