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All to play for at Royal Troon as Billy Horschel tops bunched Open leaderboard
Only golfers would go out in that, eh? Forget Royal Troon being on the Firth of Clyde. During a drookit day three of The Open Championship, it felt like it was bloomin’ in it. “You could smell the rain coming,” suggested Justin Thomas with a meteorological
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'It's hard now' - Shane Lowry concedes chances of winning The Open are damaged
Shane Lowry will be in need of a quiet Saturday night and a right good lie down after the conclusion of his third round at Royal Troon. The Irishman dropped a whopping six shots as he badly fumbled his second-round clubhouse lead at The 152nd Open
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The Open provides a major stage for Golf in Society to spread its health message
Just like that? Anthony Blackburn has a lovely little story about his late dad, John. “He was a singer and one of his claims to fame was that he was the warmup act for Tommy Cooper at a night club in the northeast,” reflected Blackburn of a memory
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Scott on course for Open silver lining as Nairn man leads amateur medal race
Memories are made of this. Calum Scott is certainly creating a few here at Royal Troon this week. In fact, you half expected him to burst into that Dean Martin croon as he appeared for his post-round chinwag with the golf writers. A spirited one-under
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Rafael Nadal continues Olympics preparations by reaching final in Sweden
Rafael Nadal reflected on “a great feeling” after reaching his first final since the 2022 French Open. The Spaniard rallied from a set down to beat Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic 4-6 6-3 6-4 and move through to the Nordea Open final in Bastad
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Robert MacIntyre admits Open struggle has brought him back to earth with a bump
Robert MacIntyre admitted Royal Troon had brought him back down to earth as he struggled to replicate last week’s heroics. The Oban-based left-hander celebrated long into the night after triumphing in his home Scottish Open last Sunday but it has
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The Eagle: An Open Championship diary
You are what you eat. Or drink. Or inhale. The diarist has an auld colleague who actually smokes between mouthfuls let alone courses during a meal. There’s another who went for a blood test at the doctors recently and the sample had a head on it.
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Clyde 1 Motherwell 3: Sloppy top-flight side finally get the job done
Motherwell finally shook off a brave Clyde effort to get back to winning ways in their Premier Sports group campaign in a hard-fought match in Hamilton. The top-flight side looked to be on easy street when Moses Ebiye tapped home early on, but
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Scots Word of the Week: Jaggy nettles
Dictionaries of the Scots Language references nettles under “jaggie” meaning “prickly, sharp, pointed, piercing; stinging, of nettles”. The following, from the Scotsman of July 1834, is one of our earliest citations and comes from a witness at
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Alan Simpson: It's time for the Fat Controller to take over shambolic ScotRail
There's an advert doing the rounds at the moment for ScotRail which claims that your ticket goes much further than you think. How much further it doesn’t specify but I’m tempted to put it to the test by buying a single to Stirling and going all
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Incident involving aircraft at Glasgow Airport sparks emergency response
Emergency crews were mobilised to deal with an incident involving an aircraft at Glasgow Airport. Fire crews meet the Icelandair flight on the tarmac shortly after its arrival from Reykjavik after the alarm was raised at around 1.30pm on Friday
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Snooker mourns Ray Reardon after his death at the age of 91
Six-time world snooker champion Ray Reardon has died at the age of 91. Welshman Reardon, who dominated the sport in the 1970s, died on Friday night, his wife Carol confirmed to the World Snooker Tour. A statement on the WST’s official website
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Geoff Ellis: Scotland’s transport system needs to do more for our night-time economy
The value of live music in Scotland equates to more than £581million and it’s one of the biggest drivers of tourism in Scotland. It’s also a huge part of the social and cultural fabric of Scottish society, bringing together different communities over
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Island on loch named among UK's best places to go 'almost' wild camping
An island on a picturesque Scottish loch has been named as one of the best places in the UK to go 'almost' wild camping. Experts at leading outdoor retailer Blacks have featured Inchcailloch in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park on a new
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Debt charities join forces to mainstream top quality advice
One of the questions advice agencies like us are most often asked is who ‘advises the advisers?’ Or, how do we ensure that every person who works or volunteers in a Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), or other debt advice organisation, is giving the best
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More flight cancellations and delays expected in wake of global IT outage
Flight delays and cancellations are among the disruption expected to continue into the weekend after a global IT outage, as experts warned it could take weeks for systems to fully recover. A flawed update rolled out by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike
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Technology: TP-Link Deco BE9300 Mesh WiFi 7 System
What is it? A fully featured home WiFi network. Good points? The can-shaped appearance is reminiscent of a portable speaker with dimensions of each unit being 4.23 × 4.23 × 6.93 inches (10.7 × 10.7 × 17.6 cm), making them fairly compact
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Gary Townsend's recipe: Spiced Lamb Tacos
Tacos normally come with a variety of fillings – this recipe is one for spiced lamb shoulder. Lamb shoulder is one of my most favourite pieces of meat. With a slight spice, crispy taco shell, avocado and slaw, not much more you could want! Ingredients
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Book now: 10 unmissable concerts across Scotland in August
Gig of the Month Philharmonia Orchestra Residency: Family Concert, Usher Hall, August 25 Whatever the words “Edinburgh in August” conjure up - and it’s possible it’s horror as much as excitement for some - you can’t deny that it comes with
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Olympic spirit: The best new TV shows and classic films to watch before Paris 2024
Armchair fans assemble: the quadrennial spectacle of sporting greatness is almost upon us. The 2024 Paris Olympic Games take place from July 26 to August 11, followed by the Paralympics from August 28 to September 8. With the final countdown under
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Alison Rowat: Is it the last dance for Strictly?
