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Jenkins reckons Murrayfield clash could be decisive for Lions spots
Today’s match will be crucial both in terms of this season’s Six Nations Championship and selection for this summer’s British & Irish Lions tour according to Wales kicking coach Neil Jenkins.The man who kicked the Lions to a series victory on their fabled
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Sandy's Sporting Memories are all the more valuable half a century after his Scotland debut
It would be easy to interpret the mood of the group of Glasgow gentlemen of a certain age gathered around one of Scotland’s greatest ever rugby players as sentimental at best, curmudgeonly at worst as they drew comparison between his playing days and
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Hodge suffers the blues as Edinburgh implode
DUNCAN Hodge, the interim head coach at Edinburgh, looked a broken man. The week that started with the news he had failed to land his dream job on a long-term basis ended with his team self destructing and effectively destroying the last lingering hopes
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Becoming an Olympian has just been a starting point for XCountry champ Potter
Beth Potter’s achievement in becoming an Olympian last year was an inspirational one, but for no-one more than the school-teacher herself it seems.For all the excitement inevitably generated among the youngsters at the London school at which she taught
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World Junior champ Mouat shocks senior rivals to reach final at Scottish Curling Champs
He never doubted that his team could go all the way when the Scottish Curling Championships got underway this week, but there was still an air of disbelief in Bruce Mouat’s reaction as they registered a three at the final end to turn their semi-final
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I know how the boot boys feel, says Scott Brown
Having chased shadows when Celtic were humbled in the Nou Camp earlier this season, Scott Brown has some sympathy for players finding themselves lunging into unsavoury tackles at Celtic Park.Kieran Tierney and Scott Sinclair have been on the receiving
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Graeme Murty: The Rangers board will "take their time" appointing a new manager - I expect to remain in charge
GRAEME Murty, the Rangers caretaker manager, last night revealed the Ibrox club would "take their time" appointing a permanent replacement for Mark Warburton despite suffering another costly defeat. The Ibrox club crashed to a 2-1 loss to bottom-placed
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Proud Scots tame Welsh dragon and break Six Nations hoodoo
Scotland won their first match in the Six Nations since 2010 after a superb performance against Wales at Broadwood Stadium.The Scots last claimed a victory in the tournament over seven years ago when they defeated France 10-8 at Lasswade.After this 15
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Of course we can win ... just don't leave it until the last kick
The last time I played against Wales at Murrayfield, Scotland scored the fastest try ever recorded in an international match. It was so quick, I was still singing Flower of Scotland when Duncan Hodge was taking the conversion!Joking aside, Scotland might
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Richard foster knows what makes former team-mate McCulloch tick
RICHARD Foster shared a dressing room with Lee McCulloch during two spells at Ibrox, so he knows what makes former Ranger captain “Jig” tick.But the St Johnstone defender is aiming to keep the interim Kilmarnock manager waiting for his first win since
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Musgrave shows real mettle in hunt for championship gold
It’s the part where he pushes himself to his absolute limit that Andrew Musgrave loves. It is widely accepted that cross-country skiing is one of the most physically brutal of all sports with athletes required to push themselves to breaking point in their
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Shows of sympathy for Ranieri as fairytale Leicester saga is quickly forgotten
THE news that Shakespeare was briefing the media yesterday on the Claudio Ranieri affair at Leicester was appropriate considering the near operatic scale of the tragedy which has unfolded in this corner of the East Midlands in the last few days. In fact
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Craig Clay urges shot-shy Motherwell midfielders to chip in as Paul Hartley guards against Dundee complacency
Craig Clay says that he and the rest of the Motherwell squad have to alleviate the goalscoring burden from the shoulders of star strikers Louis Moult and Scott McDonald.The midfielder has only netted once in 24 appearances for the Steelmen this season
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Warriors' untried prepare to be tested against Ospreys
WHEN your play-off ambitions are hanging by the most slender of threads and you are about to visit one of the teams who have been dominating the Guinness PRO12 all season, the last thing you want is to be blooding raw, untried players.That, though, is
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Anna Signeul faces selection crisis and could turn to non-native Vaila Barsley
SCOTLAND head coach Anna Signeul could call up English-born central defender Vaila Barsley to her squad for the four-game Cyprus Cup tournament. The players fly out tomorrow and Signeul is sweating on the fitness of Seattle Reign's Rachel Corsie.The
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Shay Logan insists he has little interest in Rangers and is not surprised about their on-field problems
SHAY Logan may be unconcerned over the difficulties facing Rangers off the pitch, but he insists that their on-field problems are unsurprising.He had watched enough Championship football last season to form the view that they would struggle not only to
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BEN TE'O TO START FOR ENGLAND AGAINST ITALY
Ben Te'o will start a Test for the first time after being named at outside centre for England's RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy at Twickenham on Sunday.Te'o replaces Jonathan Joseph, who has been omitted from the matchday 23, to form a new-look
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Johnny Sexton is not a target for France - Forwards coach Yannick Bru
JOHNNY SEXTON cannot wait to stand up to another RBS 6 Nations skirmish with France, according to Ireland defence coach Andy Farrell. Ireland’s linchpin fly-half will return from a month battling calf trouble for Saturday’s clash with Les Bleus
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Taylor cautiously optimistic over Ricky Burns bout in the future
JOSH Taylor, the Commonwealth Games gold medallist from Edinburgh, believes he is ready to step up in class after compiling an unblemished eight-fight record under the tutelage of ring legend Barry McGuigan.But while McGuigan has expressed a desire to
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Lindsay only has eyes for Thistle as he targets top six place
