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Stuart Armstrong: Celtic can still pip Bayern Munich for a last 16 spot
STUART Armstrong is refusing to give up hope that Celtic can pip Bayern Munich for a place in the last 16 of the Champions League. The Scottish champions have shipped eight goals without reply against PSG and Bayern, the two giants of Group B,
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Celtic 1 Kilmarnock 1: Steve Clarke's bus parking pays off as Bayern Munich await
I’LL say it: Kilmarnock’s meeting with Celtic on Saturday might not have been the greatest advertisement for Scottish football. But so effectively did the wily Steve Clarke instruct the Ayrshire club’s players to park the bus at Parkhead that it
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Survival expert blown over on Cairngorms
A survival enthusiast was rescued after being blown over by storms in the Cairngorms in what was described as a "serious" situation.Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team were called to Coire Raibert in the Northern Cairngorms in what turned out to
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Strictly’s Susan Calman takes Twitter break over ‘not so nice’ comments
Strictly Come Dancing contestant Susan Calman took a day off social media to rediscover her “joy” after a series of negative messages from online trolls. The comedian, 42, said she needed a break after receiving unpleasant comments about her weight
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May calls for overhaul of Westminster procedures in wake of sex pest claims
THERESA May has called for an overhaul of the House of Commons disciplinary procedures in the wake of claims of sexual harassment at Westminster.The Prime Minister has ordered a Whitehall inquiry into whether or not her colleague Mark Garnier, the International
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Theresa May urges reform of ‘toothless’ Commons disciplinary procedures
The House of Commons disciplinary procedures lack “teeth” and require urgent reform, Theresa May has warned. In a letter to Speaker John Bercow, the Prime Minister said a situation where MPs did not have to follow procedures laid down by the Independent
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Hundreds of thousands march for Catalonia separatism
Hundreds of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain have rallied in Barcelona after separatists voted for the wealthy region to secede.Organisers said the march was to defend Spain's unity and reject "an unprecedented attack in the
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Police hunt firebugs following series of incidents in Paisley
FIREBUGS set a number of cars and wheelie bins ablaze in Paisley, police have said.Officers are investigating the offences, reported to have taken place between 2-4am on Friday, October 27.The spate of wilful fire-raising incidents occurred in the Blackhall
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Left-wing Labour leadership candidate Richard Leonard wins backing of UK's most powerful union boss
The leader of the UK's largest union has backed left-wing MSP Richard Leonard to be the new leader of Scottish Labour - and said his leadership could help Labour back to power across the UK. Len McCluskey, the general secretary of the Unite trade
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Robison says Holyrood not immune from sexual harrassment after Westminster allegations
Scotland's health secretary Shona Robison has said she would find it hard to believe Holyrood would be "immune" from sexual harassment incidents.Ms Robison, speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, called for reports
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Benedict Cumberbatch films new show in UK as Glasgow doubles for New York
Benedict Cumberbatch shot scenes for his new TV show Melrose in Glasgow, which has been given a makeover to resemble New York City. The Sherlock actor was seen wearing a large coat between takes on Sunday while getting into his role as the programme
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Unite leader Len McCluskey backs MSP Richard Leonard to lead Scottish Labour
The leader of the UK's largest union has backed left-wing MSP Richard Leonard to be the new leader of Scottish Labour - and said his leadership could help Labour back to power across the UK. Len McCluskey, the general secretary of the Unite trade
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Joshua defends referee’s stoppage as he retains titles with win over Takam
Anthony Joshua defended referee Phil Edwards’ decision to stop his WBA and IBF heavyweight title fight with Carlos Takam despite refusing to celebrate when he did so. The 28-year-old had endured perhaps the most frustrating night of his career
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Hundreds of thousands march for Spanish unity after Catalonia independence vote
Hundreds of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain have rallied in Barcelona, two days after separatists voted for the wealthy region to secede. Organisers said the goal of Sunday’s march’s was to defend Spain’s unity and reject “
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Strictly Halloween special watched by double the viewers of first live X Factor
The X Factor’s first live show of the current series was dwarfed in the ratings by Strictly Come Dancing, which entertained double the viewers with its Halloween-themed episode. Saturday night’s X Factor, which saw judge Simon Cowell absent from
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Video: Review - Synthpop pioneers Blancmange no trifling matter in Glasgow
