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What is today's Framed? July 24 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 Quordle? July 24 word puzzle hints and answer
Can't get your head around today's Quordle? Here are a few helpful hints to help you crack the brain-teasing word game. 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
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Weaver word game July 24 hints and answer
Daily word ladder game, Weaver, brings the original format of an age-old puzzle, into the 21st century. The idea is reported to have been devised by novelist Lewis Carroll for his children, Julia and Ethel Arnold, on Christmas day in 1877, calling
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What is today’s Wordle? July 24 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 Heardle? July 24 song hints and answer
If you've hummed out today's Heardle but you can't put your finger on where you have heard it before, here are a few helpful hints. If you're anything like us, you've been agonising over the New York Times' mind-bender for months now. Described
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‘Conflict of interest’: Oil regulators with fossil fuel shares accused of profiting from energy crisis
Senior staff at the UK Government’s oil industry regulator hold shares in fossil fuel firms worth nearly half a million pounds — prompting claims they are “getting richer” while millions face dangerous climate-related heatwaves and soaring energy prices
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Foreign secretary Liz Truss receives no support from Scottish Tories
LIZ Truss has yet to win the backing of a single Conservative MSP in her bid to be the next Prime Minister. Although the Foreign Secretary is, by quite some considerable distance, the most popular of the two candidates with party members, it is
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Powerlifter Yule hoping to make it third time lucky in Scotland Commonwealth gold bid
MICKY YULE is hoping that three will be the magic number for him next month as the Paralympic powerlifter prepares to launch his latest (and final) attempt to win gold for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The Wallyford man’s previous
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New Aberdeen recruits aren't 'scarred' by last season, insists Jim Goodwin
JIM GOODWIN insists that last season’s disappointment will have no bearing on his team’s chances this time around – because many of the north east club’s new recruits were not ‘scarred’ by the previous campaign. Goodwin took the reins at Pittodrie
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Taylor reveals Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow remains proudest moment of career
WHEN it comes to motivation for professional boxers, the clue is in the job description: they fight for money. There is glory involved, too, of course, when it comes to winning national, international and world titles and Josh Taylor has had his fair
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Montgomerie reveals crucial confectionary secret behind Senior Open title assault
IF you are the owner of a convenience store in the parish of Gleneagles, then you may be gazing at one area of the shop that’s been stripped bare. “We’re into Auchterarder to buy a load of Jelly Babies to keep us going because, wow, the Jelly Babies
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Travel: Sun, Sea and Sweat - Why Catalonia is the perfect place for an active break
From new cycle routes to world-class wellness resorts, Jonjo Maudsley discovers why Spain is a favourite destination for pro and amateur athletes. The dirt road plunges through a thicketed stone canyon. Blind turns come one after the other. The
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Health: Five at home ways to soothe a sore throat
Suffering from a Covid-related scratchy throat? There are some easy things you can do to help. A sore throat could be the main symptom of coronavirus. The Zoe Covid study has collated the top 20 symptoms reported in the last week by 17,500
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Unbroken and unparalleled, Glasgow’s icon of opulence
WORDS: Tomasz Sawczuk PICTURES: German Aljabjev Situated on the verdant grounds of Glasgow Green, the Templeton Carpet Factory cuts an imposing figure against the grey Glasgow skyline. Completed in 1892 and designed by renowned Scottish architect
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Three talking points as Celtic round off pre-season with win over Norwich City
Hatate the Reo deal The Japan internationalist has been in fine form during pre-season and the 24-year-old produced another eye-catching performance in the Premiership champions’ final outing before next weekend’s curtain-raiser against Aberdeen
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Herald Short Story: Scottish Winter Time by Jacqueline Allingham
Jacqueline Allingham of Strathaven was encouraged to enter The Herald Mighty Pens competition thanks to a friend. “I was delighted to hear of being a winner and also very surprised. I am a recently retired NHS Speech and Language Therapist and I have
