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Climbing World Cup comes to Edinburgh for first time
Scotland has secured another world sporting event that is expected to give the economy a lift. Athletes from all over the globe are to take part in the Climbing World Cup in Edinburgh for the first time next year. Edinburgh Leisure said it
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Scottish FA chief Stewart Regan voices dismay over banned Michel Platini after backing him for FIFA president
STEWART REGAN, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, last night branded FIFA a "shambles" and detailed his disappointment in Michel Platini after publicly backing the Frenchman to be the next president of world football's
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Finn Russell says his new deal at Glasgow is "brilliant" while club announces three-year partnership with ScottishPower
THERE are times when jumping the gun pays off – as Glasgow Warriors demonstrated when they leapt in before the big-money vultures from France and England had started to circle round Finn Russell, their fly-half, and signed him up for the next three years.The
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Kris Boyd reckons Rangers showdown is a must-win for Hibernian in Championship title race
THEY will not be out of mind, but they could well be out of sight. The importance of the Sunday showdown between Rangers and Hibernian will be downplayed in some quarters ahead of kick-off but, even this early in the season, it is a game of huge significance.It
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Ex-Rangers boss Alex McLeish: Treble will not be enough for Celtic manager Ronny Deila
ALEX McLEISH has warned Ronny Deila that he must start winning in Europe because even a domestic treble in the current climate will not be enough to satisfy the demands that exist at Celtic.Deila has failed in two attempts to lead the Ladbrokes Premiership
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Mark McGhee ready to see what Motherwell are made off against Kilmarnock
Mark McGhee, the Motherwell manager, is looking forward to seeing how his players handle the expectation placed upon them when the travel to Kilmarnock tomorrow.The man who has recently returned to Fir Park has had the unenviable task of taking on Celtic
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Alex McLeish: Kris Commons bust-up has brought Celtic together ahead of Aberdeen title crunch
IT is such a topsy-turvy existence inside the maelstrom of Old Firm life that the one incident which has placed Ronny Deila’s future at Celtic under such stringent examination may also be the one which propels the club towards a fifth consecutive league
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Archibald gutted as Partick Thistle's Tomas Cerny faces lengthy lay-off
Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald has revealed that goalkeeper Tomas Cerny could be ruled out for as much as 6 weeks.Cerny turned his ankle in the draw with Hamilton last weekend as he collected a cross, and a scan has shown that the Firhill number
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SFA chief executive Stewart Regan admits he feared Gordon Strachan would quit Scotland job
IN the immediate aftermath of those damaging September defeats to Georgia and Germany, the president of the Scottish Football Association, Alan McRae, gave the strongest of indications that Gordon Strachan would remain in place as head coach of the national
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Nade now brushing off, not beating up, dressing-room patter merchants
At first glance, Christian Nade doesn’t exactly look like the type of man that you would want to antagonise.The hulking Hamilton striker, who spends more time these days working on his core than his corpulence, was also known to possess quite the hair-trigger
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Braehead Clan players have club backing, insists Chalmers
BRAEHEAD CLAN’S players have been given the vote of confidence by the club’s bosses.It has been an indifferent start to domestic duty for the team that came to within a point of winning the Elite League last season, only to be pipped by the Sheffield
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Wallabies' Sio back to face unchanged All Blacks in final
AT the end of a tournament in which the frequency and severity of injuries has been a major talking point, there was a sense of relief all round when both Australia and New Zealand were able to announce their strongest starting line-ups for Saturday’s
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Hundreds attend church service for teenager Bailey Gwynne
Hundreds of friends and fellow school pupils have gathered to remember Bailey Gwynne at a special church service. Candles were lit, tears shed, messages written and memories shared as around 300 people attended the informal vigil for the Cults
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Death and injury at work court cases in Scotland double
Prosecutions for death or injury at work have almost doubled in Scotland in a year, new figures show. The Health and Safety Statistics annual report revealed that in the last year the Crown Office prosecuted 72 cases in Scottish courts, a 49 per
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Former Rangers owner Craig Whyte declared bankrupt
FORMER Rangers owner Craig Whyte has been declared bankrupt. The 44-year-old was confirmed as insolvent in the wake of a High Court battle with Ticketus. The ticketing firm obtained a judgment in its favour relating to a dispute with Mr Whyte over
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New multi-million pound technology at NHS 24 abandoned within an hour
Patients seeking urgent medical advice faced delays and disruption as NHS 24’s new multi-million pound telecommunications system had to be abandoned only one hour after it was launched. Managers at the medical advice helpline were so concerned about
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VIDEO: The wonder goal that made a Fife girl an internet sensation
A TALENTED teenage girl footballer's wonder goal from 40 yards has become an internet sensation after being caught on video. Tiegan Clark, 17, from Kirkcaldy, did the unthinkable when she lobbed the keeper to score for Raith Rovers Ladies and Girls
