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Aberdeen 1 Motherwell 1: Jury still out as case for home defence crumbles
THERE has been little case for the Aberdeen defence of late in what has been a truly troublesome period for all concerned. Over the last two-and-a-half years under Derek McInnes, the Pittodrie club has been one on the up, steady progression providing
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Ronny Deila: I don't care what Aberdeen do because if we play well we will win the league
RONNY DEILA, the Celtic manager, last night insisted he did not care about Aberdeen and their resurgence because he knows his team will win the league if they play at their best.This was a far more confident and positive Deila, who had taken the Champions
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TV review: The Sex Change Spitfire Ace
Truth is stranger than fiction, as this incredible documentary attests. Had its events been written in a novel you would have dismissed it as totally outlandish, and yet everything in The Sex Change Spitfire Ace (Channel 4) is completely true.
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Arsenal 2 Everton 1: Arsenal go top of Barclay's Premier League
Arsenal went top of the Barclays Premier League on a day that saw defending champions Chelsea and their under-fire boss Jose Mourinho endure another tumultuous and disappointing afternoon. The Gunners moved above Manchester City after seeing off
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Police probe claims British soldiers abused Afghan civilians
Police have launched an investigation into allegations British soldiers mistreated people in Afghanistan during the war. More than 100 civilians allege they were criminally abused and ill-treated during an eight-year period in the conflict.
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Two seriously injured after head-on crash
Two people have been seriously injured after a head-on crash on the A90. The crash happened on the Ellon to Aberdeen road at the Murcar roundabout, Aberdeen, at about 9.30am on Saturday. Following the collision, the northbound carriageway was
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Honeymoon couple drown off South Africa beach days after wedding
A newly-wed couple have drowned off the coast of South Africa in a honeymoon tragedy. John Rodgers, 28, and his wife Lynette, 26, died on Friday after getting into trouble in rough seas in Plettenberg Bay - just six days after they walked down
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Wallabies still favourites but it will be no shock if Pumas reach final
Content in the knowledge that his squad has almost certainly come through their semi-final unscathed Steve Hansen’s hopes for today’s second World Cup semi-final at Twickenham today could not have been more basic."I don't care who gets through. We
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Rugby World Cup semi-final: New Zealand 20 South Africa 18
New Zealand’s reigning champions ultimately earned the right to try to be the first ever to hold onto it but a combination of South African resolve and more customary British autumn weather combined to come close to sliding the World Cup out of their
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Gymnastics: dominant performance sees USA women top qualification standings in Glasgow
THE star-studded USA women’s team showed precisely why they are favourites to retain their title with a dominant qualification performance at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. Led by reigning world all-around champion Simone Biles
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For a supermarket discount, ask Bargain Betty
FINGERS, cool, lined, knuckles like walnuts, grab my wrist. "Argh!" I shriek, as she swings my hand down and away from the shelf as though I'm a one-armed bandit and we're in a Vegas gambling hall. She wouldn't look too out of place in a Vegas gambling
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Rugby World Cup Semi-final: South Africa 18 New Zealand 20
Reigning champions New Zealand reached a second straight World Cup final by seeing off fellow southern-hemisphere heavyweights South Africa 20-18 in an immense Twickenham showdown. Tries by flanker Jerome Kaino and substitute back Beauden Barrett
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Evel vote 'makes it more difficult to hold UK together'
Westminster's move towards English votes for English laws will make it more difficult to keep the United Kingdom together, according to the former minister who spearheaded the UK Government's opposition to Scottish independence. Former Scottish
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Hypocrisy on brainwashing
IS it not becoming a bit of an obsession by the British establishment to refer to certain sections of our youth as being radicalised, just because they support an Islamic State?What seems hypocritical to me is that they never refer to their own military
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Inverness CT 0 St Johnstone 1
Liam Craig's late penalty grabbed St Johnstone a 1-0 win in the Highlands against Inverness. Both sides struggled to test the goalkeepers and only when Craig was dragged down in the dying moments, converting the resulting spot-kick, did anything
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Dundee 1 Kilmarnock 2
Kilmarnock kept their good run going with a 2-1 victory over Dundee at Dens Park. Gary Locke's side secured their latest win thanks to goals in either half from Josh Magennis and Steven Smith before Rhys Healey pulled one back with his first goal
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Aberdeen 1 Motherwell 1: Dons cling on to point but fail to take chance to go top
