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Kevin McKenna: Pam Ayres made my day at the Wigtown Book Festival
At lunchtime on Saturday, a street theatre troupe of mummers and musicians are cavorting in front of Wigtown’s County Buildings. They seem to be dressed up in Chinese Ming Dynasty costumes and the sleepy notes of 1920s delta blues are curling around
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Luca Stephenson shines as Liverpool starlet helps Dundee United snatch late draw
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin praised young defender Luca Stephenson after he bounced back from a late penalty mistake against Motherwell to earn a spot-kick in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Kilmarnock. Stephenson, penalised for a late tackle on
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Hamann highlights Borussia Dortmund's defensive woes ahead of Celtic UCL clash
Ex-Liverpool and Manchester City star Dietmar Hamann has pinpointed Borussia Dortmund's defence as their weak spot ahead of Tuesday's UEFA Champions League showdown with Celtic. Celtic travel to Germany full of confidence after their perfect start
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Alison Rowat: Prime Minister 'absolutely furious' at interview question
Downing Street must have been looking forward to the Conservatives gathering in Birmingham. Labour’s conference week was dominated by rows over ministerial freebies, winter fuel payments and claims of Downing Street in-fighting. Birmingham was
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Dinamo Minsk’s Sachywka on Hearts match: 'We’re used to playing without fans'
Dinamo Minsk star Alyaksandr Sachywka has warned Hearts that playing in front of an empty stadium suits them because they are used to it. Heart of Midlothian kick off their Europa Conference League campaign this week with a tricky and long trip
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Scotland's largest shopping centre goes on market
Scotland’s "largest undercover shopping centre" is being marketed for sale. The East Kilbride shopping centre is being sold from administration amid plans to reimagine the town centre with 400 new homes underpinning the redevelopment. The million-square-foot
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David Gray rues missed Hibs chances as opportunity to beat Rangers slips by
Frustrated Hibernian manager David Gray was proud of his team’s efforts in defeat to Rangers, but warned them they have to be more clinical in the final third. Hibs missed a penalty through striker Mykola Kukharevych and passed up several other
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Dundee FC provides update on Mo Sylla's condition after dressing room collapse
Dundee FC have confirmed that Mo Sylla continues to be hospitalised after collapsing in the dressing room during their Scottish Premiership match against Aberdeen on Saturday. The French midfielder had played in the first half but fell ill at half-time
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Clement urges fixture rethink as he blames turnaround for tired Rangers display
Philippe Clement has criticised the timing of Rangers’ match against Hibernian, admitting that he wanted a better performance from his team in their win at Ibrox, but that his players were tired from their midweek trip to face Malmo. Rangers arrived
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The dream of Scottish independence is dead, Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay says
The dream of Scottish independence is dead, Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has said. In his first speech to party members, Mr Findlay used the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham to appeal to voters who had been disillusioned with
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Man and woman to appear in Glasgow Sheriff Court on human trafficking charges
Two people are due to appear in court after being arrested in connection with alleged human trafficking offences. Police Scotland said a 28-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman were arrested and charged in connection with alleged offences in Glasgow
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I visited Glasgow, Montana, and discovered it loves guns and Donald Trump
I’ve seen a lot of disturbing things in newspaper offices but I’ve never seen a loaded rifle propped up against the wall beside the editor’s desk. “Is that real?” I asked Kelly Siefert, the editor of the BS Buzz in Glasgow, Montana. Nice guy. Loves
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James Cosmo: 'I tended to play Bigfoot lumps. I did a lot of tough-guy stuff'
Hollywood veteran and Scots actor James Cosmo made an appearance at the Wigtown Book Festival this week to discuss his life and career The acting legend who has appeared in more than 130 Hollywood films made a sell-out appearance during the first
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New St Johnstone manager frontrunner emerges as Brown and Lynch turn down opportunity
Simo Valakari is now the top contender for the St Johnstone managerial position after their pursuit of both Tiernan Lynch and Scott Brown failed to come to fruition. Lynch was initially favoured to replace Craig Levein in the vacant managerial
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Fox senses hope for struggling Hearts after last-gasp equaliser against Ross County
Interim coach Liam Fox is optimistic that Heart of Midlothian's dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Ross County can ignite a turnaround for the struggling team. As they prepare to launch their Europa Conference League campaign against Dinamo
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Rangers 1 Hibs 0: Ibrox homecoming falls flat, but Rangers get the job done
Rangers huffed and puffed but failed to bring the house down on their way past Hibernian at Ibrox, as Tom Lawrence produced a rare moment of real quality in a game that was largely devoid of it to earn the hosts a crucial three points. It wasn’
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My Midlife Diary: How I get my Saturday morning kicks as a parkrun 'high-vis hero'
A Saturday morning and an early autumn chill hangs in the air. I meander the short distance from the car park with a huge smile on my face. It is almost time for parkrun. On this particular day, though, I’m not running. Instead, I’m on the volunteer
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There's simply no way Anas Sarwar’s Labour has the fiscal maturity to run Scotland
ONE sentence in the recent Scottish Fiscal Commission’s report on the state of Scotland’s finances has been singled out for repetition. You might have heard it. Analysing the fiscal constraints Shona Robison is now facing as Cabinet Secretary for
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Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay admits party has mountain to climb
New Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has admitted his party has an "absolute mountain to climb" as he faces his first challenge to win over voters. Mr Findlay will deliver his first speech to party members on Sunday as he takes the stage at
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Self-effacing 'melting hippo' Lewis Capaldi really should believe in himself more
