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Belgium hopes to act on warrant for hiding Catalan leader Puigdemont
The ousted leader of Catalonia remains the subject of a European arrest warrant as questions mount over how long he will elude the Spanish justice system by staying undercover in Belgium and delaying extradition. Former Catalan president Carles
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Priti Patel in ethics row over unofficial meetings in Israel
THE International Development Secretary has been accused of breaking the ministerial code by holding undeclared meetings in Israel with politicians, business and a powerful lobbyist.Priti Patel held the meetings without her officials while on a personal
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Scottish minister Mark McDonald quits over 'inappropriate behaviour'
Scottish childcare minister Mark McDonald has resigned over allegations about his private life. The MSP for Aberdeen Donside apologised "unreservedly to anyone I have upset or who might have found my behaviour inappropriate". He said he was
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Aberdeen lose ground to Celtic at the top of the table after drawing 2-2 with Hamilton
Aberdeen lost ground on Celtic at the top of the table after being held to a 2-2 draw at Hamilton. With Celtic beating St Johnstone earlier in the day, the Hoops have extended their lead to three points at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership after
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Ross County gain second home win with 3-2 victory against Motherwell
Michael Gardyne struck a double as Ross County withstood a second-half comeback from Motherwell to edge a five-goal thriller in Dingwall. Gardyne scored either side of Davis Keillor-Dunn's goal to put County three up at half-time at the Global
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Hibs rack up a fourth successive Ladbrokes Premiership triumph with 2-1 win over Dundee
Simon Murray scored his 13th goal of the season to ensure Hibernian racked up a fourth successive Ladbrokes Premiership triumph to leave Dundee rooted to the bottom of the league. The in-form 25-year-old linked up brilliantly with the returning
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Woman found dead in Aberdeen flat named by police
Police have named a young woman whose body was found in an Aberdeen flat. Chloe Miazek, 20, from Kemnay near Inverurie, was discovered after police were called to a property in the Rosemount Viaduct area at around 7.40am on Friday. Her family
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Firefighters attacked while dealing with Midlothian woodland fire
Two firefighters have been assaulted while tackling a woodland blaze. The emergency workers were attacked after being called to a fire in woodland near Lawfield Farm, by Dalkeith in Midlothian, at around 8:40pm on Friday. The Scottish Fire
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Westminster politics decaying before our eyes, says Alex Salmond
Alex Salmond has said Westminster politics is "decaying before our eyes" as he issued a rallying cry to supporters of independence. The former first minister of Scotland told a conference of the Scottish Independence Convention that the timing
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Trump visits Pearl Harbour and USS Arizona memorial before Asia tour
President Donald Trump has paid a solemn visit to Pearl Harbour and its memorial to the USS Arizona. Mr Trump saluted after entering the memorial following a short boat ride with first lady Melania Trump. They approached a wreath of white flowers
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Harriet Harman rejects claims of witch hunt as more MPs drawn into sleaze claims
Labour’s Harriet Harman has hit back at claims that Westminster is in the grip of a witch hunt as accusations of sexual harassment continue to swirl around Parliament. The former deputy party leader told the BBC: “There are a lot of men saying
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Anti-poaching project backed by Charles’s charity announced at wildlife summit
British forces will train Malaysians in anti-poaching techniques to help protect endangered wildlife species like the tiger, the UK’s High Commissioner to the country has announced. The counter-poaching specialists – who have worked in Africa –
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Jo Brand praised for comments on sexual harassment on Have I Got News For You
Comedian Jo Brand has been praised for her remarks on sexual harassment while hosting an episode – featuring an all-male panel – of Have I Got News For You. Friday night’s BBC1 show featured team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, with guest
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Fire hits factory owned by maker of Grenfell Tower cladding panels
A factory owned by the maker of Grenfell Tower's cladding panels has caught fire. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service was called to the production plant of Arconic in Exeter just before 1.30am on Saturday. The US firm produces the Reynobond
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Suspended Tory MP in dark over nature of ‘serious’ allegations passed to police
Dover and Deal MP Charlie Elphicke has said he is unaware of the nature of the “serious allegations” which the Conservative Party says have been passed to the police. Tory chief whip Julian Smith said Mr Elphicke has been suspended
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Six million dollars meant for fighting Ebola stolen, says Red Cross
Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted more than six million dollars (£4.6 million) meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organisation has confirmed. The revelations follow an internal investigation of how money was
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Hotel break: It's a dog life's at Mains of Taymouth
Mark ConnorBORIS was happy to jump into the back of the car. My partner Catherine and I were heading to the village of Kenmore in Perthshire and he was coming too. For the next two nights, our home would be in the Mains of Taymouth, a 120-acre country
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Review: Mt Doubt – Moon Landings
NOT strictly an album, this, but what are rules if not for breaking? Mt Doubt are an Edinburgh-based quintet that have mushroomed from the original one-man line-up of Leo Bargery, who since launching under the Mt Doubt monicker in early 2015 has issued
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Travel: Taiwan – from historic temples to high-speed rail
IT is 10.10pm on Chihkan Street in downtown Tainan, in south-west Taiwan, and an inquiry about the whereabouts of the Grand Matsu Temple has produced assistance way above and beyond general helpfulness from a woman and her son.The woman has stepped in
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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
JUDITH Bowers, in Glasgow’s Lost Theatre, her book about the Britannia Music Hall, tells a story about the great showman A.E. Pickard and his White Elephant cinema, in Shawlands, which he opened in 1927. He advertised dinner and a fur coat, free with
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Even hurricanes can't stop ballet outsider Carlos Acosta bringing hope to Cuba
Mary BrennanIT COULD be a pivotal moment in a Hollywood film – perhaps, one day, it will be. Zoom in, for a close-up, and you’ll find a man in jeans and a T-shirt, contemplating a crumbling sprawl of buildings on an abandoned wasteland. These empty ruins
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Review: Family in Mourning ft Lydia Lunch – Eulogy
AS concept albums go, Eulogy is among the less whimsical of its kind. With no wave poet Lydia Lunch, a minister with the multi-faith Universal Life Church, fronting the bulk of the 10 tracks the mood is not so much sombre as reflective. Family
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Vital spark: Alexander McCall Smith, AL Kennedy and Alan Taylor remember Dame Muriel
DAME Muriel Spark, according to her close friend Alan Taylor, would sometimes tire of her designer clothes and give them away to the nuns in the small Italian town where she lived, who were happy to take such well-tailored pieces off her hands and
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Galleries: Sly Cooking: 42 Irresistible Gaelic Words
CRITIC’S CHOICECelebrating and marking descriptive words which relate to our immediate surroundings is currently A Thing and it's lovely one altogether. Every day, I tune into a great world offered up on Twitter by nature writer Robert Macfarlane
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On the road: Why Canto spells the end of the exhaust note
AS a recent convert to motorcycling after almost 30 years of driving cars, vans and minibuses (the last two categories being the favoured means of transport for the hard-up musicians among whom I squandered my youth), none of which sported an exceptional
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Galleries: Felix Daly – Undressed, Smithy Gallery, Blanefield
As anyone who has gone to life drawing sessions will tell you, drawing the human figure is hard. One little slip and the whole figure falls to pieces. It's all about the line.For a masterclass in drawing and painting the human figure, head to the
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Review: Course of History: Ten Meals That Changed the World, by Struan Stevenson
The Course of History: Ten Meals That Changed the World Struan StevensonBirlinn, £16.99STRUAN Stevenson is a former Conservative member for Scotland in the European Parliament. Of the ten meals that he believes changed the world, eight of them took place
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'A marvellous little book' – Review: Appointment In Arezzo: A Friendship With Muriel Spark
Appointment In Arezzo: A Friendship With Muriel SparkAlan TaylorPolygon, £12.99Review by Brian MortonMURIEL Spark wrote short books about big subjects. History – or maybe just an acute grasp of mass psychology – bears in heavily on almost every one of
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What it feels like to ... swim with seals
Victoria Whitworth, author and historian I SWAM in the sea a lot as a child but it was something I had lost touch with until I moved to Orkney in 2008. I had been living there for three summers when I started swimming in the sea. I had issues with
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Technology: RHA MA650 Wireless In-Ear Headphones
What is it? A set of in-ear, noise-isolating aerophonic Bluetooth headphones. Good points? Sound quality is delivered via the custom 380.1 driver which offers plenty of punch and subtlety in the right doses. The output is crisp with smooth
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St Johnstone 0 Celtic 4; Brendan Rodgers' side make history with 63 undefeated domestic games
Celtic penned an indelible note into the record books this afternoon with a win at McDiarmid Park that takes them to 63 domestic games unbeaten. It was a landmark encounter that allowed the current Parkhead side to eclipse the previous record set by
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Catriona Stewart: Will Mark Millar prove Coatbridge's hero or villain?
