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Huw Jones out for up to five months after hamstring surgery
AT LEAST one Scotland player's ambition of spending the summer in New Zealand with the British & Irish Lions has been scuppered. Huw Jones, the South Africa -based centre who was an outside bet for a place in the touring party, has had surgery on
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Fletcher the inspiration for United's new wonderkid
MANCHESTER UNITED wonderkid Ethan Hamilton has been urged to follow the path of his hero, Scotland icon Darren Fletcher, when he helps the young Scots open their Under 19s Euro Elite Round today in Czech Republic.Scotland's kids kick off their group
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Fierce pride gets Edinburgh's Dell out of bed in the morning
ALLAN DELL eventually got to bed at 5am on the Sunday morning after Scotland’s Six Nations victory over Italy at the weekend, but anyone hoping for a juicy story involving the sort of hell-raising that rugby players were notorious for back in the amateur
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Aitchison hoping for Celtic chance as Scotland under-17s look to book Euro place
CELTIC’S determination to go through the season undefeated may not be good news for everyone at the club. Brendan Rodgers’ side could wrap up their sixth successive league title as early as next weekend, an event that usually leads to a number of fringe
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No evidence that North was bitten at Stade de France
SIX Nations officials have announced no clear evidence could be found that Wales wing George North was bitten by a France player during Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash in Paris.Video footage proved inconclusive after match referee Wayne Barnes stopped
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Scott Sinclair in no rush to return to England after finding Paradise at Celtic
Scott Sinclair, the Celtic winger, last night underlined his commitment to the reigning Scottish champions and insisted that he is in no rush to return to a club down south. The 27-year-old, a £3.5 million capture from Aston Villa in the
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McGuigan wants lightweight legend Buchanan's achievements carved in stone
EDINBURGH is not short of a statue or two to the great and the good, but Barry McGuigan, the former world featherweight champion who manages the fortunes of emerging star Josh Taylor, insists that space should be found to accommodate one more in the capital.Consequently
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Celtic winger Scott Sinclair not giving up on England cap despite latest snub
Driving up to the higher ground of Lennoxtown amid a variety of mini-blizzards yesterday would’ve had some of the world’s most experienced Sherpas saying, “sod this, I’ll establish a base camp in the Drookit Dug pub and you can make the final assault
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Six Nations provided mixed memories but plenty of promise
MEMORIES fade fast in a sport where so many international fixtures are played. Right now we may recall every try, every controversy, every success and failure from the 2017 Six Nations, but in a few years’ time our collective recollection of it will be
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Canada coach Michael Findlay is the Celtic fan who owes his career to David Moyes
CANADA interim head coach Michael Findlay never got to fulfil his dreams of playing for Celtic but reckons the lessons learned living with David Moyes set him up for life.Findlay spent three years in Scotland as a teenager trying to win professional deals
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Man-to-man combat on the menu as WGC Matchplay swings into action
There was a time when the WGC Matchplay Championship was a fairly simple affair. The winner ploughed on, the loser went hame. Or at least went back to his hotel room until he could get hame on the next available flight. These days, of course, that
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Lib Dems want action on musculoskeletal treatment waiting times
Just over half of patients waiting for musculoskeletal health services such as physiotherapy have been seen within the target time. New figures show 54per cent of the 73,907 people referred for physical therapy, occupational therapy, chiropody/
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Theresa May ‘risking catastrophic Brexit’
CRASHING out of the European Union without a trade deal would have “stark, catastrophic and unavoidable” economic consequences, the Principal of Glasgow University Professor Anton Muscatelli has warned. The respected macroeconomist urged Theresa
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Baby born today 'will not see end of fuel poverty', says MP
Babies born today will not see UK fuel poverty eradicated in their lifetime, Labour has claimed. Shadow energy minister Gill Furniss accused the Government of failing to tackle the UK's "cold home crisis" as she insisted addressing fuel poverty
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Scottish Government has no plans to introduce hijab ban legislation
The Scottish Government has no plans to introduce a ban on hijabs or other veils, ministers have said. Equalities Secretary Angela Constance said while the government respects the European Court of Justice ruling making it legal for firms to ban
