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McGinn relishing another shot at Premiership after Championship salvo
FIND someone who loves you the same way Stephen McGinn has grown to love the Scottish Championship. Since the start of 2017, he’s twice helped teams fend off relegation in the second tier and twice ended the season with a winner’s medal wrapped around
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Motherwell's Dean Cornelius determined to show strong response to painful Rangers defeat
SATURDAY’S defeat at home to Rangers was a painful one in more ways than one for Dean Cornelius. It was the Motherwell midfielder who was on the receiving end of an ill-judged tackle from Leon Balogun that resulted in the Ibrox defender’s dismissal
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Rachel Malcolm sees the positives as Scots suffer fourth Six Nations loss
RACHEL MALCOLM believes that Scotland continue to make modest progress in their TikTok Six Nations campaign despite losing a fourth consecutive match at the weekend. Malcolm’s team were beaten 20-13 by Italy on Saturday night, and are bottom of
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Rangers close in on SWPL 1 title as Ibrox outfit defeat Aberdeen in front of over 4,000 fans
RANGERS beat Aberdeen 4-0 in front of 4412 fans at Ibrox to stay on course for a first-ever SWPL 1 title. They remain five points clear of Glasgow City, who beat Hearts 2-0, with both sides now having just three games to play. Aberdeen kept Rangers
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Malky Mackay sets Ross County European challenge as he urges 'trust the process'
MALKY MACKAY challenged his players to regroup from defeat to Celtic and claim a European spot in the Scottish Premiership. The Ross County boss urged his players to seize the opportunity of being in the top-half of the split and bring European
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Robbie Neilson delighted depleted Hearts overcome injures to beat Dundee United
HEARTS manager Robbie Neilson praised the spirit within his depleted squad as the Tynecastle side mustered another energetic performance to come from behind in an entertaining meeting at Tannadice. Neilson had another injury to contend with as
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A fashion statement and the Wright stuff: Five things we learned from Rangers' win over Motherwell
RANGERS kept up the pressure on league leaders Celtic with a 3-1 win over Motherwell on Saturday to keep their title hopes alive ahead of a massive week for Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his players. An early own goal from Liam Kelly sent the Govan
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Health: How to prevent insect bites and stings as the weather warms up
Nobody wants a side of bee sting with their picnic, says Sam Wylie-Harris. Here comes the sun - and shorts, T-shirts, sandals, picnics and afternoons outdoors - hurrah! But all this means insect bites and stings might be more likely too. Besides
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'Zero tolerance' call after five frontbench politicians accused of harrasement
LABOUR has called for a “zero tolerance” approach to alleged harassment by MPs after reports five frontbench politicians are facing allegations of misconduct. It comes after The Sunday Times reported that three Conservative cabinet ministers and
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Scottish tycoon to sell housebuilding empire after 47 years
Scottish housebuilding giant Stewart Milne has this week announced he is to sell his eponymous housebuilding group, having decided to retire after nearly half a century. Mr Milne, who is executive chairman of the housebuilder, said: “The unprecedented
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Two charged in connection with attempted murder after suspected gas leak
A man and woman have been charged in connection with an attempted murder after emergency services responded to a gas leak. Police were called to King Street, Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk, on Saturday at about 2.25pm to a suspected gas leak and two
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Iga Swiatek claims fourth consecutive title at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Iga Swiatek defeated Aryna Sabalenka to claim her fourth consecutive title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. The 20-year-old has established herself as a dominant world number one over the past few weeks following Ashleigh Barty’s retirement and
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Food: Romy Gill on falling in love with the food and people of Kashmir
The chef talks to Prudence Wade about the power of travel, and the warmth of Kashmiri cuisine. Despite growing up in West Bengal and speaking five Indian languages fluently, Romy Gill admits there's still plenty she doesn't know about her home
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TV: John Simm and cast of crime drama Grace talk 'squeamish' scenes and snuff movie inspiration
As Grace returns to our screens for a second series, Danielle de Wolfe speaks with actor John Simm and novelist Peter James to discover more. A household name when it comes to British crime drama, John Simm has become a master of the everyman persona
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Health: As Britney Spears announces her pregnancy, what is perinatal depression and how can you seek help?
