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“The leader is Castle Falls, with Rutherfords along the inside. And he’s been … And Rutherfords has been hampered, and so has Castle Falls. Rondetto has fallen, Princeful has fallen, Norther has fallen, Kirtle-Lad has fallen, The Fossa has fallen, there
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Johanna Konta pinpoints maturity as significant in her Miami Open victory
JOHANNA KONTA believes a combination of life experience both on and off the court helped her become the first British woman to win the Miami Open.The 25-year-old defeated former world number one Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-3 on Saturday to move to a career-high
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Inverness CT 1 Kilmarnock 1: Boyd believes Rugby Park side can look to future with confidence
Kris Boyd, the Kilmarnock striker, believes his club will be able to reflect on a season of great progress this summer if Ladbrokes Premiership status is comfortably confirmed.The former Rangers and Scotland player, not quite ready to throw in the towel
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Miami champion Federer tells Nadal he's 'too good' not to win the title one day
ROGER FEDERER assured Rafael Nadal he will win the Miami Open one day after the Swiss beat the Spaniard to claim his third title of 2017.The 35-year-old powered his way to a 6-3, 6-4 final victory on Sunday to add the crown to his Australian Open and
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Time to reflect after emphatic debut victory for Kristen Fraser
KRISTEN FRASER will swap the cut and thrust of the boxing ring for the cultural delights of Florence this week during a five-day visit to the Tuscan capital famed for its art and architecture.But the sights of the historic Renaissance city may be obscured
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BT Premiership play-offs round-up
The two best team in Scottish club rugby over the course of this season will clash in the BT Premiership play-off Grand Final at The Greenyards in 12 days time, and then meet again in the BT Cup Final at Murrayfield seven days later.Melrose, who finished
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St Mirren 6 Ayr United 2: Optimism high for Ross's men despite lowly league position
ST MIRREN scored six goals against Ayr United, have played some terrific football of late and yet remain bottom of the Championship with time ticking.However, the feeling of optimism and hope in the streets of Paisley after their team’s superb 6-2 win
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Glasgow Rocks 72 Worcester Wolves 88: Woes continue for Davis's men
Glasgow Rocks were crushed 88-72 by Worcester Wolves last night at the Emirates Arena to leave their hold on third place in the British Basketball League hanging by a thread.Sterling Davis’ men rallied from trailing 23-13 in the first period to lead 37
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Six in Six: The key games that helped Celtic to another Premiership crown
As Celtic celebrate a sixth successive Scottish title, we reflect on the six key games in this campaign that were key to Brendan Rodgers following the previous successes of Neil Lennon and Ronny Deila. August 7: Hearts 1 Celtic 2 Following
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Sung Kang in control at Shell Houston Open
South Korea's Sung Kang put himself closer to qualification for next week's Masters as he leads the Shell Houston Open by three shots going into the final round.A first PGA Tour victory on Sunday would secure him the final spot at Augusta National
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British badminton number one Gilmour wins again in Orleans
Kirsty Gilmour has claimed a second international title in the course of her bid to climb back up the world rankings after sliding 40 places from the Scottish all-time high mark she set when she reach number 14 last year.The 23-year-old returned to action
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Neil Lennon has our back, we've got his says Hibs captain Darren McGregor
DARREN McGREGOR, the Hibernian midfielder, has backed manager Neil Lennon after the Northern Irishman was thrust into the spotlight over the last week. A touchline rumble with Jim Duffy during Wednesday night's 0-0 draw with Morton sparked furious
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Caixinha's second-guessing gives Motherwell chance to spring a surprise
IF the ramifications of Pedro Caixinha speaking beforehand about the opposition’s tactics are to be as entertaining as Rangers’ 1-1 draw with Motherwell on Saturday then few will be complaining.The Portuguese had revealed in detail in his pre-match press
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The shape of things to come: How Rodgers set the tone for Celtic's title win in Slovenia
STANDING in the wrong airport, the scene of bemusement cut quite a picture. In one corner of a deserted baggage claim area, just five yards through security, confusion reigned. This wasn’t meant to happen. Picture the scene. Emilio Izaguirre
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Darren O'Dea blasts Dundee bottle merchants as Aberdeen hat-trick hero Andy Considine savours his moment
If the Dundee supporters who were subjected to the horror of watching their supine team capitulate to Aberdeen on their own patch on Friday night were looking for their men to at least show a bit of fight, they weren’t alone. At least one of their number
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Darian MacKinnon reflects on "bizarre" St Johnstone brawl as Hamilton savour crucial win
Forget St Johnstone. This was more like the St Andrew’s Sporting Club. Another day in Scottish football, another unseemly kerfuffle. At this crash, bang, wallop rate, Tommy Gilmour will be coming in to promote it. Stick Richard Foster, Danny Swanson,