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GP recruitment crisis caused by systematic disinvestment, says consultant
A public health consultant has told MSPs that "systematic disinvestment" in GP services has caused a "recruitment crisis". Dr Eleanor Hothersall, of NHS Tayside, said becoming a GP is sometimes seen as "not a great job to have" and warned the issues
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No Brexit deal would be catastrophic for economy, says academic
Exiting the European Union (EU) without a deal would have "stark, catastrophic and unavoidable" economic consequences, a leading academic has warned. Professor Anton Muscatelli, principal of the University of Glasgow, urged the UK Government to
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Pound surges to three-week high after inflation tops two per cent target
LONDON'S top flight index gave up its winning streak as the pound surged to a three-week high after inflation exceeded the Bank of England's two per cent target.The FTSE 100 Index closed down 51.47 points to 7,378.34, dragged lower by the mining
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Lord Tebbit gives damning verdict on life of Martin McGuinness
Former Tory Cabinet minister Norman Tebbit said he hopes Martin McGuinness is "parked in a particularly hot and unpleasant corner of hell for the rest of eternity". The peer, whose wife Margaret was paralysed when the IRA bombed a Brighton hotel
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Celtic winger Scott Sinclair hoping to keep good memories going at Tynecastle
Scott Sinclair is eager to wrap up the title at the place where his Celtic career got off to a flying start. The winger came off the bench to score a late winner at Tynecastle in August on the same weekend he completed his move from Aston Villa.
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UK to ban electronic devices on flights from six Middle East countries
Airline passengers travelling to the UK from six countries in the Middle East and north Africa are to be banned from carrying laptops and other large electronic devices as cabin luggage, Downing Street has announced. The ban affects direct inbound
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Lawyer Aamer Anwar elected rector of Glasgow University
LAWYER Aamer Anwar has been elected the rector of Glasgow University after seeing off a challenge from controversial US right-wing journalist Milo Yiannopoulos. Mr Anwar, who has acting in a number of high profile cases, is a former graduate at
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New study shows drivers' brains switch off when using satnav systems
Following satnav instructions "switches off" activity in parts of the brain used for navigation, a study has shown. Researchers carried out brain scans of 24 volunteers as they explored a simulation of the streets of Soho, in London's West End.
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Homes pledge contained in Labour's Edinburgh manifesto for council elections
Scottish Labour has pledged to build 16,000 new homes, a dozen new schools and crack down on holiday lets as part of its manifesto for Edinburgh ahead of the council elections. The party's deputy leader and national campaign manager Alex Rowley
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COMMERCIAL FOCUS: Why Strathclyde Business School is a firm favourite of enterpreneurs
Strathclyde Business School (SBS) has a long and proud history of being an innovative business school - and part of a leading technological university - with 'useful learning' at its heart. SBS was named Business School of the Year in the Times
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Labour's civil war intensifies after Len McCluskey accuses Tom Watson of living in a "world of skulduggery, smears and secret plots"
LABOUR’s civil war has intensified after Len McCluskey, the General Secretary of the trade union Unite, accused Tom Watson, the party’s deputy leader, of living in a "world of skulduggery, smears and secret plots". Mr McCluskey’s attack came just
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UK-bound passengers 'facing ban on large electronic devices in hand luggage'
Airline passengers travelling to the UK from Middle Eastern countries are to be banned from carrying laptops and other large electronic devices onboard, according to reports. The move follows a similar measure announced on Tuesday by the US authorities
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Sir Rod Stewart to lead concert marking Celtic's 1967 European Cup triumph
Sir Rod Stewart is to headline a special concert marking the 50th anniversary of Celtic's European Cup triumph. The Bay City Rollers and Eddi Reader will also perform at the Hydro on May 25, exactly 50 years to the day when the Lisbon Lions became
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'Amazing' doctor faces tribunal over Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey screening
A doctor who misled other medics before Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey was struck down with the Ebola virus is "amazing", a colleague told a tribunal today. Dr Hannah Ryan was one of the first UK medics to travel to Sierra Leone with Ms Cafferkey
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Local elections will not affect Government decision over Pentland Studio proposal
The Scottish Government's deliberations over a plan to build a major film studio outside Edinburgh will not be hindered by the run up to the local government elections.During a pre-election period, a "purdah" rule is put in place in which