ABERDEEN failed to retake top spot in the Ladbrokes Premiership after being held to a 1-1 draw with Motherwell. A run of three league defeats over the past few weeks has seen the Dons’ lead at the top of the Scottish top flight evaporate weeks
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Partick Thistle 1 Hamilton 1: Ten-man Accies earn deserved point as Thistle run out of ideas
Ten-man Hamilton hit back to claim a battling draw at Firhill as Partick Thistle struggled to make the most of their numerical advantage. Mathias Pogba got his first goal for Partick Thistle to move them ahead midway through the second half, after
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Hearts 2, Ross County 0: Osman Sow keeps 10-man Hearts in the title shake-up
OSMAN SOW produced the killer goal which strengthened 10-man Hearts’ position in the top three of the Ladbrokes Premiership and offered hope that they may still be able to play a longer-term role in the race for the title.The Tynecastle side controlled
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TalkTalk cyber attack: Hackers 'can't raid bank accounts'
Data stolen in the cyber attack on TalkTalk does not allow criminals to plunder customers' bank accounts, the company has claimed. TalkTalk said complete credit card details are not stored in its system and that account passwords were not accessed
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Hurricane Patricia downgraded to tropical depression over Mexico
Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia appeared to leave remarkably little damage as it moved inland over western Mexico and weakened to tropical depression status, but authorities warned it could still cause deadly floods and mudslides. Patricia,
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Tributes pour in after fundraiser Kirsty Howard dies aged 20
Tributes have poured in for an inspirational fundraiser who died aged 20 - after being given just weeks to live at the age of four. Brave Kirsty Howard captured the hearts of the nation battling her condition after she was the only British child
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Sheku Bayoh 'would still be alive if Taser had been used'
SHEKU Bayoh may have survived if police had used a Taser when arresting him, sources have claimed amid concerns that none of the officers involved had access to such a restraining weapon. It is claimed both CS and pepper sprays were used by officers
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Police name boy, nine, killed after being struck by car
Police have named the nine-year-old boy who was knocked down and killed by a car as Kairon McKay from the Perth area. He had been hit by a blue Ford C Max on the A90 - the main road between Perth and Dundee - near Longforgan, Perth and Kinross,
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Police issue warnings to owners of Mercedes vans after spate of thefts
Welsh detectives are warning owners of Mercedes vans to keep an eye on their vehicles after 24 thefts in just 23 days. Gwent Police said criminals have been targeting Benz Sprinter models for their exhaust systems and catalytic converters.
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Demonstrators injured after Kosovo parliament protest
A police officer and two protesters have been injured in clashes in Kosovo a day after the opposition disrupted parliament with tear gas to protest against agreements with Serbia and Montenegro. Police said 10 protesters were arrested as a few
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Drivers urged to check lights and be extra vigilant after clocks go back
Monday could be one of the most dangerous days of the year on the road as millions of motorists return to driving in the dark after the clocks are turned back, a study has shown. Research conducted after the end of British Summer Time last year
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Lottery funding to help establish national centre for horology
Clock and watchmakers are celebrating a £2.8 million investment of National Lottery funding which will help ensure timepieces continue to be cherished in Britain for years to come. It was announced on the eve of the switch from British Summer Time
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Lord of the Rings map annotated by JRR Tolkien for sale at £60,000
A recently-discovered Lord of the Rings map annotated by author JRR Tolkien has gone on sale for £60,000. The unique find was unearthed inside a copy owned by late illustrator Pauline Baynes. It was found as a loose sheet of paper stuffed inside
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Willie Rennie calls on Nicola Sturgeon to end independence debate
Nicola Sturgeon must end the independence debate which has "permanently damaged" relationships between one in twenty Scots and abandon her "secret criteria" for another referendum, according to Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie. Mr
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Ruth Davidson's Have I Got News For You debut filled with jokes about rugby and pandas
RUTH Davidson made her Have I Got News For You debut with a series of jokes about Scotland's rugby defeat and Edinburgh's pandas that appeared to win over even her political opponents' supporters. The Scottish Conservatives leader became the first
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Sharing lenses ‘puts sight at risk’
YOUNG people are putting their sight at risk by sharing coloured contact lenses, experts have warned. The General Optical Council said the cosmetic lenses, which change eye colour and have been made popular by TV programmes such as the Vampire
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Minimum wage list of shame revealed