As every Strictly fan knows, timing is everything. With the 22nd series of the ratings smash on the way in the autumn, it probably seemed the right moment to send out invitations to the launch show. “Who will the new celebrities be paired with
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‘It's happened again': why The Open doesn't work for everyone
On Troon’s South Beach, two police officers are moving in on a group of middle-aged golf aficionados and I’m sensing the possibility of a towsy intro. There are eight of them and they’re clad in the globally recognised apparel of the affluent golf
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TV crime drama The Jetty seeps into the bones like winter's chill
It is a terrifying thought that wherever you are in this country, you are never more than six feet away from a podcaster. It used to be a rat, but then some spoilsport crunched the numbers and declared that notion bunkum. Podcasters, though, really
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'The hard man image of Glasgow was shifting then': The return of Victor & Barry
“Oh, gosh did I tell you about my new neighbour?” You join us as Alan Cumming is recounting to his audience - which would be myself and Cumming’s former and current comedy partner Forbes Masson - a story from his new home in the Highlands.
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Heavy music festival returns to shake the walls of a Glasgow community centre
The three-day heavy music festival Core. is returning to Glasgow for its second year. Scotland’s newest festival lauding everything loud and distorted sets up camp in Glasgow’s Woodside Halls, with assistance from the West End’s independent music
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The Open as it happened: Updates from the third round at Royal Troon
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No positions, all-out attack: The Scottish manager taking Finland by storm
No set positions. All out attack. Entertainment as a top priority. Joint top of the league. It’s Scottish coaching, but not as you know it. While football fans in this country are still reeling – and more than a little angry – about the negative
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David Smith MBE - How Dr Rahul Jandial's words changed my outlook on paralysis
“I have shaken 10,000 hands, performed thousands of operations and most of those people are no longer here” These were the words that echoed around my kitchen on Monday morning as I sat drinking my coffee to try find some strength to get out the
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'This is without doubt one of the finest Scottish albums of the last 30 years'
Over the decades, Scottish musicians have made countless albums that have stood the test of time. To launch a new series, On the Record: A look back at Scotland’s cult albums, we revisit Stealers Wheel's much-loved Ferguslie Park, from 1973. THE
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Ron Mackenna: The pasta in this restaurant is silkier than a George Best chat up line
Salandini’s & Nowita Glasgow During a kind of perfect Saturday afternoon which has involved doing the square root of, well, you know, I’ll end up buying a Strawberry Bakewell and a Raspberry Crumble for later and being offered, there and then
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From 'Black Swan' events to SARS: Where did UK go wrong in planning for a pandemic?