Who needs the Bernabeu or the Nou Camp when you’ve got Firhill? “As a kid you dreamed of Real Madrid or Barcelona but it was a bit far-fetched,” said Partick Thistle defender Liam Lindsay. He may not be on the radar of the scouts from La Liga – well,
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Scotland need 80-minute effort against Wales, warns Humphreys
SCOTLAND’S last two games were decided in the closing minutes, and we can expect something similar this afternoon against Wales, according to assistant coach Jonathan Humphreys.Two late Greig Laidlaw penalties gave the Scots a 27-22 win over Ireland in
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Scotland winger Visser out to stop 'freak of nature' North
WINGER Tim Visser knows he needs to stop the man he calls “a freak of nature” if Scotland are to beat Wales this afternoon for the first time since 2007. It is a while since Visser, now with Harlequins, came up against George North, but he has not forgotten
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Scotland need to show there can be life after Laidlaw
WITH a win and a loss apiece from their first two games, Scotland and Wales meet this afternoon at a pivotal point in their Six Nations seasons. The team that emerges victorious at Murrayfield will have high hopes of at least going on to finish best of
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Nick Rodger: Football's most cultured team? Why, it can only be Oxford United
Everyday life is just a series of passwords isn’t it? And what’s the main purpose of these passwords? That’s right. They exist to be forgotten. Yes, I suppose they perform some valuable function when it comes to protecting our privacy and particulars
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2, Rangers 1; Stunning Billy McKay overhead kick piles on the misery for Rangers
A SPECTACULAR overhead kick from Billy McKay with little over a minute remaining lifted Inverness Caledonian Thistle off bottom spot in the Ladbrokes Premiership and increased Rangers' woes. The Ibrox club had looked to have earned a point when
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Shay Logan hoping Pittodrie performances can help Aberdeen hold onto second spot
Shay Logan hopes home comforts can help Aberdeen retain their second spot in the Ladbrokes Premiership. Starting with the visit of Ross County on Saturday, the Dons play at Pittodrie in five of their last eight fixtures before the split. And
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Left-back Brian Easton sticks with St Johnstone
St Johnstone left-back Brian Easton has become the latest player to extend his stay in Perth after signing a new two-year contract. The 28-year-old has committed himself to the summer of 2019 and followed the likes of David Wotherspoon, Richard
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Hospital doctor injured during prisoner escape attempt
A doctor has been injured as a prisoner made an attempt to escape during a routine medical appointment at hospital. It is understood the inmate, a 31-year-old man held at HMP Shotts, North Lanarkshire, was at Wishaw General Hospital on Friday when
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Vote Tory in May PM urges Scots in wake of Copeland by-election
Theresa May has urged Scots to vote Conservative in May in the wake of her party's historic victory in the Copeland by-election. The Prime Minister travelled to Cumbria to hail her party’s win and claim it showed Jeremy Corbyn's party was out
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FTSE 100 slips further into the red amid problems for RBS
LONDON'S top-flight index slipped further into the red as investors punished the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) following its ninth consecutive year of losses.The FTSE 100 Index closed down 27.67 points to 7,243.7, with RBS emerging as the biggest faller
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Labour heading for 'historic and catastrophic' general election defeat party MP warns
Labour is heading for a "historic and catastrophic" defeat at the next general election one of the party's own MPs has warned in the wake of the Copeland by-election. The Conservatives took the Cumbrian seat from Labour, becoming the first government
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William Hill profits slump as punter-friendly results roll in
Profits at William Hill were dragged down by punter-friendly football and horse racing results last year, but Liverpool's disastrous start to this year is helping the firm bounce back.The bookmaker said that adjusted operating profit slumped 10% to
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Jeremy Corbyn vows to continue despite humiliating Copeland by-election defeat
Jeremy Corbyn is resisting calls to consider his position after Labour crashed to a humiliating defeat in the Copeland by-election. MPs warned the party was on course for a "catastrophic" general election defeat after the Conservatives snatched
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IAG operating profit soars above £2bn despite pound's Brexit collapse
The owner of British Airways has taken a 460 million euro (£389 million) Brexit hit following the collapse in the value of the pound, but still managed to report rising profits last year.International Airlines Group (IAG) said weaker sterling saw operating
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Labour in Gordon Aikman tribute as mentoring programme announced
Scottish Labour has launched a mentoring programme for young activists in memory of campaigner Gordon Aikman. Over the next three years up to 60 rising stars within the party will benefit from training as part of the Gordon Aikman Future Leaders
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Music review: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, City Halls, Glasgow
MusicBBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraCity Halls, GlasgowMiranda Heggiefour starsWITH a world premiere, and two major orchestral blockbusters, it’s little wonder that the BBC SSO’s concert on Thursday evening had sold out weeks in advance. A BBC commission
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GMB calls for action to protect whisky industry amid Brexit impact
Action by the UK Government to protect the £5 billion Scotch whisky industry amid Brexit uncertainty has been demanded by a union. GMB has written to Scottish Secretary David Mundell calling for measures to safeguard the estimated 160,000 jobs
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Friday's TV highlights
Friday, 24/2/2017Celebrity Carry on Barging (C5, 8pm)Embarking upon the second of their aquatic ambles, Nigel Havers, Debbie McGee, Lorraine Chase and Simon Callow set out from Grindley Brook, England, to follow the Llangollen Canal to Wales. The trip
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Tributes paid at memorial service for former Labour MP Tam Dalyell
Friends and former colleagues have remembered the life of politician Tam Dalyell, the former Labour MP who coined the West Lothian question. Mr Dalyell died last month after a short illness and received tributes from across the political spectrum
