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My flying machine: Hannah Dines, on course for Tokyo 2020 before disaster struck, shares her incredible journey
MY mum was legendary. She made the slide. I was on the top bunk; I was the oldest and I was the only one who was allowed to use it. It was my big sister privilege to pull myself up it with my arms and slide down and no one else’s. The fact I couldn
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Heavyweight Gary Cornish warms up for British title bout with hard-fought win in Paisley
INVERNESS heavyweight Gary Cornish last night warmed up for his forthcoming British title fight with a hard-fought points win over Kamil Sokolowski in Paisley. Cornish, fighting for the first time since joining up with trainer Billy Nelson and management
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Partick Thistle 2 Hamilton 0: Deadly Doolan climbs off the bench to win it for Thistle
Football managers are forever telling you that the result matters more than the performance, and this afternoon at Firhill certainly fit that description for Partick Thistle.Super-sub Kris Doolan headed home a second-half double to secure a priceless
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Anti-Brexit campaigners stage go-slow amid Irish hard border fears
Anti-Brexit campaigners have brought traffic to a crawl on the main road between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A convoy of protesters staged a noisy motorway go-slow near Dundalk in Co Louth using lorries and tractors to highlight
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Woman killed and baby injured in car crash
A woman has died and a baby has been injured in a collision. The 23-year-old died following a one-vehicle crash on the A92 near Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, at around 11am. A 13-month-old baby who was in the vehicle suffered minor injuries and
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Apathy is winning the battle for Stoke on Trent Central
APATHY is winning the battle for Stoke on Trent Central.On a dull, damp day in Hanley in the heart of the constituency, local shoppers appear to be suffering from a bad case of a by-election chill.“I couldn’t care less who wins, it'll make no difference
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Blair's calls to overturn Brexit decision 'unhelpful', says Corbyn
Tony Blair's call for pro-Europeans to form a new cross-party movement to reverse the outcome of the EU referendum is unhelpful, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The Labour leader urged the former prime minister to "respect the result" of the vote to leave
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Corbyn: UKIP offers 'nothing, nothing, nothing' on housing, schools and care
Jeremy Corbyn used a campaign visit to Stoke to accuse Ukip of "trading on prejudice" as the party's leader Paul Nuttall faced fresh questions about claims made on his website. The Labour leader spoke to his party's activists ahead of Thursday's
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May agrees to meet Peugeot boss to discuss purchase of General Motors
The Prime Minister is set to meet the chief executive of the PSA Group to discuss Peugeot's proposals to buy General Motors' European operation, including Vauxhall. Theresa May has received a request for a meeting with Carlos Tavares to discuss
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Sturgeon leads tributes to Motor Neurone Disease campaigner Gordon Aikman
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) campaigner Gordon Aikman will remain an inspiration whose work will continue to make a "huge difference for others in the future". First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and former chancellor
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1000 newly-hatched chicks found by abandoned in field
Around 1,000 day-old chicks have been abandoned in a field. RSPCA inspectors said members of the public made the discovery of the newly-hatched chickens in a field in Crowland, near Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire on Friday. Many of the chicks
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Calls for Scottish Government to shelve new business rates plan
INDUSTRY leaders and politicians are uniting to call for controversial new business rates to be shelved. Ahead of a summit with the Scottish Government, business figures again warned that failing to put the brakes on the proposed changes would
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COMMERCIAL FEATURE: .scot providing Scots with an online identity
Considering a branding refresh or new website? Then you might want to take a good look at the name you use online. .scot is the top-level domain for Scotland that exists to provide Scots an online identity. From businesses to blogs, a .scot domain
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Murder probe launched after man found dead in Glasgow
A MURDER investigation has been launched after a man was found dead in Glasgow yesterday. The 46-year-old was discovered within a property in the Castlemilk area of the city on Friday afternoon. Officers were called to a property in Stonebank
