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All change as Scotland women take on Japan
SCOTLAND coach Philip Doyle has reshuffled both his forward pack and his backs for tomorrow’s Autumn Test against Japan at Scotstoun, making four changes in personnel from the side that began last weekend’s defeat by Wales as well as making some positional
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Neil Lennon: I wouldn't be surprised if Celtic captain Scott Brown received a Scotland recall
NEIL Lennon has revealed he wouldn’t be surprised if Celtic captain Scott Brown received a Scotland recall ahead of Euro 2020. Brown, who retired from international football for a second time last year, refused to rule rule out making another comeback
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Steven Gerrard: Scott Brown will increase Steve Clarke's options - but Ryan Jack is a match for any Scotland midfielder
STEVEN Gerrard last night insisted Rangers midfielder Ryan Jack is a match for any of the midfielders Scotland manager Steve Clarke has at his disposal - and predicted his involvement at international level will improve him even further. Gerrard
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Neil Lennon reaps benefits of international break as Greg Taylor and co come bouncing back to Celtic
IT isn’t often that you hear club managers waxing lyrical about the benefits of international football, but as far as Neil Lennon is concerned, the recent break has been a massive help to his players. Far from moaning about the knock-on effects
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Swede dreams - Euro 2020 finals give Filip Helander extra incentive to perform well for Rangers
FILIP Helander last night admitted the chance to be involved in the Euro 2020 finals with Sweden will give him an extra incentive to perform well for Rangers in the coming months. Helander celebrated with his countrymen last week after they beat
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Christmas night out put on hold by Steven Gerrard so Rangers can focus fully on festive fixture list
HAVING treated his wife to a shopping trip in London during some well-earned down time in the international break, nobody could accuse Steven Gerrard of Scrooge-like behaviour. Yet, the Rangers players are unlikely to find Yuletide goodwill flowing
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Corbyn will change his mind on indyref2 to get his policies through Westminster, insists Sturgeon
JEREMY Corbyn will change his mind and allow a second independence referendum to be held next year, Nicola Sturgeon insisted just minutes after he ruled out a Labour Government facilitating one for “two years at least”. The First Minister’s argument
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Rennie: Australia job won’t distract me from Warriors
GLASGOW WARRIORS head coach Dave Rennie has insisted his appointment as Australia’s national coach will not distract from his remaining time at Warriors. After many months of rumours, Rennie was finally confirmed this week as taking over from Michael
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TV REVIEW: Heated debate over. Who lost their cool?
SKETCH HARD week at work? Fancied curling up in front of something light? Well, you were out of luck last night as BBC1 cleared its early evening schedule for a two hour Question Time special with the main party leaders. Had this been the usual
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Jeremy Corbyn pledges to take ‘neutral stance’ in proposed second EU referendum
Jeremy Corbyn pledged to adopt a “neutral stance” in another EU referendum under Labour as he came under fire from voters during a televised grilling. The Labour leader was questioned over fears for businesses, anti-Semitism, misogyny, freedom
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Police probe 'really anti-semitic abuse' directed at Jewish children on Underground using Bible
A video of a man directing what is described as anti-Semitic abuse towards Jewish children on the London Underground is being investigated by police . The man was filmed reading what observers says was anti-Jewish bible passages to a man and children
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Stewart Milne set to stand down as Aberdeen chairman after 21 years - and be replaced by Dave Cormack
ABERDEEN chairman Stewart Milne is poised to stand down after 21 years at the helm of the Pittodrie club. The millionaire housebuilder is set to be replaced by vice-chairman Dave Cormack, the wealthy Atalanta-based businessman, and the current
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FTSE leads global stocks higher after tough month for business
THE FTSE 100 led a forward charge of global stocks as the UK's private companies felt the pinch in a tough November. The blue chip index rose 88.26 points, or 1.22%, to 7,326.81, to finish Friday on a week high. The engines were fired up under
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End of an era: What Every Woman Wants building in Glasgow to get the chop
A historic Glasgow building that was once the flagship for the What Every Woman Wants department chain is to be demolished. The category B-listed Victorian property that was a must for budget shoppers, revolutionising the city's fashion scene,
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Politics Live: Read our live blog of the BBC Question Time leaders special
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Davidson confirms she will leave Holyrood at 2021 election
Tom Gordon RUTH Davidson has confirmed she is to stand down as an MSP in 2021. The former Scottish Conservartive leader said she was a “soon to be ex-politician” and was “terrified of having to try to find a real job in 18 months’ time”.
