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What is today's Framed? July 4 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? July 4 song hints and answer
Put your music knowledge to the test and pop on those headphones for today's musical brain teaser 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 Wordle? July 4 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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What is today's Quordle? July 4 word puzzle hints and answer
Give your brain a workout with Quordle - the daily brain teaser that is four times harder than Wordle! 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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Scots must reduce errors and find clarity of purpose to bounce back against Argentina
CAN Scotland play better than they did in their 26-18 defeat by Argentina on Saturday night in Jujuy? Of course they can. Will they do so this coming Saturday in Salta to level the three-Test series? You would not want to bet your life savings
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Jamie Murray and Venus Williams beaten by British pair in mixed doubles epic
JAMIE MURRAY and Venus Williams are out of the Wimbledon mixed doubles after losing a marathon second-round encounter to Britain’s Jonny O’Mara and Alicia Barnett. The fledgling partnership had five match points in an epic deciding tie-break but
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Seven people arrested after track invasion at British Grand Prix
SEVEN people have been arrested following the track invasion at the start of the British Grand Prix. The Alfa Romeo of Zhou Guanyu slid upside down across the track before slamming into the tyre barrier and being launched into the fencing in a
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Sore loser Jelena Ostapenko booed off Wimbledon Court One following defeat to Tatjana Maria
SORE loser Jelena Ostapenko was booed off court at Wimbledon and claimed opponent Tatjana Maria was “lucky” after her fourth-round defeat. Latvian Ostapenko, a former French Open champion, threw a water bottle at her chair which fell over as she
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Adrian Meronk makes history for Poland as David Law celebrates Open berth
ADRIAN MERONK produced a brilliant scoring burst to claim the Horizon Irish Open and become the first Polish winner in the history of the DP World Tour. Meronk birdied the 15th and 16th and then holed from 25 feet on the par-five 17th for an eagle
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Police drop sexual harassment inquiry into MP Patrick Grady
Scotland Yard has dropped its sexual harassment investigation into MP Patrick Grady. The Metropolitan Police said on Sunday that no further action was being taken against the MP for Glasgow North after officers spoke to the alleged victim.
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Carlos Sainz wins British Grand Prix after incident-packed Silverstone thriller
CARLOS SAINZ won a wild and wacky British Grand Prix which saw Zhou Guanyu survive a horror opening-lap crash and protesters invade the track at Silverstone. Sainz fought his way past Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in a brilliant 10-lap shootout
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Dylan Groenewegen lays ghosts of 2020 with Tour de France stage win
A DAY after Fabio Jakobsen it was the turn of Dylan Groenewegen to complete his own comeback from their horror crash two years ago as he won stage three of the Tour de France in Sondeborg, Denmark. Groenewegen narrowly beat yellow jersey wearer
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Cameron Norrie reaches first grand slam quarter-final with straight-sets win
CAMERON NORRIE kept the British flag flying in singles at Wimbledon by defeating Tommy Paul to reach the first grand slam quarter-final of his career. Heather Watson’s defeat earlier on Centre Court had left Norrie in the increasingly familiar
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Paul Casey becomes latest player to join LIV Golf series
PAUL CASEY has become the latest player to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, despite previously admitting he would be a “hypocrite” to play in the Saudi International. The 44-year-old is scheduled to compete in the third LIV Golf
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Primal Scream: Politics, Glasgow pride and a natural high
It begins with Andy Stewart's 'I Belong to Glasgow' before the hypnotic groove of Movin' On Up gets the crowd swaying. Bobby Gillespie repeats the name of his home city throughout the near two-hour set as if he can't quite believe he's performing
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Centre Court gives Roger Federer standing ovation during centenary celebration
ROGER FEDERER received a standing ovation as he returned to Wimbledon to lead a celebration to mark 100 years of Centre Court. Absent from the tournament this year for the first time since 1997 as he continues his recovery from knee surgery, Federer
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Heather Watson knocked out of Wimbledon by German youngster Jule Niemeier
HEATHER WATSON'S Wimbledon run was ended in the fourth round by Centre Court debutant Jule Niemeier. British number four Watson enjoyed a memorable run to the last 16, her best showing in any grand slam. But a quarter-final spot proved beyond
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Zhou Guanyu escapes major injury after ‘horrific’ first-lap crash at Silverstone
ALFA ROMEO driver Zhou Guanyu escaped serious injury in an extraordinary opening-lap crash at the British Grand Prix after his car flipped upside down and slammed into the catch fencing in front of thousands of shocked fans. The Formula One rookie
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1,650 new Scottish homes brought forward
A NEW Highland town, which Moray Estates has been building since 2018, has laid the final brick on its 250th home as it enters the second phase of development. Moray Estates has secured £2 million of funding from Bank of Scotland as it proceeds
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Harvie says Green votes should count toward independence in 'de facto referendum'
PATRICK Harvie has insisted that votes for the Greens at the next general election should be used in support for the Yes campaign if the poll is used as a “de facto referendum” on independence. The co-leader of the Scottish Greens has supported