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Health: Dr Zoe Williams on life as a working mum and carving out 10 minutes a day for her own wellbeing
Like countless working mums, Dr Zoe Williams has been adapting to life post-maternity leave this summer. And like many others, she admits it's had its challenges. "We don't have any support nearby, it's me and my partner, so it's very busy," says
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World Health Organisation declares 'global emergency' over monkeypox
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. The UN health agency’s declaration could spur further investment in
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Tougher penalties for drug crime would put vulnerable lives at risk – minister
UK Government plans for tougher penalties for drug possession could lead to “significant risks” for vulnerable Scots, Scotland’s drug policy minister Angela Constance has said. Recreational drug users would face tougher sanctions including passport
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Food: Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares her family recipes
From lockdown kitchen discos to a family cookbook, the musical duo talk to Lauren Taylor about cooking for a clan of seven. Think Sophie Ellis-Bextor and you probably start humming early-Noughties hit Murder On The Dancefloor, or remember the unadulterated
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Cricket Scotland 'truly sorry' to racial abuse victims ahead of review publication
CRICKET SCOTLAND has said it is “truly sorry” to anyone who has been racially abused while playing the sport, ahead of an independent investigation being published on Monday. A review has been conducted after Scotland’s all-time leading wicket-taker
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Hitlist: Misty peaks, white sands and the haunts of a wizard: Scotland at its most Instagrammable
FROM the stunning stretches of machair-edged white sands to the misty peaks of the Munros, where better to try and disconnect from this fast-paced world than the wilderness of the Highlands and Islands. The thing is, though, in this high-tech era
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SNP to apply to intervene in Supreme Court independence referendum case
The SNP is to submit an application to intervene in the Scottish Government’s Supreme Court case on an independence referendum. The party’s national executive committee (NEC) unanimously agreed the decision on Saturday – on the recommendation of
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Books: Bestselling author Adele Parks new thriller One Last Secret
This week's bookcase includes reviews of The Daughter Of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and One Last Secret by Adele Parks. Plus, filmmaker Werner Herzog makes his fiction debut... Fiction The Daughter Of Doctor Moreau Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Scots climate activists stage 'die in' after record-breaking heat
Climate activists staged a "die-in" protest in Glasgow after a heatwave brought record-breaking temperatures to the UK. Extinction Rebellion demonstrators took to Buchanan Street, one of the city's most bustling areas, after temperatures skyrocketed
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Agenda: Duty of Care on fly tipping must be updated
By John Crawford ON June 8 The Herald carried a report about Declan Clarke, sentenced to 11 months after pleading guilty to fly-tipping 51 tonnes of scrap tyres and household waste in and around Drumchapel between June and October 2020. The clean-up
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Russian missiles target Odesa hours after deal to allow grain exports from port
Russian missiles have hit Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, just hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from the southern city. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday’s strike as “spit in the face”
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Galleries/Exhibition: Forgotten stories, the joy of trains and the fine art of golf
The Old Course St Andrews – A Fine Art Exhibition 23-31 July. Entry free. Dundas Street Gallery, 6A Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ. St Andrews is a town that holds a lot of history, it was also a place of religious pilgrimage for centuries
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Motoring: Got a spare £250,000? Why not splash out on the new Lamborghini Huracan Sto
The STO is a hardened, more focused version of Lamborghini's Huracan supercar. Jack Evans finds out what it's like to live with in the UK. WHAT IS IT? Lamborghini isn't known for its shy and retiring nature. The brand's created some of the
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Wine with Gerard Richardson: Riesling is perfect for the summer
I think I’ve just discovered the perfect wine for the heatwave and it’s our old friend Riesling. You call it Reee-sling, I call it Rye--sling but whatever you call it, it was the grape that introduced many of us into the wonderful world of wine
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Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off. But who was really to blame?