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Death of 23-year-old Chapelton man not being treated as suspicious
The death of a young man in a house in Chapelton is not being treated as suspicious, police have said. The body of Christopher Adams, 23, was discovered in the South Lanarkshire village on February 9. The death was initially treated as unexplained
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Motorist dies following three-vehicle collision in the Borders
A man has died in a crash between two cars and a lorry. The collision happened on the A1 near Eyemouth in the Borders at around 12.40am on Saturday. READ MORE: Rural teacher crisis ‘made worse’ by Attainment Scotland Fund Police said it
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Herald Sport Diary: Agendas, mad managers, offensive hair and Tom Rogic songs
SUPPORTERS of both Celtic and Rangers were left fuming this week when Mark McGhee claimed there was an agenda against Motherwell. Sorry, but the feeling everyone is against you when they aren’t has been the shtick of the Glasgow clubs long before
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Celtic playing the long game with Leigh Griffiths to ensure he doesn't break down again
BRENDAN RODGERS last night revealed Celtic will not rush Leigh Griffiths back into the first-team for fear the striker breaks down again with another injury.However, the good news for the Parkhead boss is that Stuart Armstrong returns from three weeks
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The life story of Celtic defender Dedryck Boyata makes your root for a man who came from nothing
DEDRYCK BOYATA was born into and now lives in a place called the real world.It's not somewhere everyone in his profession is wholly familiar with.This is a man who came from nothing to make absolutely something of himself in football. Those who he
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Exclusive Interview: How Scott Arfield learned by text about his international bow at Easter Road - against Scotland
THE text message from interim Canada manager Mike Findlay was short and to the point. He had just finalised the arrangements for next month's friendly with Scotland at Easter Road and wanted be the first to break the news to Scott Arfield that he
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Exclusive: Scott Arfield on Joey Barton - Rangers' loss will be Burnley's gain
SCOTT Arfield feels that Rangers' loss is Burnley's gain when it comes to Joey Barton. The combustible 34-year-old midfielder, who departed Ibrox in a storm of controversy in November just months into a two-year deal, has wasted little time in
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Exclusive: I have nothing to prove in Canada friendly but some of my family will never understand my decision - Scott Arfield
SCOTT Arfield told Herald Sport last night that he feels he has "nothing to prove" when he lines up for Canada against Scotland in an Easter Road friendly next month but revealed that some of his family will never understand his decision to
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Obituary - Philip Bond, actor and star of The Onedin Line
Actor and star of The Onedin LineBorn: November 1st 1934Died: January 17th 2017THE actor Philip Bond, who has died aged 82, enjoyed a distinguished career as a television actor. He largely played character parts but flourished when given the opportunity
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Obituary - Donnie Ross, shinty player and accomplished sheepdog trainer
Shinty playerBorn: March 21, 1936;Died: January 22, 2017DONNIE Ross, who has died aged 80, was an extremely well known figure in Badenoch in the Highlands through his long involvement in many areas of community life. He was an outstanding shinty player
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Analysis: Why shipbuilders take the long view
Few people take as long a view as Clyde shipbuilders. The men and women who design, build and fit out some of the world's most complex warships cannot afford not to. After all, it can take decades between the first electronic draft of a new frigate
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Going in to bat for your country in an unlikely setting
THERE is a timeless quality in this picture of opening batsmen going out to represent Scotland. You feel that they could have been pictured at any time in the last 100 years, but it is in fact 1960.The two gentlemen who are setting off to the wicket are
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Major investment scrapped at Upper Clyde's last yards
SHIPBUILDING in Scotland will wither in the global marketplace, it has been claimed, after BAE Systems scaled back much-vaunted investment plans that would have been a “game-changer” for the industry The defence giant has confirmed it will no longer
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Scottish actress plays her biggest role yet
SHE is the privileged Scots public schoolgirl whose handful of Hollywood credits failed to make her a household name at home or in Tinseltown. But this week Louise Linton was cast in a starring role in the unfolding Donald Trump drama, holding