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Missing man, 71, found on Ben Nevis
Mountain rescue teams have located a 71-year-old man who was reported as missing by police. Police Scotland said Arthur Bowden has been found on Ben Nevis by Lochaber mountain rescue team. Officers are liaising with the mountain rescue team
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Inspector Morse writer Colin Dexter dies aged 86
Inspector Morse author Colin Dexter has died aged 86. A statement from his publisher, Macmillan, said: "With immense sadness, Macmillan announces the death of Colin Dexter, who died peacefully at home in Oxford this morning." He was best known
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Nicola Sturgeon: Westminster blocking independence vote would be wrong
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted it would be "wrong, unfair and utterly unsustainable" for Westminster to deny Scotland a second independence referendum if MSPs back her call for another ballot to be held. The First Minister said it was "'entirely
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National Trust boss moots merger with government body
A MERGER between Scotland's largest conservation charity and the government's heritage agency is "almost inevitable", its chief executive has said. Simon Skinner Simon Skinner, of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), said that his
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Gerry Braiden: McGuinness, the hawk whose triumph was the restoration of the mundane
MARTIN McGuinness was always the hawk. Amongst us prematurely politicised youngsters there was a view that by the mid-1980s Republicans from our neighbourhoods in west Belfast had become their movement's 'thinkers'. They had beards and dressed like
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Watch: Police officer saves man from drowning by jumping in river
A police officer on duty at a Championship football match saved a man from drowning by leaping into a fast-flowing river. Pc James Patterson was helping with crowd control at the game between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday when colleagues
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Lost Glasgow: Stories of the notoriously riotous crowds at the Empire Theatre
As a curtain riser to my Lost Glasgow wanderings, let’s start with a visit to Sauchiehall Street's legendary Empire Theatre, seen here, in the early 1920s, from the corner of West Nile Street. The crowd on the near corner, gathered around the Southern
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Pink Star diamond could sell for £48m
THE most valuable cut diamond ever to be offered at auction has gone on display in London. The Pink Star is expected to sell for more than $60 million (£48.4m). The auction record is currently held by the Oppenheimer Blue, which fetched 50.6 million
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Debate over tax-credits ‘rape clause’ is refused
DEMANDS for an emergency parliamentary debate on the introduction of a so-called “rape clause” into the tax credits system have been refused. Glasgow Central SNP MP Alison Thewliss tried to force an emergency debate on a “deeply flawed” policy
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Independent Scotland would face financial challenge, says former Bank of England governor
Scotland could "certainly" be an independent country but such a move would have financial consequences, according to the former governor of the Bank of England. Lord King said he did not see "any major problems" over the question of which currency
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Terminally ill man begins High Court challenge over assisted dying
A man with terminal motor neurone disease has gone to the High Court to challenge the law on assisted dying. On Tuesday, lawyers for retired college lecturer Noel Conway, who was diagnosed in November 2014 and is not expected to live beyond the
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Labour is 'ripping itself apart' at Westminster over Corbyn admits Rowley
LABOUR’S Westminster group is “ripping itself apart” over Jeremy Corbyn, the party’s Scottish deputy has admitted, and warned of a voter backlash in May’s local elections. Attacking a surge in infighting among Labour MPs, Alex Rowley, who is in
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Martyn Waghorn pleased Rangers got Pedro Caixinha era off to a winning start at Ibrox
MARTYN WAGHORN hopes Rangers’ impressive showing against Hamilton was a sign of things to come under new boss Pedro Caixinha.The Portuguese got his Light Blues reign off to a perfect start on Saturday as his side eased to a 4-0 win at Ibrox.Waghorn converted
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Martin McGuinness compared to Nelson Mandela as leaders pay tribute
Long-time Sinn Fein colleague Gerry Adams led tributes to Martin McGuinness, describing him as a "passionate republican who worked tirelessly for peace and reconciliation and for the reunification of his country". Mr Adams posted Irish folk singer
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EU leaders to hold 'Brexit guidelines' summit to agree negotiating position
European Union leaders will meet on April 29 to collectively agree a Brexit negotiating position ahead of withdrawal talks with Britain, European Council president Donald Tusk has announced. The timing of the summit will give leaders of the EU's