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Team Muirhead to face Sweden for Euro gold
TEAM MUIRHEAD defeated Switzerland in the semi-finals of the European Curling Championships, which are taking place in Helsingborg, Sweden, to ensure they will play for gold today. Switzerland are reigning world and European champions and this semi-final
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Business Bulletin: Former M&S menswear chief returns to tackle clothing and home | Playtech issues profit warning | Holiday firm set for Thomas Cook boost
Marks & Spencer has said former menswear director Richard Price will return to the business after an eight-year hiatus, to head its embattled clothing and home arm. Mr Price, who is now Tesco's F&F clothing boss, will take on the role of clothing
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Sacha Baron Cohen calls social media ‘greatest propaganda machine in history’
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has labelled social media companies “the greatest propaganda machine in history”, accusing Facebook, Google and others of facilitating hate on their sites. The Ali G actor, speaking after accepting a leadership award
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Scottish Labour promises year-round free school meals for all
Tom Gordon SCOTTISH Labour is to promise pupils year-round free school meals. Despite education and council funding being devolved matters, the party will put the 365-day, £256m promise at the heart of its manifesto launch in Glasgow today.
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Glasgow health board set to be subject to 'special measures'
Scotland's health secretary has said Glasgow's NHS board will be subject to "special measures" following the deaths of two children. Mason Djemat, three, and Milly Main, 10, both died while undergoing treatment for leukemia on a ward later found
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Labour’s workplace policies would turn country back to 1970s and ‘shut down Britain,’ claims Gove
Labour's policies on the workplace would “effectively shut down Britain” and put livelihoods at risk, Michael Gove has insisted, after the Opposition raised the possibility of sympathy strikes. The Cabinet Office Minister made his stark comment
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Riverfront hotel with skybar planned for Glasgow
THE former Glasgow Garden Festival site on the south banks of the River Clyde has been earmarked for a new hotel. In a sign of the city’s continuing boom in hotel construction, a planning application has been lodged to develop a new Holiday Inn
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Griffiths set for Celtic comeback against Livingston, says Lennon
LEIGH GRIFFITHS will be included in Celtic's squad for Saturday's fixture against Livingston, Neil Lennon has confirmed. The 29-year-old has rarely featured for the Scottish champions this season as he continues his ongoing recovery from personal
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All you need to know about voter registration, deadlines and eligibility
As the General Election looms, so does the deadline for people to register to vote. Here, we look at who can register, how, and which parties benefit from late registration campaigns. READ MORE: Ten tips on how to survive a Christmas General
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Celtic fined by UEFA for third time this season
UEFA have fined Celtic £13,000 for their supporters' behaviour during last month's 2-1 win over Lazio at Parkhead. European football's governing body charged the Scottish champions for 'illicit banners' and 'illicit chants' during the Europa League
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Clarke points to previous Israel success ahead of Euro 2020 play-off
SCOTLAND will face familiar opponents in March's Euro 2020 play-offs after being paired alongside Israel in the semi-finals. A final, one-off match against the winners of Norway and Serbia will then determine which side will ultimately progress
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Leonard promises return to vision of 'Red Clydeside'
RICHARD Leonard has promised Labour will return to its radical roots in government, saying the party would carry the torch of Red Clydeside if it wins the election. The Scottish Labour leader said the party’s programme of greater public spending
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Welsh Nationalists pledge green jobs revolution and express desire for independence vote by 2030
PLAID Cymru has promised a "green jobs revolution" in Wales and the nation’s biggest programme of reconstruction in decades as the Welsh Nationalists launched their General Election manifesto. Adam Price, the party’s leader, said the plans included
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Farage calls for immigration to be capped at around 50,000 people a year
NIGEL Farage has called for an annual limit of “about 50,000” on immigration, a halving of UK foreign aid and the scrapping of HS2 as he set out the Brexit Party's policy platform for the General Election. Launching a "contract with the people
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Conservatives accused of misleading public over 'fake' Labour site
The Conservatives have been accused of misleading the public following the launch of a website claiming to showcase Labour’s manifesto which instead attacks the party’s policies. The Tories set up by the Conservatives just days after criticism
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Podcast: Are the Old Firm good for Scottish football?