Blancmange Audio, Glasgow Four stars In an era of reunions where it seems everyone and his granny from the 80s and 90s have recognised their fans have now the disposable income to exploit, the resurfacing of Blancmange is an odd one. The electronic
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Sir Michael Parkinson: I had to learn to walk again after spinal surgery
Sir Michael Parkinson has told of how he has had to learn to walk again after undergoing surgery on his back. The chat show veteran, 82, who battled prostate cancer in recent years, said he is able to “stagger around”, and that his mind is still
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Hugh Henry: Scottish Labour's fall from grace started long before the referendum in 2014
By Hugh Henry, former Labour Education Minister Scottish Labour's fall from grace started long before the referendum in 2014. While the financial crisis of 2008 accentuated our decline, that decline had actually started earlier. So when Richard
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Dig is directed at Sarwar over private schools and family firm
FORMER Labour education minister Hugh Henry, who is backing Leonard, delivered a coded attack on Sarwar for sending his children to a private school. Henry, who was an MSP between 1999 and 2016, said: “It’s wrong that parents can still buy privilege
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Unite boss gives Ian Murray a brutal tongue lashing
PAT Rafferty, Unite’s Scottish secretary, hit back at the criticisms of his union. Addressing Unite’s Scottish Policy Conference in Aviemore yesterday, he said: “Let me make it abundantly clear. “Accusations of Unite trying to ‘fix’ the leadership
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Bring polluters to heel now
Late on Friday, the ethylene plant run by ExxonMobil at Mossmorran in Fife suffered what the company called an “upset”. It was being shut down, resulting in the flaring of waste gas for 48 hours, the company explained.This kind of pollution does not inspire
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Shirley Spear's Scottish flavours: iced gingerbread for Hallowe'en
THERE are all kinds of Scottish recipes for gingerbread, with many of them handed down through families over generations. Delectably yielding, treacly sweet and spicy all at the same time, it is an irresistible teatime treat and perfect to have on-hand
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Bruno Langley leaves Coronation Street after inappropriate behaviour claim
Coronation Street actor Bruno Langely is no longer contracted to the soap after a claim was made against him of inappropriate behaviour by a woman at a Manchester nightclub. An ITV spokesperson confirmed Langley’s exit from the programme. Langley
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Mexican earthquake victims and rescuers honoured at Day of the Dead parade
A raised fist made of helmets, pick axes and broken rubble rolled ahead of hundreds of walking skeletons, costumed dancers and flowery floats in Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade, which this year honoured the 228 people killed by an earthquake
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Sexist jokes demean women in Parliament, says Diane Abbott
Joking about sexual harassment is one of the reasons the issue is not being dealt with, Diane Abbott has said. Her comments came after Environment Secretary Michael Gove was forced to apologise for a “clumsy” attempt at a joke in which he likened
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‘Top secret Heathrow plans to protect Queen’ found on memory stick in street
An investigation has been launched at Heathrow Airport after a memory stick reportedly containing confidential security information was found in the street. The Sunday Mirror says the USB stick – which was not encrypted and had 2.5GB of data –
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Anti-abortion charity to get grant from ‘tampon tax’
An anti-abortion group will get £250,000 from the levy on women’s sanitary products – but will not be able to spend the proceeds on its counselling or education services. Dozens of organisations were announced as beneficiaries of a £12 million
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Keith Brown: Economy 'fundamentally strong' and ready to meet Brexit challenges
Scotland's economy is "fundamentally strong" and ready to meet the challenges of Brexit, the Economy Secretary has said. Keith Brown told the Unite conference on Saturday that the economy is growing while the number of people in employment has
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Tory minister embroiled in sleaze row over claims he asked woman secretary to buy him sex toys
The Cabinet Office is to investigate whether International Trade Minister Mark Garnier broke the Ministerial Code after he admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys. The married International Trade Minister described the incidents as "good-humoured
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Future Shock with Bill Bain: Eternal life for just £40,000? Use your brain
Thumb twitching to post that perfect selfie? Will the 'likes' silence incessant internal voices of doubt and insecurity? Then there’s two things you need to know before you press 'send' – first, true beauty really does exist on the inside and secondly
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Return of Blue Planet will feature surfing dolphins and false killer whales
The familiar sound of Sir David Attenborough’s commentary will return to televisions on Sunday night as Blue Planet 2 premieres. The seven-part sequel to the 2001 original series was filmed over four years, with the first episode journeying from
