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Craig Gordon expected to sign new Celtic deal this week
Sources close to Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon have confirmed that the player is expected to formalise a three-and-a-half year contract extension this week which will secure his long-term future is at the Parkhead club. The 34-year-old Scotland internationalist
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Discovery of infant's remains prompts police appeal
The remains of an infant have been found, police have said. The discovery was made in Broadway, Sheerness, Kent, at 12.48pm on Saturday, but the age and identity of the child was not known. Kent Police said the cause of death had not been established
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Tories vow to push for free care extension to under-65s with dementia
The Tories have warned they will lodge legislation to extend free care to under-65s with conditions such as dementia this summer if the Government failed to act. Conservative mental health spokesman Miles Briggs said if the Scottish Government
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Ruth Davidson: SNP losing 'all grip on things that really matter'
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has declared her party is "ready to serve" at Holyrood as she hit out at the "failing" SNP Government. Twenty years after the Tories suffered an electoral wipeout and lost all their MPs in Scotland, Ms
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Murray claims first title of 2017 after defeating Verdasco in Dubai final
Andy Murray shrugged off early nerves to claim his first title of the year with a straight-sets victory over Fernando Verdasco in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The world number one, a runner-up here in 2012, looked to have
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Woman killed in two-car collision named by police
A woman who died after a road accident in Morayshire has been named by police. Angela Spalding, 44, was killed when her red Audi TT car and a black Vauxhall Astra collided on the A96 Keith-Elgin road near North Bogbain at about 4.15pm on Friday
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Arlene Foster backed to remain DUP leader despite losing majority at Stormont
Arlene Foster remains safe as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party despite its disappointing performance in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, MP Jeffrey Donaldson has said. The DUP stalwart said there is no question over Mrs Foster's future
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Elderly man dies after serious road crash in Glasgow
An elderly man has died in hospital three days after a serious road crash in Glasgow, police said. Andrew Hislop, 80, was crossing Berryknowes Road in Cardonald when he was hit by a red Fiat 500 at about 10.30am on Tuesday. He suffered serious
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Thousands march through London over future of NHS
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of London to protest about the future of the NHS. Organisers have described the national demonstration as a rallying call to save the health service as "more austerity in the NHS represents
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Aberdeen Asset and Standard Life linked with £11bn merger talks
A SCOTTISH fund management giant with nearly £600 billion of assets under management could be set to be created after Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life were linked with merger talks. It emerged today that talks between the FTSE 250 investment
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Tories are now the 'party of the working class', says UK Government minister
The Tories are replacing Jeremy's Corbyn's "incompetent" Labour as the party of the working class, a UK Government minister said. International Development Secretary Priti Patel called on Conservatives to work to win the trust of "the ordinary
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Matt LeBlanc calls Top Gear's new line-up a 'Swiss Army Knife' of skill sets
Top Gear’s Matt LeBlanc has described the new presenting line-up as a “Swiss Army Knife” with each of them having “a certain skill set”. The former Friends star is back to host the BBC Two show, which returns this Sunday, with Chris Harris and
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Watch: Dozens of demonstrators gather in Glasgow for anti-Tory protest
Groups of protesters have been gathering outside Glasgow’s SECC for a second day of anti-Conservative demonstrations. The two-day Scottish Tory Conference has been taking place at the venue since yesterday and sees members come together from all
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Rangers 6 Hamilton 0: Ibrox side ignore early controversies to hit Hamilton for six and coast into last four
Rangers 6 Waghorn 33 pen, Garner 48, 87 90, Toral 77, Hill 82 Hamilton Academical 0 FOR the third time in four seasons, Rangers will play in the last four of the William Hill Scottish Cup. Joe Garner completed a second-half hat trick as
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Pro-independence blogger condemned for 'homophobic' tweet by David Mundell
The Scottish Secretary and his Tory MSP son have condemned a "homophobic" tweet from a well-known pro-independence blogger. David Mundell became the first openly gay Conservative Cabinet secretary when he came out in January 2015. But after
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North Korean deported in Kim case claims Malaysia threatened to kill his family
A North Korean chemist deported from Malaysia has accused police of threatening to kill his family unless he confessed to the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea's leader, calling it a plot to tarnish his country's honour. Ri Jong
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Boris Johnson to visit Moscow for 'robust' talks
Boris Johnson is to be the first Foreign Secretary to visit Moscow in more than five years. However, the Foreign Office has stressed the move does not signal a change in Britain's attitude towards Russia regarding sources of tension like Ukraine
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6 people currently being treated after Edinburgh tenement fire
Six people have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in an Edinburgh tenement. Emergency services were called to the scene at a four-storey block in Brougham Place in the city centre at around 6.50am on Saturday. The fire service
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Sturgeon appoints head of new group aiming to tackle gender inequality
