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Shock as district nurse dies one mile into gruelling 10-mile Borders race
A DISTRICT nurse has died after falling ill while having completed less a mile of a gruelling nightime 10 mile cross country race. Emergency crews were called to the Mighty Deerstalker event in the Scottish Borders after 48-year-old Heather Foggo
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Morton 1 Queen of the South 0: Forbes delivers for the home side
LIFE is good right now for Ross Forbes. On Saturday, his 12th goal of the season was enough to earn Morton a tight 1-0 win over Queen of the South.The solitary goal of the game not only secured the three points but allowed the Greenock men to leapfrog
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Scotland's worrying spate of concussions sparks distant memories of reckless folly
The catalogue of head injuries suffered by Scottish players has prompted distant memories of adolescence.Facing opponents who were a class apart, but whose number included long-standing friends as well as a cousin, there was an awareness of individual
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The team that dines together, wins together, as Hearts benefit from group bounding to thrash hapless Hamilton
DURING his first stint in Scottish football with St Mirren, Isma Goncalves was said to be partial to the occasional night out in the same way that England scored the occasional try in their rugby thrashing of Scotland on Saturday.Four years on, older
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Glasgow Rocks 68 Bristol Flyers 76: Sterling Davis's men stuck on losing streak
Glasgow Rocks coach Sterling Davis will ask his team to regroup and refocus for the final stretch of the British Basketball League campaign after a 76-68 defeat to Bristol Flyers last night that sucked more air out of their season. It made it four losses
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In England: Steve McClaren sacked by Derby County for second time in less than two years
STEVE McCLAREN has been sacked by Derby County for the second time in less than two years.The 55-year-old former England manager returned to the club last October, following his May 2015 dismissal, but a wretched run of results has ended his second spell
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Lizzie Kelly and Tea For Two ready to hit the heights again
Some people make a noise, others make something happen. Lizzie Kelly can manage both.Kelly became the first woman to ride a Grade One winner on Tea For Two in the Kauto Star Novices’ Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day 2015. She was wearing a jockeycam
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Hero Indian Open: Scott Jamieson battles to impressive share of third place
Scott Jamieson made amends for last week’s horror South African showing to secure his best finish in nearly three years in fighting his way to a share of third place in the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi. Jamieson posted a final round level par
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Murray at a loss to explain Indian Wells exit
Beaten Andy Murray was at a loss to explain his Indian Wells woes after a shock second-round defeat against Canada's Vasek Pospisil.The Scot's best showing in California came in 2009 as a runner-up to Rafael Nadal and this 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) defeat
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Controversial late penalty call overshadows rousing Rangers display against city rivals Celtic
ON the day that one tabloid newspaper depicted the all-conquering Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers as a light sabre-wielding Jedi master, Rangers gave their supporters a new hope. The fallout to the fourth Old Firm game of the season at Parkhead yesterday
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William Edjenguele: Dundee United can still win their last 10 games and the Championship title
WILLIAM Edjenguele, the Dundee United defender, has insisted the Tannadice club can win their still win their last 10 Ladbrokes Championship games and lift the second tier title.United fell 10 points behind second tier leaders Hibernian when they lost
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Currie turn up the heat to win play-off spot
CURRIE booked the fourth and final BT Premiership play-off spot on Saturday with an emphatic 19-67 victory over west Edinburgh rivals Boroughmuir at Meggetland, in one of two re-arranged fixtures which brought down the curtain on the regular league season
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Sergio Parisse bemoans Italy's habit of conceding late tries after France loss
Captain Sergio Parisse bemoaned Italy's habit of conceding late tries as his side were condemned to the RBS 6 Nations wooden spoon for a second straight season following a 40-18 loss to France in Rome. The Azzurri suffered a 10th straight home
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George North responds to critics with world-class form against Ireland
George North says he wanted to "put it right" after spectacularly rediscovering world-class form as Wales shredded Ireland's RBS 6 Nations title hopes. Juggernaut wing North joined Shane Williams, Gareth Thomas and Ieuan Evans in scoring 30 tries for
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League Two Round-up
Gary Locke made an immediate impact at bottom-of-the-table Cowdenbeath, guiding them to their first win of the year. After seven successive defeats, the Fife side won 3-1 at Berwick Rangers with Robbie Buchanan, Brian Ross and Kris Renton all on
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MacKenzie sets target for St Mirren easing relegation fears
St Mirren 0Dunfermline 0THE FIRST of April is traditionally a day for hoaxes and pranks but Gary MacKenzie has pin-pointed it as the date St Mirren effectively ease their relegation fears.Saturday’s draw with Dunfermline has reduced the gap with second-bottom
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Graeme Murty: Rangers should go into Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic with confidence after gutsy Parkhead display
GRAEME Murty, who oversaw a 1-1 draw with Celtic in his final game as Rangers caretaker manager yesterday, last night insisted the Ibrox club should go into the William Hill Scottish Cup semi-final against their city rivals next month confident of
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Rangers defender Clint Hill admits he got away with a Celtic penalty claim - and Leigh Griffiths agrees
IT is rare for opposing players to agree on anything after Celtic and Rangers draw swords but yesterday proved a real JFK moment. Both Clint Hill and Leigh Griffiths believed Celtic were denied a penalty right at the end of the match. When such a thing
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Anthony O'Connor tells Rangers to mind the gap as Aberdeen continue to flourish at home
ANTHONY O’CONNOR did not need to wait for the evidence to arrive before coming to his conclusion. Around 20 hours before Pedro Caixinha took his seat at Parkhead to watch his new side compete admirably to grind out a 1-1 draw with Celtic, the Aberdeen
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Louis Laing targets Inverness survival after 'big moment' rescues point at Partick Thistle
Sometimes, a team’s whole season can turn on one defining moment. For those of an Inverness persuasion, it felt as though they may have witnessed such a moment as they grasped an unlikely-looking draw from the jaws of defeat against Partick Thistle