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Brendan Rodgers: Celtic is the perfect place for me to be and I have no plan to leave the club I support
BRENDAN RODGERS dropped the greatest hint yet that he will stay at Celtic for the long-term in the wake of leading the club to a historic sixth Scottish title in a row. The Northern Irishman claimed there was “no better place” for him at this stage
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The sense of outrage that led Celtic to appoint Brendan Rodgers
THE story of the Brendan Rodgers era began in the posh seats at Hampden Park last April a moment or two after Tom Rogic’s penalty in the shoot-out sent the ball into a Mount Florida garden. It was reported elsewhere at the time, accurately it seems
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Stevie Lawless thanks centurion Kris Doolan as Partick Thistle march on
YOU would be hard-pushed to find anyone around Firhill with a bad word to say about Partick Thistle hero Kris Doolan, whose double on Saturday not only overturned Craig Curran’s opener for Ross County, but took him over the 100-goal mark for the club.So
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Graeme Murty: It was an honour to manage Rangers and Ibrox experience will stand me in good stead under Pedro Caixinha
GRAEME MURTY has already put the theory into practice. He has tests to pass and qualifications to earn, but he has done the work experience.It was an examination of his man management and mentality as much as his coaching capabilities. Murty has now taken
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Graeme Murty hopes Rangers can fend off interest from Chelsea in midfield star Billy Gilmour
GRAEME MURTY hopes midfielder Billy Gilmour sees the value of extending his stay with Rangers and turns down a summer switch to Chelsea.The 15-year-old has emerged as one of the brightest talents in the Light Blues ranks this term and has attracted interest
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Saracens 38 Glasgow 13: champions expose Warriors’ weaknesses
GLASGOW Warriors knew they would need to be at their best yesterday to have a chance of winning their Champions Cup quarter-final against the team acknowledged as the best in Europe over the past two years. They fell some way short. Defending champions
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Pyrgos feels the pain as Saracens pressure puts paid to Glasgow hopes
IT WAS the biggest match of Glasgow Warriors’ season, and had they won it would have been arguably their greatest ever result, outdoing even the PRO12 final victory over Munster two years ago. Instead, it ended in frustration and anti-climax, as Saracens
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Braehead Clan not up to the fight as Dundee Stars shine
In what has been a battling week in Scottish sport, it was perhaps going against the grain as Braehead Clan bowed out of the Elite League play-offs with a whimper.The world of football has season opposing managers almost come to blows while team-mates
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Scot braves bombs as he becomes first MP to visit war-torn Mosul
IN A remarkable visit not without its dangers, a Scottish MP has become the first member of the Westminster Parliament to visit the war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul. Roger Mullin, SNP MP for the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency, visited the city
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In pictures: Hundreds gather for moving Falklands memorial service 35 years on
Hundreds of veterans and their families took part in a "very, very moving" ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands. Jane Adams, secretary of the South Atlantic Medal Association 1982 (Sama 82) who organised
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Theresa May 'prepared to go to war over Gibraltar'
Former Tory leader Lord Howard has suggested Theresa May would be prepared to go to war over Gibraltar as the Prime Minister vowed not to trade away the Rock's sovereignty in the Brexit process. The issue of Gibraltar was raised in the draft EU
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill tipped to buy Jaeger
Edinburgh Woollen Mill is understood to be taking over the struggling fashion business Jaeger.The Borders business - owned by tycoon Philip Day - was reported to be the secret buyer of the brand this weekend.Edinburgh Woollen Mill has previously purchased
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Late Gordon Aikman's motor neurone disease campaign breaks £600,000 target
A fundraising campaign set up by the late motor neurone disease (MND) patient and activist Gordon Aikman has smashed its £600,000 target. The total was achieved just eight weeks after his death in February. His family, friends and fellow fundraisers
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Shoulder to shoulder with former soldiers
A charity which helps Scottish soldiers struggling to adjust to civilian life, has been awarded a grant of £50,000 to extend its work. TimeBank is getting the money from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, to support efforts to reduce their risk of soldiers suffering
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Search resumes after river surge kills at least 200 in Colombia
A SEARCH for the missing has resumed in Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through a small city, killing at least 200 people.People pried through piles of rocks and wooden planks that entombed homes in Mocoa.Streets
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REPORT: How Celtic won the title at Tynecastle
