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Johnny Hamilton: An Appreciation
ALEX MILLER has led the tributes to Rangers team mate Johnny Hamilton by insisting he was a vital cog in the successes of the mid-1970s when Rangers won the Treble twice.Hamilton, who died on Saturday at the age of 66 after a long illness, came with a
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Hamilton and Dundee are two teams going in the right direction against many odds
THE first quarter of the season is now completed and both Martin Canning and Paul Hartley have almost half fulfilled their briefs. That's not bad going.Hamilton Academical and Dundee are on 17 and 16 points respectively after their draw at New Douglas
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Portugal Masters: Share of sixth place for Lee bolsters quest for 2016 European Tour card
Stirling’s Craig Lee will undertake an 11,000-mile round trip to Hong Kong buoyed by sharing sixth place in the Portugal Masters as he strives to secure full 2016 European Tour membership.Lee finished the best of the seven Scots posting the second equal
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Glasgow Rocks 84 Leeds Force 65: Davis' men too strong a force for Leeds
Although Glasgow Rocks have yet to field a full-strength roster this term, their strength in depth remains a key platform around which coach Sterling Davis hopes to construct a pitch for silverware. Despite injuries and ailments, the American saw his
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Ferrie Files: Scouting Report - Pumas eye All Black re-match
While much of the hype surrounded the latest World Cup ‘Pool of Death’ which featured Australia, Wales, England and Fiji, increasingly the evidence is suggesting that the highest class contest was in Pool C from which New Zealand’s All Blacks and Argentina
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Australian coach Michael Cheika 'neutral' over Scotland refereeing storm
ONE man who understands the emotions in the Scotland camp is Michael Cheika, the Australia coach, who has been through enough similar trials and desperate finishes in his time to know how it feels.He also has a track record when it comes to criticising
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'Gutted' McCallum rues bad luck as doctors' orders bring British title eliminator to end
GOODNESS knows what John McCallum’s employers will make of their new recruit when he reports for work with the Lloyds Banking group this morning.McCallum had hoped to appear bright eyed and bushy tailed in an effort to make a favourable impression. Instead
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Frys.com Open: Near miss for McIlroy as Rose targets title
Justin Rose will head into the final round of the Frys.com Open with the title in his sights - while Rory McIlroy was thankful to be still standing after a fright by the 17th green.A blemish-free 68 put 35-year-old Englishman Rose on 12 under par for
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Reason for encouragement but chariots fail to carry Scotland home
Ten minutes from time as the rains came and a strangely incongruous chorus of ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ rang around Twickenham the omens seemed to be favouring Scotland at last.These were shades of the conditions in which Scotland had twice beaten the
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Aggrieved Denton reckons rule change needed after controversial World Cup exit
In claiming that Scotland’s courage and quality earned them the right to believe they should have beaten the Southern Hemisphere champions Dave Denton felt he and his team-mates had reason to feel aggrieved over the key decision which let Bernard Foley
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Newcastle United 6 Norwich City 2: McLaren revels in senseless victory . . .
Steve McClaren admitted he was struggling to make sense of his first Barclays Premier League victory as Newcastle's head coach after seeing them trounce Norwich City 6-2.The Magpies, who had gone eight league games without a win since the start of the
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And Another Thing: European rugby must learn from chastening weekend
Tongues may have been firmly in cheeks as an array of journalists from elsewhere congratulated the Scottish contingent on their team being the last representatives of European and Northern Hemisphere rugby left in the World Cup, but it was nice to be
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Ferrie Files: Good Day (sort of) for world's top ref Owens; Bad Day for bookies who took £50K bet
Good News For Nigel Owens, albeit it probably did not feel that way for the passionate little Welshman as he prepared to take charge of the quarter-final between France and New Zealand while his compatriots were, after yet another gallant performance,
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Ferrie Files: Talking Point - Black out for France but the message could not be clearer
It was the weekend on which the passing of a Long White Cloud cast a huge dark cloud over the prospects of all rivals of the All Blacks who yet again demonstrated just why the word mighty is so often used to describe them.In both competitive and superstitious
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Television evidence in football can't come soon enough - but it won't cure all of the game's ills
ANOTHER weekend in Scottish football, another weekend of contentious refereeing decisions. Mercifully, neither the penalty incidents in the Motherwell game against Celtic nor the spot kick award in the Rangers match with Queen of the South had any bearing
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Kyle Hutton confident Championship hopefuls can exploit Rangers weaknesses in months ahead
THE surroundings were the same and there were still a fair few familiar faces as Kyle Hutton made his return to Ibrox for the first time since leaving Rangers in the summer. But the changes from last season, both on the pitch and in the stands, were considerable.There
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Gary Miller reckons the sky is the limit for Partick Thistle now breaks are going their way