COATBRIDGE, for all its smallish population of 41,000, has made a sizeable enough contribution to the Scottish press. Perhaps it's just that the town's name leaps out at me, given my own Coatbridge connections, but it seems to be an easy pass, a name
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Charles honours RAF pilot awarded VC and other war dead in Malaysia cemetery
Britain’s war dead buried in a foreign field were honoured by the Prince of Wales as he remembered a Second World War pilot awarded the Victoria Cross. Charles paid his respects when he visited the Taiping Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in northern
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£2.6M raised for appeal to help Scottish children and young people in poverty
A fundraising drive has raised more than £2.6 million for needy children and young people in Scotland. The STV Children's Appeal 2017 received £2,605,195 in donations from across the country. Children and young people living in poverty nationwide
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Catriona Stewart: Will Mark Millar prove Coatbridge's hero or villain?
COATBRIDGE, for all its smallish population of 41,000, has made a sizeable enough contribution to the Scottish press. Perhaps it's just that the town's name leaps out at me, given my own Coatbridge connections, but it seems to be an easy pass, a name
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Stewart Weir: Being a teenage football star may lead to nothing but growing pains
IF you missed it, England won the FIFA under-17 World Cup final in India last weekend, beating Spain in the final. Well done them. I say that, because I mean it, genuinely. It was a fantastic achievement, particularly the comprehensive manner of their
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Firefighters rescue two people from burning flat in Edinburgh
Two people have been rescued from a burning flat in Edinburgh. Emergency services were called to the Ferry Road home at 9.06am on Saturday. A total of 16 firefighters tackled the blaze at the ground floor property, with three appliances and
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Drunk and unruly passengers at Glasgow Airport sees calls to police soar
By Abbi Garton POLICE call-outs to Glasgow Airport as a result of passenger behaviour have soared amid a fresh crackdown on unruly travellers. Officers have been called to the airport 243 times so far in 2017, easily exceeding the total for
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Local shops get Scottish Government funding boost
THE SCOTTISH Government is to backing independent convenience retailers with a £250,000 fund to help them develop a hot food offering.The funding package was announced by Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, at the annual Scottish Grocers
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Skyscanner’s Chinese owner reports increase in revenue
CTRIP, the Chinese tech travel giant which acquired Skyscanner in a bumper deal last year, has increased net revenue by 42 per cent in the third quarter to RMB7.9 billion (£900 million) writes Scott Wright.The company, which brought multi-million pound
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Markets defying political tensions, top investment trust says
THE £6 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has declared that global equity markets have “weathered” a raft of geopolitical storms as it reported a 17.5 per cent increase in net asset value (NAV) per share in the six months to September 30, outperforming
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Store lambs sell to £70 in St Boswells
HARRISON & Hetherington Ltd had a catalogued entry of 2,000 store lambs in St Boswells on Thursday. Top prices and averages for selected breeds: Suffolks to £70 and averaged £59.80; Texels £69 and £60.50; Mules £62 and £56; Cheviots £54 and £47.Messrs
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Do you have a secret stash of cash? Here's how to get the most out of it
SCOTS are a nation of secret savers, with one in 10 admitting to hiding savings from their partner, according to research from Bank of Scotland. Women were found to be more furtive than men, with 12 per cent of women confessing to having a clandestine
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Bradley Neil holds nerve to earn European Tour promotion at Grand Final
Bradley Neil held his nerve on the last green of the Challenge Tour’s Grand Final and holed a knee-knocking par putt of three feet to secure promotion to next year’s European Tour. The 21-year-old from Blairgowrie, who arrived in Oman in 16th place
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Retrospective is a fitting tribute to painter and arts educator Stuart MacDonald
IN AN obituary which The Herald carried after his sudden death in June last year, professor Stuart MacDonald was described as a "lighthouse keeper". To the casual reader, this might have been confusing as this was clearly about a person embedded
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TV review: Blue Planet II – 'a blues for mother earth'
