When you get to your 50s, you probably have to be a bit more wary about things like hitting the ground and running. The body is not as well-oiled and as sturdy as it used to be, after all.As one of the young ‘uns on the golden oldies circuit, though,
Belgium's Thomas Pieters made history as he claimed his maiden European Tour title, clinching the Czech Masters in Prague with a three-shot victory.The 23-year-old's triumph made him the youngest Belgian to win in European Tour history, aged 23 years
JIM McINTYRE wants to replicate Dundee United's prodigious conveyor belt of youth talent in the Highlands.The Ross County manager admits he marvels at the way his former club have consistently replaced players ensnared by bigger clubs from both sides
YOU could see Vern Cotter’s point, up to a point, when he refused to get carried away by Scotland’s six-try triumph over Italy on Saturday. This was, indeed, only a friendly, and more demanding tasks await, both in this weekend’s final warm-up game in
IF timing is everything in sport then Grant Ferguson could not have judged his any better. Last weekend, the 21-year-old claimed his first ever World Cup cross-country mountain biking victory when he won the under-23 race in Val di Sole, Italy. With the
STEPH TWELL earned 12th place in the 5000 metres final as the championships came to a close but it will serve as fuel for an ambition that still burns strongly. The 26-year-old came here as a teen but her competitive Olympic experience lasted barely four
WAVE after wave of multi-coloured balloons floated into the air above Beijing last night as the IAAF world championships came to a close and the stars of British athletics allowed their thoughts momentarily to drift to what dramatics might unfold in London
THE next step up in one young man’s football career – and the recent and allegedly premature elevation of another – occupied Inverness manager John Hughes’ thoughts after his Inverness side scorned the chance to claim their first league victory of the
RIVAL managers James Fowler and Mark Warburton were united in criticism of referee Bobby Madden and his fourth official Crawford Allan yesterday over the dismissal of Derek Lyle in the Ladbrokes Championship match between Queen of the South and Rangers
MYLES HIPPOLYTE was the target of the St Mirren supporters’ derision as their side failed to win in the league for the fourth time this season but their abuse was misplaced in more ways than one.The home fans turned on the Londoner after he won the penalty
RYAN FINNERTY was not content with a pat on the back after Braehead Clan’s European home debut ended in glorious failure.The Champions Hockey League was brought to Scottish shores for the first time ever on Saturday night as top seeds Vaxjo Lakers came
Ali Crawford says that being let go by Hearts as a youth player fired him up to dump the Jambos on Saturday.Crawford was released by the Tynecastle club at the age of 15 for being too small.He made a mockery of that decision with an inspired display,
GORDON Strachan is a wise old owl. The Scotland manager has been careful to play down the magnitude of every fixture throughout his side’s Euro 2016 qualifying campaign to a media whose natural inclination is to do the exact opposite. “We will know what
VENGEANCE, they say, is for the Lord. But, as anybody who was blessed enough to be at New Douglas Park on Saturday would testify, it seems to work fairly effectively for Ali Crawford too. The midfielder spent six years on the books at Hearts as a kid
SOME Celtic fans probably harboured aspirations of seeing Manchester United players in the flesh this season. This, though, probably wasn’t what they had in mind. Just a few days after the prospect of welcoming the elite of European football to Celtic
Martin Canning has praised his Hamilton players as they won their third straight league game and brought high-flying Hearts’ 100% record crashing down. In a thrilling game at New Douglas Park, Gramoz Kurtaj gave Accies a deserved lead on the stroke
FOR a wing, scoring droughts are never good, but there cannot be a better time to end one than the day before the national coaches sit down to select the their World Cup squad. Better still for Tim Visser, he having broken his six-match scoreless run,
Morton claimed their first win of the Championship season as a Thomas O’Ware goal was enough to seal three points away to Alloa.Jim Duffy’s men dominated the match and should have won by a more comfortable margin. The all-important goal eventually came
The face of Serena Williams adorns billboard, newspapers and magazine covers across this city as she goes for the final leg in the calendar year grand slam this week at the US Open.No one has dominated the sport like Williams has since the days of Steffi
Festival MusicLondon Symphony OrchestraUsher HallKeith BruceWhether or not his “pantomime”, The Miraculous Mandarin, is Bela Bartok’s Rite of Spring, it is a fine partner for that piece in this concert of powerful 20th century music, and certainly equally
The paths of Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have been inextricably linked throughout their careers so perhaps it’s fitting that the Scot’s recent victory over the Serb is what has him in such good spirits going into the US Open.Murray begins his quest