Early on the morning of 19 August 1561, two galley ships sailed beneath the cliffs of the Berwickshire coastline and, skirting the islands of the Forth of Forth, turned towards the Port of Leith. The oars dipped and lifted in unison, the crew sweating
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Gardening with Dave Allan: A bit of Devil’s work that ticks all the boxes for gardeners
Field and Devil’s-bit Scabious are two of Scotland’s more eye-catching grassland plants. They’ve appealed to us for centuries, if not millennia. The delightful pincushion lilac flowers of Field Scabious, Knautia arvensis, have started appearing
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Only nine trains to run each hour in Scotland during RMT rail strike
Only nine services will operate each hour when Network Rail staff walk out next week. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at a number of train companies and Network Rail are to strike in a dispute over pay, jobs and condition
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Kevin McKenna: Triumph of the hard right in UK politics is now complete
A PRESENTIMENT that Labour’s position in Scotland might soon become permanently irrecoverable came in 2013 while I was preparing for one of those referendum discussion shows. One of my fellow guests was an activist who had become prominent in the
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Sunak labels himself the underdog as he takes aim at Truss' Brexit credentials
Rishi Sunak admitted to being the underdog in the Tory leadership contest as he took aim at the “forces that be” backing rival Liz Truss. Speaking in the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher, Grantham, Mr Sunak kick-started his campaign as the race
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From a sly feminist horror to Scotland's rock stars of the future, our pick of the arts this week
Cinema She Will, out now on general release A “sly” horror film “delivering otherworldly feminist vengeance” according to industry bible Variety, this film by Charlotte Colbert is backed by record label boss-turned-film producer Bob Last and
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Irresponsible and fantastic – the never-ending wonder of the Scott Monument
For nearly 200 years the Scott Monument has dominated Edinburgh’s Prince Street, as identifiable a capital landmark as the castle, the North Bridge, the Parliament building, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the towering lands of the Old Town – but unique
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TV: Neighbours bids fans an emotional farewell with a show-stopping finale
Everybody loves good Neighbours - and you'd be hard pushed to beat the bunch found on Ramsay Street. Whether the eighties, nineties, naughties or teens was your era, viewers have stuck by Erinsborough's residents through the highs and lows, willing
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Robert McNeil: I’m a little behind but at last I’m in love with Alexa
IN last week’s explosive and influential column, I mentioned briefly purchasing an Echo Dot device with Alexa on it. Alexa, for those behind with technological developments, is, er, a thing. Well, it’s a thing that recognises your voice and takes
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Gardening: Five heat-seeking plants that actually love hot weather
It's been hot this week and while we've been desperate for shade and gasping for a glass of something cold and refreshing, how do our plants survive? Wondering which plants can thrive in the heat? Make room for these low-maintenance sun-worshippers
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Travel: Escape to the capital and discover London's best-kept secrets for families
Claire Spreadbury and her daughters head to King's Cross in search of fun for all. We all know London makes a brilliant city break for families. You can see the sights, take in a West End show and head to the big museums. But sometimes, it's nice
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Camley’s Cartoon: The rise of Liz Truss
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the rise of Liz Truss on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 6210. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our website thepicturedesk.co.uk
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Ejector seat safety fear grounds Red Arrow jets and Typhoon warplanes
The Red Arrow jets and Typhoon warplanes were grounded amid safety concerns over their ejector seats. Only essential flying was permitted while checks were carried out into the “technical issue”, which it was feared “may affect the safe operation
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Queensferry Crossing to be cleaned in effort to prevent winter closures
Scotland's flagship road bridge is to be "cleaned" over the next three months in an effort to stop ice buildup from forcing it to close during the winter. The £1.35bn Queensferry Crossing has shut three times since opening in 2017 due to accretions
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Best Crypto Brokers 2022 - Some of the Top Choices
On a global scale, cryptocurrency is a market that is gaining significant traction. This is confirmed by the explosion in new coins, trading activity, and institutional interests too. Of course, cryptos such as Bitcoin and Ethereum still dominate the
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Overtime worked by police officers doubles in a year - surpassing one million hours