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Strictly’s Susan Calman bemused after Bruno picks apart ‘mistakes’ in routine
Strictly’s Susan Calman has rejected accusations of mistakes during her Game Of Thrones-themed routine on Saturday night’s show. The Scottish comedian and partner Kevin Clifton opted for a Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow-inspired foxtrot featuring
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Theresa May should prepare for no-deal Brexit, donors warn
Senior Conservative Party donors have said Theresa May should be prepared for a “no deal” Brexit rather than accepting an “unsatisfactory and unfavourable deal” that could cause divisions for another generation. One donor said he feared some pro-Remain
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Prisoners on day release will be allowed to return home to vote
Theresa May is to risk incurring the wrath of Conservative MPs by granting voting rights to some prisoners, it has been reported. Prisoners sentenced to less than a year in jail and who are let out on day release will allowed to return home to
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Why world should help Mexico as it spirals towards a failed state
By Arturo Cervantes As in the rest of Central America, criminal violence and insecurity in Mexico are rapidly worsening. Illegal firearms and ammunition, mostly made in the rich world, are pouring in to our country, helping to create a humanitarian
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Police denied investigators access to officers embroiled in spying scandal
POLICE Scotland refused to allow an outside force tasked with investigating an illegal spying operation to interview officers at the centre of the scandal, it has been claimed. Retired detective David Moran said it was “high farce” that Police
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Beating children is not Christian
JESUS Christ told his disciples to 'suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of Heaven". In the Gospels, Christ speaks often of children, of his love for them, of how the innocence of childhood
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Caldwell case stains police
THE illegal spying operation linked to the unsolved murder of Emma Caldwell is one of the grubbiest episodes in Police Scotland's short and far from less illustrious history.After the press exposed the failings of the original Strathclyde Police investigation
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Father with toddler attacked in broad daylight in Glasgow's south side
POLICE are appealing for information after a father was attacked and hospitalised in a residential area in the south side of Glasgow in front of his three-year-old child. The attack, which took place near Queens Park in Shawlands, was made in broad daylight
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Revealed: Scotland’s worst corporate carbon polluters
SCOTLAND’S densely populated central belt is awash with millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide spewed out by the country’s worst climate polluters, the Sunday Herald can reveal.The latest pollution inventory from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
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Britain's bitter legacy
Theresa May says it’s a centenary she will celebrate with “pride”. For many others however, it marks one hundred years of controversy and contention. This Tuesday evening the British Prime Minister along with her Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu
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Sarwar campaign obtains QC opinion that brings legality of leadership contest into "serious question”
THE legality of the Scottish Labour leadership contest has been questioned after Anas Sarwar’s campaign obtained a legal opinion on the mass sign up of supporters by the Unite trade union. Sarwar’s team received advice from a QC over a recruitment
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Halloween but were afraid to ask
The grand festival of gore and misrule that is Halloween didn’t used to be a big retail moment in Scotland – more a matter of carving a few neeps and putting a sheet over your head. But October 31 is fast becoming one of the biggest consumer festivals
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A major push to recruit more men into childcare roles
MORE men should be encouraged to take up jobs in childcare according to early years experts, who claim that male employees could help boost the workforce and offer positive, caring role models of masculinity for children. It comes as the Scottish Government
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Revealed: Scotland's pro-smacking lobby funded by Christian fundamentalists
PRO-SMACKING lobby group Be Reasonable Scotland is funded by a network of the fundamentalist Christians, the Sunday Herald can reveal.One organisation paying for the work of Be Reasonable Scotland is The Christian Institute, based in England, which has
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Prison service claims convicted killer's attack could not be predicted
THE prison service has defended a decision to grant home leave to a convicted murderer who tried to kill again amid accusations from a victims support group that “something went badly wrong” with a risk assessment.In a brutal and motiveless attack Robbie
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The disgraceful white-washing of Meghan Markle
The world's media is getting into a frenzy over speculation that Prince Harry will soon announce his engagement to American actress Meghan Markle and now some of the London newspapers have even begun the process of white-washing her gene pool.
