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Shootings and political inaction a tragic rhythm to American life
Insight and analysis on stories from across the world by Foreign Editor David Pratt United States: Shootings and political inaction a tragic rhythm to American life It has become grimly familiar. Even far from the United States, the place names
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Whisky wars as English vie for single malt market share
The golden barley ripples in the breeze and just a short distance away the bespoke copper stills begin the gentle process of turning grain into the water of life. Distilled twice, the nectar, once suitably matured, emerges from its cask to deliver
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Marathon challenge for grieving mother on a special mission
By Maureen Sugden WHEN baby Eva Hopper was stillborn four years ago, within only weeks of her due date, her parents’ world was naturally turned upside down. And among the overwhelming grief was the shock of learning how many other parents go
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Boris prays his big bazooka bid pays off in votes
AS U-turns go, it was the most dramatic to date. Which is saying something. Boris Johnson is now relying on “bazookering” the cost-of-living crisis with higher taxes and more spending. That most fiscal of Conservatives, Rishi Sunak, couldn’t bring
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Wordle 344 May 29: Wordle word hints and today’s answer
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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Edinburgh coach Stevie Lawrie praises Pierre Schoeman for demonstrating what world class looks like
EDINBURGH forwards coach Stevie Lawrie has praised Pierre Schoeman for demonstrating to his team-mates what world-class looks like, and he has backed the talismanic loose-head prop to play the full 80-minutes if required against a formidable Stormers
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Danny Wilson urges Glasgow Warriors fans to stick with team despite poor run
DANNY WILSON has urged disenchanted Glasgow Warriors fans to view the 2021-22 season in its entirety, and not get caught up in the team’s deeply disappointing recent run of results. He says he understands why supporters are frustrated with recent
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Daniil Medvedev wants to be on top of the world again
Daniil Medvedev has his sights set on returning to the world number one spot after his first reign at the top lasted just a fortnight. The 26-year-old revealed he even Googled ‘shortest time as world number one’ after Novak Djokovic reclaimed his
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Drummond Castle Gardens: One of the grandest in Scotland
Drummond Castle Gardens Muthill Crieff PH7 4HN Why Should We Visit Drummond Castle is home to one of Scotland’s oldest and grandest gardens. It sits at the foot of a rocky outcrop, watched over by Drummond Castle, which has occupied
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Wellbeing: Dianne Buswell on the power of breathing, cold showers, and looking like herself - and no one else
From jumping into ice-cold water to falling a terrifying 500 feet from a bridge in sub-zero conditions in the Italian mountains, Dianne Buswell calls her time on BBC's Freeze The Fear With Wim Hof "really quite life changing". The flame-haired
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Charles Leclerc delights home crowd with pole position for Monaco Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc delighted his home crowd by securing pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver, born and raised on Monte Carlo’s famous streets, held his nerve to deliver an almighty lap under pressure as team-mate Carlos Sainz
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Gardening: What trends will come out of this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show?