ON this week's episode of On The Same Page, Mark Hendry and James Cairney discuss whether or not the Old Firm duopoly is ggod for Scottish football. Do the financial benefits the two sides bring outweigh the lack of competition for titles? Are
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In full: Every candidate standing in the general election in Edinburgh
Edinburgh will once again be a key battleground this general election, with the Capital set to have a significant say in the future of Scotland and the UK. Home to many EU nationals, the Brexit debate and attitudes towards Scottish independence
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In full: Every candidate standing in the general election in Glasgow
Glasgow remains a key battleground for political parties in Scotland, with the SNP dominating the city in the last general election. While Brexit and Scottish dominate the election campaigning, the history of Glasgow as a pro-independence and remain
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In full: Every candidate standing in the general election in Scotland
Nominations for the 2019 general election on 12 December have closed with the full list of candidates now available. With Brexit, Scottish independence and a host of other issues dominating the election, many will look at Scotland's vote with
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Review: BBC SSO/Wilson, City Halls, Glasgow, three stars
Music BBC SSO/Wilson City Halls, Glasgow Keith Bruce three stars THE absence of an unwell Martyn Brabbins meant not just a change of conductor for this season concert by the BBC Scottish, to be broadcast on Radio 3 on Monday evening,
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Jo Swinson heckled over austerity by student in Glasgow
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has been heckled by a Labour-supporting university student whilst on the campaign trail in Glasgow. A video from the incident, which took place outside the LibDem battle bus at the Finnieston Crane, shows Swinson
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Hoping to pen a glorious new chapter of Scots at the Euros
STEVE Clarke isn’t the only Scotsman hoping to write a glorious new chapter of this nation’s involvement in the European Championships in the next six months. It just so happens that Richard Keir, a Glasgow-based historian and football statistician
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Scotland drawn against Israel in Euro 2020 play-off semi-final
SCOTLAND will be facing a familiar opponent in March's Euro 2020 play-off semi-final after Steve Clarke's side were drawn against Israel. The two countries met in the Nations League, where Scotland ultimately topped the group. Israel chalked
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Swinson defends willingness to press nuclear button
JO Swinson has defended her willingness to order a nuclear strike, but said her aim remains multilateral disarmament. The Liberal Democrat leader was criticised earlier this week after saying she was ready to use the UK’s nuclear deterrent if she
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Euro 2020 play-off draw: Scotland drawn against Israel in play-off semi-final
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Watch: Celtic release Star of Lisbon Christmas advert
Celtic have released their latest Christmas advert featuring a host of familiar faces. Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld features in the advert that depicts Celtic players getting ready for a Christmas concert in what has now become a traditional festive
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Business Bulletin: Nationwide profits plummet 40% after PPI | Buchanan Galleries owner to appoint new chief | Rightmove unveils new chair
Nationwide Building Society has revealed a 40% plunge in half-year profits, after taking a hit from payment protection insurance and ramping up investment despite tough market conditions. The mutual posted pre-tax profits of £309 million for the
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Man found guilty of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand
A 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane whose body was found buried in a suitcase in New Zealand. The young woman from Wickford, Essex, was strangled by a man she had met on dating site Tinder and
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The Bulletin: Brown backs Griffiths for Celtic return | Shankland faces spell on sidelines
CELTIC captain Scott Brown is confident that Leigh Griffiths can get back to his best and challenge for a place in Neil Lennon's starting XI, Hearts target Daniel Stendel reportedly wants to stay in England and Dundee United striker Lawrence Shankland
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Business Week: Whisky distiller is most profitable family business | Macdonald Hotels sells Rusacks | Fight over St Andrews gowns
William Grant & Sons, the Scotch whisky distiller, has retained its status as Scotland’s most profitable family business. READ MORE: The maker of single malts Glenfiddich and The Balvenie has emerged top of the pile in the 2019 edition of the Scottish
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Mother seeks answers after boy’s death at Royal Hospital for Children
The mother of a three-year-old boy who died at a scandal-hit hospital said her family has not been treated fairly and has been ignored by authorities, as she seeks answers over his death. Mason Djemat died in August 2017 at the Royal Hospital for
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Watch: The moment Nicola Sturgeon is named Scottish Politician of the Year
This is the moment that Nicola Sturgeon was named the Scottish Politician of the Year for 2019. The First Minister was honoured for her work over the last 12 months at a ceremony at Prestonfield House Hotel. It is the first time Ms Sturgeon
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In pictures: Scottish Politician of the Year 2019
Last night, Nicola Sturgeon was declared the Herald Scottish Politician of the Year 2019 for her unprecedented influence over the UK political system. The Herald event, which recognises the key contributions being made in politics saw a number
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Jim Bett: Morale-boosting winning run and Hampden crowd can help Scotland end 34 years of play-off hurt
NO Scotland supporter needs or particularly wants to be reminded that it is now 21 long and painful years since the national team last graced the finals of a major tournament at France ‘98. But you have to go even further back than that, all the
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Erin Wallace focussing on athletics ahead of XC
ERIN WALLACE is one of those people who, it seems, can turn her hand to anything. A few years ago, the Glasgow athlete won 1500m gold for Scotland at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games but in a something of a surprise move, the teenager then veered
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Scottish firm wins Far East whisky distillery contract
A FORFAR firm has been engaged to manage a design-and-build project for a whisky distillery in Inner Mongolia. Unveiling the six-figure project management contract, the owner of Valentine International noted that the first phase of the distillery
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Scottish country house hotel put up for sale
A COUNTRY house hotel in Perthshire dating back to 1880 has been put up for sale, with offers of more than £4.95 million sought for the freehold, writes Ian McConnell. Ballathie House Hotel, south of Kinclaven, is set in a 235-acre estate, with
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Ian McConnell: Can East Renfrewshire Tory candidate tell voters why cat has got his tongue on Brexit?
