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Rangers match winner Nedim Bajrami on Philippe Clement, Vaclav Cerny and Celtic final
NEDIM Bajrami last night argued the spirited second half fightback that Rangers staged in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Motherwell at Hampden showed just how firmly he and his team mates are behind their manager Philippe Clement. Clement
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Celtic 'almost there' as defender plots path to Champions League knockout rounds
When Celtic learned their Champions League fate, the general consensus was that the draw – save for the trips to face Borussia Dortmund and Atalanta – had been rather kind to Brendan Rodgers and his men. On paper, the home games in particular looked
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Dundee 3 Kilmarnock 2: Docherty's men score dramatic late winner
Dundee secured a dramatic last-gasp victory over Kilmarnock after coming from two goals down at the Scot Foam Stadium. The Ayrshire side scored twice through Bruce Anderson and Matty Kennedy, but the Dark Blues hit back with goals from Seb Palmer-Houlden
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Hibernian 1 Dundee United 1: Hosts remain bottom after third successive draw
Struggling Hibernian suffered yet another late setback as a 90th-minute penalty from Sam Dalby salvaged a 1-1 draw for Dundee United at Easter Road. The Edinburgh side looked on course to end a five-game run without a win and ease the pressure
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Who's afraid of the redoubtable Reeves women? Not new Tory leader Kemi
Gone are the days when new employees would be sent for a tin of tartan paint, a long weight, or other jokey requests. In certain trades, however, there are still induction processes to go through, tests that have to be passed. For new party leaders
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Motherwell player ratings as Halliday nets against old employers & Kaleta impresses
Motherwell exited the Premier Sports Cup after Rangers came from behind to triumph 2-1 winners at Hampden Park. Stuart Kettlewell's side led at the break through Andy Halliday, and more than matched their Glasgow opponents for large spells. Ultimately
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'Moving, angry and rammed with black humour': Blue Now Tramway, Glasgow review
Sound and Vision are the heart of director Neil Bartlett’s theatrical reimagining of Derek Jarman’s final film, completed four months before his death from an AIDS related illness in 1994. Featuring an Yves Klein hued blue screen for the film’s full
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Motherwell 1 Rangers 2: Victory eases pressure on manager and sets up Old Firm final
THE winning goal that Nedim Bajrami scored for Rangers in their Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Motherwell at Hampden with nine minutes of regulation time remaining this afternoon had more than a touch of good fortune about it. The Albanian
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Tax hikes unlikely in Scottish budget as McKee warns of diminishing returns
The Scottish Government’s Public Finance minister has suggested tax hikes are unlikely in next month’s budget. Ivan McKee was pushed on whether Shona Robison would look to tweak the Scottish rate of income tax when she sets out her spending plans
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Jimmy Thelin must learn from 'naive' Hampden tactics, says Aberdeen legend
Aberdeen hero Willie Miller has raised concerns about manager Jimmy Thelin's tactics following a disappointing performance against Celtic at Hampden Park, where the Dons were soundly beaten in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final. After a stellar
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Independence policy 'irresponsible' if Donald Trump wins US election expert warns
A Donald Trump win in this week’s US presidential election will throw SNP policy into complete disarray, with the Scottish government’s position on Trident removal seen as “unbelievably irresponsible” and “corrosive” to European security. The warning
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'No risk to the public' after Edinburgh incident as police warn over sharing videos
Police have confirmed that a man has died after being struck by a bus in Edinburgh, and urged the public not to share "distressing" videos of the aftermath. A 74-year-old man was struck by a single decker bus on the evening of Saturday, November
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Olympiacos manager makes 'we struggle at home' admission as they prepare for Rangers
Olympiacos boss Jose Luis Mendiliber has blasted his players and claimed they struggle to play in front of their own fans ahead of their Europa League showdown with Rangers...despite winning at the weekend. Rangers travel to Greece this week for
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Emotional comeback: Ferguson thrilled by Bologna fans' ovation after making return
Lewis Ferguson admitted he got goosebumps at the standing ovation he got from Bologna fans when he returned to action after 203 days out. The Scotland midfielder came on for the last eight minutes in Bologna's 1-0 win against Lecce after being
