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Razorlight, James Arthur and Twin Atlantic to headline new Edinburgh festival
A new three-day music event, Over the Bridge, is set to take place in Edinburgh this summer with a star-studded line-up. Acts such as Razorlight, James Arthur, Ella Eyre and Feeder will visit Raeburn Place sports ground in Stockbridge. Over
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What is today’s Wordle? April 6 hints
Wordle has taken the world by storm, and if you’ve not given in to playing the daily game, we can guarantee you’ve seen the elusive squares all over social media. The aim of the game is to find a 5 letter word in only six attempts. The game
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Hearts considering joining Celtic and Rangers in applying to field a Colts team in the Lowland League
HEARTS are considering applying to field a Colts team in the Lowland League next season. The Tynecastle outfit are set to explore the possibility after clubs in the fifth tier voted in favour of allowing ‘guest teams’ to be included. The move
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Edinburgh to take to DAM Health Stadium pitch for first time in over a month on Friday
EDINBURGH will play at the DAM Health Stadium on Friday night for the first time since 4th March when they take on Pau in their final match of this season’s European Challenge Cup pool stage. It will be only the third home match played by the
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Pensioner dies and man fighting for his life following Glasgow car crash
A Glasgow pensioner has died following a car crash. Police have named Margaret Pearson, 75, who died on March 31, three days after the crash on Todd Street in Haghill. She was a passenger in a black Mercedes E220 private hire car which was
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Kremlin denials of atrocities contradicted by satellite images
High-resolution satellite imagery has shown that bodies have been lying in the open for weeks in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, as Russia denies its soldiers had committed war crimes. Russia’s UN Ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, insisted at a news conference
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Scott Gibson all but books ticket to Commonwealth Games after British Swimming Championships success
Scott Gibson all but booked his ticket to the Commonwealth Games last night at the British Swimming Championships, a fortnight after his chances looked dead in the water. The 22-year-old, who competes for Edinburgh University, set a Scottish record
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Scottish monkfish, ray and skate added to ‘red list’ for consumers
A range of seafood species have been added to a “fish to avoid” list, as conservationists warn of the urgent need to fix UK fisheries. Monkfish from the North Sea and west of Scotland, some species of skate and ray, and some sources of crab and
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Police appeal for witnesses after glass bottle thrown on Ibrox pitch
Police in Glasgow are appealing for witnesses after a glass bottle was thrown onto the pitch at Ibrox Stadium on Sunday during the Rangers v Celtic game. During half-time of the Old Firm match between 12.45pm and 1pm, a glass bottle was thrown
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Tiger Woods confirms he plans to play at the 86th Masters this week
THAT well-worn Augusta cliché states that the Masters doesn’t begin until the back nine on Sunday. Well, we can forget about that old chestnut. The 86th edition of this golfing rite of spring began at the back of 11am Georgia time yesterday when
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Johnson urges Russians to bypass Kremlin internet blocks to find out the truth about Ukraine
BORIS Johnson has told Russian citizens that he is not surprised Vladimir Putin is trying to conceal the atrocities in Ukraine as they would not support the war if they knew the truth. In a video address this evening, the Prime Minister spoke
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Zelenskyy tells UN of Russian atrocities and demands immediate prosecution
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the UN Security Council that Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes. In a harrowing account, Mr Zelenskyy accused the Kremlin's troops of committing the worst atrocities
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Ian Houston: Letter from America: A path forward for global trade
ONE of the most vibrant and picturesque parts of the city of Baltimore in Maryland is called the Inner Harbor. The visionary project has represented a blueprint for waterfront development and the regeneration of post-industrial port areas around the
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Gary Townsend's recipe: Coconut & Lime Rice Pudding
This for me is the pinnacle of rice puddings. Delicious hot or cold you will never want a basic rice pudding after trying this one. Ingredients Serves 6 + 50g Pudding rice 60g Caster sugar 200g Coconut Puree 300ml Milk 2
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Scottish make-up academy hires 18 former students
GlamCandy, the Scottish make-up academy, has bolstered staff numbers with the appointment of 18 former students. It selected hires from over 100 applicants to the college with an aim to encourage amateur makeup artists to join the business.