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Top murder squad detective savages Police Scotland over 'prostitute spy row' case
A TOP murder squad detective has savaged Police Scotland over an illegal spying operation relating to the unsolved murder of prostitute Emma Caldwell. David Moran’s phone records were unlawfully seized after the force wrongly believed he was involved
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Crisis at NHS Tayside deepens over £6m overspend
SCOTLAND’s most financially-stricken health board has reported a £6.4 million overspend in the first six months of this year.NHS Tayside, which is already having to make savings of over £200m in the long term, has now forecast a deficit of nearly £6m
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A dark story from Edinburgh Castle for Hallowe'en: Nemo Me Impune Lacessit by Denise Mina
GOD, they were tired. Long-term tired. Give-up tired. Jake’s loud singing was drawing the eyes of everyone in the street to them. "The cas-TLE! Cas-TLE! Casss-TLE!" Audrey wasn’t enforcing his rigid behavioural programme properly any more.
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Watch out women...the robots are coming
THE ROBOTS are coming....and women must ensure they have better access to jobs in science and technology. A study by think-tank Future Advocacy released earlier this month argued that "supercharged" technological change over the next 15 years
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Sexual harassment of women at Scottish Parliament is a 'ticking time bomb', says top lawyer
THE Scottish Parliament has been hit with allegations that women have been subjected to a catalogue of sexual harassment at Holyrood, the Sunday Herald can reveal. The claims come from Scotland's leading human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar who says
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SNP has 'no plan' to hold Holyrood vote on recognising independent Catalonia
The SNP currently has “no plans” to give MSPs a vote in the Scottish Parliament on whether to recognise Catalonia as an independent state.Senior figures in the pro-independence party lined up to repeat their calls for dialogue but would not commit to
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Union launches scathing attack on Glasgow as Scotland's most unequal council
GLASGOW City Council has been guilty of "systematically discriminating" against women for decades, according to the GMB union.The union is now demanding an urgent call for "action not words" from the local authority. The attack on
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Mind the gap: Call for an equal pay mark to ensure men and women are paid the same
AN EQUAL pay mark, similar to the Living Wage employer accreditation, should be introduced in Scotland to address a widening gap between the earnings of men and women.The call, which will come as a motion at the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) Women
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Burberry is back ... but it's all thanks to 'council estate chic'
WITH its distinct beige check, Burberry was once sneered at by snobbish fashionistas as the epitome “chav chic”. It became the uniform of the football terrace and the council estate - more likely to see you barred from a fashion show than ushered to the
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Report reveals spike in rent arrears and food bank use as a result of Universal Credit rollout in Stirling
A DAMNING report by Stirling Council has linked the disastrous rollout of the UK Government’s universal credit policy to increased rent arrears and a rise in the number of food bank referrals.The bleak assessment also makes clear there has been an increase
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Golf plan in wildlife area ‘riddled with flaws’
US developers’ controversial plans for a championship golf course at one of Scotland’s most prized wildlife sites are riddled with “embarrassing” flaws, including the claim that English law, rather than Scottish, governs the application.Documents lodged
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Benetton Treviso 13 Edinburgh 24: McKenzie lays down the law and gets winning response
CHANGE your captain; change your fortunes. Probably that is hugely oversimplifying things but what is certainly true is that Fraser McKenzie's first outing as Edinburgh club captain saw his side throw away an early lead but his leadership ensured they
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Pizza perfect: Joanna Blythman reviews Basta, Glasgow
Basta 561 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow 0141 339 8698 Lunch/Dinner: £7.50-£17.50 Food rating: 8½/10 MEET Angela, a newcomer to Partick’s thriving, independent-minded community. It’s the moniker for the sourdough starter at Basta, a bright