There is a temptation when writing about Blue Planet II (BBC One) to simply type out the word “wow” a few hundred times; that, after all, is pretty much what was unspooling in my head as Hokusai waves glittered and twisted across the screen in extreme
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Keith Bruce: Marking the Reformation in song at St Andrews
IN THE week the UK was remembering the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, there were few more appropriate places to be in Scotland than St Andrews. On the actual anniversary itself, the quin-centenary of the day that the monk Martin Luther
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Paperbacks of the week
The Stolen ChildLisa Carey Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £8.99It’s 1960, and the inhabitants of St Brigid’s, “perched like a jagged accident above the water” 12 miles off the west coast of Ireland, are being evacuated to council houses on the mainland. Lisa
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Ryder Cup organisers sued over unpaid £350,000 bill
THE Ryder Cup organisers have been forced to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds after they were sued by a Scots technology firm over an unpaid bill. NVT Group, which provided the digital infrastructure at the Gleneagles event in 2014, also won costs
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Agenda: Working to develop a new model of creative education
By Professor Tom Inns, Director of the Glasgow School of ArtCREATIVE education: is it the preserve of further and higher education? Or an educational model which when applied to primary and high school education can have transformational benefits?The
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Morven Christie: "I detest injustice. I'm done thinking: 'It's best not to say anything ...'"
MORVEN CHRISTIE is a warrior: fearless, unapologetic and strong. It's a Thursday morning and over the next hour we will run the gamut from misogyny and the darker side of social media to why she no longer cares a jot what anyone thinks about her.
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'I love the Barrowland. I’d hate the idea of it being taken over,' says Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell
IT IS a wet and miserable Wednesday afternoon in Glasgow, but a group gathering inside one of the city’s record stores are unconcerned with such mundane things. They are here to see a band they love perform an instore set, and in due course an unassuming
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Curry, pancakes and corned beef hash? Anything goes as Ron Mackenna eats at Glasgow bar-restaurant Monty's
TO BE frank the two cakes we have to finish off are ordered more out of sympathy and gratitude than need. This is because the waiter has revealed that the pancakes I have just asked for are not made on the premises. They're bought in. Now, buying
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Bringing the churches together - 500 years since the Reformation
Finlay MacdonaldThe Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Rev Dr Derek Browning, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican last month. One of the Pope's titles is pontifex (bridge builder) and last month the Moderator invoked
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Review: Fiona Kennedy – Time to Fly
IF THERE is one thing certain about the upcoming 25th anniversary of Celtic Connections, it is that Fiona Kennedy has been paying attention. Here on one 12-track disc is a collection of songs that are a distillation of friendships and connections made
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Fidelma Cook: 'Once again I felt how thin is the veil between heaven and earth'
AS A child I woke to All Hallows Eve, as we called what most know as Halloween, in a churning combination of fear and excitement. I still do in truth and this night, as I write, still brings with it a frisson of nervous anticipation.Until I came to France
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The Herald Magazine recipe: salmon with harissa crust
This week's recipe uses the North African pepper and spice paste harissa to spice up the humble salmon. It's ideally served alongside couscous and a salad for a nutritious and light meal. Harissa will last for a long time in the fridge with a
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Must do better: Just one in 10 Scots business leaders believes UK Government is doing good job on Brexit talks
ONLY one in ten Scottish business leaders believes the UK Government is doing a good job with the Brexit negotiations. And the overwhelming majority (92 per cent) believe the vote to leave the European Union is creating or will cause difficulties in
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Scot charged with attempted murder after man is hit by tube train in London
A 29-year-old Scot has been charged with attempted murder after a man suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a tube train. The alleged victim, aged in his 50s, was hurt during the rush hour incident at Bayswater Underground Station in central
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Colin McLean: Are value shares set for a comeback?