ST JOHNSTONE 1, PARTICK THISTLE 2.THERE has been a creeping suspicion around Firhill of late that, if it wasn’t for bad luck, Partick Thistle would, to paraphrase a famous old blues record, have no luck at all.They need feel that way no longer. There
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Blackett: Celtic won't give Premiership top spot away this time
TYLER Blackett helped Celtic return to the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership then said that this time they plan to stay there for the remainder of the campaign. Things looked complicated for Ronny Deila's side back in September when Aberdeen leapfrogged
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Motherwell 0 Celtic 1: Defence rests as new look Steelmen fail to pose questions
THERE is a case to be made for the Celtic defence but all video evidence from Fir Park on Saturday should probably be deemed inadmissable. While an early trundler from Wes Fletcher did at least dirty Craig Gordon's gloves on the day, it said it all about
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Australia 35 Scotland 34: Cotter’s heroes denied at the death
THE most creditable defeats are often the bitterest to swallow. When you are second best by a long way, you accept your inferiority and move on. But when you are arguably not second best at all, and when it is as big a match as a Rugby World Cup quarter-final
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Scotland out of World Cup after agonising defeat
SCOTLAND were knocked out of the Rugby World Cup last night in the most agonising way possible - losing to Australia by a single point after a controversial penalty awarded by referee Craig Joubert two minutes from time. The Wallabies, who now meet Argentina
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Study to look into the deep fried Mars bar
It has long been the laughing stock of the Scottish culinary world.But now the infamous deep fried Mars bar is to become the focus of a study looking at the politics, class bigotry and anti-Scottish rhetoric triggered by the calorie-laden snack.The £177,088
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Father of World's End murder victim dies: tributes paid by top law officer
TRIBUTES have been paid to the father of World's End murder victim Helen Scott who died a year after seeing his daughter's killer brought to justice Morain Scott passed away on Friday aged 85. Killer Angus Sinclair was last year convicted of
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Kenny Logan: Scotland v Australia referee 'had a shocker'
FORMER rugby star Kenny Logan has launched a stinging attack on the referee who oversaw Scotland's agonising defeat in the Rugby World Cup.The ex-Scotland winger said Craig Joubert should not referee at World Cup level again after awarding Australia a
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Ally MacLeod one of five inducted into Scottish Football Hall of Fame
ALLY MacLEOD, the former Scotland manager, was at last inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame following a long campaign spearheaded by his family. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was one of hundreds of names who pledged their support to
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Injuries on O'Neill's mind as Republic land Bosnia-Herzegovina in Euro 2016 play-offs
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill is hopeful his side will not be hamstrung by injuries for next month's Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Sunday's draw pitched the Irish against the third-placed side from Group B, from which Belgium
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Australia 35 Scotland 34: superb Scots denied at the death
A MAGNIFICENT performance by Scotland just failed to take them into their first World Cup semi-final in 24 years. They were a point ahead of Australia with minutes to play in a breathtaking encounter, but referee Craig Joubert’s controversial award of
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Scotland 34 Australia 35: Scotland lose to Aussies in nail-biting quarter final
A miserable weekend for Northern Hemisphere rugby was wrapped up as Scotland saw their World Cup semi-final hopes dramatically snuffed out by Bernard Foley's last-gasp kick at Twickenham. After Wales, France and Ireland all crashed out of the tournament
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Melrose 32 Heriot's 21: Aggressive hosts power into second spot
Melrose moved into second place in the BT Premiership table after defeating the defending champions, Heriot’s, with a performance marked by physicality at the breakdowns.Such was Melrose’s speed into the contact area it looked as though they had learned
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Rangers striker Martyn Waghorn: Last-minute goal was satisfying
Robbie Thomson pushed away Waghorn's 89th-minute spot-kick but Rangers soon worked a short corner to Nathan Oduwa, who crossed for Waghorn to head home for a 2-1 victory and preserve the Ladbrokes Championship leaders' perfect league record. The
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Nobel economics winner Angus Deaton in foreign aid warning
The Scots-born winner of the Nobel Prize for economics has issued a new warning about the dangers of handing out foreign aid to regimes such as Robert Mugabe.Edinburgh-born Angus Deaton professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University
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Mixture of emotions for Mixu as Dundee United lose to Hearts
The hastily cobbled together banner that was unveiled in the home stand prior to kick off spoke of hope and optimism. ‘Our season starts now’ it defiantly declared as the Dundee United supporters pondered the possibility of better days to come under new
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Alex Salmond calls for Chilcot inquiry to examine secret Blair memo on Iraq War
ALEX Salmond has urged the Chilcot Inquiry to examine claims in a newly published memo that suggested Tony Blair gave backing to a planned US invasion of Iraq a year before MPs voted on it.American secretary of state Colin Powell said in a secret document