A TAXI firm, bar and restaurant, and hairdressers are among the Scots firms named and shamed in a Government crackdown on companies which underpay workers. The 115 companies exposed for failing to pay the minimum wage include firms working in
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New marine research station to train next generation of scientists
A RESEARCH station will become a major base for studies aimed at boosting conservation of the marine environment as part of a partnership between universities and a charity. It is hoped the St Abbs Marine Station in Berwickshire, which houses
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Shoppers steal trollies rather than buy a bag
SUPERMARKETS south of the Border are being called on to do more to combat trolley thefts as defiant shoppers try to evade new plastic bag charges. Consumers have been taking to social media to post pictures of themselves with shopping trolleys
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Teenage girl one of four people charged after death of lorry driver
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl is among four people charged with the murder of a man who died after a row with a group of youths. Lorry driver Darren Kelly, 42, from Basildon, Essex, was stabbed on Tuesday night. Essex Police said two boys aged 16 and
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Spot Begbie...he’s the softie
HE became a cult favourite as a psychotic hardman immortalised on film by Robert Carlyle. But Trainspotting’s Francis Begbie is set to return in a new novel by Irvine Welsh who will show a surprising, softer side to his character, who will be
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‘Huge step’ in polio battle
SCIENTISTS say they have taken a “huge step” towards eradicating polio as they urged countries to stop vaccinating children against one of the three strains of the devastating virus. There is no cure for polio, which attacks the nervous system
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When taking a bath in public seemed normal
RUSSELL Hunter was one of Scotland's great character actors, whether appearing in a Shakespearian play or on television as the malodorous informant Lonely in the seedy spy series Callan. You have to make ends meet however and here in 1974, the year
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The untimely demise of an iPhone kills a snapshot of history
PRINCESS Diana was famously the most photographed person in the world. Seems like Diana could have her title rivalled by every newborn infant encumbered by parents with a Facebook account. Or any teenager equipped with a smart phone with a front
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Gymnastics and golf added to inaugural European Sports Championships in 2018
GYMNASTICS and golf have been added to the programme for the inaugural European Sports Championships in 2018. The European Artistic Gymnastics Championships will take place at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, while the first-ever European Golf Team Championships
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Man in hospital after plunging 50ft at Holyrood park
A man is being treated in hospital after falling 50ft down an embankment in an Edinburgh park. Firefighters had to use a line rescue to reach the 22-year-old who had fallen in the crags in Holyrood Park at about 11pm yesterday. The man suffered
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NHS spends millions on larger equipment for obese patients
The NHS has spent at least £7 million on adapting services and equipment to treat obese patients over the last five years, according to new figures. The data, obtained by Sky News through Freedom of Information requests, revealed many NHS foundation
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How Cameron is seeking to divide and conquer
Strangely, I don’t hear many of the usual defenders of the Union exulting over English votes for English laws. People who generally have plenty to say have fallen silent. The only sound is the gentle drawing of veils. It’s understandable. If this
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Love, loss and Alzheimer’s
EVERY day, exactly half an hour before lunch is served, a tall, rather handsome man knocks out his pipe at the rehab entrance and wishes us all good morning with a smile. I put his age around 65 and if a face tells of the life one has led, then his
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First Minister considers bid by parents to run state-funded Catholic school
RADICAL plans by parents to set up a new state-funded primary school outside council control are being given serious consideration by ministers. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is looking at proposals drawn up by families from East Dunbartonshire
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Holyrood's first attempt at land reform will only fuel demands for more radical action
Land reform has become a touchstone issue for grassroots members of the SNP. The strength of feeling could not have been clearer at the party conference last weekend, when delegates rejected a motion supporting the SNP Government's Land Reform Bill
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Scottish Lib Dems debate 1p income tax increase
UK leader Tim Farron and Scottish party chief Willie Rennie will deliver keynote speeches at the Lib Dem conference in Dunfermline. Conference will debate the tax rise and police relocalisation alongside motions to create a federal UK, lift the
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City centre traffic at standstill as office goes up in flames
GLASGOW city centre ground to a halt as fire broke out in a building connected to Central Station. Five fire engines were sent to the scene just after 4.30pm yesterday after witnesses reported smoke billowing out of an office on Union Street.