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Strange case of a Paul Paton goal as St Johnstone overcome Jekyll & Hyde Dundee
There was a lot of talk about Jekyll & Hyde after this encounter at McDiarmid Park but there was also the Strange Case of Paul Paton to blether about.While Paul Hartley, the Dundee manager, was bemoaning his team’s dual personality after a timorous surrender
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Andrew Shinnie confident Hibernian can maintain promotion push without leading scorer Jason Cummings
ANDREW Shinnie has predicted Hibernian can avoid another slip-up in their push for the Ladbrokes Championship title without their leading scorer after Jason Cummings picked up a one match suspension. Cummings was red carded for deliberately handling
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Gary Armstrong: Inexperience, injuries and kamikaze rugby ... Scotland were like rabbits in headlights
We’re all looking for a wee pick-me-up after Saturday so here it is. At the start of the Six Nations, the vast majority of Scots said three home victories in the Six Nations would amount to a successful championship. Right now, we are 80 minutes
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Championship Round-up
Falkirk are emerging as the main threat to Hibernian as the Championship goes into the final quarter. The 4-1 win at Ayr United may have looked inflated given that Craig Sibbald and Fraser Aird both scored in injury-time but manager Peter Houston did
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League 1 Round-up
East Fife continue to ruffle a few feathers under Barry Smith. The 1-0 win at Livingston, courtesy of a late strike from Jason Kerr, underlined their play-off credentials. Their surge up to third in the table has seen them lose only once in
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Leigh Griffiths revealed Bobby Madden asked him whether he should have awarded Celtic a penalty
LEIGH GRIFFITHS made the astonishing claim that referee Bobby Madden asked him whether Clint Hill got a touch to the ball after he turned down a Celtic penalty in injury time of the Old Firm match. Hill himself admitted he got lucky right at the
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Northern nous is key to Jones' and England's bid for global domination
All that has gone before it during this Lions year Six Nations Championship was placed into renewed perspective on a weekend that brought an assertion of superiority at a critical moment as the home team powered to match and tournament victory at Twickenham.A
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Scotland's resources stretched by lengthening injury list
SCOTLAND’s injury worries have mounted as they prepare for their last game of the Six Nations Championship. Mark Bennett is likely to miss the Italy match on Saturday after sustaining two injuries against England, while six other players who were involved
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Gordon Reid urges Scotland to recover with upbeat ending
GORDON Reid is known as one of the most upbeat and ebullient members of the Scotland squad - a man who team-mates know they can turn to on or off the field if their morale needs a boost. True to form, the Glasgow Warriors loosehead was not slow in
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England 61 Scotland 21: Sorry Scots left to lick their wounds after record loss
TO travel hopefully is better than to arrive, or so the saying goes. But when it comes to following Scotland to Twickenham, the lesson from this most painful of defeats is surely that it is better not to travel hopefully at all. When you go to
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Getting to grips with Glaucoma
In an effort to create awareness around Glaucoma, NRS Healthcare has launched an informational guide to coincide with World Glaucoma Week. There are estimated to be around 300,000 people living with undetected and undiagnosed glaucoma in the UK
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U2 tribute act set to sham-rock St Patrick's Day at Glasgow cafe
On St. Patrick’s Day the Hard Rock Cafe in Glasgow will be celebrating in true Irish style with a limited-edition burger inspired by The Emerald Isle. The Guinness-infused St. Paddy’s Burger will be available from Monday, March 13 until Sunday,
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Music review: The Weeknd at SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Music The Weeknd SSE Hydro, Glasgow Four stars Although there was no special appearance from Drake at his Hydro gig (Glasgow will have to wait until later in the month for the Canadian colossus to finally grace us with his postponed
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Event review: Aye Write Weekend at various venues
Aye Write Weekend: John Byrne, Friday, Royal Concert Hall Woody Woodmansey, Saturday, Royal Concert Hall What’s Next for Scotland? Gerry Hassan, Alex Massie, Lesley Riddoch, Saturday, Royal Concert Hall The Makars: Jim Carruth, Jackie
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Music review: James Arthur at O2 Academy, Glasgow
Music James Arthur, O2 Academy, Glasgow Jonathan Geddes Two stars If the question ‘how bad is British pop music at this moment in time’ is asked, then James Arthur covering Clean Bandit’s irritating chart-topper Rockabye at this gig
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Music review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra at City Halls, Glasgow
Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Halls, Glasgow Friday, March 10 Miranda Heggie Four stars The programme for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Paris Concert’ comprised a selection of works inspired by the French capital. The themed idea
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Music review: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra City Halls, Glasgow Thursday, March 9 Miranda Heggie Five Stars Receiving its Scottish premiere, hearing James MacMillan’s viola concerto played by its dedicatee Lawrence Power, was a truly profound
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Ken Smith's Diary: Lying down on the job
WHEN is a star not a star, asks Paul Drury, who explains: "Taxi driver brother-in-law tells me, 'Had one of those blokes from River City in the back of the cab once'. He only knew because the passenger mentioned he was an actor with a part in the popular
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Leigh Griffiths criticises referee Bobby Madden for failure to award Celtic late penalty against Rangers
Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths claims referee Bobby Madden asked him if Rangers defender Clint Hill got a touch on the ball after ignoring a Hoops penalty appeal in the 1-1 draw at Parkhead Hill had sensationally levelled in the 88th minute of
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Mhairi Black makes surprise confession about her future in politics
She’s Britain’s youngest MP and was hailed as “a breath of fresh air” for younger voters when she first entered the House of Commons in 2015. However, in a surprise and candid interview, Mhairi Black has now revealed she “hates” being at Westminster
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Scotland centre Mark Bennett ruled out of Six Nations finale
Scotland centre Mark Bennett has been ruled out of his side's final RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy. The Glasgow midfielder suffered arm and knee injuries during a brief two-minute run out during the Dark Blues' humiliating 61-21 defeat to England at
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Who won the key battles at Parkhead in the Glasgow derby match between Celtic and Rangers?
