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What is today's Framed? August 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 Wordle? August 24 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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What is today's Heardle? August 24 song hints and answer
Have your headphones at the ready because it's time for Spotify' daily musical teaser 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
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What is today's Quordle? August 24 word puzzle hints and answer
How strong is your Quordle game? Here are some hints to help you smash the daily brainteaser. Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle or you've got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. Described by some
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Mitchell to bring baby to Scotland camp after Losa recall
PEDRO Martinez Losa has recalled Reading left back Emma Mitchell to the Scotland squad nine months after she gave birth to a baby daughter. The former Glasgow City and Arsenal defender has 66 caps, the last of which was in February last year. Scotland
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Rishi Sunak tells Tories to worry about 'seductive' Scottish nationalism
CONSERVATIVE leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak has told party members that they need to “worry” about Scotland’s place in the union. Speaking at a hustings in Birmingham, the former Chancellor insisted that he rather than rival Liz Truss would be
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Ross County pair face SFA hearing after Kilmarnock challenges
ROSS COUNTY pair Ross Callachan and Jack Baldwin have been cited retrospectively by the Scottish Football Association’s compliance officer for challenges they made in last weekend’s cinch Premiership victory over Kilmarnock. Midielder Callachan
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First Minister summit demands planned October energy bill hike is scrapped
ENERGY price rises expected should be scrapped so that a plan is put in place to fund a bills freeze. The Scottish Government says that was one of the consensus actions that it was agreed must be taken by the UK Government at the First Minister's
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Andy Burnham tells Labour to get off fence and support striking workers
LABOUR should get off the fence and support striking public sector workers, Andy Burnham has suggested. The Labour mayor of Greater Manchester has taken an apparent dig at party bosses as he stressed he would “one day” like a third attempt at becoming
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Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal reacts to 'distressing' alleged role of MI5 and MI6
A Scottish man detained in India has been"betrayed" by the UK Government, his brother has claimed. Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been detained in a series of prisons since 2017 after being abducted from the street while he was in Punjab
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Police describe how girl, 9, was killed by gunman chasing man into her home
The nine-year-old girl shot dead when a gunman entered her home chased another man into her home and fired “with complete disregard” for anyone else in the property has been named as Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Merseyside police named the child and said
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Ministers urged to intervene as talks to stop strike in Scots schools and waste collection break down
THE deputy first minister is being urged to intervene after local government pay talks broke down ushering the prospect of strikes that could shut schools and halt bin collections. Scotland’s largest local government union, UNISON, says no agreement
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Let the experts find the bathroom of your dreams
Beautiful bathrooms are a speciality at William Wilson, which offers quality design from some of the UK and Europe’s most popular bathroom manufacturers and expert advice at its bathroom showrooms across Scotland. The Scottish bathroom specialist
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Andy Burnham calls for 'as close as you can get to home rule' for Scotland
ANDY Burnham has called for Scotland to be given “as close as you can get to home rule” but wants a border with the north of England to be ruled out. The Mayor of Greater Manchester said that his five years in office has given him “more of a perspective
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Gardening: Five plants which are easy to grow and perfect for cutting
If you've managed to keep your flowers blooming in the heat, you may want to cut some now to enjoy indoors. From fragrant sweet peas to blousy dahlias and zingy yellow rudbeckias, there are plenty of blooms which are ideal for cutting in late summer
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Scottish rugby internationals back £1m funding campaign
A trio of Scottish rugby internationals have invested a combined £80,000 in a wellness brand that is looking to go global with products to help with sleep, stress and fitness. Jonny Gray, Greig Laidlaw and Finn Russell have joined more than 300
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ScottishPower chief presents £100bn plan to keep energy bills frozen
THE head of Glasgow-based energy firm Scottish Power has tabled a plan with ministers for a £100bn energy prices safety net to freeze bills for two years. ScottishPower's chief executive Keith Anderson's plan involves creating a deficit fund underwritten
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Cameron House fire: Night porter did not tell police he put ashes in cupboard
A night porter at a luxury hotel has told an inquiry that it did not occur to him that putting a bag of ash in a cupboard could have been a fire hazard. A Fatal Accident Inquiry has been probing a fire which claimed the lives of Simon Midgley,
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Swimmers warned to avoid two beaches amid sewer pipe leak
A warning has been issued against swimming at two popular Scots beaches after a sewage leak. Scottish Water has been working to repair a faulty pipe at Riverside Drive in Dundee throughout Monday. Challenging ground conditions, as well as
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Political blame game as Edinburgh bin strike sees return of 'Auld Reekie'
A POLITICAL blame game has broken out over the Edinburgh bin strike, with parties accusing each other as the city chokes on reeking garbage. An SNP Cabinet Secretary today insisted the newly elected Labour-led council was at fault, while his opponents
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Agenda: Why we need to attract more landlords into the private sector
By Riccardo Giovanacci IN an ideal world, home ownership would be the accepted way for everyone to live, with people enjoying the security, warmth, shelter and sense of belonging that comes with being able to shut your own door behind you.