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Police 'could face prosecution' over M9 crash
POLICE Scotland could face prosecution over the M9 crash incident. The claim came from a legal source who said the alleged lack of a duty of care in the case in which a couple were left in a crashed car for three days after police were alerted
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Man dies after collision with car in Aberdeenshire
A male pedestrian has died after a collision with a car. The accident happened on the A96 near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, at about 5.30pm. Police said the road will remain closed for some time for an investigation. Anyone who witnessed the
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USA's Simone Biles takes gold at 2015 World Gymnastics Championships
IF the 6,500-strong crowd packed into the sold out SSE Hydro were looking for a nail-biting thriller, then the showdown between USA’s Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas most certainly didn’t disappoint. Biles claimed gold at the 2015 World Gymnastics
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Ken Clarke warns Tory leader contenders over 'tactical' support for Brexit
Former chancellor Ken Clarke said he would be "horrified" if any of David Cameron's potential successors campaigned for a British exit from the European Union. Mr Clarke, who ran against Mr Cameron for the leadership, warned contenders for the
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Pensioner robbed of Christmas club cash on way to bank
A pensioner was robbed of Christmas Club money she had collected while on her way to deposit the funds in a 'despicable' attack. Police in Forth Valley are appealing for witnesses after the 74-year-old woman was robbed on Webster Avenue, Carronshore
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Watchdog to probe RAF drone strikes that killed two Brits fighting with IS
Westminster's intelligence watchdog is to investigate the Ministry of Defence's decision to launch an RAF drone strike, which killed two British nationals fighting with Islamic State(Isis) in Syria. Dominic Grieve, the Chairman of the Intelligence
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No women apply to be police chief constable
Six people have applied for the post of chief constable of Police Scotland, none of them women. The Scottish Police Authority said the successor to Sir Stephen House, who stands down at the start of December nine months before the end of his contract
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Rail ticket refund if wifi cuts out
Rail passengers will be able to claim a refund on tickets if firms fail to provide adequate wifi and seating under new Westminster compensation plans. The Department of Transport has launched a public consultation to overhaul the rules on consumer
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Paul Scholes criticises Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal's tactics
Ex-Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has criticised Louis van Gaal's tactics at Old Trafford by suggesting he would have disliked playing under his risk-free regime. The Red Devils crashed out of the Capital One Cup on penalties to Middlesbrough
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Joanne Calderwood 'gutted' after withdrawl from UFC Fight Night against Paige VanZant
SCOTTISH UFC star Joanne Calderwood has admitted she is 'gutted' after being forced to pull out of her Las Vegas headline fight against Paige VanZant. The Kilmarnock fighter, who trains out of Glasgow’s Griphouse Gym, was in line to take on the
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Eva Carneiro seeking claim against Chelsea for constructive dismissal
Former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro's lawyers have served notice on the club that she intends to seek a claim for constructive dismissal. It is understood that legal papers were served on the club this week and these will trigger an employment
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20 Tory MPs raise concerns over Osborne's tax credit cuts
Twenty Tory MPs issued a public warning to George Osborne that they will maintain pressure on him to make changes to his controversial cuts to tax credits in order to protect low-paid workers. Treasury minister Damian Hinds insisted the Government
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Six-year-old boy who died after being hit by vehicle in Greenock named as Robbie Quigg
A SCHOOLBOY who was knocked down and killed in a horrific road crash has been named as Robbie Quigg. The six-year-old died in hospital after being hit by a car as he stepped out into the street. Emergency services raced to the scene in Cumberland
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New Aston Villa manager must hit the ground running, says Micah Richards
Micah Richards admits Aston Villa's next boss must have an instant impact to save them. The skipper also believes Tim Sherwood was not given enough time before he was fired on Sunday. Ex-Lyon boss Remi Garde has been heavily linked with the
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Campaign calling for removal of Celtic director over tax credits backed by 2500 more in 24 hrs
MORE than 5500 people are supporting a campaign calling for a Celtic director to be removed from the board for voting in favour of cutting tax credits in the House of Lords. Over 2500 people have supported a petition in the past 24 hours. Glasgow-born
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Transport Secretary says VW may have to pay out to motorists who lose money after emissions scandal
Volkswagen may need to compensate motorists who lose money as a result of the emissions scandal when they sell their car, the Transport Secretary has suggested. Patrick McLoughlin was challenged on the issue of the impact of the scandal on the
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Woman dies after collision involving lorry in Nairn
An eldery woman has died, and another has been injured, after a collision involving a lorry in Nairn. The accident happened on Academy Street in the town centre earlier this afternoon. Police say the road is closed until further notice.