Police officers worked more than one million hours of overtime last year – more than double the figure from the previous 12 months, new data shows. A freedom of information request by the Scottish Conservatives found Police Scotland officers worked
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Film reviews: Daisy Edgar-Jones emerges from the marshes of 1969 North Carolina accused of a heinous crime
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (15) I have no idea whether freshwater crayfish - or crawdads as they are sometimes called in communities surrounding the Appalachian Mountains - sing in real life, as suggested by the lyrical title of Delia Owens' international
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Alison Rowat's TV preview: The Marvellous Maggie Smith: a Celebration; Mountain Vets; Kew Gardens: a Year in Bloom
EVERY generation has its Maggie Smith. Some know her best as Professor McGonagall of Harry Potter fame; others as the Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey. Or how about the Maggie Smith of Ladies in Lavender, Gosford Park, Sister
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My Week, by Liz Truss: To strive to be a leader, drop your principles – fast
HEY, hey, I’m on my way! And why shouldn’t I be singing? I’m set to become next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a new poll of Conservative members putting me at 62 per cent. Yes, I know many of you have been saying, “Liz, you have
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British success stories the perfect way to celebrate London Olympics 10 years on - David Smith
IT WAS heartbreak for Fred Wright on stage 19 of the Tour de France when Christophe Lamporte of Jumbo Visma took the win. British Cycling fans held their breath as Wright broke away with 700 meters to go, but it was not to be for the British rider
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Will this leadership contest bring a Tory revival? Don’t bet on it
FOR political parties, leadership contests can be cathartic. They can refocus the party upon core aims, facilitating a rediscovery of common purpose. Such has frequently been the case for smaller parties in particular. The LibDems and their predecessors
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Misinformation over gender recognition plans used to 'whip up moral panic'
THE legislation has been hanging over Holyrood for five years with a pledge to simply bring Scotland “in line with international best practice”. But MSPs are braced for the most toxic debate in Scottish politics to get even worse before it gets
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Books: A new introduction to Simone De Beauvoir aims to free us from our chains
How To Be You: Simone de Beauvoir and the Art of Authentic Living Skye Cleary Ebury, £14.99 Review by Susan Flockhart Could existentialism be ripe for a comeback? Today’s young people have been described as “the most fluid generation
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A marvellously, moodily gallic destination for lunch, but sadly it’s a tale of two meals, Ron MacKenna's verdict on La Garrigue
LA GARRIGUE Edinburgh I BOOK for 1pm, change plans twice, then find myself at a loose end and decide to chance turning up at the restaurant a whole hour early. I find Le Manager - I assume anyway - standing chatting outside the front door
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David Leask: Why we need to rethink our attitude towards Gaelic and its speakers
GAELIC means nothing to me. Sure, I quite like deciphering the occasional bilingual road sign. And, hey, sorry, I have a terrible habit of lugging in to folk speaking the language as I try to figure out what they’re saying. Cue some funny looks in
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Paperback: The Cliff House by Chris Brookmyre
THE CLIFF HOUSE Chris Brookmyre (Little, Brown, £18.99) The Cliff House isn’t Brookmyre at his finest, but there’s undeniably something compelling about his dark, modern overhaul of an old Agatha Christie riff. Seven women, mostly in
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TV review: Cheese, wine, and two hours of Roger Allam's loveliness? It's a date
THERE comes a time in many people’s lives when they reach the Age of Allam. That’s Allam as in Roger, as in the star of the moreish new crime caper, Murder in Provence (STV, Sunday). Before the Age of Allam you see Roger in the likes of Endeavour
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Hotspots for radioactive Radon gas across Scotland revealed in interactive map
The areas of Scotland with high levels of colourless, odourless and tasteless radioactive gas have been revealed. An interactive map shows the areas of the county that have the highest levels of Radon gas. What is Radon gas? Radon is formed
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Why The Herald is fighting dementia injustice
Most people would opt to spend the last years of their lives in their own home if they had the good fortune to remain well enough to do so. A dementia diagnosis means this is unlikely to be possible. As the disease progresses, 24-hour care
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Issue of the day: Disney rebrands its 'godmother' roles to be gender inclusive
THEY were features of many a bedtime story and sparkled on screen in Disney classics for generations, but Disney is distancing itself rom the term ‘fairy godmothers’. Fairy godmothers… …were kind and sweet on Disney’s silver screens.