SHARES of growth businesses are having another good year on the stock market. It is now 10 years since value shares hit a relative peak, lagging growth since the Great Financial Crisis.Should investors bet on a reversal? Whether the stock market will
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The Herald Sports Diary with Stewart Weir: Hoy comes up with suit to fit the occasion
ON Monday night, the great and the good from the world of rugby will join together in London to honour and pay tribute to Doddie Weir, diagnosed last year with MND. There are simply too many people to thank in the lead up to this gala occasion
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Injured Gallacher marches on at Turkish Airlines Open
HERE on Turkey’s sun-kissed Turquoise Coast, Stephen Gallacher is very much in the pink. So too are the Scottish golf writers but that’s just because we’re down to the squirty dregs of the communal bottle of Ambre Solaire.It’s not just the hitherto peely-wally
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Counting the cost of financial apathy
FINANCIAL apathy is costing consumers billions a year and may even be damaging their mental health.Despite most of the population saying that they need to cut back and can barely afford to save, over six-and-a-half million people are throwing away money
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When Celtic and Racing Club forgot about football
FIFTY years ago - on November 5th, 1967 - the most brutal football match ever involving a British football team took place in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. That it featured Celtic, who had lifted the European Cup four months before by playing pure
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Jack McConnell relishing his new role at Scottish Athletics
JACK McConnell admits to being somewhat surprised when he was invited to become honorary President of Scottish Athletics. the former First Minister of Scotland took up the role in September at the conclusion of one of the most successful seasons that
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Eilidh Doyle delighted to have so much Scottish company at the top
A FEW years ago, a world championship medal would have made you almost a stick on to become the Athlete of the Year, or at least be guaranteed a nomination. However, no longer.2017 saw Eilidh Doyle win a silver medal as part of the 4x400m relay team at
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Rangers defender James Tavernier has been impressed by the "stand-out" Derek McInnes
JAMES Tavernier has described Derek McInnes as the Premiership’s stand-out manager, writes Neil Cameron.This isn’t a slight on Brendan Rodgers, it’s just there is more chance of the man currently in charge of Aberdeen thea Celtic heading to Ibrox in the
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My Sporting Saturday with actor Colin McCredie
FOOTBALL was my first love. Growing up in Perth in the late 70s, playing football was the big thing. I’d play at primary school and at Cubs and there was a place in Gannochy in Perth called the Curlie where my mates and I would go and play football
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Kevin Scott: McGlynn's model for helping fledging businesses grow should be welcomed
Over the last few years there has been an emergence of buildings offering shared work space for start-ups and John McGlynn showing his intent to push a further £50 million into such a business – doubling last year’s commitment – is testament to their
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Property boss pledges £100m to flexible office business plan
LEADING entrepreneur John McGlynn has pledged to double investment in his flexible work space business to £100 million. Mr McGlynn said there was “huge demand” from small businesses to move into Storage Vault Work Space units. The business
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Blow for Edinburgh and Scotland as injury forces Ross Ford on to sidelines
ROSS Ford, Scotland's most capped player, is in danger of missing this month's Tests after picking up a chest injury in Scotland training. It has ruled him out of tonight's Edinburgh game against the Ospreys at Myreside while he went for a
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Fitting tribute to musical genius
HOW appropriate and long overdue to see Kenneth McKellar being remembered and inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame ("Forget the shortbread image, it's time to celebrate Kenneth McKellar's genius", Herald Arts, October
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Farewell to a Herald great
IT was with great regret that I read the final piece to be written by your esteemed athletics correspondent and Sportswriter Doug Gillon last week (“Fifty years of sporting memories as Gillon bows out”, Herald Sport, October 28).I worked on both sides