A sensational Scott Sinclair hat-trick helped Celtic secure their sixth successive Premiership title in a commanding 5-0 win over Hearts at Tynecastle.The league challenge started in Gorgie last August as Brendan Rodgers kicked off with a 2-1 win courtesy
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In pictures: Celtic and Brendan Rodgers celebrate title victory
Celtic have become the champions of Scotland with a 5-0 rout over Hearts in Edinburgh. Here, we look at the pictures from the game that helped Brendan Rodgers' domestically unbeaten side hit new heights
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Celtic clinch sixth Premiership title in a row with rout over Hearts
A hat-trick from Scott Sinclair helped Celtic to a 5-0 rout over Hearts that delivered the club's sixth Premiership title in a row. The champions were unstoppable in Gorgie as a poor Hearts team withered under the pressure of trying to stop Celtic
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Three-day weekends 'could make country more productive and healthier'
Moving to three-day weekends could make the country more productive and healthier, the Green Party's leaders have suggested. The policy idea was put forward by co-leaders Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley in a bid to address the pressures of
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Russell welcomes Spain 'no veto' comment over independent Scotland
Scotland's Brexit minister has welcomed confirmation from Spain that it would not initially block an independent Scotland's attempts to join the European Union (EU). Madrid's foreign minister Alfonso Dastis has reportedly said Spain would not veto
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Judge rejects Trump's free speech defence over violence at campaign rally
LOUISVILLE: A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump's free speech defence against a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters at a campaign rally. The president's lawyers sought to dismiss the lawsuit by three protesters who
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Pope Francis visits Italian region hit by earthquakes
POPE Francis was greeted by tens of thousands of faithful on Sunday as he visited a northern region of Italy which has largely rebuilt from a pair of deadly earthquakes five years ago.His first stop in the Emilia Romagna region was the quake-damaged Duomo
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Serbian prime minister tipped to win presidential election
VOTERS in Serbia are casting ballots in a presidential election seen as a test of public support for populist Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his autocratic rule.Mr Vucic, an ultranationalist turned pro-European Union politician, is tipped to win
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'100 arrested and three dead' in homosexuality crackdown
POLICE in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have reportedly rounded up more than 100 men suspected of homosexuality and at least three have been killed, a respected newspaper says. Novaya Gazeta said it had confirmed the information with
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Three killed and 19 injured in Sweden bus crash
STOCKHOLM: Three people have died and 19 others were injured after a bus carrying students to a ski resort crashed in central Sweden, rescue officials said. Rescue services spokesman Peter Nystedt said six of the 19 injured students are in a serious condition
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British passport could return to dark blue after Brexit with redesign due 2019
THE UK passport could turn dark blue again after Brexit under a £490 million contract to redesign and produce a new version of the document, it has emerged.The passport is routinely redesigned every five years and Eurosceptics view the new contract as
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Men arrested over multiple stabbings in Kilmarnock
Four men have been arrested after a group were stabbed during a "large-scale disturbance" in East Ayrshire. The incident happened in Whatriggs Road, in the Bellfield area of Kilmarnock, at around 1.30am on Saturday. The injured men were taken to
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Theresa May: UK 'steadfastly committed' to Gibraltar in Brexit process
Theresa May has offered reassurance to the people of Gibraltar that the UK remains "steadfastly committed" to the Rock amid concerns over the Brexit process. The issue of Gibraltar was raised in the draft EU negotiating guidelines circulated by European
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Multimillionaire peers 'claiming up to £40,000 expenses while making little contribution'
The House of Lords has hit back at claims that multimillionaire peers are claiming up to £40,000 a year in perks while doing little or no work in the second chamber. A spokesman insisted the Lords, which now has more than 800 members, was an “active
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Michael Fallon: Trade and security must be linked in EU talks
SIR Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, has said it is "very important to link trade and security" in the negotiations with the European Union over the UK's future deal with the bloc. The Scot said he was proud of the link and insisted the UK
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Ospreys return to their Highland home
There is delight that stars of the twitchers' world have returned to their world famous love nest in the Cairngorms National Park and seem set for for a ninth breeding season together.RSPB staff and followers of the world-famous Loch Garten ospreys
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Price comparison sites encourage competition but how do they compare?