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Nicola Sturgeon unveils funding boost for Scotland women ahead of Euro 2017
Nicola Sturgeon has backed Scotland's women's football team to raise the profile of the sport as she unveiled a funding partnership ahead of this summer's European Championships. The deal will enable the national team to train full-time in the
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Players didn't force Claudio Ranieri out, says Leicester City caretaker boss Craig Shakespeare
Leicester caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare has rejected any claims sacked boss Claudio Ranieri had lost the dressing room. The 53-year-old also revealed he was shocked Ranieri was axed, having been told just 10 minutes before the news was made
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Jurgen Klopp: Leicester sacking Claudio Ranieri is as strange as Brexit and Donald Trump's election
Jurgen Klopp has compared the sacking of Premier League winning manager Claudio Ranieri to Brexit and Donald Trump's election as US president. The Italian was shown the door at Leicester only nine months after masterminding one of sport's greatest
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Clash with Wales is make or break for Scotland's Six Nations campaign - Tim Visser
Tim Visser reckons he is Scotland's eternal optimist - but fears their RBS 6 Nations campaign will be headed for failure if they slip up against Wales. Vern Cotter's side return to Murrayfield on Saturday looking to regain the buzz which swept
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St Johnstone the benchmark for top six-chasing teams, says Kilmarnock's Gary Dicker
Kilmarnock midfielder Gary Dicker believes Saturday's opponents St Johnstone are the benchmark for all Ladbrokes Premiership clubs chasing a top-six spot. The Saints have finished in the top-half of the table in the last five seasons and are once
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Dugdale describes "personal sacrifice" after double heartbreak
KEZIA Dugdale has spoken of the “personal sacrifice” she has made to carry on as Scottish Labour leader after the recent break-up of her relationship and the death of her best friend.She said she had just been "putting one foot in front of the other
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Advocate General for Scotland charged with firearms offence
The UK Government's most senior adviser on Scots law has been charged with a firearms offence. Advocate General for Scotland Richard Keen QC is alleged to have contravened section two of the Firearms Act 1968 by failing to secure a shotgun.
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Manchester United face long trip to Rostov as Europa League last 16 draw is made
Manchester United will play Russian side FC Rostov in the last 16 of the Europa League. Jose Mourinho's side, who saw off St Etienne in the previous round, will travel to Russia for the first leg on Wednesday, March 8. The second leg will take
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Corbyn: I'm proud to lead Labour
Jeremy Corbyn is resisting calls to consider his position after Labour crashed to a humiliating defeat in the Copeland by-election. MPs warned the party was on course for a "catastrophic" general election defeat after the Conservatives snatched
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Tory ex-Home Secretary Lord Waddington dies aged 87
Conservative former home secretary and governor of Bermuda Lord Waddington has died at the age of 87. As David Waddington, he served as home secretary in the final year of Margaret Thatcher's premiership from 1989-90. He delighted the Tory
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Dugdale's plan for more federal UK backed at Scottish Labour conference
Scottish Labour members have backed leader Kezia Dugdale's vision for a more federal UK at the party's conference in Perth. They voted in favour of a motion calling on the UK party to convene a "People's Constitutional Convention", made up of citizens
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Celtic captain Scott Brown ready to return to Scotland fold for World Cup qualifier against Slovenia
Scott Brown has confirmed he will make himself available for Scotland's 2018 World Cup qualifier against Slovenia next month. The 31-year-old Celtic skipper came out of retirement for the 3-0 defeat to England at Wembley in November and said that
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Anger as touts resell sold-out BBC Radio 6 Music Festival tickets for £700
Music fans been left disappointed after tickets for the sold-out BBC Radio 6 Music Festival began appearing online for £700. Tickets for the event, which will take place in Glasgow at the end of March, went on sale this morning. However, excitement
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Theatre review: Pink Mist, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
TheatrePink MistTraverse Theatre, EdinburghNeil Cooperfour starsPLAYING war in the school playground is one thing in Owen Sheers' play, first produced in 2015 and now on a UK tour of duty in John Retallack and George Mann's revival of their Bristol
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Ahead of the Game: Celtic fined by UEFA, Rangers under pressure to deliver in Inverness and Hearts capitulate in Edinburgh Derby
WATCH as the Herald and Times sports team look ahead to this weekend's Ladbrokes Premiership action and discuss the biggest talking points in Scottish football. Deputy Head of Sport Scott Mullen and Senior Sports Writer Graeme Macpherson join Online
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Scot murdered in Australia planned to "expose" man accused of his killing
A SCOT gunned down outside his home in Australia told a business acquaintance he planned to "expose" the man later accused of orchestrating his murder, a court has heard. Michael McGurk, 45, originally from Govan in Glasgow, was shot as he parked
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Michelle Mone announces she is to retire in three years time
Michelle Mone has announced to her followers that she is to retire from the 'business and speaking world' in three years time. Glasgow-born Lady Mone took to Twitter last night and posted a picture of herself soaking up the sun with the caption
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Leicester City chairman calls on angry fans to respect decision to sack manager Claudio Ranieri
Leicester chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has urged angry fans to respect the decision to sack title-winning manager Claudio Ranieri and hinted at serious problems behind the scenes at the club. The Thai businessman said the Foxes had "millions
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Trump blames FBI for failing to stop media leaks
US President Donald Trump has blamed the FBI for failing to stop leaks to the media. He said the information being reported is classified and could have a "devastating effect" on the country. Mr Trump made the remarks in a tweet early on Friday