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Standard Life announces board changes
Standard Life has promoted two long serving senior staff to its board.Paul Matthews, the UK and Europe chief executive, and director of the global client group Colin Clark take up their posts from November 1.Mr Matthews has been with the insurer and fund
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Efforts to find missing Ben Needham "turning up new leads all the time," police say
The investigation to try to find missing Ben Needham is "turning up new leads all the time," police have said. Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old when he vanished on July 24 1991 after travelling to the island of Kos with his mother and grandparents
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FTSE closes down 42 points
The London market fell as it was weighed down by disappointing results from Barclays and Royal Dutch Shell.The lender booked a £290 million foreign exchange charge and outlined around £1 billion of costs to separate its retail banking arm from the investment
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Migration 'to fuel UK population rise of 4.4m by 2024'
The population of the UK is set to jump by the equivalent of a country the size of Ireland in the next decade, official figures have revealed. Migration will fuel a projected rise of 4.4 million from 64.6 million last year to 69 million in 2024
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Protein discovery offers hope for MS patients
SCIENTISTS could be a step closer to halting multiple sclerosis in its tracks.A key protein involved in driving forward the progression of MS has been identified by researchers.The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, suggests modern
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Barclays shares slip as it outlines £1 billion of ring fencing costs
SCOTTISH banker John McFarlane has hailed the impact of the cost-cutting strategy he has accelerated at Barclays as it recorded a four per cent rise in profit.However shares slipped 6.3 per cent as the bank outlined a cost of around £1 billion to separate
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Fergus Ewing: Steel taskforce hopes to attract international operators
Government agencies will attempt to attract international steel operators to take on Scotland's troubled steel mills with offers of tax breaks and publicly-funded contracts, business minister Fergus Ewing has said. Mr Ewing chaired the first Scottish
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National Express profits up
Transport operator National Express has said its like-for-like group operating profit lifted by seven per cent in the three months to the end of September compared to a year ago.It said that was helped by strong 3.5 per cent sales growth at its coach
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Ferrie Files: Good Day for fresh think on team and coach awards; Bad Day for the treatment of World Cup minnows
Good Day To suggest a bit of radical thinking as World Rugby’s panel gets read to decide upon the winners of the two most predictable award categories in world sport. The short list for the World Rugby team of the year and World Rugby coach
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FMQs sketch: Not a happy ending
Tom GordonWE’RE all adults here, so I want to talk today about Willie failure. No sniggering at the back, this is serious. Willie failure can happen to anyone, and the impact can be devastating.Take the Scottish Liberal Democrats, for instance. They had
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Ferrie Files: Good Day for fresh think on team and coach of the year awards; Bad Day for hopes that the campaign for better treatment of World Cup minnows will be maintained
Good Day To suggest a bit of radical thinking as World Rugby’s panel gets read to decide upon the winners of the two most predictable award categories in world sport. The short list for the World Rugby team of the year and World Rugby coach
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There's something fishy going on in Renfrewshire as traffic is slowed on the A737
THERE'S something fishy about this ... A shed load of fish is slowing traffic on the A737 at Johnstone, in Renfrewshire. A lorry has shed its load over the west bound carriageway, with scores of slippery fish littering the lane. Traffic
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'Phil Neville’s flappin’ cos we’ve got no balls!' Tonight's TV highlight
CLASS OF ’92: OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE, BBC1, 9pm Thursday, 29th What do impossibly rich men do when they retire? The popular belief is that they buy a yacht or a succession of supercars and spend their free time driving, sailing, tinkering and wishing
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Government offloads another one per cent stake in Lloyds
THE Government has sold off a further one per cent chunk in taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group, reducing its overall stake to less than 10 per cent.It means the Government has now raised £16 billion from the sale. All proceeds are used to reduce the
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Government preparing for the worst amid predictions of the coldest winter for 50 years
Transport minister Derek Mackay has confirmed he is preparing for the worst amid predictions of the coldest winter for 50 years. There will be a record 205 snow ploughs and salt spreaders available following the acquisition of 57 new gritters and
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Labour's Iain Gray: Education Bill must be strengthened
Flagship legislation aimed at closing the gap in achievement between pupils from rich and poor backgrounds is "simply not strong enough", the Scottish Government has been told. Labour's Iain Gray said the part of the Education (Scotland) Bill setting
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BrewDog opening DogHouse venue in Glasgow
BREWDOG is opening a combined bar and takeaway bottle shop in Glasgow.The DogHouse venue, on Hutcheson Street in the Merchant City area, is said to be one of the brewer’s largest venues to date and will also feature an extensive barbecue food menu.The
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BT profits boosted by sign-up of 106,000 new TV customers
BT Group has said it signed up a record 106,000 TV customers in the second quarter of its financial year, boosted by the start of the telecoms operator's Champions League football coverage.It said the extra viewers helped lift adjusted pre-tax profits
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Woman killed in second fatal crash on Mull in three weeks
The isle of Mull has suffered its second road crash fatality this month with the death of a 29-year-old woman.The woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which happened on the A849, north of Craignure.A Police Scotland spokesman said
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Labour must not duck conference debate on Trident, says Neil Findlay
A SENIOR Scottish Labour MSP has urged delegates attending the party's conference to back calls for a debate on Trident. Neil Findlay said the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent was "too important an issue to duck". He issued the plea on
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Gleneagles to host 2019 Solheim Cup
Gleneagles will host the Solheim Cup in 2019, the Ladies European Tour has announced. The PGA Centenary Course hosted the Ryder Cup in 2014 as Europe beat the United States for the sixth time in seven events and now the women's teams will face
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Ferrie Files: Scouting Report - Call them what you like they are still the All Blacks
Jim Telfer must have had a wee smile to himself when he heard that the Wallabies had banned referring to their World Cup final opponents as “the All Blacks.”It must have been around four World Cups ago that the great guru of Scottish rugby was said to
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Christian Nade thanks "murderer" fitness coach for Hamilton return
Christian Nade feels he will be ready to hit the ground running when he gets back in the Hamilton team - thanks to their "murderer" fitness coach. Nade has had to come off the bench in the past five games but has credited Accies sports scientist
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Antiques Roadshow finds most valuable item in show's history
The Antiques Roadshow has found the most valuable item in the show's four decade history, worth over £1 million. The item, described by producers as "a world famous piece owned by a sporting institution", was discovered in North Yorkshire.