It can occur during pregnancy and up to a year after the baby is born. Britney Spears appears to have announced she's pregnant with her third child in an Instagram post. The singer, 40, describes gaining weight and thinking she was "food pregnant
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Technology: Onanoff BuddyPhones Cosmos+ Headphones
What is it? A pair of noise-cancelling and volume-limiting headphones designed for children. Good points? All aspects of the headphones have been developed specifically for kids which is a rare methodology in audio equipment manufacturing
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Health: 10 things people living with Parkinson's want everyone to know
Did you know that every hour in the UK, two people are diagnosed with Parkinson's? That includes younger adults - and they don't always have the tell-tale tremor. While a number of celebrities have helped draw attention to the condition following
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More than 10,000 Kiltwalkers head out as fundraising event makes its return
A crowd of more than 10,000 to raise cash for charity at Glasgow’s Kiltwalk on Sunday. The event, where walkers dressed in kilts to take on routes up to 23 miles long, saw £3 million drummed up for 685 charities across Scotland after a 50% top-up
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SNP claims UK had 'massive missed opportunity' to reduce nuclear threat
THE UK Government has had a “massive missed opportunity” to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons, the SNP’s Westminster leader has claimed. Ian Blackford was speaking after being asked about the SNP’s ambition to remove the Trident nuclear deterrent
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Tyson Fury set for retirement after Dillian Whyte victory
TYSON FURY declared “enough is enough” as he appeared to bring his professional boxing career to an end but the WBC heavyweight champion is tempted by exhibition bouts and another foray into wrestling. Fury retained his world title and extended
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Ian Murray claims PM tying to 'undermine democracy' by evading partygate scrutiny
LABOUR’S only Scottish MP has claimed Boris Johnson is trying to “tar everyone with the same brush and undermine democracy in order to get away with his own failings”. Ian Murray said the Prime Minister and his party are “unfit to govern” the UK
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Priti Patel defends Rwanda refugee agreement as ‘not like a trade deal’
The Home Secretary has defended the Government’s controversial agreement to send asylum seekers for processing to Rwanda as being “very unique” and “not like a trade deal”. Priti Patel also repeated her argument that the Nationality and Borders
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Angela Rayner denounces Tory ‘smears’ about claims she ‘distracts’ the Prime Minister
Angela Rayner has accused Tory MPs of using anonymous briefings to spread “desperate, perverted smears” about her by claiming she has sought to distract the Prime Minister provocatively in the Commons. Boris Johnson, in a show of support for the
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Ukraine’s president set to meet US officials in Kyiv
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will meet with two top American officials in Kyiv on Sunday. Mr Zelensky gave few details about the logistics of his planned talks with US secretary of state Antony Blinken and US defence secretary
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Celtic legend welcomes VAR but points to 'potential problems' with 'bizarre' plan
FORMER Celtic striker Kenny Dalglish was pleased to see SPFL clubs vote to introduce VAR for next season - but has warned that the timing of the technology's implementation is 'bizarre'. Scottish clubs held a vote earlier in the week where 41 of
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Piers Morgan vs Donald Trump: like two 1970s wrestlers but without the leotards
Just in time for the start of summer (because everyone needs a little ray of sunshine in their lives, right?) the egocentric, “woke mob”-baiting, Meghan Markle-hating, free speech bull****tery-peddling personality that is Piers Morgan is making a return
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Ex-First Minister demands police probe over ministers' 'missing documents' over ferry fiasco
A FORMER First Minister is pushing for a police investigation after ministers were accused of breaking the law through a lack of transparency over the ferry fiasco which has seen two new lifeline vessels still out of service after six years and with
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Ten of 26 people from sunken Japan tour boat confirmed dead
Japan’s coast guard has said 10 of the 26 people aboard a tour boat that sank in the waters of a northern national park have been confirmed dead. The search for the others is still ongoing a day after the boat sent a distress call saying it was
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Frankie Vaughan’s Glasgow gangs legacy inspires play
DON’T think for a moment that Sixties’ crooner Frankie Vaughan has all the modern-day relevance of Ena Sharples’ hair nets, patronising songs such as Hey Little Girls and twin tub washing machines. Writer Kim Millar has looked back at the life
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This week in the Herald Diary: What a Carry On naming shopping centres
James the second ON social media a Falkirk fellow recalls a colleague in Edinburgh who was once asked by an American tourist where he could buy stamps. "There's a post office in the St James Centre," explained the local chap. "What?” replied
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Victims of Park Inn hotel stabbing in Glasgow have injury claims 'rejected'
Asylum seekers nearly killed in a stabbing in Glasgow have had injury compensation claims rejected, a leading charity has claimed. In June 2020, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, a Sudanese asylum seeker, stabbed six people at the Park Inn hotel where
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Ross County vs Celtic: TV channel, live stream & kick-off time for Prem clash
WE'RE into the post-split fixtures. Celtic are three points clear at the summit of the Premiership table. So, Ange Postecoglou's side are getting to within touching distance of the title. With Rangers still hanging in there though, and
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Make some noise! The 10 best early Scottish summer music festivals
If you have missed the thrill of live music over the last few years, check out our list of the summer's first batch of music festivals Shetland Folk Festival The UK’s most northerly folk festival returns after a two year, pandemic-enforced
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Who is the Dundee comedian now ‘committing war crimes’ in Ukraine?
