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Andros Townsend rescues Everton with extra-time winner in FA Cup tie at Hull
Andros Townsend’s extra-time screamer saved Everton’s blushes as under-fire Rafael Benitez saw his side stumble into the FA Cup fourth round with a 3-2 triumph at Hull. The Spaniard has never been the most popular figure at Goodison Park thanks
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Inverness 1 Raith 1: Late McAlear goal ensures share of the spoils
JOHN McGLYNN admits Raith Rovers were left devastated as a late goal continued their 21-year jinx against Caley Thistle. The Kirkcaldy boss saw Reece McAlear strike brilliantly four minutes from time to wipe out an equally stunning Ehan Ross opener
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Edinburgh 34 Cardiff 10: Five-try win leads to table topping success
EDINBURGH sit proudly on top of the URC table this morning after brushing Cardiff aside with this five-try victory. The home team’s first-half performance was superb, as Argentine duo Emiliano Boffelli and Ramiro Moyano played some delightful off-the-cuff
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Lifeboat volunteers’ casualty training turns into real-life rescue
Lifeboat volunteers who had been training in casualty care were called to help a man who was seriously injured after falling from some cliffs. Police contacted the coastguard after being alerted to the incident in Marine Drive, Dunbar, East Lothian
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League One Cambridge stun Newcastle with FA Cup upset at St James’ Park
Joe Ironside gatecrashed Kieran Trippier’s party as League One Cambridge dumped Premier League Newcastle out of the FA Cup at St James’ Park. The England full-back was handed a Magpies debut in the third-round tie a day after completing his move
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Queen of the South 0 Kilmarnock 2: Derek McInnes makes winning start as manager
DEREK McInnes made a winning start as Kilmarnock manager, sweeping aside Queen of the South 2-0 at Palmerston Park. The Ayrshire side travelled south sitting fourth in the cinch Championship, five points off surprise leaders Arbroath with a game
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Comedy own goal gets Ayr's new era off to perfect start as Arbroath's undefeated run comes to shuddering halt
NEW year, new reign, new hope? Maybe only just, a calamitous Ricky Little own-goal the difference in Ayrshire, but the look on Lee Bullen’s face at the end said it all about how much this win mattered. Make no mistake, this hard-fought victory
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Aberdeen confirm signing of highly-rated American midfielder
ABERDEEN have confirmed the signing of highly-rated American midfielder Dante Polvara. The Dons have this afternoon announced the deal. The 21-year-old joins as a free agent, and becomes Stephen Glass' first recruit of the January window.
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Pick of the week's TV films
Saturday Splash, Channel 5, 1.05pm A lonely bachelor (Tom Hanks) is rescued from drowning by a beautiful woman (Darryl Hannah), who later tracks him down to New York. Even though she doesn’t own any clothes, initially doesn’t speak English
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Police called to anti-lockdown protest in Glasgow city centre
Police have been called to manage an “unplanned” anti-lockdown demonstration in Scotland’s largest city. The protest is believed to have been organised by Scotland Against Lockdown, a group that runs campaigns against mandatory facemasks, the Scottish
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Corrour Bothy in winter: what visitor books reveal about life in Scotland’s oldest mountain refuge
Scotland’s most famous mountain bothy has weathered more than 140 winters. Built as a game warden’s base in 1877, it sits high in the Cairngorms in the shadow of the Devil's Point peak, amid some of the wildest terrain in the Highlands. When the last
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Scots Word of the Week
THE CURSE OF SCOTLAND THE Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) tells us that the nine of diamonds playing card has this unenviable title. The first example DSL gives us is from the Memoirs of James Houston, covering the years 1690 to 1747
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Sinead O’Connor’s missing son found dead aged 17
Sinead O’Connor’s son Shane has died at the age of 17, representatives of the Irish singer have confirmed. Officers in Ireland said they recovered a body in the Bray area of Wicklow on Friday and their appeal for the missing teenager has been ended
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Attempted murder probe launched after man found with life-threatening injuries
Police have launched an attempted murder investigation after a man was found seriously injured following an assault in Glasgow. Two men were attacked at a property in Blochairn Place at about 10pm on Wednesday. Shortly after, a car at the scene
