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What is today's Framed? August 14 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 Wordle? August 14 hints and 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 5 letter word in only six attempts. The game
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Weaver word game: Cheats and answers for August 14 puzzler
If you like the challenge of a daily brain teaser to exercise your little grey cells, word ladder game, Weaver, could be just the thing for you. Originally known as 'word-links' the clever little idea came to novelist Lewis Carroll on Christmas
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What is today's Heardle? August 14 song hints and answer
Music lovers who can't get enough of a daily puzzle with adore the Wordle spin-off Heardle. If you're anything like us, you've been agonising over the New York Times' Wordle mind-bender for months now. Described as "a respectful homage to Wordle
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What is today's Quordle? August 14 word puzzle hints and answer
Every day we're Quordle-ing, here are a few hints to help you crack today's word puzzle, 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 by some as
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Forrest 'buzzing' at Hearts Euro opportunity as he reveals chats with brother James
EUROPEAN football will be a novel experience for Alan Forrest, but the Hearts winger does not have far to look for the ideal role model. Brother James has racked up more than 100 appearances in continental competition over the years with Celtic
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Dodson doubles down on position on inquiry into Siobhan Cattigan's tragic death
MARK Dodson insisted last night that there was no need for an independent external inquiry into the events leading up to the death of Scotland international Siobhan Cattigan, and said he had full confidence in Scotland coach Bryan Easson, who has been
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Simon Murray on scoresheet as Queen’s Park beat Partick Thistle for first win
OWEN COYLE was over the moon to secure a first three points of the season as Queen’s Park came out on top against Partick Thistle in a fiercely contested Championship Glasgow derby clash. Goals from Grant Savoury, Tommy Robson and Simon Murray
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JK Rowling working with police after threat following Rushdie tweet
JK Rowling has said she is working with the police after receiving a potential threat from a Twitter user following her reaction tweet to Sir Salman Rushdie’s attack in New York. The Harry Potter author, 57, shared screenshots to Twitter of a message
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Edith Bowman: "I love my job and working makes me a better mum"
The podcaster and radio host talks to Abi Jackson about never wanting to stop learning, and why she doesn't take anything for granted. For Edith Bowman, one of the best bits of her job is helping nurture talent. "There's nothing better than
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Food: Persiana Everyday - fuss-free recipes for family and friends
The British-Iranian chef talks to Prudence Wade about how her cooking has changed since becoming a stepmum, and why simple is always best. It's absolutely no coincidence that Sabrina Ghayour's latest cookbook is all about ease. She wrote Persiana
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Scotland's latest culinary offering unveiled - a pie in a doughnut
IN a country famed around the world as the home of the deep-fried Mars Bar, the latest creation should perhaps come as no surprise - a 'pie in a doughnut'. But the culinary offering still managed to raise eyebrows, causing a stir online when Nairn
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Some council leaders think 'minimum pay offer should be 5 per cent' as waste workers to strike
Some council leaders are keen to offer staff a five per cent pay rise to avoid strike action that could see waste pile up uncollected. Some of the biggest local authorities believe the offer should be stepped up but that the Scottish Government
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Motoring: Test Drive - Citroen C5 X
The C5 X is a segment-crossing new model from Citroen, designed to top the firm's range of cars. Jack Evans finds out what it's like. WHAT IS IT? If there's a company known for making slightly off-the-wall flagship models, it's Citroen. Remember
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Book review: 1989 from the No.1 bestselling author Val McDermid
1989 Val McDermid Little, Brown, £20 BY ROSEMARY GORING Newspaper offices are filled with wannabe authors. Even the flintiest of news hounds believe they have a novel in them, whereas almost everyone on the arts desk is privately
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Two Scottish nurseries forced to close amid E.coli outbreak
An E.coli outbreak has been linked to a Scottish nursery, forcing it to close while an investigation is carried out. A health board is investigating 28 cases of the infection linked to Church Road Pear Tree Nursery in Haddington, East Lothian.
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Wine with Gerard Richardson, what's in a blend?
What’s in a blend? Well, plenty is the answer. A good blend whether red or white can enhance and expand on all the flavours of each individual grape and add a complexity that deserves to be savoured. Then again, there are still some winemakers who
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Agenda: How do we ensure today’s children are not the fatalities of the future?