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Why Americans in Scotland could have a deciding say in the US election
In two days, one hundred and fifty million Americans will choose their next president — and the votes of those living in the UK could prove decisive. The contestants are well known: Republican billionaire (and former president) Donald Trump versus
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My Midlife Diary: Forget relaxing of an evening, fireworks morons have taken over
An October night and my dog is shaking in my arms. His entire body trembles with fear. We’re huddled together on the kitchen floor and my heart breaks as he looks up at me with terror-stricken eyes, seeking comfort. From outside comes the thud
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Boris Johnson Partygate row was 'overblown' says new Tory leader
Partygate was “overblown” and the Government should not have fined people for “everyday activities” during lockdown, the new Conservative leader has said. In her first media appearance since winning the Tory leadership, Kemi Badenoch was challenged
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£150m M&S deal boosts regeneration hopes for Sauchiehall Street
Plans to transform the former Marks & Spencer store on Sauchiehall Street into student accommodation have moved a “step closer”, its developer has declared. Fusion Group announced earlier this week that it has completed the acquisition of the landmark
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Trump victory in US election would be a 'disaster' warns Scottish minister
Donald Trump winning Tuesday's presidential election would be a “disaster”, the Scottish Government’s Public Finance minister has said. Speaking to the BBC, Ivan McKee said the Republican candidate’s business interests in Scotland were “not a relevant
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Plummeting poll blow for Scottish Labour as support 'damaged' after Reeves's budget
Labour’s support in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level since Nicola Sturgeon stepped down as first minister, with a new poll showing a sharp drop following Rachel Reeves's budget. The survey by Norstat for the Sunday Times put Labour on 23%
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Over half of Gaza's population are children, you can't overstate the long-term damage
As the conflicts continues to rage in Gaza and Lebanon, it is all too easy for us to turn away or lose hope that anything can be done for the millions of people across the region whose lives have been devastated over the past year. However, the
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Chancellor: I was wrong to say there would be no tax hikes in the budget
Rachel Reeves has admitted she was wrong to say there would be “no need to increase taxes further” before the election. When asked if she had been honest with voters, the Chancellor said she had not known about the “huge black hole in public finances
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The most entertaining biography since Taylor and Burton memoir: 10 books to read next
Book of the Month Didion & Babitz, Lili Anouk, Atlantic, £20, November 14 The most entertaining biography since Roger Lewis’s Taylor and Burton memoir Erotic Vagrancy? Quite possibly. I certainly don’t think I have enjoyed any book this year
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A day at the Ayrshire farm that's on a mission to 'take on Big Dairy'
By midday at Mossgiel Farm in Ayrshire, the herd of dairy cows is off the clock, mingling about their space peacefully as the team works to fill another batch of reusable glass bottles with their precious, organic milk. The milking process is carried
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'The secret of our success? We don't pretend to be anything we're not'
Fiona Robertson used to personally reply to every online comment and review. However, given the sheer volume of motorists that stop off at Tyndrum's ubiquitous Green Welly Stop in the summer months (around 1million) it became overwhelming and she
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What is wellness - and why is it booming? Explained in Five Minutes
The Global Wellness Summit arrives in St Andrews this week, for a three-day conference attracting hundreds of experts and enthusiasts from around the world. The event, organised by Miami-based Global Wellness Institute - a think tank - will also
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Letters: How can Netanyahu, Putin, Blair & co sleep at night?
DRIVING home at dusk last week, I knocked over and seriously injured a magnificent male hare, which, having stopped and got out of my car to check on its condition, I found to be screaming in agony and clearly beyond recovery. As such, and with
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Junk food crackdown would 'slash obesity by 25 per cent in five years'
Proposals to ban cut-price deals on junk food in supermarket would slash obesity levels in Scotland by more than 25% over five years, according to a new analysis. Legislation to restrict price promotions such as three-for-two offers on food and
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Could this Tayside pilot scheme show Scotland the way forward on child poverty?
