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Injury-ravaged Liverpool starlet must ‘show resilience’
Liverpool defender Calvin Ramsay has suffered a terrible run of luck with injuries over the last two years. Currently on loan at Wigan Athletic, the 20-year-old made the £4.5million move to Merseyside from Aberdeen in July 2022 but has since been
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Scott McKenna on Callum McGregor, settling in Las Palmas and Euros heartache
“It seems like ages ago I signed for Las Palmas,” says the Scotland defender from his new home in Gran Canaria’s capital city. Signed on a three-year deal from Nottingham Forest in the summer, Scott McKenna is already adjusting to life in Spain
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Scots Word of the Week: Plank
The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) gives a selection of definitions for plank. The one we’re focusing on here is: “to put in a secret place. Hide, secrete, stow away for later use.” As children, did you spend time in December searching
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SNP conference: Flynn calls for patience on independence
Stephen Flynn has called for "patience" in achieving independence as he admitted the SNP had to be "brutally honest" about its general election failures. The SNP leader at Westminster delivered a blunt assessment of the general election result,
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'I'm not in denial' John Swinney rejects ex-MP's claim over election defeat
John Swinney has rejected claims that the SNP is in a state of denial over its disastrous election result. Taking to social media on Saturday, one of the party’s former MPs said the “upbeat” mood at their conference in Edinburgh was because those
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Alan Simpson: Andy Murray deserves a fitting legacy - just not one with luxury houses
IT is fair to say that Andy Murray had millions of people off their seats over the past two decades or so as we all suffered along with him during his rise to the peak of the tennis world. Facing odds that would spook even James Bond, he performed
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Celtic vs Rangers predictions made by our Herald & Times writers
It feels like Glasgow's big two play each other every few weeks. But it's that time of the year again, as Celtic prepare to host Rangers in the first derby match between the sides of the 2024/25 season. Brendan Rodgers' side has the chance
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Former Scottish Secretary reunited with woman he helped at Clutha disaster
More than 10 years on from the Clutha disaster, former Scottish Labour leader, Jim Murphy, has been re-united with a woman he helped that night. The former Secretary of State for Scotland was one of the many people standing outside the Glasgow
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Stuart Kettlewell & his assistant agrees to new rolling Motherwell contract
Stuart Kettlewell has signed a new contract at Motherwell. The Fir Park boss and his assistant Stevie Frail have agreed to new rolling contracts at the Lanarkshire side. “It’s been a huge honour to lead this team since February 2023,” manager
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Curb boozing at airports, Mr O'Leary? Here is what else should be banned
It is not every week that Michael O’Leary acquires a legion of fans for something he has said, but fair play to the Ryanair CEO. His call to curb alcohol consumption at airports landed well with a lot of people. O’Leary wants passengers to be restricted
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If SNP is serious about winning young voters, they need to get serious about climate
This weekend, the SNP will have their 90th party conference. Debate will surely focus on the last election and the dramatic loss of 39 seats across Scotland. There will be hot takes from all sides trying to argue their view on why Labour gained so
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In case you haven’t heard, Oasis are back - whether you like it or not
In case you haven’t heard, Oasis are back. A decade and a half after a split which lent new weight to the term ‘acrimonious’ – the red Gibson guitar smashed on the night it happened sold at auction in 2022 for £325,000 – the brothers Gallagher are
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Transfer deadline day – A closer look at the biggest deals
Clubs scrambled to make last-minute deals as the transfer window closed at 11pm on Friday. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at six big deals that were done. Manuel Ugarte Manu 🤝 @ManUtd Welcoming a new
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Kimi Antonelli named as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement at Mercedes
Teenager Kimi Antonelli was named as Lewis Hamilton’s replacement at Mercedes on Saturday – 24 hours after his Formula One debut ended in the wall. Antonelli, who turned 18 last Sunday, was thrust into George Russell’s cockpit for the opening practice
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Novak Djokovic out of US Open after playing ‘some of the worst tennis’
Novak Djokovic said he “played some of the worst tennis I have ever played” after he followed Carlos Alcaraz in crashing out of the US Open. Alcaraz was the subject of one of the tournament’s biggest upsets when he was dumped out by world number
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You shouldn’t have to pay for a fair workplace
“Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’”. The world of work has moved on from the days when Dolly Parton’s song ‘9 to 5’, an upbeat critique of Corporate America, first became a hit. Since then, there have been many hard-won improvements in