SINCLAIR v HODSON LEE Hodson was preferred to James Tavernier at right back in the Rangers team due to the latter’s defensive limitations and justified his selection with an accomplished performance. Neither Scott Sinclair or Kieran Tierney
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Scottish Labour reaffirms second referendum opposition after Corbyn comments
Scottish Labour has reaffirmed its opposition to a second independence referendum, but stopped short of calling for Westminster to vote to block one. The party issued a statement clarifying its stance on the issue after interventions by Labour's
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Celtic 1, Rangers 1: Pedro Caixinha watches his team fight for a draw but Celtic denied penalty right at the end
THERE is only going to be one six in a row this season for Celtic after all. A dozen successive leagues will be plundered within days but a late equaliser for Rangers at Parkhead means they won't make a clean sweep of Old Firm wins.
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Rangers ratings: How Graeme Murty's side fared in the Old Firm draw
WES FODERINGHAM Many predicted the Gers keeper would be in for perhaps his busiest afternoon of the campaign. Got down well to block Armstrong’s free-kick but could do nothing as the midfielder fired Celtic in front. Comfortable otherwise. 6 LEE
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How they performed: Celtic ratings v Rangers
GORDON (7): Made the save of the game when he stuck out his left foot to deny Martyn Waghorn in the opening period with the score still at 0-0. Came to the fore again in one flurry of Rangers activity in the second period when he was quick off his
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Review: Panti Bliss: High Heels in Low Places, Tramway, Glasgow
Panti Bliss: High Heels in Low Places Tramway, Glasgow MARK SMITH **** YOU can’t help thinking that Panti Bliss has created a new genre. She looks like a traditional drag queen - an ordinary human-being multiplied by six - and she delivers
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Woman's body recovered after Highlands house fire
The body of a woman has been recovered from a house in the Highlands following a serious fire, police have confirmed. Officers had been attempting to trace Edith Allan, 65, after the blaze at her home in Sangomore, Durness. Formal identification
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This is how older people would vote in a second Scottish referendum
A majority of older voters would reject independence in a second referendum, a new poll suggests. Support for staying part of the United Kingdom stands at 70% among the over 60s, with 30% backing independence, the Survation poll for the Sunday Post
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Woman collapses and dies during 'race in the dark'
A woman has died after falling ill while taking part in a gruelling race held in darkness. Emergency crews were called to the Mighty Deerstalker event in the Scottish Borders after the woman, 48, became unwell just before 6pm on Saturday. She
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Neil Cameron: New Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha has been given something to work with
SO then, Pedro, what did you make of all that? Quite a lot, you would have to imagine given what the Portuguese was served up on his first full day in the new job. The Rangers players, who he had yet to meet, showed him they are not quite the timid
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Another false spring for Scottish rugby but the roses are in full bloom
It had seemed a day for being optimistic as we arrived at Twickenham. Glorious sunshine in England’s capital, daffodils breaking through in tribute to the events of the previous evening on a spring afternoon which bore the promise of better things to
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England player ratings
15 Mike Brown: Not quite as noticeable as he has sometimes been but made plenty of carries and made a fair bit yardage 6 14 Jack Nowell: Contribution was limited by the fact that the damage was being done before the ball got to him but looked for
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Letters: Action is needed to combat online abuse
I wish to commend you on your well-timed articles regarding the increase of online abuse, and your demand that Police Scotland act quickly and get offenders before the courts (Police investigate horrific catalogue of threats and abuse against Sturgeon
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Vicky Allan: Satire? This sexist dinosaur is beyond a joke
OF all the reactions to the news that actor Emma Watson revealed some breast in a Vanity Fair shoot, the most dispiriting and vile was the splurge of lechery penned by Rod Liddle in his Spectator column. Liddle’s piece was a reminder that, metaphorically
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Olympians put Rio pain behind them in Edinburgh International
THE physical torment which an Olympian quest frequently inflicts can quickly be soothed with a good old-fashioned treatment of rest and recovery. To heal the mental scars, there is no single prescription. “It left a wound in me for a wee while,” Ross
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Crushing defeat sees Scots injury woes mount
SCOTLAND’S hopes of winning the Triple Crown and going on for a tilt at the Six Nations Championship next week were obliterated yesterday as they lost 61-21 at Twickenham. England’s victory was enough for them to reclaim the title they won last year and
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Scottish campaigners to give evidence to UN on concerns over disability rights
Scottish campaigners will meet with UN officials tomorrow to raise concerns about the treatment of disabled people by the UK Government.The closed evidence session is being held in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Rights of Disabled People, as part a
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St Mirren 0, Dunfermline 0: Ross happy with point after surviving scare
ST MIRREN survived a major penalty scare and had their goalkeeper to thank as they secured a point which manager Jack Ross believes could prove precious in their quest for survival.Referee Steven Finnie remarkably did not point to the spot in 32 minutes
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Partick Thistle 1 Inverness 1: Last-gasp Gary Warren sickens Thistle as he rescues point for Inverness
IF the miraculous Barcelona comeback during the week was the sublime, then this injury-time snatch and grab by Inverness was verging on the ridiculous. In a match where they were second best by the length of Maryhill Road, Richie Foran’s men somehow
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Scotland man-by-man ratings
Stuart Hogg: Off after 15 minutes, initially for a head-injury assessment, but did not reappear. 4 out of 10Tommy Seymour: Switched to full-back when Hogg went off, and saw little of the ball in the first half as England cut loose through the middle.
