Archive
-
Date
What is today's Framed? July 18 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
-
Date
What is today's Heardle? July 18 song hints and answer
Pop on your headphones because it's that time again - to tick off your daily 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 to Wordle", Heardle
-
Date
What is today’s Wordle? July 18 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
-
Date
Ewan Henderson and Joe Newell at the double as Hibs get League Cup tilt back on track
HIBERNIAN’S 4-1 victory over Bonnyrigg Rose got the Leith club’s Premier Sports Cup campaign back on track after losing out to Falkirk on Tuesday evening – but manager Lee Johnson was relieved to hear that two supporters who collapsed due to dehydration
-
Date
Jamie Murphy admits 'only way is up' for St Johnstone as he backs new teammates to turn blip around
JAMIE MURPHY was a bright spark amongst a lacklustre display on Saturday as St Johnstone once again failed to defeat lower league opposition in the Premier Sports Cup. The former Rangers and Hibernian winger was introduced from the bench after
-
Date
How baseball has helped Celtic’s ‘Duracell Bunny’ Daizen Maeda recharge his batteries
IT is easy to imagine Daizen Maeda doing quite well as a baseball player had he pursued his other sporting passion. It doesn’t take much to picture the Celtic buzzbomb whizzing round the bases to home plate. Ironically though, the defensive side
-
Date
Tory hopefuls rule out prospect of an early election in fiery TV debate
THE FIVE candidates vying to become the next Prime Minister have all categorically ruled out a general election if they win. In a heated televised debate, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt and Tom Tugendhat clashed on taxes
-
Date
Brilliant Cameron Smith wins Open as Rory McIlroy’s major drought goes on
Australia’s Cameron Smith produced a stunning final round to capture the 150th Open Championship and inflict more major misery on a shell-shocked Rory McIlroy. McIlroy held a two-shot lead midway through the final round at St Andrews and carded
-
Date
Gregor Townsend urges Scotland to take positives from South American tour
WATCHING Scotland throw away a 15-point lead on Saturday night was tough to take, but it wasn’t as bad as head coach Gregor Townsend claiming afterwards that this was his team’s best performance of the season. He congratulated Argentina for the
-
Date
Calum MacLeod strikes back as Scotland's cricketers gain revenge against Nepal
CALUM MacLeod smashed a brilliant half-century as Scotland boosted their World Cup qualification hopes with a thumping eight-wicket win over Nepal yesterday. The Scots went into the clash at Titwood, Glasgow, looking for revenge after a shock loss
-
Date
Tesco customers furious at 50% price hike on item during cost of living crisis
Tesco has increased the cost of its plastic bags by 50% - and some shoppers are really not happy. The supermarket hiked the cost of its reusable carriers from 20p to 30p, prompting complaints about the timing of the rise, during a cost-of-living
-
Date
Robert MacIntyre signs off in style at The Open despite double bogey start at St Andrews
When you’re looking to produce a final flourish, the last thing you need is a first hole fiasco. “I thought it was the perfect wedge,” said Robert MacIntyre of his flicked approach to the opening green on day four of The Open Championship. “But I got
-
Date
Rishi Sunak's commitment to scrap retained EU law questioned
Rishi Sunak’s vow to scrap hundreds of remaining EU laws and regulations has been undermined by leaked Treasury documents from his time as Chancellor, warning of the dangers of doing just that. On Sunday, in a bid to woo Brexiteers, the frontrunner
-
Date
Glasgow's longest established family-run restaurant sold to pub chain
A SCOTTISH city's longest established family-run restaurant has been sold to a UK pub chain. The Ubiquitous Chip, which has been in the Clydesdale family since 1971 and has welcomed A-list celebrities and royalty to its tables, has been bought
-
Date
Health: How to navigate summer if you're self-conscious about your skin
For many of us, summer is the best time of year - with warmer weather, holidays and a full social calendar. Not everyone feels the same way, though. If you're self-conscious about your skin, you might dread the hot weather - making it hard to enjoy
-
Date
Health: Are hobbies the mental health saviour you need right now?