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Motherwell 0 Hibs 1: Boyle strike blows momentum away from Fir Park side
IN what has been the week of all weeks to remember for Motherwell, this was an ending to not just forget, but shoot and bury under the patio to not be spoken about again.Euphoric Hampden moments, swashbuckling goals against Rangers and dancing in the
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Patrick Roberts ruled out of Celtic's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich
PATRICK Roberts is out of Tuesday night’s Champions League meeting with Bayern Munich after pulling up with a hamstring problem during the first half of yesterday’s 1-1 Ladbrokes Premiership draw against Kilmarnock. Brendan Rodgers said the 20-year-old
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Celtic 1 Kilmarnock 1: Brendan Rodgers' side make history but Kilmarnock make a point
A HISTORIC Celtic display, though hardly a vintage one. One hundred years after the home defeat to Kilmarnock which put paid to the whopping 62-match unbeaten run compiled by Willie Maley’s all-conquering side, the Ayrshire outfit were ultimately unable
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George Horne quick to hit the high notes for Glasgow
FIRST start under the new coach and you win the man-of-the-match award. It is hard to see how things could have gone much better for George Horne, the 22-year-old Glasgow Warriors scrum-half as he led the way in Friday’s seven-try demolition of the Southern
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Stuart Hogg delighted to lighten up after a summer of hell
IT is a dull but mild autumnal afternoon at Scotstoun, but Stuart Hogg looks chilled, and not in his usual, laid-back way either. OK, he is sitting in his playing kit in a windy, desolate stand, while a photographer goes about his business, snapping
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Dundee 1 Hamilton 3: Drinks are on red-card sinner Donati
Martin Canning told Massimo Donati he owed his team-mates after Hamilton Accies won for the first time in eight league games despite the Italian’s red card.Canning’s side were 2-0 up after Iannis Skondras headed home a Dougie Imrie cross before half-time
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Celtic's tactics in Europe will remain the same, says Craig Gordon
CRAIG Gordon says Celtic will not deviate from their footballing philosophy against Bayern Munich despite having been beaten 3-0 in Germany.The Bundesliga giants arrive at Celtic Park on Tuesday just two weeks after a dominant display in the Champions
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Gabriele Marcotti: Red-faced and feeling blue over Leicester and Everton managerial sackings
UNLESS you are in the relegation zone or there is some kind of extreme circumstance, sacking a manager before December – when the January transfer window pulls into view – is above all an admission of failure for the club itself. Especially when said
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Communities to be given voice in local authorities' spending decisions
PEOPLE across Scotland are to have a say in how £100 million of council funds will be used in their communities. Council leaders have agreed that at least one per cent of local government budgets will be subject to "participatory budgeting" by
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Gove faces backlash over Weinstein bedroom 'joke'
UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove faced a furious backlash on social media after claiming being interviewed by BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys was like "going into Harvey Weinstein's bedroom".The MP apologised for the "clumsy
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Parents know the difference between smacking and assault ... and other Sunday Herald letters
The SNP Government, unfortunately, increasingly in hock to the Green Party, has decided to ensure that the bill of Green MSP John Finnie, to ban smacking, is passed (Smacking ban MSP: 'I was beaten at school – that's why I want the law changed
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Changing landscape of Europe doesn't alter Brendan Rodgers' Celtic vision
THE landscape has changed for Celtic. As has the opposition, along with the increasing degree of difficulty. But for Brendan Rodgers, the ambition remains very much the same. The Celtic manager is approaching the half-way point of his European
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Val Burns: Forget being 'brave' and take a mental health sick day
THE dark nights are stalking with a vengeance and hot on their tail is the long, not-so-mellow season of coughs, colds and unspecified winter ailments. Most of us battle on, the snuffling wounded, still managing to shuffle into work, even if we do feel
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Angela Haggerty: Should you have to pay a lifelong price for a few moments of idiocy?