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Rhino Tswane arrives at new Blair Drummond Safari Park home
An adult rhino has been transferred to a new home in Scotland, with a view to producing offspring in the near future. Female southern white rhino Tswane has arrived at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling and will join Graham and Dot, both
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Students charged illegal fees by letting agencies
STUDENTS are routinely being charged illegal administration, credit check and deposit fees by letting agencies, a new survey shows.An investigation of the rental housing market in Glasgow found some agencies were charging up to £60 to carry out a credit
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn prepared to take fight for British steel to China
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he is prepared to travel to Beijing to confront the Chinese government about cheap imports of steel which are being partly blamed for hundreds of job losses in the UK. Mr Corbyn said so-called "dumping" of steel
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Bertie Ahern: Relations between ministers could suffer if UK leaves EU
Relations between British and Irish ministers could suffer if the UK leaves the EU, a former Taoiseach has warned. Bertie Ahern said the chemistry between partners could change if the European connection and side meetings in Brussels were lost.
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Africa's vulture populations under threat, conservation group warns
Four of Africa's 11 vulture species have been listed as critically endangered this year on an international "red list" of species under threat, a conservation group has said.BirdLife International said the species are the hooded vulture, the
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David Cameron vows to step up renegotiation of EU terms
Negotiations over Britain's future in the European Union will ramp up in the coming weeks, David Cameron has said. Leaders of some of the EU countries which back calls for reform of the 28-nation bloc have said they are yet to see details of the
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Good Day for domestic Celtic rugby; Bad Day for campaign to treat minnow better
Good DayFor Welsh, Celtic and Pro12 Rugby as his selection for the Newport Gwent Dragons this weekend seems to confirm that Talupe Faletau, one of the outstanding performers in Wales’ heroic World Cup bid, has shown the right attitude after being forced
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Gazza given restraining order for harassing ex-girlfriend
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been fined and made subject to a restraining order after he pleaded guilty to sending a series of abusive tweets, phone calls and messages to his ex-girlfriend. The 48-year-old also pleaded guilty at
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SNP 'showing faux outrage' over power devolution plans
The UK Government has suggested the SNP curbs its "faux outrage" over proposals to devolve more powers to Scotland. Commons Leader Chris Grayling insisted the Conservatives remain confident they are delivering what they promised in the wake of
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Labour accuses Nicola Sturgeon over £2.7bn student 'debt mountain'
Nicola Sturgeon has come under fire over support for students, with Labour claiming the "debt monster the SNP once promised to dump" is now a £2.7 billion debt mountain. Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the total value of student debt
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Teenager charged over schoolboy's death
A TEENAGE boy has been arrested in connection with the death of Bailey Gwynne who was stabbed at school. Bailey, 16, was taken to hospital with serious injuries after an incident at Cults Academy in Aberdeen at 1.30pm on Wednesday. He died
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Ferrie Files: And Another Thing - Hadden plan vital to helping Scottish players get it right
To some extent it is innate and quality coaching can hone it but the capacity to make correct decisions when under pressure is largely learned behaviour from being repeatedly put in such situations which is why players from countries with superior
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Number of elderly Scots to rise by 85% in next 24 years
The number of Scots aged 75 or over is predicted to increase by 85 per cent in the next 24 years A new report by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) reveals that by 2039, there will be 800,000 Scots aged 75 or over. Scotland's population
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Rory McIlroy digging deep at Turkish Airlines Open
Former world number one Rory McIlroy showed off his powers of recovery as he looked to boost his chances of finishing the season as European number one for the third time in four years in the Turkish Airlines Open. McIlroy has a lead of 271,214
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Ferrie Files: Talking Point - Knowing how to get it right under pressure gives Aussies a chance
Four minutes to go in the World Cup quarter-final and, a former Howe of Fife player having scored a vital try against them, Australia were facing a shock World Cup exit. What happened next has gone down in the folklore of Australian rugby and has
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Beheaded Scots aid worker Khalil Dale was unlawfully killed
A Dumfries-based Red Cross worker who “shone a light in the darkness” was unlawfully killed in Pakistan, a coroner has said. Khalil Dale, 60, was working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) when he was abducted in Quetta in
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Police detain man over "suspicious" death of 29-year-old woman
A man has been detained by police after the death of a woman at a house in West Lothian. The 29-year-old died yesterday at a property in Mid Calder. Officers said the death was being treated as suspicious. A Police Scotland spokesman said:
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China allows all couples to have two children
China's ruling Communist Party has decided to allow all couples to have two children, abolishing a policy that limited many urban couples to only one child for more than three decades. The decision is the most significant easing of family planning
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Nicola Sturgeon reveals "shock" over Cults Academy stabbing
The First Minister has spoken of her "shock and sadness" over the fatal stabbing of Bailey Gwynne as she gave an assurance over safety in Scotland's schools. Nicola Sturgeon said the thoughts of MSPs at Holyrood were with the 16-year-old's loved
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Find out which FAMOUS politician made a Scottish schoolgirl fall asleep in Number 10
A Scottish schoolgirl made an exciting trip to meet one of the most famous politicians in Britain — and promptly nodded off. The Barrhead News reports Lauren Cosgrove, age nine, was a guest at the most famous address in London as she prepared to