The chief executive of youth charity Young Scot is to lead a new group tackling gender inequality in Scotland. Louise Macdonald has been appointed as independent chair of the First Minister's new Advisory Council on Women and Girls. It has
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Barack Obama tapped my phones during election, claims Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of wire-tapping his phones during the election campaign. In a series of tweets, Mr Trump said he "just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the
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SNP should join 'Team UK' on Brexit deal, says Scottish Secretary David Mundell
David Mundell has made a plea to the Scottish Government to join "Team UK" to ensure the country gets the best deal from Brexit. The Scottish Secretary insisted the governments in London and Edinburgh have similar goals - even though First Minister
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Warrant issued for Scotland star Robert Snodgrass after failure to attend court trial
A warrant has been issued for Robert Snodgrass after the Scotland international footballer failed to turn up for his court trial. The West Ham striker is charged with driving a car while a baby was being held by a passenger. Snodgrass, 29,
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Petition launched demanding Milo Yiannopoulos be removed from Glasgow University rector candidacy
OUTRAGE has greeted the news that British journalist Milo Yiannopoulos has been nominated to be Glasgow University's next rector. A petition to remove Yiannopoulos, who is known as a key figure in the so-called 'alt-right' movement, has already
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Cairngorms Snow Road to combine technology with stunning scenery
A TOURIST trail which uses technology to enhance the experience for drivers is to be created through some of Scotland’s most stunning landscapes. The “Snow Road” will run from Blairgowrie in Perthshire through the heart of the Cairngorms National
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E-fit of former Scottish bus driver hunted over 1980s child abuse allegations released
Detectives investigating allegations of sexual offences in the 1980s have released an e-fit image of a man they want to speak to. Scotland Yard want to trace James Smith, also known as Jimmy Smith, who is originally from the Scottish Highlands
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Nationalist surge as Sinn Fein cut DUP lead to one seat in Stormont Assembly
Stormont's snap election has significantly altered the make-up of Northern Ireland's devolved Assembly, with nationalism making major strides at the expense of unionists. In a dramatic shake-up, unionists have lost their long-enduring and highly
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Herald Sport diary: The passing of a Lion, morons on the radio and why did the chicken cross to the back post
WELL that was one rubbish week. It began with the news of Billy McNeill dealing with dementia, the middle bit was taken up by Alex Young, Scotland’s golden vision, passing away and then Tommy Gemmell left us on Thursday. As Basil Fawlty once
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Herald View: Clarity is needed on future support for renewables
Renewable energy is central to the Scottish Government’s sense of mission, along with a plucky desire for Scotland to become an international leader in this field. Therefore, predictions that one in six jobs in the sector could be lost in the next
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Obituary - Sir Roger Young, former headmaster of George Watson's College
Former headmaster of George Watson's CollegeBorn: November 15, 1923;Died: February 16, 2017SIR Roger Young, who has died aged 93, was once described by a senior colleague at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh as one of the most remarkable headmasters
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Poem of the day: Ode to Didcot Power Station by Kit Wright
Kit Wright’s perceptive eye and imaginative mind see the links between bird and man-made machine in this sample from his collection Ode to Didcot Power Station (Bloodaxe Books, 2014, £9.95). The little poem below has the same imaginative touch.
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Kevin McKenna: SNP is as left-wing as the gold fittings in Trump’s bathroom
THESE are strange and curious days for Scotland, this country that likes to eulogise its left-wing credentials and its radical soul. More than 100 years after the first tool was laid down in protest upon a factory floor the mainstream Left in this
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Service sector growth slows as consumers turn cautious
GROWTH in the UK’s key services sector slowed in February to its weakest pace since last September, while companies hiked prices at the fastest rate since September 2008 as sterling’s post-Brexit vote weakness stoked cost pressures.The slowdown was revealed
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More bad news for young drivers
THIS week brought yet more bad news for young drivers, many of whom have already been priced off the road or forced to give up other expenses to pay the unprecedented cost of car insurance.Drivers of all ages are facing a rise in the cost of their annual
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Guy Garvey on acid trips and becoming a father
In the flesh Guy Garvey looks like he would be perfect dad material. A big, solid, reliable cuddle of a man; a children’s picture-book father come to life. In the weeks and months and years ahead he’s going to find out if that’s what, in fact, he is
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May tells Sturgeon all bets are off on devolution deal
THERESA May has set herself on a collision course with Nicola Sturgeon by indicating the devolution settlement enjoyed by Scotland for almost 20 years will be redrawn after Brexit. The Prime Minister confirmed Westminster would hold onto some powers
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LSE boss Xavier Rolet will stay on if Deutsche Borse merger collapses
THE chief executive of the London Stock Exchange has said he will stay on at the group if, as widely expected, its £21 billion merger with Deutsche Borse collapses.Xavier Rolet, who had been expected to retire following the completion of the deal, said
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Scottish colleges threaten industrial action
COLLEGE lecturers across Scotland have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in a dispute over harmonisation of pay.Some 97 per cent of members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) backed action in poll held to gauge support for strikes.The
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Now, duck...