IT seems that Paul Masterton may not have read this column three weeks ago, when his glossing-over of the economic impacts of Brexit in a letter to constituents was highlighted. That is not a problem in itself. Mr Masterton, the Conservative candidate
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Analysis: North Sea shake-up could provide big spur to activity in area
ENQUEST’s experience with the venerable Magnus field could encourage hopes the shake-up in the North Sea may be good news for an area that seemed to be in rapid decline. EnQuest bought Magnus in 2018 from BP, which cut its exposure to large areas
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Oil firm highlights 'significant' North Sea opportunity
NORTH Sea-focused EnQuest has highlighted the potential to find more oil in the area of a giant field that BP lost interest in as it reaps the rewards for making a bold move off Shetland. Months after buying a 100 per cent stake in the Magnus field
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Menzies wins Qatar deal
JOHN Menzies has landed three new aviation contracts with Qatar Airways in Sweden and Denmark. The Edinburgh-based aviation logistics said it will provide the airline with ground handling, de-icing and lounge services at Stockholm Arlanda, Copenhagen
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Britain can hold its head high over the handover deal it negotiated for Hong Kong
THE naysayers will seize every opportunity to condemn Britain and stick the knife in over Brexit. Neil Mackay's article ("Hong Kong shows Britain is now a pipsqueak state", The Herald, November 19) purports to show that the current dreadful situation
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Mark Smith: Sorry First Minister, but Jo Swinson had to say yes to the nuclear button question
THE answer is yes. The leader of the Lib Dems Jo Swinson would be prepared to use nuclear weapons. She would be willing to push the button. She would take the ultimate decision if she had to. Everyone got that? She would do it. No doubts. No hesitation
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Issue of the Day: The plague
THE plague ravaged across the world hundreds of years ago, claiming the lives of hundreds of millions of people between the 14th and 17th centuries. Now, health officials in China are treating three people with the disease and warning citizens
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Obituary: Marista Leishman, biographer and daughter of Lord Reith
Biographer and daughter of Lord Reith Born: April 10, 1932; Died: November 3, 2019 MARISTA Leishman, who has died aged 87, was the daughter of Lord Reith, the first director-general of the BBC. She wrote an honest biography of her father in
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Agenda: Unlocking the full potential of Scotland's budding entrepreneurs
By Alison Loveday, Programme Manager, Unlocking Ambition/Scottish Enterprise THIS has been Global Entrepreneurship Week, which has seen more than 10 million people in more than 170 countries connecting, learning from and inspiring each other to
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Music systems firm posts loss as it invests
SCOTTISH family business Linn Products, which makes high-end music systems, dipped to a pre-tax loss of £636,000 in the year to June, from a profit of £872,000 in the prior 12 months, amid heavy investment in future products. Managing director
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Royal Mail shares dive 17% as its turnaround falls behind schedule
SHARES in Royal Mail dropped significantly as it warned its turnaround programme was not on track despite improving profits and revenues over the past six months. The company’s shares slid 17 per cent to 192.4p at one stage as it said its transformation
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Helen McArdle: Secrecy and defensiveness can only backfire on NHS
IF the past week's revelations should tell us anything, it is that no good can come from trying to keep explosive information secret in the NHS. That has been demonstrated in Scotland by revelations of an unpublished report into a string of infections
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Robert Robb: Trump wants Republicans to defend him but should they?