‘HAVE you ever said something dodgy on social media?” has become the new “have you ever taken drugs?” for politicians in the digital age. Every other day there’s a fresh social media scandal involving a public figure, relating to something they once said
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Dirty Diary: 'Allo 'Allo, what's all this then – text-walkers, litter louts and homophobes. Where's Dolly Parton when you need her?
FIRST, the bad news. I caught a few moments of the revival of Dynasty on Netflix last week, but I also have to tell you that another terrible 1980s show, Magnum, PI, is also getting a reboot. You may remember it: the series was about a private
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Hardeep Singh Kohli: Opinions are like bahookies – we all have one but very few are worth close and detailed examination
THE headline was: “Man eaten by crocodile.” I had just joined the BBC, a graduate production trainee at the old Queen Margaret Drive HQ in Glasgow. Barely 21, I was being inducted into the ivory towers of an institution I hadn’t even dared to dream
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Pete Stewart recommends ... a wee nip to keep the witches at bay
I SIMPLY love this time of year, and not just because of the iced gingerbread. Hallowe’en has to be one of the best holidays, with tiny little ghosts and monsters knocking on your door demanding sweeties while asking why the skeleton didn’t go to the
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The search for a terrible truth: review of The Accident On The A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet
The Accident On The A35 Graeme Macrae Burnet Contraband, £12.99 Review by Lesley McDowell AS with The Disappearance Of Adele Bedeau, the first in a trilogy of French detective novels, of which The Accident On The A35 is second, Macrae
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Love in a time of caution: review of Call Me By Your Name
Call Me By Your Name (15)Luca GuadagninoTHE films that signalled Italian Luca Guadagnino as a major talent in international cinema, I Am Love and A Bigger Splash, both featured the same eye-catching dichotomy: on the surface beautiful people in gorgeous
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Reaching for immortality: Andrew Marr on how he became compelled to paint following a near-fatal stroke
OUR world is beautiful; but also very boring. I am writing this in Florida, once an untamed tract of mangroves and marshy rainforest, full of wildness and surprising beauty, but now a huge, bleak grid of turnpikes and motorways, endlessly scored across
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Mining for joy: Breathe star Andrew Garfield on playing a man searching for hope after being struck by catastrophe
COMPLETE the following sentence, I say to Andrew Garfield. “Home is …” It’s the last question I ask the actor and the first time in our short conversation that he hesitates. “Home is … oh, home is … a new concept for me.” Really? You’re 34, Andrew
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Perfume River and other paperback reviews
Perfume River by Robert Olen Butler (No Exit, £8.99)An encounter with a homeless veteran reawakens memories for Florida history lecturer Robert Quinlan of his service in Vietnam, his draft-avoiding brother Jimmy, from whom he is estranged, and his proud
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But and ben dos and don'ts: Geoff Allan's guide to the etiquette and practicalities of staying in a Scottish bothy
IN the wilderness areas of Scotland, an eclectic collection of basic accommodation has grown into what is now a well-established network of mountain huts, known as bothies. The term comes from the Gaelic bothan (via the Old Irish both) meaning hut,
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Cyclist dies after collision with parked car in Edinburgh
A CYCLIST has died following a collision with a parked car. It happened on Charterhall Road, Edinburgh at around 1pm on Friday. The 61-year-old cyclist was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where he died a short time later. Police
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Partick Thistle 1 St Johnstone 0: Storey pens another match-winning chapter as Thistle move off bottom
Seven days, a brace of goals and two-match-winning performances? This particular Storey is making pleasant reading for those of a Partick Thistle persuasion. Miles Storey’s second decisive goal in a week proved to be the difference here at Firhill as
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More than 30 dead in horror bus plunge in Nepal
A PASSENGER bus heading towards Nepal's capital Kathmandu veered off a key highway and plunged into a river, killing at least 31 people and injuring 15. The bus drove off the road early yesterday morning and into the Trishuli River, which is known
