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Rangers 2 St Johnstone 0: Vaclav Cerny nets double as Ianis Hagi sent off
Vaclav Cerny scored in each half and returning Ianis Hagi was sent off to add some late drama to Rangers’ 2-0 victory over St Johnstone at Ibrox. The Light Blues were thumped 4-1 at home by French side Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday night
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Scotland suffer second defeat at T20 World Cup as West Indies coast to victory
Scotland slumped to a second successive defeat at the Women’s T20 World Cup as the West Indies coasted to a six-wicket win in Dubai. Kathryn Bryce’s side, who suffered a 16-run loss to Bangladesh in their Group B opener, were limited to 99 for
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Hats off to Hatton as Englishman wins third Alfred Dunhill Links Championship title
If there’s any room left on the plinth of the Old Tom Morris statue, they may have to plonk a bronze bust of Tyrrell Hatton onto it at this rate. Victory in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship over the Old Course last night was the Englishman
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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers provides Cameron Carter-Vickers fitness update
CELTIC manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed Cameron Carter-Vickers will return to training this week and expressed hope the centre half will be available for the massive William Hill Premiership match against Aberdeen on Saturday week. Carter-Vickers
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Aberdeen 3 Hearts 2: Duk returns to be toast of Pittodrie as flawless run continues
Duk was the toast of a packed-out Pittodrie as he returned from exile to help Aberdeen eke out a 3-2 victory over 10-man Hearts and maintain their perfect start to the campaign under Jimmy Thelin. The Dons extended their remarkable winning run
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The Brendan Rodgers' dressing room message that sparked second half Celtic fightback
BRENDAN Rodgers has revealed how telling his Celtic players they could not afford to “feel sorry” for themselves during his half-time team talk in the William Hill Premiership game against Ross County in Dingwall today had sparked their fightback.
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Landmark Scottish hotel celebrates award win
An Argyll hotel has been named Tourism and Hospitality Employer of the Year 2024 at the Highlands & Islands Thistle Awards. The success of the Pierhouse Hotel & Seafood Restaurant at Port Appin was announced at an awards ceremony and gala dinner
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Fashion giant to open 'transformational' new flagship Scottish shopping centre store
A retail giant is to open a huge new "concept store" after buying a landmark Scottish shopping centre. Mike Ashley’s Frasers has set a target for the opening of what it has described as a new concept store that will bring a number of the group’
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Police attend as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups face off at Glasgow museum
Police officers attended Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum after a pro-Israel vigil was met by protest from a pro-Palestinian group. A memorial for those killed in the October 7 attacks, and the hostages taken by Hamas, was organised by Glasgow
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It's not a foul: Ross County manager fumes at free-kick award before Celtic winner
DON Cowie has expressed his unhappiness at the free-kick which Celtic were awarded before their late winning goal against his Ross County side in their William Hill Premiership match at the Global Energy Stadium this afternoon. Cowie was furious
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Review: The Events at Cumbernauld theatre
Community spirit is everything in David Greig’s meditation on the aftermath of a mass shooting, revived after a decade in this new collaboration between Cumbernauld Theatre and the Glasgow based Wonder Fools company. As priest Claire attempts a forensic
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Review: Love Beyond at Glasgow's Tron Theatre
A haunting beauty pervades throughout Ramesh Meyyappan’s slow burning meditation on life, love and loss for this collaboration between the Vanishing Point and Raw Material companies in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts. The loss comes
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Not so bird-brained: new book reveals the fascinating world of birds' nests
It takes a particular kind of focus to head out in temperatures as low as -60°C – cold enough to make a man’s chattering teeth crack – on a gruelling 70-miles trek in search of some eggs. But in 1911, in the bitter blast of the austral winter,
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A new solo exhibition by artist Neil MacPherson
Life is a Strange Place 12 October-2 November. Entry free. Compass Gallery, West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RL. A new solo exhibition at Compass Gallery from one of the most important painters working in Scotland today - Neil MacPherson.