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Move over Mrs Soprano, Sherwood's Monica Dolan is one scary mob matriarch
To borrow the old MGM slogan, Sherwood (BBC1, Sunday, Monday) boasts more stars than there are in heaven. That’s what happens when your writer, in this case James Graham, is so hot you could fry an egg on him (which would be messy, unhygienic and dangerous
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Alison Rowat: Behind every prime minister, there's a cat rolling its eyes
Between sounding the alarm about tough times ahead, mending relations with Europe and battling claims of cronyism, Sir Keir Starmer has had another rammed week. For those concerned that the stresses of the job may become too much for the prime
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Director of the St Andrews Foundation dismayed with hostility toward catholic schools
One of Scotland’s most influential educationists has denounced what she describes as hostile attitudes to Catholic schools and people of faith in Scotland. Professor Roisin Coll, who is Director of the St Andrews Foundation for training Catholic
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'I think everyone who went back into the Clutha that night was a hero'
For more than a decade, Jim Murphy was racked with guilt over his efforts to help those injured when a police helicopter plummeted into the Clutha bar, killing the three people on board and seven customers. The former Scottish Labour leader had
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Scotland claims to be liberal but there's a deep disregard for people of faith
Professor Roisin Coll is recalling a chance encounter last year with Scotland’s deputy First Minister Kate Forbes. The academic, who is Professor of Education at Glasgow University, met Ms Forbes on St Patrick’s Day in March in Glasgow’s Merchant City
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Glasgow’s newest bridge: how they did it and what happens next
Not long now. We’re standing in front of Glasgow’s newest bridge and there’s just days to go until it opens to the public. The man who’s been running the project is here and so are people from both sides of the river who campaigned for it to be built
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Frustration for Oasis fans as Ticketmaster blocks users for bot like behaviour
Thousands of Oasis fans have been left disappointed with nearly no hope of securing tickets, due to malfunctions with the Ticketmaster websites. Users were left unable to load the website after the platform went down. According to DownDetector
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Oasis fans primed for general sale as pre-sale tickets relisted for thousands
Oasis fans across the UK and Ireland who missed out on pre-sale tickets will be attempting to secure their place at the band’s reunion concerts during Saturday’s general sale. On Friday evening the band issued a warning after unofficial reselling
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How much fun was this five-course meal for just £25? Lots and lots
An Darna Stirling In other news; after this we’ll end up in a random pub on the corner, enjoying a guitar band who look like they were actually there when the 1960s hits they’re belting out were released. High-five guys. I mention this
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‘As Caledonian as grouse’ Scots band stunned music industry legend at US showbiz bash
Over the decades, Scottish musicians have made many classic, cult or under-appreciated albums that have stood the test of time. Today, we look back at AWB, by the Average White Band WHEN the legendary record producer, Jerry Wexler, died at the
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What now for 'game changer' Alzheimer's drug rejected by NHS?
It was hailed as the "beginning of the end" for Alzheimer's disease back in November 2022. The results of a Phase Three clinical trial published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine declared that the drug lecanemab, manufactured by
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New exhibition reveals lives of soldiers and thieves who lived on Robert Burns' farm
It was where Robert Burns wrote some of his most renowned works, including Auld Lang Syne and Tam O’Shanter, as well as a large part of his creative output in music and song. Ellisland Farm, a 170 acre site on the banks of the River Nith in Dumfries
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I've no regrets about anything: Alfie Conn reflects on crossing the Old Firm divide
IF Maurice Johnston was to rock up at Parkhead tomorrow and try to cheer on Celtic in their first meeting of the season with Rangers, it would not end well. It is 35 years now since Johnston – just weeks after signing, or at least appearing to
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New Parkhead main stand would give Celtic the whip hand over Rangers for years
THE Celtic supporter who told Peter Lawwell to “get the f****** money spent” as the Parkhead chairman arrived at the SMiSA Stadium in Paisley before the William Hill Premiership match against St Mirren last Sunday was given short shrift. But somebody
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Oasis, the Herald Diary and a wonderwall of fun
Unchained melody THE Diary has been celebrating the cash-grab… sorry, warm-hearted reunion of the Brothers Gallagher, who are reforming their 1990s band, Oasis, for a stadium tour next year. And why shouldn’t they? Taylor Swift made oodles
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Mark Smith: Cool heads not bravehearts needed to win independence