By Meg Thomas LIFE is tough and we all use substances to feel better – a coffee to wake you up or a glass of wine after a hard day. Yet last week’s Scottish statistics suggest it is tougher for some. More than 2,500 people died last year from drug
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Travel: Gimme shelter, cocktails, dinner, a beautiful game ... and thank you for the music, London
Arriving in London, it’s immediately apparent that Abba fever has swept through the city like a swish of Agnetha’s 1977 blonde flowing mane. Voyage is heralded on billposters, along bus-sides and at every turn of the Underground. They promise as “groundbreaking
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Poem: The Garden from Andrew Marvell
WHILE Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) dodged ripe apples dropping about his head, a falling apple apparently hit his near contemporary Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) with the concept of gravitation. Apart from that cultural connection, this poem, “Annihilating
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Paperback review: Fleshworld by Carole Morin
FLESHWORLD Carole Morin (Dragon Ink, £11.99) From its very first page, Carole Morin’s darkly disorientating dystopia puts its readers on edge, plunging them into a strange and seemingly unknowable future that only gets more discomforting
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Sizzling temperatures to end as thunderstorms hit earlier than previously forecast
The "warmest days of the year" are to come to an end with thunderstorms bringing lighting and flooding across Scotland. The high temperatures, which has seen temperatures hitting 29-30C around Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire, could come to
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Travel: Ditching booze is set to be the big new holiday trend
In search of clarity and wellness, some travellers are swapping beer and wine for alcohol-free alternatives. By Sarah Marshall. There was a time when a pint of beer or a glass of bubbly were as fundamental to a holiday as a bucket and spade. But
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Gardening with Dave Allan: Summer apple pruning
Pruning apple trees now encourages a fine, ripe crop and possibly the same again next year. By pruning trained and small to medium-sized trees in summer you’ll keep them tidy and make harvesting much easier. Winter and summer pruning are separate
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Books: Hernan Diaz's latest book has been longlisted for this year's Booker Prize...
Fiction Trust Hernan Diaz Picador, £16.99 (ebook £8.99) Hernan Diaz's second novel isn't one book, or two, but four in one, and is an intricate investigation on the meaning of truth. The idea of alternative facts may be relatively new
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Garden of the week: Portmore Gardens in Peebles
Portmore House Eddleston Peebles PH45 8QU Why should we visit? Portmore House sits at the head of a small valley amongst the hills of Upper Tweedale. It’s a private home but in summer it opens its gates on Wednesday afternoons to allow
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Dave Allan: The joys of writing about gardening
NEWSPAPERS used to be all about being first with the news, but now readers are inundated with instant news on the web, so papers need something extra – and that’s where their columnists come in. Whatever our subject, we offer a personal take which
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Climber, 82, to bag final peak in 282 Munro challenge
An 82-year-old man said he is “ready and very excited” to scale the final peak in his mission to climb all of Scotland’s Munros. Nick Gardner has made headlines for setting himself the challenge to scale the country’s 282 highest peaks since his
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Hitlist: Our pick of the 10 best Edinburgh International Book Festival shows
The Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) opens today with events ranging from an appearance by the Irish journalist (and scourge of Brexiteers) Fintan O’Toole to a theatrical adaptation of This Is Memorial Device by author, musician and sometime
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Nicola Sturgeon's week: Why what goes on in the Ladies, doesn't need to stay in the Ladies
As imagined by Brian Beacom LOOK, just to make it clear. I’m not retiring, as some of you in the media seem to be saying, just because I said as much this week at my Fringe show. Honestly, rabid, unalloyed cynics such as yourself will grab
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Edinburgh Fringe: Why laughter is the best medicine
Comedians from the world over flock to the Fringe every year, but could watching comedy actually be good for your health? Edinburgh Festival Fringe is back in full force after last year's event faced restrictions, and performers and audiences alike
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Galleries/Exhibitions: Exploring the fine arts of love, flight ... and the unexpected
The UNEXPECTED 13 August. Entry free. The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow, G41 2PZ. This photography exhibition consists of hand-made darkroom prints that celebrate a surprising aspect of image-making. Artist Martyna Maz will be showcasing
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Theatre: Bob lets rip on a long dark night of the soul
IS it time for real change? (Or evolving as it is now known, thanks to a top tennis player’s evolving of the English language.) Politics, in theatrical terms has come back into vogue, thanks in great measure to the untold misery and economic destitution
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Technology: ShiftCam SnapGrip
What is it? An innovative smartphone grip with neat photography features. Good points? The design mimics the ergonomic grip and shutter of a professional digital camera to give you more control when taking images. Capturing photos or shooting
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Cod stocks down by 92% and marine "paper parks". Author calls out government policy
Campaigner and author Charles Clover gave a damning assessment of the failure of Scottish and UK governments to protect our seas in an interview for today's Herald magazine. Two things they should be doing, but are not, he said, are “keeping catches
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How to save Scotland's overfished and damaged seas? Rewilding
THERE was a time when the streets of Edinburgh echoed with cries from fishwives of “caller ou” (“fresh oysters”), and the Firth of Forth swayed with blades of seagrass. That is now long gone. When we look at the sea, often we think of it as a wild
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Camley’s Cartoon: Energy company profits soar
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the energy companies’ soaring profits on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 6210. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our website
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Red Arrows flyover at Edinburgh Military Tattoo cancelled last minute
A planned flyover by the Red Arrows in Edinburgh was cancelled at the last minute due to cloud cover. The aircrafts were expected to fly over Edinburgh Castle on Friday evening for the first Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in three years.
