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Blood moon 2022: Here's how to see the total lunar eclipse in Scotland
One of the most breathtaking events of the celestial calendar happens this week, treating stargazers to what is known as the blood moon. The moon will turn a red colour when it exactly lines up with the earth and the sun in a total lunar eclipse
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What is today’s Wordle? May 15 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 five letter word in only six attempts. The game
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UK places second in Eurovision 2022 next to Ukraine – see the results
The UK has placed second in the Eurovision song contest. Ukraine has won the competition with 631 points. The UK received 466 points. The UK proved successful in the jury vote, coming out on top. However, when the viewer vote came in, Ukraine
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Celtic winger James Forrest determined to become a key player under Ange Postecoglou
JAMES FORREST is confident that he can have a significant part to play under Ange Postecoglou next season after signing a new thre- year deal with Celtic. Revealing that the Greek-Australian was instrumental in his decision to commit to the club, Forrest
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Callum McGregor outlines the biggest challenge facing Celtic next season
CELTIC captain Callum McGregor has already set his sights on next term as he warned that the biggest challenge now for Ange Postecoglou’s side is preserving their champion status. "The challenge now is it's easy to chase and be desperate to get
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Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou shoots down Rangers motivation suggestion
ANGE POSTECOGLOU, the Celtic manager, has rebuffed suggestions that Rangers will provide the motivation ahead of the Parkhead side’s return to the Champions League next season. The Ibrox side will go up against Eintracht Frankfurt this week as
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Graham Alexander explains why he changed Motherwell XI an hour before Celtic clash
MOTHERWELL manager Graham Alexander was forced to rejig his starting XI an hour before yesterday’s game because of illness but it was not the entire reason as to why the Fir Park side were left sickened. Celtic were relentless as they hit Motherwell
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Tom Rogic and Nir Bitton bid emotional farewell to Celtic supporters
TOM ROGIC departed the field with his face buried deep in his shirt in a rare show of emotion from the Australian midfielder as he played his last game for Celtic yesterday afternoon. Both he and Nir Bitton, signed six months apart, will leave
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Ange Postecoglou pinpoints the key factor that means Celtic will improve next season
ANGE POSTECOGLOU has promised that next season will be better again from Celtic after “80%” of his current squad missed out on a pre-season this year. The Celtic manager will look to strengthen his squad ahead of a campaign that will also have
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Books: Fans of His Dark Materials will be pleased to hear Philip Pullman is back with more drama
Fiction 1. An Olive Grove In Ends Moses McKenzie Wildfire, £16.99 (ebook £8.99). Sayon Hughes has a dream to rise to the heights - social and literal - of Bristol's Clifton neighbourhood. But born into the infamous Hughes family, the
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TV: Secret love affairs, infidelity, friendship and self-discovery in new BBC drama Conversations with Friends
Ahead of the anticipated new series based on Sally Rooney's debut novel, Rachael Davis chats to stars Alison Oliver and Joe Alwyn In spring of 2020, starved of human contact during those ominous first weeks of lockdown, the hearts of viewers up
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Mark Wahlberg: 'My purpose is to help others growing up in situations like mine'
Having found faith and turned his life around, the Hollywood star tells Gemma Dunn how he hopes to inspire others with his passion project, Father Stu Mark Wahlberg is used to being pitched all manner of film ideas, but even he was caught off guard
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Pupil behaviour 'the worst it's been in years and driving teachers away'
Standards of pupil behaviour are plummeting and driving teachers away from the classroom, a major conference has been told. Delegates attending this year’s Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) congress in Crieff also warned that relentless
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Bench built as memorial to rock star provides mental health support to fans
Built in the late 18th century, Haining House, with its grand triple arched entrance, quartet of Grecian-style columns and graceful floor to ceiling windows, occupies a delightful position in the heart of its 61-acres Selkirk estate. Once home
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Review finds councils 'massively underestimate' carbon footprints
By Paul Dobson SCOTTISH local authorities are “massively underestimating” their carbon footprints, after an external review of one council’s climate pollution saw its reported emissions quadruple in one year. East Renfrewshire Council’s emissions
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Labour accuses Boris Johnson of seeking trade war with Brussels
Labour has accused Boris Johnson of seeking to provoke a trade war with Brussels which would only exacerbate Britain’s cost-of-living crisis. Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy said Government threats to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol
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Health: Men share the things that have made a big difference to their mental health
It's a bit of a stereotype that men can have a hard time opening up about their feelings. But everyone struggles sometimes, and looking after our mental wellbeing is crucial - whether that's reaching out to a mate, seeking professional help, or getting