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Former Radio Clyde DJ jailed for three years for sexually abusing a child
A FORMER Radio Clyde DJ who confessed to sexually abusing a child while on an online chat has been jailed for three years. James Russell, 56, was caught when a friend lured him into admitting his crime online. Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that
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Pensioner plans to splash out on new bowls after £1m Lotto win
A BOWLS fan took to the green to toast his luck after scooping a £1 million Lotto win. Retiree James Roy, 70, and wife Mar, 68, matched one of the Lotto Millionaire Raffle numbers on Saturday 10 October, but he didn’t realise he was one of the
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John Armstrong Lane
ArchitectBorn: April 7, 1935;Died: October 18, 2015.John Armstrong Lane, who has died aged 80, was a renowned architect who for many years specialised in designing schools. In Glasgow, he also worked extensively with housing associations, including Govan
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Gardening: Hedgehogs
Gardens are becoming vital sanctuaries for every kind of wildlife. Birds, insects and small mammals, like hedgehogs, rely on humans as they’ve never done before. Among the reasons are certain farming practices which have emerged over the past 50 or 60
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How do we protect music venues from the noise police?
On Tuesday I attended a meeting of City of Edinburgh's Culture and Sport Committee. I was there in my capacity as a member of CEC's Music is Audible working group, set up a year ago following a tsunami of dissent concerning the capital's attitude towards
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How to help preserve our historic buildings
Just a few weeks after our formal launch on October 1, Historic Environment Scotland, the new lead public body for heritage in Scotland has announced the award of more than £1.7 million in grants.These grants will fund projects to restore five historic
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Scots university takes legal advice on Which? claim it is "consistently adopting unlawful practice" over course info
A SCOTS university is taking legal advice after objecting to a consumer watchdog over being highlighted as among three in Britain that it said was consistently adopting "unlawful" practice by failing to provide prospective students with full information
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Strike looms as union protests at gates of Edinburgh council
Union activists are to protest at the gates of Edinburgh City Council over 2,000 job cuts. The rally is planned as workers are invited to take voluntary redundancy in a bid to shore up its £126 million budget shortfall. Unison and Unite have
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MPs urge government to act on embarrassing rise in pension frauds
SIMON BAIN MPs this week urged the government to redouble its publicity efforts around pension scams, following a surge in fraudster activity since the advent of the Chancellor’s ‘pension freedoms’ in April. The Work and Pensions Committee
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Joining the Big Switch can cut energy bills
ALEXANDRA MORGAN Monday sees the start of Big Energy Saving Week 2015, a joint initiative by the Energy Saving Trust, Citizens Advice and the UK Government. To mark it, a Scottish local authority is offering households throughout the country
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Missing Scots botanist Jamie Taggart's father on his heartache
Tucked away on a steep slope above the village of Cove on the Rosneath peninsula in Argyll, surrounded by Loch Long, Gare Loch and the Holy Loch, is arguably Scotland’s most extraordinary garden. Like a mini-rainforest, teeming with exotic plants
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Saturday Interview: Channel4 gaming boss Colin Macdonald still looking for next big thing
Contrary to the expectations of his younger self Colin Macdonald has avoided getting a “proper job in a bank or telephone company”. Instead he has spent his entire career working in the computer game industry he loves. Having been at Channel4
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Are the best-selling Channel4 games a hit or a miss?