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Financial adviser jailed for killing baby daughter Olivia
A father who killed his baby daughter before trying to murder a little boy was jailed for 12 years today. Ian Ruddock, 34, from Shawlands, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow for killing his five-week-old daughter Olivia. The financial
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Mhairi Black challenges Ian Duncan Smith over food banks & devolved welfare powers
BRITAIN'S youngest MP Mhairi Black has challenged Iain Duncan Smith over the link between welfare cuts and food bank use. The SNP MP's challenge came as the work and pensions secretary revealed plans to put job advisers in food banks, while trialling
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Is time being called on the traditional pint?
IT is as quintessentially part of these islands as fish and chips, complaining about the weather or cups of tea. But after a century as the beer drinker's vessel and measurement of choice, the traditional pint is facing competition as new pub habits
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Alex Salmond expresses outrage over nine month Iraq Inquiry report wait
THE continuing delay in the publication of the report by the £10 million Iraq Inquiry, now set for next summer, has been branded “outrageous” by Alex Salmond, the former First Minister. As relatives of the fallen said they would have to endure
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Candlelit vigil as thousands support tributes to teenager killed at Aberdeen school
A candlelit vigil is to be held in Aberdeen following the death of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed by another teenager while at school. Bailey Gwynne's death, which happened at Cults Academy, is being treated as murder. Meanwhile "Acts of
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Jailed Saudi blogger wins prize
A Saudi blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Muslim clerics has won the European Union's Sakharov Prize for human rights.Raif Badawi was honoured with the award as a symbol of the fight for freedom of speech after a vote
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Regional airports in Scotland record 31% rise in passenger numbers
The number of passengers passing through Scotland's regional airports has increased as a strong run of growth for the operator continues. The 11 airports handled a total of 410,875 passengers from July to September - up 3.1% compared to the same
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Commercial property: Major coup as KPMG plans move in Glasgow
Accountancy giant’s interest in St Vincent Plaza is a ‘game changer’ for city’s business zone. By Bob Serafini In a property deal that could force a re-think on what constitutes Glasgow city centre business district, one of the world’s big four
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Shell's profits hit by big Arctic, Canadian write-offs
By Karolin Schaps and Ron BoussoRoyal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported a hefty $8.2 billion charge, equivalent to around 5 percent of its market value, due to write-offs on projects in the Alaskan Arctic and Canada as Europe's biggest oil producer grapples
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Nicola Sturgeon chuffed by new-look Flying Scotsman train
A new-look train for the Flying Scotsman route has been unveiled during a ceremony in Edinburgh attended by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Virgin Trains, which runs a four-hour express service from the Scottish capital to London, has re-liveried
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Commercial property: In brief
A round-up of all the latest moves in Scotland, by Bob Serafini Next moves out of town Retail chain Next is fitting out a 35,000 sq ft flagship store at Kingsgate Shopping Park, East Kilbride. The firm, advised by Culverwell, will occupy
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Barclays profits slump after £290m foreign exchange charge
Barclays' third quarter profits fell around 10 per cent as it revealed a £290 million foreign exchange charge.Shares were down more than five per cent in early trading as the banking giant announced pre-tax profits of £1.43 billion for the three months
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Playtech says confident of full-year growth
Gambling technology company Playtech has said it is confident about achieving strong growth in 2015 after a good start to the fourth quarter. Playtech shares jumped five per cent on Thursday, making it the top gainer on the FTSE-250 midcap index
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China to end one-child policy
China decides to end decades-long one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children for the first time for 36 years. China’s ruling Communist Party is said to have agreed to lift its more than three-decade-old draconian policy as President
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Theatre review: The Choir, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow - Paul Higgins and Ricky Ross' new musical
Theatre The Choir, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Neil Cooper Four stars It's fitting that Paul Higgins and Ricky Ross' new musical play is set in the shabby, wood-panelled walls of a Wishaw community hall. For among the chairs that sit as mismatched
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Theatre review: The Forest at Platform, The Bridge, Glasgow
THEATREThe ForestPlatform, The Bridge, GlasgowMary BrennanFOUR STARSFrozen Light are very specific when it comes to their intended audience: this small, impressively resourceful group make work especially for people with PMLD – that is, people with profound
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Review: Matt Forde, The Stand, Glasgow. Getting the political party started
Matt Forde, The Stand, Glasgow Lewis McKenzie, five stars At The Stand, Glasgow, Matt Forde delivered a tremendous performance, encapsulating the politics of modern day Britain in his show, "Get the Political Party Started". In a year
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Homelessness charity founder to be Church of Scotland moderator
The founder of a homeless charity has been chosen as the Church of Scotland's moderator designate. The Reverend Dr Russell Barr, who set up Edinburgh-based Fresh Start more than 15 years ago is to be the next moderator of the General Assembly
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Six-year-old boy dies in Renfrewshire crash
A six-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car as he crossed a Renfrewshire road. The boy was struck by a Peugeot 407 while walking across Cumberland Road in Greenock at 5.15pm on Wednesday. He was rushed to Inverclyde Royal Hospital
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What links Michelle Mone with a Rangers star's girlfriend?