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Former Kilmarnock striker Souleymane Coulibaly denies being on brink of Al Ahly exit after just one month
FORMER Kilmarnock striker Souleymane Coulibaly has denied reports that he is on the verge of leaving Egyptian club Al Ahly after only one month. The Ivory Coast attacker left Rugby Park during the January transfer window in a deal worth £1 million
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SNP has 'no mandate' for second independence referendum
The SNP has "absolutely no mandate" to hold a second referendum on independence, Labour MP Ian Murray has told the party's Scottish conference. Mr Murray said Labour would oppose any moves to hold a second vote as he opened a debate on proposals
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Corbyn urged to consider position as Labour humbled in by-election
Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls to consider his position after Labour crashed to a humiliating defeat defeat in the Copeland by-election. MPs warned the party was on course for a "catastrophic" general election defeat after the Conservatives snatched
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Dugdale: Number of Scottish Labour members and supporters at 20-year high
The number of Scots who are members or registered supporters of Labour is at a 20-year high, Kezia Dugdale has said. Labour accounts show a drop in income from membership and subscription fees, from £120,479 in 2015 to £108,024 in 2016. Despite
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Remain campaign outspent Leave by £5m in EU referendum
The Remain campaign outspent Leave by a margin of more than £5 million in last year's EU referendum, new figures have revealed. But investigations have been launched into the spending returns of both lead campaigns in the contest - Stronger In
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Why is RBS suffering huge losses as Lloyds performs well?
Royal Bank of Scotland's ninth year of mammoth losses has confirmed an ever-widening gap with rivals in a sour end to the sector's annual results season. While RBS has slipped even deeper into the red, Lloyds posted its best annual profit in a
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Farage: British media has 'demonised' Ukip and made me a virtual prisoner
Nigel Farage has said he is living like a "virtual prisoner" and is "frightened" to leave his home because of the way the media has "demonised" Ukip. The former party leader accused the press of highlighting some members of the party with controversial
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Ben Te'o handed first England start for Six Nations meeting with Italy
Ben Te'o will start a Test for the first time after being named at outside centre for England's RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy at Twickenham on Sunday. Te'o replaces Jonathan Joseph, who has been omitted from the matchday 23, to form a new-look
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Elections watchdog probes spending by two main EU referendum campaign groups
Investigations have been launched into the spending returns of both lead campaigns in last year's EU referendum, Stronger In and Vote Leave, the Electoral Commission watchdog has announced. New figures reveal that a total of more than £32 million
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Scottish councils reduced spending by 11% in five years, report shows
Scottish councils have reduced their spending by 11% between 2010/11 and 2015/16, according to a new report. Investment in areas such as child protection has increased significantly, while leisure services, parks and road maintenance have seen
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UK 'reshaping' plans to be voted on at Scottish Labour conference
Labour plans for a "radical reshaping" of the United Kingdom will be voted on by members at the party's Scottish conference. Members are being asked to endorse a vision set out by Scottish leader Kezia Dugdale for a new "Act of Union" for the UK
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UK Defence Secretary announces £1.7bn investment for Scottish military bases
Scottish military bases are to be upgraded in a £1.7 billion investment programme, the UK Defence Secretary has announced. Sir Michael Fallon said the increased infrastructure spending reinforced the Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s commitment to Scotland
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Leicester City sacking Claudio Ranieri reduced me to tears, says Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker has revealed Leicester's "inexplicable" decision to sack title-winning manager Claudio Ranieri reduced him to tears. The former England striker claimed the Italian's dismissal was a panic-driven move which showed a staggering "lack
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Football on TV: Where to watch Inverness v Rangers, the EFL Cup final and more this weekend
INVERNESS Caledonian Thistle welcome struggling Rangers to the Highlands tonight in a crucial match for Graeme Murty's side. The Light Blues were beaten by Dundee last weekend and will be desperate to pick up three points against rock-bottom Caley
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Celtic fined £16,000 by UEFA for fans setting off fireworks against Manchester City
CELTIC have been handed a €19,000 fine by UEFA for setting off fireworks during December's Champions League group stage match against Manchester City. The Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body of European football's governing body confirmed the
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Shopkeeper attacked with machete during attempted robbery welcomes attackers' conviction
A shopkeeper who was attacked with a machete in a robbery bid has welcomed his attackers' conviction and admitted he remains traumatised more than a year on. Tahir Ahmed - known as Joe to friends and customers - tried to fend off his attackers
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Oprah Winfrey says her weight was her 'shield and shame'
Oprah Winfrey has said being overweight was her “shield and shame” which she used as an excuse not to have to attend parties. Talk show veteran Oprah, 63, told Good Housekeeping she used to hide behind her weight issues to get out of social events
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Zachary Quinto slams Trump over transgender students at Oscar Wilde Awards
Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto criticised President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind public-school bathroom rules for transgender students as he received an Oscar Wilde Award. The Hollywood star, who is openly gay, urged the public to “fight
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Memorial service to be held for former Labour MP Tam Dalyell
A memorial service will be held later for former Labour MP Tam Dalyell. The veteran politician and father of the West Lothian Question died last month aged 84 following a short illness. The ceremony is being held at St Michael's Parish Church
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The Diary: Smashing sound and, Hard to swallow