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Kevin McKenna: By convention, the SNP’s push for independence has stalled
THE year’s most important gathering of Scottish independence supporters takes place in Edinburgh today under the auspices of the Scottish Independence Convention. This annual event has now surpassed the SNP conference in terms of relevance. A sense
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Saturday Interview: Beer firm making good on clean water pledge, entrepreneur Mahon declares
IF you like beer and supporting a more than worthwhile cause, the chances are you’ll like what Brewgooder is all about.The social enterprise, set up by Alan Mahon and Josh Littlejohn in early 2016, is founded on a pledge to put every single penny of profit
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How Scots cardinal saved Pope's visit from cancellation
Pope John Paul II’s iconic 1982 visit to the UK was saved through frantic shuttle diplomacy by the late Cardinal Thomas Winning after it was nearly scrapped because of the Falklands War, it has been claimed. Former editor of The Tablet Magazine
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Red tape turning pupil funding scheme into a ‘poisoned chalice’
HEADTEACHERS who are already "drowning in paperwork" are being saddled with even more red tape after receiving extra powers to tackle inequality in the classroom. The flagship £120 million Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) is becoming a “poisoned chalice
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Venerable Glasgow tank cleaner wins backing for growth from Nevis
THE investment firm founded by generator tycoons John and James Pirrie is backing a Glasgow-based tank cleaning business dating from Victorian times in a push for growth and has underlined its appetite for more deals.The Pirrie brothers’ Nevis Capital
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Tom Gordon: Debate on Holyrood’s tax powers remains in its infancy
IT was Benjamin Franklin who said nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes. More than two centuries later we’re still debating which is less popular. So it is a brave or desperate government that tries to ramp up taxes on the electorate
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Letters: SNP will a pay heavy price for this opposition ambush
THE publication of the SNP Government’s income tax proposals (“Middle class face double blow of rates and income tax rise”, The Herald, November 3) make it increasingly clear it is about to fall victim to an opposition ambush. The SNP alone will pay a
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It is time to clear the air
WE learn that Hope Street is the most polluted road in the UK and that Glasgow has a higher concentration of dangerous sooty particles than London, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham ("Glasgow one of the most polluted cities in the UK, says watchdog
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Unspun: the political diary
NO one would accuse hardboiled Nat Christine Grahame of being over-sensitive, though her bonnet is rarely short of a bee. This week she turned her wrath on US imports with a motion at Holyrood titled “It is Halloween, not Trick or Treat”. It bemoaned
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Herald View: Bank U-turn on museum closure is to be applauded
MONEY may talk but museum lovers talk back. Lloyds Bank discovered this when it decided last month to close its Museum on the Mound, located in the Bank of Scotland’s head office in Edinburgh, at the end of the year. The Herald’s revelation caused an
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Herald View: Tough decisions must be taken on speed cameras
THE use of speed cameras on our roads has long been a subject of debate. Are they not just little more than cash machines drumming up fines? How effective actually are they as deterrents for those motorists only too willing to break the speed limit?Could
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Son of Putin’s KGB comrade buys bolthole on Cowal’s Secret Coast
THE son of one of Vladimir Putin’s closest KGB comrades has bought an elite hideaway on Scotland’s Secret Coast. Monaco-based Yevgeniy Strzhalkovskiy – whose multi-millionaire father Vladimir is a close associate of the Russian president – has
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Rape victims denied compensation because of minor offences
HUNDREDS of rape victims are being denied compensation after committing 'minor' criminal offences, The Herald can reveal. It is estimated that at least 500 women have seen their claims rejected by the UK Government's Criminal Injuries Compensation
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Fewer than one third of fixed cameras actively catching speeding drivers in Scotland
FEWER than one third of fixed speed cameras in Scotland are actually switched on and catching offenders, new figures reveal.Of the 173 devices monitoring drivers on the country’s roads only 50 (29 per cent) are active.Data released by 36 of the 45 police