WE SHOULD all know the drill by now. Something happens - an interest rate cut, say, or maybe an energy price rise – and before you know it all and sundry are telling you the only way your wallet will survive the impact is if you switch all your products
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Britain's Davis Cup team in need of a miracle in Rouen
WHEN Britain met France in the Davis Cup quarter-finals two years ago, it required a near-heroic effort from Andy Murray to seal victory. When the two countries meet at the same stage in Rouen this week, it will need something more akin to a miracle for
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McGowan: We may be doomed
Paul McGowan, the Dundee midfielder, has branded the team “weak” in every aspect and fears they don’t have the guts to survive a looming relegation dogfight. McGowan offered an astonishingly frank assessment in the wake of Friday night’s humiliating
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St Mirren 6, Ayr United 2: Paisley men remain bottom but will feel they can save themselves after superb display
ST MIRREN are, according to Brendan Rodgers, the second best team Celtic have faced in this domestic season. It’s a debatable point; however, one thing which can definitely be said about Paisley’s finest is despite spending most of the past seven months
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MPs accuse Sir Philip Green over BHS pension fund
RETAIL tycoon Sir Philip Green has been accused by MPs of "favouring" the pension schemes in his Arcadia group over the retirement fund for BHS workers.Correspondence from the Arcadia schemes, released by the Commons Work and Pensions Committee
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At least 154 dead in Colombia as sleeping families swept away by landslide
AT least 112 people have been confirmed dead after a river overflowed triggering an avalanche of mud and water that swept through a Colombian city. Families were swept away as they slept as the violent torrent crushed buildings and devastated
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Asylum seeker fights for his life after 'brutal' hate crime attack
A TEENAGE asylum seeker is fighting for his life after a "brutal attack" by a gang, who began beating him after asking him where he was from. The 17-year-old was waiting at a bus stop with two friends in Croydon, southeast London, when he was
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Hamilton 1 St Johnstone 0: Accies deliver last-gasp knock-out as St Johnstone players brawl on pitch
Good grief. This made Jim Duffy and Neil Lennon’s stooshie look like a minor disagreement between Jack and Vera outside the Rovers Return. The Saints became the sinners here at New Douglas Park amid quite flabbergasting and shameful scenes. The way
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Police investigate series of violent attacks
POLICE are investigating a series of violent incidents including the stabbing of four men and an attempted murder in which a man was attacked with a hammer before being run down.Four men were stabbed at around 1.30am yesterday during what was described
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Partick Thistle 2 Ross County 1: April Dools Day at Firhill as striker brings up his century
His T-shirt read 100 and counting, and Kris Doolan clearly meant it. The Partick Thistle striker brought up his century for Partick Thistle yesterday to become the first man since Davie McParland to achieve the feat, and in turn brought his side back
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Crown Estate powers transferred to Scotland
CONTROL over the revenue and management of Crown Estate resources in Scotland has been transferred to the Scottish Government.The transfer, which formally took place yesterday, is part of the changes contained in the 2016 Scotland Act.It means ministers
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Co-owner Thomson will have Bolly and Krug to hand
LET’S hope it is fourth time lucky for Lucinda Russell in Saturday’s £1 million Randox Health Grand National.One For Arthur’s Aintree preparation has been going like clockwork since an impressive success at Warwick in January as he illustrated with his
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Cathro in quest for a quiet life
PERCEPTION: the way in which something is regarded, understood or interpreted. Following an inauspicious start to his tenure as Hearts head coach, Ian Cathro is well aware that every facet of his stewardship is under intense scrutiny.Some supporters don
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Glasgow Warriors ready to face quarter-final frontier
THIS is virgin territory for Glasgow. New ground they have been waiting to break for some time. Two years on from their PRO12 title, and a couple of decades after their first foray into European competition, they are at last playing in the quarter-finals
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Sturgeon takes campaign for Scottish independence to America
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will take the campaign for independence to the United States this week as the stand-off between Holyrood and Westminster over the constitutional future of Scotland in the wake of Brexit intensifies. The SNP leader will
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Gabriele Marcotti: Statistics prove Wenger is down on his luck
THE analytics blog Statsbomb recently published a piece which puts Arsenal’s 12 seasons without a Premier League title in a slightly different light. They went through the period game by game and looked at the match odds - after all, bookies’ odds are
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UK government on back foot over Brexit Gibraltar row
BORIS Johnson and Downing Street have attempted to reassure the people of Gibraltar that the UK will stand up for the British overseas territory during the Brexit negotiations.Gibraltar's government has accused Spain of trying to use Brexit to advance
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Sturgeon to sign climate change agreement with California
NICOLA Sturgeon is expected to sign a joint agreement with the Governor of California this week on tackling climate change.The First Minister will pledge to work with Democrat Jerry Brown in a move that will be seen as the pair taking a symbolic stand
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Can green energy really revolutionise the Scottish economy?
At Garmony on the Isle of Mull they believe they are forging the future. It’s not just that the community is running a new 400-kilowatt hydro power plant on an east coast hillside that will plough £2 million into local projects. It’s what they are doing
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Iain Macwhirter: The road to Brexit is paved with blackmail, hooliganism and punishment
“YOUR money or your lives,” screamed a pro-Brexit UK tabloid on Thursday, “trade with us and we’ll help fight terror.” It was reporting Theresa May's fairly blatant attempt to link security on crime and terrorism to a free trade deal with Europe in her
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Government adviser accuses police watchdog of having "siege mentality" and lack of transparency
ONE of the country’s top human rights lawyers has criticised the Scottish Police Authority for a lack of transparency and its “disturbing” handling of a board member’s resignation. John Scott QC, who advises the government on policing, said there
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The Brexit clock is ticking, and Scotland must act sooner rather than later
On Friday, the EU27 issued tough guidelines for the Brexit talks. They want a deal on the UK’s budget liabilities and EU citizens’ rights before even discussing the framework for future EU27-UK trade relations. With progress on these issues, the EU
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'We live on one planet, but we consume the resources of three' ... Meet Mr Watchdog, the man who plans to clean up Scotland
Terry A’Hearn slips quietly into the lush, cavernous lobby of a posh old Edinburgh hotel, joking about being allowed in.The chief executive of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, (Sepa), is casually dressed and beaming with boyish enthusiasm.