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Gregor Townsend happy to cast net far and wide in a good cause
IT was, promised Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend, entirely a coincidence that five days after unveiling a worldwide hunt for Scottish qualified talent, he had unveiled an autumn Tests training squad divided equally between those developed in Scotland
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Benetton Treviso 13 Edinburgh 24: Cockerill’s men settle a score
WHO knows? After staring down the barrel of defeat but finding a way to come through it and emerge with a confidence- boosting win, Edinburgh may come to see this as the turning point in their season.It has been a horrible few weeks for them off the field
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Jen McIntosh is focused but far from crazy as she targets more Commonwealth Games glory
It is around this time that Jen McIntosh enters her “crazy pre-Games phase”, according to her husband. The rifle shooter may dispute that description but she does acknowledge that six months before a major competition she begins to cut out any bad habits
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Just a minute for Prescott's Marsha to make mark at Breeders' Cup
SOME minutes matter more than others. Some, good or bad, are never to be forgotten. The 57.97 seconds it took Marsha to beat Lady Aurelia by just a nose to win the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes at York in August live long in Sir Mark Prescott’s memory.The
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Teenager raped in Glasgow city centre lane
A POLICE investigation is under way after a 19-year-old woman was raped in a lane in Glasgow city centre.The attack on the teenager happened on Renfrew Lane, behind the city's Pavilion Theatre and near the Cineworld cinema, in the early hours of Saturday
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Aberdeen 2 Ross County 1: Aberdeen get back to within one point of Celtic but speculation over Derek McInnes dominates
DEREK McInnes continued to sidestep the inevitable questions about the possibility of him going to Rangers with the sort of style and panache which made Peter Weir such a hero at Aberdeen some years back.To suggest this win over Ross County didn’t matter
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Former Swansea goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel on how close he came to being a Celtic hero and why Bayern's No 2 won't be a weak link
THE highlight of Gerhard Tremmel’s career was his League Cup win with Swansea City in 2013 but had history panned out differently, it might just as easily have come under the lights at Celtic Park. And, perhaps, if we stretch the notion a little further
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David Clarkson: I’m on my way back and dreaming of scoring promotion clincher
I’VE been daydreaming a lot lately. In my mind’s eye it’s late in the season and St Mirren are on the brink of promotion back to the Premiership. I’m on the bench and there are just five minutes to go. Jack Ross tells me to warm up, then I’m getting
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Positive start on a murky night to Kerr’s World Cup mission
IT was mission accomplished for Scotland in their opening Group 2 games, with Shelley Kerr’s team getting the start they needed if they are to qualify for the 2019 World Cup in France.Anything other than six points from the trip to Belarus and Tuesday
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At least 10 dead in Somalia attack claimed by Al-Shabab group
AT least 10 people are dead and more than 11 have been wounded in an attack on a popular hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The death toll is expected to rise.The city was rocked by two explosions in quick succession, just two weeks after a huge
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Nine Trident crew sacked after failing drugs tests
NINE sailors from a nuclear missile submarine based at Faslane on the Clyde have been dismissed from the Royal Navy after failing drugs tests.They had been serving aboard HMS Vigilant, which carries the Trident nuclear deterrent.It is understood that
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Sturgeon to apologise over historical gay sex convictions
FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon will apologise on behalf of the Scottish Government to all men convicted of now-abolished sexual offences. Nicola Sturgeon will make the apology at Holyrood on Tuesday to coincide with the publication of new legislation
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North Korea nuclear threat 'accelerating'
THE threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis claimed during a visit to South Korea.In remarks in Seoul with South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo at his side, Mattis accused North Korea of