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Harry Potter star sends children who have battled illness and trauma off on dream trip
Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis ensured 200 children's holiday of a lifetime got off to a magic start as the annual Dreamflight jet embarked on a sunshine break in Florida. The actor, who played Hogwarts regular Neville Longbottom in the long-running
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CND plans biggest anti-nuclear demo since height of Cold War over Clyde-based Trident
THE CAMPAIGN for Nuclear Disarmament are planning a national demonstration against replacing Scotland-based Trident which it believes will echo its biggest ever protest against nuclear missiles 32 years ago. It has been revealing its plans during
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Father and teenage son attacked in Glasgow
A teenager has been attacked by two thugs and his father assaulted when he went to his aid in Castlemilk in Glasgow.The 15-year-old boy, who was described as “vulnerable” by police, was targeted shortly after 8pm on Friday.His 52-year-old father ran to
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'Hypocrisy' claim over NHS' private sector spending
The SNP Government has been accused of 'sickening hypocrisy' after spending more than £82 million on private health services last year.The attack from Scottish Labour health spokesman Dr Richard Simpson came after independent figures showed spending on
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Lockerbie suspect was almost tried, says former FBI agent
Both of the new suspects in relation to the Lockerbie bombing were on the radar of investigators ahead of the original trial, a former FBI agent has revealed. Dick Marquise, who led the US investigation of the bombing, said Abu Agila Mas'ud, suspected
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'This uprising has not started in the past few weeks, it has been building for years, simply awaiting a lit fuse to ignite it'
Amid all the horror in Syria and Iraq, I fear that we are on the brink of another conflagration in a much older conflict. What is all the more tragic is that the violence erupting in Palestine and Israel is so utterly foreseeable to anyone minded to
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Woman arrested after fire in Glasgow caused power cut at Pavilion Theatre
Police have arrested a woman after a fire at an electrical substation in Glasgow caused a power cut which plunged the Pavilion Theatre and a nearby hotel into darkness.Firefighters were called to the blaze in a lane at the top of Renfield Street, near
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Steel workers press Scottish Government to keep plants open short term if closures go ahead
Steel workers have called on the Scottish Government to help secure the future of the industry by supporting a "short-time working programme" if plant closures go ahead. An announcement from Steel firm Tata is expected on Tuesday on the future
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Ireland 20 Argentina 43: Irish dumped out of World Cup for third time by Argentine side
Argentina dumped Ireland out of the World Cup for the third time as a 10-minute, two-try salvo floored Joe Schmidt's battered and shattered side at the Millennium Stadium. The Pumas ensured Ireland's sixth quarter-final went the same way as the
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UPDATE 1-Sudan sends ground troops to Yemen to boost Saudi-led coalition
A battalion of Sudanese troops arrived in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, bolstering Saudi-led Arab forces trying to keep out the Iran-backed Houthis and curb the growing presence of Islamist militants.Aden, a strategic port and shipping hub, became
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Four Israeli cities, citing security, ban Arab workers from schools
At least four Israeli cities, including the commercial capital Tel Aviv, have banned Arab labourers from their schools, struggling to calm public fears fuelled by the worst surge of Palestinian street attacks in years.Israel's Interior Ministry, which
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Police hunt van driver after hit-and-run
Police are probing a hit-and-run in Ayrshire which left a young boy with facial injuries. The tot’s parents posted a picture of his bruised face online after a van slammed into the side of their car. They also uploaded a picture of the damage
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UPDATE 1-Iraq issues arrest warrant for trade minister on graft charges - officials
Baghdad: Iraqi authorities have called for the arrest of Trade Minister Milas Mohammed Abdul Kareem and his brother following a corruption investigation. Two officials at the trade ministry's legal section said the minister faced charges related to accepting
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Afghan government, rights groups accuse Taliban of abuses in Kunduz battle
The Afghan government accused the Taliban of carrying out human rights abuses during two weeks of fighting for control of the northern city of Kunduz this month, even though insurgents say they sought to protect civilians.Though the Taliban only controlled
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Dundee United 0 Hearts 1: Defeat for Dundee United in Paatelainen's first game in charge
Mixu Paatelainen suffered defeat in his first match as Dundee United manager as Hearts won 1-0 at Tannadice. Juanma Delgado's 16th-minute penalty proved enough to send Hearts back to third spot in the Ladbrokes Premiership and keep United four
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Indonesia's Aceh to close churches after pressure from Muslim groups
Authorities in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province said several Christian churches would be shut down this week, just days after a mob burned down a church, killing one person and injuring several others.Tensions have been high among the ethnically
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Israel, U.S. signal military ties back on track after Iran spat