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First Minister to lead tributes to ex-Better Together policy boss who died of motor neurone disease
THE FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be among those paying tribute at a memorial service for motor neurone disease patient and campaigner, Gordon Aikman today (Saturday). The former policy boss at the Better Together campaign, who was diagnosed
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Watch: SNP film sparks broadcast regulator privacy probe after farmer's complaint
BBC Scotland faces a fine of up to £250,000 as the broadcast regulator confirmed it had was investigating an SNP party political broadcast on which a farmer appeared without his knowledge. Ofcom has confirmed that they are progressing the complaint
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Economy fears as sales fall and prices increase
WEAK UK retail sales figures for January have fuelled fears of economic slowdown, amid worries that consumers are struggling with price rises resulting in large part from sterling’s tumble since the Brexit vote.Figures published by the Office for National
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Kevin McKenna: Heaven forfend should Trump succeed in muzzling the press
THERE was a point early in Donald J Trump’s extraordinary press conference on Thursday when it began to look like the US President was channelling Groucho Marx as Rufus T Firefly in Duck Soup. In one of the many gloriously riotous exchanges in
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The friendly society
IT was heartening to note the acclaim justifiably accorded the late Cathy Paver (“Tributes to shoe tycoon who started with £200 sofa loan”, The Herald, February 10). In particular the duping of her then bank manager in authorising her business start-up
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Whickers in a twist
ENJOYABLE and informative as they can be, I'm getting a bit concerned about the number of celebrity travel films on TV at the moment. On Tuesday (February 14) we had Robson Green exploring the route from Stornaway to Barra; tonight (February 17) it
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20,000 patients breach A&E waiting time at Glasgow super-hospital
ALMOST 20,000 patients have had waiting times which breached the four-hour A&E target at Glasgow's flagship super-hospital since it opened its doors in May 2015, figures have shown. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital has only achieved the Scottish
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Dismay over slipway closure
EVERY boat owner registered with Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Authority was informed by letter that authority is closing the Milarrochy Bay slipway. In its letter it states that “the relatively low numbers of craft being launched from Milarrochy
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Letters: Rates problems are down to the SNP's usual lack of consultation
HERE we go again, the SNP’s rates revaluation as highlighted in your The Great Rates Revolt series (The Herald, February 14, 15, 16 & 17) follows its tried and trusted model: policy formation behind closed doors, an absence of meaningful consultation,
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Tom Gordon: The best-laid conferences gang aft agley
FOR those enjoying this week’s spring recess at Holyrood and the slightly muted volume on Brexit and a second independence referendum, I bring terrible news. The conference season is coming. A month of pre-election gatherings kicks off next weekend, and
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ScotRail paying a price for delays and service standards
IF bad news travels fast, chances are it is not going by ScotRail. The bad news just in is that the train operator spent nearly £600,000 to recompense passengers beset by delays or poor quality service between April and December last year. The majority
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Rural teacher crisis ‘made worse’ by attainment fund
FUNDS to close the attainment gap between rich and poor are exacerbating the teacher recruitment crisis in rural schools, councils have warned. A group of local authorities representing areas across the north of Scotland said job opportunities
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School sex education "should include discussion of pornography"
WOMEN want pornography to be discussed as part of school sex education lessons, a study has found.The research also suggested the subject should include topics such as masturbation and the fact sex could be enjoyable.The survey by Edinburgh-based social
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Travel: on Van Morrison's trail to Coney Island
Mo Mowlam's vision for Stormont was for the acres of ground to serve families and the wider public. At first glance the extensive white house on the hill, flanked by rows of ancient trees, doesn't look open to anyone apart from broadcasters with
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Root camp: what to look for when buying new plants
Choosing new plants is a huge decision for gardeners. With enough space and time, it’s always more rewarding and cheaper to grow many plants from seed, but with shrubs and a lot of other perennials you should let nurseries do the hard graft for you.You