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Former MP Natalie McGarry goes on trial accused of embezzling over £25,000
A former MP who is accused of embezzling more than £25,000 from two Scottish independence organisations she was involved in has gone on trial. Natalie McGarry appeared in the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Tuesday where her lawyer, Allan Macleod
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Scottish Government hit out at 'unnecessary and ill-conceived' Channel 4 sale
THE SCOTTISH Government has criticised plans to privatise Channel 4. Cabinet Secretary for Culture Angus Robertson called it a "blow at the heart of public sector broadcasting". His counterpart in Westminster, Nadine Dorries, confirmed on Monday
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One third of Northern Irish voters would back united Ireland
JUST under a third of voters in Northern Ireland would vote for Irish unity, a new poll has revealed. The Institute of Irish Studies-University of Liverpool/Irish News survey found that 30 per cent would back the reunification of Ireland in a
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Agenda: Why we need to encourage budding builders
By Kirsty Connell-Skinner, Programme Manager, HCI Skills Gateway DO you remember being young and experiencing something that shaped your career choices? Maybe you saw a exhibition on Ancient Egypt on a school trip to a museum, and decided you wanted
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Almost a third of Scotland's land and sea to be protected within four years
Almost a third of Scottish land and sea is to be brought under Scottish Government protection within four years under ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions and safeguard nature Environmental targets lasting until 2026 have been set out by government
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Kieran Tierney to miss rest of Arsenal's season and faces Scotland race for World Cup play-off matches
KIERAN TIERNEY has been ruled out for the remainder of the season and is now a major doubt for Scotland's upcoming World Cup play-off matches in June. The Arsenal full-back was absent as the Gunners were on the end of a heavy defeat to Crystal
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More than 5,500 new Covid cases and 44 deaths recorded in 24 hours
More than 5,500 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in 24 hours. According to he latest Scottish Government statistics, 5,545 cases of the virus have been reported across the country. This figure includes cases identified using either
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Heavy traffic after overturned lorry forces motorway to shut
Traffic on a popular motorway has been brought to a standstill due to an overturned lorry. The southbound lanes of the M74 are shut between junctions 10 and 11 in Lanarkshire, after emergency services were called to the incident after 1.30pm.
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LGBT adviser quits, accusing UK Government of driving wedge between trans and gay people
AN LGBT adviser has quit his post accusing the UK government of trying to drive a wedge between transgender and gay people. Iain Anderson has resigned from his role as the LGBT business champion, telling ITV news that ministers were waging a "woke
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Kyle Lafferty fully focussed on Kilmarnock promotion push after landing March player of the month award
KYLE LAFFERTY has been named cinch Championship Player of the Month for the second successive month after spearheading Kilmarnock's promotion push. The former Hearts and Rangers striker has played a big part in the Ayrshire side's 100 per cent
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UK's first transgender MP 'disappointed' over Westminster conversion therapy move
The first transgender MP said he is “bitterly disappointed” that people who identify as a different gender to the one they are born into will be excluded from plans to ban conversation therapy. Jamie Wallis, Conservative MP for Bridgend, last week
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Fresh calls to expel Russian ambassador Andrei Kelin from the UK
Britain must expel the Russian ambassador to the UK in response to alleged “war crimes” committed in Ukraine by Vladimir Putin and his forces, Labour has demanded. Italy was expelling 30 Russian diplomats on Tuesday, after Germany kicked out 40
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Westminster plans to 'offshore' asylum seekers 'nearing completion'
THE Government’s plans to use a third country to process people seeking asylum in the UK are nearing completion, it is understood. Boris Johnson is said to have been ready to announce the measure to ‘offshore’ applicants to Rwanda last week, due
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Health board apologises after error in children's Covid vaccine letters
A health board has apologised after mistakenly using the wrong template while inviting children to receive their Covid vaccine. NHS Lothian had sent parents of healthy children letters stating that their child has an underlying health condition
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Wimbledon in talks with Government amid reports of ban on Russian players
Wimbledon officials are in ongoing talks with the UK Government regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian players in this year’s championships. Reports have suggested men’s world number two Daniil Medvedev could be banned from the tournament
