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What is today's Framed? June 19 movie hints and answer
If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed. Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. The game sees a
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What is today's Heardle? June 19 song hints and answer
If you've had enough of the daily brainteaser, Wordle, shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle. If you're anything like us, you've been agonising over the New York Times' mind-bender for months now. Described as "a respectful homage
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What is today's Quordle? June 19 word puzzle hints and answer
Calling all Wordle fans, if you're looking for a new daily brain teaser look no further than Quordle. Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle and you've got the Film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. Described
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What is today’s Wordle? June 19 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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South America tour will be 'pivotal moment' for Scotland squad, reckons Grant Gilchrist
GRANT Gilchrist believes that the next few weeks in South America will constitute “a pivotal moment” for the Scotland squad as they bid to put a disappointing Six Nations Championship behind them and start to build momentum towards the next Rugby
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Craig Brown on Scotland's striker problem - and how to fix it
THERE is more than one reason for Scotland’s failure to reach the World Cup finals in Qatar but the lack of even one dependable game-changing goalscorer would be close to the top of the list. Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn, who has 13 goals
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Late Freddie Burns drop-goal sees Leicester celebrate ninth Premiership title
Leicester won their ninth Gallagher Premiership title after sinking Saracens 15-12 in a pulsating final at Twickenham. Freddie Burns’ drop-goal with 20 seconds of normal time remaining saw Leicester home. Saracens’ hopes of completing a stunning
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Wine with Gerard Richardson: Chenin Blanc
Twas a bit of a surprise to find out that there’s such a thing as Chenin Blanc day, but I guess the old girl deserves one for its tenacity at least. Its always been a curious grape with dedicated fans and lots of detractors, particularly when faced
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Naomi Osaka pulls out of Wimbledon with Achilles injury
Naomi Osaka is set to miss Wimbledon due to an Achilles injury. The 24-year-old Japanese has not played since a first-round exit at the French Open and had already said her Wimbledon participation was in doubt due to the tournament’s lack of ranking
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Glasgow Warriors 24 Edinburgh 26: Two late tries swings game on a six-pence
TWO late tries for Edinburgh scored by Nyle Godsmark and Jason Baggott – both created by midfield breaks from Dom Coetzer – swung this game on a six-pence, securing a narrow capital win at the end of a fiercely contested and entertaining Super6 pro-alignment
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Veterans gather in Edinburgh to commemorate 40th anniversary of Falklands victory
Falklands veterans and their families gathered in Edinburgh on Saturday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the conflict. The undeclared war lasted for 10 weeks from April 2 until June 14 1982, after Argentina invaded the occupied
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Eddie Nketiah signs new long-term contract at Arsenal
Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah has ended speculation about his future by signing a new long-term contract at the Emirates Stadium, the Premier League club have announced. The 23-year-old, who has been with the Gunners since the age of 14, had been
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Scots Word of the Week: Skinnymalink, skinnymalinky
SKINNYMALINK, SKINNYMALINKY “Skinnymalinky long legs, umberellae feet”, as the old children’s rhyme goes. The term first appears in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) to describe “a thin skinny person or animal; an emaciated creature”
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Books: From fantastical children's books to heart-rending memoirs, take a look at what's new this week...
Fiction Vladimir Julia May Jonas Picador, £14.99 (ebook £12.99) Vladimir is an interesting take on the #MeToo movement - told not from the perspective of the survivor or victim, but from someone else. Our narrator is an English professor
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Gardening with Dave Allan: How to enjoy repeated crops of strawberries and beat viruses
Enjoying a later than usual strawberry harvest prompts me to plan for next year’s succulent goodies. There are three options: keep plants fit and healthy so they’ll offer more of the same next year; take runners to give you free plants; or buy
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Theatre: Mrs Brown is back on the road with live show
BACK in the Seventies and Eighties, we couldn’t get enough of fake breasts, Judy Plum wigs and support hose so thick they could easily turn the fan belt on a tractor. Yes, we loved our comedians who loved to drag up and make us laugh; Dick Emery
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Calls for SNP's Ian Blackford to step down over "absolute, full support" of shamed Patrick Grady
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has been called on to step down after it was reported he and MPs from the party’s group offered their “absolute, full support” to shamed Patrick Grady. The Scottish Conservatives said that Mr Blackford “cannot
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Wellbeing: Joe Wicks on how spending less time on his phone has made him a better dad
It's been an emotionally exhausting month for Joe Wicks. But, as he tells Abi Jackson, he's in a good place with lots to be excited about. Joe Wicks is doing "absolutely fantastic" right now. He's just come home from taking part in the Queen's
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Food: Jeremy Pang on the humble wok, and why it's so important we use it correctly
The TV chef chats to Lauren Taylor about the humble wok, and why it's so important we use it correctly. A wok is something many of us have in our kitchen cupboards - and yet most people don't really know how to use it, says Jeremy Pang. The
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Slainte! 10 of Scotland's best country beer gardens
Rowardennan Hotel, Loch Lomond Sitting on the eastern bank of Loch Lomond, Rowardennan Hotel is in the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. On the West Highland Way and at the foot of Ben Lomond, it is great for walkers wanting to quench their thirst.