"BRING on the Celtic," chanted the travelling hordes as they watched Aberdeen put the finishing touches to a hard-earned win over a Thistle side who are still seeking their first victory of the campaign.This result saw the Dons equal a 31-year
THE last cut is the toughest. Selecting seven players to release, as he did a week ago, was pretty straightforward for Vern Cotter: all were on the fringes of the squad, with a couple having been brought in largely for experience. Now, however, the head
A wry smile across the face of defender Liam Fontaine suggests that James Keatings' failure to find the net in any of last season's Edinburgh derbies has been brought up in the Hibernian dressing room, writes Darren Johnstone."I came up against him
SWANSEA stunned Manchester United for the third consecutive time with another comeback win at the Liberty Stadium. Juan Mata’s close-range strike just after half-time put United ahead, but Andre Ayew and Bafetimbi Gomis gave Swansea a 2-1 victory which
The SNP has accused Theresa May of putting ambition above the economy after she called for EU migrants without a job to be barred from the UK. The Home Secretary also signalled a new crackdown on foreign students who want to stay on after their course
In many sports, gaining promotion to a higher league is the catalyst for access to new-found wealth, but that certainly hasn't happened to the doughty members of Orkney RFC. Ever since they advanced out of the Caledonia structure into the BT National
A GROUP of neighbours in Grangemouth are celebrating winning a share of £2 million in the People's Postcode Lottery.A total of 192 winners living in the postcode area of FK3 9 shared the prize pot, with winnings ranging from £613 to £222,222 in the August
POLICE Scotland officers must report any failings in the force to "save any more people from dying", the brother of M9 crash victim Lamara Bell has said. Martin Bell said failure to attended any 999 calls meant it was "only a matter of time before
PARENTS are being urged to use paracetamol to ward off fever in babies who receive a new vaccine.From September 1 infants from Scotland and England should be offered an injection to prevent meningitis B at the ages of two months, four months and a year.The
Defending champions New Zealand have announced their 31-man squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup, with Waisake Naholo included but Israel Dagg and Cory Jane among those to miss out.Full-back Dagg and wing Jane were in the All Blacks' starting line-up
DOZENS of jobs in the legal profession have been saved after deals with a number of companies were agreed following the collapse of one of Scotland's oldest law firm. However, a total of 42 partners and staff have been made redundant after Glasgow-based
THE body charged with investigating the police in Scotland has denied it is seeking to blame a controversial medical condition for the death in custody of Sheku Bayoh. The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) has submitted its initial
A TEACHER who became embroiled in a sex scandal after striking up a relationship with a pupil has split from the ex-schoolboy after a two year relationship.Eppie Sprung Dawson, 29, moved in with Matthew Robinson for almost two years after they were caught
Hungarian police have arrested a fifth suspect, a Bulgarian citizen, in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants whose bodies were found in an abandoned refrigeration lorry on a highway in Austria last week.An unprecedented number of people from the
Gordon Brown has attacked the Conservative Government for stoking a "dangerous and insidious" English nationalism that he said is pushing England and Scotland apart. The former prime minister told an audience at the Edinburgh International Book
An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison for broadcasting false news, the last twist in a long-running trial criticised by press freedom activists. The case against Canadian national Mohammed
In disturbing stock market times, what are the secrets of successful investing? A select audience of Edinburgh’s great and moneyed was treated last week to a non-Fringe show starring Scots entrepreneur Jim Mellon, who is worth £850million and has been
Neurologist and writerBorn: July 9, 1933;Died: August 30, 2015Oliver Sacks, who has died of cancer aged 82, was an inspirational, colourful and often unorthodox neurologist and writer who became famous for his treatment of highly unusual conditions.His
Police probing Thailand's deadliest bombing raided a second location and widened their search for more suspects on Sunday after a foreigner was arrested and stacks of fake passports and bomb-making materials found at a Bangkok apartment block.Authorities
The leftist Syriza party of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said it will challenge Greece's creditors on unresolved aspects of the nation's bailout but implement unpopular reforms it has already agreed. As opinion polls showed Syriza's lead eroding
EMBATTLED Malaysian PM Najib Razak has poured scorn on a huge two-day rally that brought together thousands of protesters demanding his resignation. Large crowd of protesters camped overnight on the streets of Kuala Lumpur wearing yellow shirts