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Firefighters continue to battle wildfire for third day
A wildfire in West Lothian has continued to burn for the third day since it broke out. Firefighters were first called to the blaze in moorland near West Calder on Wednesday afternoon. On Saturday morning, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
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Woman dies and four people, including two children, injured in crash on A90
A WOMAN has died and four people, including two children, have been injured in a crash on the A90 in Tayside. Police said all five people were in a black Nissan Micra which crashed near the village of Errol just after 11am on Friday. The 32
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From Simple Minds to Scottish Opera, our pick of five of the best arts events
Film Anaïs In Love, out Friday Shot in Paris, Nantes and (mostly) Normandy, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s film has been billed variously as a quirky sex comedy, a fizzy tale of millennials and a neat French twist on Joachim Trier’s Cannes award-winning
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Robert McNeil: World of work rocked by epidemic of “quiet quitting”
I WOULD struggle in a pub or court of law to describe what I do as work. My work-life balance is about 50:50 and, frankly, it’s the life bit that I dislike. If I were inebriated at the time of writing – and, despite all seeming evidence to the
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Sir Salman Rushdie will 'likely lose one eye' after New York attack
Sir Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on stage in New York state, is reportedly on a ventilator and could lose an eye. The 75-year-old Indian-born British author sustained nerve damage to his arm and damage to his liver, according to the New York
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Books: Kathy Reichs on weaving grisly real life cases into her novels
The novelist and forensic anthropologist talks to Hannah Stephenson about how her books are popular in prisons, and why she doesn't watch TV dramas. As a forensic anthropologist, bestselling novelist Kathy Reichs has been at the coalface of death
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Commonwealth Games glory will inspire more than just youngsters - David Smith
AS the curtain came down on Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, those on the Team Scotland Achieve programme were treated to one more sporting experience. As a full squad we took the youngsters to the morning session of athletics in the Alexander
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The key issues that must be addressed at SRU AGM - Stuart Bathgate
ON the face of it, this morning’s annual general meeting of the Scottish Rugby Union promises to be a sedate affair. They usually are these days, now that previously divisive issues such as the governance of the game are apparently close to consensual
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Herald View: Aid to Scots families struggling with fuel poverty can’t wait until new PM moves into No10
WHO, really, would want to take over from Boris Johnson at a time like this? There are so many serious crises in the in-tray, from high inflation and a pending recession to the consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine, from Britain’s still largely
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"Appetising food, deftly seasoned but the service is hovering on the edge of reason", Ron Mackenna's review
Malaga Tapas Clarkston OOPS, sorry, sorry, excuse me, I say to the ladies sitting underneath the awkwardly placed specials board, as I lean over their table like a hippo on rollers taking a photo of the chalk scribbles. Then it’s blunder my
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Alison Rowat's TV review: Shetland; Van der Valk; Football Dreams: The Academy; Good Grief with Rev Richard Coles
SO fare thee well Jimmy Perez, going but not yet gone from Shetland (BBC1, Wednesday). It has been nine years and six series and we have yet to see you wearing the regulation bobble hat that surely comes with the terrain. We have watched as you
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David Leask: Why court victory on abortion could backfire for America’s populist right
HE is, say his feminist critics, “cartoonishly misogynistic”. And they have a point. Matt Gaetz – the Trumpist congressman who looks like a child’s action figure left too close to a fire – has turned his women-baiting in to a campaign shtick. Late
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Kevin McKenna: Could we even trust the SNP to spend any new money wisely?
