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Review: Emeli Sande, SSE Hydro, Glasgow
Verdict: Four stars Scottish superstar Emeli Sande showcased her voice at its best - by putting on a stunning display of vocals at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro tonight. The star hasn’t be in the favour of Scottish fans of late after cancelling a much
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In-form Marc Warren secures another top 10 as Tyrell Hatton wins Italian Open
Marc Warren started the week by welcoming his second child into the family and ended it with his third-top 10 in his last four events on the EuropeanTour.The Glasgow golfer signed off from the circuit’s big money Rolex Series Italian Open with a five-under
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Third celebrity waltzes off Strictly dancefloor
Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins has jived for the final time on Strictly Come Dancing as she became the third celebrity to be kicked off the show.The TV star, who had hoped to impress judges with a wedding-themed routine to Marry You
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MacAskill likens impatient Yessers to "lapel badge socialists"
THERE will not be a second independence referendum before the next Scottish election, and the issue will “drag on and on”, Kenny MacAskill has predicted. The former SNP Justice Secretary also dismissed Yes campaigners impatient for a vote as “a bit like
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Coastguard on training run came to the rescue of dog swept out to sea
A dog that was being swept out to sea has been safely rescued after being spotted by a coastguard helicopter in training. The UK coastguard was alerted to the cockerpoo in difficulty in the Moray Firth at Cummingston, on the north-east coast of
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'Hanks is a natural born storyteller' – Review: Uncommon Type
Uncommon TypeTom HanksWilliam Heinemann, £16.99Review by Allan HunterTOM Hanks is a natural born storyteller. Watch him on any television chat show as he sets the scene, sketches in a quirky detail, adds shade and texture, slips in a wry observation or
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Calls for action over Scotland's 'dirty communities'
One million people in Scotland are living in "dirty" communities blighted by an increase in litter, graffiti and flytipping, according to an environmental charity. A report by Keep Scotland Beautiful found that the country's most deprived communities
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Man slashed in brutal machete attack outside home in gangland attack
A man has been attacked with a machete outside his home in a gangland attack. The incident happened on Tallant Terrace in Drumchapel on Friday, October 13. A 32-year-old suffered serious injuries to his arm and leg following the assault.
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Home Secretary "appalled" at briefing against Chancellor
HOME Secretary Amber Rudd is “appalled” that some of her Eurosceptic colleagues want Chancellor Philip Hammond to be sacked, a former minister has suggested. In another sign of Tory infighting over Brexit, former education secretary Nicky Morgan suggested
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Sillars: Sturgeon should hand over to "someone better"
NICOLA Sturgeon should be ready to “step aside” as SNP leader and make way for someone with greater “intellectual capability”, the party’s former deputy leader has said. Jim Sillars criticised the First Minister’s “helter skelter” push for a second
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The Devil in Miss Jones
GOOGLE the phrase “pop culture icon” and you'll find it applied to everyone from Christina Aguilera to Winona Ryder to South Park's Cartman. With apologies to fans of all of them, the only proper response is: “Yeah, right”. Take one look at the
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Dirty Diary
A TOWN FULL OF TOSSERSHAVING once joined a gaggle of tourists walking noisily down a boring suburban cul-de-sac in Melbourne to see where Neighbours was filmed – “Charlene, gie's a wave! Charlene Charlene, gie's a wave!” – I have some sympathy
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Drinks Cabinet
New DistilleriesScotch whisky is going through a golden era. A report released in February 2016 by the Scotch Whisky Association found whisky creates 40,000 jobs and supports the salaries of over £1.4bn for UK workers. This growth means more new distilleries
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Joanna Blythman review: Urban Angel, Edinburgh
Urban Angel, 121 Hanover Street, Edinburgh 0131 225 6215Lunch-Dinner £12-24Food rating 7.5/10EDINBURGH is under assault from restaurant chains, the gastronomic expression of social cleansing. Only the most tenacious independents hang on. Naturally the
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Pete Stewart recommends
THE wine-drinking public can be a fickle bunch. There was a time when Chardonnay was the most popular wine in Scottish bars and restaurants. It fell out of favour when the market got flooded with cheaper, badly oaked versions and everyone started drinking
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FUTURE SHOCK: Nazis, nuclear weapons and the moon landings
Nazis, nuclear weapons and the moon landings TO understand the future we must often look to the past. Nasa certainly did. Not many folk spared a thought for Adolf Hitler when men first walked on the moon, yet it could be argued that mankind
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Theatre reviews: Cockpit & Dragons Of Drummohr Reviewed by Mark Brown
COCKPIT, by the late Anglo-Irish writer Bridget Boland, is both an extraordinary historical document and a remarkably prescient drama. First staged (at the Playhouse Theatre, London) in 1948 it is set in a grand theatre in Germany which has been transformed
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Training plans for new mumsEveryday Athlete John Valbonesi