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BBC accused of going 'woke' over axing of Steve Wright show
RADIO fans have reacted with fury to the announcement that BBC Radio 2 host Steve Wright’s weekday afternoon show has been axed, with listeners branding the move “diabolical” and accusing station bosses of “ruining Radio 2”. Wright, 67, is to be
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This week in the Herald Diary: What you should and shouldn't take to a Liam Gallagher gig
Culturally clued-up IT was recently reported that burly builders are not bereft of a tender side. Research shows that many construction workers discuss their emotions with colleagues. They also enjoy literature and fine art. This reminds David
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Boris Johnson was not aware of 'specific claims' about misconduct allegations MP
A UK Cabinet minister has claimed Boris Johnson did not know “specific claims” about the Tories’ now former deputy chief whip amid a strong of sexual misconduct allegations against him. Therese Coffey attempted to defend the Prime Minister on Sunday
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The atmospheric Scottish island where Celtic Christianity took root
IT’S notable how we take islands for granted in Scotland. Plenty other places don’t have them. They are of us and off us. They configure themselves in the psyche by virtue of visible jigsaw coastline. In centuries past, some were sought by holy
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Garden is a true triumph of human ingenuity
Inverewe Gardens Poolewe Ross-shire IV22 2LG Why Should We Visit? The north west of Scotland is a landscape of rugged mountains, rough heather moorland and exhilarating seascapes so it is an exciting contrast to discover that a world-famous
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From Billy Graham to U2 via Mike Tyson, the showpiece events that redefined Hampden
IT was a Saturday night at the end of April, 1955. Around the great open-air arena of Hampden Park sat a huge audience of around 100,000, all of them listening intently to an American, his raincoat unbuttoned, his hair ruffled by the cold wind.
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Herald short story winner: A ghostly figure..and the Tay Bridge disaster
Once again, Herald readers have proven they do not merely like to read the best in journalism and well-written pieces – they like to write them too. The recent writing competition organised by The Herald and Mighty Pens not only attracted another vast
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Five new paperbacks to read this week
Fiction 1. Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens is published in hardback by Picador, priced £14.99 (ebook £8.49). Available June 23 There are biographies, and there are novels fictionalising real characters, imagining what might happen
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Scots Word of the Week: Arbroath Smokies
ARBROATH SMOKIES ARBROATH Smokies don’t have their own entry in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language, but are cited in the entry for “smoke”: “The older generation argue that the old time ‘smokie’ is a haddock freshly caught by line and smoked
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Wanted: Some big sheds to help Scotland cash in on Outlander effect
Scotland’s film and TV industry is booming. Late last month new independent analysis showed it turned over more than £560m in business in the last year before the pandemic, 2019. Industry leaders believe they can push that number to a billion a
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Man Utd insist Cristiano Ronaldo not for sale amid reports star wants to leave
Manchester United are adamant Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale despite the frustrated star reportedly asking the club to leave if an acceptable offer arrives. The 37-year-old made a shock return to Old Trafford last summer, joining from Juventus
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Councils have a 'responsibility' to make freeports work, says top official
COUNCILS have a “responsibility” to try to make the best of controversial freeport schemes to help their people, according to one of Scotland’s most senior local government officials. Des Murray, chief executive of North Lanarkshire Council, is
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Stefanos Tsitsipas calls Nick Kyrgios ‘evil’ and ‘a bully’ after chaotic clash
Stefanos Tsitsipas branded Nick Kyrgios “evil” and “a bully” following their explosive third-round match at Wimbledon. The Greek fourth seed called for Kyrgios’ behaviour to be clamped down on after falling to a four-set defeat, while the Australian
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New research aims to shed light on the foul play that hindered women’s football in Scotland
It might be described a game of two halves: when the beautiful game kicked off in Edinburgh with women players in their white knickerbockers, blue jerseys and red stockings, a good-natured crowd gathered to witness the unusual spectacle. The date
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Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon admits it will be hard to repeat one of his best seasons
CRAIG GORDON concedes replicating last season’s heroics in goal for Hearts will be a challenge after admitting it was one his most enjoyable campaigns. The Scotland international exhibited sensational form as he played a starring role in helping
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Ten-years on London 2012 showcased the best and worst of the Olympic Games - Susan Egelstaff
IN just a few weeks, it will be the 10-year anniversary of the London Olympics. It is easy to come out with the platitudes about how fast the time has gone, or fondly recall the charm of those two weeks in 2012. What London 2012 showed us,
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Disappointment for Gregor Townsend's Scotland as they lose opening Test to Argentina
AFTER being well off the pace in an error-strewn first half, Scotland fought back impressively in the second only to fall just short of victory in Jujuy last night. Indiscipline as well as some unforced mistakes cost the tourists in an opening
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How work to restore a mountain landscape has brought species flocking back