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Herald essay: Divorce case highlights why Scots law is streets ahead
HOW easy should it be to get a divorce? I ask this not because I’m seeking one – I’m not married – but because this often thorny issue raised its head earlier this week when Tini Owens, a 65-year-old from Worcestershire, went to the Court of Appeal pleading
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A feast of Orcadian talent
THE PIER Pier Arts Centre in Stromness has been mounting a biennial show of recent Orcadian graduates since it opened in 1979. A platform for new artists, it is all-inclusive and non-selective. “We try to include everyone if we can,” says Pier curator
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Anthony Burgess at 100
Sean BellTRYING to explain Anthony Burgess, even 23 years after his death, is an anxious exercise; there are too many books, so many legends, and no matter how much one analyses his career, it will always seem incomplete and inconclusive. Still, at the
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'Gimmicky but fun' - Ron Mackenna reviews The Duchess of Argyle, Glasgow
TO the west end of Glasgow, or rather Finnieston, which is the new west end anyway, where the troops are already squeezed on to barstools, cracking jokes and downing pints when I arrive. Banter, banter, slag, slag, chortle, chortle.Yes, I am late. Yes
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Technology: Sony PS-HX500 turntable
What is it?A vinyl turntable with added high-resolution recording.Hardcore music fanatics will tell you vinyl has never really gone away despite the uptake in digital downloads.A quick straw poll among family and friends, however, deduces that for a long
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Brutal but brilliant - Review: Someone Always Robs the Poor, by Carl MacDougall
Someone Always Robs the PoorCarl MacDougallFreight, £9.99Review by David RobinsonFEW people know more about Scottish short stories than Carl MacDougall. There are all those in the seven volumes of New Writing Scotland he has co-edited, those he has selected
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'A disturbing and haunting novel' – Review: The Good People, by Hannah Kent
The Good PeopleHannah KentPicador, £14.99Review by Shirley WhitesideBURIAL Rites, Hannah Kent’s much-lauded debut novel, left the Australian author with the unenviable task of trying to match its critical success with her next novel. As with her debut
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What It feels like to ... be an anti-abortion campaigner
Jamie McGowan, University of Strathclyde law student BETWEEN the ages of four and nine I lived in foster homes with other children, some of whom had been conceived through rape. In many cases a great deal of compassion is required but I believe
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Fidelma Cook: It still surprises me that storms visit here. I am never prepared
The once firmly tied parasol is dancing free in a tarantella of madness. Chairs are strewn beneath the table it covers when the heat rises to unmanageable peaks. There is little point in wasting energy to reel it in, even if I had the breath and
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Glasgow rock was re-born Lost in France
IN APRIL 1997, Scottish rock groups Mogwai, The Delgados, Arab Strap and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos bundled into a coach, then onto a ferry, and travelled to a music festival in France. According to legend, their trip to Mauron, Brittany, was
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The Herald Magazine recipe: gateau Pithivier with preserved morello cherries
Gateau Pithivier or king's cake originates from the village of Pithiviers just south of Paris and is classically eaten at Lent. Inside this version I have put my favourite preserved fruit, Griottines, which are small wild morello cherries preserved
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Sturgeon's Supreme Court intervention on Brexit cost taxpayers £140,000
NICOLA Sturgeon spent almost £140,000 of public money on a doomed intervention in the UK Supreme Court hearing on Article 50, it has emerged. The Scottish Government slipped out the figure last night in a written parliamentary answer. It showed
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Rates rises causing severe difficulty to Loch Lomond businesses
I HAVE been following with interest your excellent The Great Rates Revolt series (The Herald, February 14, 15, 16, 17) and wanted to draw your readers’ attention to some of the swingeing rises which some family-run tourism businesses are facing around
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UK government warned over bedroom tax
PEOPLE who benefit from the abolition of the bedroom tax could end up hit by the UK Government's benefit cap, according to Scotland's social security secretary Angela Constance.Because the 'tax' effectively cuts the income of those deemed
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Make rugby union 13 a side