Based in Glasgow, All 4 Games promises to foster talent and build on the company’s history of innovation, but with Hollyoaks and Made In Chelsea as the source material, FINLAY SCOTT is sceptical. Hollyoaks The Game Ever wanted to play Candy
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Bond star Daniel Craig on the day he ousted the Pope from St Peter's Square
IT'S an early March evening and the sun is setting over Rome. The eternal city has seen many wonders in its vast history but nothing quite like this. Spectre – the 24th James Bond film – has come to town. The first time a Bond movie has ever been filmed
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Gin: 'Charms the inactive, the desperate and the crazy of either Sex”
THE perennial debate on alcohol and health is weighted heavily against the former. While occasional reports do emerge on the benefits of moderate drinking, notably on lowering the risk of heart disease, they are drowned out by condemnation of the demon
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"I wouldn't wish a gay disco on anyone." Colm Toibin on Ireland then and now and the new film Brooklyn
THIS world is a terrible place. I know that. You know that. We are as a species generally thoughtless, selfish and too often cruel. And then we die. But. But there are saving graces. Things that make living worthwhile. Things that make you happy
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Scotland's flourishing cuisine gets another shot in the arm as two 'food studios' open
It’s surely a sign of growth that not one but two independent food studios are to open in Scotland: one in Edinburgh and the other in Glasgow. What’s a food studio, I hear you ask? Well, it’s not exactly a restaurant and neither is it a college classroom
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Travel: Can Cuba cut it as a tourist destination?
CUBA, its tourism officials are only too keen to boast, broke its own records last year with three million visitors; the main tourist spots outside of Havana being Matanzas, Villa Clara, Jardines del Rey and Holguin. People flock to the island typically
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Eight essential books for children, from delightful whimsy to dystopian satire
The predominant mood in this season’s crop of children’s fiction, is one of whimsy. Younger readers in particular, are being invited to clamber inside worlds that revolve not so much around magic and fantasy, but the odd, delightful and ever so slightly
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Four paperbacks that might make your weekend
MOON COUNTRY Peter Arnott, Vagabond Voices After serving a long sentence for a robbery in which two security guards were killed, Tommy Hunter is back on the street. A changed man, with a chilling resolve, he has a plan, a gun and a bagful of
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Books for younger children: Here come the trolls - and the scrolls
Some books are made to read out loud, sharing the pleasures of story-telling with our children, others simply to stare at, longingly and lovingly, and of course to talk about. The massive success last year of the large-scale picturebook The Animalium
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Sales of £1 million homes boomed ahead of tax change
SALES of million pound homes in Scotland more than doubled this year as wealthy buyers rushed to avoid a change in tax laws.The number of high-value properties changing hands rose by 158 per cent during the first half of the year, a stark contrast to
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"Pacific Rim meets Glasgow High Street": Ron Mackenna takes a seat at the Blue Chair
SO we have sweet potato fritters at the tiny table by the counter as Michael Jackson shrills and thrills through the sound system and various bemused-looking people shuffle in and shuffle back out again trying to work out what the hell is going on.
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Male order: Forget Brook Brothers, Edinburghers have fallen for “athleisure”
Brooks Brothers is an American retail institution which sells “preppy” clothes for well-heeled white collar types who want even their dress-down-Friday rig of chinos and polo shirt to whisper Executive Class. An Edinburgh branch opened on upmarket
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Scotland 7 Belarus 0: Signeul's women dominate Euro 2017 qualifier
IT took a long time to get there, but once Scotland opened Belarus up with a late first half goal, the floodgates opened at Fir Park. The seven-goal Euro 2017 demolition puts the Scots back on top of Group 1.Scotland started the game so much on the front
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Edinburgh Partners posts dip in profits and 'cautious' on stock markets but forecasts fund inflow
EDINBURGH Partners, one of Scotland’s biggest independent fund management houses, has reported a dip in annual profits to just below £20m on the back of modest declines in funds under management and revenues.But Sandy Nairn, who has built the investment
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Ministers do not yet know how £150,000 grant to T in the Park was spent
SCOTTISH ministers do not know what a £150,000 hand out to T in the Park was spent on, the Culture Secretary has admitted.Fiona Hyslop, in a letter to Holyrood's education and culture committee, said that promoter DF Concerts was working on a "post
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Tongan Will Helu gets the nod to face Zebre for Edinburgh
TONGAN internationalist Will Helu will make his first start for Edinburgh Rugby in Italy this afternoon when they take on Zebre.The 29-year-old joined the capital club in the summer from Wasps, but was soon called up to his national squad for the Rugby
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We need Bank of England debate
IT was intriguing to note the speech by Mark Carney, Governor of the “independent” Bank of England, on the issue of the UK’s membership of the European Union (“Osborne defends Carney over EU comments”, The Herald, October 23).Lord Lawson, who heads the
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Why do they have the will to save a Rembrandt but not our steel industry?