FOR a lot of new mums, getting back into training after having a baby can be a daunting task, especially if you took a hiatus from training for quite a lot of the pregnancy. Exercise, however, can be very therapeutic at a hectic time in your life.Being
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Hook lines and thinker: meet the rising Scottish film star
TWO things hit home immediately on meeting Scotland’s Disney star Thomas Doherty; the first is he has the arresting good looks normally associated with boy band members, or those young men you see on giant posters on the wall of a trendy clothes shop,
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Diwali flavours in Scotland
I WAS a nosey only child who would sometimes spend lazy afternoons peering across over my neighbour’s boundary wall, hoping to catch glimpse of a mango hanging over from their side to ours or merely just procrastinating from doing homework. However during
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Review: Mrs Osmond by John Banville
JOHN Banville is masterfully at home with his subject no matter the time or place he chooses in which to set his novels: the 16th century holy Roman empire (most recently in Prague Nights); 1950s Dublin in the brilliant Quirke novels; and Los Angeles
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Shirley Spear's Scottish flavours: Ham and Haddie Soufflé
THERE is something irresistible about the combination of smoked haddock and cream, but when you add a little bacon, it soars to another dimension of taste and flavour, greatly under-rated by today’s busy home cooks and restaurant chefs. In the days before
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Review: South and West: From a Notebook
IN 1970, when she was 36, Joan Didion, accompanied by her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne, visited the American South. She had not been there for nearly three decades; during the war her father, who was in the Army Air Corps, had been stationed
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Mindfulness: Dealing with change
WE like stability, except when we don't. Change is fine when we are the ones deciding to make things a bit different. But when change is forced upon us by others or by external events, we react negatively.We live in a bubble, a delusion that things
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Also released
THE RITUAL (15) The Hangover downs shots with Deliverance and The Blair Witch Project, and blood flows more readily than the booze, in David Bruckner's horror thriller.Laced with Nordic mythology and laddish banter, The Ritual is a grim tale of hapless
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Why bitchy twitter-spats are ruining the sisterhood
It's a common trope that women squabble. We're painted as competitive gossips who inevitably fall out, because apparently it's in our nature. It doesn't appear to matter that religious and political movements historically dominated by
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Chills fails in nordic noir that leaves you coldThe Snowman (15)
The dark, hardboiled, atmospheric genre of crime fiction, television and film known as “Nordic noir” has set a very high bar. The Millennium Trilogy, Headhunters, The Killing and The Bridge are just the tip of the iceberg that has built a substantial
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Biking the Great Glen
THE haul up the trail paths out of Fort Augustus was tough, bordering on brutal, forcing us all onto our feet. All, that is, bar 21-year-old Magnus, our guide who was, by at least a couple of decades, the youngest of those on bikes. He was not first to
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A ballad of blame from a Brexiteer beggar
“Any spare change for an English accent?”It wasn’t me being addressed by the Scouse voice. The homeless man looking for some money was directing his comment towards my manager and good friend Sam. Sam is ginger of hair and beard; my nickname for him is
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How the cult of narcissism is killing our humanity
This week, a high court judge in London ruled that three teenage brothers from London be removed from their mother and put into care. Numerous reasons were cited in the family court hearing, but perhaps strangest of all was that the boys were observed
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Eyewitness to horror: in the Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh
'FARIDA'S VILLAGE WAS BURNT AT NIGHT AND SHE FLED BAREFOOT AND PREGNANT' I entered Ukhia town ten days after the first refugees arrived from Myanmar. The car slowed to walking pace because the road had tens of thousands of refugees on it. Surrounding
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The dark heart of Hollywood
THE revelations about sexual predator and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein have exposed the dark, beating heart of Hollywood. The allegations that have emerged serve as a reminder that while the American film industry may try to present itself as progressive
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The 'feminist whistleblowing badass' who has become the furious voice of the 'Weinstein Resistance'
LAST Wednesday the New Yorker magazine tweeted a link to their breaking story about the film mogul Harvey Weinstein. It was written by Ronan Farrow, a man close to the industry – he's the son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen – and contained a link to
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Spectre of civil war looms over Iraq
It’s the most dangerous of brinkmanship and the stakes could not be higher. While not yet making the headlines it deserves, late Friday night after eleventh-hour negotiations between Kurdish and Iraqi government officials, Iraq seemed to step back from
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The shocking story of how Kilted Yoga star Finlay Wilson found enlightenment
YOU may not remember Finlay Wilson’s face straight away, but you might recognise his bare backside. Earlier this year, the Scottish yoga teacher posted a video on YouTube which showed him and a friend doing yoga in kilts, complete with a cheeky final