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MSPs urged not to consent to 'disastrous' Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
HOLYROOD will be urged to withhold consent from the UK Government’s controversial attempts to override the Northern Ireland Protocol. Constitution and External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson said the legislation, introduced in the Commons by
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Eight children struck after 'car lost control' in Glasgow
POLICE have now confirmed eight children were involved in a Glasgow road crash where a "car is believed to have lost control". As exclusively told last night by our sister paper the Glasgow Times, a 34-year-old man was arrested after a vehicle
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Herald Diary Meme of the Day
The Diary has always thought it was pretty daring by taking TWO rubber duckies into the bath, and not just the standard one. Though we must concede that this chap is also quite brave when it comes to water-based pursuits… A stunning
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Herald Diary Meme of the Day
MANY of our readers will be feeling sad and sluggish now the weekend’s over and Monday reigns supreme again. So here’s a professional athlete to prove that anything can be achieved with discipline, drive and dedication, even at the hideous start of
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Strikes that could close many Scots schools get go-ahead in 'largest' council walkout for six years
SCOTLAND'S public services union has served notice on nine councils that schools and early years staff will be on strike next month. It comes as unions raised questions about a potential improved 5% pay offer while pledging a continuation of a
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Off The Beatson Track this weekend - get walking!
This weekend the annual 10k walk 'Off The Beatson Track' will be returning for its 9th year taking place on 28th August 2022! The last 8 years has seen over 11,000 participants walk over 70,000 miles - making it Glasgow's biggest, best and most
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Issue of the Day: Surviving the empty nest
THE new higher and further education year starts next month. And some parents are experiencing a growing feeling of dread as that date in the calendar gets ever closer. Empty nest syndrome? The long-touted narrative is that parents and guardians
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Letters: There's an easy solution to rubbish piling up on the streets. Just use your common sense
I'M talking rubbish. But please stay with me. Your front page picture of overflowing litter bins in Edinburgh ("Messy capital", The Herald, August 22) was depressing. But don't blame the council workers and cleansing staff who are fighting for
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David Wilson: Addressing the age-old question: what turns us into criminals?