I WAS both very impressed and very alarmed when I saw Neil MacGregor's Picture of the Day (The Herald, March 3).Very impressed because it is a fine photograph of a beautiful mallard duck, and very alarmed as with two daughters getting married within
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Songs of guilt from innocents
I WAS interested to read Margaret Forrest’s letter (February 25) about the song about Dr Buck Ruxton. Here is the song we sang at school at the time of the Moffat hunt for body parts:“Red stains on the carpetRed satins on the knife.When Doctor Buck Ruxton
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The Lion who saved my life
IN the whole panoply of tributes to Tommy Gemmell, the following may seem rather insignificant, but not to me.At Tony Roper's 50th birthday party (not yesterday then...) held on a ship berthed on the Clyde and wearing highheels, with drink taken,
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Caught in the pincers, Iraqi Christians are the world’s forgotten people
THE battle for western Mosul, the last major stronghold of Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, is now happening (“Misery and mayhem amid the death rattle of the IS caliphate”, The Herald, March 3). The question that should be asked in the West is not “can we
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Letters: Tories may pay a heavy price for their contempt for Scotland
I CANNOT understand why Theresa May seems so determined to alienate such a large proportion of those living in Scotland (“Sturgeon obsession is harming Scotland, says May”, The Herald, March 3). The Prime Minister never misses a chance to reject any request
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Pupils face ‘twice a year’ testing
PRIMARY pupils could be tested at least twice a year under controversial council plans.Nearly one third of local authorities said they would continue with their own standardised assessments even when new Scottish Government tests are approved.Last year
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Obituary - Sandy Moggach, influential figure in Scottish engineering
EngineerBorn: October 2, 1940;Died: December 12, 2016SANDY Moggach, who has died aged 76, was an influential figure in Scottish engineering and served with distinction as co-ordinator of the Young Engineers Clubs Scotland (YECS).The club was founded in
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Wine firm Treasury shows the value of SIT’s style
THE poster child for the Scottish Investment Trust’s approach is Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates, its largest holding at 4.6 per cent of the fund.The Melbourne-based wine maker is the biggest contributor to its outperformance and a showcase for the
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May to rewrite devolution settlement after Brexit
THERESA May has set herself on a collision course with Nicola Sturgeon by indicating she will rewrite the devolution settlement after Brexit.The Prime Minister confirmed the UK Government wanted to hold onto some powers in devolved areas which will be
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Saturday interview: All change at venerable Scottish Investment Trust
FOR a fund that’s approaching its 130th birthday, the Scottish Investment Trust (SIT) is putting on a sprightly turn of speed. Formerly lacklustre, the Edinburgh institution is now in the top quartile of its Association of Investment Companies (AIC) global
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Keith Bruce: What price old rockers, TV comics and grand opera in 2107?