Grant Gilchrist admits no news may be good news as he waits to learn if he will make Scotland's World Cup squad.The Edinburgh lock and the rest of the squad are expected to be informed this afternoon by head coach Vern Cotter on whether they have made
Proposals calling for each local authority area in Scotland to have a policing plan driven by a senior officer are to be debated by the Scottish Liberal Democrats at their conference later this year. The party said the plans would make the police
The date might have been better chosen, but in all other respects the augurs for the official reopening of the Borders Railway on September 9 are good. Putting aside the fact that this is the anniversary of the Battle of Flodden, a ruinous event for
Mark Warburton admits Rangers were lucky to get the controversial red card decision which threw the balance of their clash with Queen of the South the Ibrox side's way. Gers were a goal up at Palmerston but hardly dominating when Queens striker
Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, has died aged 82, according to reports. His personal assistant told the New York Times that he died on Sunday at his home in New York City from cancer. Dr Sacks
MARK Warburton still has a way to go before he can be spoken about in such reverential tones as Bill Struth but in one way at least he can already be said to be his equal. Another whopping victory at another of the Ibrox club’s supposed bogey grounds
Fringe Theatre: Iphigenia in SplottPleasance DomeNeil CooperFive starsDon't mess with Effie, the hard-nosed, hard-drinking, shag-happy heroine of Gary Owen's blazing reinvention of Greek myth that bursts onto the streets of Cardiff with a lust for life
RANGERS have moved to the top of the Championship standings after a 5-1 win over Queen of the South at Palmerston. Mark Warburton’s side made it eight wins from eight games this term as they eased to an impressive win in Dumfries and inflicted
Fringe music: The Flaming LipsRoss Bandstand, EdinburghJamie ChambersFour starsIt's testament to their strange, enduring universality that a band as wilfully idiosyncratic as the Flaming Lips are playing to a packed-out Ross Bandstand tonight, sandwiched
A fuelling vessel has been towed into a harbour after a collision with a cargo ship. A lifeboat was called to the scene two miles off Peterhead after Aberdeen Coastguard were alerted to the incident at around 5pm yesterday. The two crew members
Nicola Sturgeon told UK transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin that relatives of the 10 people who died when a police helicopter crashed on to the roof of the Glasgow pub on November 29 2013 are still waiting for answers. An initial report from
VICTIM support groups have criticised singer Chrissie Hynde for saying it can sometimes be a woman's fault if she is raped. The Pretenders rocker claimed women who dress a certain way and then drink to excess are to blame if they are attacked,
Two young men were killed when their car hit a motorway bridge. The accident happened on the A74 at Gretna in Dumfries and Galloway at around 6am. The men, aged 21 and 22, are understood to be from Oldham, Greater Manchester. Police said
GLASGOW Airport terror attack hero John Smeaton has confirmed that he and his American wife Christy MacPhedran have split. The couple got together after a whirlwind romance following the June 2007 failed suicide bomb attack and married two years
David Cameron lacked the "balls" to take the military action in Syria that could have prevented the rise of self-styled Islamic State, a former head of the armed forces has complained. In a scathing analysis of the Prime Minister's approach, General
Plans to shut two police call centres should be suspended as their closure would only "make matters worse", according to Scottish Labour. Graeme Pearson, the party's justice spokesman and former senior police officer, made the call over proposals
Festival Music Scottish Chamber Orchestra Usher Hall Keith Bruce four stars The self-regarding chump who bellowed "Bravo" before the final notes of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis had had any opportunity to fade away, received the most
MusicPaolo NutiniBellahouston Park, GlasgowMarianne GunnFive starsPaisley's finest was in sheer flirt mode on Saturday evening, for the hottest ticket of the Glasgow Summer Sessions. With support from The View and Grace Jones, this now annual event is
JAMES Tavernier will eat the breakfast of champions ahead of today’s lunch date with Queen of the South, but revealed he may be tempted to indulge his sweet tooth if Rangers can make it eight wins in a row. The Ibrox right full-back, whose high-energy
Liz Kendall dismisses Scottish nationalism because she doesn’t “believe it is right to raise people’s national identity over and above what we share in common as human beings” ("I think that what's happened to Labour in Scotland has happened over
A CONFIDENT Andy Murray says he will go into the US Open feeling calmer and less stressed than in previous years.The Scot goes into the final major event of the year in fine form, mentally and physically, chasing a third Grand Slam title.“Probably in
In the history of the war in Afghanistan Musa Qala has become an iconic name for the British Army. Fought between 2006 and 2007 it represents a defeat which was turned into victory following the spilling of a great deal of blood. During the first stage