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Hearts 4 Hamilton 0: Comfortable win eases pressure on Cathro as Accies go down heavily again
HEARTS’ form continues to undulate like the tide but on a good day there are few teams in Scotland who can live with them. This was one of those days.It will take more than one thumping win over relegation-threatened Hamilton Accies for Ian Cathro to
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Mother of missing airman still living in hope
THE mother of missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague is refusing to give up hope that her son may be alive despite a massive police search of a landfill site for his body.Nicola Urquhart, 47, from Dunfermline, Fife, said: “I know in my head that the chances
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White House intruder arrested
A MAN carrying a backpack has been arrested after breaching the White House grounds, the Secret Service said.It happened around midnight on Friday while President Donald Trump was in the building, the agency said.The intruder was arrested without incident
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Bitter rivalry, sex and violence ... welcome to the dog eat dog world of Crufts
AS the beautiful contestants strut their stuff in the hope of winning the top prize they are perfectly poised with back-combed and blow-dried hair, manicured nails and sparkling white teeth.With huge amounts of sponsorship money at stake for the winner
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Antonio Conte won't be playing it cool despite Mourinho's etiquette lesson
THE last time they met, Jose Mourinho took Antonio Conte aside and schooled him on Premier League etiquette. The Special One did not appreciate the Chelsea manager jumping around and egging on the Stamford Bridge crowd.“You don’t do that at 4-0,” he said
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Judge slammed for 'victim-blaming' over rape comments
A POLICE commissioner has accused a female judge of "victim-blaming" after she warned that drunk women are putting themselves at greater risk of rape.Judge Lindsey Kushner QC said women were entitled to "drink themselves into the ground
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Bullied daughter who killed herself 'wanted to be loved'
THE father of a teenage girl who shared photos of his dying daughter after she hung herself over online bullying said she "just wanted to be loved and she wanted to be accepted".Adrian Derbyshire issued the pictures of daughter Julia on life
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Watchdog rebukes SNP Health Secretary over comparisons with NHS in England
HEALTH Secretary Shona Robison has been pulled up by the UK Statistics Authority after making negative comparisons with the NHS in England. The UKSA found that a recent statement by Robison on delayed discharges was “ambiguous” and had the "potential
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Years of failure and inaction against the dark world of online abuse
Imagine you are walking down the street, chatting with friends about politics or a traumatic experience in life when a stranger comes up and interrupts the conversation.“I wish you would die”, the stranger says. “You’re a c**t”. I wish someone would shoot
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Parties unite to stop private policing of Trident bases
PLANS by the UK Government to privatise military guards at nuclear bases on the Clyde have come under blistering attack by both the SNP and Labour. The proposal has been branded as "chilling" and "dangerous", with both parties are
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Alan King is looking to bounce back at Cheltenham after last year's disappointment
THE Cheltenham Festival may have a magnetic drawing power for the sport of jump racing, but it can still produce polar opposites.The winner’s enclosure represents a year’s planning, scheming and dreaming but Alan King was the outsider looking in after
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Hamilton in the money
IT was great to hear that prize money at Hamilton Park will break the £1 million mark. The 15 per cent boost from 2016, up to over £1.166m, is part of an investment programme designed to bolster things on and off the track with a further £800,000 earmarked
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Women's Euro 2017, players making history: Good Evans loving life in Germany
NOBODY with a passing acquaintance of Lisa Evans would have been astonished to see pictures of the 24-year-old share a Munich balcony with Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery last summer. The effervescent winger from Perth isn’t slow at coming forward, on
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From synthetic 'zombie' drugs to 'codeine housewives' – the changing face of the modern drug scene
IT is the latest drug to spark alarm, with images of users being turned into ‘living dead’ by a powerful new strain of a synthetic alternative to cannabis hitting the streets.The drug, known as Spice, is one of a number of new laboratory-created substances
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Warren Gatland set to invite Scots coach to Lions selection meeting
BRITISH & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland could aim to counteract the lack of Scottish representation in his coaching party for the tour to New Zealand by inviting someone from the national team’s set-up to at least one selection meeting. Both Gregor
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Graeme Macpherson: Celtic Park will be an assault on Caixinha's senses but it will inform him just what he has to do at Rangers
THIS afternoon’s Old Firm derby will be like an assault on the senses for Pedro Caixinha. By the end of what will likely be a draining, pulsating 90 minutes he will either be enthused like never before for the job that lies ahead of him at Rangers, or
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Motorbiking mojo: how hipsters fell in love with the Harley-Davidson
FIRST THERE was the tattooed sleeve, vintage workwear, the full beard and the flat white. But now hipsters have found a new love affair and this time it's about speed as well as style. Though motorbikes may, in recent years, been the preserve of middle-aged
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Women on remand: a Scottish scandal
SERIOUS action must be taken to reduce the still shockingly high levels of women on remand and short custodial sentences in Scotland, say prison reform campaigners. The Scottish government, they argue, needs to ensure fewer women are going to prison on
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Police investigating horrific catalogue of threats and abuse against Nicola Sturgeon
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REPORT CONTAINS DETAILS READERS WILL FIND OFFENSIVE AND DISTURBINGPOLICE are investigating a catalogue of horrific online abuse against Nicola Sturgeon, including death threats, threats of violence and extremely offensive and sexualised
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“I was brought up believing that jail is for murderers. But since I’ve gone there, you see it in a different light.”