GIVEN the UK Government’s continuing refusal to give financial support to our struggling steel industry, I noticed with that that same Government recently slapped an export ban on a multi-million-pound piece of art, allowing taxpayer-funded arts bodies
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Abellio ScotRail's Club 50 scheme penalises the over-60s
I NOTE with interest your item about the “success” of Abellio's Club 50 (“100,000 sign up to vexed rail scheme”, The Herald, October 23). I am one of the people who signed u pfor Club 50 but I did it solely for the free tea and coffee. The 20 per cent
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Scotland is well used to having laws imposed without consent
WE live in different times, in constitutional and other ways, from the 1980s. However, some of the recent comments of Chris Grayling, Leader of the House of Commons, caught my eye. He said that “laws could not be imposed on England without the consent
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An inarguable case for flight recorders in police helicopters
Nearly 700 days have passed since a police helicopter fell out of the night sky onto a busy pub on a Friday evening on Glasgow's Clydeside.The 160-page report yesterday published by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has answered many questions. But
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Entrepreneur takes specialist lingerie developed in Glasgow to Poland
VANILLA Blush, which makes lingerie for people who have had operations like colostomies, has appointed a distributor in Poland where the Glasgow-based company believes it could build a significant business. Founded by Nicola Dames after she had life-saving
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Graham's wins Sainsbury listing for Scottish yoghurt
GRAHAM’S The Family Dairy has secured a listing for its Nairn-produced yoghurt with supermarket chain Sainsbury’s in Scotland.The deal will see the family-owned dairy company supply three of the six-strong range to 31 stores around the country, with the
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Spiersbridge expands business park as demand soars
A BUSINESS park close to the M77 motorway on the southern outskirts of Glasgow has signalled its confidence in the city’s future commercial prospects by expanding its facilities by 50 per cent.The owners of Spiersbridge Business Park, where current tenants
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Low levels of protein in silage could cause stock to starve
ROG WOODSAC Consulting is warning that a significant proportion of beef and sheep will be severely short of protein this winter with major consequences on performance. Analysis of silage samples have been found to have disturbingly low levels of protein
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Neale Reid looks to clutch Marine Harvest Quaich, rather than another broken arm . . .
SCOTLAND newcomer Neale Reid has a metal plate and pins in his body from his last experience of representative action with Ireland’s hurlers.Today in Inverness he wants to be clutching the Marine Harvest quaich and not cradling his mangled forearm as
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Clutha mystery: actions of pilot "simply don't add up"
IT "simply doesn't add up". That was the verdict of former RAF pilot and aviation lawyer, Jim Morris, after the two year wait for answers over the Clutha disaster left the pilot, inexplicably, in the frame. Captain David Traill was "well-rested
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Letters: Divert infrastructure funds into building our own nuclear stations
l STRONGLY believe certain amenities such as power generation and water should be solely in the hands of the nation.The Government must also know that is so, yet it has made a somewhat idiotic decision to pass the master controls of proposed nuclear generation
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Actor Alan Cumming among Open University honorary graduates
An actor, a former weather girl, a church trailblazer and a crime fighter have been awarded honorary degrees by the Open University (OU).Alan Cumming, best known for his roles in X Men and Goldeneye, has been recognised for his contribution to education
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Unspun: The Tories and their weevel plans
THOSE worried that Momentum, the continuation of the Jeremy Corbyn campaign, might become slick and professional have nothing to fear judging by its Edinburgh operation.The group is meant to be holding a street stall today to encourage voter registration
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'Creative' domestic abusers may expose loophole in revenge porn law
ABUSIVE partners will be able to exploit loopholes in legislation designed to outlaw revenge porn by sharing intimate text messages, emails or audio recordings from former lovers instead of images, equality campaigners have warned.An analysis of a consultation
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Disquiet over charity pay
MANY regular donors to charitable causes would be surprised to note the salary and bonus disclosures of Stuart Earley, chief executive of the SSPCA (“Animal charity chief defends £216,000 pay”, The Herald, October 23). Every employed person is entitled
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Herald View: Council tax freeze must end
Edinburgh City Council has become the latest Scottish local authority to warn it will be forced to keep cutting jobs unless it is allowed to increase the council tax.There is little doubt local authorities have felt the squeeze over the last few years