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Philip Kerr, the natural born thriller
THERE’S a vivid moment in Philip Kerr’s latest novel when two prominent Nazis, Martin Bormann and Rudolph Hess, argue the toss over correct procedure. Should Hitler be told that a man has been shot dead on the terrace of the Berghof, the Fuhrer’s holiday
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John Phelps's portfolio
WE voted for Europe with two new share tips last week as Theresa May finally invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to begin Brexit divorce negotiations.Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever, with 150 million regular customers around the world. Is
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Hardeep Singh Kohli: April ghouls: when did the gentle ribbing of yore turn nasty?
WHICH story did you fall for? The hilarious Panorama programme of 1957 voiced by Richard Dimbleby, still held up as a classic, which showed how the Swiss were cultivating spaghetti trees? Perhaps you might be less familiar with the 1962 Swedish spoof
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Alaskan scheme is far from primitive
Marilyn Murray describes the Nuka system in Alaska as "no more than primitive healthcare as an adjunct to the deficient privatised American system" (Alaskan 'solution' wouldn't solve health problem, Letters, April 26). Southcentral
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Peace Camp will remain until Trident leaves Scotland
While it's true that we are the world's longest-running active protest site and we have been here since 1982, we are by no means ready to "call it a day" (Is this the end of the Faslane Peace Camp?, News, March 19). We're 35 this
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Life after IVF: After an 11-round, £50,000 quest to become a mother, Jessica Hepburn chairs an Edinburgh Science Festival event on fertility
JESSICA Hepburn doesn’t think the bruise will ever disappear, the psychological one that still hurts whenever she hears the news that someone is pregnant or has had a baby. “I’m not going to pretend it’s ever going to go away,” says the fertility campaigner
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Drink: Pete Stewart recommends ... whiskies of the world
LAST week saw us celebrating International Whisk(e)y Day, and with that in mind it would be remiss of me to not mention our nation’s favourite tipple. Whisky is very food-friendly, and you can usually find a good match for every course. Shirley’s crab
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Opera review: The 8th Door & Bluebeard's Castle
OPERA REVIEW The 8th Door & Bluebeard's Castle,Theatre Royal, Glasgow,Run EndedAt Festival Theatre, Edinburgh,April 5-8Reviewed by Mark BrownTHIS double bill of Bela Bartok's famous opera Bluebeard's Castle and, preceding it, the world premiere
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Damien Love's TV highlights
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEKThursdayThe Trip To Spain10pm, Sky AtlanticNow is a time for heroes, and cometh the hour, cometh the men. As Britain begins leaving Europe, over the horizon charge two dashing buccaneers of a certain age, on a fearless mission to
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Ambitious depiction of humanity lost in the machine: review of Ghost In The Shell and the week's other big releases
Ghost In The Shell (12A)THERE are ghosts haunting the release of this ambitious science fiction film. Firstly, the source material, the acclaimed manga comic books and anime films, whose fans no doubt will be pouring over this live-action adaptation,
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A smiling city: Ben Coates explores the charming Dutch city of Dordrecht, then boards a Rotterdam-bound waterbus on the River Maas
JUST as Parisians must tire of fireworks over the Eiffel Tower, and Egyptians yawn at the sight of pyramids at sunset, a couple of years in my adopted homeland of the Netherlands had made me rather blasé about pretty little towns with historic churches
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Truly Neapolitan: Joanna Blythman reviews Pizzeria 1926, Edinburgh
Pizzeria 192685 Dalry Rd, Edinburgh 0131 337 5757Dinner: £6.95-£20Food rating: 9/10AT the risk of oscillating alarmingly, I have undergone a conversion to the joys of fried foods. Last week I put on record that I don’t really get the appeal, but that
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Mothering Sunday and other paperback reviews
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift (Scribner, £8.99)The servants have been let off for the day and their employers are gathering in Henley to celebrate the forthcoming nuptials of Paul Sheringham and his fiancée. It’s the last opportunity for a tryst between
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'Go green, or suffer' - Scotland's environment watchdog lays down law to business
EVERY single business in Scotland is to be put on written warning by the country's environmental protection watchdog that if they fail to respect the environment they will suffer.Terry A’Hearn, the head of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Fraser an instant hit with victory on pro debut
BRITISH women’s boxing has a third force, it would seem, following the emergence of Aberdeen bantamweight Kristen Fraser.The 28-year-old subsea engineer secured an impressive debut win against Lana Cooper of Wales at the Granite City’s Treetops Hotel
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Konta joins the big time with victory in Miami
SUCCESS may have come relatively late for Jo Konta, but last night she joined the big time as she became the first British woman to win the Miami Open.The 25-year-old coped well with the nerves of the big occasion to beat former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki
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Melrose 42 Currie 15: Greenyards men on forward march in drive for title
Melrose booked their place in the finale of the BT Premiership a week on Saturday after defeating Currie in the play-off semi-final at the Greenyards with an irresistible display of forward power that made the result predictable from early in the first