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Boris Johnson says Ukraine ‘deserves’ to host Eurovision next year
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he hopes Ukraine will be able to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, saying the country’s people “deserve to have it”. The BBC is in talks with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) about hosting the
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Agenda: We need to get real if we are to restore civic pride
By John F Crawford A READER recently recounted a holiday in Spain where he’d been impressed with streets being swept and washed every day, litter bins emptied frequently, and spotless public toilets, the only problem seemingly being "the attitude
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Pensioner dies days after crash
An elderly woman who was injured in a car crash has died, Police Scotland confirmed. The 90-year-old was a passenger in a Toyota Yaris car which was involved in an accident involving a cyclist and pedestrian on Tuesday June 14. She was taken
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Film view: Emma Thompson and Buzz Lightyear go to infinity and beyond
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE (15) Let’s talk about sex. Scriptwriter Katy Brand certainly does, in amusingly graphic detail, in a sensual, empowering and thoroughly feel-fabulous comedy drama about a retired religious education teacher seeking
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Max Verstappen dominates practice ahead of Canadian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen dominated the opening day of the Canadian Grand Prix as Formula One returned to Montreal for the first time in three years. The defending world champion is currently top of the standings and was untouchable in both of Friday’s practice
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Four major champions including Rory McIlroy vie for victory at the US Open
The cream rose to the top on day two of the US Open as a quartet of major champions including Rory McIlroy helped set up a mouth-watering weekend at Brookline. Open champion Collin Morikawa carded a superb 66 to share the lead with fellow American
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Poem of the week: A red, red, rose for who?
Robert Burns chose June for the setting of one of the loveliest of floral compliments. In contrast to most of his poems, the recipient of A Red, Red Rose remains anonymous. Below is the complete poem-cum-song, which also reflects scientific advances
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Motoring: Cars that can help reduce your motoring costs
Looking to bring down your fuel costs? Ted Welford reveals five great used cars that will help. With prices of petrol and diesel hitting record highs - and showing no signs of slowing - you'll undoubtedly have noticed the cost of filling up has
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Health: Do you have high cholesterol levels? Here are four ways to help lower it
High cholesterol has no symptoms, but can lead to heart attacks and stroke. Heart UK outlines the best lifestyle measures to reduce it in your blood. If you've got raised cholesterol, the first symptom you get could be a heart attack or stroke.