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Covid-related deaths reach highest daily total for a month as more than 12,000 new cases recorded
More than 12,000 new coronavirus cases further deaths have been recorded during the past 24 hours. According to the latest Scottish Government figures, 12,602 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported since Friday. In that time 26 deaths have
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Channel 5 boss dismisses Government calls for more ‘distinctively British’ TV
Channel 5’s head of programming has rejected calls from ministers for more “distinctively British” TV shows, arguing the channel’s schedule is “not Government-led” and embraces a wide range of viewers. Ben Frow questioned plans to make it a legal
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Brian McGeachan: Take boy racers' keys and throw them in the River Kelvin. You might save their lives
“SPEED demons of Bearsden!” I’d shout. With partial humour and full exasperation. Romantic interludes were ruined by them – wine cork popped, Dr Hook album paused on Spotify. A mood sabotaged by engine revving and tyre screeching on Bearsden Road
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Direct flights from UK to Nashville open up the home of the 'other' Grand Ole Opry to Scots music lovers
Jonjo Maudsley I FEEL like no other country welcomes visitors as warmly as the USA. But touching down in Nashville, Tennessee, after the first direct flight from London Heathrow to BNA Nashville Airport with British Airways takes warm welcomes
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Boiling Point, The 365, Munich.. and The 400 Blows – latest film reviews
BOILING POINT (15, 95 mins) Too many cooks spoil a pungent broth in writer-director Philip Barantini's pressure cooker drama, which is shot in one unbroken take to capture simmering tensions in an east London restaurant during an eventful pre-Christmas
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Teenage boy seriously injured in Glasgow 'attempted murder'
A teenage boy has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an attack police are treating as an attempted murder. Detectives are appealing for information after the 16-year-old was attacked near Kyleakin Road, in the Kilmuir Crescent
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Family make appeal for help to find Alice Byrne one week after disappearance
The family of missing woman Alice Byrne have reissued an urgent appeal asking the public to help them in their search one week on from her disappearance. Extensive inquiries have been under way to trace the 28-year-old who was last seen leaving
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Letters: Have faith groups ever seen people die in agony?
I HAVE been saddened to read that faith groups across Scotland are opposing Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying Bill, and I wonder how many of those individuals have had direct experience of people dying in agony, suffering protracted deaths beyond the
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Best walks in Scotland: Dunardry Forest Trails, Crinan, Argyll
THIS column is dedicated to walking and ramblers' groups from across Scotland, where they can suggest the best routes to enjoy. See the panel at the end of this story if you want to get involved. Dunardry Forest Trails, Crinan, Argyll By Lawrie
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From David Tennant to Karen Cargill and Alan Cumming, inside Scotland's school for stars
THE Scottish actor John Cairney remembers encountering an unusual barrier between him and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama: an old fellow holding up a strikingly hostile placard. Cairney says he and others were “threatened by being
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Poems of the week: This Morn; and Thinkin O The Sma Fowk
THIS MORN the pink-gowd o dawin sklaikit athort the lift starnies awa, meen gizzent; aathing spleet-new. The warld tremmles riddy tae tak a breath tae be fitiver we mak it. Dinna be sweir, dinna be feart …tae mak
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I'm praying to gods of entertainment (or Nicola Sturgeon) that theatres can open properly
LAWDY, lawdy – it looks like the late-starting Book of Mormon will be opening in Glasgow in just over a week. Yet, it will take divine intervention to make it a commercial reality, (from political supreme being Nicola Sturgeon) hopefully raising audience
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The secrets of how Glasgow's Kelvin Hall was transformed into a prison for new TV drama
IF the walls of the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow could talk, they would certainly have some interesting stories to tell. Over the decades, the much-beloved building – famed for its distinctive red sandstone facade and palatial entrance piazza – has operated
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Rab McNeil: Why do these adventurous headbangers insist on ruining nature?