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'Refreshingly incisive and tautly written': Annie Lowry Thomas in After Party review
Annie Lowry Thomas is flaked out on the sofa at the start of her new solo show for her Hacks company, coming down at the fag end of what was supposed to be the party to end them all. DJ Erfan Shojnoori is still playing in the corner and not all the
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'Becoming a distraction': Sue Gray resigns as Downing Street chief of staff
Sue Gray has stepped down as Downing Street chief of staff due to 'intense commentary around my position'. The former civil servant was appointed by Sir Keir Starmer as his chief of staff in March 2023, a move which attracted criticism from some
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'A masterclass in conducting': RSNO/Sondergard at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
At some point the symphonies of Gustav Mahler have gone from being a specialist taste, beloved of the cognoscenti, to a sure-fire box office certainty, which is why both the BBC SSO and the RSNO chose to open their seasons with them this autumn.
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'Not the Mozart people are champing at the bit to hear': SCO/Emelyanychev, City Halls
In what way, it seems fair to ask, was the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s second season concert a “Mozart Gala” while the previous week’s focus on a single composer merely a “Celebration of Dvorak”? It would be nice to be able to report a City Hall full
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Ross County 1 Celtic 2: Late Nicolas Kuhn strike secures hard-fought Premiership win
DINGWALL proved to be every bit as challenging an away day as Dortmund had been on Tuesday night for Celtic this afternoon. The Parkhead club had travelled up to the Highlands hoping to put the harrowing 7-1 hammering they had suffered at the hands
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Can a Glasgow new town emerge on the south bank of the Clyde?
Nowhere is Glasgow’s neglect of its most beautiful buildings more evident than in Carlton Place on the south bank of the Clyde. Perhaps you’ll have glanced over at this street from a train bearing you into Central Station. You won’t often have
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Long overdue return of Chagos Islands brings an end to a shameful colonial episode
‘MARK my words. It’ll be Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands next.” This was the predictably doolally reaction from some self-styled British patriots to the news that the UK Government has finally agreed to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
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Star Trek's Scotty certainly explored strange new worlds with his accent and patter
“BEAM me up, Scotty!” It’s the famous catchphrase of this week’s Icon, supposedly never said in exactly that form but none the worse for that. Montgomery Scott was chief engineer of the Enterprise in Star Trek (“a science fiction show, M’lud”).
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Heroes were shunted into Holyrood's hidden vestibules as politicians took selfies
Of all the people I’ve had the privilege of interviewing over the past year or so, Dr Lynne Tammi-Connolly was one of the most impressive. Dr Connolly is the Scottish academic who, for many years, has sought redress for the thousands of Scottish
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Lawrence Donegan: 'JD Vance is good. Really good. But not good in a good way'
Since this is being written following an afternoon spent at the Berlin Raceway in Ottawa County, Michigan, watching JD Vance speaking to the MAGA faithful it seems only right to use raceway language to explain the senator’s stealth status as the real
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The Enchanted Forest in Pitlochry is the perfect family evening
One of the pleasures of parenthood is experiencing joy through the eyes of your child and I can barely think of a better example of it than the Enchanted Forest in Pitlochry. I watched my three-year-old daughter Alessia wander around Faskally Wood
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'My son is autistic and so am I - but there’s nothing wrong with either of us'
This is an extract from a longer essay by Sarah Whiteside who is an Edinburgh-based writer of fiction and personal essays. She was the winner of this year’s Anne Brown Essay Prize, which is run in conjunction with The Herald. It grew out of reading
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My Midlife Diary: How hummus became a barometer for the mood of the middle classes
If ever you need a barometer for the current mood of the middle classes, simply type a single word into an internet search engine: hummus. This past week has seen an almighty furore break out with news that Tesco and Sainsbury’s have ditched single-use
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Forget the spirit of the Blitz, serial killers stalked the streets during the war
BOOK OF THE MONTH Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London Amy Helen Bell, Yale University Press, £22, out now Truth be told I’m not really one for true crime in print or on podcasts. But Amy Helen Bell’s social history of murders
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Jon Sopel: Keir Starmer needs to be more politically savvy amid donations row
Sir Keir Starmer needs to be more politically savvy following a row over donations, best-selling author and podcaster Jon Sopel has said. The Prime Minister has faced weeks of criticism over gifts received from donors, including £32,000 worth of
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We 'grabbed the whisky industry by the sporran' - now we're launching a new festival
Later this month, the Highland Village of Braemar will play host to its first-ever whisky festival, organised by a duo who are well aware of how Scotland’s national drink can lay the foundations for lifelong friendships. Julia Hall Mackenzie-Gilanders
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Highland 'lifeblood' business 'forced out' by troubled shipping giant
The owner of a successful Highland boat yard says he was "forced out" after the site was bought over by troubled shipping firm Harland & Wolff, damaging the local economy. Donald Sharman, owner of Mallaig Boat Yard, claims he was "informed by text
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Susan Egelstaff: Maybe Scottish tennis will be ok despite Andy Murray's retirement...