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Belfast: Teenage kicks, Game of Thrones and a city of stories
“Belfast – only a jumble of streets and a few big bumps in the ground, only a whisper of God.” – Eureka Street, Robert McLiam Wilson, 1996 AS soon as I see the sign for the railway station on Belfast’s Botanic Avenue I start looking around for
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Galleries: Celebrating Lanark... and the story of the Sistine Chapel
Artist Aid Ukraine Edition 22-25 June. Free. The Pentagon Centre, 36/38 Washington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ. 100 Scottish artists are offering artworks for sale as part of a fundraising exhibition to raise money to support victims of the war
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'Very little' being done to control spread of virus in Scotland, says expert
VERY little is being done to slow down the spread of coronavirus in Scotland, an expert has said. Professor Rowland Kao said the lack of surveillance monitoring also meant exact infection levels were unclear. The Office for National Statistics
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Robert McNeil: Adulthood begins at 40 and it’s all downhill from there
CHILDHOOD ends at 40 now. I must have missed that memo. Well past 40 and still acting like a big bairn. But the memo isn’t directed at the immature mature like your anti-hero here but at folk who still rely on their parents till that age. They’
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Rail strikes set to cripple Scottish services next week after talks fail
Rail strikes which will sever links across Scotland are to go ahead after talks failed to resolve a bitter row over pay, jobs and conditions. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said it had held discussions in the past few weeks at senior
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From Salvador Dali to Jack Vettriano, the paintings that scandalised Scotland
On Monday June 23 1952 – 70 years ago this week – a painting by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali went on display at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum amid a din of conflicting opinions and raised voices from the disparate communities in
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Garden of the week: Don’t miss your one chance to see this gem
Bonnington House The Steadings Jupiter Artland Wilkieston EH27 8BY Why Should We Visit? Bonnington House is a pale yellow mansion, set amongst the rolling countryside straddling the border between Edinburgh and West Lothian
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Radar: what's hot for June 18-24
Music Snail Mail, Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, Friday Indie rock hero in the making Lindsey Jordan burst onto the scene in her native Maryland as a 15-year-old and then, under stage name Snail Mail, released her debut album Lush aged 18 in
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Radar: what's hot around Scotland this week
Music Snail Mail, Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow, June 24 Indie rock hero in the making Lindsey Jordan burst onto the scene in her native Maryland as a 15-year-old and then, under stage name Snail Mail, released her debut album Lush aged 18
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New head of Army cancels Balkans deployment after paratroopers orgy video
The new head of the British Army has cancelled a Parachute Regiment battalion’s deployment to Bosnia and Kosovo following the release of a video seemingly showing paratroopers participating in an orgy at a military base. Lieutenant General Andrew
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A stark reminder that with the highs come severe lows
I HAD thought about writing my column this week from the Alps. After a clear scan my first thought was I really want to get back out there. But then reality hit. After weeks of stress around these scans my body decided to shut down.
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Carlin determined to make capital gains at Commonwealth Games
PRACTICALITIES mean Jack Carlin’s Commonwealth Games will take place in London rather than Birmingham but that won’t stop him from becoming Team Scotland’s biggest cheerleader from more than 100 miles away. With no suitable velodrome in the Midlands
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Brian Taylor: Nothing new in Nicola Sturgeon’s independence plan? That's precisely the point...
IF the event had been an artistic launch, this would have been just the prologue. A preface, a prelude, a preamble. At most, overture and beginners. The Presiding Officer, Alison Johnstone, complained that Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie held
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Kevin McKenna: Exposing the lies at the root of the new war on trade unions
WHEN you witness the success of a campaign rooted in selfless conviction you feel almost privileged. Such events are so rare in modern politics that they elicit a sort of wonder and nostalgia: “So this is what the Labour Party used to look like.”
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Scottish Independence polls: Has support for Yes and No changed this year?
Nicola Sturgeon has kicked off a campaign for a second independence referendum. Publishing the first in a series of papers that will form a prospectus for an independent Scotland this week, the First Minister said there was an “indisputable” mandate
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Herald Diary: Are the kids of today just no use?