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Action on Scotland's drugs deaths undermined by 'unacceptable' data problems
THE patchwork collection of data on Scotland’s drug death crisis is “unacceptable” and undermines efforts to save lives, according to a new official report. Health experts found problems in sharing data from police files, medical records, GP notes
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Police probe after two teenage girls assaulted in Glasgow's Kelvingrove park
Police are appealing for witnesses after two teenage girls were assaulted in Glasgow’s Kevingrove Park in an unprovoked attack. Detectives said the pair, aged 18 and 17, were targeted by a group of youths at 9pm on Monday night near the park’s
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Sale of Channel 4 'revenge' for 'biased coverage of Brexit' says Tory MP
THE government’s sale of Channel 4 could be “revenge” for the station’s “biased coverage of Brexit” and “personal attacks on the PM,” a senior Conservative MP has claimed. Taking to Twitter, Julian Knight, the chair of the Commons’ Department
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Herald Diary: Meme of the Day
The Diary continues to celebrate all that’s best in the world of dance with this delightful ballet developed using the On The Buses theme tune, and is performed by some elderly chap in a leotard who definitely must have his own bus pass by now. We
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Scottish areas with highest Covid-19 infection rates as cases see drop
The seven-day Covid-19 infection rate in one local authority has remained significantly higher than in the rest of the country. Coronavirus cases per 100,000 people between March 26 and April 1 in the Western Isles reached 1807.5. Despite
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New strategy to restore Scotland's natural world will see optimism take root
People in Scotland are seeing the effects of a nature crisis, in part driven by the climate emergency. The abundance of wildlife is in dramatic decline and experts argue that if this is not turned around, we will suffer severe consequences.
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Ross wants to 'knock Nats down to size' in council elections as SNP ad attacks Tories
DOUGLAS Ross has insisted the SNP can be beaten in May’s council elections as he called on activists to “knock the Nats down to size”. With a month to go until the public cast their votes in local government elections across Scotland, the Conservative
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What is Nerdle? How to play Wordle maths spin off game
It seems like just yesterday the ‘new’ internet craze Wordle took over our social media feeds. Gradually our timelines were filled with more and more people sharing the illusive squares, comparing streaks and complaining about American spellings
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Brian McGeachan: Golf? Is there ever an excuse?
ANYONE who plays golf for fun would go to hell for a pastime. Well-meaning sadists suggest I take up the game – to shift excess weight. Seldom do I quote Churchill, but he did opine that, “Golf is a waste of a good walk.” Well, I’ve watched
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Young Scots autistic actor gets big break in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Brian Beacom WHAT has been our collective experience of autism? Limited to little more than colouring in the lines drawn by the thin, dark pencil suggested by Dustin Hoffman’s Rainman? It’s been changing however. We’ve begun to understand the
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Letters: The sell-off of Channel 4 signals a new phase in the Government's war against our public services
CULTURE Secretary Nadine Dorries is ready to sign Channel 4's death warrant by sending it down the road to privatisation. You would have thought that by this time the penny would have dropped that privatisation is the equivalent of selling off
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Letters: What else could Scottish ministers have done with the Ferguson ferries contract?
AS the interminable ferry saga rumbles on it is perhaps worth noting that none of the opposition parties seems willing to answer the question as to what they would have done had they been in power. To recap, seven bids were received from six bidders
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Nearly £1m paid to owner of Old Military Road over five years
Nearly £1million has been paid in the past five years to the owner of the Rest and Be Thankful diversion route. The total payments made since 2016 to the owner of the Old Military Road, which runs below and parallel to the A83 in Glen Croe in Argyll
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Selling off Channel 4 is 'opposite of levelling up' warns Ruth Davidson
BORIS Johnson’s plans to sell off Channel 4 have been met with fierce opposition from members of his own party. Tory peer Ruth Davidson described it as the “opposite of levelling up”. Plans to privatise the network were revealed last night
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Work starts on largest Passivhous homes development
WORK is under way on new affordable green homes in Fife's biggest development of its kind. The properties will all be built to Passivhaus and net-zero carbon standards making it Fife's largest green development to date, the developer claimed.