WHEN Zoe came out of prison she was seriously contemplating suicide, as she had done in the days leading up to her four weeks on remand at HMP Cornton Vale. In a short space of time the 31-year-old Somalian refugee had gone from being a hard-working mother
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Dugdale and Davidson also victims of campaign of hate by criminal trolls
THE First Minister is not alone - either as a politician or as a woman - when it comes to threats, hate and abuse spewed online by criminal trolls. Ruth Davidson and Kezia Dugdale, who both hit out last night at the aggressive online abuse directed
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Graeme Murty hoping to sicken his Celtic-supporting dad by leading Rangers to victory in his swansong
THERE may have been a few who questioned the sanity of Graeme Murty when he agreed to give up the relative calm of his role with the Rangers under-20s and step into the maelstrom that holding down the fort in temporary charge of the Ibrox first team represented
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Scotland's universities accused of prejudice against vocational education by top government adviser
UNIVERSITIES are not accepting enough students from colleges because they are prejudiced against vocational education, according to a top government advisor. Professor Peter Scott, the country’s first commissioner on fair access to higher education
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Former SNP minister calls for citizen's income to be introduced in poorest areas of Scotland
FORMER Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil has called for the proposal basic income for all citizens to be piloted in areas with the highest levels of poverty.The SNP MSP said the Scottish Government should launch four or five year trials of the scheme
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Cultural summit is centrepiece of midsummer's Solas Festival
A CULTURAL summit to discuss ideas about borders and migration is to be held at a major arts festival in Perthshire this summer.The Solas Festival – the midsummer festival of ideas, music, theatre and writing – includes a wealth of Scottish cultural talent
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Rodgers focuses on the team effort as his Celtic players jostle for player of the year contention
ASKING Brendan Rodgers to select which of his Celtic players ought to scoop up the Player of the Year awards is like asking a parent to choose a favoured child. You might have an idea in your head but blurting it out loud tends to only lead to an outbreak
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Top cops accused of trying to influence SNP refusal to order miners' strike probe
CAMPAIGNERS claim Police Scotland had a “major influence” over the SNP Government’s refusal to order a Hillsborough-style probe into the miners’ strike, following revelations that civil servants consulted senior officers about the issue.Senior Scottish
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State of the Nation: North Sea oil
IT has been central to the Scottish economy for over forty years and played a prominent role in the independence referendum. North sea oil, the discovery of which fuelled support for the SNP in the 1970s, was second only to currency in terms
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Letter: Muir's triumph was underplayed
I think I speak for most if not all of your readers when I extend my warmest congratulations to Laura Muir and her triumphant and emphatic victory in the 1500metre final of the European Indoor Championships (Super Muir collects her gold at last, Sport
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Vicky Allan: Vanity Fair seems to exist to ogle women
THERE’S nothing remarkable about the recent Emma Watson Vanity Fair shoot. Featuring images of the former Harry Potter star in a buttoned-up fencing suit or posing in a 1940s jacket with an arrow, it contains relatively little flesh. Yet one shot– in
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By Hardeep Singh Kohli: Isn't it great that weather forecasters care enough to remind us not to go out without a brolly
IT was one of the more memorable sights I have seen. It was an unseasonably warm March morning a dozen or so years ago, blissfully bright with the slightest chill in the air. The sun shone and illuminated everything: Glasgow looked as gallus as ever.
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Roxanne Sorooshian: It's all coming flatpack to me now ...