There was no clearer sign of continuing US involvement in Afghanistan than the announcement on Friday that two Special Forces soldiers had been killed during last week’s operations in northern Helmand which saw Taliban forces retake the important town
WHEN it comes to preparing for Grand Slams, Andy Murray is known for his meticulousness, but the Scot admits he will have his hands full when the Nick Kyrgios circus comes to town in New York.Murray, seeded three behind Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer
MO Farah revelled in becoming a history maker as he sealed a hat-trick of global long- distance doubles by retaining his 5000 metres title at the World Championships in Beijing.The 32-year-old followed up his 10,000 metres triumph by racking up his seventh
STEPH Twell absorbed the din of the crowd and her eyes lit up at the sight of the flame. Barely weeks after her 18th birthday, she was living out her childhood dream in the Bird’s Nest Stadium, competing in the heats of the 1500 metres at the 2008 Olympics.The
A STYLISH, six-try win over Italy is such a rarity that it is surely something to celebrate, but Vern Cotter was stereotypically stern after seeing his Scotland team win 48-7 at Murrayfield.The head coach acknowledged that quite a few things had gone
BILLY Mckay, the on-loan Wigan Athletic striker, has said he was always intent on making Dundee United his destination despite a flurry of late rival interest in Scotland.Mckay’s debut, after a tangle of negotiations last week which had Hibernian, Hearts
Tom GordonScottish Political EditorSCOTLAND’S newest political party launched yesterday with the long-term goal of becoming the “main opposition to the SNP”, but immediate plans to take votes from the Greens.RISE, which stands for Respect, Independence
WHAT could go right did go right. Too often in recent years, things have been the other way round for Scotland, but this time they got everything spot on.Even allowing for the lacklustre play of the Italians, this was a hugely encouraging performance
REGARDLESS of whether this match marked Ryan Christie’s final appearance for Inverness before he signs for Celtic, it is highly unlikely to have been his swansong in an Inverness Caledonian Thistle jersey.John Hughes confirmed after this 1-1 draw with
AN appreciation of James Keatings’ striking mastery during Hearts’ Ladbrokes Championship triumph last season ensured that the Hibernian supporters had no objections to the forward crossing the Edinburgh divide in the summer.Yesterday, the Hibs faithful
The SNP is pressuring the UK government to appoint a special envoy for LGBTI rights after the UN Security Council heard harrowing testimony about the treatment of sexual minorities in the Daesh controlled areas of Syria and Iraq.Angela Crawley MP, SNP
President Barack Obama defended his decision to allow Royal Dutch Shell to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean under what he said were rigorous standards, despite criticism by environmental groups. It highlights inherent contradictions in his climate and
Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad made a surprise appearance yesterday among tens of thousands protesting to demand the resignation of the prime minister over a multi-million-dollar payment into an account under his name. The rally in Kuala Lumpur
AN ELITE team of Scottish academics is at the forefront of tackling the global trade in priceless artifacts like those looted by Daesh from ancient cities such as Syria's Palmyra.The team of archaeologists, lawyers, criminologists and anthropologists
Thai authorities have arrested a foreigner with a fake Turkish passport and bomb-making materials, the first possible breakthrough in the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine nearly two weeks ago."He is most likely related to the bombing," deputy
The Scottish disability campaign group Black Triangle has compiled a dossier of more than 80 deaths linked to welfare reform.The campaign was set up to oppose the “vicious attack” of benefits cuts on the disabled after writer Paul Reekie, from Edinburgh
An Egyptian court sentenced three al-Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt. The verdict in a retrial was issued against Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian, Baher Mohamed
Satellite images have confirmed the destruction of a Roman-era temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra after Daesh claimed responsibility for blowing up the structure a week ago. An analysis of an image taken in June and others taken several days ago show
Hungarian prosecutors yesterday moved to detain for one month three Bulgarians and one Afghani citizen suspected to have transported 71 refugees who were found dead in a truck by an Austrian motorway on Thursday.The victims, 59 men, eight women and four
It’s the gourmet equivalent of taking coals to Newcastle. Oysters grown in the cold, deep, pristine waters around the famous cockle-shell beach at Barra will soon be making their way to top restaurants in France.A deadly virus has devastated the French
TO go from the top step of the Olympic podium to Afghanistan as a member of the British Army and then to world champion is hardly an orthodox journey but that is the path Heather Stanning has followed over the past three years. The 30-year-old from Lossiemouth