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Record numbers wait more half a day on Scotland's A&E wards
THE number of patients enduring extreme waits in Scotland’s A&E units hit another record high last week, despite a slight improvement in the main headline figure. Official data from Public Health Scotland showed the number of people waiting
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Can’t get enough of Wordle? Try these alternatives to keep you entertained
It seems like just yesterday the ‘new’ internet craze Wordle took over our social media feeds. Gradually our timelines were filled with more and more people sharing the illusive squares, comparing streaks and complaining about American spellings
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Fears for rural communities as 140 police stations close in decade
SCOTLAND’S rural communities are no longer phoning the police “as they have little confidence of a meaningful response,” the Scottish Police Federation has warned. The damning comments from the trade union for rank-and-file officers come after
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Partygate: Fines issued for leaving drinks of former Covid taskforce chief
Fines have been issued to staff who attended a leaving do in the Cabinet Office in December 2020 for a top government official who helped write the Covid rules, it has been reported. A farewell bash was held for the former director general of
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Tories who would drain gas from North Sea should read this climate 'file of shame'
THE planet, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, at the launch of yesterday’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, is on a pathway to global warming of “more than double” 1.5 degrees, an “unliveable world”. The Mitigation of Climate
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Poll predicts SNP on course for record result in May's council elections
The SNP are on track for a record result in May’s council elections, according to a new poll. If the forecast is accurate, Nicola Sturgeon’s party are on course to win the backing of 44 per cent of first preference votes, up from 32% in 2017.
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Wayne Rooney backs Mauricio Pochettino to take over at Manchester United
Wayne Rooney would choose Mauricio Pochettino over Erik ten Hag to become manager at his former club Manchester United. United are already on their second manager of the season after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lost his job in November, with Ralf Rangnick
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Tiger Woods practises at Augusta National for second day running before Masters
Tiger Woods drew massive crowds as he practised at Augusta National for the second day running to intensify his preparations for the 86th Masters. Woods has not played in a top-level event since being involved in a horrific car crash in February
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Scots warned of further travel disruption amid snow alert
PARTS of Scotland are being warned snow could lead to travel chaos could lasting until this evening. The Met Office has extended a warning covering much of Highland and Grampian to last until 10pm. A previous warning was issued between 4pm
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Surprising symptom that could be a sign you need to test for Covid
Brits are reporting an apparent symptom of Omicron as the NHS added nine new symptoms of Covid to the official list. The official list of Covid symptoms on the NHS website has been extended to include NINE new signs you may be infected with the
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140 police stations closed across Scotland since national force creates
More than a hundred police stations have closed across Scotland over the past decade, it has been revealed. A total of 140 stations and offices have shut across the country since the creation of Police Scotland in 2013, research by 1919 Magazine
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Former Hong Kong accountant buys into Scottish coffee firm
SCOTTISH brand Cairngorm Coffee has announced the appointment of a new co-owner and director as it sets its sights on turning over its first £1 million in 2022. The Edinburgh business, founded by Robi Lambie in 2014, suffered a 72.5 per cent loss
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Satellite images show bodies left in the open as nations call for more sanctions on Russia
High-resolution satellite imagery has shown bodies have been lying in the open for weeks in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, as Russia denied it had committed war crimes. Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, insisted at a news conference that
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Scottish legal firm reports progress on workplace gender equality
SCOTTISH law firm Thorntons Solicitors has taken a step forward on workplace gender equality, a new report reveals. The company is continuing to make progress with the mean hourly pay gap between men and women narrowing by 13.6 per cent since reporting
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Roads and railways set to be disrupted as Met Office extends yellow warning for snow
The Met Office has warned that disruption for roads and railways across Scotland should be expected after a yellow weather warning for snow was issued for Northern parts of Scotland. The warning is in place on Tuesday, April 5 from 6am until 10pm
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Andrew McKie: We should mark anniversary of Falklands War by making islands part of UK
TOMORROW will be the 40th anniversary of the dispatch of the Naval Task Force charged with, and ultimately successful in, liberating the Falkland Islands. Yet there are still plenty of people who will complain about “liberating” in that sentence, and
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TV REVIEW: A worthy winner as Scotland's Home of the Year returns?