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Economy Secretary in North American trade mission
Economy Secretary Keith Brown will visit Ottawa, Toronto, New Jersey and New York next week to promote Scotland to the North American business community, and strengthen diplomatic ties with both countries.The visit will focus on promoting trade and investment
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Why Tory Brexit spells Anarchy for the UK
Those of us old enough to remember the punk era have always had a soft spot for anarchy in the UK. “We wanna destroy the passerby” as the Sex Pistols eloquently put it in 1977. But most of us grew out of childish destructivism. The true descendants
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Pedro Caixinha says vitamin D the key to Rangers' foreign legion thriving through the Scottish winter
It is doubtful that when Pedro Caixinha was looking to persuade the likes of Carlos Pena, Eduardo Herrera, Daniel Candeias and Fabio Cardoso to join Rangers, the bracing nature of the Scottish climate figured highly in his sales pitch.The Caledonian winter
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Rangers full-back Lee Hodson not surprised by Michael O'Neill link with Scotland
Rangers defender Lee Hodson can see why his manager at international level, Michael O’Neill, is being linked with the now vacant position as head coach of Scotland, and recognises that the Scottish FA would be mad not to consider him for the post.He is
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Hamilton Accies 1 Motherwell 2: In-form Fir Park side warm-up for semi-final by winning Lanarkshire grudge match
HAVING been done out of £750,000 during the week by fraudsters as part of a sophisticated online scam, Hamilton Accies could have done without their Lanarkshire rivals Motherwell cashing in at their expense too. But that is how it went down at the SuperSeal
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Ex-Edinburgh and Krasny Yar man Nick McLennan warns of perils that await in 'Real Russia'
Nick McLennan and his gallant companions were young Crusaders sent to evangelise on behalf of their country’s religion and help enlighten the citizens of one of the most notorious places on earth. They had, he admits, no real idea of what they were about
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And don’t forget the racism, homophobia, transphobia and white supremacism
White SupremacismThe Birth Of A Nation (1915)Yes, the first blockbuster in cinema history – originally called The Clansman – really did romanticise the Ku Klux Klan. Created by DW Griffith, it is now rarely screened publicly. It was a deplorable piece
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Put Boris out of the running
IT probably would prove impractical for parliament to legislate for the universal employment benefits many employees daydream about having if they had Boris Johnson’s ability not to get sacked (Chaos: Now Boris tells Tories to 'get behind' PM
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Strongest hurricane in 21 years due to hit tomorrow
THE country's strongest hurricane for 21 years is predicted to hit tomorrow on the 30th anniversary of 1987's Great Storm.Even weatherman Michael Fish – blamed for missing the last one, the worst storm in 300 years – says there is a hurricane
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Concern grows for missing Scottish girls
CONCERNS are growing for two missing schoolgirls. Jasmine Agnew, 12, and 14-year-old Leah Dixon were reported missing when they failed to return to their homes in Renfrewshire on Friday evening. Leah was last seen in Paisley on Friday just after 9am while
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Dozens dead in Mogadishu bombing
A MASSIVE bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 30 people, police say.Dozens more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel.Police say two people were killed in a second
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Army promotion for pony despite Queen's posy problem
An army Shetland Pony which made the news after trying to eat the Queen's posy has earned a promotion.The Royal Regiment of Scotland's mascot, Lance Corporal Cruachan 4th, can now add another stripe to his ceremonial uniform after being promoted
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Ditch plastic to save the seas says Attenborough
IMMEDIATE action is needed to tackle plastic pollution in the world's seas, Sir David Attenborough has said ahead of a major new TV wildlife series.Speaking as details of the BBC's Blue Planet II were unveiled, he said "every one of us"
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DUP nixes return of Stormont
The Democratic Unionist Party has ruled out any immediate return of the powersharing Executive at Stormont.In a blow to the British and Irish Governments' hopes that a deal to bring back Stormont is close, the DUP said yesterday "significant
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Levein pleased with Hearts players after away win against Ross County
OWEN COYLE was left fuming with referee Willie Collum after his first home game in charge of Ross County ended in a 2-1 defeat by Hearts.The former Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers manager believed his side could have had "two or three stonewall
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Dumbarton 0 St Mirren 2: Hungry Sutton earns the praise of Ross after ‘big goal’
JOHN Sutton earned the praise of manager Jack Ross as he came off the bench to clinch a significant victory that has taken Saints three points clear at the top.As Dundee United and Dunfermline dropped points, the 33-year-old striker showed great desire
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Scottish woman's husband dies after he fell thirty feet while taking photographs at Indian temple