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Film view: Mark Wahlberg turns to the church to win a woman's heart in the biographical drama Father Stu
FATHER STU (15) Mark Wahlberg is miscast as an embattled soul who discovers his calling as a messenger of the Lord in a well-meaning biographical drama of triumph against adversity that marks the directorial debut of Mel Gibson's partner, Rosalind
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World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Scottish landscapes abound as Channel 5 series returns
What's the story? World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys. Tell me more. The much-beloved Channel 5 documentary series, narrated by the dulcet tones of Bill Nighy, returns for a sixth outing. Celebrating breath-taking and beautiful train routes
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Wellbeing: Antiques Roadshow's Ronnie Archer-Morgan: Growing up in care saved my life
As he teams up with Action for Children, Ronnie Archer-Morgan tells Abi Jackson how his love for art and antiques traces back to his childhood. Fans of Antiques Roadshow will already be familiar with Ronnie Archer-Morgan's fascination with artworks
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TV: Joanna Scanlan stars in new thriller Y Golau
Bafta award-winning actress Joanna Scanlan enjoys a challenge. Best known for her starring roles in The Thick Of It, The Larkins and Notes On A Scandal, the 60-year-old actress' latest project, Welsh psychological thriller Y Golau, proved to be
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Garden of the week: Follow fragrant footsteps of an American hero in Arbigland House
Arbigland House and Gardens Kirkbean Dumfries and Galloway DG2 8BQ Why We Should Visit Arbigland House is a classic Georgian mansion in a beautiful setting, overlooking the Solway Firth and with distant views of the Lake District fells
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Scots lab to discover whether algae can cure all ills
By Kara Kennedy THEY are microscopic single-cell organisms at the very base of the food chain and hard to spot with the naked eye. They can be used to grow food or make air, mop up human waste and even be converted into fuel. They’re
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Gardening: What not to miss at this year's Chelsea Flower Show
Native plants, rewilding designs, sustainability features and even a melting ice sculpture will be among the highlights, says Hannah Stephenson. The horticultural showstopper of the year, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, is almost here - returning to its
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Gardening with Dave Allan: Forget petrol, electric tools are way forward
Electric garden tools are the sustainable way forward. I enjoy the peace of the garden, hearing the burbling burn and enjoying the endlessly singing bids and buzzing pollinators. It’s certainly better than a mower’s dull intrusive moan competing
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Scots Word of the Week: Blooter
BLOOTER BLOOTER has various meanings in Scots. The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) covers these with some of the following definitions: “filth in a liquid state”; “a coarse blundering fellow”; “a senseless talker”; “a badly executed and
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Hearts 1 Rangers 3: Ibrox youngsters steal the show as home side sweat over Boyce
RANGERS showed that the future is bright with a 3-1 win over third-placed Hearts at Tynecastle. Goals from Cedric Itten and youngsters Alex Lowry – involved in all three goals – and Cole McKinnon were enough to brush aside the home side, as Rangers
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Alok Sharma: 'The window to meet Glasgow COP26 targets is closing fast':
THE fragile target of keeping global temperatures to a 1.5C rise, agreed at November’s Glasgow COP26 climate change summit, remains “alive,” Alok Sharma, the COP President, has insisted but he warned the window of time to keep it so was “closing fast
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Books: Sara Cox on sisterhood, working with brilliant women and getting grumpy with her husband
The broadcaster talks to Hannah Stephenson about female friendship, and why it forms the heart of her debut novel. Radio and TV presenter Sara Cox clearly loves a bit of sisterhood. The bubbly, Bolton-born presenter is relishing working among
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Ukraine says Russian troops are withdrawing from around Kharkiv
Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after weeks of heavy bombardment, the Ukrainian military said as the two sides engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s east. Ukraine’s general staff said the Russians
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Dundee confirm Mark McGhee will leave club after relegation to Championship
DUNDEE have confirmed Mark McGhee will not have his contract renewed after the club dropped into the Championship. The club were officially relegated from the top-flight in midweek after St Johnstone triumphed over Aberdeen. McGhee had previously
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The Beresford Hotel: Glasgow's first skyscraper – and an Art Deco classic
Words: Juan Pedro Gonzalez de Sousa THIS must be one of Glasgow's most striking Art Deco buildings – and surely the only one with a link, however tenuous, to the Red Road flats. The Beresford Hotel was built in 1938 for £170,000 as a statement
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Police probe after man stabbed by teenagers outside Glasgow's Queens Park
Police have launched an investigation after a man was stabbed outside a busy park on Glasgow’s Southside. Detectives are appealing for witnesses after the man was attacked by a group of teenagers at Queens Park in the city. The incident
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Robert McNeil: More people are coming back from the dead now. Who knew?