GRAHAM Phillips could soon be the first comedian from Dundee to end up in The Hague. He was condemned by MPs in the House of Commons this week for his interview with a British prisoner of war taken captive by the Russians during the Ukraine conflict
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Unravelling the enduring secrets and mystery of Skara Brae in Orkney
LIKE all good yarns our tale begins on a dark and stormy night. It was in the winter of 1850 that high seas and ferocious winds battered the shores of Orkney, washing away part of the sand dunes that fringed the Bay of Skaill to reveal the clutch of
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The touching moment a woman overcame Motor Neuron Disease to become a mum
When mum to be Lucy Lintott was in hospital for the birth of her first child, her partner likened the anxious wait for the battle ahead to the kind of nervous tension felt by a Tommy in the First World War. Trying to lighten the moment in the labour
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On a webcam near you: The osprey soap opera that has thousands hooked
Every morning, 370 miles away from the ancient Caledonian pine forest beauty of Loch Arkaig, Mary Cheadle rises, logs on and catches up on the latest instalment of the soap opera she can’t stop watching. It’s no wonder that she’s hooked: it’s a
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What the weather might be like at the UK's biggest festivals this year
Find out if you're set for sunshine or you'll be soaked through your wellies at one of the UK's biggest festivals this year. Knowing if you're going to need to swap your sunblock for a cagoule is part of the stress when you're planning for a festival
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Desperate islanders appeal to First Minister to solve 'crippling' ferry fiasco
NICOLA Sturgeon has been asked to personally intervene in Scotland's ferry crisis - as campaigners make a desperate push for purchase of an emergency vessel for sale for a fraction of the the £52.5m being spent for each new ship being built in Turkey
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Outrage at new 'postcode pricing' plans for Scottish energy
CHANGES to the way the electricity network is paid for threatens the future of energy supplies and presents a new barrier for investment in green energy projects in Scotland and damage moves to tackle climate change. That is the conclusion of Scottish
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DAVID PRATT ON THE WORLD: Le Pen’s cosiness with the Kremlin tips election in Macron’s favour
As France today goes to the polls in a presidential election the outcome of which remains uncertain, Foreign Editor David Pratt examines one crucial factor that might have swung things Emmanuel Macron’s way A fortnight ago it was too close to call
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Iain Macwhirter: There’s a war on – so indecisive Tories must now fully back Boris Johnson or sack him
The Conservatives in Westminster have lost the plot. They have taken leave of what little sense they had left after the Brexit wars. Boris Johnson has driven them into the realms of the irrational. It’s not the men in grey suits that they need now
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'I realised the SNP I’d been snidey about had grown up’ - Brian Cox talks to The Herald on Sunday
In an exclusive interview with The Herald on Sunday, legendary Scots actor and star of US hit show Succession, Brian Cox, talks to Barrie Cunning about his love of Scotland, Scottish politics, and how he wants to see the best for Scotland THIS
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All England Lawn Tennis Club have opened can of worms by banning Russian and Belarusian players - Susan Egelstaff
THE thing about elite sport, particularly an individual sport, is that so much of it is in an athlete’s own hands. How hard they train, what their schedule is, how they behave and who is in their support team is almost entirely down to themselves
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STUC to step up calls to SNP for council tax reform amid growing anger over delay
MINISTERS will come under growing pressure to overhaul council tax when the trade union movement step up demands this week over local government funding reform. The three day STUC congress, which will be addressed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
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Boxer who suffered brain injury vows to fight on after tribunal defeat
When professional boxer Gary Murray suffered a devastating brain injury in the ring, his family feared the worst. The welterweight was placed in an induced coma due to bleeding on the brain and spent weeks in hospital with wife Kelly and his family
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Letters: Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon both need to be shown the door
IT'S a matter of some concern that the most important issue facing the world just now – Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the slaughtering of its citizens – is being overshadowed by the Partygate affair with Boris Johnson facing increasing calls to
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How Anas Sarwar's 'no deal with the SNP' promise could back fire on Labour
ON a campaign visit to Possilpark, Glasgow earlier this month Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar emphatically rejected any prospect of Labour working in a coalition with the SNP at a local or national level in the future. The UK and Scottish Labour leaders
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Back on track: Fifty years on, are the famous ‘Beeching cuts’ to Scotland’s railways finally being reversed?
It is only a journey of the mind now. A train full of people, all in their Sunday best. Smiling and happy. Buckets and spades and sandwiches. To the left are the fields of Fife, to the right is the sea, and at times you’re so close to the water it
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Michael Settle: France leaning to the far-right is a stark warning for all European nations
A disunited France today goes to the polling stations to choose its new or not so new president but as voters in many cases hold their noses, Europe will be holding its breath. A remarkable intervention ahead of the vote underlined people’s fears