What links Michelle Mone and the girlfriend of Rangers midfielder Barrie McKay? It turns out it is Ultimo, the lingerie company Ms Mone founded. Megan Fitzpatrick, who was spotted by Scotland's top model agency Colours through an Instagram picture
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Camley's Cartoon on Thursday, October 29
Here is award-winning cartoonist Steven Camley's latest cartoon. To see more of Steven Camley's cartoons or to buy, go here.
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Boy, 6, dies after being hit by vehicle in Greenock
A YOUNG boy has died after being hit by a vehicle collided.The child - who is understood to be around six-years-old - was struck by a vehicle in Cumberland Road, Greenock.He was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save him.It happened at around
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A third of all boardroom positions should be given to women, government told
A THIRD of all board seats in Britain's biggest companies should be occupied by women, a key report on gender equality has said. The government-backed Davies Review says British business still had to "get their house in order" despite the reaching
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Police seize Newsnight journalist's laptop using terror powers
The laptop of a Newsnight journalist has been seized by police using powers under the Terrorism Act, the BBC has said. Secunder Kermani, who has interviewed British-born jihadis and so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters, was forced by officers
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Moray Council needs "demonstrable leadership" to find spending cuts says watchdog
Councillors in a local authority need to show "demonstrable leadership" in a bid to cut spending by more than £16 million in the next two years, according to public spending watchdogs. The Accounts Commission has called on elected members at Moray
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Scottish steel taskforce to meet for first time
The Scottish steel taskforce which aims to rescue the country's last two major steelworks is to meet for the first time. It was created after steel firm Tata announced the mothballing of its operations at Lanarkshire sites Dalzell and Clydebridge
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Historic team silver for Great Britain men at 2015 World Gymnastics Championships
GREAT Britain has won a historic silver medal at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. Japan took gold with reigning world champions China suffering a surprise defeat to finish the evening in bronze at the SSE Hydro. In the end
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Liam Craig backs Michael O'Halloran for Scotland call
IT is perhaps Michael O’Halloran’s misfortune that the Scottish national team currently has no fixtures scheduled until their opening World Cup qualifying match next September. Tommy Wright, his manager at St Johnstone, described O’Halloran the other
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Lynn Adams
Publican and campaignerBorn: December 12, 1958;Died: October 21, 2015LYNN Adams, who has died aged 57, was a publican and licensed trade campaigner, who for two decades fought to achieve the level playing field she passionately felt pub tenants deserved.Described
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Healthcare providers must improve cyber secutity
Neil AndersonWhile the repercussions of the recent Talk Talk breach continue to percolate, it is worth considering what other organisations store vast volumes of personal data on us, and how well they can protect that data. We don’t hear much about healthcare
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Role of parents is crucial in education
John McLellan Nothing gets middle class parents going quite like the quality, or usually the lack of it, at their children’s school. Ok, maybe property prices. So the new Edinburgh University report about the Scottish comprehensive system
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Dugdale's chance to take Scottish Labour into new territory
Can it really be only a year since Johann Lamont resigned as Labour's Scottish leader, describing the party as “branch office” and some Labour MPs as “dinosaurs”? So much seems to have happened since then. There's Jim Murphy for a start – who was
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Beer of the Week: Boundary Brewing
Some people were destined to brew, as if their friends and family, summer jobs and trips abroad, right choices and bad ones all pointed towards a career in beer. And so it seems with Matthew Dick, brewer and founder of the Belfast-based Boundary
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Carer puts First Minister on the spot over "ridiculous cuts"
A CARER has tackled First Minister Nicola Sturgeon about council funding shortages - saying the support package her loved one receives is being slashed. Lorraine Allan, who helps look after a former partner who suffered a serious brain injury,
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Jack Nicklaus redraws Aberdeenshire golf course after estate wildlife row
GOLFING legend Jack Nicklaus and his design time have redrawn a controversial golf course to protect ancient woodland. The developer behind the transformation of Ury Estate, near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, announced that a number of measures
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Letters: Hare today, groan tomorrow
YET another level of pretentious gastronomy has been revealed courtesy of (“Chef goes wild as he makes custard out of hare's blood", The Herald, October 28 ". Some will be angered, others revulsed, but most will be non-plussed by the "guerrilla dining
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Tennent's owner warns drink-drive change will cut profits