It’s been a good week for ... DIY duncesWe've all done it: wandered around the big blue-and-yellow Ikea shed and been lulled into serene confidence over the assembly of higledydrors. Finally locating said item in the yet-more-confusing warehouse,
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Former Scottish Labour rising star backs indyref2 in 2018
FORMER Glasgow Labour council leader Steven Purcell wants an independence referendum to be held next year and vowed he would play a more active role in the Yes campaign than he did in 2014. Purcell said a “hating Johnny foreigner” view over Brexit
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Angela Haggerty: I thought Heuchan would look beyond skin colour. I am a woman, a daughter, a sister, a person
READERS, I need your help. This week's column is a problem-solver, and I'm hoping by the end of it, you might have the answer to a question that has left me absolutely bewildered.Let's start at the beginning. Last week, I wrote a column about
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John Phelps's portfolio
We were reluctant sellers of our notional holdings in Avon Rubber last week when its share price finally triggered a sell signal under our stop loss system.The shares had been hovering on the brink for the past few weeks as a result of selling by nervous
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McCoist recalls the 1980s as Rangers struggle to establish themselves as the second force
ALLY McCoist can remember a time when Rangers weren’t even the second-best side in the country. He was on the playing books at the time. The first half of the 1980s are not recalled with any great fondness by supporters of the Ibrox club, a period when
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Dirty Diary: This week I giggle with Hammy, swear the House down and go potty over Roman relics
Hammy ha-haSO how did STV celebrate International Women's Day on Wednesday? Here's how: by cancelling Loose Women and replacing it with two hours of live stand-up featuring a grey, middle-aged bloke – this was Philip "Hammy" Hammond,
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Pete Stewart recommends ... South African red wines
I DO love a wee steak and ale pie but I’m afraid I’m guilty of popping down to our local village butcher as his version is very delicious and just needs heated in the oven while we wrestle the wee ones into bed. So, the biggest stress you should have
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'Classy adult fare, surprising, amusing and discomforting': review of Elle plus other film releases
Elle (18)PAUL Verhoeven can be a frustrating director, whose talent and daring is sometimes obscured by lurid material – most notoriously in Basic Instinct and Showgirls. But the Dutchman’s inclination to combine provocation with entertainment is perfectly
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The people's Alasdair Gray: Nominate your favourite of the artist's works and your words could grace a new book
ORAN Mor, on Glasgow’s Byres Road, seems as good a place as any in which to talk about the artistry of Alasdair Gray.After all, his magnificent mural in the auditorium – “the Sistine Chapel ceiling for Scotland’s working class”, as Gray himself once said
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Damien Love's TV highlights
MondayBig Little Lies9pm, Sky AtlanticMonday night is the night for beautiful-looking towns by the sea, and all the secrets festering there. Screw up your eyes, and Big Little Lies resembles a distant Hollywood cousin to Broadchurch, which continues steadily
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City of light and shade: review of The Last Days Of New Paris
The Last Days Of New ParisChina MievillePicador, £14.99Review by Sean BellTHANKFULLY, self-discipline is among China Miéville’s abundant talents. Though his imagination is a grand hothouse, verdant enough that his books almost occupy their own phantasmagorical
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Travel: A luxurious break in a Morzine ski resort offers as much fun off-piste as on
I CAN'T ski. And apart from one ill-fated dalliance on the dry slope at Bellahouston where I made the bottom of the hill before the planks that were supposed to be attached to my feet came tumbling after, I’ve rarely had an interest in it either.
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Gerontius and other paperback reviews
Gerontius by James Hamilton-Paterson (Faber, £9.99)This Whitbread-winning novel was originally published in 1989, and it’s well worth getting hold of this reissue if you missed it first time around. Gerontius is inspired by a real-life cruise up the Amazon
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Mindfulness: Switch off and blossom, urges Martin Stepek
WE live in unexplored territory. The human mind has never had so much to notice or absorb in the 16 or 17 hours of wakefulness we have each day. I’m 58, so I remember when there were two television channels, and neither of them was on all day long. No
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Corbyn flayed by Labour MPs after backing 'indyref2'
JEREMY CORBYN faced a furious backlash from Labour MPs after saying it is "absolutely fine" for another vote to go ahead on Scottish independence.The party leader was accused of a "special type of idiocy" after he said Westminster
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Scotland's Huw Jones mourns 'huge disappointment'
HUW Jones again showed the attacking verve he has become known for yesterday as he ran in two tries against England. The contrast between this performance and his scores in his previous half-dozen Tests was the fact that these tries mattered not a jot
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Body pulled from river
POLICE have recovered the body of a man from a river in Irvine.Formal identification is yet to take place but it is believed to be that of Alan Galbraith who vanished five weeks ago.The 58-year-old has been missing from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire since Sunday
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England 61 Scotland 21: Scots run ragged by champions
SCOTLAND came to Twickenham dreaming of a first Triple Crown in 27 years. They left having equalled their heaviest defeat by England in the 146 years of the fixture.That was the scale of the gulf between optimism and reality, as Eddie Jones’ team turned
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Ross County 1 Kilmarnock 2: Jim McIntyre rues missed opportunities again as visitors steal the points
WHEN Neil Lennon confided a few weeks ago that he would happily forego cup success at Hibernian for Premiership status, the sentiment might well have struck a chord way up north in Dingwall. What a bitter footnote in the recent chapter in club's history
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Drug-driving linked to hundreds of accidents on Scotland's roads
DRUG-DRIVING has been linked to more than 250 road accidents in Scotland over the past five years – including 21 deaths, the Sunday Herald can reveal. The number of drug-affected crashes in one year reached the highest level over that same period with
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SNP accused of watering down LGBTI schools motion at party conference