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Ayr 38 Glasgow Hawks 22: Millbrae men add place in Premiership shoot-out to cup final spot
Ayr progressed to the BT Premiership play-off Grand Final against Melrose at The Greenyards on April 15 as deserved victors yesterday, but Hawks are due credit for the way they battled throughout. This was the second meeting in as many weeks between
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Inverness CT 1 Kilmarnock 1: Richie Foran disappointed to miss chance to strike relegation blow
WHO would stake their house on the outcome of this fraught and thoroughly unpredictable survival fight at the foot of Scotland's Premiership? A couple of minutes can be utterly transformative, never mind a match, as Inverness Caley Thistle found out
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Rangers and Well both frustrated with Ibrox draw after Caixinha rings half-time changes
THE former Rangers manager Mark Warburton was famously intransigent when it came to tactical tampering, believing the only course of action in times of adversity was “to make Plan A better”. Already it can be safely said that his successor is not of a
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Orkney most desirable rural place to live in UK
ORKNEY has been named as the most desirable rural place to live in Britain.The picturesque islands came top of the poll, carried out by the Halifax Building Society, scoring highly on employment, average earnings and average spend per pupil on education
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Row erupts between McCluskey challenger and Unite's Scottish leader
A contender to be the next general secretary of Unite has sparked a huge row with the trade union’s most senior Scottish official over the notorious Falkirk débâcle in 2013. Gerard Coyne, considered the main challenger to Len McCluskey, said Unite’
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St Johnstone suspend Richard Foster and Danny Swanson after brawl on pitch
Tommy Wright, the St Johnstone manager, last night stated that Richard Foster and Danny Swanson will be disciplined in the toughest possible way after the duo were suspended by the club following a brawl during their encounter with Hamilton Academical
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Kilted Yoga sensations take on Tartan Day in New York
IT IS considered one of the best shop windows for Scotland to showcase its wares, and now the country's biggest and hottest new internet export, the Kilted Yoga duo, are to boost this year's Tartan Day in New York by turning up as ambassadors.The
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Cautious backing for air tax plans
A CROSS-PARTY group of MSPs has backed the general principles of a new air tax bill – but called for more information on the impact of the move. The Scottish Government has announced plans to reduce aviation tax by 50 per cent by the end of the current
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Dunfermline 1 Hibs 1: Neil Lennon plays to the gallery
NEIL LENNON’s gesture at full time inside East End Park may have been made in the name of banter, but the Hibernian manager is now edging that bit closer to doing it for real.Just three days on from his Jim Duffy bust up at Easter Road, all eyes were
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Scotland’s voice must be heard on the world’s stage
WHILE the UK government looks increasingly inward in the wake of the Brexit vote, moves by the First Minister to reinforce Scotland’s international credentials on the world stage with a tour of the United States set the right tone for our nation. Nicola
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Scotland's oil industry is turning a corner...but could face a £200m 'Brexit' bill
THE oil and gas industry could be hit with a £200 million a year ‘Brexit bill’ if a trade deal with the European Union is not reached, experts have warned.Researchers at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen have examined the impact on the industry of
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One for Arthur the one for Lucinda Russell as she prepares for Grand National
Someone once asked the best way to come away from racing with a small fortune?“Start with a large one,” was the stark reply, the truth of which has been verified by those whose bank accounts have moved through the various shades of red.There will be fortunes
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Five questions for Brendan Rodgers to ponder for next season at Celtic
How do you improve on perfection?It is a question that Brendan Rodgers will have contemplated in his quieter moments in recent weeks. The Celtic manager has constructed a formidable machine over this domestic campaign: there have been one-sided thumpings
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SNP minister and charities attack UK's child benefit rape clause
LEADING charities have taken the unprecedented step of refusing to co-operate with a Westminster policy that requires women to prove they have been raped before they receive child benefits.Their refusal is supported by the Scottish Government. Scottish
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Edinburgh's woes laid bare in La Rochelle loss
IF Richard Cockerill still needed to learn precisely what he has let himself in for by agreeing to become Edinburgh’s head coach next season, all the evidence was laid bare for him in Friday night’s Challenge Cup quarter-final defeat by La Rochelle.There
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Injuries will give untried players a chance in Belgium friendly
SCOTLAND’S chronic injury problems make it a near certainty that uncapped players will get game time in the Belgium friendly a week on Tuesday. That is particularly true in central defence, where three untried players join the squad. Celtic
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Players making history: Stalwart Dieke to bow out on a high
IFEOMA Dieke – or Iffy as she is widely known – has been a Scotland mainstay since 2004, when she made her debut in a friendly against Greece. Now 36, the curtain will fall on her stellar international career after the Euros.Perhaps the most remarkable