AFTERLIFE news, and international researchers at several universities have set out a standard definition for Near-Death Experiences and guidelines for studying them. The move – by experts at Harvard, New York, California, King’s College London,
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Treat yourself: Enjoy National Doughnut Week
Tantrum Doughnuts, Glasgow Every doughnut fan in the West is aware of these guys. It was founded in 2015, and they now have two Glasgow locations as well as a bakery. Their signature brioche doughnuts take 16 hours to prove, and their best-selling
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Galleries/Events: From Tyrannosaurus Rex to the story of Hamilton Mausoleum
Drawing 14 May - 26 June. Free. Fidra Fine Art, 7-8 Stanley Road, Main Street, Gullane, EH31 2AD A new exhibition devoted to the art of drawing takes places at this East Lothian gallery. It will be showcasing 20 rarely seen works, right, from
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Lesley Duncan: Poem of the week
These lyrical snippets by Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) come from a book of English translations of the great writer’s poetry given to me by his son Evgeny, whom I met In Moscow in 1991, at the time of glasnost. Evgeny had given up his career as an engineer
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Ex-armed response officer reveals ‘excruciating’ fight against Police Scotland
A former armed response officer awarded almost £1 million by Police Scotland over victimisation has said that no amount of compensation will “ever make up for the pain or sacrifices” she made. Rhona Malone said she had been through an “excruciating
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Christopher Jack: Why it's not been easy to follow Rangers
THEY are on their way. Seville is bracing itself for a red, white and blue invasion and Rangers are preparing for their shot at glory. Be it by train, plane or automobile, tens of thousands will make the pilgrimage to the Europa League final. Alongside
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Agenda: The BBC and Ukraine: the case for uncomfortable honesty
By George Fergusson I AM a fan of the BBC and lament the attacks on it from across the political spectrum. I am a particular fan of its reporting from Ukraine, which has been vivid, full and brave, as has much of the media. But, holding the BBC
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Rebekah Vardy's week: 'Coleen Rooney makes Regina in Mean Girls seem like Mary Poppins'
As imagined by Brian Beacom YES, I appreciate the first question you want to know about the Wagatha Christie trial is ‘Rebekah, did that pigeon s*** which you said Coleen Rooney regularly drops on your head somehow seep into your brain?’ You
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Raw nature, near misses and sleeping in a bat cave: Gordon Buchanan charts 30 years in the wild
ASK Gordon Buchanan about his most memorable wildlife encounters and he is spoiled for choice – perhaps no surprise after three decades of adventures that have taken the presenter and filmmaker to almost every corner of the globe. There was his
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From James Bond to Citizen Kane, the week's best TV films
Film of the week Thursday Casino Royale, ITV4, 9pm In 2006, in an attempt to add pep to a film series grown tired and stale, James Bond franchise owners Eon Productions handed the keys to the Aston Martin to a relative unknown, Daniel Craig
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Camley’s Cartoon: More Partygate fines
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the police issuing more Downing Street Partygate fines on May 14, 2022. Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 7000. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our
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Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf condemn Israeli police attack at journalist's funeral
Nicola Sturgeon and Health secretary Humza Yousaf have strongly criticised Israeli security forces who beat mourners carrying the coffin of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh through the streets of Jerusalem. The First Minister
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Why Rangan Chatterjee believes we could solve many health problems by becoming happier
AMONG the memories that GP and presenter Dr Rangan Chatterjee shares with me about his time spent in Edinburgh, where he is due to give a talk about his latest book next week, revolves around a phone call he received from his mother one night, while
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Herald View: Ferries fiasco merits a public inquiry; and a new home for the Edinburgh book festival
AND still, remarkably, the CalMac ferries debate drags on, each week bringing forth an unappetising new detail. Earlier this week a “missing” critical email suddenly materialised, moments before a key debate. In the Holyrood chamber, Willie Rennie
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Ferries fiasco: £1m paid for Nicola Sturgeon's launch of ship that hasn't sailed five years on
A 'MILESTONE' payment of more than £1m was paid to a Scottish shipyard the day after Nicola Sturgeon launched a new ferry that remains unseaworthy and languishing in the yard to this day, it can be revealed. The £1.2m launch payment was made to
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David Leask: After Brexit debacle, the boffins are back. What now for Scotland’s public intellectuals?