I understand why supporters of Donald Trump are resistant to the conclusion that he abused his power by asking Ukraine to investigate a political rival. Democrats and the traditional media have been out to get Trump from before he was inaugurated
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Appeal for ''pod' so terminally ill boy can stay in the family home
A MOTHER has launched a crowdfunding appeal to build a tailor-made “pod” in her garden for her terminally-ill son so her family can stay in the home where they have lived for more than 20 years. The family of six-year-old Reece Mitchell are trying
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Rare book goes on show in Glasgow for the first time in 500 years
The delicate printed pages have survived five centuries of Scottish history; through the age of Mary, Queen of Scots, Jacobite Rebellions, the Acts of Union and the birth of the new Scottish Parliament. Inside the Aberdeen Breviary is page after
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Council under fire for fly tipping rubbish collected from a litter pick
It had been painstakingly cleared with care from a myriad of shorelines around Oban, Lorn and the Isles. However, Argyll and Bute Council was under fire yesterday after fly-tipping the mountain of marine plastic collected by an army of dedicated
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Who are the leading players as court hears case against Alex Salmond?
LADY DORRIAN, who is expected to preside over the Salmond prosecution, is the first woman in 692 years to be appointed Lord Justice Clerk, as Scotland’s second most senior judge. The first Lord Justice Clerk – William de Camera – was appointed to the
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Royal Bank will kick-start campaign for women in business in Glasgow
By Scott Wright ROYAL Bank of Scotland will step up its efforts to support female business owners by hosting a question-and-answer session with leading entrepreneurs in Glasgow next month. The event, which will be held at SWG3 on December
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Danger of politicising Shelter
AS someone who has supported Shelter Scotland in a variety of ways for some time now I was somewhat surprised to see the organisation has taken out wrap-around adverts in today's Herald (November 21) to highlight its legal action against Glasgow City
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Catriona Stewart: Political Twitter should learn banter is a poor man's satire
IF you have ever worked in customer service and not, at some point, wanted to scream yourself sick or punch a customer in the face then you are a saint or a liar. I'd bet my hat on the latter. Working with the great British public is a daunting
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Letters: Greens losing valuable votes with policy on independence
THE Green Party received fewer than 6,000 votes in Scotland in the last General Election (2017) out of an electorate of nearly four million. Surely it is time for the party to review (and then drop) its policy of taking Scotland out of the UK? The
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Rebecca McQuillan: Labour is what Britain needs right now
THE biggest take-home message from Tuesday’s lacklustre leaders’ debate on ITV was that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has only one policy: delivering his version of Brexit. The biggest take-home from yesterday’s Labour manifesto launch was that
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Herald Diary: Nore of discord
Love ma tender TO maintain the historic enmity with the Auld Enemy, the Diary likes to occasionally publish stories where a haughty English sales assistant fails to recognise the validity of Scottish money waved in his face. This usually leads to
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Those were the days - 1965: Scots’ World Cup dream sees Naples and dies
FOR a few hours that day in early December, absenteeism was rife. Factories and shipyards were strangely under-populated; the Rootes factory at Linwood, home of the Hillman Imp, shut down because so many key men had disappeared without warning.
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Scottish Gas loses 107,000 household accounts
Scottish Gas owner Centrica lost 107,000 household energy accounts in the four months to October as it upped its annual cost savings by £50 million. The UK’s biggest gas and electricity supplier said it had eased the rate of customer losses, which
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'Well Society chairman says fan ownership can flourish at Partick Thistle
THE announcement that Partick Thistle will be the latest Scottish club to be fan-owned following Colin Weir’s purchase of a majority shareholding has been met with equal parts optimism and scepticism from across their fanbase. For every supporter
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Motherwell’s dynamic duo still intact as Willie Pettigrew enters Fir Park hall of fame
FOR Motherwell fans of a certain vintage, there is a legendary partnership that trips off the tongue as easily as Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, or Morecambe and Wise. Unlike those duos though, there was nothing amusing about the prospect of
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Fan-owned Partick Thistle can look forward to a brighter future
IN the list of things that have made the last few months a seemingly interminable catalogue of misery and uncertainty for Partick Thistle supporters, the future ownership of their club has probably been some way down the list. Such is life at present
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'Suzanne's Law' could extend the time killers spend in prison
Killers who refuse to reveal where they have dumped their victims' bodies could have this factored in when the Parole Board considers if they should be freed from jail. The Scottish Government has said it plans to amend existing Parole Board rules
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Scottish Politician of the Year 2019: Winners in full
Nicola Sturgeon became the first five-time winner of Scottish Politician of the Year as she collected one of the top awards in Scottish politics in Edinburgh. READ MORE: Winners announced in 21st annual Scottish Politician of the Year ceremony
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Nicola Sturgeon named The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year 2019
NICOLA Sturgeon has been named The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year for a record fifth time for her unprecedented influence over the UK political system. The SNP leader was recognised for reinvigorating her party and its mission after electoral