SENIOR SNP figures were accused of attempting to "water down" a call to make it a legal obligation to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues in the school curriculum at the party's conference in Aberdeen
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St Johnstone 2 Dundee 0: Saints go marching on with dominant derby win
In the Fair City, this was a very fair result. St Johnstone were thoroughly dominant and won this lop-sided Tayside derby with plenty to spare. Dundee, in their garish away strip, were far from pretty in pink. They were just pretty dire. An early double
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Aberdeen 1 Motherwell 0: Record Dons leave it late as bus breaks down at death
GIVEN what took place at Pittodrie between these two sides little under a month ago, you could have forgiven Motherwell for wanting to park the bus in front of Craig Samson’s goal rather than charter one for this return visit.In what turned out to be
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Green MEP claims case for indyref2 is "irrefutable"
THE logic of a second referendum on Scottish independence is "irrefutable", an English Green MEP has claimed.Molly Scott Cato spoke out in support of a second vote on Scotland's constitutional future as she addressed the Scottish Green Party
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Turkey's president claim Dutch are 'Nazi remnants'
TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the Dutch as "Nazi remnants and fascists", as a diplomatic row grows over a cancelled rally.Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte responded that the remark was "way out of line". Adding
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May's plan to trigger Brexit 'a catastrophe' and 'insult' to Scotland
THERESA May has "ram raided" Scotland into a chaotic Hard Brexit it was claimed last night following reports the Prime Minister is likely to have the authority to formally begin the process of leaving the EU as early as Tuesday.Last night, Downing
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Scots star of The Walking Dead: 'The only thing I fear is jokes about my haircut'
SCOTS actor Pollyanna McIntosh has told of her experience of appearing in US horror drama The Walking Dead – including sneaking past fans camped outside the set and having her haircut mocked. The 37-year-old, a former supermodel who grew up in Edinburgh
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'Theresa May is about to put a gun in her mouth and pull the trigger'
The Tory Government is heading for the sands. This would have sounded a far fetched thing to say even a few days ago but after a complete shambles of a Budget the Prime Minister’s feet of clay are now in clear view. It is becoming devastatingly obvious
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Ancient universities are failing working class students
The recent appointment of Professor Peter Scott as the first Commissioner for Fair Access in higher education was a welcome move.Children from our most deprived areas are four times less likely to go to university than their peers in affluent parts of
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£450m fracking plan under attack
A £450 MILLION plan by Ineos to develop the Grangemouth petrochemical complex for fracking is facing fierce opposition from hundreds of residents and campaigners.The Swiss-based company is applying for permission for new security facilities and pipelines
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In the thick of it: welcome to virtual-reality movies
FILMGOERS first had to get used to the talkies, then Technicolor, followed by computer-generated special effects and 3D in recent years. Now the latest technology to hit our screens is virtual reality, where the viewer is in the thick of the action alongside
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Cyprus Cup allows Fringe players to grab their chance
WHETHER by accident or design, the Cyprus Cup provided many more opportunities than usual for Scotland’s fringe players. Anna Signeul had intended to give all the outfield players game time anyway, but her hand was further forced by a spate of injuries
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Child abuse inquiry suffers fresh blow over Scottish Government staffing crisis
SCOTLAND’s beleaguered child abuse inquiry has suffered another setback after the Government sent out a desperate appeal for staff to work on its side of the investigation. A leaked email reveals the Government is at “serious risk” of missing a
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Lions rampant as Millwall make the short journey to the Lane
THE Scottish heritage of Millwall FC is contested terrain. The club's navy blue and white strips represent a nod to the north of the border, the Lion on the club's badge less so. And while the founders of the club worked at Morton's preserve
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Rangers' seven-year tax saga will end this week in the Supreme Court
FORMER Rangers stars who benefited from an elaborate tax avoidance scheme could be forced to pay back millions of pounds or face bankruptcy when a seven-year legal saga is finally decided in the Supreme Court this week.The liquidator of Rangers ‘oldco
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The Big Read: Why we can't get enough of scary monsters
IN the introduction to his translation of Beowulf, the Old English epic in which the titular hero fights three battles against two demon trolls and a dragon, Irish poet Seamus Heaney warns of the "slightly cardboard effect” the word "monster
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Labour warns of £1 billion Tory cuts to Scotland’s budget
CHANCELLOR Philp Hammond's budget will slash day-to-day spending in Scotland by over £1 billion by 2019-20, Scottish Labour’s Westminster spokesperson Ian Murray has claimed.Murray said the Tory government had sought to highlight the £350 million
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Man-eating crocodiles, machete-wielding tribesmen and deadly white-water rapids ... it can only be the latest challenge of Scots adventurer Aldo Kane
HE’S the Scottish adventurer the stars trust to keep them safe when filming in the most dangerous places on Earth. Former Royal Marines Commando Aldo Kane has travelled the world with A-list Hollywood celebrities as they shoot blockbuster films and TV
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Iain Macwhirter: The loss of oil could make the moral case for independence stronger
"IT'S Scotland’s Oil,” claimed the once-ubiquitous SNP slogan. But times change: “It was Scotland's Oil” makes more sense today. As recently as 2008, North Sea Oil revenues amounted to £11.5 billion – equivalent to a third of the Scottish
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Meet Alexa, she's nine inches high, shaped like a tube of Pringles, and men are falling in love with her in droves
SHE’S housed in a hefty black plastic cylinder about the same size as a large tube of Pringles. Alexa plays you whatever music you wish to hear. She brings you the news and sports headlines. She can order anything you want online. She can tell you jokes
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Letter: Who cares about pollution in our lochs?