Smashing sound RAISING children, continued. A Bearsden reader was in the lounge with his daughter while his wife and son were in the kitchen. He suddenly heard a loud crash, and wondered aloud who had dropped something. “Mum,” said his
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Appeal for 5,000 volunteers to help save UK's last red squirrels
An "army" of 5,000 volunteers is being sought by wildlife experts to help save the UK's last remaining red squirrels. The Wildlife Trusts, a federation of wildlife conservation charities across the UK, are launching a massive recruitment drive
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Fake birth certificate fraudster faces jail term
A BUSINESSMAN registered the births of 26 non-existent babies using genuine marriage certificates obtained by interviewing people for jobs at a bogus Glasgow hotel. Property firm owner Rory McWhirter devised an elaborate scheme which involved using
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Court told of £117,000 cash demands from gay lover in alleged extortion plot
A MAN has told a jury how he fell victim to an alleged £117,000 extortion plot by his gay lover, whom he claims threatened to expose his cocaine-fuelled sex life to his family if he didn’t pay up. Bradley Long, 31, is on trial at Dundee Sheriff
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Man charged over death of Brian McKandie
A man has been charged in connection with the death of a pensioner in Aberdeenshire almost a year ago. Brian McKandie, 67, was found dead at his Fairview Cottages home in Badenscoth, Rothienorman, on Saturday March 12 2016. Police Scotland
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Post Office employee embezzled £134,000 to pay for gambling
A POST Office employee threw away a promising career when his gambling addiction led him to embezzle £134,000. Daryl Louden, 26, Edinburgh, had been in line for an area manager’s job when he committed the offence at a Post Office branch within
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Ciaran Williamson FAI: Headstone that killed schoolboy was ‘leaning for years’
A HEADSTONE that fell on a schoolboy, crushing him to death, may have started leaning up to a decade before the incident. A fatal accident inquiry into the death of eight-year-old Ciaran Williamson heard tree roots had been growing under the 7ft
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Opera review: Pelleas et Melisande, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Opera Pelleas et Melisande Theatre Royal, Glasgow four stars Keith Bruce IT is, of course, Claude Debussy's glorious music that draws people back to Pelleas and Melisande, but the composer was one of many drawn to set Maeterlinck's
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Free speech fears as MSP in £750,000 defamation threat
FREEDOM of speech campaigners have condemned a £750,000 defamation action threatened against an MSP. A business offering “fun” titles – the Lord or Lady or Wildernesse – in exchange for just £30 has accused Andy Wightman of damaging its reputation
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Businessman halts his £3.5m plans over rates rise
A BUSINESSMAN has pulled the plug on plans for £3.5 million hydro-power schemes because of what he described as the “scandalous” rise in business rates. Shaun Corrigan, who owns Fort William-based Corrigan contractors, planned to build two new
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Emissions from burning wood are worse than coal, says report
THE UK has spent hundreds of millions of pounds subsidising the burning of woody biomass that releases more emissions than coal, research has found. Using wood – much of it imported from America – for biomass power and heat is often seen as a relatively
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Study shows yo-yo diet reversing diabetes
A yo-yo starvation diet that "re-boots" pancreatic cells has been shown to reverse diabetes. The astonishing result, demonstrated in mice, raises the prospect of treating the condition without drugs that regulate blood sugar or insulin injections
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Government warned it can’t rush the Great Repeal Bill
LEGISLATION to allow the UK to choose which bits of European Union law it keeps after Brexit must not be rushed through Parliament like the bill to authorise Theresa May to trigger exit negotiations, a parliamentary committee has said. The House
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Sister tells of hope as latest search for Moira body starts
A WOMAN whose 11-year-old sister disappeared 60 years ago has told how she hopes a new search for her body will end her family’s heartache. Moira Anderson went missing in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, after going on an errand to shops from her grandmother
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Trevor Phillips' political correctness documentary splits opinion
A documentary looking at whether free speech is being stifled by political correctness has divided opinion among viewers. Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? aired on Channel 4 on Thursday presented by broadcaster and former politician Trevor Phillips
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Ninth year in red as Royal Bank of Scotland reports £7bn loss
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a £7 billion annual loss, its ninth consecutive year in the red. The figure represents a hefty increase on the £2 billion loss the lender reported last year and is one of the group's biggest since its Government
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St Mirren would love to Kiss and make up with the Championship
IT was more than a little fitting when it emerged this week that veteran American glam metal band Kiss have become surprise supporters of St Mirren. After all, this is a team with a lot to make up (get it?) to their supporters, themselves and in
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The big interview: Richie Foran on being in love with Inverness, spilling tea and taking the blame for everything
RICHIE FORAN rubs his hands with unbridled enthusiasm and says he’s ready to rock and roll when asked if our chat can begin.It was nice to see. This is the Foran I’ve known for many years. Someone with a love for life, football and, especially, talking
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The Midge: Tories elated, Labour humiliated, Ukip cursing after night of by-election drama WATCH
Hello and welcome to The Midge, the e-bulletin that takes a bite out of politics in Scotland and elsewhere. Front pages Three exclusives fill the front page of The Herald. First, political correspondent Kate Devlin reports that a donor
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Steven Thompson: Rangers don't have their troubles to seek but lack of goals remains their biggest problem
RANGERS don’t have their problems to seek right now as they look to find a new management team and reverse a poor run of results. But I think one of their most significant issues this season has been the lack of goals right throughout the team.
