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Police chief brands fan zone failure 'bizarre' and issues supporter unrest warning

DAVID Kennedy, the general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, has described the failure to set up an organised fan zone in Glasgow for supporters celebrating a Scottish title win as “bizarre” after years of unrest on the streets. And

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Why Tommy Conway is the logical choice to replace Scotland striker Lyndon Dykes

Steve Clarke must be beginning to wonder what he has done to upset the footballing gods. Are they fans of Ayr United, still smarting from his revitalisation of Kilmarnock? Perhaps there are Rangers supporters among them, who didn’t take too kindly

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The Argyll bay that inhabits my dark imagination, by writer Daniel Smith

Where is it? Ardlamont Bay, Argyll. Why do you go there? On the Cowal peninsula, a few miles south of the village of Kames, Ardlamont Bay is a setting that inhabited my imagination for several years before I actually set eyes on it.

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Major Scotland injury blow as Lyndon Dykes ruled out of Euro 2024

Lyndon Dykes has been ruled out of the Scotland squad for Euro 2024. The striker had been named in Steve Clarke's side and was involved in training this week. However, Dykes was stretchered out of training after a cruel injury issue at Lesser

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‘It would probably be grounds for lawsuits now’: one-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy

  Any 14-year-old who starts learning piano because they want to go to music school is generally in for a rude awakening, especially if they have their eye on a prestigious institution such as the Guildhall or the Royal College of Music. Typically

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Scots Word of the Week: Pontius Pilate’s Bodyguard

The wealth of information that can be found in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language never ceases to amaze. The above is defined as follows: “A jocular nickname for the Royal Scots Regiment said to have been given circa 1635 during the Thirty Years

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The weird, the eerie, and all creatures great and small: the best art in Scotland

  Camara Taylor [mouthfeel] 7 June-18 August. Entry free. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PE.  An exhibition of new and recomposed work by Glasgow-based artist Camara Taylor. Her practice builds around research into archival documents

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‘The only old lady on her street who can use a machine gun’: memories of war

DON’T mention the war? We never stop speaking about the bloody war in this country. Another week, another anniversary to remind us how Britain won it (no need to mention the Russians or the Americans or the Commonwealth or anyone else). Another

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Herald Diary: Looking for laughs? We can trump them all

Trump slump THESE are dire days for The Donald. The former American President is no longer a Top Trump after he was bombarded with 34 guilty verdicts in a New York court. Would he have felt slightly less depressed if it had only been 33

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How to do a little bit of Chelsea in your garden

  Many of us have enjoyed some wee peeks at the Chelsea Flower Show with its beautiful show gardens. Like many gardens open to the public, the Chelsea ones inspire and delight, and the ooos and aaahs from visitors are almost deafening. Designers

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777 Partners’ proposed takeover of Everton falls through

Everton are assessing “all options for the club’s future ownership” after 777 Partners’ proposed takeover fell through. Toffees owner Farhad Moshiri was tied into a period of exclusivity with the troubled US investment group until May 31 and could

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Alan Simpson: Fancy a trip to the sun? Not if you live in Edinburgh you can't

IT is that time of year when most of us are thinking longingly about a fortnight in the sun, on account of Scots not having seen it for months, unless we’ve sneaked in a wee winter break. The rain has been pretty relentless recently, after all,

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Oscar Cortes to Rangers state of play as £4m transfer fee required

A permanent transfer deal to sign Oscar Cortes would cost Rangers £4m. The Colombian winger has been on loan at Ibrox for the second half of the season. Cortes, 20, joined from RC Lens in January and had impressed before injury curtailed his

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John Burnside: A man who came through the fire & forged something better of himself

ON a bitter cold day in March this year I visited Professor John Burnside in his office at St Andrews University. The poet and novelist, then in the last week of his 68th year, sat behind his desk in a room full of books on a Friday afternoon and

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Douglas Ross: SNP has ‘failed rural and island communities’ on health

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has claimed the SNP has “failed rural and island communities” on health, as he campaigned in his former constituency. Mr Ross, who is stepping down from Westminster at the General Election, said the SNP

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Calum MacLeod hopes his 2018 heroics can inspire Scotland for England clash

Calum MacLeod hopes Scotland can follow his lead and put England to the sword six years after he played arguably the greatest innings in his country’s cricket history. Back in June 2018, Eoin Morgan’s England were well on the way to securing their

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Man charged following 'incident on pitch' at Hampden clash between Scotland & Israel

A man has been charged after an ‘incident’ at Scotland’s home match behind closed doors against Israel last night. The Herald previously reported Pro-Palestine campaigners were staging a demonstration outside Hampden ahead of Scotland’s women’s

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Open gate policy: Your chance to see Scotland’s best private gardens

  House of Pitmuies Guthrie By Forfar, DD8 2SN Set amongst the wheat fields of Angus is a handsome country house with one of the finest gardens in Scotland. Pitmuies has a history that stretches back to the 16th century and subsequent

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Gary Townsend: make lots of these because they won’t last long