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George Galloway to stand as independent in Manchester Gorton
GEORGE Galloway is to seek a return to Westminster by throwing his hat in the ring to succeed Sir Gerald Kaufman as the MP for Manchester Gorton. The former Labour and Respect politician will stand as an Independent candidate in the upcoming by-election
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Calls for Philip Green to put more in BHS pensions if billionaire receives £15m settlement
MP Frank Field has demanded Sir Philip Green ploughs more money into the BHS pension scheme if £15 million is shifted back to the billionaire as part of his £363 million settlement agreement. The Labour veteran, who chairs the Work and Pensions Committee
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Obituary - Martin McGuinness, Irish republican leader
Irish republican leaderBorn: May 23, 1950;Died: March 21, 2017MARTIN McGuinness, who has died aged 66, was deputy first minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 until his retirement in January 2017; before that, he had been the Sinn Féin MP for Mid-Ulster
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Glasgow Comedy Festival review: Alex Norton, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Glasgow Comedy FestivalAlex NortonCitizens Theatre, GlasgowMarianne GunnFour starsALTHOUGH it might, arguably, have found a better home with the Aye Write book festival, Alex Norton's autobiographical show was perfectly placed being performed on his
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Waitrose makes changes to free tea and coffee offer
Waitrose is to "refine" its offer of free tea and coffee for members of its loyalty card scheme by handing out cups after they have paid for their shopping. Currently, myWaitrose card holders can collect their hot beverage as they enter the supermarket
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Inflation rises above bank's two per cent target amid higher fuel and food prices
Rising fuel and food prices pushed inflation beyond the Bank of England's 2% target in February, hitting its highest level since September 2013. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation reached
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Lord Tebbit hopes McGuinness is in 'particularly hot and unpleasant corner of hell'
Former Tory Cabinet minister Norman Tebbit said he hopes Martin McGuinness is "parked in a particularly hot and unpleasant corner of hell for the rest of eternity". The peer, whose wife Margaret was paralysed when the IRA bombed a Brighton hotel
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Son of IRA bombing victim 'will always remember McGuinness as terrorist'
The son of an IRA bombing victim, killed in one of the most notorious atrocities in Northern Ireland's troubled history, has said he cannot forgive Martin McGuinness for his terrorist past. Stephen Gault saw his father Samuel, 49, killed by an
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Nick Rodger: Stupid and boring? After all this gender politicking, maybe we can focus on some of golf's positives
These are tut-tutting, head-shaking, finger-wagging times and the only way you can get through the daily grind of tut-tutting, head-shaking and finger-wagging is to indulge in a variety of earthly vices. This correspondent, for instance, has seasoned
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Pauline Cafferkey to give evidence over Ebola temperature case
Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey will give evidence today to medical watchdogs after she was struck down by the Ebola virus hours after landing back in the UK from Africa. Ms Cafferkey was with Dr Hannah Ryan and another nurse, Donna Wood, returning
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We look at the six Premiership clubs fighting relegation and there are dark clouds hanging above Lanarkshire
CELTIC could well be officially crowned Premiership champions before they next play a game.Aberdeen seem fairly certain for second place, they sit eight points above Rangers with a far superior goal-difference, while the chase to win a European spot and
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Transport disruption as drivers face snow and icy conditions across Scotland
An arctic blast has stopped motorists in their tracks this morning as snow stormed across much of Scotland. The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for most of central and western Scotland for snow and ice late last night as a cold front
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Hibernian manager Neil Lennon believes the next two league matches could decide his team's league campaign
NEIL LENNON believe his side’s next two games against title rivals Falkirk and Morton will have a huge bearing on whether they are going to take the chequered flag in the Championship.The Easter Road head coach was furious after his side were held to
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Sturgeon to make her case for independence referendum at Holyrood
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will make her case for Holyrood to be granted the power to stage a second independence referendum in the aftermath of Britain's Brexit vote. The SNP leader will call on MSPs to back her request to Westminster for a Section
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Neil Cameron: Pedro Caixinha is right to shop locally for an assistant but is Barry Ferguson the right choice?