Israel and the United States signalled that they were putting disputes over the Iran nuclear deal behind them, announcing resumed talks on U.S. defence aid for Israel as it hosted Washington's top general and a joint air force drill.The allies had been
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RESCUE EFFORTS UNDER WAY AFTER TYPHOON HITS PHILIPPINES
At least one person died and more than 16,000 villagers were evacuated from their homes after Typhoon Koppu slammed into the northern Philippines. Troops and police were deployed to rescue residents trapped in flooded villages in the hard-hit provinces
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Scottish church takes delivery of cloth dipped in blood of Pope John Paul II
A Scots church has become the first in the country to receive a piece of cloth dipped in the blood of Pope John Paul II.St Patrick's Church in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, is now a centre for Catholic devotion after receiving the relic from the late pope's
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SNP want polls to show 60% support for independence for a whole year before calling referendum
The SNP will not seek another Scottish independence referendum until polls consistently show more than 60% of the public would vote to leave the UK, it has been claimed. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been playing down the prospect of an imminent
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Changes to subsidy rules threaten hydro schemes
Small and medium sized hydro projects are being abandoned across Scotland following controversial changes in subsidy arrangements by Whitehall since the General Election.It will mean many millions of pounds of investment being lost and the potential for
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Rare £6,000 work of art stolen in rural break-in
POLICE are hunting thieves who took a valuable oil painting by leading Scottish landscape artist from a house.The theft of the £6,000 work by John Lowrie Morrison from a cottage in Argyll and Bute occurred sometime between 1am on Sunday September 27 and
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Van driver killed in horrific crash that left three others in hospital
A man has died in a horrific crash in Aberdeenshire.The collision involving a Honda CRV and a Vauxhall Corsa van happened at about 6.50pm on Saturday on the B9001 Inverurie to Rothienorman road.The 28-year-old driver of the Corsa died at the scene.The
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Video: Celtic legend Hartson calls for more support as John Hartson Foundation celebrates 5th year
Former Celtic footballer John Hartson has called on supporters to hot foot it to his cancer charity’s latest fundraiser – a firewalk across burning hot coals. John was speaking in Glasgow tonight at a gala ball to celebrate the John Hartson Foundation
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Video: Is this Melrose or the All Blacks in disguise?
Neil Irvine-Hess scored an amazing try yesterday when Melrose played reigning champions Heriot's in the BT Premiership - hours before New Zealand's All Blacks destroyed France with nine stunning tries of their own in the World Cup quarter-final.
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Hunt for attacker who assaulted man, 23, outside Edinburgh nightclub
A man was left with a facial injury when he was assaulted after leaving an Edinburgh nightclub. The serious assault happened at around 3am on Saturday when the 23-year-old male victim left the club on Picardy Place. He walked towards Leith
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Police Scotland probe claims female teacher abused pupils at elite private school
POLICE are probing claims a former female teacher at a top private school in Edinburgh had inappropriate relationships with pupils. Merchiston Castle, which is already co-operating with an investigation into claims of historical abuse, contacted
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Complaints against BBC's Nick Robinson over indyref Salmond spat finally quashed
COMPLAINTS that former BBC political editor Nick Robinson was biased in his news reports over a spat with then First Minister Alex Salmond at an independence referendum press conference have been finally quashed by the public broadcaster's governing
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Stuart Bathgate’s Five-Minute Guide To Australia v Scotland
Twickenham, kick-off 4pm. Live on ITV. WHAT’S AT STAKE? A place in the last four of the Rugby World Cup. The winners of this quarter-final will play the winners of Ireland v Argentina next Sunday, also at Twickenham. GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM
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Getting back into the madhouse was the only way to stop Mark McGhee from going mad
MARK McGHEE is not known for ever being lost for words and yet that is where he found himself when asked to explain what it had felt to be without a full-time job in football.After a pause and a bit of thought, Motherwell's new manager carefully considered
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Mathias Pogba says brother Paul is now a fully-fledged Jags supporter
Partick Thistle aren’t short of a celebrity fan or two. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they can count a famous actor amongst their number in Trainspotting star Robert Carlyle, whilst the talk show host Craig Ferguson is also believed to be an admirer of the
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Scots charities attack lobbying transparency groups as 'London-centric conspiracy theorists'
The umbrella group which represents Scottish charities has slammed lobbying transparency campaigners as “London-centric conspiracy theorists”.The Sunday Herald revealed last week that a new guide to the “influence industry” in Scotland was to be launched
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Why independence will flow from a socially just Scotland
WE want to see Scotland as an independent nation - and we want to see the SNP use the levers of power to create the progressive, socially just country we long for.A full thirteen months after the independence referendum, Nicola Sturgeon has now put the