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Craig sells North Sea response ships business
ABERDEEN - based oil services heavyweight Craig Group has sold its North Star Shipping emergency response business to a fund managed by the Basalt Infrastructure Partners private equity firm for an undisclosed sum.Douglas Craig, chairman of Craig Group
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Shona Craven: When following advice could be rash
NICOLA Sturgeon’s in a forest, and there’s a fork in the path. She’s wearing sturdy boots and all the right weatherproof gear, kindly gifted to her by the UK Government, and now has to decide which route will lead to a strong, sustainable Scotland. The
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Scottish Supermodel tells how she was stereotyped by her colour
WHEN Eunice Olumide was growing up on a deprived estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh, she was aware her skin colour marked her out as different. Yet even though she has left her humble origins far behind to embark on a jet-set career in the worlds
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Michael van Gerwen aims for more Scottish success .. and backing Dutch football team too
THE Netherlands football team might not make it to World Cups any more but at least their darts stars still know how to hit the Bullseye. Not least of these, of course, is the larger-than-life figure of Michael van Gerwen, who will stride onto
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Gustavo Poyet latest big name to express interest in Rangers post
GUSTAVO Poyet is believed to be latest high-profile manager to express an interest in becoming manager of Rangers. The 49-year-old Uruguayan, who managed in the Barclays Premier League with Sunderland and won the League One title with Brighton
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Ian Beattie: Scottishathletics success story is primed to run and run
AS chairman of scottishathletics, Ian Beattie is granted the final word at tonight’s glitzy awards ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow. But he hopes his closing comments and vote of thanks to all those who contributed to a stellar year for athletics
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Poem of the Day: Hogmanay by Michael Stephenson
To end this week celebrating poetry in Scots, here was the entry that won Michael Stephenson of Bathgate a runner-up prize in the 2016 McCash Scots Poetry Competition, on the theme of “Change in Lichtsome.” His is a sensitive but unsentimental
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Football chiefs must speak over plans to axe Offensive Behaviour Act, says Tory MSP
A Holyrood committee has said it is "vital" to hear in person from football chiefs as it scrutinises proposals to scrap the legislation that outlaws offensive behaviour at matches. Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell, convener of the Scottish Parliament's
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Arrogate aiming for the bullseye one last time
THE Breeders’ Cup Classic may have been knocked from its perch as the most valuable race in the world but it is still the showstopper for the two-day dollar-fest being held at Del Mar.A year ago Arrogate won the Classic as part of the richest harvest
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Art school links up with high school in Scottish teaching first
SCOTLAND'S first School of Creative Education is to be set up in a ground-breaking link between Glasgow School of Art and a Paisley secondary. The country's first high school to use creative teaching methods across the general curriculum to improve
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Obituary: David Shedden, Scotland international rugby player
David Shedden – former Scotland rugby internationalistBorn: 24 May, 1944Died: 27 October, 2017, aged 73David Shedden, one of the fastest wing three-quarters to play rugby for Scotland, has died, following a courageous battle against Dementia.Shedden would
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Obituary: Gordon Wilson Izatt, Royal Navy officer and solicitor
Solicitor and naval officerBorn: April 21st 1921Died: July 16th 2017GORDON Wilson Izatt, who has died aged 96 was a well known Perth Solicitor and former sub-lieutenant in the Royal NavyHe was born on the 21st April 1921 in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire
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Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson on his dad switching caravans for cup finals
PEDRO CAIXINHA'S caravan never made to the Betfred Cup final before the wheels fell off against Motherwell.Yet, one man who spent that afternoon tucked up inside one in picturesque Portrush will be a guest of honour when the Steelmen make an appearance