MORE than one pair of brown brogues will be looked out along with a crisp blue suit over the next few days by Rangers heroes of the past. By this time next week Pedro Caixinha should have appointed someone with local knowledge who enjoys a standing
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Sunderland to make a move for Hibernian top goalscorer Jason Cummings
JASON CUMMINGS, the Hibernian striker, is a summer target for Sunderland who would be willing meet his club’s valuation of £2million for one their key assets.David Moyes, the struggling English outfit's manager, personally scouted the 21-year-old
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Martin McGuinness: The IRA commander turned peacemaker who shook hands with Queen
Martin McGuinness: Born May 23, 1950. Martin McGuinness, who has died aged 66, was an IRA commander who became friends with his most implacable enemy. His partnership at the top of Stormont's power-sharing administration with fundamentalist
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Reaction in full: Former IRA commander turned peacemaker Martin McGuinness dies
Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister and ex-IRA commander Martin McGuinness has died aged 66. Sinn Fein said in a statement : "It is with deep regret and sadness that we have learnt of the death of our friend and comrade Martin McGuinness
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Wild Island Botanic Gin springs into summer
Colonsay Beverages, producers of Colonsay Beers – Pig’s Paradise, IPA and 80 Shilling – is celebrating the launch of its premium gin, Wild Island Botanic Gin infused with botanicals hand foraged on the remote Inner Hebridean island. Wild Island Botanic
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Ken Smith's Diary: Driving them demented; knuckling down; and faking it
Driving them demented OUR story about old drivers reminds George Marshall in Glasgow: “My parents live in a small village in Ayrshire where an eccentric old couple used to drive to church in a bright yellow VW Beetle. In his later years the husband
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Obituary - Marion Marchbanks, pharmacist
PharmacistBorn: December 27, 1941;Died: March 2, 2017MARION Marchbanks, who has died aged 75, was a pharmacist who owned chemist shops in two of the most deprived areas of West Dunbartonshire, where she became a member of the Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust.She
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Obituary - Sir Derek Walcott, poet and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
PoetBorn: January 23 1930;Died: March 17 2017SIR Derek Walcott, who has died aged 87, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 for, in the words of the Swedish Academy’s citation, “a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision
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Heroines recalled as women tackle prejudice to play football
OffsidebyNeil CooperSABRINA Mahfouz wasn't interested in football when she started work on Offside, the play she co-wrote with fellow poet Holly McNish, and which tours to the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh next week. Mahfouz didn't really do sport
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Comment: Dramatic rise in life expectancy means solutions need to be found
LIFE expectancy has been increasing in the UK and other developed countries for years. Indeed, since the 1980s, life expectancy at age 65 has increased for males from 13 years to 18.4 years – a dramatic improvement. Female life expectancy has also
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Few workers saving enough to be able to enjoy a comfortable retirement
THE majority of today’s workers underestimate how long they are going to live and are failing to save enough for their future. For many pensioners the burden of funding their retirement has fallen to their employers and the state, with companies taking
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Comment: Future savings and pension challenges need a new system
By Alan McFarlane OUR retirement savings and pension systems face unprecedented pressures. Today’s western societies operate pension systems for lives of three score years and ten and populations with lots of young people and few retirees. Those
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Herald View: Championships will be a chance to celebrate in 2018
ANYONE who experienced the atmosphere in Glasgow’s George Square during the Commonwealth Games will surely be looking forward to the 2018 European Championships. Glasgow is hosting the event with Berlin and, as with the Commonwealth Games in 2014, George
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SNP pensions promise will have to be watered down in event of second independence referendum
THE SNP will have to water down the pensions promises made in its last independence manifesto if it gets to hold a second referendum, with the cost of offering an inflated state pension likely to be an additional £60 billion over the next 50 years.