C&C GROUP, the owner of Tennent’s Lager, has highlighted the continuing impact of Scotland’s tougher drink-driving laws as its first-half profits slumped by 9.5 per cent. And the brewer warned that the lower drink-drive limit, alongside other
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Checklist: 10 things to do across Scotland this weekend
Dancing at the Zombie Zoo Edinburgh Zoo, Sat A rare opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of Edinburgh Zoo after dark as part of this spine-chilling special event. The evening starts with a last torchlit look around Dinosaurs Return
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Film review: Under Milk Wood: Classic tale with a Welsh heart
Under Milk Wood (15) Three stars With: Rhys Ifans, Charlotte Church, Gareth Edwards. Dir: Kevin Allen Runtime: 87 minutes ON going to the cinema this weekend, you may notice a dearth of new releases, unusual in these days of 18-screen multiplexes
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Alison Rowat film reviews: Taxi Tehran; Black Souls; The Vatican Tapes
Taxi Tehran (12A) Four stars Dir: Jafar Panahi Runtime: 82 minutes IRANIAN filmmaker Jafar Panahi once again defies the ban imposed on him by authorities to deliver a slice of life, Tehran-style. Posing as a taxi driver, the helmer of The White
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Warning Scotland will have to import energy from England
SCOTLAND will become dependent on energy imported from England unless it can move away from "emotional and politically motivated" rows over wind farms, nuclear power and fracking, one of the country's leading engineers has warned. Professor Gary
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Film: Malala - the girl the Taliban shot in the head - tells her story
ALISON ROWAT SHE is the most famous teenager in the world, but her standing is not due to YouTube videos, being the daughter of rich, prominent parents, or other features of the celebrity age. On 9 October, 2012, Malala Yousafzai, 15-years-old
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Film: John Crowley on bringing Colm Toibin's Broooklyn to the big screen
WHEN left his native Ireland everything was going his way. The theatre director, already enjoying a toasty career in Dublin, had been offered shows at the National and the Donmar in London. His brother was already in the Smoke. Ryanair had just got
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Film review: Kill Your Friends - Music industry mayhem from John Niven book
Kill Your Friends (CTBC) Three stars With: Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts Dir: Owen Harris Runtime: 100 minutes LOTS of boys behaving very badly feature in Owen Harris’s slick adaptation of the titular novel by John Niven. Ayrshire lad Irvine
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Edinburgh workers protest at council gates as strike looms
Hundreds of local government workers across Edinburgh are demonstrating at the city chambers over against proposals for 2,000 redundancies by next May. Unite the union said the cuts are being pushed through as Edinburgh City Council seeks to make savings
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Cameron dodges Corbyn question over tax credits not once but six times
DAVID Cameron refused six times to say whether or not he could give a “cast-iron guarantee” that no-one would be worse off from next April following the planned £4.4 billion tax credit cuts.Jeremy Corbyn failed to pin the Prime Minister down and was told
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Standard Life makes progress amid volatile markets
STANDARD Life has enjoyed strong growth in the latest quarter amid volatile market conditions as pension reforms in the UK boosted demand for its products.The Edinburgh-based life and pensions giant grew total assets under management by £2.4 billion in
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Our colleges have been financially slaughtered to protect universities
I NOTE with some incredulity that Nicola Sturgeon declared that Scotland's colleges are now “fit for purpose” at the opening of the City of Glasgow College's new building on the Clyde (“Importance of college education in clear focus as Sturgeon opens
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Already beaten
ACCORDING to the chairwoman of the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), Sara Thornton, and Craig Mackey, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, routine bobbies on the beat have come to an end. What next? An announcement that Elvis Presley
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Aberdeen oil services firm makes record profit despite crude price slump
PLEXUS Holdings, the well technology firm, has achieved record profits in a year when the oil and gas industry was rocked by the plunge in the crude price.Aberdeen-based Plexus made £5.9 million pre-tax profit in the year to June compared with £5.4m in
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Maven hails return for investors after XPD8 sale to John Crane
MAVEN Capital Partners, the Glasgow-based private equity house, has sold energy services business XPD8 Solutions to John Crane Group.The value of the deal was not disclosed, but Maven said the sale of Aberdeen-based XPD8 to John Crane, a division of the
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How we can help alleviate loneliness
I READ with interest your front-page article on loneliness, now endemic in our society, and the moving examples cited in the article of the lengths some older people are subjecting themselves to, simply for a bit of company( “The scourge of loneliness
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Farmers relieved by European Parliament decision on genetically modified feed
The EU Food and Feed Chain partners have expressed their relief at yesterday's decision of the European Parliament to reject the European Commission's trade-distorting proposals aimed at allowing EU member states to opt-out from authorised Genetically
