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St Johnstone players thought referee blew whistle twice at Rangers' disputed goal
MATT Smith has revealed that he and his St Johnstone team mates thought they heard referee Matthew MacDermid blow his whistle twice when Rangers striker Cyriel Dessers scored his controversial goal at Hampden on Saturday. And the McDiarmid Park
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Lauren Coughlin digs deep after slow start to win Women's Scottish Open
We may as well pinch a lyric from an old Meatloaf song to describe Lauren Coughlin’s fine victory in the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Links. Two out of three ain’t bad. Let’s hope we don’t have to pay any royalties. Coughlin joined
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The one thing that annoyed Cameron Carter-Vickers from Celtic victory over Hibs
Save for the fact that they would like a few more signings in the door before the end of the transfer window, there can hardly be a cloud in the sky for Celtic supporters just at the minute. Their team have started the season in formidable fashion
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Brian Graham criticises delayed medical response to horror seizure during SWPL match
Partick Thistle manager Brian Graham expressed his concern over the treatment of midfielder Courtney Stewart, who experienced a seizure following a head injury during Sunday’s Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) match against Rangers. Graham
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The Kyogo Furuhashi call that could put Celtic striker out for four months
Kyogo Furuhashi would be out for up to four months if he decides to go ahead with surgery to solve his ongoing shoulder issue, with Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers leaving the decision down to his player. The striker sat out of the League Cup win
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Sloppy Hibs players served warning after giving Celtic a 'goal of a start'
David Gray has warned his sloppy Hibernian players that he can’t keep picking them if they continue making the sort of errors that cost them dearly once more as they were beaten by Celtic for the second time in a week. Gray had spoken in the build
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Premier Sports Cup draw as it happened: Celtic and Rangers handed home ties
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Family leisure attraction closes after child died in 'unexplained' incident
A child has died in an 'unexplained' incident at a family leisure attraction. Emergency services were called to Flip Out trampoline park in Rutherglen at around 11am on Sunday morning after a child became unwell. The youngster was rushed to
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Premier Sports Cup quarter-final draw in full
Holders Rangers will face Dundee in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-final. Philippe Clement's side - who advanced with victory over St Johnstone - will host the tie at Hampden on the weekend of September 21/22. Celtic, meanwhile, go head-to-head
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Celtic 3 Hibs 1: Deputy Daizen Maeda at the double as Celtic cruise through
Celtic cruised into the quarter finals of the Premier Sports Cup as an early double from Daizen Maeda helped them to defeat Hibernian in rather routine fashion for the second time in a week. A brilliant looping header from Hibs striker Mykola Kukharevych
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Chef to stars Jack Nicholson and Michael Douglas hired by Scottish family food firm
A Scottish family-owned food and drink business has hailed the appointment of an acclaimed "chef to the stars". The top chef has catered to celebrities including Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, Sir Billy Connolly, and Sir Lenny Henry, as well
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Rees-Mogg tells fringe audience 'Tories deserved to lose the election'
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has admitted he is “very strongly” considering standing at the next general election after losing his seat in July. The former Tory minister, who lost the constituency of North East Somerset to Labour by more than 5,000 votes
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Don Cowie concedes Ross County fans are right to be unhappy following shock cup exit
Don Cowie empathises with the frustration of Ross County supporters following the team's disappointing exit from the Premier Sports Cup, where they suffered a shock defeat to fourth-tier Spartans. The Scottish Premiership club was eliminated in
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Robison warns UK Government against bypassing Holyrood in anti-poverty plan
Shona Robison has criticised Ian Murray after Reports suggested the Scottish Secretary could bypass Holyrood to directly fund anti-poverty measures. The Sunday Mail newspaper reported that the Westminster Government could introduce new legislation
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Cannabis farm discovered in Spean Bridge Hotel as man arrested and charged
A man has been arrested and charged with alleged drug offences after a cannabis farm was discovered in the former Spean Bridge Hotel. The hotel, on the A82 near Fort William, has been decried as a 'carbuncle' by locals after years of under-investment
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'Who knows': Man United-linked striker left out of Brentford squad for league opener
Brentford head coach Thomas Frank refused to confirm whether Ivan Toney has played his last game for the club. The England striker missed the first half of last season after serving an eight-month ban for breaching Football Association gambling