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Historic Aberdeenshire garden in full bloom after redesign
IT IS a historic garden which dates back to 1675 when it was originally laid out by Sir Alexander Seton, a retired Court of Session judge in the reign of James VII. His head gardener had designed gardens at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in
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Weir appoints new board directors
Engineering giant Weir Group has appointed two new non-executives to its board of directors as it looks to make mining "smarter, more efficient and sustainable". Former diplomat Dame Nicola Brewer brings experience of international relations and
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Sale of 50-year-old Glasgow restaurant a 'wake up call' says hospitality leader
The sale of a Glasgow restaurant to a UK pub chain is a "wake-up call" that smaller, independent businesses are"dwindling away", a sector leader has said. Stephen Montgomery, spokesman for the Scottish Hospitality Group and restaurateur, said it
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Letters: We have to stand firm against Russia's fascist regime
IAN R Mitchell (Letters, July 21) uses the spurious suggestion that Glasgow should show support for its twin city, Rostov-on-Don (a decision was in fact taken by Glasgow in February to sever the connection) as an excuse to smear the Ukrainian regime
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Best Cryptocurrency Under $1 to Buy in 2022
There currently are close to 20,000 cryptocurrencies today. The majority of these are yet to break parity with the dollar. In such a flooded crypto market, how do you determine the best crypto under $1 to buy in 2022? How do you tell the cheapest
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Top Cryptocurrencies to Trade in 2022
Cryptocurrencies are the most profitable investment class of the last decade. Today, the internet is rife with testimonies of individuals and institutions who became wealthy investing in cryptocurrencies. And some more tales of others who leveraged
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Best Altcoins to Buy in 2022
Optimists expect the crypto market to be worth around $250 Trillion by 2030. But only a fraction of this will be taken up by Bitcoin. The larger chunk of this outsized market will be in the hands of altcoins. At the moment, though, most of these are
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Top 10 Penny Cryptocurrency to Buy for 2022
The most successful cryptocurrencies started as penny crypto. Bitcoin, for instance, only reached $1 in early 2011 but proceeded to grow its value by a massive 6 million percent by the time it hit its current peak 10 years later. ETH, the second most
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UK growth slows to a ‘crawl’ amid shortages
By Ian McConnell Business Editor UK private-sector growth has slowed to a “crawl”, registering its weakest pace since the early-2021 lockdowns amid staff and material shortages and softer demand, a key survey reveals. Meanwhile, official
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Banks rapped for failures to keep customers informed
Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group is among half-a-dozen that have most recently fallen foul of UK regulators for failing to keep customers properly informed. The rules overseen by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) dictate that
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Investors must fuel small firms leading the drive towards a sustainable future
By Tzoulianna Leventi With their entrepreneurship and innovation, smaller companies have exited the Covid pandemic in a stronger position than before, gaining market share and pricing power, and with many now leading in the field of sustainability
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Brian Donnelly: Labour crisis 'greatest own goal of Brexit disaster'
THE labour crisis foisted upon the United Kingdom by a Brexit based largely it seems on fantasy has been described as possibly the biggest own goal of the debacle. It comes as Scottish food producers are having to turn away business amid staff
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Why doctors' fury over 4.5 per cent "pay rise" could spell disaster for the NHS
DID doctors in Scotland get a pay rise, or a pay cut this week? According to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, the pay "uplift" of 4.5 per cent, backdated to April "demonstrates that we value all our medical and dental staff". To BMA Scotland,
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Best Penny Cryptocurrency to Buy for 2022
Here are two interesting facts. Between early 2011 and late 2021, Bitcoin prices jumped from under a dollar to peaking above $64000 - rallying up 64000X in less than a decade. Ethereum posted similar gains when it rallied from $0.3 in 2015 to peak
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Best 10 New Cryptocurrencies to Buy in 2022
Each day, tens - probably hundreds - of new cryptocurrencies hit the market. In effect, this has pushed the number of cryptocurrencies circulating in the market today past 20000. The reality is that the majority of these will never amount to anything