A NEW book I’ve just read has reminded me of the oldest question in criminology: are the roots of criminality in our biology and genes, or instead fashioned in how we’ve been socialised within our family, and thereafter by our friends? Are offenders
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Sean Duffy: Seeking an antidote to the fuel poverty crisis
MANY Scots see the human impact of the energy crisis as unprecedented. For many, it is all too familiar. Last Friday my Wise Group colleagues gathered government, industry, charity, and academic leaders to find a route out of the nightmare of fuel
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New record for people waiting too long in Scotland's A&E units
A RECORD number of patients waited too long in Scotland's A&E units last week, as performance levels fell back to close to their worst ever level. Official figures from Public Health Scotland showed 9,146 people waited more than the four-hour
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Glasgow hair salon chain awarded first drinks licence
LICENSING chiefs in Scotland's largestest city have granted a hair salon chain a drinks licence - the first of its kind. While it's not unusual for clients to be offered a glass of something stronger than tea or coffee during a trip to the salon
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'Enough is enough' for BT workers as further strikes to take place
BT workers "are not going to stop until they are listened to" as they are to take industrial action again next week in an ongoing pay dispute, a union warned. Around 6,000 BT and Openreach workers across Scotland walked out at the end of July
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Scottish space company to create 50 new jobs in launch countdown
Orbex is hiring an additional fifty staff members over the next six months to support the Scottish space company's final push towards the first vertical rocket launch from UK soil. Many of the new roles will support integrated testing of the complete
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MI5 and MI6 'unlawfully enabled abduction and brutal torture' of Dumbarton man
MI5 and MI6 may have "unlawfully enabled" the "abduction and brutal torture" of a Dumbarton man in India. Jagtar Singh Johal has been languishing in prison for five years, held without trial. He faces the death penalty. His family say he’s
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'Benedetti show was always going to be a special occasion.' Review: SCO/Emelyanychev, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Festival Music Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emelyanychev Usher Hall, Edinburgh Keith Bruce five stars VIOLIN Concerto No 1 by Max Bruch is surely the most played violin concerto in the canon at present, but audiences never tire of
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Murder probe launched after nine-year-old girl fatally shot in Liverpool
A nine-year-old girl has been fatally shot in Liverpool and two other people are in hospital with gunshot injuries. Officers began a murder investigation after attending a house in Kingsheath Avenue, Knotty Ash, at 10pm following reports that an
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Vicky Allan: Scotland's waters clean and sewage-free? You're kidding
“FOR all those tweeting about sewage pollution on ‘British’ beaches,” one tweeter declared recently, “they mean England. Scottish Water is publicly owned. Our water is clean.” I was concerned to see this statement, and many others over the past week
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Scottish footballer leaves Irish club over ‘Up the Ra’ T-shirt row
Scotland-born John Herron has left Larne Football Club “by mutual consent” after he was pictured wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan “Up The Ra”. The 28-year-old, who is originally from North Lanarkshire, became the focus of criticism after a
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Peter Haring backs Hearts fans to unsettle Zurich in crucial Europa League clash
Hearts midfielder Peter Haring warned Zurich they do not know what lies in store at Tynecastle as he insisted the atmosphere would have an impact on the visitors. Haring is sure the Gorgie crowd can unsettle the Swiss champions and help roar Hearts
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Unions to meet councils as strikes see Edinburgh’s streets strewn with rubbish
Scottish councils are set to meet unions in a bid to stop the spread of strikes which have left Edinburgh’s bins overflowing and its streets strewn with rubbish. Waste workers walked out on Thursday in the capital in protest at a 3.5% pay rise
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Peter Mackenzie stays the course in Breast Cancer UK fundraiser
IF you were playing golf in East Lothian recently, you may have glimpsed the bounding figure of Peter Mackenzie darting about on the links. As he careered down the fairways with tremendous haste, you could’ve been forgiven for thinking he’d just
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Greg Taylor no longer Celtic's understudy as full-back presses claim for first-choice status
GREG TAYLOR has always had to work hard to earn his place in the Celtic first team. Regularly viewed by some supporters as an enterprising but technically limited player, he has had to fend off several challengers for his jersey since arriving at Parkhead
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First Minister to meet energy bosses amid concerns about price cap rises
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to chair a special summit to discuss what can be done to mitigate the impact of soaring energy bills. With warnings that the average amount UK households pay for their gas and electricity could reach £6,000 next
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Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on inflation
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on inflation August 23 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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Glasgow fire victims and heroes remembered
GLASGOW’S transformation from an industrial to commercialised city brought unknown risks and dangers to firefighters as a series of major incidents claimed many lives including seven who perished in a warehouse blaze 50 years ago, according to a historian
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Call for action over soaring interest rate fears
INFLATION is expected to hit its highest level for nearly 50 years in January, hitting 18.6% - leading to new fears that interest rates will now soar. A new forecast from US bank Citi predicts that inflation will rise to nine times the Bank of
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Cyber-crime prevention scheme launched as Scots victims double in two years
A NEW cyber-crime prevention support scheme has been created with the help of 'ethical hackers' as it emerged the number of victims in Scotland has doubled in two years. In 2021/22, an estimated 14,280 cyber-crimes were recorded by the police in
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Hampden on track for its first year of profit
Scottish boutique bank Hampden & Co has posted record results for the first half of 2022 with total income up 47 per cent year-on-year to £8.8 million. The Edinburgh-based bank also reported a 21% increase in deposits to £731m, while loans and
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Scottish university hopes new technique will lead to improved patient care
EDINBURGH’S Heriot-Watt University has hailed a manufacturing “breakthrough”, which it says enables fibre-optic medical devices with applications including laser surgery and cancer detection to be made in a fraction of the time previously needed.