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Obituary - Robin Hume, artist and popular teacher at Glasgow School of Art
Artist and teacher Born: May 28, 1943; Died: February 9, 2017 ROBIN Hume, who has died aged 73, was a talented painter and sculptor and a popular teacher at the Glasgow School of Art. When the school had a hostel on the Culzean estate in
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LIVES IN BRIEF. This week: A great conductor, an acclaimed drummer and a star of Twin Peaks
THE acclaimed music director Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, right, who has died aged 93, conducted major orchestras in the US, the UK and Japan.Skrowaczewski led the Minnesota Orchestra for 19 years, starting in 1960, when it was still known as the Minneapolis
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Tasty recipes for vegans
In a tug-of-war relationship with food and fitness for many years, blogger Sam Murphy is the first to admit her initial foray into veganism wasn't a healthy one.The 24-year-old, who hails from New Zealand, had anorexia as a teenager, and initially
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The lowdown on pregnancy workout woes
Beyonce and Amal Clooney are expecting twins, Olympic cyclist Laura Trott just announced she's pregnant, while Amanda Seyfried, Natalie Portman and a string of other celebs – not to mention millions of non-A-list women out there – are sporting blooming
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How to colour your mood in the garden
A spiral of colour is the theme top designer Tom Massey has taken on in his latest show garden which displays the way gardens can enhance your mood and help your wellbeing.Research shows the therapeutic value and feeling of wellbeing that people get from
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The Diary: A love test; some friendly advice; and the late shift
Smashing sound RAISING children, continued. A Bearsden reader was in the lounge with his daughter while his wife and son were in the kitchen. He suddenly heard a loud crash, and wondered aloud who had dropped something. “Mum,” said his
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Herald Picture Archive: When Wishaw gave our lives a little bit of sweetness to suck on
YOU see, this is why I shouldn’t be writing this column. I come across this picture from 1960 which simply says on the back “King’s sweet factory. Packing Oddfellows.” Ten minutes later I’m on the internet buying a large clear jar of them for thirty
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Camley's Cartoon on Friday, February 24
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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Agenda: Vulnerable children must be at the heart of council election campaign
SallyAnn Kelly, chief executive of children’s charity Aberlour NELSON Mandela was rarely wrong but the South African leader and global statesman was only partly right when he said a society’s soul is revealed in how we treat our children. How we
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Ian McConnell: Economy is now number one concern in UK as Brexit reality dawns
THE revelation this week that the economy has overtaken immigration and terrorism as the biggest concern for people in the UK looks like a crystal clear signal that the reality of Brexit is increasingly hitting home. Many were all too aware of
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May is under increasing pressure over IS suicide bomber case
Theresa May is under pressure to tell taxpayers whether any of the reported £1 million payout to a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who became an Islamic State suicide bomber funded the terror group. Former home secretary David Blunkett also called
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New man to lead Cairn’s oil and gas hunt
CAIRN Energy has recruited a senior figure from the US oil and gas industry to lead the company’s exploration effort.Edinburgh-based Cairn said Eric Hathon will join the company as Director of Exploration from Marathon Oil, where he has held a range of
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So, what's in a name?