A COMMENT from a chum on social media caught my eye. He'd been intrigued by the prospect of veteran rock vocalist Paul Rodgers, more recently seen filling the shoes of Freddie Mercury alongside other members of Queen (although probably very different
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Letting the plane take the strain as fans headed to Wembley
THESE were the swanky ones – going to Wembley by plane while thousands of other Scottish fans were heading south on special trains and buses, many of them travelling overnight.It was April, 1953, and these fans work for Rolls-Royce. It was common then
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A century of apprenticeships
The Weaver’s ApprenticeDovecot StudiosEdinburghMarch 10 to July 1www.dovecotstudios.comONE hundred years ago, Dovecot founder weavers John ‘Jack’ Glassbrook and Gordon Berry, both apprenticed at the William Morris studio, went to the trenches of World
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'Is this the new Chinese?' – Ron Mackenna reviews Non Viet, Glasgow
I've been sitting here for five minutes while the contents of this clay pot bubble away at an alarming speed. There's Mekong river catfish in there, though let's be honest, that caramelised fish sauce is so black it could be any firm-fleshed
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A Fair Life: new museum display shares the hidden story of Scotland's showpeople
MELVYN Thomas throws open the doors to his shed in the east end of Glasgow with a flourish, revealing a cavernous space that is treasure trove and museum rolled into one. Almost every surface is covered with curious and colourful objects. There
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The dogs who save lives on Scotland's hills
They work in all weathers, day or night, using their acute sense of smell to find climbers and hillwalkers who are lost or in trouble. But what does it take to become a search and rescue dog? Two volunteers with the Search and Rescue Dogs Association
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Review: 'Fascinating if flawed history of the census'
The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick MakerRoger HutchinsonLittle, Brown, £20ANY book about the census, the record of the British population that has been collected since 1801, has to come with a caveat, and in The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick
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Birdcage Walk author Helen Dunmore on facing up to her death
Jackie McGloneTHE question of what is left behind by a life haunts the feted novelist, poet and children’s author Helen Dunmore’s latest book, her 15th novel and perhaps her last. For, while she was finishing and editing Birdcage Walk, she was already
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Travel: Stepping back in time in Florence
TO get away properly I need to change climate, language, culture and, most vitally, I need to change centuries. Florence is the perfect place do that, as the city centre and the banks of the River Arno are mercifully free from any modern architecture.
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What it feels like to… have borderline personality disorder
Claire Martin I WAS diagnosed with borderline personality disorder when I was 20 years old. A number of things led to my diagnosis but I think it began when I split up with my partner in 2008. I hadn’t been well for a while. I took an overdose
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Fidelma Cook: Forget Le Pen, only Macron knows how to double knot a dark scarf
THERE was a lovely line on my Twitter feed recently wondering why all French politicians looked as if they were starring in a classy TV police series. It was accompanied by a photo showing Francois Fillon looking darkly brooding in a blue cashmere
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Shawbrook up after approach
SHARES in Shawbrook Group have soared more than 18 per cent after it received a takeover approach. The owner of Shawbrook Bank said Pollen Street Capital and BC Partners had made an offer to snap up the business through a new company jointly owned by
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Collapse in value of pound helps lift full-year sales and profits at WPP
ADVERTISING giant WPP has reported rising full-year sales and profits, helped by the collapse in the value of the pound, but warned of mixed prospects in the UK as Brexit negotiations get under way.The company, headed up by Sir Martin Sorrell, said that
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Peers say May could legally refuse to pay multi-billion pound EU 'exit bill'
Theresa May could legally refuse to pay an estimated 60billion 'bill' to exit the European Union, members of the House of Lords have concluded. But the high-risk move could have massive political and economic costs, they warn. Last month the UK
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Tories to review Curriculum for Excellence
RUTH Davidson will today promise a review of the Scottish Government’s flagship schools programme as she brands the SNP’s record on education a “mark of shame”.The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) will be undergo a “root and branch” review to improve it
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Stronachs profits steady in challenging conditions
STRONACHS, the Aberdeen-based law firm, has maintained profit levels amid the continuation of challenging market conditions.The firm, which has offices in Aberdeen and Inverness, reported profit before members’ remuneration and profit shares of £2.06
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Unspun: The political diary
AMONG hundreds of files released last week by the Boundary Commission for Scotland about a constituency review, Unspun particularly liked the transcript of Scottish Secretary David Mundell’s evidence at a dusty public hearing in Glasgow. We quote: “Are
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Battle for Bowleven rages as crucial vote nears
THE battle for control of Bowleven has stepped up after the incumbent regime revealed a further corporate governance specialist has recommended shareholders vote against resolutions calling for a boardroom shake-up at the firm.Crown Ocean Capital, the
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Tom Gordon: Sometimes it’s the silence that is the most telling
SOMETIMES in politics it’s the things people don’t say that matter, not the things they do. Silences and omissions can be just as telling as bold assertions and declarations of intent. Take last week’s Scottish Labour conference, and Kezia Dugdale’s pained
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It pays to shop around
VICKY SHAWYou may think you know how much your bank account, insurance or regular bills cost - but could you be paying an "invisible" tax on them?An estimated 35 million people across the UK could be doing just this, according to Experian.Around
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Eddie McGuire: SSAS outright ban or instead just fix what is broken?