Designers offer their predictions after seeing what's on display at the horticultural event of the year. By Hannah Stephenson. Naturalistic landscapes, pollinator plants and sustainability are all trends that are likely to take off after the RHS
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Efforts being made to break Russian blockade and ‘avert global food crisis’, says PM
Boris Johnson has committed to working with Western allies to break the Russian “despicable blockade” on Ukrainian ports, in an effort to "avert a global food crisis”. The Prime Minister spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday
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Russia takes small cities as it aims to widen battle in east Ukraine
Russia has claimed to have captured a small Ukrainian city on a key railway junction as Moscow's forces fight to seize all of the country’s contested Donbas region. Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov confirmed the capture of the
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Galleries and Exhibition: Byrne baby, Byrne...plus see a Mary, Queen of Scots treasure
Spring Fling 2-5 June. Free. Across Dumfries and Galloway. Scotland’s most southerly artists, right, are opening the doors of the studios for Spring Fling 2022, sharing their love of life in the remote beauty of the Rhins of Galloway. The three
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Eating and Drinking: Celebrate the Queen's Jubilee in style
Scotland has a number of events planned to commemorate the Queen's 70th reign, ranging from street parties to special events. The Register Club, Edinburgh The Queen's Jubilee Afternoon Tea at The Register Club on St Andrew Square will undoubtedly
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Food: Josh Katz on the difficulties of growing your own produce, and loving veg later in life
The Berber & Q chef tells Prudence Wade about falling in love with vegetables - with some help from his old boss, Yotam Ottolenghi. Like many people, the pandemic made chef Josh Katz want to go back to basics. He even relocated from London to Ibiza
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Author Adriana Trigiani on how crashing a Glasgow wedding inspired her wartime novel
ADRIANA TRIGIANI, AUTHOR AND FILMMAKER Where is it? St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow. Why do you go there? I was directing a movie in Scotland and had a weekend to walk around Glasgow. I made a list. I began the day at St Andrew's Cathedral
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Tom Cruise feels the need for speed in high-flying sequel Top Gun: Maverick
TOP GUN: MAVERICK (12A) Opening with the familiar beats and chimes of Harold Faltermeyer's electronic score to Tony Scott's 1986 film and the tub-thumping battle cry of Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone as fighter jets take off from an aircraft carrier
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Motoring: What is the new Range Rover Sport going up against?
As the latest generation of dynamic SUV arrives, Jack Evans takes a look at its main rivals. The new Range Rover Sport is here, with this new generation of dynamic SUV debuting an edgy new look, as well as a luxurious but high-tech interior.
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No emergency Sunday timetable but Scots should expect cancelled services
ScotRail has yet to organise an emergency Sunday timetable and has instead warned passengers to plan for cancellations tomorrow. The nationalised rail operator brought out a revised timetable scrapping around 700 services amid a shortage of train
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Senior Republicans' claims at NRA rally called into question
Senior Republicans including former US president Donald Trump have addressed the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Texas - the same state which saw 19 children and two adults killed by a teenage gunman at an elementary school this
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Drug consumption rooms are ‘fairly normal’, says Labour MSP
A Labour MSP campaigning for safe drug consumption rooms to be legalised in Scotland said the facilities are “fairly normal” in other parts of the world. Earlier this week, Scotland's Drugs Policy Minister admitted she could not persuade the UK
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Kara Kennedy: Surely the Queen transcends politics - even in Scotland?
AS A 20-something woman from a small former mining village in Wales, I’m an unlikely candidate to love the royal family. They’re expensive, out of touch and to the average person, it doesn’t look like they do very much. I’m not blind to this. But for
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Roman Abramovich: Being part of Chelsea has been the honour of a lifetime
Outgoing owner Roman Abramovich says it has been an “honour of a lifetime” to be part of Chelsea as he prepares to hand over to Todd Boehly. The Premier League club confirmed an agreement to sell to US magnate Boehly and expect the transaction
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Japanese terror group founder freed after serving 20-year sentence
Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the terrorist group Japanese Red Army, has apologised for hurting innocent people upon her released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence. Speaking in Tokyo alongside her daughter Mei, she said: "I feel strongly
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13 dead, three missing after torrential rains in southern China
At least 13 people have died in torrential rains across southern China, state media has reported. Eight died in two building collapses from landslides in Fujian province, near China's east coast, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday
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Obituary: Ezra Golombok, ‘Idealist, maverick and loner’ who edited the Jewish Echo
Born: August 22, 1922; Died: April 9, 2022. EZRA Golombok, who published and edited the Glasgow-based Jewish Echo newspaper for over 40 years, has died at the age of 99 after a short illness. Even after the newspaper had to close due to
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Another man charged in connection of death of man outside his home
