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What is today's Framed? August 29 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? August 29 word puzzle hints and answer
Give your brain cells a workout by taking on the daily brain teaser Quordle today - here are some tips and hints to get you started. Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle or you've got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to
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What is today's Wordle? August 29 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 29 song hints and answer
Headphones on, volume up, press play. It's time to take on today's 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", Heardle
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Robbie Neilson insists St Johnstone approach was fair as Hearts suffer three injuries in win
ROBBIE NEILSON admits that he does not know the extent of the injuries that three of his Hearts players suffered in the team’s 3-2 win over St Johnstone but the manager does not believe the Perth outfit’s physical approach went too far. Kye Rowles
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Australia outsider Keanu Baccus still on World Cup trail with St Mirren
KEANU BACCUS must be hoping the Australian spy in the stands left Saturday’s game before the end. Socceroos manager Graham Arnold sent a representative to Paisley ostensibly for a catch up with Hibernian’s Martin Boyle but also to run an eye over former
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Edinburgh coach Blair keeping eye on Worcester Warriors' Scotland trio
MIKE BLAIR has revealed that he could go back into the transfer market to bid for one of Worcester Warriors’ three Scotland internationals if they become available. The Edinburgh coach still has some spare cash in his budget for the coming season,
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Tory rivals row over plans to cut VAT by five per cent to tackle cost-of-living
RISHI Sunak’s team has warned that cutting VAT by 5% across the board would be “regressive” and cost tens of billions of pounds amid reports that Liz Truss is considering the move. It is one of a series of possible strategies to ease the cost-of-living
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Neil appointed as Stoke City boss on three-year deal
ALEX NEIL has quit Sunderland to take over as Stoke boss, the Sky Bet Championship clubs confirmed on Sunday afternoon. The former Norwich and Preston manager has signed a three-year deal with the Potters, having watched their win over Blackburn
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Four stars for Thank You in Edinburgh
Festival Music Thank You, Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse **** THE second of two overtures in the programme of crowd-pleasers that ended The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Edinburgh Festival residency offered a lesson in theatre acoustics to
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SNP ministers told to find more cash to end bin strike pay dispute
SNP ministers have been told to find extra cash to end a refuse worker pay dispute as talks continue to end rubbish piled up on streets. Union bosses and Cosla, which represents Scottish councils, have been unable to reach a deal so far – rejecting
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Four stars for You Know We Belong Together
Edinburgh International Festival You Know We Belong Together The Lyceum **** Life is one big soap opera for Julia Hales in her autobiographical show-and-tell, which finally arrives in Edinburgh after the COVID pandemic prevented
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TV: Adrian Dunbar on Line of Duty: 'You don't think you're going to reach those heights ever again'
As new detective drama Ridley lands on ITV, Danielle de Wolfe discusses Brits' love of crime-solving with stars Bronagh Waugh and Adrian Dunbar. For many actors, a career-defining role is often accompanied by the very real danger of typecasting
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Crieff Hydro chief warns of closures as cost rises hit hard
The chief executive of Crieff Hydro, the Perthshire-based hotel group, has declared there will be “significant closures” across the tourism and hospitality industry as it grapples with a barrage of soaring costs. Stephen Leckie issued the warning
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Why the festival city is caught in a stink
In 1979 Bill Forsyth shot a film in Glasgow called That Sinking Feeling, about a gang of goofballs stealing a bunch of stainless steel sinks to improve their socio-economic lot. It features future Gregory’s Girl stars John Gordon Sinclair and Robert
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Scots Word of the Week: Tyke, tike
TYKE, TIKE THE definition of this word for a dog pulls no punches in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL): “A dog, generally with contemptuous force, a hulking uncouth ill-bred dog, a cur. Occasionally applied to other ill-favoured or ill-conditioned
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Health: Nine ways to treat a headache without taking medication
Can you relieve a headache without popping pills? Katie Wright asks some experts. A headache can strike at any time, and they're often more common during the warmest days of summer - particularly when the mercury soars in the midst of a heatwave
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Glasgow's 'rollermania' celebrated in film