Ten years since the independence referendum. So what do I remember? Watching Gordon Brown in Kilmarnock doing one of his last-minute, save-the-Union speeches. Joining a Yes march on a wet and windy day in Glasgow and getting tangled up in a big soggy
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Stephen Clegg on his new mindset, dabbling with jujitsu and his hopes for Paris 2024
A brutal combat sport may not be the obvious choice for a swimmer who wants to spend a few months out of the water but for Stephen Clegg, five months of jujitsu was exactly what he needed to reset his mind and energise his body following a bruising
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Tributes to 'Glasgow patriot' who helped found ground-breaking theatre
Jean Reid Born: March 31, 1931; Died: May 30, 2024 For over eight decades she was usually the last person to walk away from good conversation, especially if it involved vigorous opinions, and often the first person to book her seats for
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Letters: It's Thatcher's policies PM should be dumping, not her portrait
IT seems that our new PM has been "unsettled" by a portrait of his predecessor, Margaret Thatcher, to the extent that he has removed her portrait from a meeting room in Downing Street ("Prime Minister removes ‘unsettling’ painting of Thatcher from
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Brian Taylor: Here’s how SNP hopes to recover in time for the next election battle
Where are the songs of spring? Good question. For the SNP, at their autumn conference, the anthems are somewhat muted by bruising defeat and whimpering prospects. Not sure much more can go wrong. The SNP suffered a calamitous reverse in the General
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'A complete shambles': NHS home births service 'dismantled' amid midwives exodus
Fears have been raised that expectant mothers who want to deliver their babies at home could be pushed towards hospital instead after NHS Lothian's home births service was "dismantled". For the past four years, the health board ran a dedicated
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Home births: 'You don't want someone in your house who is not comfortable with it'
Even before she fell pregnant, Dora Kovaks said she always knew she wanted to give birth at home. The 27-year-old said that all her nieces and nephews - four children in total, born to her two sisters - were all home births. "I've had a very
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More than 3,000 homeless children in Glasgow months after housing emergency declared
There are now more than 3,000 homeless children in Glasgow, according to new figures seen by The Herald. Homelessness charity Crisis said they were deeply concerned by the news. Labour said the SNP needed to “wake up” and act. The new statistics
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Operation Branchform 'the elephant in the room' at SNP dissection of election
The SNP’s coalition with the Scottish Greens was partly to blame for the party’s disastrous election, Stephen Flynn has said. He claimed his colleagues had been punished by voters for “having an argument with the UK Government about a bottle bank
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Fastest house price rise since December 2022, energy-efficiency effect revealed
The annual rate of UK house price growth has picked up in August to its fastest pace since December 2022, even though there was a month-on-month dip in residential property values, a key survey reveals. Annual house price growth in August is 2.4%
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Famous Scottish hotel wins permission for 30 'luxurious' woodland lodges
A famous Scottish hotel has secured planning permission to develop 30 woodland lodges as it aims to achieve its “full luxury potential”. Mar Hall Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort, owned by Dubai-based Dutco, said the lodges are expected to be completed
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Brian Donnelly: Row as prominent architects clash over ‘disastrous’ SNP housing law
A leading Scottish architect has moved to defend the Scottish Government’s new housing law proposals amid criticism from within the industry. The architect behind an array of landmark buildings and homes projects across Scotland said he rejects
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'Proud moment' as ship built at famous Scottish yard enters water for first time
A ship built at a famous Scottish yard is undergoing deep-water tests for the first time. The 6,000-tonne ship was eased onto a huge barge to be taken to a location on the west coast of Scotland for the trial. It is the first time HMS Cardiff
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Dave Allan: This is how you compost cooked food
‘Don’t compost cooked food.’ I can’t remember how often I’ve said that to people. Plate scrapings soon stink and every undesirable neighbour round about will rush to your compost bin. But there’s a way round nearly everything and Bokashi ‘composting
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How to navigate the surge in private school fees
We all want to give our kids the best possible start in life and for many parents this means sending them to an independent school, which is costly. And this choice is set to become even more expensive, as the government introduces the 20% VAT charge
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Property firm appoints expert to 'unique role' in Scotland
CBRE has appointed Ashleigh Corbett to a “unique role” on the Scottish property market. Ms Corbett is the firm’s new head of flex, a post created in response to growing demand for flexible office space from occupiers, landlords, and operators,