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Applause but no ovation for SEPA
We have frequently criticised the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) in recent months, and with good reason. The watchdog has looked seriously in danger of losing its bite.Sepa decided to withdraw a proposed ban on a toxic pesticide polluting
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Life and death in the minefields of Mosul
In the bomb disposal profession, the term‘ bad day at the office’ has an altogether different resonance. Doug Napier remembers his bad day at the office well enough now for him to realise that it totally changed the way he worked. “I lost the
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The Scottish town that's become a crucible for our modern social ills
IT was a booming town dominated by shipbuilding, engineering and manufacturing, which slid into poverty and deprivation with post-war industrial decline.Now researchers have identified Clydebank as the perfect case study to demonstrate the impact of globalisation
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Brendan Rodgers: Tommy Burns will be in my thoughts when Celtic win the title
To absent friends. As with most big celebrations from weddings to Burns’ Suppers to potential title parties, the memories of those no longer with us from our past are never far from the mind when it comes to toasting a prosperous future.For Celtic this
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A great river park, buzzing city alleyways and Tradeston regenerated – the ideas that can help us fall in love with Glasgow's streets ... even when it's raining
GLASGOW needs to be remodelled. On this, almost everyone from the public through to urban designers agrees. The city needs to be more walkable, greener, more liveable, more attractive to tourists. It needs to fill up its vacant spaces and empty wastelands
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Five-minute guide to Saracens v Glasgow Warriors
Saracens v Glasgow: Champions Cup quarter-final, today 1pm at Allianz Park. Live on Sky Sports 4.What’s at stake?In the last eight of the Champions Cup for the first time, the Warriors have the incentive of a semi-final at Murrayfield to play for. Saracens
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Nato forces jam GPS today for war games
GPS trackers will be blocked today by the military at popular hiking spots during Europe's biggest war game.Services will go down intermittently at Faraid Head and Loch Ewe, and fishing vessels are also being warned, Nato Joint Tactical Exercise Planning
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World media focus on case of rambler who urinated on Donald Trump's golf course
THE world's media is expected to descend on Scotland this week for a David and Goliath battle between the rambler dubbed 'the peeing granny' and a company owned by US President Donald Trump.US-based CNN and Australian television as well as
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Vicky Allan: Of course the Sturgeon sofa photograph is contrived. But politics is always a performance
THEY do look contrived, those photographs of Nicola Sturgeon on the crumpled green sofa in Bute House, working on the "final draft” of her letter requesting a second independence referendum, as if posing for an advert for DFS or some other furniture
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David Hayman on neglected architect 'Greek' Thomson and helping build the Red Road flats
AS a one-time apprentice engineer on the Red Road multi-storey flats, David Hayman might claim a concrete connection to Glasgow's architecture past and present, but never, of course, a lofty view. The actor, director and presenter is in full flow as
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Top Scottish Labour MEP: 'I think the country will vote for independence'
SCOTTISH Labour’s longest-serving parliamentarian believes the country will vote for independence over concerns about the direction England is going in. David Martin MEP said that a “straight choice” referendum would produce a Yes vote and has called
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Brexit is triggered but it seems like shooting yourself in the head to lose weight
“It feels like a death.”“Is that it?”"What a mess"“How can they STILL not know what they want?”Crammed into my own office with a crowd of fellow MEPs on Wednesday, watching the UK Prime Minister trigger Article 50, I realised the damage Brexit
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It's definitely you: new study reveals the real reasons why relationships break down
WHEN it comes to the end of a relationship, it's usually a cheating partner or endless arguments that are assumed to be the most common reasons for breaking up. But a major study has revealed the most frequent explanation for a split is simply '
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Roxanne Sorooshian: T in the Potter goes potty
It’s been a good week for ... Harry Potter fansNews travelled faster than a game of Quidditch. Excited Harry Potter enthusiasts from across the globe signed up for the festival dedicated to their hero and his Hogwarts cohorts. Its Facebook page took 250,000
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Dirty Diary: This week I look pretty in pink, sniff out some online bargains and discover that errare humanum most definitely est
Scent packingTHERE'S a story, possibly apocryphal, that Amazon's Frequently Bought Together search algorithm matches super-violent computer game Call Of Duty with adult nappies – implying that a considerable number of players are unable to tear
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Angela Haggerty: I never expected my tweet to provoke all those sad, desperate and beautiful responses
IT may be time to hang up my Twitter boots and call it a day. I've reached the peak and I don't think I'll top it: not only did I get a hashtag trending last week, it made the front page of The National.Let's go back to the start. Like
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Graeme Macpherson: Is the focus on the Old Firm holding Scottish football back?