EDDIE McGUIREA sign of the times we live in perhaps, but a declaration of war by blog? Surely not. In this case, the aggressor being the Pension Regulator (TPR), while the perceived foe was small self-administered schemes (SSASs). In case you are wondering
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Tat's life: how and when to grow potatoes
I AM off to Kelso tomorrow for the 22nd Potato Day run by Borders Organic Gardeners. This will be the first year I haven’t either been organising the event or offering advice as the council’s home composting adviser, so I’ll be free to concentrate on
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An election? Sorry, we hadn’t noticed
THERE were 140 BBC journalists in the United States for the Presidential election last autumn. How many, one wonders, were dispatched to Northern Ireland for this week’s Stormont election? Unless you are a political junkie it’s possible that the election
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An overwhelming volume of young talent
COME to the Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries exhibition – and come you must if you are at all interested in the artists emerging from Scotland’s art schools – and the first thing to strike you may be its size. It may be finely curated, but with
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Technology: Nokia 3310
What is it? A retro-style mobile phone that is a throwback to simpler times when all you had to worry about was whether you could get a signal and beating your personal best score on Snake. The Nokia 3310 is making a phoenix from the ashes-esque
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The Herald Magazine recipe: banana and walnut cake with peanut butter icing
This cake is a twist on a staple of my mother's baking repertoire – a banana loaf – and made a little richer with the addition of walnuts and turned into a cake with the topping of peanut butter icing. Make sure you use the ripest bananas to get the
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'As clear and sharp as rainwater' - Review: The Unaccompanied, by Simon Armitage
The UnaccompaniedSimon ArmitageFaber & Faber, £14.99Review by Tristram SaundersSIMON Armitage is back – although he’s hardly been away. The Unaccompanied is his first full collection of lyric poems in a decade, but he’s been busy in the meantime: turning
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Review - Reformation Divided. Catholics, Protestants and the Conversion of England, by Eamon Duffy
Reformation Divided. Catholics, Protestants and the Conversion of EnglandEamon DuffyBloomsbury, £30Review by Jonathan WrightTHE very term "Reformation" is, for Eamon Duffy, "an unsatisfactory designation concealing a battery of value judgements
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Will John Shuttleworth really hang up the leather jacket?
IF EVER a year had the famous scuttling off for a health check, it was 2016. For Sheffield’s finest singer-songwriter it was a time of reflection. The procession of celebrity exits, together with a health scare, led John Shuttleworth to one conclusion
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Review - The Senility of Vladimir P, by Michael Honig
The Senility of Vladimir PMichael HonigAtlantic, £8.99Review by Alastair MabbottA COUPLE of decades hence, the aged Vladimir Putin is being nursed in a dacha 35km south-west of Moscow. He has been suffering from dementia for the last six years and has
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Farming market round-up
Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 210 store heifers at Ayr on Thursday to a top of £1190 per head and 250.7p per kg to average £866.74 and 215.8p (+6.1p on the fortnight), while 387 store, beef-bred bullocks peaked at £1240 and 264.5p to level at £939.64 and
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Herald View: Brexit’s devolution battle lines drawn
BREXIT poses a real challenge to devolution as we know it. There are not many things which Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon agree on. But this is one of them. The Prime Minister and First Minister this week both raised the prospect of a profound
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Council planners signal green light for student flats next door to Mackintosh masterpiece
CONTROVERSIAL proposals for student flats adjoining Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s world-renowned Glasgow School of Art are acceptable and should go ahead, planning chiefs have said.Council officers have recommended the seven-storey development neighbouring
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Catriona Stewart: Sexism and our pockets of resistance
KIRSTEN DUNST in her 1950s-inspired Dior dress at the Oscars. What a sight. It wasn’t the nipped in waist or the dynamic bust or the asymmetrical hem that caught my eye: it was Dunst’s wrists provocatively protruding from pockets at her hips.What glorious
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STV profits are hit as channel launch nears
STV has reported a three per cent uplift in revenue to £120 million as the broadcaster saw earnings from non-broadcast activities rise to 23 per cent of the total.Underlying pre-tax profits slipped three per cent to £15.7m, largely because of a decline
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Revenue down at academic and legal bookseller
JOHN Smith & Son, the academic and professional bookseller, has seen sales fall 6.2 per cent to £38 million with pre-tax profit of £41,000, down from £214,222.The Glasgow-based company has two divisions focusing on the higher education market, John Smith
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Investors urged to support City Deal
THE head of Glasgow’s City Deal programme has urged private firms to commit the investment required to help the council deliver on “the opportunity of a lifetime”. Carol Connolly said the high-profile City Deal funding, which has seen both the
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Senior Labour figure's 'sectarianism' claims condemned by bishops and secularists
SCOTLAND'S leading secularist organisation and Catholic bishops have united to condemn a prominent Labour figure for seeking to inject religious bigotry into national politics. Scott Nicholson, a parliamentary candidate at the 2016 Holyrood elections