Scotland’s Home of the Year **** BBC1, Monday By Alison Rowat OKAY Scotland, stand by your neatly made beds, throw open those bi-fold doors and prepare to have your nooks and crannies inspected once more – Scotland’s Home of the Year
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Glasgow urged to repatriate looted bronzes and Wounded Knee massacre artefacts
IT IS more than 20 years since the sacred Lakota Ghost Dance shirt was returned to descendants of the community of its origin. While initial attempts to have the shirt, thought to have been worn at the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, when 250 Lakota
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Neil Mackay: Scotland is at the heart of the war for the future of democracy
THE town of Bucha will now sit in the history books alongside Katyn, Lidice and Srebrenica as yet another byword for atrocity. Hundreds of civilians were murdered by Russian troops in the small town near Kyiv. Putin’s army is torturing, raping
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Catriona Stewart: Politicians should feel the shame of poverty, not those living in it
FOR many years I shared a bedroom with my mum. It was a council flat and had two bedrooms but my bedroom, the smaller one, was so damp as to be uninhabitable. Really the flat itself was uninhabitable and eventually, after 10 years there, we were
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High-tech design centre to be set up in Glasgow
By Ian McConnell German-owned Alter Technology TÜV Nord has chosen Glasgow as the location for a design centre to accelerate the commercialisation of photonic products into quantum technology and space markets. It had indicated previously that
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Public relations agency buys Scottish firm backed by ex-Gleneagles chairman
By Ian McConnell Business Editor PUBLIC relations agency Muckle Media has acquired sector stablemate Taste Communications Scotland for a six-figure sum. Taste was owned by non-executive director Sheila Jardine, wife of founder Stephen Jardine
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'More specialist teachers needed' amid surge in sight impaired pupils
Councils are being urged to hire more specialist teachers as the number of visually impaired young people soars and fears grow of a sight-related attainment gap in schools. It comes ahead of next month’s local authority elections and follows concern
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Energy giant to produce enough hydrogen to power hundreds of buses at Highland windfarm
SCOTTISH energy giant SSE has announced plans to produce hydrogen at a windfarm in the Highlands that could be used as an alternative to fuels such as petrol which entail higher carbon emissions. Perth-based SSE said it will install a green hydrogen
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North Sea pioneer suffers reverse on key gas field
NORTH Sea-focused IOG has seen its shares plunge five per cent as it faces challenges on a landmark gas field development, for which it won backing from US billionaire Warren Buffett IOG started production from the Blythe field last month providing
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Concern as elderly 'locked up' in Scots care homes as Westminister scraps close contact rule
Elderly people in Scottish care homes are continuing to be “locked up” if they are deemed a close contact of someone with Covid, despite the UK government scrapping the rule in England. The campaign group Care Home Relatives Scotland (CHRS) said
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Mark Williamson: SNP Government’s faltering bid to create green jobs may be derailed by EU
AS the SNP Government tries to make it look as if it will put real pressure on firms to deliver the green jobs ministers have failed to secure thus far, the EU has caused a potentially serious complication. Years after former first minister Alex
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Herald Diary: Why JK Rowling missed out on piece work
Missing out JK Rowling has been explaining how she got any scribbling done before she hit the big time. The Edinburgh author reveals that when working in an office she never met anyone for lunch so she could use the hour to write. The Diary
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£1.95m to help Glasgow recover
By Ian McConnell Glasgow Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stuart Patrick has welcomed £1.95 million of funding for the city, to aid its recovery from the pandemic effects. The funding from the Scottish Government’s £6m City Centre Recovery
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Row heats up over ‘Rob Roy’ plots for sale in Perthshire
A row over the sale of land near the final resting place of outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor has led to national park officials stepping up enforcement action at the site. A number of plots were put up for sale at the Perthshire village of Balquhidder
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Ted Baker shares jump as retailer puts itself up for sale
TED Baker saw its shares jump more than 14 per cent as it launched a formal sale process after rejecting a series of indicative takeover offers. The fashion retailer made the move after receiving a third “unsolicited” approach to sell. It comes
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Letters: No matter the cost, we must hit Putin and those who give him succour
I CAN'T help feeling that the news from Ukraine has gone beyond war crimes. Shootings in front of families, booby-trapping bodies, stealing humanitarian aid and deliberately targeting civilians and using them as human shields are crimes against humanity
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Tiger Woods won't be at Augusta just to make up the numbers - Nick Rodger
WELL, are you getting excited yet? By all frenzied accounts, the world of golf will have to be strapped to a hospital gurney in a fraught effort to restrain the hysterical thrashings and panting convulsions whipped up by the prospect of Tiger Woods