DUNCAN Macintyre (Letters, February 16) is quite correct concerning the dangers of concussion in rugby football. Another concern is the long-term damage suffered by many front row forwards on account of the pressure in scrums. Players are getting bigger
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Ithaca Energy finally brings Stella field into production
ITHACA Energy has revealed it is now producing oil from its flagship Stella development in the central North Sea – days after it agreed to a $1.24 billion (£1bn) bid from Israel’s Delek Group, writes Scott Wright.The development is a significant milestone
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If English voters look north, they might be persuaded against the Conservatives
A MCCULLOCH (Letters, February 17) must know that those of us who voted SNP did so with our eyes wide open, knowing they would never form the government of the UK and that those of us who switched from Labour did so out of despair because we could see
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Alliance investors urged to back Elliot buyout
SHAREHOLDERS in Alliance Trust have warned they risk creating “major problems” at the Dundee investment house if they do not back the board’s proposal to buy out the stake of activist investor Elliot Advisors.ShareSoc has urged investors in the venerable
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Missed chance to boost Clyde yards
Recent Clyde shipbuilding has so often been a story of broken promises and short-term thinking. The news that defence giant BAE Systems is to downgrade its multi-million-pound investments at its facilities in Govan and Scotstoun, making for much smaller
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SNP Westminster leader and wife in cronyism row
SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson has been dragged into a cronyism row, after his wife's new PR company boasted it had “one of the best little black books in Scotland”.The claim was made by Elgin-based communications firm Spey, which was recently
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Unspun: The political diary
RUTH Davidson grabbed headlines for slagging off Donald Trump this week when she took part in the Women in the World event in Washington DC. We especially liked the bit where her interviewer claimed the President was Scottish. “Half Scottish!” she snapped
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Power One shines light on ambitions
POWER One Group, the LED street lighting specialist, has embarked on £3 million fundraising drive to underpin its growth ambitions.The Paisley-based company revealed it is running the rule over potential partnerships with venture capitalists, high net
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All aboard: Ardrossan fights to keep its Arran ferry service
THE waters down at Ardrossan harbour have witnessed no end of activity over the decades. For fully 182 years it has been the mainland port for Arran, 12 nautical miles away. But a threat to this has emerged from down the coast, from Troon. And if the
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Council may seek judicial review if Ardrossan loses Arran ferry route
CONTROVERSIAL plans to relocate one of Scotland’s busiest ferry crossings will be challenged in the law courts if approved, it has been warned.North Ayrshire Council chiefs have said they may seek a judicial review if the Scottish government switches
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Poem of the Day: March Hares by Andrew Young
AFTER Elizabeth Burns’s ancient mosaic hare in Wednesday’s daily poem, here is a description of the fascinating creatures in full life and vigour. The piece comes from Andrew Young’s Selected Poems (Carcanet, £9.95). The poet, who was born in Elgin and
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North East art partners
ABERDEEN'S Peacock Visual Arts Centre and the Barn at Banchory will, this month, collaborate for the first time on an exhibition of prints from some of the key artists Peacock has attracted to work in its studios. The prints themselves come from work
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Review – Revolting: How The Establishment Are Undermining Democracy....
Revolting: How The Establishment Are Undermining Democracy And What They’re Afraid OfMick HumeCollins, £6.99Review by Iain MacwhirterMIKE Hume says he is a passionate advocate of popular democracy and free speech. And God knows we need defenders of democracy
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Vietnam-era set alternative history – Review: Hystopia, by David Means
HystopiaDavid Means Faber & Faber, £8.99Review by Alastair MabbottALTERNATIVE histories are back in vogue, with SS-GB debuting on BBC1 and The Man In The High Castle now on its second season. David Means’ Hystopia adds an extra metafictional layer, the
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The Glasgow Underground 90s-style
LOST in France explores the rise and creativity of globally successful Glasgow acts such as Mogwai and Franz Ferdinand, but it also excavates countless cult-pop treasures from the city's mid-late 90s DIY underground.Art-punk miscreants Trout are given
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Can budgeting really help you manage your everyday money better?