A SCOTTISH woman whose husband fell to his death in India has been described by her heartbroken family as “devoted” to her husband. Hilary and Roger Stotesbury were on the final leg of a so-called “middle-aged gap year” when he plunged 30 feet after taking
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Labourgate: Inside the ‘dirty, nasty’ battle to head up Scots party
SCOTTISH Labour has been urged to investigate a mass sign-up of hundreds of new members in leadership candidate Anas Sarwar’s local constituency party. The Secretary of the Glasgow Southside party has claimed that some new recruits who share the
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Six to Follow: Samantha Kinghorn's marathon debut turns into an epic journey of blood and guts
“At 16 miles, I honestly thought I was going to bleed to death.” Sammi Kinghorn knew that her first attempt at a marathon would be tough, but even she hadn’t anticipated quite what she would have to overcome in Chicago last weekend.An issue with her chair
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Scotland is stained by fox hunting
OSCAR Wilde was right when he remarked that the barbaric sport of fox hunting is 'the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable'.While this newspaper would prefer a world in which no animal is killed for entertainment, the hunting lobby have made
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Labour MSP launches fire safety bill
A Labour MSP wants to change the law in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire to ensure all new council and housing association properties have sprinklers fitted.Labour's David Stewart said the move was a "common sense proposal that will save lives
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Hubble bubble, toil and trouble: Scotland's dark past as a witch-hunting nation
WITH her high pitched cackle, the witch of our collective imagination has a pointed hat, hooked nose and rides a broomstick....a stereotype of the fairy tale baddie. In fiction, too, Scottish witchcraft holds a unique fascination. From the whirling dervish
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Revealed: inside the secret world of Scotland’s 'illegal' bloody fox hunts
MOUNTED huntsmen have been accused of defying Scotland’s fox-hunting ban by setting packs of bloodthirsty hounds on the fleeing animals which are torn apart when caught. Legislation only allows foxes to be flushed from cover and shot dead for pest
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Shelley Kerr has a Scotland squad capable of going where Gordon Strachan couldn't
AS Gordon Strachan pays the price for a 10th successive failure of the Scotland men's team to qualify for a major championship, Shelley Kerr and her players will get their 2019 World Cup campaign underway in Minsk on Thursday.Belarus, as with the
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Glasgow's private schools received £5.7m in 'charity' tax breaks during time of public sector cuts
PRIVATE schools in Glasgow have received around £5.7 million in “charitable” tax breaks at the same time as state schools in the city have struggled for funding. The fee-paying institutions have been liable for £7.4m in non-domestic rates (NDR)
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Harman appeals to women SNP MPs to join with Labour in rape law change
FORMER deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has urged SNP women MPs to join with Labour to pass a law to prevent rape complainants being quizzed in court about their sexual history.Harman said the SNP at Westminster should break the party’s rule of not
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Kilted Yoga icon reveals he was sexually abused
WHEN a video of Finlay Wilson doing yoga in his kilt was posted on YouTube it very quickly became a viral hit. Within an hour it had a million views and to date it has been seen 56m times, turning the 30-year-old yoga teacher into a bona fide internet
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Faces of the week
Lola Ogunyemi, the black model in the Dove advert which has been slammed for racism after it appeared to show Ogunyemi turning into a white woman after using body wash, spoke out, declaring she was “not a victim”. She wanted to get involved with the Dove
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Ministers challenged to force firms with Government contracts to pay 'real living wage'
FIRMS receiving public sector contracts should be forced to pay the real living wage despite a claim that EU law prohibits it, the body representing Scotland's charities has said. The Scottish Government's website states that it is "prevented
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Swede dreams for little critters
It’s been a good week for ... petsYou’ve assembled the Billy bookcase, bought the scented candle holders and eaten the meatballs. Now you can extend the Ikea love to your furry friends. Ever attentive to our daily household needs, the Swedish furniture
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Weinstein scandal shows Hollywood holds women in utter contempt
THROUGHOUT the week, among the many heart-breaking testimonies alleging abuse, harassment and even rape by Harvey Weinstein, was an article written by the French award-winning actress Léa Seydoux. “I meet men like Harvey Weinstein all the time,” she wrote
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'Arjen Robben was my part-time team hero' says Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers
JUST when Celtic think they have seen the worst Group B in the Champions League could throw at them, then comes along a certain Dutchman.While Bayern Munich may not be the powerhouse they were two years ago, one key and consistent part of the danger they
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Sturgeon whistles in the dark
THE First Minister was surely whistling in the dark as she claimed in her comment piece that the “SNP has an unparalleled position of strength” ('Our opponents are in chaos', Comment, October 8). The general election saw the SNP lose considerable
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Las Vegas: Do we blame it on the guns?