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Play it loud: How love of rock music threw 88-year-old a new lifeline
HUGH “Shug” McKay can lay claim to being the oldest rocker in town – at the sprightly age of 88. Over the past eight years, Shug has attended every gig by Edinburgh pub rockers Chil – and is first on the dancefloor at least twice a month. The
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Sesame Street to get first autistic character - and no, the Count doesn't count
A Muppet with autism is to join the cast of long-running children's TV series Sesame Street.Julia, a young muppet with red hair and bright green eyes is joining the cast of the 48 year-old show to help raise awareness of the condition and help tackle
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Celtic chief: Nationalists are engaged in 'deliberate attempt to sectarianise Scottish politics'
INDEPENDENCE campaigners are engaged in a “deliberate attempt to sectarianise Scottish politics,” a director of Celtic Football Club and former Labour minister has claimed. Brian Wilson said Nationalists were importing loaded political language
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Rangers chief's South African investment firm fights fine over share dealing breach
THE South African investment firm founded and run by Rangers chairman Dave King is fighting a fine of more than £32,000 for breaching financial rules. Micromega Holdings Ltd, which the South-Africa based businessman founded in 1998 and of which
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Watch: Arran islanders have a handle on saving public loos faced with going down the pan
RESIDENTS are joining forces to save nearly half of the public toilets on the islands of Arran that are faced with closure. Talks are at an advanced stage to gift the rundown public loos to the islanders who created a stink over their imminent demise
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Labour plunges into bitter row over claims of hard Left takeover plot as Tories post 19-point lead
JEREMY Corbyn has faced an "explosive" meeting of Labour MPs and peers amid a heated row over claims of a hard Left takeover plot. The party leader was heckled by MPs as he addressed the Parliamentary Labour Party[PLP] with some said to be angry
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Man recovered from burn in Argyll named as retired university lecturer from Glasgow
A man whose body was recovered from a fast flowing burn has been named as retired university lecturer Ron Thomson. Dr Thomson, 66, and his wife, Maris, from Glasgow, had been to a cheese and wine evening at Kilchrenan Village Hall, in Argyll, on Saturday
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Herald View: Challenges ahead on exam guidance
IT has always been the ultimate warning handed down to pupils by parents and teachers: “Buckle down and work or you’ll end up leaving school without any qualifications.” But could changes to the way Scotland’s qualifications are organised make it more
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Legal challenge over 'unlawful' sacking of Glasgow Clyde College board thrown out
A SENIOR judge has dismissed a landmark legal challenge which claimed that ministers acted unlawfully by sacking the entire board of a Scottish college for mismanagement. And Lord Clark in a Court of Session ruling has said that there had been
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Scots entrepreneur pockets £64m while 60 of his staff get £36m from insurance firm sale
ALASDAIR Locke, one of Scotland's richest businessmen is £64 million richer after Argenta, the insurance firm he heads was sold in a £142.5 million deal. The Banffshire-based oil tycoon, who as chairman of the company, had a 45 per cent stake,
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Recipe of the Day: Spelt bread by Westfield Farm in Inverurie
Spelt Bread by Westfield Farm in Inverurie This is a really easy recipe for Spelt bread. Spelt has more protein than wheat flour and rises very well for bread making. Spelt has less gluten than wheat flour so is easier digested. Our Westfield
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'False premise' state pension should be scrapped, says think tank
THE state pension is “based on a false premise” and should be scrapped, a leading think-tank has claimed. Calling for a new system to relieve the burden placed on future generations, Reform Scotland said the state pension has been mismanaged with successive
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Brexit hit fear as 29% of large firms look abroad
NEARLY three in 10 large UK businesses are considering moving activities to other European Union countries because of Brexit, or are doing so already, while small firms are signalling continued easy access to EU markets is crucial.These key findings of
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Breast screening 'doing more harm than good', says public health expert
BREAST screening does women more harm than good and health bosses should consider axing it to save the NHS money, MSPs will be told today. Respected public health expert, Dr Helene Irvine, said the programme was a waste of resources and pointed
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Scottish schools to be warned over new danger of pupils leaving with no qualifications
SCHOOLS are to be issued with fresh guidance amidst fears some pupils would leave school without any qualifications. The Herald understands an expert group chaired by John Swinney, the Education Secretary, has agreed to issue the advice to prevent
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Let us spring into action
I AGREE with Gilbert MacKay (Letters, March 17) and Derek Petrie (Letters, March 20) regarding the preponderance of letters about politics. Like these two gentlemen I yearn for occasional trivia. Might the following question set the ball rolling?Now that
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TV ads are dead annoying