BOFFINS, they’re back. Kinda. Climate change, Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine and especially Covid have all reminded many of us how much we need to hear from people who know what they are talking about. It was just before the referendum on leaving
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£18 for a starter? Can this place live up to its promise? Ron Mackenna's restaurant review
“NOW,” the waiter says expectantly, “would you like to video this?” His hand hovers ready to theatrically whip a glass lid from what looks like a toffee apple with wisps of smoke encircling it. Four heads turn towards him, four mouths move as one
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Brian Taylor: Set aside the Queen’s speech – Scotland’s future will be determined by the people of Scotland
THE Crown, the robes, Black Rod, the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition obliged to indulge in awkward social badinage as they head for “another place” to hear the gracious speech. The ceremonial attendant upon the State Opening of Parliament
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Issue of the day: Little Miss Muffet goes vegan
UPDATED versions of classic nursery rhymes such as Baa Baa Black Sheep and Little Miss Muffet have been released to "remove insensitive language”, be more “animal friendly” and discourage “speciesism”. What’s happened? In a move branded
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Herald Diary: Did The Doors and The Damned play Dundee?
Sport for all SO the stripey green and white footy team won the league again. Or was it the non-stripey blue chaps who bagged the title? It was one or the other, at any rate. Isn’t it always? Scottish football isn’t exactly known for its infinite
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Unspun: the political diary
Honest to a fault MILLIONAIRE Tory donor and wholly coincidental Tory peer and Scotland Office minister Malcolm Offord made a rare public appearance on BBC Scotland’s Debate Night on Wednesday. Joining in with the mood of the rest of the panel,
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Kevin McKenna: Little seems to separate Sturgeon and Johnson in decency and ethics
AND now the week’s most predictable development: Nicola Sturgeon is to host a summit of women’s groups in Scotland to discuss abortion rights. Last week the First Minister couldn’t bring herself to define what a ‘woman’ is. Perhaps she could sub-contract
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Alison Rowat's TV review: The Andrew Neil Show; Love Life; Darren McGarvey's Addictions; Britain's Top Takeaways; Ozark
YOU win some you lose some, you lose an Andrew you gain an Andrew. That is the state of play on Sundays now that Andy Marr has left the BBC for LBC and his fellow Scot has put that GB News unpleasantness behind him for The Andrew Neil Show (Channel
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Scotland's Covid Memorial opening: a time to join together
A POIGNANT ceremony is to be held to mark the official opening of the first phase of Scotland’s Covid Memorial just weeks after reaching the fundraising target. The special event in Glasgow’s Pollok Country Park is a significant moment in the journey
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Scots Queen's Jubilee pudding finalist hopes for Balmoral call up
THE Scots finalist of the Queen’s Platinum Pudding contest might have lost out on being crowned the winner, but is ready to head to Balmoral if she is asked. Susan Gardner, from Argyll and Bute, flew the flag for Scotland as one of five finalists
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Alison Rowat's TV preview: The Prince's Master Crafters; Spreadsheet; The Airport: Back in the Skies
As calls to the barricades go, it’s hardly French Revolution standard, but there is no doubting Jim Moir’s enthusiasm as he introduces The Prince’s Master Crafters: the Next Generation (Sky Arts, free to view, Wednesday, 8pm). Speaking in defence
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Brian Donnelly: Fury over Johnson jobs bloodbath amid British empire collapse
THE prospect of a national strike that could bring the already limping UK grinding to a halt is another psychological blow to businesses and homes struggling to balance the books. The call by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for Jacob Rees-Mogg to
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KultraLab secures £2m for Scottish growth
London-headquartered KultraLab is opening a new "product hub" in Edinburgh in a move that will double its workforce with the creation of 25 jobs. The company, which uses behavioural science and artificial intelligence (AI) to help build better
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Loyalty pays for ex-Rangers & Hibs star Jamie Murphy in move to Mansfield Town to reunite with Nigel Clough