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SPFL club sign striker with 'a lot of potential' following successful trial
Motherwell have bolstered their squad with the signing of Tawanda Maswanhise. Stuart Kettlewell has endured an injury-ravaged start to the 2024/25 campaign, with the Motherwell manager having to cope with around eight first team players out on
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Three weather warnings issued as remnants of hurricane to batter Scotland
Three yellow weather warnings for rain in Scotland have been issued for the coming week as the remnants of a hurricane get set to batter the country. Up to 150mm of rainfall is expected within a 24-hour period in the worst affected areas. The
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Nuno confirms Danilo suffered broken ankle in draw against Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo says Danilo suffered a broken ankle in the opening-day draw with Bournemouth. Danilo sustained the sickening injury after just six minutes at the City Ground after landing awkwardly following an aerial
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A pop at Putin: Festival Opera's The Marriage of Figaro at Edinburgh Festival review
Kirill Serebrennikov’s modern-dress production of Mozart’s first opera with librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte is a fantastic multi-layered event, both literally and metaphorically. The director – who is his own designer – has created an upstairs/downstairs
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'Anything can happen': Jimmy Thelin provides Aberdeen transfer update
Life goes on for Aberdeen without star striker Bojan Miovski as Topi Keskinen netted a debut goal during second half stoppage time to see the Dons past Queen's Park and into the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals. The North Macedonia internationalist
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'Remarkable': Nigamon/Tunai at Edinburgh International Festival Theatre review
Water is everywhere in this remarkable collaboration between indigenous artists from North and South America, which charts how the planet’s natural resources are plundered and entire ecosystems destroyed in the name of greed. From Canada, and with
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Charmless Douglas Ross has turned off even the most rabid Tories
YOU probably know the fable of the scorpion and the frog. Stuck on the riverbank, unable to swim, the scorpion asks the frog if he will carry it over the water. The frog is dubious, eyeing the scorpion’s poisoned tail, worried that it will sting.
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I'm utterly sick of tedious and egomaniacal Twitter users declaring their departure
We’re in the middle of the social media flouncing season. These spells occur haphazardly and sporadically – like small dust storms – and feature groups of people leaving the social media site Twitter/X. It’s not sufficient, however, that they
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Polymath Italian Scot Richard Demarco, 94, still works 12 hours a day
DOUBTLESS, this week’s subject would rather be deemed a European Icon. As an Italian Scot, he’s always been an enthusiastic internationalist. Enthusiastic: mot juste for Richard Demarco, one of art’s most influential figures, and one of its most
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Man arrested following alleged assault of St Johnstone SLO ahead of Rangers match
A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged following an incident ahead of the Rangers vs St Johnstone match at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Video circulating online appeared to show the visitors' Supporters Liaison Officer being attacked and a
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Scots are treated like stars on Celestyal’s heavenly Greek island odyssey
INSPIRED by a serpentine queue of Scottish religious devotees all waiting patiently at Glasgow Airport for their flight to Lourdes, I also began praying to God for a miracle. Our plane to Frankfurt Airport had been delayed – leaving vanishingly
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Carry on cruising: Stornoway is reaping the rewards of its new cruise ship terminal
A wall map in Stornoway’s harbour master’s office shows the waters of the Minch, and the treacherous rocky outcrops, bays and hazards that lurk around the fringes of the Western Isles. Old school maps have long since been overtaken by digital versions
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The new chefs at the helm of one of Edinburgh's leading restaurants
Sitting side by side beneath the glass ceiling and greenery at Aizle restaurant in Edinburgh are two chefs sharing remarkably similar stories of how they arrived there. On the left is Phillip Roberts, head chef, who moved to the city with his partner
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Premier Sports Cup quarter-final draw: When is it & can I watch on TV?
Domestic league action may have only just returned a fortnight ago, but we're already turning our focus to the League Cup in Scotland. This weekend 16 teams will compete in the first knockout round of the competition, with ties ranging from Saturday
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Angus Robertson a 'liability' after Israel diplomat meeting warns SNP MSP
Angus Robertson has been branded a “liability” by one of the party’s longest-serving MSPs. In a letter to John Swinney, Christine Grahame said her constituents were “shocked” at the External Affairs minister’s meeting with an Israeli diplomat.