  Chocolate, peanut and oat cookies These are insanely moreish – I would recommend doubling this recipe as they won’t be around for long, especially if you have small hands in the house!   Ingredients Makes 8-10 200g crunchy

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Guy Stenhouse: If you want to get it right on housing, stop the war on landlords

Governments have a bad habit of taking action which achieves the opposite of what they are, or should be, trying to do. Nowhere is this more true than in the housing market in general and homes for rent in particular. The value of houses is absurdly

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The value of being a social (policy) network

Monday sees the start of national Volunteers Week, which gives us a chance to say again that our volunteers are the very backbone of the Scottish Citizens Advice network. You may think this is an army of trained volunteers helping CAB clients on a

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Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul called off due to ulcer flare-up

Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul in Texas has been postponed on health advice given to the former world heavyweight champion. The bout, due to take place on July 20 at Arlington’s AT&T Stadium between the 57-year-old and YouTuber-turned-boxer

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Author tackles notion that Scotland's bothies are attracting the 'wrong sort'

  Bothy: In Search of Simple Shelter Kat Hill William Collins, £16.99 Review by Susan Flockhart   They have no WiFi, electricity, running water or even beds. Devoid of creature comforts, they are situated in remote, lonely places

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The best wine that lottery money can buy

What would you drink if you won the lottery? Actually, if you do win, Scotland is well placed with decent independent wine merchants to cope with your new-found largesse, which is handy, because Tescos ain't gonna do it folks. If it was me,

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Across Italy on the Ferrari of bikes (with help from some batteries and beer)

Mark Porter road tests the first two stages of next month’s Tour de France on the latest e-bike   I am in a cake shop high in the Apennines halfway between Florence and Rimini. My legs are tired and my cycle shoes are killing me. Happily, the

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Drivers in Aberdeen and Edinburgh now liable for penalties as LEZs go live

Low Emission Zones have officially gone live today in two of Scotland’s major cities, with drivers of non-compliant vehicles to be issued fines for travelling through the areas. It has been exactly one year to the day since Glasgow launched their

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‘We called ourselves The Funeral Club’: how Éimi Quinn found light in the darkness

ÉIMI Quinn’s reaction to the news when told she had stage-three cancer reveals the woman’s character in a single sentence. “I thought f*** it,” she recalls, grinning. “I’m not going to die with the words ‘business studies graduate’ in my obituary.

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Why Clive Myrie is a man for all TV seasons

Never let it be said the BBC doesn’t make the most of its talent. Once Auntie thinks you are hot property she will spread you around like butter on toast. Take the presenter of Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure (BBC2, Monday-Wednesday, Friday).

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New heat options mean cheaper bills and less pollution – but good advice is essential

Scotland is a cold country, with many homes that are energy inefficient, and poor energy efficiency is one of the main drivers of fuel poverty. The latest Scottish Government estimate is that a staggering 31% of Scottish households are in fuel poverty

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'No greater windfall': creating Glasgow’s greatest art collection

THE major international exhibition that opened at the Burrell Collection last week – Discovering Degas: Collecting in the Time of William Burrell – is the latest chapter in the extraordinary success story that has been unfolding for four decades in

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Camley’s Cartoon: The Trump verdicts

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the Donald Trump verdicts Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0191 603 0178. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our website thepicturedesk.co.uk.

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Lennie Pennie: Robust and honest sex education is essential in every school

In the latest tactic to obfuscate and create division just in time for the election, this month it’s teachers being pitted against parents over classes teaching heath, relationships and sex education. The headlines have been awash with quotes from

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Pedestrian who died after Cumbernauld car crash named by police

A pedestrian who died after a car crash in Cumbernauld has been named by police as William Henderson. The 49-year-old, from Cumbernauld, was taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on May 26, where he later died

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The secret tests in Scotland that saved the battle of D-Day

The hilltop town of Mortain-Bocage is now a tranquil place in the apple and pear-growing region of northern France. From the summit of the rocky outcrop and La Petite Chapelle in the wooded parkland, on a clear May day, you can make out the straight

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Book review: A revolution guided by dreams

  Any Human Power Manda Scott (September, £18.99) Any Human Power has the feel of a book that’s landed at just the right moment, before the story it tells is overtaken by real-world events. As in the novel, MPs are crossing the floor of

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Scots family tickled pink to make 'Home of the Year' shortlist

'Everybody needs more pink," says Heather Craig, who has included a dab of her favourite colour in every room of her quirky family home. Scotland's Home of the Year judges Banjo Beale, Anna Campbell Jones and Danny Campbell head east for Monday's

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Damning files expose Westminister 'negligence' over Scots 'kidnapper's charter'

UK government officers charged with examining "flawed" Scottish child abduction laws encouraged each other to "fail to report back to ministers", damning files show. In England and Wales there is legislation in place preventing a parent from taking

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Call to end 'embarrassment' over Celtic and Rangers and turn clubs into global brands

AS the unfortunate error that he made during a discussion in Holyrood last week highlighted, Paul Sweeney is not a football fan. The Labour MSP for the Glasgow region stated that Arsenal had staged a trophy parade after winning the Premier League

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Why James Bisgrove's departure from Ibrox is irrelevant for Rangers

THIS is a time of year when football clubs move on players whose time is up or who have proved unable to make the grade and begin to draft in replacements who they hope will be able to reinvigorate the first team and deliver success in future.