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Kilmarnock 2 Inverness CT 0: Euro hero Josh Magennis caps win for Killie
IN a week rife with debate about the morality of bookmakers taking bets on the fate of managers across the league, it is strange to think that a matter of months ago Gary Locke was the hot favourite to be the first managerial casualty and depart Rugby
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Sturgeon tells Scotland: the only alternative to Labour incompetence and Tory cruelty is independence
THE only alternative to Labour incompetence and Tory heartlessness is Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday as she sought to position the SNP as the default party of government north of the border.The First Minister said Jeremy Corbyn’
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New drive under way to recruit ethnic minorities and women to a Scottish police force that is too white and too male
Police Scotland has launched a new recruitment drive aimed at creating a more diverse force which is representative of Scottish society.The new recruitment initiative will look to address the under-representation of ethnic minorities in the police, who
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STURGEON SAYS: TRUST ME, I'M A SOCIAL DEMOCRAT NOT A FLAGS AND ANTHEMS NATIONALIST
Trust. It's a perishable commodity in politics. In fact, it's hard to think of another politician in Britain right now who could get away with asking for it - other than the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, most politicians today are regarded as corrupt until
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Rangers make it 10 wins out of 10 - but Queen of the South display is far from perfect
RANGERS may have made it 10 wins out of 10 in the Championship this season with this narrow win over Queen of the South to maintain their nine point lead over their nearest challengers Raith Rovers. Yet, Mark Warburton’s side did not, for the second competitive
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Partick midfielder Stevie Lawless sets his sights on Goal of the Season award after McDiarmid Park thunderbolt
ST JOHNSTONE 1, PARTICK THISTLE 2.WHAT a way to earn your first win at McDiarmid Park in almost 22 years and afford yourself some welcome breathing space at the bottom of the table.The long-range thunderbolts from Gary Miller, a St Johnstone player until
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Ford and Gray free to play today
ROSS Ford and Jonny Gray are free to play for Scotland against Australia in today’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final after dramatically being cleared of their three-week suspensions yesterday. Head coach Vern Cotter omitted the two forwards from the squad
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Scottish Greens rocked by factionalism claims
TWO senior Scottish Greens have hit out at party factionalism amid a continuing row over the controversial process for selecting Holyrood candidates. Moira Dunworth and Andy Saunders, who were the co-convenors of the party’s tribunal body, hit
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Call for urgent 'life-saving surgery' for crisis-hit steel industry
BRITAIN'S crisis-hit steel industry needs urgent "life-saving surgery" to save it, industry experts warned yesterday. Gareth Stace, director of industry lobby group UK Steel, also called on Westminster Business Secretary Sajid Javid to deliver
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Culture secretary: BBC is out of touch, failing viewers and not reflective of Scotland
THE BBC fails to satisfy audiences and doesn't reflect Scotland, the culture secretary said yesterday.During a debate on BBC charter renewal, Fiona Hyslop called for a “a bold and radical alternative to the out of touch structure and decision making of
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UN arrives in Scotland to probe 'grave' violations of disabled people's human rights by Tory welfare cuts
UNITED Nations officials have arrived in Scotland to investigate allegations that Westminster welfare reforms have led to “grave or systematic violations” of disabled people’s human rights.The Sunday Herald revealed in August that the Special Rapporteur
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Robbie Neilson opens up on how having director of football has put Hearts back on track
ROBBIE NEILSON spent his formative years as a coach watching SPFL managers run ragged by disparate and seemingly never-ending demands, from sourcing transport to outfoxing agents. It has only served to strengthen his belief that, in the fulness of time
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The 10 ways Scotland has helped Malawi
TRAINING a new generation of medical students, raising awareness of the signs of deadly meningitis and helping farmers boost production of crops: these are some examples of the projects which have been undertaken since Scotland set up an official partnership
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Wallabies profit from all-round excellence
THE absence of David Pocock and Israel Foley because of injury has deprived Australia of two of their best players, but they easily have the strength in depth required to offset that loss. And, while they have any number of gifted individuals to rely
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Latest corruption allegations show that Fifa is eating itself
HEAD spinning yet?The notion that corruption was widespread in Fifa circles has been around since the original creation myth. The difference is that we’ve seen the biggest heads if not roll then at least take their place in the guillotine.From Amos Adamu
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Scots must excel themselves to have a chance against Wallabies
THE reinstatement of Jonny Gray and Ross Ford has been a huge boost to the morale of the Scotland squad. Having had preparations for today’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Australia massively disrupted by the original three-week suspension of the
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'My father cares for me and if it wasn't for my disability, he wouldn't have had to give up his second job' - the testimony of children living in poverty