LEWIS Capaldi is truly a man of the Scottish people, brandishing Buckfast at the Brit Awards and expressing concern that, appearing on chat shows with famous guests, he might “smell of piss”. Introducing a gig, he said: “I’m going to sing some
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As a good Catholic, I'll inform Police Scotland who is praying at abortion clinics
The new abortion buffer zone law is in the finest traditions of Scotland’s enlightened approach to freedom of belief. Everybody says so. The bill basically prevents those who believe that all human life is sacred from gathering to pray outside clinics
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National Care Service plans not dead, Health Secretary says
National Care Service plans are not dead despite council leaders withdrawing support for the flagship legislation, Scotland's Health Secretary has said. Neil Gray said council chiefs had been "slightly" pre-emptive in removing their support on
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Labour claims peak time train travel up by almost 40% during ScotRail pilot
The decision to scrap the ScotRail peak fare removal scheme has been branded “senseless”, with politicians claiming passenger numbers “soared” by 40% during peak periods. Scottish Labour has revealed figures which suggest a huge jump in passengers
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‘A heavenly man and a beautiful singer’: star of Scottish Opera dies
Benjamin Luxon Born: August 1, 1937; Died: August 1, 2024 Benjamin Luxon, who has died aged 87, was an opera singer who was a particular favourite of Benjamin Britten. He appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in operas by Britten and starred
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Don't dream it's over: the 'Kiwi Beatles' are back on the road
IT’S not known whether Crowded House still employ a roadie called Dougal, but if he’s still around he’ll surely not have forgotten the ribbing he once received at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. It was November 1993 and the band was playing the second
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The Russian luxury yacht from a yard that refused to die
On a river which launched some of the world’s greatest ships, the freakish circular yacht built for Russian royalty, its opulent interior stuffed with tapestries, winter gardens and twinkling fountain, was surely one of the most unusual. To some
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Music, books, films and, er, rocks: 10 Scots festivals to brighten up autumn
October is coming. We’re sinking into autumn and winter is striding up the path. Summer - if you could call it that this year - has definitely gone. Those tattered Fringe posters still lining the streets of Edinburgh are no longer adverts. They’re
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CD review: Simon Kempston delivers his most assured album yet
Simon Kempston My Dreams Are Theirs Self-Portrait Records DESPITE being remarkably popular in such overseas territories as Germany and Canada, Dundee-born Simon Kempston remains something of an unknown quantity at home, which is something
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Susan Egelstaff: Athlos may just be the answer to track and field's problems
Track and field has a problem. Its problem is, for one week every four years, it’s the biggest show in town. Track and field ,as we witnessed once again at Paris 2024, is the lynchpin of the Olympic Games. But, for the other 207 weeks of
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Mohamed Al Fayed's legacy casts a long shadow over Scotland
When Mohamed Al-Fayed died in 2023 he was seen, largely, as an endearingly eccentric billionaire. Whether accusing the Royal Family of murdering Princess Diana - along with his son, Dodi - appearing on Da Ali G Show and Celebrity Big Brother or
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The moment Lena Zavaroni's father learns truth about her illness in new BBC doc
The cousin of child star Lena Zavaroni has said she sought reassurance that a new BBC documentary would not lay any of the blame on the family for "missing" the illness that cut short her glittering career. Margaret Zavaroni said the family "were
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John Swinney: 'When we lead by example on a cause that is just the world follows'
To mark the 10th anniversary of the independence referendum last week, I suggested that is it time for the people of Scotland to ‘see ourselves as others see us.’ In no area is that quite as appropriate as our international leadership on climate
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Letters: Time to do away with the myths of housing associations
REGARDING Sunday's Big Read ("Scotland's affordable homes boss vents on the county's 'catastrophic' housing crisis", September 22), it beggars belief that so many social housing professionals, and all our main political parties, seem to think the way
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What the Barlinnie Special Unit can teach us about Scotland's approach to prisons
A new book will present the most in-depth history of the Barlinnie Special Unit - and share some of the lessons which could be applied to today's prison system. The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment & Innovation, edited by Dr Kirstin Anderson
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Caroline Wilson: 'My brave sister gave others hope when she had none’
I am on my way to collect a envelope that contains one of the last things my beloved sister's hands will touch. Inside it are her fingerprints, taken days after she died on July 16, less than a month before she would have turned 52. They will
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Scan breakthrough puts an end to the 'guesswork' behind killer blood vessel disease
Catherine Owen had been healthy all her life until she was floored by a mysterious viral infection while on holiday in Spain for Christmas in 2018. Instead of easing after a few days, unpleasant symptoms including fatigue, headaches and loss of
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Israel is now pushing to finish off Hezbollah once and for all
With reports that Israeli air strikes have killed Hassan Nasrallah and the possibility of an Israeli ground invasion looming, Foreign Editor David Pratt, who covered the 2006 war, examines what the coming weeks might bring It was the summer of
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‘The truth is, we're the UFOs’: New academic study's wild theory on global phenomenon
Renowned historian Professor Greg Eghigian has published the first full-scale academic investigation into unidentified flying objects. He reveals all to our Writer at Large IT all began in the summer of 1947, high above Mount Rainier in northwestern
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Almost a quarter of councils built no new homes last year amid housing emergency
Almost a quarter of councils in Scotland built no new homes in the last year amid a housing emergency. The revelation comes as housing minister Paul McLennan faces growing pressure to resign after record homelessness statistics were published.