NOW they’re saying you should be skateboarding, particularly if you’re depressed. I’ve always taken the view that, given the state of the world, if you’re not depressed there’s something wrong with you. Be that as it may, a study by the University
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Ron Mackenna: Yes, it’s expensive at £80 a head but Unalome is the place to be
Unalome Glasgow BY the time we’re popping choux pastry puffs into our mouths, setting liquid cheese a-oozing, and doing that fake news no-you-have-the last-one thing with pretty truffled brioche, it’s obvious that the national climate of fear
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Hugh MacDonald: English comedy? It was all vicars, trousers falling down and the boss coming for dinner
THERE is a resolutely tough attitude held by Glaswegians towards comedians. Or should I say wielded. It runs thus. Laugh? Make me. The bar is set high for any notion of showing a comic that their art is appreciated. Laughter should be rationed
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Gardeners will be hammered by new Brexit changes, says Dave Allan
PLANNING the garden for the year ahead is always fun. Seed suppliers and garden centres are brimming with our old favourites and exciting new possibilities, so we’ll have lots of choices to make. But shop early if you’re set on a particular variety
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David Tennant as you've probably never seen him before
David Tennant is best-known as the tenth incarnation of The Doctor in Doctor Who and DI Alec Hardy in the crime drama Broadchurch. He's even played serial killer Dennis Nilsen but this a view of him you've probably not seen before. Here is the
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Scottish gardeners face new Brexit blow
GARDENERS face a Brexit bombshell as new rules come into force, the Herald's horticultural expert Dave Allan is warning. He says Scottish gardeners may have to pay more for seed and plants this year. They may also be confronted with a far more
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Kelvin Hall enjoys a starring role in Channel 4 drama – the latest chapter for a Glasgow landmark
IT has been a much-beloved part of life for generations of Glaswegians. Over the past century, two different Kelvin Hall buildings have stood on the same site in the city's west end. The first opened in 1918 with the purpose of hosting exhibitions
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Novak Djokovic's Week: Stick your vaccine, I’m the Spartacus of tennis
As imagined by Brian Beacom YOU want to know what all the fuss is about? To be honest, so do I, and I’m hoping Scots tennis fans will sign the petition to get me out of the Melbourne hotel – which my dad describes as a torture chamber – where I
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What Don't Look Up, and the irritation it sparked, tells us about climate and Covid
WHEN I first thought about writing about Don’t Look Up, Netflix’s big Christmas Eve release – an allegory about climate-change which swaps global warming for the threat of a “planet-killer” comet heading towards Earth – I was thinking of it as a relatively
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Shutting down JK Rowling is wrong way to win trans rights, says Labour frontbencher
Shutting JK Rowling down is not the way to win hearts and minds in the battle for trans rights, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has argued. The Labour frontbencher said it is “perfectly legitimate” to disagree with the Harry Potter author
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Herald tie-up with New York Times offers a global perspective
SOME things never change. We have. The world of newspapers has been transformed in the last two decades. Back in those far-off days, when Tony Blair was a shiny new PM and you could buy a pint of beer for under £2, the printed page was king and
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Ice warning for Scotland with cold and wet weekend forecast
Widespread heavy frost across Scotland will make ice a major problem in the early hours of Saturday while the rest of the UK is forecast to see low temperatures for a wet and windy weekend. Friday night saw a Yellow Weather Warning for ice put
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You could face a £1,000 fine for common mistake when changing gear in your car
Drivers are being warned they could receive a £1,000 fine for a simple mistake when using their gears. Motorists who coast in neutral could be hit with a four-figure fine for believing in a common driving myth. Coasting your car does not save
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Health fears spark food recalls from UK supermarkets including Tesco and Aldi
UK Supermarkets are recalling a range of popular food items with customers being warned of possible health risks. Tesco, Co-op and Iceland are among the supermarkets urging customers not to eat food items bought in-store and return it to the point
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Herald View: Boris Johnson's conduct is simply not good enough