It was the original ‘rollermania’, when empty halls dotted around the land became venues for speed freak show-offs on wheels and, for the unfortunate, resulted in many a hard landing. Roller skating took Edwardian Scotland by storm, and nowhere
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Why Rab Wardell was Scottish cycling's greatest ambassador - Susan Egelstaff
THERE are some athletes who seem like they’re really not enjoying their job, and there’s others who quite obviously can’t believe their luck that they have the opportunity to do sport for a living. Rab Wardell, it was clear to see, was in the
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A collection of bricks is about to become available for all to enjoy
The day was said to be “as bright and beautiful a Sabbath morning as ever dawned”, and the Clyde-built SV Eskbank, her sails billowing in the breeze, made a fine sight as she headed for the port at Honolulu. It was early November 1878, and the
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Scotland cast net abroad ahead of World Cup challenge - Alan Campbell
SCOTLAND’S preparations for October’s World Cup play-offs start on Friday with a friendly against Netherlands in Zwolle. That’s followed four days later by a very different level of opposition when the final Group B qualifier is played in the Faroe
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Police Scotland not 'adversely' compromised after cyber kiosk data leak
THE Israeli company behind Police Scotland’s controversial cyber kiosk technology has been left reeling after top-secret data was leaked to Japanese authorities. Interpol, the FBI and the National Crime Agency are among the agencies which have
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Flammable Grenfell material remains at Scotland's superhospital
Ministers have come under fire after controversial materials used in Grenfell Tower remain on the nation's super-hospital remain in place a year-and-a-half after it was passed safe after the horrifying blaze that claimed the lives of 72 people.
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Revealed: ScottishPower's 'obscene' £7bn dividends to Spanish owners
SCOTTISHPOWER which has been pushing for a taxpayer-backed £100bn fund to help energy firms freeze energy bills has handed over nearly £7bn in dividends to its foreign owners since being taken over, it can be revealed. The payout bonanza to its
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Alex Cole-Hamilton: Tribal politics is overshadowing Holyrood's potential
Last week, broadcaster James Cook was confronted with a torrent of abuse outside the Conservative leadership hustings in Perth. He was called a “traitor,” a “rat” and a “scumbag.” The pro-independence supporters that had gathered there threw eggs
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Real life Prime Suspect inspiration to tell all at Glasgow crime event
THERE are some cases which are hard to let go of even for tough ex police officers. And for former detective and the inspiration behind TV drama Prime Suspect with Dame Helen Mirren portraying the lead role of DCI Jane Tennison, it is no different
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Long-lost Highland community discovered by deerstalker
DUNCAN Mackenzie has had a string of jobs from being a policeman to a butcher and game dealer and even running a guest house. However, it is his current role that has brought him the most satisfaction and should come as no surprise considering
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Letters: GERS shows how much Westminster is reliant on Scotland
REGARDING the latest GERS publication: a reminder that no devolved Scottish government has ever "overspent" on devolved responsibilities. And that 37 per cent of spending and 74% of revenue in the GERS figures are reserved by the UK Government. The
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What is today's Quordle? August 28 word puzzle hints and answer
Can't get enough of a word puzzle game? Give the brainteaser Quordle a try. 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 as 'Wordle on steroids
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David Bol: Council funding mistrust causing rubbish pile-ups
NOTHING quite grabs your attention like a mountain of rubbish on every street corner of Scotland’s capital city. Edinburgh, finally the busiest it has been since the Covid horror show hit, has never looked worse. Locals in the city are used
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DAVID PRATT IN UKRAINE: Inside Mykolaiv - the defiant city where Russian bombardment never stops
It has escaped bombardment only 25 days out of 186 since the war started. Foreign Editor David Pratt reports from Mykolaiv, the devastated city that has stood between Russia and its occupation of most of southern Ukraine The booms from the two
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NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: Scotland's top political scientist diagnoses Scottish democracy … the verdict? The patient is in serious trouble
Professor James Mitchell is one of the nation’s leading expert on the constitution, devolution, the Scottish Parliament and Government. He’s seriously worried about the state of our democracy. In a no-holds-barred conservation with our Writer at Large
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Iain Macwhirter: You thought it couldn't get any worse than under Boris Johnson. Well, it just did ...
I HATE to say I told you so – but I did. In January, at the height of the partygate row, I pointed out to those insisting that Boris Johnson was the spawn of the devil that his replacement was likely to be very much worse. And so it has proved.