On a rocky ledge high above sea level and on one of Scotland’s most precious mountain landscapes, a tiny black and white visitor has settled into its summer home after a journey spanning thousands of miles. Not unlike a blackbird with similar glossy
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Craig McEvoy hoping positive action to reinvigorate boxing translates into medals for Team Scotland at Commonwealth Games
DISAPPOINTMENT at the previous Commonwealth Games proved the catalyst for a Boxing Scotland revolution. Two bronze medals – for Reece McFadden and John Docherty – on Gold Coast was short of what had been hoped for and inspired some extensive navel-gazing
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Photojournalist's amazing war journey brought to life on screen
War correspondent David Pratt is standing on a simple bridge that spans a dusty track on the outskirts of the town of Citluk in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The land around him is flat but lush with olive trees and thick scrub. The sky overhead is blue
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Scotland can be confident despite doubt over Women's World Cup play-off - Alan Campbell
IT was encouraging to hear Pedro Martinez Losa say on Wednesday that Scotland can beat any of the other nations currently in the running to contest October's World Cup play-offs. The previous night Ukraine beat Hungary 2-0 to confirm the near-certainty
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Hold 'em or fold 'em? Nicola Sturgeon goes all in with her big gamble
NICOLA goes to Vegas. Well, not literally, no. The First Minister much prefers the low, grey skies of Skye, the buzz of the familiar Highland mosquito to the buzz of glitzy Vegas neon. But now, here she is set to become an all-or-nothing gambler, the
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George Clarke talks renovations, restoration and his love for historical buildings
The architect and presenter tells Rachael Davis about the incredible projects on series two of Channel 4's George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations. When architect and TV presenter George Clarke first walks into a historical building that's going
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Dame Deborah James' death: What we should all know about bowel cancer symptoms and treatment
Dame Deborah James has died at the age of 40, her family have announced. The much-loved presenter of the BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C, and mum-of-two, raised millions of pounds for research through the Bowelbabe Fund before she died – and leaves
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DAVID LEASK ON THE WORLD: Are Democrats the ones who are ‘unhinged’ by throwing cash at Trump cultists?
THERE was no shortage of angry words aimed at Donald Trump last week. Yet, as they tried to sum up new testimony on the sheer volatility of America’s worst-ever president, the country’s pundits kept reaching for a single adjective: unhinged.
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NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: Disturbing case notes from a Broadmoor psychiatrist: 'When it comes to violent crime, men and women are no different'
There’s no real difference in what motivates men and women to commit murder, according to one of the UK’s leading psychiatrists Dr Gwen Adshead. Women can be just as brutal as men, and if men were raised differently they’d be as less prone to violence
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Michael Settle: It looks like 2029 will be the year of the great Brexit 'referendum'
“YOU’RE not going to negotiate when you have a gun on the table,” declared Maros Sefcovic, the top Eurocrat, after a majority of MPs this week backed in principle the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. Boris Johnson believes scrapping the bits of
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SNP launch voter registration drive ahead of planned indyref2 next year
THE SNP has launched a new drive to encourage people in Scotland to register to vote ahead of plans to hold a second independence referendum next year. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week unveiled her route map for the vote which wants to
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Bid to set up specialist sex crime courts to cut backlog and raise convictions
SPECIALIST courts could prosecute serious sexual offences in a bid to increase conviction rates, support victims, and help clear a huge backlog in cases could be set up in Scotland under a plan being considered by ministers. Proposals are currently
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Letters: If Sturgeon really wants to talk, why can't she put forward a genuinely fair referendum?
NICOLA Sturgeon demands a referendum with her preferred timing, wording, franchise and other terms and conditions, so ensuring that in every way possible the approach taken favours the outcome she is seeking. If she really wants to open talks with
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Iain Macwhirter: The SNP are beginning to realise that Nicola Sturgeon's legal route leads nowhere fast
There was jubilation in the nationalist movement on Tuesday after Nicola Sturgeon unveiled her new route map to independence. Some thought it was a brilliant legal coup, front-loading the Supreme Court with the draft independence bill. About time,
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Kathleen Nutt: Sturgeon's bold indyref2 strategy may well work - here's how
NICOLA Sturgeon's route map to Indyref2 came after years of rancorous debate inside the SNP about what to do should the UK Government continue to oppose a new vote. Her announcement to Holyrood last week came after she had consistently argued against
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Glasgow academic’s novel idea to honour genius of Mackintosh
A Glasgow School of Art academic has described his “astonishment” after being shown the restoration of a part of the building considered its masterpiece. Widely regarded as one of the world’s finest examples of art nouveau design, the library was
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Sturgeon critic backs new route to Indyref2 and compares it to Thatcher’s take on independence
A PROMINENT critic of Nicola Sturgeon has given his backing to her Indyref2 route map and said with a strong and united Yes campaign it could lead to Scottish independence. Jim Sillars, a former SNP deputy leader, spoke out after the First Minister