A new report being published this week will reveal what Scotland's young people think about poverty and how it is impacting on their lives. The research, which involved consulting nearly 1000 young people aged between 12 and 25 years old, was carried
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Trident is useless, expensive, immoral and obscene. It's nothing but a political and military ego-trip
Over the years the SNP and the wider peace movement have built what I regard as an overwhelming case against Trident on both moral and economic grounds. Since the election in May, I - along with my colleagues in the SNP Defence Group - have been building
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'Exclude Scotland from Tories' 'vindictive' anti-union laws'
SCOTLAND should be excluded entirely from the Tory government’s crackdown on trade union rights, the fair work secretary said yesterday. Roseanna Cunningham told the SNP conference in Aberdeen her party and government would fight “every single part” of
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CND planning biggest anti-nuclear rally since the height of the Cold War
CND is planning a national demonstration against Trident which will be the biggest ever protest since the Cold War height of the anti-nuclear campaign in the mid-80s. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament revealed its plans during its conference
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Former foreign secretary Owen states opposition to Trident
LORD Owen, the former UK foreign secretary, has spoken of his opposition to nuclear weapons stationed on the Clyde. The former leader and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party described Trident as an "expensive financial inroad into our conventional
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Hardie would be happy to sign for Glasgow or Edinburgh
JOHN Hardie is a level-headed man, which is just as well for him, because his world has been turned upside down over the past few months. Literally so, as he has moved from the other side of the planet to play for Scotland, but also metaphorically, as
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Dear Scottish Government ...Prince Charles 'lobbying letters' made public
He's a man known for his eclectic, and some would say eccentric, interests - so when it comes to lobbying the Scottish government Prince Charles certainly throws his net wide on a vast array of subjects both large and small.A new cache of private royal
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Scotland's poverty tsar attacks Westminster welfare cuts for victimising families
SCOTLAND’S first poverty tsar has warned looming cuts to tax credits being implemented by the Westminster government will push struggling working families deeper into poverty.Naomi Eisenstadt, a leading Oxford academic who was appointed in June by the
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Scotland becomes first part of UK to recognise signing for deaf as official language
CAMPAIGNERS have hailed new legislation which will recognise signing as an official language in Scotland as a step towards breaking the “brick ceiling” which the deaf community faces in everyday life.The British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill, which is
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Rage against the occupation
Palestinians call it a ‘day of rage’. A day when they take their resistance against the Israeli occupation on to the streets from Jerusalem to the West Bank.For those of us watching this seemingly interminable conflict from afar, you could be forgiven
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After the Tory rhetoric ... we're seeing hate on the streets
A balmy October Friday evening outside my local pub in Grantchester a village near Cambridge and I’m sitting with a bunch of people I consider to be friends.A group of twentysomething men come in, one of them in a wheelchair. He leaves the chair at the
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Celtic boss Ronny Deila insists Stefan Johansen will return to scale new heights
LIVING up to your own high standards can be an onerous task.It is something that Molde, fresh from completing the Norwegian league and cup double for the first time in their history last season, are discovering as they cling onto the Europa League as
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Martin playing captain's part as Derby aim to make it third time lucky
CHRIS Martin chalked off a couple of career goals in Faro this week. First competitive start for Scotland, tick. Maiden international goal, tick. Now it is time for the Derby County striker to reset his sights on another grand ambition, the challenge
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Power boost for Ayrshire economy as EDF injects £30m for maintenance work at Hunterston nuclear reactor
The French owners of Scotland’s two remaining nuclear power generators are spending £30 million in a round of scheduled maintenance on Hunterston B in Ayrshire in a major one-off investment.The latest "MOT" for the 965MW generator near West
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The right to choose is too important to be swept under the constitutional carpet
NO sooner was the general election out of the way than it became the Power They All Forgot. If it seemed the parties were ignoring abortion in their arguments over further devolution it was because, without admitting as much, that was exactly what they
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MSPs offered 'digital self-defence classes' in wake of GCHQ spying claims
MSPs are being offered digital self-defence classes amid fears their sensitive communications with whistleblowers could be snooped on. The Open Rights Group (ORG) - a civil liberties organisation which promotes digital freedoms - is to write to
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Athletics: Kinghorn prepares for busy world campaign in Doha
SAMANTHA Kinghorn will begin her campaign at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha later this week.The 19-year-old wheelchair racer from the Berwickshire village of Gordon – one of the Sunday Herald's Six To Follow to Rio 2016 – has been