IF heterosexual people who want the benefits of marriage without the name “marriage” succeed in being allowed to enter civil partnerships “Couple lose legal battle to be civil partners”, The Herald, February 22, and Letters, February 23), could attention
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Common cause with Reid
SIR George Reid (“Former presiding officer returns to front line in fight against Brexit”, The Herald, February 23) reminds us that "you can either whimper and whine or fight back. If you don’t fight back you’ve lost already".While the article
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Investing in Glasgow's future
I NOTE the Agenda contribution from Susan Aitken, leader of the SNP opposition on Glasgow City Council. (“We must all pull together to put city in vanguard of economic progress”, The Herald, February 22).She says that the Labour-run council, and thus
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Uefa's Scottish TV blackout displays an arrogant disregard for the fans
SCOTTISH football fans were denied the opportunity this week to watch a mouth-watering Scottish Cup replay between Hibs and Hearts (“Lennon hails his thumping derby heroes as they reach quarters”, Herald Sport, February 23) due to Uefa's diktat that
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Centrica doubles oil and gas profits
SCOTTISH Gas owner Centrica has doubled profits from its North Sea-focused oil and gas operation after shedding jobs in Aberdeen amid the crude price plunge.The giant utility revealed the exploration and production arm made £187 million underlying profit
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Rates bill for empty premises is counter-productive
REGARDING the new proposed changes to business rates in Scotland (“Mackay bows to rates hike fears with £45m package”, The Herald, February 22) perhaps people may not be aware that owners of empty industrial properties are now subject to pay 90 per cent
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Corbyn supporters hit back in Scottish Labour cash row
THE row over Scottish Labour’s finances continued yesterday, with supporters of Jeremy Corbyn rejecting suggestions the UK leader was to blame for a precipitous fall in donations. The Herald revealed on Wednesday that Scottish Labour’s finances
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Letters: BBC channel plan is a shameful ploy to quell Scottish aspirations
THE “long overdue” new Scottish television channel has been greeted with optimistic glee, a response partly out of shock (“’Scottish Nine’ will lead new £30m BBC channel”, The Herald, February 23). However, after some hours of reflection and in the (current
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Herald View: Our defamation laws are in urgent need of reform
FOR two years The Herald and Scottish PEN, the freedom of expression organisation, have been campaigning for reform of Scotland’s antiquated defamation laws. We believe that the current draconian rules are having a chilling effect on Scottish journalism
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Robert McNeil: Let’s hear it for the House of Lords
WE live in times that are topsy and, in some respects, turvy. Thus, right-wing persons in droves are calling for the abolition of the House of Lords, which is now such a bastion of left-wing privilege that my sources say it is shortly to be renamed
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Clyde ports' public wrangle over Arran ferry gets heated
The war of words between Clyde ports vying for the Arran ferry service, intensified with claims that if shifted to Troon, a new £48.5m CalMac car ferry could be delayed by a year. But the operators of Troon harbour say this totally untrue. They
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Aldi is first to let former BHS store
THE first former BHS shop unit to be re-let in Scotland since the high street retailer went bust will open as an Aldi store.The grocery discounter will open the doors on the 22,000 square foot outlet at Cameron Toll Shopping Centre this year.Aldi said
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Singer Nadine Khouri on growing up in Beirut and finding her own voice
WE begin with the voice. On the page as it is on the record. The first track on Nadine Khouri's new album The Salted Air starts with her singing unaccompanied, breathy and intimate, a warm whisper in your ear. For a naked minute it continues, conjuring
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Album review: Sherwood & Pinch, Man Vs Sofa (On-U Sound Vs Tectonic Recordings)
Sherwood & PinchMan Vs SofaOn-U Sound Vs Tectonic RecordingsVETERAN dub producer and well-connected man Adrian Sherwood began working with the rather young Bristolian dubstep DJ Rob Ellis – a.k.a. Pinch – after they met at Fabric, the London club whose
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Decision due on Glasgow Caledonian University's New York campus
NEW York education department is expected to make a decision over the licensing of degree students at a Scots university campus in the city in two months. Glasgow Caledonian University is still to welcome any degree students to the campus nearly
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Business chiefs to bankroll fight against independence
Business leaders who donated more than £400,000 to Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to campaign for Brexit are preparing to invest even more in opponents to Scottish independence should Nicola Sturgeon call a second referendum. The
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Marriott checks out Scottish hotel opportunities
A senior executive at Marriott has underlined the hotel giant’s enthusiasm for Scotland where the company sees opportunities for growth in cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow.Tim Walton, who heads Marriott International’s hotel development arm in western
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Parents want Scotland's last single sex state school to admit boys
SCOTLAND’S only state-funded single sex school is facing a challenge to its status from a group of parents. Families from the co-educational Notre Dame Primary, in the west end of Glasgow, want the council to hold a statutory consultation on letting
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Closure of children's ward is down to short-term economic thinking
HOW can you possibly argue with someone who saves children's lives on a daily basis? The initials after the names of the clinicians presenting the case for the closure of the children’s ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Paisley ("
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We must act now to contend with the impending demise of fossil fuels
ALAN Sangster and Bob Downie (Letters, February 21) need not worry about the effects of climate change caused by CO2 emissions as a result of burning coal because there will none of it left to burn by 2047.Confirmed coal reserves at the end of 2006 were
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Police board member quits after claiming she was punished for raising concerns about SPA
A Scottish Police Authority board member has resigned after believing she was punished for raising concerns about transparency at the watchdog. Moi Ali was informed by SPA chair Andrew Flanagan that it would not be fair for her to participate on
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Strathclyde names former Dragons’ Den star Rasul as its first entrepreneur in residence