SCOTTISH football retains such a narrow focus that there will be some who would be quite happy if Celtic and Rangers were simply to ignore the rest of the clubs and play each other 38 times a season - paramedics and police officers presumably not among
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Caixinha discovering the sights of Scotland as he settles in at Rangers: "They call it the best small country in the world and I believe that"
THESE blooming foreigners, coming over here, trying to improve our football teams and respecting our culture. Who do they think they are? In a week when Britain moved closer to severing its ties with the European Union, one continental living in Scotland
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Waghorn looking to follow in Boyd and McCoist's footsteps as Rangers' number nine
MARTYN Waghorn has studied the history of Rangers’ most successful strikers and now wants to take his place among them. Waghorn has admitted this has been a largely disappointing season but believes his long-term future still belongs at Ibrox. His determination
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Why is SNP group leader talking Glasgow down?
Susan Aitken, SNP group leader in Glasgow City Council, talks Glasgow down as we enter the local government election campaign (The ex-Labour Party member who plans to take Glasgow from the SNP, News, March 26).Her comments shine a negative light on Glasgow
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Westminster will never allow socialism in the UK
Randolph Murray writes that “The SNP Government needs to wake up, ditch the EU, and focus on transforming the United Kingdom”(New framework needed for Scotland in Europe, Letters, March 26). He rejects a federal arrangement – Westminster would not allow
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Familiarity breeds contentment for Russell Knox as Masters looms
RATHER like a leaf through "The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Sporting Old Chestnuts and Hackneyed Phrases", the Masters is not short of a cliche or two. Seasoned nuggets like "Augusta favours those who can play a draw", "the course
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Yes, smaller class sizes will improve Scotland's schools
The experts seem to be arguing that reducing class sizes has little or no effect on raising attainment and that it does badly in terms of "value for money" (Will smaller class sizes improve Scotland’s schools?,State of the Nation, March 26).
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The big read: How TV robs us of the spirit of carpe diem ... and how to get it back
BY ROMAN KRZNARIC CARPE diem – seize the day – is one of the oldest philosophical mottos in Western history. First uttered by the Roman poet Horace over 2,000 years ago, it retains an extraordinary resonance in popular culture. Ask someone to spell
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Theatre review – My Country: A Work In Progress
THEATRE REVIEW My Country: A Work In ProgressCitizens Theatre, GlasgowRun Ended At Traverse Theatre, EdinburghMay 11-13 Reviewed by Mark Brown OPENING in Glasgow just as Theresa May was triggering Article 50, the National Theatre (of Great Britain'
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Andy Gemmell's Drinks Cabinet: The Spanish Butcher, Glasgow
The Spanish Butcher80 Miller Street, GlasgowWhat is it? A couple of years ago this area of the city centre was a bit of a no-man’s land: a strange vortex between where the city centre ends and the Merchant City begins. I remember it from my teens as the
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Scotland back in the fight for World Cup place at halfway stage but have little room for error
FOR the first time in a long while, a glimmer of optimism surrounds the Scottish national team. They left it late last Sunday against Slovenia but, having secured only their second win of the campaign, the door to next summer’s World Cup finals remains
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Journey of the heart: How gardening writer Alys Fowler set out to explore her city by kayak and ended up finding herself
A HORTICULTURALIST by profession she may be, but gardening writer and former Gardeners' World presenter Alys Fowler is something else by inclination: an adventurer and explorer.Over the years she has sailed, abseiled, climbed, rafted and caved, and
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The reinvention of Ricky Ross: Deacon Blue's frontman on why he killed off the impulsive rabble-rouser he used to be
RICKY Ross has killed a man. The victim, a Dundonian in his early 30s, had long hair, strong views and a loud mouth. The man was a popular figure in the late 1980s and early 1990s, appearing regularly on television, radio, in newspapers and magazines
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Training for a stronger pregnancy: Everyday Athlete Tommy Young
This week we look at training for pregnancy. I've probably trained more pregnant clients this year than I have in the past 5 years. It has been a great experience helping each woman stay strong and cope with the demands on their body. One thing each
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'I couldn’t not go there': Charlotte Rampling on revealing painful family secrets in her memoir
CHARLOTTE Rampling was dressed in raincoat and fishnets, as was her elder sister, Sarah. They wore berets. They sang their version of C’est Magnifique. “It was so French ...”Afterwards people in the parish hall came up to Rampling. “They seemed surprised
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Mindfulness: How to find contentment in a turbulent world by Martin Stepek
ACCORDING to some of the earliest Buddhist scriptures the Buddha once said to his followers: “There are two kinds of illnesses; physical illness and mental illness. There are people who enjoy freedom from physical illness all their lives. But it is rare
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Recipe: Shirley Spear's crab tart with cherry tomato dressing
COOKING with Skye ingredients, like fresh brown crab straight from Loch Dunvegan, is what The Three Chimneys has always been about. This weekend is the anniversary of when we first opened our doors to customers at The Three Chimneys. In comparison with
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Scottish Friendly to join small band of Lifetime ISA providers
IT IS less than a week until the new Lifetime ISA (LISA) launches and so far only a handful of providers have said they will offer one.Hargreaves Lansdown, Nutmeg and the Share Centre were among the first to embrace the new product, with Scottish Friendly