I HAVE recently retired and as a viewer I am now exposed to the daytime television adverts. I find that there a lot of organisations out there who want to bury or cremate me, at a "good price". As I sit in front of the telly, I wonder "
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A sense of entitlement
THE explanation for George Osborne’s recent incomprehensible rise to editorial responsibilities rests simply on a built in sense of entitlement (otherwise known as brass neck), meeting up with an eastern desire to stir the pot (“Greedy Osborne should
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The sense of excitement and rebellion provided by Chuck Berry will not fade
IT was with much sadness and many joyful memories, that we heard of the death of the great “father of rock'n’roll”. Chuck Berry, at the amazing age of 90 (“Berry set for posthumopur chart success” and Obituary, The Herald, March 20). Astonishingly
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We must stand up to political policy that is hampering the nursing profession
I WOULD challenge the headline and content of Helend McArdle’s article (“Wanted: Caring nurses to help outr ageing society”, The Herald, March 17) in your Grey Matters series on two counts. Firstly, the headline raises the assumption we do not currently
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Women bosses face cash barrier
ACCESS to funding remains a “persistent barrier” to female entrepreneurs, according to new research offering a range of recommendations to help more women set up their own firms.The research, commissioned by The Entrepreneurs Network in partnership with
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Bowleven faces fresh criticism after shake up
BOWLEVEN has continued to keep its powder dry amid signs of unhappiness in some quarters that chief executive Kevin Hart remains in post in spite of being voted off the board last week.The company offered no response to comments made on bulletin boards
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Scots brothers hunted in alleged £13million fraud probe
TWO Scots brothers are being hunted by investigators as part of an alleged £13 million fraud probe.David Black, also known as David Diaz and David Stark, and Ludovic Black, also known as Victor Black, are wanted for questioning by the Serious Fraud Office
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Social enterprise firm aiming high after netting Celtic snood contract
AN Aberdeen social enterprise that makes bespoke snoods under licence agreements has landed a contract with Celtic Football Club.The deal allows SQUAD to sell the Celtic branded snoods on its website and to third parties. It is the latest in a series
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Overseas investors shrug off political concerns
THE appetite of foreign investors for targeting commercial property in Edinburgh has not been diminished by constitutional uncertainty brought by Brexit and the growing prospect of a second referendum on Scottish independence.The weakness of sterling
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Phil Miller: Is there trepidation amid Edinburgh Festival celebrations?
NO one wants to be the voice of doom. But one senses a certain trepidation amid the celebrations at the nation’s – the world’s? – most important arts festival.I had a lengthy and engaging pre-launch interview with Fergus Linehan, director of the Edinburgh
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Surveyor offers drone service
SHEPHERD Chartered Surveyors has launched a drone service that can be used to take aerial pictures and videos of properties for clients. John Reid at the firm’s Dumbarton office is a licensed drone operator. He said it had proved particularly useful to
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Cake maker highlights impact of fall in pound
FINSBURY Food Group, which employs 1,100 people in its cake making business in Scotland, has highlighted the challenges posed by the fall in the pound since the Brexit vote after growing first half profits five per cent. The London-listed firm made £7.9
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New public gardens to open at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
THEY have hosted jousting matches and tennis tournaments and were once home to a wild menagerie whose denizens included a lion, an ape and a camel.And now the venerable gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh are going back to their roots
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Minister is first to lead new Church congregation after same-sex relationships debate split
A former solicitor who worked in Nepal helping survivors of the devastating earthquake in 2015 has been introduced as the first minister of a newly formed congregation in Edinburgh.Rev Malcolm Ramsay, 60, has been introduced as the "transition minister
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Herald Entrepreneur: Photographer surmounts brick wall by setting up own business
FIONA RINTOUL When Vin McGuire finished his degree in photography at Robert Gordon University last year, he didn’t intend to set up his own photography business. However, the brick wall the 32-year-old father of three encountered when looking for
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Agenda: Brexit could threaten the goodwill that is extended to the Scottish brand
By Russell Campbell, lecturer in marketing, School of Business and Enterprise, University of the West of Scotland THE passing weeks appear to bring more questions than answers in respect of how Scotland’s future prosperity might be impacted by
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Iain Macwhirter: Bill on emotional abuse is fraught with danger
THE Scottish Parliament has a poor record when it comes to criminalising behaviour. The Offensive Behaviour at Football Act is now the benchmark of bad law in Holyrood, along with the ill-thought-out and illiberal Named Persons scheme.No one likes like
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The wrong type of stereotype