A teenager has been charged in connection with the death of a man in North Lanarkshire. Samuel Hamilton was found seriously injured outside his home in Bellshill around 11.30pm on May 18, 2022. Emergency services were called but the 56-year-old
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Poem of the week: For all those who must down to the seas again
John Masefield (1878-1967) ran away to sea as a teenager but was not deterred by sea-sickness from a lyrical devotion to it. This much loved poem, written about the time of Debussy’s great orchestral piece, La Mer, was itself set masterfully to
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Pope Francis and church leaders to make ‘historic’ visit to South Sudan
Pope Francis will join the Archbishop of Canterbury and the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on a “historic” peace pilgrimage to South Sudan. Taking place in July, the religious leaders have been invited by President
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Gardening: Six expert tips to get your garden summer ready on a budget
Want your garden to look blooming marvellous this summer, without breaking the bank? Vicky Shaw finds out how. Gardens are bursting into life as the weather gets warmer, making now the perfect time to do some groundwork to get your outdoor space
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Robert McNeil: Experts! Leave us alone to watch the TV in peace
IT’S time to stand up for yourself. Or so they’re telling us. In a new bid to stop us sitting doon, we’re told to reduce our telly-watching to less than an hour a day. That’s a third of the average movie these days. Cambridge Yooni researchers
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Paul Young: It all goes to show that music is still my first love
As the 80s hit-maker tours the UK, he reflects on his years in the spotlight, Band Aid and the lessons he learned along the way. Paul Young reigned during the 1980s. With his mop of glossy hair, tight jeans and roguish charm, he looked the part
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Books: Missing Bridgerton? Then why not pick up A Lady's Guide To Fortune-Hunting...
Fiction 1. A Lady's Guide To Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin is published in hardback by HarperCollins, priced £14.99 (ebook £7.99). The diamond of the season, A Lady's Guide To Fortune-Hunting is a Regency-style romcom with all the classic
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The Herald – now with more food than ever
THERE is no doubt that times are hard for most of us so we need to make the most of simple pleasures. And what could be more simple, more elemental, than food? You may have noticed that The Herald Magazine has increased the amount of space we are
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A long and winding road: three years on, Stranger Things returns
When Stranger Things creators Ross and Matt Duffer announced in February that season four would finally air in two ‘volumes’ in May and July, they did it in a form appropriate to the smash sci-fi show’s 1980s setting and style – a typewritten letter
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Rishi Sunak's Week: Isn't my windfall tax a great idea? At least for Boris...
As imagined by Brian Beacom HO, Ho, Ho. Yes, it’s Santa Sunak here. No red suit, just Savile Row suit and schoolboy-short trousers, but it’s jingle bells time at the tills again. I know I said last month it was ‘silly’ to provide more help
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Mother ‘self-disconnected’ gas supply amid rising energy costs, charity says
A mother “self disconnected” the gas supply to her home due to surging energy prices, an anti-poverty charity has claimed. Kirsty McKechnie, from Child Poverty in Action Group Scotland, said the woman was still being hit with a standing charge
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Cameron Norrie squanders 16 break points in French Open loss to Karen Khachanov
Cameron Norrie squandered 16 break points as his bid to reach the second week of a grand slam for the first time bit the dust on the clay of Roland Garros. The British singles contingent will all be home before the postcards after Norrie, the only
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From Cat People to Wild Rose, the pick of the week's TV films
Saturday May 28 The Goonies, Channel 5, 3.05pm Produced by Steven Spielberg, directed by Richard Donner and a huge influence on season one of Stranger Things, this much-loved 1985 family adventure follows a gang of youngsters who spy a chance
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Herald View: Johnson deserves to pay a heavy price for partygate
WHEN ministers continually press the line that it is time to “move on” from a particular topic, voters need no extraordinary gifts of perception to understand that it is one that does the government no favours, and probably one where they’ve already
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Period products locator app hits milestone of more than 1,000 locations
Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison has hailed an “important” milestone for a mobile app which helps people find free period products across Scotland. The PickUpMyPeriod locator app has now linked to more than 1,000 places across the country
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On the Radar: Finley Quaye, Patrick Kielty, Angel Olsen and degree shows
MUSIC Finley Quaye, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Wednesday and Oran Mor, Glasgow, Thursday The return of Scottish pop’s lost boy. Celebrating a quarter of a century since the release of his debut album Maverick A Strike, the Edinburgh-born musician
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Tory MP accuses PM of misleading Parliament over partygate
Boris Johnson has been accused of misleading Parliament by one of his own MPs as discontent among Tories grows after the Sue Gray report. Conservative MPs Sir Bob Neil and Alicia Kears both question the Prime Minister's insistence in Parliament
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Herald View: Covid memorial garden is a place of reflection for us all
From little acorns, great oaks grow. That has proven the case with The Herald’s campaign to provide a memorial garden to mark the pandemic, which has come to fruition and was officially opened yesterday by the Deputy First Minister, John Swinney.