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Essay of the week: The power of storytelling
STORIES are the heartbeat of humanity, because they convey the music of what happens. Though we demand the "facts", truth is often more elusive because it is not just about events but what they mean to the people involved. This is starkly apparent
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Travel: London – A weary traveller recharges amidst the sophisticated glamour of The Arch
IT is better to travel comfortably than be saddled with hulking great bags. And while central London's Underground is one of the wonders of the transportation world thanks, partly, to super-efficient smart ticketing, the rush hour scrum remains challenging
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!!!: As If (Warp Records)
!!!: As If (Warp Records)Formed in Sacramento 20 years ago from various bands on California's punk and hardcore scene, this sixth album from the electro-punk-funk sextet – their name is often rendered as Chik Chik Chik - is their fourth on Sheffield's
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Ethical investment pays but take-up stays in the slow lane
SIMON BAIN Investing for principles as well as profit seems to be working, latest figures show as Good Money Week starts today. The FTSE4Good index, which screens out stocks in tobacco, mining and other ‘non-ethical’ sectors, has beaten the
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Susan Swarbrick: the naked truth about faith
It's been a good week for … reading Playboy for the articles In 1953, the legend of Playboy was born as Marilyn Monroe graced the cover of the debut edition – and provided its first nude centrefold. Now, some 60 years on, the serpent has eaten
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Former foreign secretary Owen states opposition to Trident renewal
LORD Owen, the former foreign secretary believes a minimum defence deterrent can be retained on the Clyde without nuclear weapons. The former leader and co-founder of the Social Democratic Party described Trident as an "expensive financial inroad
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Deerhunter: Fading Frontier (4AD)
Deerhunter: Fading Frontier (4AD)Seventh studio album from the hard-to-pin-down Atlanta band whose rolling membership has included friends, helpmates and members of other groups and who have toured with both noise monsters Lightning Bolt and whimsical
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Demetrios Matheou review: Crimson Peak (15)
THERE'S an early moment in Crimson Peak when the film’s heroine – aspiring writer Edith Cushing – says of her latest work: “It’s not a ghost story, but a story with ghosts in it.” And that’s exactly how you would describe the film itself. You might also
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Michael Tumelty CD review: Janacek Sinfonietta/Dvorak New World, Anima Eterna Brugge (Out There Records)
Janacek Sinfonietta/Dvorak New WorldAnima Eterna BruggeOut There recordsGIVE your system a bit of a jolt and try this: I was electrified. Can I give the highest recognition to this latest disc by Belgian band Anima Eterna, with performances of Dvorak’
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Small wonders: off-the-track music festivals where new talent blossoms
IN my eternal quest for interesting music, it’s essential to have an inquisitive nature and look further afield. Scotland and the UK can at times be very insular and inward-looking. You can wait for mainstream TV or daytime radio to serve you up something
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Ted Hughes was no Bluebeard
WE know what is usually meant by the word in the subtitle. It's taken to mean that the subject has not approved, assisted or blessed the project and might even have tried to thwart it, though that more often happens to biographies with "scandalous
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Geoffrey Smeddle: Lovely port desserts
TO the lovely city of Porto to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. Mrs Smeddle has put up with enough over the past decade; a celebration is overdue. I feel quietly confident that we will develop a deep fondness for the famous northern coastal town
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Invisible wounds
On the battlefield most wounds are usually hideously obvious. Shattered limbs, spilled guts, gashed heads are all part of the rollcall of the physical damage that can be done by modern weaponry. The aftermath is also apparent even though modern medical
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Interview: Andy Goldsworthy – the world in his hands
ANDY Goldsworthy reaches out his hand for me to touch. This is how we begin. Here on the page and there in the field. It's a soft September day in Dumfries and Galloway, the light glaucous. Rain is coming; a smear of cloud can be seen down the valley.
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'A heartwarming community success story' - Joanna Blythman reviews Dandelion Cafe, Glasgow
Dandelion Cafe Newlands Park (off Lubnaig Rd), Glasgow Breakfast/Lunch: £10-£15 Food rating: 8/10 I AM utterly charmed by the Dandelion Cafe. Of course, on paper I was bound to like it. I mean, what a heartwarming story! Local residents
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Gaelic culture festival hailed as 'huge success'
A festival celebrating Gaelic culture has been hailed as a "huge success", with thousands attending from as far away as Canada.Organisers said there were an estimated 8,000 people from across the UK, Germany and Canada, for this year's nine-day
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Plan to turn former nuclear power station into green energy park
A new plan under development by Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scottish Enterprise and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDR) could see the site of a former nuclear power station being converted to Scotland’s first experimental “green energy park
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If meat isn't murder, what is it?