ALTHOUGH the belief that politicians are in it only for themselves, are fundamentally untrustworthy and are all as bad as each other is widely held, it is not a serious analysis. In fact, such an opinion, however often voiced in saloon bars up and
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David Leask: The problem with Scotland’s skin-deep Europeanism
IT is coming up to a year since Scotland – as the Yesser talking point goes – was ripped out of the European Union against its will. Brexit, to borrow from another slogan, has been ‘got done’. The process of leaving is over. The consequences of
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Joanna Blythman: We can relax, the vegan bandwagon has run out of steam
THIS being January, we must consume our annual helping of Veganuary. When this vegan project began in 2014, vegans accounted for 1% of the UK population. Veganuary’s promoters believed that if we could be encouraged to replace our usual food with
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Alison Rowat's TV review: Anne; Four Lives; Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly, The Apprentice; The Tourist
SUCH are the vast talents of Graeme Hall, human star of Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (Channel 5, Tuesday), one wonders if he could be better deployed elsewhere in the kingdom. Think of the improvements in behaviour at Holyrood and Westminster if
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Issue of the day: Back to school as Grange Hill returns
FOR generations, Grange Hill was must-see viewing, catching up with the antics of characters such as Tucker Jenkins and Zammo McGuire. Now the classic show is poised for a comeback, in a very different world. Ba ra ba beowww… Ah yes,
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Kevin McKenna: Devo-max is designed to sink independence. It may do exactly the opposite
AN unintended consequence of this week’s devo-max debate (but edifying nonetheless) has been apparent. It’s caused a cessation of hostilities in the culture war that’s disfigured the Yes movement over the last few years. Until now it had seemed that
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Herald Diary: Who fancies doing James Corden's diet plan? Not us
Line of duty CHAT show host and actor James Corden has revealed that he managed to shed two stone on a Weight Watchers programme. This news inspired the Diary’s squad of rather portly reporters to discuss whether we should likewise cut down on
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Brian Taylor: The all-out war on Covid is over – now hope for a period of peace
TO be quite clear, this is neither surrender nor capitulation. No white flag. Our fortifications remain in place against this hideous plague; from hygiene to the hypodermic. Equally, though, let us face facts. This week, on these islands, the all-out
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Singer Lulu pays touching tribute to Hollywood legend Sidney Poitier
SINGER Lulu has paid tribute to her former co-star and friend Sir Sidney Poitier who she described as her teacher and inspiration. Posting on her Instagram page, the Scots star said: "Sidney you were my friend, my teacher, my inspiration…. “Sir
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh flowers inspire Scotland's Covid memorial
IT is a flower that has become linked with world-renowned artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh and featured prominently in his designs. Now the small purple and white chequered fritillaria will provide a burst of colour at Scotland’s Covid memorial
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Covid curbs cannot go on forever - the biggest challenge now is how we learn to live without them
ARE we “admitting defeat”, or learning to “live with” Covid? For those most vulnerable to serious illness as a result infection, the easing of rules on testing and self-isolation might trigger anxiety that efforts to contain the virus are unravelling
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21 things that happened for the first time in 2021
From automated killer drones and digital artwork worth millions to the recognition of the fifth ocean and the first 3-D-printed school, we take a look at key world events and trends over the past year. 1. An African woman leads the World Trade
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Wilson backs Fifita to shine on Glasgow Warriors debut against Ospreys
DANNY WILSON is hoping that his happy knack of recruiting overseas players who make an immediate positive impact will continue tonight when Tongan winger Walter Fifita makes his Warriors bow off the bench against Ospreys at Scotstoun. No 8 Jack
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'Private schools like mine didn't want to talk about learning disabilities'
“Private schools like mine didn’t want to talk about learning disabilities – they would rather pretend it doesn’t exist”, says Euan Cameron, a successful Glasgow businessman who had reached fifth year of secondary school before being told he had dyslexia