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Latest MRI scan forces me to confront own mortality and raises questions I never knew I needed to ask
THE streets outside are alive as I sit in an empty hospital waiting room. It is like crossing over into another world again. I ease myself into a chair directly opposite a large door. It separates me from the MRI machine. The noise is
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Alison Rowat's TV review: Silent Witness; George Clarke's Flipping Fast: Grayson's Art Club; Scotland - the Passion of the Play-Offs
CONGRATULATIONS to Silent Witness (BBC1, Monday-Tuesday), back for its 25th series, with particular props to all those slab boys and girls who have gamely played corpses down the years without corpsing. To mark the anniversary, Amanda Burton was
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Camley's Cartoon: Rail timetabling takes centre stage
Our cartoonist Steve Camley on rail timetabling woes. ramed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 7000. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our website thepicturedesk.co.uk.
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David Leask: So you think politics isn't a real job? You are wrong
THEY are wheeling and they are dealing. Across Scotland right now a thousand or so councillors, old and new, are building coalitions, making compromises and setting priorities. Some of us like to think of local government as something straightforward
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£70 for a steak? It's worth every penny, says restaurant reviewer Ron Mackenna
Chateau X Glasgow TIMINGS will turn out to be an occasional issue at Chateau X, like when we have eaten half our sides before our steak even turns up. But what a steak. A seared, caramelised hunk of Côte de Boeuf sliced across the grain
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Big Read: Identity politics may not be as clear-cut as we think
Scottish politics used to be so classy, or so at least many of us thought so. There was an old and firm idea that the better-off backed the Conservatives and the poorest, Labour. The theory was not without merit. Sure, voters were never as
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Letters: The PM’s job is done – it's time to let someone else take over
UNTIL now I thought that Partygate should take second place to big national and world events, especially as Boris Johnson seemed to be handling them well. But I fear his energy-cost support response has been driven more by Partygate than a real sense
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Herald Diary: Was Fifty Shades of Grey really about the Scottish summer?