I can’t have been the only one that assumed Scottish tennis was going to fall off a cliff with the retirement of Andy Murray earlier this year. Given we’d become accustomed to a Scot being at the sharp end of tennis’ biggest tournaments for over
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'My brother was quiet, loved beer and made great barbecue - Hamas shot him dead'
A Glasgow woman has spoken about the memory of her late brother, who was killed by Hamas in the October 7 attacks. Bernard Cowan was 57 when the incursion by the militant group occurred, and was murdered in Kibbutz Sufa. Sister Laura Schosloff
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Letters: Holyrood will not serve Scotland well until MSPs put the people before party
I WISH I could agree with Andrew Learmonth when he says our parliament “can only, surely, get better” (“Infuriating, frequently dull and a bit stupid … yet Holyrood reigns supreme”, September 29). What we had at the outset of the Scottish Parliament
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Sally Magnusson: 'I want to beat this thing - it’s so painful’
TV journalist Sally Magnusson has said she is "very nervous" but resolute after deciding to take part in a pioneering Scottish study which could show if she is likely to develop dementia. The Reporting Scotland presenter and author wrestles with
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'People will die' Why Scotland's fire service is trapped in cycle of deadly decline
Job losses, budget cuts, dilapidated stations and too few firefighters … the head of the Scottish Fire Brigade union tells our Writer at Large that matters are far beyond crisis point THERE’S an emergency in Scotland’s emergency services. The fire
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Inside the Middle East’s never-ending days of rage and despair
A year after the October 7 attack and ensuing carnage in Gaza and Lebanon, Foreign Editor David Pratt in a personal essay reflects on years of Israeli - Palestinian conflict DATES matter, especially in the Middle East. Tomorrow, October 7, is a
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A council wants to change the school week but won't answer questions about the plans
Dumfries and Galloway Council wants to make major changes to the school week, but concerns have been raised both about the proposals themselves and the way in which the consultation process has been handled. Here, education writer James McEnaney explores
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Scots charity providing Gaza and Lebanon aid detail challenges and call for ceasefire
A leading Scottish humanitarian charity working in the Middle East has admitted they are concerned that the scale of the conflict is leading people to become immune to what they are seeing. Images from Gaza have been shared widely on social media
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'Education in Scotland is broken': EIS call on action to address school violence
The secretary of Fife’s EIS branch says that education is broken in Scotland, and the situation will only worsen if it is not addressed urgently. After the Education Institute of Scotland’s Fife branch (EIS) released a series of findings showing
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Loophole allowing £4m donation to Labour before election must close, SNP warns
A loophole which allowed Labour to avoid declaring a £4 million donation until after the general election must be closed, the SNP has warned. Labour received a donation of £4 million from hedge fund Quadrature Capital on May 28 - days after the