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Davidsons looks to further expansion
Walter Davidson & Sons, Scotland’s biggest surviving independent pharmacy chain, says it has firepower of £10m for acquisitions to add to its 33 outlets.Family-owned Davidsons Chemists, based in Blairgowrie and headed by non-family managing director Allan
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Innovative funding for social housing sector
Hanover Scotland has secured £40million of funding in an innovative transaction for the social housing sector.The funding, which links a revolving credit facility to a private placement, will be used to support the ongoing development plans of Hanover
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Poem of the Day: Old Woman in a Forsythia Bush by Vicki Feaver
APPROPRIATELY, our final sample from Second Wind, a new anthology challenging stock assumptions about ageing, is set in spring. Vicki Feaver is the poet. The book is published by the Saltire Society in association with the Scottish Poetry Library, at
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Innovative shared equity bond offers an escape from the rental trap
An investment company this week launched a revolutionary alternative to private renting for those who cannot afford to buy a home outright. Joint Equity, an established property firm, is rolling out nationwide a scheme which will allow private renters
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Gallery round up: New exhibition of the history of Scottish art
If you have been watching the excellent Story of Scottish Art series on BBC2 Scotland (the last one airs this Wednesday), you may have been struck by the fact that storytelling lies at the heart of presenter Lachlan Goudie’s narrative about how the art
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Tipping the Velvet: A raucous new take on the lesbian love story hits the Scottish stage
In 1995 Sarah Waters started writing a novel about a young woman who runs off to London, becomes a music hall star and falls in love with a girl in trousers. Twenty years later, here she is talking about the book and the role it has played in changing
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Colm Toibin: The commemorations of 1916 Rising will not be about triumphalism
THE Irish novelist Colm Toibin has promised that the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Easter rising will look at the event "in all its complexity".Toibin, whose own grandfather was interned for taking part in the rebellion, is involved in
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What if feels like to ... work with families affected by drink or drugs
Margaret Livingstone, 45I AM the national co-ordinator for Family Services at Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs. We support people who are affected by a loved one's substance misuse. We have family support groups across Scotland and I co-ordinate
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Musical birthdays come thick and fast
WE are awash with anniversaries this year. Some of them have been noted here, including the 150th anniversaries of Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen, which roll on, through recordings and concert performances: we’ve heard performances of four of Sibelius
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Rosemary Goring: Thanks goodness for Christopher Harvie, a former politician who does not patronise his readers
According to academics at Wolverhampton University, since the Reform Act of 1832, hundreds of politicians have tried their hand at novel-writing – 350 to be precise. This startling figure has been announced along with their preliminary findings on the
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Technology: RHA S500i in-ear headphones
What are they?Quality budget headphones.How will they change my life?Glasgow-based RHA has built a substantial reputation in a relatively short space of time. This is due in part to the unique style of the products, but what also comes across is the company's
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I realise I have become a helicopter parent
"Haven't you got a coat with you?" I ask Daughter Number One as we walk into the airport."This is a coat," she says."That's a jumper," I say. "It's October. You need a coat.""It's a fleece," she says.
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Martin Wishart: Polenta chips
CHIPS made from polenta are a great alternative to those made from potatoes, packing a great texture and flavour in this incarnation thanks to the panko breadcrumbs. The avocado dipping sauce is a tasty accompaniment but with a little experimentation
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Calls for charity salaries to be benchmarked as SSPCA chief's pay packet comes in for further criticism
PAY scales for charity bosses must be justified and benchmarked against others of the same size, the umbrella body for the sector has said. After Scotland's best paid charity boss hit back at criticism of his £216,000 salary, the Scottish Council
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TalkTalk receives ransom demand after cyber attack
Police are investigating a ransom demand sent to telecoms giant TalkTalk following the cyber attack which may have resulted in the theft of millions of customers' bank and credit card details. The company revealed it had been contacted by someone