Nordic no-no ABBA are back performing live! Actually, what me meant to say is ABBA are back performing live… kinda. The ‘kinda’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. For what’s actually happening is that the Scandinavian super(trouper)group are
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Kevin McKenna: Nicola Sturgeon: the good, the bad and the ugly
TWO anecdotes, gathered in the last week, seemed to define the opposing extremes that characterise the reign of Nicola Sturgeon. A friend, whose own leadership skills have graced corporate boardrooms across the globe, had observed Scotland’s First
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Unspun: the political diary
Flexible fiend WE knew Douglas ‘Rubberman’ Ross was flexible when it came to Boris Johnson’s survival, but it seems the Scottish Tory leader has even more elastic principles than we thought. After the Sue Gray report was published in all its gory
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Issue of the day: US controversy as the word 'chief' faces being banned
THE term ‘chief’ is no longer to be used in relation to swathes of jobs in parts of America because of concerns it is offensive to Native Americans. Chief? It is a word we are well accustomed to that has become part of common parlance
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Brian Taylor: Douglas Ross tops partygate's collateral damage list
WHAT a do, eh? What – A – do! A bit of House Music. Really rowdy, really lively. Then on to a private bash at the ’22! Didn’t get home until……oh, who knows when?! The ’22? Is that a club? In a way. In a way. Well, all parties have an aftermath
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In pictures: Scotland's Covid Memorial official opening
SCOTLAND’S Covid memorial has officially opened in Glasgow's Pollok Country Park following an emotional ceremony. While the First Minister is herself recovering from Covid, it fell to Deputy First Minister John Swinney to open the memorial at an
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Scotland's Covid Memorial: how it all began
IT WAS a question asked as Scotland was beginning to emerge from the first national lockdown: how do we remember this? In an article in The Herald, Reverend Neil Galbraith, minister for Cathcart Old Parish Church in Glasgow, asked that very question
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Silent memorial walk brought families together at Pollok Country Park
They walked in silence and perhaps this was a time when no words were required, but instead they were united in their grief after losing loved ones during the pandemic. Bereaved relatives Connie McCready, Peter McMahon and Carolyn Murdoch led the
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Scottish and UK arts ministers clash over definition of ‘British culture’
NADINE Dorries has been asked to define “British” in a row over the UK Government’s plans to create a “new golden age of British TV." Angus Robertson, the Scottish Culture Secretary has written to his counterpart in Westminster, to express “serious
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Hotel opening hit as building material costs double
HOTEL owners revamping and expanding their properties have been faced with doubling costs for basic materials such as steel and plasterboard. It has prompted one Scottish hotel group to set up its own workshop as it fits out its next premises,
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Where to buy Loopring in the UK
In this guide, we will tell you everything related to Loopring crypto coins. We tell you where to buy Loopring in the UK 2022 and how to buy LRC token. We also go over the reasons to buy Loopring as well as the risks to investing in the token today
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SNP avoids radical policies to boost independence cause, claims Dugdale
The SNP's pursuit of independence has slowed progress in eradicating health inequalities, according to Scottish Labour's former leader. Kezia Dugdale said a reluctance to implement progressive policies that "have winners and losers" was hampering
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Tim Wishart: Volatility pervades but opportunities are there for investors willing to look
By Tim Wishart In 2008, the financial world went through a period of extreme change: the combination of the financial disaster and the extraordinary shift in central banks’ actions ensured investment life would never be the same again. The
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Irn-Bru maker AG Barr hit by pay revolt at AGM
By Scott Wright IRN-BRU maker AG Barr has promised to “consult and engage” shareholders after it was hit by a significant rebellion from investors over directors’ pay at its annual general meeting in Glasgow yesterday. More than 25 per cent
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Hundreds of thousands yet to return census by final weekend
MORE than 400,000 households have yet to return their census forms with only one weekend left until the extended deadline expires. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) said there had been more than 2m online completions and a further 250,000
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Analysis: The health prevention puzzle that government can't solve
Health outcomes have been transformed over the past few decades. Smoking rates have halved in Scotland (encouragingly less young people are taking it up) which has been credited for contributing to a 74% decrease in heart attacks. Cancer outcomes
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Brian Donnelly: Nicola Sturgeon's Indyref2 property market threat
THE prospect of Indyref2 could give the property market recovery a dent. There is still a lack of clarity over the timetable for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s referendum bill and that in itself could arguably be enough to prompt investors to
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Where to buy Bitcoin in the UK
In this guide, we will tell you everything related to Bitcoin cryptocurrency. We tell you where to buy Bitcoin in the UK 2022 and how to buy BTC tokens. We also go over the reasons to buy Bitcoin as well as the risks to investing in the leading cryptocurrency
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Alison Rowat's TV preview: Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry; Big Antique Adventure with Susan Calman
Professor Hannah Fry introduces herself on her website as a “mathematician, science presenter and all-round badass”. If badass means having a gift for making numbers understandable, then the 38-year-old is a badass and then some, as anyone who