Setting a budget is often seen as one of the simplest ways of getting your finances back on track – but does budgeting actually work?With the Christmas bills having thudded onto doormats and the squeeze from rising living costs expected to take a tighter
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'To be desired is always something any actress would want': Celia Imrie on Victoria Wood, growing older and making it in America
Celia Imrie on age: "I'm not mad about it. I'm not mad about being the age I am. But I have to be honest. It's become a bit fashionable to be my age, bizarrely." Now, at 64 years old, Celia Imrie has decided it's probably time she wooed America
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Calum Brewster: To what extent should we still listen to economists?
The UK economy has been unexpectedly resilient post Brexit. Most professional economists predicted that the UK would fall into recession should the electorate vote to exit the EU.Granted, the horizon does seem to be darkening a little for the UK’s all
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Could stocks and shares ISAs help close the savings gap?
YOUNG workers who struggle to save could build a £10,000 pot in seven years by saving £5 a day on shop-bought coffees or lunch.That is the claim from one provider of stocks and shares ISAs as the stock market booms ahead of a new tax year for ISAs. Fidelity
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The firm finding new ways to tell 8 Million Stories
LYNDSAY Menzies took a step into the unknown when, four years after she was part of the team that led search marketing agency Bigmouthmedia into a transformational deal with digital marketing firm LBi International, she broke away to form a new agency.Alongside
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Farming market round-up
Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 159 store heifers at Ayr on Thursday to a top of £1200 per head and 241.8p per kg to average £860.79 and 209.7p (-1.9p on the fortnight), while 269 store, beef-bred bullocks peaked at £1460 and 260p to level at £970.28 and
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Under-fire Ukip leader Nuttall lashes out at "almost evil smear campaign" over Hillsborough row
AN emotional Paul Nuttall has hit out at the “co-ordinated, cruel and almost evil smear campaign” launched against him in the row over claims on his website about his experience of the Hillsborough tragedy.The embattled Ukip leader has faced a fierce
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Norwegian street art festival to be staged in Aberdeen for the first time
Artists from France, London and Germany are among the first to be confirmed for the debut of the Nuart Festival in Aberdeen.The Nuart festival is coming to the UK for the first time, a celebration of street art.It will be held between April 14 and 16,
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Young artist wins leading prize with haunting depictions of Colditz
Haunting paintings of Colditz, home of the infamous prisoner of war camp, have helped a young painter win won of Scotland's leading art prizes.Frances Rokhlin, 24, has won the Glenfiddich Residency Award at the RSA New Contemporaries exhibition, for
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Trump still trying to persuade Harward to take key security role as third choice candidate looms
DONALD Trump is said to be still holding out hope that he can persuade retired vice admiral Robert Harward to change his mind and take on the key role of his National Security Adviser.The US President suffered another serious blow after the former Navy
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SNP seize on Blair's comments that case for Scottish independence is "much more credible" in light of Brexit vote
THE SNP leadership has seized on Tony Blair’s remarks that the case for Scottish independence was "much more credible" after the Brexit vote and that a second referendum was now “back on the agenda”.In a keynote speech in London for Open Britain
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Bowleven board continues tit-for-tat with activist investors
BOWLEVEN has claimed that its board of directors may have been defamed by activist shareholder Crown Ocean Capital (COC). The board of East Africa-focused Bowleven, led by chief executive Kevin Hart, also challenged a number of assertions made
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Blair re-emerges on Brexit to be met by praise and criticism in equal measure
HE’S back, with a vengeance. As Tony Blair conjured up his inner Arnie and returned to the political fray, urging voters to “rise up” against “Brexit at any cost,” one can imagine how the likes of Remainers Nick Clegg, Tim Farron and Chuka Umunna were
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Catriona Stewart: President Trump, Scotland has never wanted you more
Dear Donald, I have a confession to make. I signed the petition calling for your invitation to come to the UK on a state visit to be rescinded. It was a big mistake. The bigliest. On reflection, we don’t like bans. Maybe the other 1,857,847