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Jeremy Corbyn offers support to Scottish college lecturers in long-running pay battle
Jeremy Corbyn has offered his support to lecturers at Edinburgh College who face pay deductions as part of an ongoing industrial dispute. As part of a long-running dispute over pay, members of the EIS-FELA union are engaged in action short of a
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'Intolerable': 600 patients waited more than two days to be seen at A&E
Almost 600 patients waited more than two days to be seen at A&E in the last two years, with the figures labelled “intolerable” by the Scottish Conservatives. Since 2019, a total of 636 people waited more than 48 hours in a Scottish emergency
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'That'd be pretty nuts': Duncan Scott on Commonwealth Games returning to Glasgow
IT’S coming home (pending a few crossed t’s and dotted i’s). There are few sure bets in sport, but you can wager that Duncan Scott will be flying the flag when it does. Britain’s most decorated Olympic swimmer sits on a creaky plastic chair among
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Govanhill has always been home to the displaced, it's an endlessly fascinating place
Govanhill has always been in the news. A decade ago, it was immigration and slum housing and sex trafficking which got a two-page spread in the nationals or a half a million views online. Scotland’s most cosmopolitan neighbourhood, the parliamentary
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'Afghanistan is lost to us': Scots Afghans reflect on three years since fall of Kabul
For Scottish Afghans, the three years since the fall of Kabul have been filled with fear for loved ones left behind and anger at the forces of war which resulted in such destruction. Since the Taliban takeover, tens of thousands of Afghans have relocated
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Flamingo Land's Lomond Banks. What does it say about our National Parks?
The heated controversy over the planning application for Flamingo Land’s Lomond Banks raises wider questions over what Scotland’s National Parks are for, say campaigners. Such is the concern that Nick Kempe, author of the parkswatchscotland blog
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Susan Egelstaff: Why are so many people so deluded about their sporting potential?
Having spent 15 years of my life as an elite badminton player, I’m no stranger to random people claiming they could beat me. This, despite the fact that reaching a world-class level took literally years of my life and thousands of hours of training
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Letters: Giving children the idea that rules are optional does no one any favours
I HAVE just retired from teaching in a large secondary school, typical of its type, and need to comment on Brian Boyd's letter (August 11) on discipline in schools. The issue today is not about the use of the belt, rather the fact that over recent
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Flamingo Land would make 'no go zone' for locals. Why community option is better
Gazing out over the shores of Loch Lomond towards the slopes of Ben Lomond it’s hard to imagine there’s a fight to save the beauty and serenity of this world-famous location. A campaign being fought by locals and folks from all over the world has been
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'I am convinced Lomond Banks can be good for our area,' says local minister
Hugh MacDiarmid in “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle” said "Mair nonsense has been uttered in his name ( Robert Burns) Than in ony's barrin' liberty and Christ". To that list I would add Lomond Banks. There is vociferous opposition from a small
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Give trainee language teachers golden handshakes, Jamie Greene urges ministers
Students should be offered 'golden handshakes' to encourage them to train as high school modern languages teachers, according to a Scottish Conservative leadership hopeful. Jamie Greene, the party's former education spokesman, who is one of six
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Next week, Kamala Harris must tell the world what she really stands for
As the Democratic National Convention gets under way tomorrow, the economy, abortion rights and war in Gaza will feature, but above all, writes Foreign Editor David Pratt, it needs to tell Americans more about the woman running for president The
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Scots scientist uncovers catastrophe that sparked beginning of human civilisation
If Dr Martin Sweatman from Edinburgh University is correct everything we think we know about the ancient past is wrong. He tells our Writer at Large how devastating comet strikes in 10,000 BC set in chain a series of remarkable and terrifying events
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Jamie Greene: Why we need to up our game on foreign language education
As shadow education secretary during the toughest of years of Covid, facing John Swinney eye-to-eye across the Holyrood benches, I battled for fairness in an exams system which downgraded those from poorer backgrounds, for support for teachers and
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2024 exam results: a deep dive into some lesser-noticed exam data
When exam results were published earlier this month, The Herald reported that pass rates had fallen across National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher, while poverty-related attainment gaps had increased to record levels. Each year, the headline stories
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Diagnostic blood tests, infrared saunas land in Scotland
A holistic wellness centre offering infrared saunas, ice baths, red light therapy and advanced blood testing has landed in Glasgow’s West End. Holon boasts a range of high-tech services as part of their ‘mission to guide you to optimal health and