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Ethical finance hub launches at Heriot-Watt
AN ethical finance hub is being launched in Scotland and will be based at Heriot-Watt University.The Scottish Ethical Finance Hub (SEFH) is receiving up to £50,000 of Scottish Government funding as well as industry support including from the Islamic Finance
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Arts News: Kosmos Ensemble, Andrew Kennedy, The Henry Girls, Kirsty Law
Kosmos Ensemble, the chamber music group with no borders, returns to Scotland this week for a series of concerts.The group, which comprises violinist Harriet Mackenzie, violist Meg Hamilton and accordionist Miloš Milivojevi?, who recently appeared on
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The Bottom Line
HeadlineSIR Howard Davies, hosting his first event as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman on Tuesday night, claimed he would have themed it around the Rugby World Cup if as an Englishman he hadn’t lost interest in the tournament so quickly.He went on
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Profits leap at Edinburgh-based J Smart
J SMART & Co, the Edinburgh-based construction firm, has seen profits more than double in its latest financial year.The company, which builds private homes, social housing and commercial properties, lifted underlying pre-tax profits to £3.7 million in
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Norway is not the answer on Europe
Campaigners for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union often argue that trade would be unaffected by a historic upheaval. In their reckoning, continued access to the single market is a formality. The UK’s business is too valuable, so
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Buck must not be passed on care
With justification, the First Minister has described the integration of health and social care as one of the most significant reforms affecting the National Health Service in Scotland since its founding. High hopes and sheer necessity are combined in
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A state that believes in unbounded sovereignty
OTTO Inglis (Letters, October 26) is correct in voicing his fears of the Scottish Government's authoritarian tendencies and contempt for civil liberties. Why were the warning lights not flashing long ago as we saw its agenda unmasked with successive encroachments
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Speed cameras have improved behaviour
DURING my regular trips on the A9 I have noticed a marked improvement in driving behaviour since the speed cameras went live. I find it incredible that campaigners are suggesting that travelling at the speed limit is slowing them down when the roads are
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As taxpayers, Catholic parents are entitled to choice
MY initial reactions to the letter from Christine Goldie on denominational schools (October 27) were of perplexity, anger, and finally laughter. Without being specific to the case of St Joseph's (as Ms Goldie's letter wasn't) the reason d'être for denominational
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Letters: Either we have a future without nuclear weapons, or no future at all
KEITH Howell (Letters, October 28) claims that a majority of the public favour a multilateral position, which is true enough. The only problem is, multilateralism simply does not exist. No British nuclear weapon has ever even been put on the negotiation
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The Diary: What Francie and Josie thought of Cats, and what the Catholic Archbishop told the Church of Scotland
WE mentioned the flak Andrew Lloyd Webber received for flying in from New York to back the Government on cutting tax credits to the poor. Rab C Nesbitt author Ian Pattsion reminds us: "Years ago at the Glasgow premiere of Lloyd Webber's 'Cats' at
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Clydesdale Bank boss highlights staff excitement about February flotation
THE chief executive of Clydesdale Bank has said staff are excited at the prospect of an independent future and outlined how the branch network will remain a core part of its offering.David Duffy, who joined Clydesdale at the start of June, is confident
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The Bottom Line
Kiwis rub it inSIR Howard Davies, hosting his first event as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman on Tuesday night, claimed he would have themed it around the Rugby World Cup if as an Englishman he hadn’t lost interest in the tournament so quickly.He
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When Laurel and Hardy were mobbed in Glasgow
THE most famous bowler-hatted gentlemen in the world Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy visiting Glasgow where they met up with Jack Graham whom they knew from their early music hall days. Stan - who grew up in Rutherglen - appeared twice at Glasgow's Empire
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Obituary: Philip French, film critic
Philip FrenchFilm CriticBorn: August 28, 1933Died: October 27, 2015Philip French, the film critic who has died at the age of 82, estimated that he had watched more than 14,000 films in his lifetime. He could be relied on to have something interesting
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Poem of the Day: Fireweed by John Glenday
IN this sample from his wide-ranging new collection, John Glenday recalls how the steam engines of old could spark off rosebay willowherb, that coloniser of railway banks and abandoned areas. (Extracted from The Golden Mean, published by Picador at £9.99
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Scottish Chambers: 'Amber warning light' on economy
SCOTTISH Chambers of Commerce has declared that its latest economic survey, which shows much weaker manufacturing growth and declining confidence among services firms, is an “amber warning light” for the UK and Scottish Governments.The business organisation