How well prepared was the UK to cope with a pandemic? A year ago, the first public hearings at the UK Covid Inquiry got underway in an attempt to answer that question. With the inquiry expected to plough on for years (evidence sessions for
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Camley’s Cartoon: The UK Covid Inquiry findings
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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Average Scottish house prices rose £6,800 last year as people 'drawn back to cities'
Average house prices rose £6,868 in Scotland last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by a leading property firm. DJ Alexander Ltd - the largest lettings and estate agency in Scotland - said that the latest data from the monthly
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All creatures great and small: the very wild life of a Scottish island ranger
On a beautiful white sandy beach at the edge of the Inner Hebridean island of Tiree, wildlife ranger Hayley Douglas is often the difference between life and death. Through her hands can pass all creatures great and small: a hefty full-grown 600lb
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From fax machines to fingerprinting - the Scottish inventions that changed the world
Brilliant Scots have been behind some of the world’s most ingenious, lifesaving and life enhancing inventions. Where would we be without the telephone – courtesy of Alexander Bell – or James Watt’s steam engine which kickstarted the Industrial
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Why Trump should beware this vice-presidential nominee bearing gifts
Anyone who has read Hillbilly Elegy, the Appalachian rags to Silicon Valley riches memoir of JD Vance, would have come to the same conclusion: if this guy ever went into politics, he could go all the way. He had of course already begun his ascent
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How a Scottish inventor gave the world air conditioning - and was promptly forgotten
In a long list of great inventions and discoveries, those developed by Scots often lead the pack. From the telephone to logarithms, Dolly the Sheep and flushing toilets, the vacuum flask to the waterproof raincoat, all are credited as Scottish
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Young Scots from 'remote small towns' entering higher education at lowest ever level
Pupils from remote small towns are less likely to go to higher education than ever before, official statistics show. Just under 25% of school leavers from such areas went on to higher education in 2022/23, while just over a third did so in 2009
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Letters: At last, the myth of Nicola Sturgeon's 'good Covid' has been debunked
THE contents of the report from the UK Covid Inquiry ("Scots ‘failed’ by lack of planning for a pandemic by SNP or Tories", The Herald, July 16) should come as little surprise to the general public. Government and devolved administrations were
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Why are children from 'remote' small towns being held back? Nobody seems to know
As today’s big education story makes painfully clear, there is a major problem affecting young people in the parts of Scotland classed as ‘remote small towns’. These are areas which are home to between 4000 and 10000 people, and are also more than
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Mark Smith: Can you see it yet? The contradiction at the heart of the SNP
It’s such a pity the word independence has no Rs in it because Stephen Flynn is good at Rs. He takes his time over them. They rattle and rev in his mouth. When he’s talking, he tries to work words like barrier and warrior and corridor into every sentence
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Brian Taylor: Just how long are you prepared to wait for Labour’s change?
Political choice is not driven solely by individuals, however powerful. Still less by party manifestos, issued to content the electorate. Frequently, politics is governed by time, the departure of days, and by events, the arrival of actions.
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Accountancy firm unveils 234 Scottish promotions, new partners and directors
Accountancy firm PwC has announced 234 promotions across Scotland, including the appointment of two new equity partners. The latest round of promotions – which the firm noted “extends to team members across all lines of service in PwC’s three Scottish
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IT chaos reveals fragility of the world's business infrastructure
Within hours of waking up to yesterday's news of the CrowdStrike debacle at Microsoft, pundits were already calling it the biggest IT fail in history. The impact of the outage, said to be caused by a security update from CrowdStrike that caused
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What does Big Tech and responsible AI mean for investors?
By Stuart Riddick AI HAS rapidly emerged as a transformative force with the potential to greatly benefit society, becoming a major investment megatrend. But the risks have also been well documented since AI has no concept of ethics, a hugely relevant
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Dave Allan: Gardening is good for your mental health
What gardener can resist a gentle stroll on a warm summer’s evening, armed with secateurs and an inviting glass of wine, snipping off spent blooms to show off the fresh burgeoning ones. Deadheading is very satisfying. It can sometimes stimulate
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Ayrshire boy who grew up to transform the education of GPs
Professor Thomas Stuart Murray Born: July 22, 1943 Died: May 17, 2024 WHILE Professor Thomas Stuart Murray was still in his teens, he received an invaluable lesson in doing what he thought was right, regardless of what others thought, and
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Speyside distiller defies global downturn
The Speyside distillery majority-owned by Scotch whisky veteran Billy Walker has posted a further rise in profits, against a backdrop of global economic and geopolitical upheaval. The GlenAllachie Distillers Company has reported a pre-tax profit
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SNP calls for four nation child poverty summit as pressure grows over benefit cap
The SNP has called for a four nation summit on child poverty, as Sir Keir Starmer continues to face pressure over the two-child benefit cap. The party's Westminster leader has written to the new Prime Minister requesting a meeting with the devolved