It is a hard one to get one's head around the fact that the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) have been put in place to protect Scottish waters (Crackdown of fish farm pesticides after Sunday Herald investigation, News, March 5). They
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Letter: Shipping terminology matters
As a retired Merchant Navy officer can I please ask all your reporters not to use ships' names as adjectives (Scotland the Great: 10 amazing walks and cycle trails, News, February 26). Jane Wright talks of the "Sir Walter Scott paddle steamer
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Letter: Human values preceded Christianity
In this country we do not yet have a separation of state and religion, and in her excellent piece, Vicky Allan makes a valid point (Why politicians should give up talking about God for Lent, Comment, March 5). What are, in this country, too often referred
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Jail all online abusers who utter criminal threats
A MAN approaches you in the street. He insults you using the most coarse and sexualised language, then he says he wishes you were dead. He says he wants to watch someone kill you. He says he wants to physically assault you, or even kill you himself.That
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New witnesses found as search for missing schoolgirl Moira Anderson gets underway
NEW witnesses have come forward in the case of missing schoolgirl Moira Anderson, as a final effort to locate her remains gets underway. A major police operation is expected to begin this week to search sites where the body of the 11-year-old from Coatbridge
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Top judge to reform judicial conflict of interest rules after Holyrood scrutiny
SCOTLAND’s top judge has said he will strengthen the rules on judicial ethics amid concerns over the system for declaring conflicts of interest.Lord Carloway has agreed that publishing details of when judges and sheriffs have declined to “recuse” themselves
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Let's have proper research into women and power
Just as it is phoney science to judge the role of women in Scotland by the success and power of a mere three politicians, so we cannot make general conclusions by pondering the gender of CEOs and the other 3,000 who live and work in the rarified strata
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Caught in the cauldron of war
THEY were out to kill him, but he had already escaped from Mosul. Tip-toeing through the broken glass strewn across the floor, Loay Francis Namrud, continues telling his story of how the jihadists of Islamic State wanted him dead. His two colleagues at
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Start spreading the news: Britain's youngest heavyweight on Golovkin, world title dreams and boxing at New York's legendary Garden
BRITAIN’s youngest professional heavyweight boxer has a burning desire to see his name up in lights. Given that name is Jay “Kidd Dynamite” Carrigan-McFarlane that would likely require an entire team of electricians working day and night, something this
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Former Celt puts personal differences to one side to place Scott Brown among the greats
WHEN Celtic all but clinched their fifth league title at Tynecastle last April, Scott Brown’s immediate thoughts turned not to his manager, team-mates or supporters but to a former Parkhead player turned television analyst. “He’s just a poor man’s Gary
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O'Neill - Hodson did a job on Draxler, so he can rise to the occasion against Sinclair
MICHAEL O'Neill reckons Lee Hodson is a big game player who could have a vital role in today's Old Firm match - blunting the thrusts of Scott Sinclair down the Celtic left. The pacy 27-year-old has been one of the revelations of the Scottish season
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Gargantuan appetites, wonderfully rendered: reviews of The Red Chair and If I Had A Girl ...
The Red ChairSeen at Tron Theatre, GlasgowTouring until March 31 If I Had A Girl ...Seen at Traverse Theatre, EdinburghTouring until March 16 Reviewed by Mark Brown MUCH has been said and written about the crucial role played by the Scottish storytelling
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Andy Gemmell's drinks cabinet: Tullibardine Distillery
Tullibardine DistilleryStirling Street, BlackfordHistory: Founded in 1949 by the architect William Delmé-Evans and CI Barrett, Tullibardine is a relatively new distillery by Scottish standards. However, alcohol has been produced on this site for over
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What is Craniosacral Therapy?
THIS week we are going to look at a gentle, non-invasive and holistic treatment that can help you avoid diseases in both body and mind, namely Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy or BCT. BCT stimulates the motion and flow of the craniosacral system, which
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The impossible horror of war: review of Boys In Zinc
Boys In Zinc By Svetlana AlexievichPenguin, £9.99Review by Julie McDowall SVETLANA Alexievich’s books are almost unbearable. The words scream off the page, producing an onslaught of images which the reader must piece together into some kind of ghastly
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The herstory girls: Jenni Murray on the great women who shaped British history
JENNI Murray’s latest book, A History Of Britain In 21 Women, could be described as a kind of single-sex space. For here, in her series of short chapters on significant British women, from Boadicea to Nicola Sturgeon, there are only women, or, to be more
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Restaurant: Joanna Blythman reviews Shri Bheema’s , Edinburgh
Shri Bheema’s 14A Nicolson St, Edinburgh 0131 556 7777Lunch/Dinner: £5-£28Food rating: 2/10PAPER tablemats at Shri Bheema’s in Edinburgh show a map of the UK with red icons representing the chain’s six branches in Aberdeen (two), Edinburgh (two), London
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Second Grand Slam and Test record in sight but Jones sets even bigger target
His side is one match short of setting a new record for successive Test wins and becoming the first in the Six Nations era to win back to back Grand Slams, but Eddie Jones has designs on an even bigger prize that is getting ever closer to being within
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Is Philip Hammond's Lifetime ISA the lifeline it purports to be?
THERE were few giveaways in Philip Hammond’s spring Budget, with the Chancellor appearing more concerned with boosting the Government’s coffers through greater taxation on the self-employed than helping those struggling to make ends meet.
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Ten of the best monster films
10 OF THE BEST MONSTER FILMS Godzilla (1954)The original Japanese version was a metaphor for nuclear weapons. But thanks to many subsequent spin-offs and remakes the fire-breathing lizard is now one of the cult movie monsters and adaptable to almost any