Youth in revolt? THE Herald recently reported that modern students are less politically engaged than the roaring, ranting rebels of yesteryear. One of the reasons for this is that in the 1960s, when the scent of revolution permeated the air, there
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'Oozes that almost priceless family-run restaurant vibe.' – Ron Mackenna's restaurant review
Taxidi Edinburgh EIGHT squid for some fried cheese, I say to the waiter with what I tell myself is a cheeky twinkle in my eye. Tell you what, he replies, smiling and pointing at the Saganaki on the menu, if you don’t like it I’ll pay for
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Scotland's economy was built on the British Empire and slavery. Now our museums are facing up to that
By Sir Geoff Palmer Museums hold a special place in my heart, as they offered a haven for me when I first came to the United Kingdom from Jamaica more than 60 years ago. History and education live in museums, and I believe museums can and should
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Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Lord Geidt’s resignation
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Lord Geidt’s resignation on June 18, 2022. Framed 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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UK's blunt economic realities put revival in peril
It’s been slim pickings this past week for those of an optimistic bent as fears mount over the health of the UK economy, with suggestions that Britain is on course to reclaim the title of “the sick man of Europe”. It began with the unsettling
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Gutted by fire, the art school that made Mackintosh famous
Words: Stephen Kershaw Pictures: Audrey Bizouerne Even the greatest talents need a break. Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a young assistant at Honeyman and Keppie, a prominent architectural firm, when they won a competition to design the Glasgow
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Alison Rowat's TV review: The Savoy; Sherwood; The Real Derry: Jamie Lee O'Donnell; Location, Location, Location in Glasgow
WHEN he was a teenager, Guccio Gucci worked as a porter at The Savoy. Hotel legend has it that he so admired the beautiful people and things he saw there that he returned to Italy to make his own luxury goods. A century on, you can now stay in the
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Alison Rowat's TV preview: The Lost Final; Back in Time for Birmingham; Ellie and Natasia
Imagine, if you can, that England won a major football tournament but hardly anyone spoke of it. There was no footage in the archives to replay endlessly, scant newspaper coverage, the lifting of the trophy only truly alive in the memories of those
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Herald View: Candour welcome in Indyref2 debate; and more must be done on cost of living
FEW of the 3.6 million people who cast their votes on that emotionally charged day for Scotland – September 18, 2014 –would have dreamt that it would turn out to be a twice-in-a-generation exercise. All the more so when the result revealed that No
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Unspun: the political diary
Modesty blazing SNARKY scenes in the Holyrood chamber on Tuesday after publication of the first slice of the Scottish Government’s new independence prospectus. SNP Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson was in no mood to take a slagging from Tory
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Issue of the day: Chat show icon's 'woke' warnings
HE is a British icon whose interviews with the likes of Muhammad Ali and Sir Billy Connolly have become key moments of television history, but Sir Michael Parkinson is now in the midst of a 'woke' row. How so? Now 87, Sir Michael remains
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Glasgow flood risk: Time to address climate change or city faces deluge by the River Clyde
ALL eyes were on Glasgow when world leaders, environmentalists and activists descended on the city for COP26. Last November’s conference might have seen countries agree to pledge further cuts to emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas
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SNP warned over 'addiction crisis' amid fears alcohol deaths being neglected
SNP ministers are overseeing an "addictions crisis" amid concerns alcohol-related deaths are not being tackled with the same urgency as Scotland's record drug deaths. A leading charity has called for a “proportionate response” to alcohol deaths
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From living in care to a place at Harvard: Two remarkable Scots
For Téa Trevarthen, school once felt like a “losing battle”. The 18-year-old, until recently a pupil at Edinburgh’s Royal High, has lived in a residential unit since the age of around 14. She moved there after social workers decided it would be
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Britain's biggest grocer sounds alarm over surging inflation
By Scott Wright BRITAIN’S biggest supermarket has flagged “early indications of changing customer behaviour” amid the deepening cost-of-living crisis. Tesco acknowledged yesterday that surging inflation was starting to influence consumer buying
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Letters: Could Scotland be trusted to run its own pension scheme?
AMID the correspondence about future pension funding for Scottish pensioners (Letters, June 15, 16 & 17), one of your readers compared current arrangements to a "Ponzi scheme". In fact, I would agree with that description, but only to a very limited
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North Sea giant on hunt for new chairman
By Scott Wright NORTH Sea heavyweight EnQuest is on the hunt for a new chairman. The company, which holds stakes in the giant Magnus, Kraken and Golden Eagle fields, said Martin Houston had notified the board of his intention to step down as
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SNP-led Frank's Law 'failed to deliver’ care cost promises'
It was brought in to ensure that everyone, regardless of age or income, was entitled to 'free' personal care. However, figures show that some of the people that 'Frank's Law' was designed to help are paying more for care than they were before the
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Flu is surging back in Australia - and that could be very bad news for the NHS
IF the Covid pandemic has felt like a horror film at times, the endless proliferation of new Omicron sub-lineages is starting to resemble a franchise of tedious straight-to-video sequels. For many people, signs that the BA.4 and BA.5 strains have
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Steven Cameron: Deciding on right time to retire is not easy
By Steven Cameron Over the two years since the Covid-19 pandemic struck, more people than usual have retired. Some in their late 50s and 60s may have lost their employment or suffered health issues and felt they had no other choice. For others