WHEN I was much younger and considerably dafter, I part-owned a .22 sporting rifle with a friend (Gun Crazy, Big Read, October 8). He came round to check on his investment. This involved assembling the rifle, working the moving parts and presenting the
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Dorus de Vries shines against Dundee to ensure out-of-sorts Celtic retain Premiership lead and extend unbeaten run
HE may only have been handed a rare start due to Brendan Rodgers’s desire to give Craig Gordon, among many others, a rest after the international break and ahead of a return to Champions League duty next week. Yet Dorus de Vries, who last played in a
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Fabio Cardoso: We believe we can win all of our games and take title from Celtic
RANGERS intend to win the rest of their Premiership games this season and wrestle the title away from Celtic, says Fabio Cardoso.Friday night brought a comprehensive 3-0 victory away to St Johnstone in what was only their second clean sheet of the league
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London Irish 14 Edinburgh 37: High five after European late show
FIVE tries to one sounds easy enough, but Edinburgh left it desperately late against London Irish before getting their just rewards from a Challenge Cup Pool 4 game they dominated. Flanker Jamie Ritchie and Luke Crosbie, the 20-year-old back row replacement
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Gabriele Marcotti: Bayern’s top dogs ensure they write next chapter
Carlo Ancelotti has said little in public since being sacked by Bayern Munich. He is off on a holiday – “a 10-month holiday” – initially at least in his wife’s native Vancouver. He has treated his departure as something thoroughly unremarkable.“Was I
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Oscar board votes to expel Weinstein amid tsunami of sexual assault allegations
THE Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which runs the Oscars, has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein amid a wave of sexual assault allegations against the US movie mogul. The board of the Academy, made up of 54 leading directors, executives and
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Use terror powers proportionally
POLICE need the powers to protect citizens from terrorism. No-one disputes this.When there are criminals willing to murder children at pop concerts, or blow up passengers on trains, it is only right to give law enforcement the tools they need.However,
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Colours, lights and dancing in the streets: how Scotland could have its own Day of the Deid
FORGET importing Mexican Day of the Dead. Scotland should develop its very own Day of the Deid, full of colour and lights, to help us adopt a healthier attitude to bereavement and our own mortality.The call comes from the organisers of the Absent Friends
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Remove charity status of private schools
The prolonged era of austerity economics has had a deep and lasting impact on public spending.Tory government cuts have undermined vital public services, and we have become a more unequal society, with the poorest most disadvantaged.Local authorities
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Six To Follow: Nicola McCleery takes flight after lessons in Wales
NICOLA McCleery admits she and her Scotland team-mates were apprehensive as they finalised their preparations for the Netball Europe Championships last week. Since it had been almost a year since they last played an international match, McCleery wasn’
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SNP MP Sheppard attacks deceitful and mendacious Brexit campaign
A SENIOR SNP MP accused Brexit supporters of running the "most deceitful and mendacious" political campaign in the UK's history" at a pro-EU rally in Edinburgh.SNP MP Tommy Sheppard issued the blistering attack at the protest in the
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Six To Follow: World Championship surprise gets Daniel Purvis back in the swing
DAN Purvis may have suffered the heartbreak of missing out on selection for the Rio Olympic Games last summer, but following his surprise call-up to the British team for last week’s World Championships in Montreal, he slipped back into the squad like
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What's a conker? Experts call for children to reconnect with traditional outdoor games
WITH their distinctive spikey green shells and shiny brown nut interior the conker is one of October’s simple pleasures. But childhood experts claim that with a growing number of children not only clueless about the traditional game of conkers – where
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Mark Stewart on the right track for the European Championships
That Mark Stewart is feeling confident going into next week’s European Track Cycling Championships should come as no surprise as his is in the form of his life. This year has seen the 22-year-old make his world championship debut on both the track