An innovative approach to the issues of public debt trialled in Tayside could be a model for the rest of the country, a leading charity has suggested. The Herald has run a special investigation into the issue of child poverty in Scotland in recent
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From longevity science to a 'world free of preventable disease': Inside 'wellness'
Scotland might be better known as the "sick man of Europe", but for a few days this week it will be at the epicentre of the world's multi-trillion dollar wellness economy as hundreds of delegates flock to St Andrews for the industry's biggest annual
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Susan Egelstaff: Has anti-doping taken a step forward? Hopefully, because it needs to
It’s always interesting to observe the frantic scrambling by anti-doping authorities as they attempt to catch-up with the dopers. It is, most people agree, a game the doping authorities are currently losing. And have, in fact, always been losing
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There was certainly a body of evidence against racist oddball surgeon Robert Knox
THIS week, we present … Cadaver Palaver! Initially, I’d little interest in Robert Knox other than as a cipher to discuss his favourite business partners: Burke and Hare. However, though committing their hideous crimes in Edinburgh, they were Irish
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Why Scotland will not be immune from the shock of a Trump victory
Ahead of the US election, our Writer at Large talks to Professor Peter Jackson about what a second Trump term would mean for America, the world, the UK and Scotland FROM the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, to the flashpoint of the Taiwan
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Grazie to Duolingo for helping me reconnect to my magical childhood memories of Italy
THE trumpet sounds, the cheery green owl bows this way, then that, and, as the words “Perfect Lesson” appear on the screen, I feel a shot of dopamine whoosh into my bloodstream. The clock chides me over my unmade dinner and the pile of unironed
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The world holds its breath for what is a profoundly significant geopolitical moment
Tuesday’s presidential contest is a pivotal moment, but as Foreign Editor David Pratt explains, its outcome will impact the lives of more than just Americans Two days out from the most significant US presidential election of modern times, the polls
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Harvie's hounding of Forbes over religion really makes me cross
I HAD the pleasure of interviewing the Scottish poet Jenny Lindsay last week. She is one of the bravest and most inspiring people I’ve ever encountered in my journalistic career. Her book Hounded: Women Harms And The Gender Wars chronicles the
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Archives to ashes as Glasgow Golf Club's McGhee earns medal of honour
As the diligent, highly respected archivist and curator at Glasgow Golf Club, Nevin McGhee has spent many a year leafing through this, thumbing through that, and cataloguing, evaluating and preserving a bit of the other. In many ways, such a noble
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School-business partnership programme reaches milestone enrollment
More than 100 Scottish secondary schools are now participating in a skills-based education programme that connects schools and businesses to prepare young people for sustainable careers. As of the 2024-25 academic year, roughly one-third of all
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'While American women’s lives hang in the balance, we are not blind to their fear'
We’re moving office this week. And in the boxes hidden in cupboards we’ve been reminded that it was not so long ago that mention of abortion in the news pushed your story far from the headlines, sitting in a corner of an inside page, hoping readers
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‘Only one Scottish doctor is trained in surgical care to legal limit’
Only one doctor has been trained to provide surgical abortion care to the legal limit despite no-one being permitted to provide the care up to this point in Scotland, a senior doctor has told The Herald. This comes as there are calls for the Scottish
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Businesses can help students get the most out of education
Businesses want to bolster their workforce with skilled young people, schools want to teach young people the skills they'll need for the future economy, and young people want sustainable jobs and the skills they need to be successful. Yet, despite
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Council probe into £1million rates debt at former factory in Glasgow
Council auditors in Glasgow are investigating how tenants of city property tycoon Robert Morris came to owe a million pounds in rates, The Herald on Sunday can reveal. Officials believe they may have to write off much of a tax debt accrued by businesses
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The story of a Glasgow family business and how anger grew in a community
Robert Morris sits in his office in front of a glass coffee table covered in banknotes. The Glasgow businessman, easily identifiable by his trademark hair-cut, is gesticulating over the cash as he talks to unknown associates. The image was
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MSPs hit out at Commonwealth Games boss over 'lack of leadership' on sex categories
Senior MSPs have criticized the Commonwealth Games Federation after its CEO distanced the organisation from calls to keep female categories at the multi-sport event single-sex. Last month, at an event confirming Glasgow as the host of the 2026
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Plan to ban MPs and MSPs 'double jobbing' after party controversies
MSPs and MPs would be barred from sitting in two parliaments at the same time under plans to be debated in Holyrood this week. The proposal to bar politicians having 'dual mandates' - sometimes referred to as 'double jobbing' - is being put forward
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Police investigating new sexual assault allegation against Alex Salmond
Police are investigating a fresh allegation of sexual assault against Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland. A woman reported the alleged incident, said to be “non-recent”, to Police Scotland, shortly after Mr Salmond died, aged 69