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Hoax calls to ambulance service almost double in five years
HOAX calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service have almost doubled in the past five years, new figures show. Malicious emergency calls rose by 84 per cent – from 881 in 2012/13 to 1,622 in 2016/17. The figures, obtained through a freedom of information
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Graeme Murty hoping to provide more memorable days for suffering Rangers fans
GRAEME Murty is back in familiar territory, sooner than perhaps he or the club predicted, after taking up the Rangers reins once more in the wake of Pedro Caixinha’s departure, but he is determined to play his part in bringing the good times back to
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PROFILE: Fifteen years after his abduction and brutal murder, journalist Daniel Pearl continues to inspire the world
ON January 25, 2002, the Wall Street Journal ran a story to say that one of its reporters had gone missing in Pakistan. Daniel Pearl had not checked in with his editors on the Wednesday evening and had still not been heard from by late the following night.The
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Roxanne Sorooshian: Flying high ... where eagles dairy
It’s been a good week for ... budget air travel In the lower echelons of the airline world, cheap and cheerful is usually as good as it gets, and that’s only after you’ve made it past the hand-luggage police. But a woman who paid £46 for a
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Vicky Allan: The myth about women's 'erotic capital' must be quashed
FOLLOWING the revelations about Harvey Weinstein and others, it’s clear that there are things we as feminists are avoiding discussing. In the backdrop of those stories of abuse and harassment, there is another issue that needs to be examined. Because
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'Brilliant': review of Scottish Opera's La Traviata
La Traviata Seen at Theatre Royal, Glasgow Touring until December 2 Reviewed by Mark Brown IT isn't difficult to see why there was so much resistance to the work of Giuseppe Verdi, both from sections of the 19th-century audience and
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Halting reflections on life, love and faith: reviews of Our Fathers and The Maids
Our Fathers Seen at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Touring until November 18 The Maids Dundee Rep Until November 4 Reviewed by Mark Brown "WRITTEN and performed by Rob Drummond and Nicholas Bone", reads the poster for Our Fathers
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Fitness: does microwaving make food less healthy?
Is the microwave damaging our health? The microwave oven can be summed up in one word: “convenience”. This modern marvel, beloved for its speed and ease of use, is now a prominent fixture on many kitchen worktops, throughout Scotland. According to a national
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Andy Gemmell's Drinks Cabinet: Isle of Harris Distillery
Isle of Harris DistilleryTarbert, Isle of HarrisHistory: In 1960, an American gentlemen named Anderson Bakewell visited Harris and instantly fell in love with the island and its people. Over the next 50 years Anderson established himself as a renowned
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Mindfulness: How to make workplaces work better
MANY readers will have experience of work-related events. I’m frequently asked to do talks on various subjects, nowadays mostly mindfulness, at training days or conferences for leaders or senior managers of business and non-profit organisations. I
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Sumayya Usmani's culinary journey: apple pie from Romania
RECENTLY I got the chance to experience the home cooking of Moldova when I attended Sorina Savascu’s pop-up in Edinburgh. She had me hooked with the event's evocative title – Journey Back To My Romanian Roots – alone, but the story of her desire to
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Book review: Ferocity, an Italian drama that captivates, grips and ensnares
Ferocity Nicola Lagioia Europa Editions, £12.99Review by Malcolm Forbes BARI-born, Rome-based author Nicola Lagioia has written three acclaimed novels and a collection of short stories. One of those novels, Ferocity, is his first to appear in
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Hearts 1 Rangers 3: Kenny Miller proves his point as injury-hit Hearts are turned over
BACK in the team, back in the old routine. Kenny Miller’s return to the Rangers side as captain following the departure of manager Pedro Caixinha was as much a triumph for the veteran striker as it was one in the eye for the erstwhile Ibrox manager