WHEN Brian Clough was a manager he had a penchant for signing players that he knew well. Take John McGovern, the Scottish midfielder from Montrose who first encountered the legendary Clough at Hartlepool, then followed him to Derby County, on to an
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Keith Brooks: Surging inflation is major contributor to uncertainty in the investment world
Keith Brooks It is fair to say that for many people around the country the subject of investment is probably not their highest priority at the moment given the cost-of-living-crisis and, whatever your current financial situation, it is having an
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Glasgow Labour challenger 'confident' he has votes to replace Cunning
Councillor George Redmond says he has the votes to replace Malcolm Cunning as leader of the Labour group on Glasgow City Council. The veteran elected representative - who stood down in 2017 but who was re-elected last week in the city's Calton
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Letters: Culture of secrecy shows Holyrood is not fit for purpose
IT has been apparent for some time that the parliamentary system at Holyrood is not working at all well. The recent exchanges about the ferries fiasco have demonstrated this clearly ("Swinney denies he gave the ‘final nod’ to Calmac contract", The
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On the Radio: Did Radiohead predict the future on OK Computer?
IF I’M honest, I still think Radiohead peaked on their second album The Bends. However, this is, if Archive on 4 (Radio 4, Saturday) is to be believed, a minority position. It’s the band’s third album, 1997’s OK Computer, which is seen as the key text
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Mystery as investigation launched into 'very unusual' level of newborn baby deaths in Scotland
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into a "very unusual" spike in deaths among newborn babies in Scotland for the second time in just six months. The alarm was raised after 18 infants died within four weeks of birth in March, causing the mortality
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Fear, ambivalence, or infection: Why have so few under-12s had the Covid vaccine?
THEY were the last age group to be offered Covid vaccinations, and uptake has been notably sluggish. Just 18 per cent of boys and girls aged five to 11 in Scotland have received a first dose of Covid vaccine since the rollout was extended to all
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Training with para team helps me to find my cycling legs
AS the Para riders wrap up in Belgium and travel 6 hours to Elzach in the black forest for the second round of the UCI World Cup, I move from Ostend to Bruges to work on finding my cycling legs. Inspired and motivated from last week’s racing,
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On the Radar: Charlie XCX, Jack Lowden and Don Giovanni
EXHIBITION A Blink of Ink: The Creative World of Jill Calder, Park Gallery, Callendar House, Falkirk Proof that the craft of the illustrator is alive and well and thriving in Scotland. Jill Calder has spent the last 30 years drawing. She has
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Review finds councils ‘massively underestimate’carbon footprints
Exclusive By Paul Dobson SCOTTISH local authorities are “massively underestimating” their carbon footprints, after an external review of one council’s climate pollution saw its reported emissions quadruple in one year. East Renfrewshire
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Glasgow’s COP26 deal ‘very much alive’ despite Ukraine war
Exclusive By Michael Settle THE fragile target of keeping global temperatures to a 1.5C rise, agreed at last November’s Glasgow COP26 climate change summit, remains “alive,” COP President Alok Sharma has insisted but he warned the window of
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Can algae be the key to the future?
THEY are microscopic single-cell organisms at the very base of the food chain and hard to spot with the naked eye. They can be used to grow food or make air, mop up human waste and even be converted into fuel. They’re in smoothies to make them
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Glasgow: Fish and chip shop business expands
By Ian McConnell National fish and chip shop supplier and fast-food wholesaler T.Quality is expanding its Scottish business and creating jobs with a move into a redeveloped 22,540 sq ft logistics unit at Hillington Park, after acquiring Glasgow-based
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Fashion chief executive and Scottish corporate veteran takes up board role
By Ian McConnell PETER Wood, chief executive of global fashion brands AllSaints and John Varvatos, has joined the board of the British Retail Consortium as a non-executive director. Mr Wood, who was chief financial officer at Scottish businesses