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Sturgeon to open world's first floating wind farm
THE world's first full-scale floating wind farm is to be formally opened by Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday. Power will be brought to 20,000 homes from the wind farm, known as Hywind, moored 25km off the coast of PeterheadThe technology being trialled
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10,000 children face "atrocious" mental health care wait
MORE than 10,000 children have been forced to wait longer than the 18-week target time for specialist mental health care, new figures have shown.LibDem health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton hit out at the "atrocious waits" some young people have
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Greens threaten to sink SNP budget
THE Scottish Greens are threatening to block the SNP Government’s budget unless new Holyrood powers are used to tax the rich.Ministers relied on the Greens to get last year's spending plans passed after Labour, the Tories and Lib Dems voted against
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Revealed: how Police Scotland treated a political activist like a terrorist
A POLITICAL activist has accused Police Scotland of “disgraceful” treatment after officers used controversial anti-terror powers to detain and question her for hours at Edinburgh Airport. Eleanor Jones, who had been in Edinburgh to attend her grandfather
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The future, for salmon, is wild
YOUR report on the deaths of 10 million salmon last year due to disease and sea lice infestation (A disgrace: 10 million salmon thrown away by fish farms in last year alone, Investigation, October 8) reveals a disaster for fish welfare and the environment
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Police officers sanctioned over their handling of Orange hall 'Nazi' fancy dress party
COMPLAINTS about how Police Scotland handled a probe into people dressing as Nazis and Catholic clergy at a loyalist flute band fancy dress party in an Orange Order hall have been upheld following an internal investigation.Two officers have been sanctioned
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Schedule 7 of Terrorism Act gives the state unparalleled snooping powers
SCHEDULE 7 of the Terrorism Act belongs in a police state, not a democracy. It lets police, immigration or customs officers stop people at ports or airports – you, me, anyone – with no suspicion of criminality. They can detain and question you
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Brendan Rodgers blasts semi-final scheduling for Celtic
BRENDAN Rodgers has hit out at his Celtic team being forced to play a League Cup semi-final just three days after their crunch tie in Munich.The Scottish champions play Bayern on Wednesday night in the Champions League before returning to Scotland in
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Tory MSP calls for cut in working hours for teachers and medics
WORKING hours for medics and teachers should be cut to prevent them becoming ill, former Olympic athlete turned Tory MSP Brian Whittle will tell the Scottish Parliament.Whittle said his plan was aimed at easing the pressure on overworked health and teaching
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Further fiasco on salmon farms
TWO days after you published the article by Rob Edwards (A disgrace: 10 million salmon thrown away by fish farms in last year alone, Investigation, October 8) about the 10,000,000 salmon killed last year by disease, parasites and other problems on the
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Partick Thistle 0 Kilmarnock 2: Excitement builds at Killie ahead of Steve Clarke era with win over woeful Thistle
If this is what the mere presence of new manager Steve Clarke does to his Kilmarnock players, then they may well be in for a decent season after all. The newly-appointed Rugby Park boss took his seat in the stand at Firhill to witness his team grind
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Little independence outside EU
KEITH Howell asserts that "independence in Europe" is a myth (SNP is conflicted over Europe, Letters, October 8). It is becoming increasingly apparent that out of the EU there will be little independence for the beleaguered UK either, as it
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Voices on... the White Widow
"Reports broke today of the death of Sally-Anne Jones – more commonly referred to as the “White Widow” – and possibly the death of her 12-year-old son too, in a US drone attack. Among other things, Jones was renowned for her efforts to recruit Western
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Dundee manager Neil McCann fumes about no penalty at Celtic Park
Dundee manager Neil McCann was irritated that his side did not get a penalty at Celtic Park yesterday afternoon as Brendan Rodgers’ side extended their unbeaten domestic run to 59 games.A solitary goal from Celtic midfielder Olivier Ntcham was all that