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Susan Swarbrick: Running taught me how to heal and rebuild my body

SOMETIMES the toughest journey is even reaching the start. When I signed up to run a half marathon, I visualised seamlessly ticking off boxes as the mileage grew and I built towards race day.  Of course, like many things in life, it didn’t quite

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Gerard Considine obituary: sheriff and president of the Glasgow Bar Association

  Gerard Considine Born: August 22, 1966 Died: April 15, 2024 Gerard Considine, who has died aged 57, was a respected lawyer who spent his entire legal career specialising in criminal defence work, latterly as a solicitor-advocate.

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Degas exhibition continues the Burrell's decades-long story of success

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Letters: I'll vote SNP though gritted teeth. Matheson makes it very difficult

AS a fervent believer in independence, I will, reluctantly, vote SNP on July 4. A decent representation of SNP MPs in Westminster is the only way we can keep independence on the political agenda. But my frustration with the SNP, and John Swinney

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Revealed: Talks over multi-million pound Scots ferry-building revolution

A new bid is being made today to help create a Clyde shipbuilding revolution, save struggling state-controlled shipyard firm Ferguson Marine and help solve Scotland's ferry crisis. Dr Stuart Ballantyne, a Scottish naval architect and executive

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Ron Mackenna: Bib at the ready – this chain restaurant is not what you might expect

THE BIB Gourmand is a badge of honour in the culinary world, handed out by the Michelin Guide to restaurants on the way up, the Bib Pho on the other hand is a badge of shame; handed out to fat food critics on the way down. Or at least on the way to

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Brian Taylor: Forget the fog of comfort. This election involves tough choices

His Majesty’s House of Commons, there assembled at Westminster, is defined by division. It is its core, its leitmotif. When MPs vote, the House divides, with members physically walking through different lobbies: signalling Aye or, to the contrary

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Mark Smith: ‘We want to do more’: lessons from a train trip with Mr Swinney

I KNOW it’s a special occasion because there’s not just one Mr Softy ice-cream van, there’s two. There’s also the Methil and District Pipe Band, the First Minister and his entourage, and hundreds of people hanging over the fences and bridges to get

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What is it to be a man? Let’s pull it apart and see

IN some ways things are getting darker in George MacKay’s world. Whereas in the past he has often played decent, soft-spoken young men in films like Pride and Sunshine on Leith, of late he has been turning up as a cross-dressing infamous Aussie outlaw

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The Steve Clarke big interview with Dani Garavelli

After years of admiration from afar, I finally got to spend a couple of hours in the company of ‘Sir’ Steve Clarke, the Scotland manager, at a hotel in Leicestershire. Honest, direct and thoughtful - for someone dubbed ‘taciturn’, he wasn’t half chatty

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100,000s heat pumps targeted, 1000s of fitters needed. Can Scotland get skilled up?

Estimates exist for the number of installers that Scotland will need to train up if heat pump targets are to be hit. One is from Nesta, which has calculated that, by 2033, 4,000 installers could be needed, a 15-to-20-fold estimate. But another estimation

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Australia’s new screening policy ‘could have prevented my cancer’

A Scots woman now living in Australia has welcomed upcoming changes to the country's bowel cancer screening policy saying it could have prevented her own disease. From July 1, people from the age of 45 will be sent testing kits, five years younger

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Airline launches new ski routes schedule from Scottish airports

An airline and holiday company has unveiled its ski route schedule for next year. Jet2 announced details of its programme from Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, “offering customers a fantastic choice of flights to the best ski destinations in Europe

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Glasgow hospitality giant buys Paesano in eight-figure deal

Three hugely popular Glasgow restaurants have been acquired in one of the biggest hospitality deals seen in Scotland for years. The DRG, owner of the Di Maggio’s, Café Andaluz, and Amarone chains, has bought the city’s two Paesano Pizza restaurants

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Brian Donnelly: Scottish airport to double flight capacity to top market

A Scottish airport plans to double its capacity to and from the United States with a groundbreaking gateway plan. The country’s busiest airport has held discussions with United States Border and Customs Protection over creating an American “border

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Renaissance looks for growth in 'new type of consolidation' for care home sector

Scottish care home operator Renaissance is looking to lead the way in a "new type of consolidation" across the industry as it seeks to double the size of its business within the next five years. Chairman Robert Kilgour, who set up the business

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India: an investment opportunity too big to ignore

By Jason Hollands WHILE in the UK we will have to endure another month of political campaigning until polling day on July 4, India’s general election concludes next week with the results expected on Tuesday. This will bring the largest exercise