From helping you slow down to making new friends, there are plenty of benefits to extracurricular activities. By Imy Brighty-Potts. Picking up new hobbies felt like second nature during the early days of the pandemic, when many of us had a bit
-
Date
Tiny chapel built by Ukrainian prisoners of war being revived for new generation
For prisoners of war, miles from home and with little hope of returning any time soon, the small hut within Camp 68 would become their tiny corner of Ukraine. It was 1947, and 463 Ukrainian POWs, members of the Galician Division who had surrendered
-
Date
Food: Hate Aubergines? Five dishes to change your mind now they're in season
Aubergines are one of the more divisive vegetables out there. Many people have been scarred by an unfortunate run-in with eggplants - maybe it was undercooked, making it spongey and unpleasant. And yet there are plenty of reasons to love the
-
Date
How to look after your houseplants when you're away on holiday
Summer holidays can be a problem for people who want their houseplants to survive in their absence - but there are many things you can do to help them stay healthy while you're away. Here, experts offer tips as to which are the more needy houseplants
-
Date
The Control Room: One emergency call, two contrasting lives, an abundance of 'absolute chaos'
As BBC One thriller The Control Room arrives on our screens, Danielle de Wolfe meets the cast alongside creator Nick Leather to discover more. Dealing with life or death scenarios is all part of the job for Britain's emergency service call handlers
-
Date
Scots urged to stay out of the sun as Met Office issues new heatwave warning
THE MET Office has extended its warning of extreme heat to cover Fife, the Lothians and parts of Tayside. An amber weather warning was already in place for much of southern Scotland on Monday and Tuesday. But now the forecasters have warned
-
Date
Scots Word of the Week: Rumblethumps
RUMBLETHUMPS THE Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) defines rumblethumps (under “rummle”) as “A dish consisting of mashed potato with added milk, butter and seasoning; also mashed potato and cabbage or, less frequently, turnip”. There are
-
Date
This week in the Herald Diary: Radioactive fish suppers and things JK doesn't know about Harry Potter
A fishy tale THE Diary recently reported the terrifying true story of a breed of huge spiders that proliferated near the Hunterston A power station in Ayrshire. We realise our readers are a delicate tribe, so we won’t reveal precisely how massive
-
Date
Penny Mordaunt rules out ever agreeing to indyref2 and says question is 'settled'
ONE of the favourites to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister has said she will never agree to another referendum on Scottish independence. Penny Mordaunt insisted that the question was “settled.” Meanwhile, her rival, Tom Tugendhat told
-
Date
Gregor Townsend ‘so proud’ of Scotland despite last-gasp Argentina series defeat
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend was proud of his players despite suffering a series defeat in Argentina in the final seconds of their tour. Scotland led by 15 points in the third Test decider after try doubles from Duhan van der Merwe and Ewan
-
Date
The Open day four: Rory McIlroy out to end wait for fifth major title
Rory McIlroy is confident he can get the job done in the 150th Open Championship and win his fifth major, eight years after his last success in golf’s elite events. McIlroy lifted the Claret Jug in 2014 and won the US PGA Championship a month later
-
Date
Eddie Jones in angry exchange with Australia fan after being labelled ‘traitor’
Eddie Jones was involved in an angry confrontation with an Australia fan after being called a “traitor” at Saturday’s 21-17 victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Footage posted on social media shows England’s head coach being baited by a man wearing
-
Date
Next PM must 'nurture and accelerate' Boris Johnson's legacy in Scotland
ALISTER Jack has urged the next Prime Minister to “nurture and accelerate” the UK Government’s work in Scotland. The Scottish Secretary said his “friend” Boris Johnson had "an impressive record of delivering" north of the border. He said it
-
Date
Centuries-old landmark Scottish hotel sold to expanding group
By Ian McConnell The DROVERS Inn at Inverarnan by Loch Lomond, which has been on the same site for more than 300 years and is on the West Highland Way, has been sold from an asking price of offers over £3 million to Edinburgh-based Bruce Group.
-
Date
'It's getting close to the hottest weather we've had in Scotland'
AN AMBER weather warning of extreme heat could be extended to cover more parts of Scotland, the government has said. Justice Secretary Keith Brown, who attended the UK Cobra emergency committee on Saturday, urged the public to take "basic precautions
-
Date
COP26 president threatens to quit if new Prime Minister scraps net zero target
ALOK Sharma, the Cabinet minister who led last year’s COP25 climate summit has said he will resign if the new prime minister is not fully committed to the net zero agenda. Cop26 president Alok Sharma said that while it was “absolutely a leadership
-
Date
Just five per cent of upskirting crimes in Scotland prosecuted
SCOTLAND’S justice system is failing the victims of upskirting after stark new figures revealed that only a handful of cases have been reported to the Crown Office. Last month, the Herald on Sunday revealed a sickening surge in voyeurism crimes
-
Date
The World Athletics Championships are in full swing but you'd hardly know it was happening - Susan Egelstaff
THE World Athletics Championships is already in full swing – it began in Eugene, Oregon on Friday – but unless you are an avid sports fan, you would hardly know it was happening. If any Brits win gold medals, and there are more than a few realistic
-
Date
Letters: Time to stop demonising migrants. Let's celebrate the benefits they bring to Scotland
CLARK Cross's "charity should begin at home" (Letters, July 10) is a sad old clichéd line. It's a challenge to my support for asylum seekers in Scotland (Letters, July 3). And he's obviously got Home Secretary Priti Patel's propaganda page in view
-
Date
Iain Macwhirter: If the Tories choose one of these fairy-tale candidates they'll be out of power for a generation
It needs to be stressed just how remarkable this Conservative leadership race really is. A party that is routinely accused of being racist and sexist has almost completely obliterated the pale, stale, male from contention. Tom Tugendhat, the token
-
Date
Brexit hammer blow to Scots research as experts condemn EU funding impasse
One of Scotland’s top cancer experts is considering moving a major research project abroad amid political turmoil and warnings that a Brexit-linked impasse over EU funding will starve universities of talent. Dr Payam Gammage, who works at the Cancer
-
Date
David Pratt's Four Corners: Biden’s ‘mission impossible’ visit proves oil and human rights simply don’t mix
Personal insights on stories from across the world by Foreign Editor David Pratt Middle East Biden's “mission impossible” tour juggles oil and human rights interests I can’t imagine it’s a trip US president Joe Biden was
-
Date
NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: Once intimidated at the gates of abortion clinics, Scotland's women are now fighting back against religious extremists
Back Off Scotland is a group of ordinary young women who have had enough of fundamentalist Christians staging protests outside abortion clinics. They have persuaded Nicola Sturgeon to back their campaign for exclusion zones around healthcare facilities
-
Date
Michael Settle: One thing's for sure, the Tory leadership battle is no crasherooney snoozefest
THE political heat is on and the fear for Liz Truss’s loyal supporters is that the chances of her becoming prime minister number 56 are beginning to melt away. Desperation is beginning to follow. In Friday’s Channel Four TV debate, Rishi Sunak