In her review of Henderson's Vegan restaurant, Ms Blythman writes: "I don't subscribe to the 'all meat is murder' mantra, but it's refreshing to think that a minister of agriculture might actually challenge Defra's knee-jerk support for factory farming
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T in the Park funding well-spent
Government funding for T in the Park resulted in a great festival at a new venue and a big win for Scotland (T in the Park boss breaks silence, saying row over £150,000 from Scottish Government was politically motivated, News, October 11). The move from
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The true (elongated) history of slavery
Louise Welsh states that we are not taught the history of slavery in our schools (We can't hide our dirty secret, Comment, October 11). Unfortunately this is very obvious from her unrealistic picture of slavery. This abhorrent trade has been ever present
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Escaping the shadow of the bomb
Ian Bell delivers a timely reminder of the absurdity of reliance on nuclear weapons for the defence of the realm (Welcome to the weird world of Dr Strangelove: where pushing the button is a badge of honour, Comment, October 4). The release of Kubrick's
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Full circle for Flannigan as he returns to Rangers
The rough and tumble of the football world is littered with tales of players returning to their old clubs and proving a point. When Craig Flannigan left Rangers back in 1992, we can safely assume that he didn’t stand on Edmiston Drive, shake his fist
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Topic of the week: making Scotland great
Your essay is a great medium to start a debate that was missing from the independence referendum, in particular as regards business and investment (101 ways to make Scotland great, Comment, October 11). I spent 35 years from mail boy to senior manager
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Revenge sweet for BfS as ‘troll’ back in his boxTurkish delight in flight plan
BUSINESS for Scotland, famously accused in these columns of being “vituperative” in its abuse of CBI Scotland, has had the last laugh in the case of the “well-known unionist blogger and social media troll” Kevin Hague. It was Hague who reported the organisation
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John Phelps's portfolio
We were forced to ditch another two of our share tips last week as the recent stock market rally came to an abrupt halt on fresh concerns about the effects of a Chinese slowdown on the global economy.Our latest casualties were Glasgow-based Smart Metering
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Keys, phone, wallet... Lupo takes the strain out of daily dither
Lupo, the Glasgow-based makers of an interactive micro device designed to eradicate the trauma of lost keys, phone, wallets and purses are seeking new venture capital finance to scale up production, boost staff numbers and “take their US-based competition
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Corbyn's Momentum to launch in Scotland
A new pressure group created to promote Jeremy Corbyn’s left-wing political agenda will be launched in Edinburgh this week. Momentum, described as a “grassroots network”, will be unveiled locally on Wednesday as a first step towards a national
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Government domestic abuse figures in chaos
THE Scottish Government’s justice agenda has suffered another blow after a watchdog declined to rubber stamp its upcoming domestic abuse statistics. The crucial figures, based on Police Scotland raw numbers, won’t carry an official seal of approval
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Bringing economics back to the real world
The award of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics to the Edinburgh-born Princeton University professor Angus Deaton for his pioneering work into the causes of poverty and inequality was just the second time that a Scottish economist has won the prestigious
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Economist and government at loggerheads over growth estimate
The Scottish government has hit back at criticism from a leading Scottish economist who has questioned the accuracy of an exceptionally low official estimate of economic growth in the Scottish economy of just 0.1 per cent between April and June this
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DVD reviews
Let Us Prey (18)Scripted by Edinburgh-based writers David Cairns and Fiona Watson and starring Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth in Game Of Thrones), Brian O'Malley's horror thriller pitches a small Scottish town into the jaws of hell with the arrival in
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Demetrios Matheou reviews: The Program (15), The Lobster (15), Pan (PG), Hotel Transylvania 2 (U)
The Program (15)Straightforward biopic of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven times while pumped full of performance enhancing drugs – both a national hero and secret villain. Ben Foster gives a persuasive performance as
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Rob Adams CD review: Karen Matheson, Urram (Vertical)
Karen Matheson, Urram (Vertical) Karen Matheson’s latest solo album – her first album of all Gaelic material – is inspired by the recent loss of her parents and the music and stories that accompanied their early lives and those of their ancestors. It’
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Bar Stool: The Winged Ox Bar & Kitchen at St Luke’s, Glasgow
The Winged Ox Bar & Kitchen at St Luke’s, 17 Bain Street Glasgow What is it: Joining in on the east end party is St Luke's, a lovingly restored, Grade B-listed building which was originally the St Luke’s parish church next to the Barrowlands
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Drink: Portly love
PORT is really fabulous stuff to be enjoyed all year round, and not just with the cheeseboard. It can be white, tawny or ruby (which includes late-bottled vintage or LBV, crusted and vintage). The ruby styles are aged mostly in the bottle whereas the
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Billy Dodds: Mixu Paatelainen's blast at Dundee United players is a gamble with no guarantee of paying off
MIXU PAATELAINEN made an extremely bold statement when taking over the Dundee United manager’s job and openly criticising the squad of players he has inherited for the club’s current position at the foot of the Ladbrokes Premiership.He stated that there
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Motherwell toil as Celtic go top
MOTHERWELL................0CELTIC..............................1 (Ciftci 14)A solitary Nadir Ciftci goal enabled Celtic to leave Fir Park yesterday afternoon at the summit of the SPFL without ever having to break a sweat. By contrast, Mark McGhee, assuming