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Aberdeen oil services firm acquired by sector heavyweight
ABERDEEN-based oil services heavyweight Centurion Group has hit the acquisition trail after securing bank backing for expansion. The company has bought subsea equipment maker Aleron, which is based in the Granite City. Centurion has also acquired
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New owner unveils plans to develop 'highly desired' hotel
A HOTEL investor has unveiled development plans after buying his first hospitality business in Scotland. Benjamin Andrews has hailed the acquisition of the “highly desired” Airds Hotel and Restaurant in Port Appin which was completed late last
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Alison Rowat's TV preview: The Green Planet; Life on the Bay; After Life; Sunday Morning
AN early scene in The Green Planet (BBC1, Sunday, 7pm), Sir David Attenborough’s new series, finds the naturalist standing next to the biggest living thing in the world. It is not a picture of a whale, a swathe of territory, or, indeed, some physical
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Portfolio: Fairmont High School Majorettes, Durbanville, Cape Town, 2018, Alice Mann
IN South Africa they’re called “drummies”. Drum majorettes have been a common sight in the country since the 1970s, often seen in street parades and competitions. It’s a subculture that has intrigued the photographer Alice Mann for the last few
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On The Radio: George Michael couldn't hold his liquor and other revelations
I ONCE ended up in the toilets in Los Angeles where George Michael was arrested. The singer, it should be said, wasn’t there at the time. Nor were the police who arrested him. My visit came a few years after he was charged for propositioning an officer
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Sport is so much more when we leave politics at the door - David Smith MBE
ANYONE who has competed in sport will know how much politics is involved - from grass roots all the way to the top. As athletes, we just want to train and compete, but we sometimes get pulled into debates we don’t want to have. I couldn’t
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Edinburgh's Mike Blair insists shot at URC top spot against Cardiff has barely been discussed
A CHANCE to go top of the league always brings its own pressure with it, especially if you discuss or otherwise dwell on the prospect. Which perhaps explains why Mike Blair insisted yesterday that the topic has hardly been raised within the Edinburgh
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Scottish GB international Robyn Love ready to lead charge as women's pro wheelchair basketball league begins
WOMEN’S wheelchair basketball is finally entering the 21st century. At least, that’s what Scottish GB internationalist, Robyn Love, firmly believes. Later this month, the UK’s first-ever women’s para-sport professional league will launch,
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Scots golfer Laura Beveridge toasts husband and caddie for keeping even Keil
WHEN you’re a professional golfer and your husband is your coach and occasional caddie, an 82 in the opening round of a qualifying school final would probably test the strongest of wedding vows. “He needed to do a lot of cheerleading after that to
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Lee Halpin: This is the time to review your pension
By Lee Halpin Eating healthier, probably, doing more exercise, perhaps, but I doubt that making sure your retirement plans are in good shape made many, if any, New Year resolutions. But as we begin a new year, it offers as good an opportunity
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Shell to pay billions to investors after seeing profits surge amid energy crisis
ROYAL Dutch Shell has underlined how much money it is making following the surge in gas prices as it prepares to pay out billions of dollars to investors. The energy giant, which has a big North Sea business, said the results for its gas division
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Glasgow outsourcer hails new jobs and contracts
KURA, the Glasgow-based customer service outsourcer, has created more than 350 jobs with the expansion of its international operations in South Africa, opening its second contact centre north of Durban, writes Brian Donnelly. New staff are joining
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Brian Donnelly: Sturgeon Easter Omicron restrictions impact warning
A SCOTTISH hospitality leader is warning that uncertainty over the current restrictions trajectory in Scotland could impact the next potential opportunity to scrape back earnings. With Christmas and New Year celebrations dubbed a write-off for
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Covid symptoms: Omicron 'warning signs' that affect your skin, lips and nails
As Boris Johnson wanrs the cornavirus pandemic is far from over, Symptoms of the Omicron variant have been found to differ slightly from previous strains. The Prime Minister said the latest recorde Covid case figures showed that those who believed