A SCOTTISH businessman who starred in BBC television programme Dragons’ Den has been named as Strathclyde University’s first resident entrepreneur.Shaf Rasul, who has built businesses in fields such as commercial property, venture capital investment
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Exports pave the way for co-op's organic milk pool growth
THE Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative (OMSCo) has signed new members to meet demand growth from its premium export business, increasing its milk pool by nearly 30 per cent over the next two years.Nicholas Saphir, OMSCo's executive chairman, explained
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Packaging firm hikes profits as takeovers bear fruit
MACFARLANE Group has underlined the impact made by a spate of acquisitions as it lifted pre-tax profits by 15.4 per cent to £7.8 million.The Glasgow-based company, which provides packaging solutions for retailers’ e-commerce arms, reported a seventh consecutive
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Firm in Trump row aims to expand wind farm
The developers behind the planned offshore wind farm near Aberdeen which outraged Donald Trump, is proposing a significant expansion of another wind farm it has in the north east. Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, is consulting on a 16 turbine
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Martin Stephen: Employment decisions can make and sometimes break a young start-up
MARTIN STEPHENIdentifying and hiring your first employees is one of the most important decisions an entrepreneur will ever make. Employment decisions can make and sometimes break a young start-up. So, what should an entrepreneur consider when it comes
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Arts News: Hands up for Trad songwriting competition, authors at Scottish Poetry Library, call for Rock Against Racism memorabilia
THE SCOTTISH Poetry Library is to welcome two writers, Iain Sinclair and Brian Catling, on March 24. This special event marks a rare Scottish appearance by Sinclair, London’s "radical laureate" and populariser of psychogeography, whose admirers
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Poem of the Day: Book Dusters by Hamish Whyte
FOR readers unfamiliar with the initials, the NLS is the National Library of Scotland on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. Hamish Whyte, who writes about it here, is a poet, editor, and publisher. Born near Glasgow, he now lives in Edinburgh but retains a
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Review: Alasdair Roberts – Pangs (Drag City)
HE’S always been an old head on young shoulders, Alasdair Roberts, interpreting and reinventing traditional music with a focus all of his own, drawing significant acclaim if not commercial success. Yet he is nothing if not dogged, and for this return
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CD review: Six Organs of Admittance – Burning the Threshold (Drag City)
AFTER making two albums using his Hexadic system of composition, the American folk and psych-rock pathfinder Ben Chasny retreats on Burning the Threshold to a familiar sector of the vast spectrum of outsider rock in which he is at ease. Rather than
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Album review: Siobhan Miller, Strata (Songprint Recordings)
Siobhan MillerStrataSongprint RecordingsTHERE is something highly admirable about the unhurried, slightly contrary path of award-winning young traditional singer Siobhan Miller. The Penicuik lass took her time about issuing her debut disc, Flight of Time
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Former UK transport minister calls for competition on Scots railways
PASSENGERS will benefit from new cross-border train routes if Scotland’s rail network is opened up to competition, a former UK transport minister has said. In a new report for a leading think tank, Tom Harris has called on Holyrood ministers to
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Braehead owner buoyed by earnings increase
SHOPPING centre owner intu saw £40 million wiped off the value of Braehead last year as the centre felt the effects of a less buoyant occupier and investment market in Scotland.Intu saw shares climb 6.75 per cent yesterday as it revealed a seven per cent
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Herald View: Our single force and how it is policed
Given the controversies, both real and imagined, around Police Scotland, the public meetings of its watchdog should be a riveting spectacle of accountability in action. Unfortunately, it is rarely the case that they are. Questions of senior police
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Inside Track: The real reason there is mumbling on TV
WE are living in an alternative reality. The Nazis are running Britain, but the biggest problem isn’t the judicial executions, or the concentration camps, or the collaborators. It’s the mmmmbblin. The muuuumbling. The indistinct speaking.You will know
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Haunting images of drug addiction of Scottish photographer to be shown at National Galleries
They are a stark collection of powerful self portraits of a Scottish photographer in the grip of drug addiction. Now Graham MacIndoe's 25 images of a torturous six year period of heroin and crack cocaine addition are to be displayed by the National
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Tennent’s launches new beer tap in bid to help pubs sell more pints
BARS across Scotland could be given a boost after a trial of a new beer tap from Tennent’s saw a 4.4 per cent boost in pint sales in 150 pubs involved in a trial, writes Kevin Scott.If applied across the entire Tennent’s estate, the uplift would equate
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Tesco Bank set to leave Haymarket
PROPERTY agents have welcomed Tesco Bank’s decision to consolidate its Edinburgh operations in it South Gyle headquarters.The move means its office at 22 Haymarket Yards will go on the market next month. With Edinburgh’s office availability at a historic
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New BBC Scotland channel will be backed by 'global' reach of broadcaster, MSPs told
SCOTLAND'S new television channel will draw on the entire resources of the BBC, its director general has pledged. However Tony Hall, appearing at the Scottish Parliament's culture committee, did not commit to spending all of the BBC licence fee
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Labour hires £20,000 campaign lieutenants as Glasgow 'fightback' begins
SCOTTISH Labour is to draft in half a dozen campaign lieutenants as it mounts its last stand to save its symbolic citadel of Glasgow. The party hierarchy has released around £20,000 to recruit what has been described as "mobilisation assistants
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Glasgow's book festival Aye Write! to give away nearly 1000 tickets
Glasgow's book festival is to give away nearly 1000 free tickets to people who usually "face barriers" attending literary events. The Community Ticketing Initiative last year gave out 400 tickets to people in some deprived areas of Glasgow including
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Recipe of the day: Pan seared wild sea bass, cauliflower puree, caramelised shallot and lilliput capers
Pan Seared wild seabass, cauliflower puree, caramelised shallot, Lilliput capers by David Hetherington at The Finnieston in Glasgow Line caught wild sea bass is a prized catch for anyone, for the most part being available all year round is great