YOUR report that the America’s NBC Network recently broadcast from Scotland a live segment of its Today Show, with a Scottish co-host, and featuring deep-fried Mars Bars, whisky cocktails, and the Highland fling (“US morning news... live from Edinburgh
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Danger over BBC funding
JOHN Connor (Letters, March 20) proposes that “working-class people” should not be required to pay for a TV licence. How then does he propose that the BBC should be funded: from general taxation or by subscription? If the former, would the BBC still be
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The US hawks have not got their heads around modern forms of warfare
I'M no fan of America's 21st century military adventures as my contributions to these Letters Pages illustrate. However, last week’s decision by the Trump administration to slash the budget of the State Department should worry us all.If carried
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Major recruitment drive launched for trainee engineers in Scotland
OPENREACH, the telecoms network business that is part of BT Group, is recruiting more than 195 trainees in Scotland in a major expansion of its engineering workforce, writes Ian McConnell.The recruitment drive, aimed at supporting extension of the fibre
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Letters: SNP's Growth Commission is surely on a mission impossible
TRUE to form, instead of announcing a clear economic plan for independence at their spring conference in Aberdeen the SNP not only fudged the currency issue yet again but they did not even give any straight answers on how they would tackle our Greek style
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Hydro specialist secures funding
THE owner of Perth-based Green Highland Renewables has secured £51 million debt funding to support the growth of the hydro-electricity specialist. The Ancala Partners investment business said the new debt facilities will be used to support construction
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Josh Taylor will be Edinburgh's next world champion boxer, says Ken Buchanan
KEN BUCHANAN remains Edinburgh's most famous boxing son nearly half a century after he was crowned undisputed lightweight champion of the world.Buchanan did it the hard way, travelling to Puerto Rico in 1970 to defeat the reigning champion, Ismael
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Tech firms in £2.5m boost for wave device
TWO Edinburgh tech firms have secured a £2.5 million grant to trial a prototype designed to turn wave power into cost-effective electricity.The Quantor device developed by Artemis Intelligent Power and Quoceant uses digital displacement hydraulics to
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Skeoch is day-to-day boss after Aberdeen Asset deal
STANDARD Life chief executive Keith Skeoch will continue to have day-to-day responsibility for running the investment giant following its £11 billion merger with Aberdeen Asset Management.The two companies moved to clarify the roles Mr Skeoch and Aberdeen
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Stuart Patrick: 'Both Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government have been supportive, irrespective of any political disagreements'
STUART PATRICKGlasgow has one of the lowest exposures to the European Union out of 62 cities and towns across the UK.It is 54th with 40% of its exports relying on European markets, according to the Centre for Cities using official figures from the Office
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Rosemary Goring: The romance of the Stone should see it returned to a fitting home
ALTHOUGH it was an inflammatory act of nationalist protest, the day Ian Hamilton and his Glasgow University chums stole the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey in 1950 was more like an Ealing Comedy than a serious blow to the Union. In the early hours
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Farming market round-up
Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 101 store heifers in Newton Stewart on Friday to a top of 246.4p per kg and an average of 205.6p, while 126 store, beef-bred bullocks peaked at 270p and levelled at 218.6p. Forty-four store, dairy-bred bullocks sold to 195.3p
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Poem of the Day: Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth
THIS Wordsworth poem from 1798 does not just revel in nature but seems to echo Burns’s earlier observation that, “Man’s inhumanity to Man makes countless thousands mourn.” Not surprising, perhaps, since Wordsworth had a deep admiration for his older
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Arts News: Glasgow Short Film Festival awards, Victory Hall gigs at Benderloch, Moishe’s Bagel
The award winners have been announced for the tenth anniversary Glasgow Short Film Festival.Jasper Coppes’ Flow Country won the The Scottish Short Film Award, Douwe Dijkstra's Green Screen Gringo won the The Bill Douglas Award For International Short
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Corbyn agrees with May on no pre-Brexit independence poll, says Dugdale
JEREMY Corbyn agrees with Theresa May that there should not be a second Scottish independence referendum before Brexit, Kezia Dugdale has made clear as she claimed Nicola Sturgeon had made a major shift on her desired timing of so-called indyref2.The
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'I'll not hang around Motherwell team if I'm not contributing,' says captain Keith Lasley
IT is not by chance that Keith Lasley has lasted through more Dynasties than Joan Collins.The grey hair atop the Motherwell captain’s head is not the only nod to the longevity and contribution of a man well into his 38th year who has now worked under
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Camley's Cartoon on Tuesday, March 21
Here is award-winning cartoonist Steven Camley's latest cartoon. To see more of Steven Camley's cartoons or to buy, go here.