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Cineworld shares routed as chain warns of ‘very significant dilution’
By Scott Wright SHARES in Cineworld suffered a further rout yesterday after the struggling cinema chain confirmed it was exploring restructuring options that could “result in a very significant dilution of existing equity interests”. The world
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Catriona Stewart: Will anyone care about the real life tragedy of Cineworld's demise?
THE beauty of cinema is its power to transport. If you can let yourself go, just enough, you can be anywhere - places you might want to be and places you certainly don't. Anywhere but real life, though, and that's almost always better. This
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Edinburgh Council to launch £1bn plans to build north-south tram route
COUNCIL bosses in Edinburgh will launch ambitious plans in December to double the length of the city’s tram network with a new route expected to cost more than £1 billion. The authority’s Labour-run administration will bring forward widespread
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Calls for overhaul of university counselling services
NEARLY 2,000 students in Scotland are currently waiting for help from university mental health services. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has urged the government to asses whether the standard of counselling services on campus
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Shetland renewables hopes boosted by three new Crown Estate projects
By Scott Wright THREE new offshore wind projects in an area east of Shetland have been given the go-ahead by the Crown Estate. The projects, which have a common hydrogen focus, have been awarded to applicants in the ScotWind auction of seabed
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Letters: Government must act to ease the fear that stalks families
NEWSPAPER headlines recently could easily have been taken from the 1970s and 80s. We have inflation going through the roof, interest rates crippling households and businesses, strikes and threats of strikes. It is all reminiscent of the Thatcher years
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Better by Design
The finalists for this year’s The Herald Property Awards for Scotland have now been announced and they include some of the most exciting projects in the country. From one-off properties, regeneration initiatives, affordable housing and large developments
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No end to the drama in sight as cinemas battle against piles of pandemic debts
An escape to the pictures has traditionally been regarded as an economical form of entertainment; the thing to do at the end of the month after a spell of drinking and dining out in the weeks after payday. And despite steadily increasing prices at
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Brian Wilson: Let's put the ferries into local hands. Or is that too radical, Nicola?
ANYONE visiting Stornoway last week might have been surprised to see a piper-led, fully-robed procession making its way through the town to a graduation ceremony. Rather a small place, surely, for such academic grandeur? In fact, it was the first
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Herald Diary: For a comedian, it's all in the delivery
Seventh heaven FIFE funny fella Richard Pulsford is having a fine time to himself. Already anointed this year’s UK Pun Champion, TV channel Dave have now voted one of his jokes number seven in their top 10 gags from this year’s Fringe. He grabbed
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Scots are angry and have every right to vent their rage
DEMOCRACY isn’t perfect — it’s meant to be an ugly, messy beast. Not that you’d know that, of course, if you’ve been plugged into the Scottish media lately. In the collective minds of many Scottish journalists, democracy should be a knitting circle