AS predictably as seagulls follow chip-wrappers, Susan Aitken was quick to mimic Nicola Sturgeon’s intervention on the impending economic crisis. The First Minister had said: “It is clear that the UK currently faces a rapidly escalating emergency that
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Brian Taylor: Stand by for an independence referendum. Eventually. Probably
NOTHING in political life is certain. For example, Nicola Sturgeon said this week she has not definitively made up her mind yet as to whether she will contest the next Holyrood election as SNP leader. To be clear, she said that the “default position
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Issue of the day: 'Woke' row as new play portrays Joan of Arc as non-binary
A PEASANT girl who became a military leader in medieval France, Joan of Arc's name has been remembered down through the centuries. Now a new production at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre portrays the historic warrior as non-binary. Joan of Arc? Born
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Alison Rowat's TV preview: Alan Carr's Adventures with Agatha Christie; Wonderland; Sky High Club
The Radio Times described Sky High Club: Scotland and Beyond (BBC Scotland, Monday, Wednesday, 10.30pm; BBC Three, Thursday, 8pm, 8.30pm) as “a non-fictional version of The High Life”. Oh, dearie me! Maybe it was the Scottish connection that prompted
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Stout slams 'woeful' inertia on inflation
Edinburgh's £1 billion fund manager Bruce Stout has castigated central bankers for their belated response to rising inflation as "woefully inadequate" in the face of rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in the first half of this year. Writing
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Scottish start-up seals funding award for improved sustainable food packaging
New technology developed by a Scottish entrepreneur will allow lidding film for food which is normally thrown away to be recycled with household collections. Glasgow-based ReCover Packaging received £80,000 in the latest Scottish EDGE Awards to
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Massive rise in number of Scots seeking mortgage arrears help
THE impact of the cost of living crisis on homeowners has been laid bare as queries from Scots seeking help about mortgage payments soars by more than 1000% while new mortgage arrears and repossessions rise. Citizens Advice Scotland has revealed
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Social housing giant's £100m funding boost
WHEATLEY Group, the social housing giant, has agreed a £100 million deal with four major lenders to support its new-build programme. The package includes a £50m revolving credit facility with Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Scotland and Nationwide
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Scottish forestry agency moves to let the sea take the strain
By Scott Wright SCOTTISH Forestry has underlined its commitment to decarbonising the sector by announcing a deal that will shift the transportation of thousands of tonnes of timber from road to sea. The public agency has agreed a £2.6 million
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‘Perk’ of hybrid work threatens staff dissent
With Scotland recording the biggest increase in home working of all the UK regions during the first quarter of this year, one recruitment expert is warning of a growing divide between the “haves” and “have-nots” of hybrid employment. Ivor Campbell
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Letters: What's the point of Labour if it won't fight this attack on the weakest?
IT is sad to see that it’s taken an intervention by Gordon Brown to prod the Labour Party into putting forward some proposals to tackle the energy and cost of living crisis that is upon us (“Brown forces Labour to act”, The Herald, August 12). Caution
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Stuart Paterson: It’s not all doom and gloom as investors take stock after period of huge upheaval
By Stuart Paterson Few could have imagined just how different the last two years have been to one another. In the 12 months to July 2021, equity markets soared, spurred by vast government and central bank stimulus, the gradual retreat of Covid
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Herald Diary: Numbers up for a diet regime
Wedded woes WE’RE sad to hear that model Jerry Hall has divorced Rupert Murdoch after six years of marriage. Murdoch is, of course, a famous media magnate. We’re not entirely sure what a magnate is, but it’s probably similar to a magnet, which
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Are Covid lockdowns to blame for weird outbreaks of flu, polio, and hepatitis?
WHEN the Covid pandemic grounded planes, closed borders, and plunged whole swathes of the planet into months-long lockdowns and even longer periods of social distancing, there were plenty of warnings about unintended consequences. Excess deaths
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Brian Donnelly: How London fund manager's Scottish takeovers impact Scotland
SCOTLAND’S reputation for prudence has stood its fund managers in good stead but of course that has to be backed up by excellence in execution. The double takeover of two estimable Scottish financial management firms announced in almost as