THE SPFL are unconcerned about sponsors Ladbrokes taking the mickey out of Celtic manager Ronny Deila and encouraging punters to bet on him being sacked.Just 24 hours after the gut-wrenching Champions League exit in Malmo, Ladbrokes poked fun at the Celtic
TO be fair, Gerald Davies, the great wing who is now chairman of the Guinness PRO12 committee, did admit he was being a touch pretentious when he turned to Shakespeare to help launch the season. He was making a good point though, and it applies to Glasgow
The heir to the throne, Prince Charles, privately lobbied Alex Salmond when he was First Minister to give money and political backing to an organic food group, his own north highland food brand, a stately home, a decaying castle and a series of other
UNITED Nations officials will visit the UK in the next few months to investigate whether Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reforms have led to “grave or systematic violations” of disabled people’s human rights, the Sunday Herald can reveal.A formal investigation
There’s no better illustration of the difference between Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond than in their attitude to the BBC.Salmond has been engaged in what we in the political world call a “willy waving contest” with the BBC's former political editor
Former Greek premier Alexis Tsipras's leftist Syriza party's lead in the polls is narrowing, a survey showed on yesterday, suggesting momentum may be shifting towards the opposition as the country counts down to a snap election. The gap between Syriza
ROBERTO Martinez and Tony Pulis have little in common apart from profession and hairline. Oh, and a sincere loathing for the fact that the transfer window remains open even after the Premier League has begun.Martinez, whose centre-back, John Stones, is
GIORGI Loria is not particularly well-known outside of Greece and his native Georgia so if that status has changed by this time next week then there is every chance Scotland’s Euro 2016 aspirations have taken a dunt as a result.Loria has been the Georgian
After two days of trouble and strife in global stock markets, the Federal Reserve’s New York President William Dudley said in remarks to reporters that a September interest rate hike seemed “less compelling” now than in recent weeks. These two words alone
Tom GordonScottish Political EditorELECTION loser Danny Alexander is hoping to make a political comeback, it has emerged.The former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who lost his Highlands seat to the SNP despite spending £50,000 on his campaign, is contemplating
SERENA Williams has comprehensively rewritten the record books during her trophy-laden time in tennis and even before a shot has been played at Flushing Meadows this fortnight there was confirmation of another first. Whether or not the 34-year-old goes
The SNP is to quiz Iain Duncan Smith about a six-point plan issued to Department for Work and Pensions staff which sets out how to handle suicidal benefits claimants. Last week the Sunday Herald revealed details of the leaked document printed on
IT starts to get serious now. It may seem that Scotland’s campaign to qualify for Euro 2016 has been going on for an eternity but we are, at last, not far from the finishing line. In the attempt to reach a major football finals for the first time in 18
A LOT of thought can go into choosing a seat on public transport. Too much, for many of us women. There is for instance, the thought I sometimes have when scanning the empty seats of a bus or train, that though it feels safer and more comfortable to sit
CELTIC couldn’t have chosen a worse time than last Tuesday to have a bad night at the office. When they needed their players to perform to make sure they got through to the group stage of the Champions League, they just never turned up. Despite a half-decent
The parable of Pasok, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, has not been told often enough. Greeks know the story: they wrote it. The rest of us, bewitched for months by the triumphs and travails of Alexis Tsipras, Syriza, bail-outs and Grexit dramas, should
The Grumpy Goat90 Old Dumbarton RoadGlasgowWhat is it: Located in the arguably up and coming area of Yorkhill on the site of The Stirling Castle pub, which had been on the go for over 50 years and to be honest was on its last legs before closing. The
Lang LangUsher Hall, Edinburgh Mitsuko UchidaUsher Hall, Edinburgh The Mutter VirtuosiUsher Hall EdinburghAll runs ended Reviewed by Alan Morrison The old joke says that Scotland’s weather can deliver all the seasons in a single day. The Edinburgh International
GEOFF’S tomato recipes above simply sing to me of summer holidays in Greece and Italy, so it’s no surprise that I’m heading to sunnier climes with this week’s wine choice.Tomato dishes can be tricky when matching with wine due to the levels of acidity
IT was the playground boast that could never be topped. While others bragged about their fathers’ prowess on the football field or perhaps a fancy new car, Damon Sansum always had a winning retort: my dad’s a bodyguard and he knows karate and kickboxing.Unlike
Mayhem on global markets last week prompted warnings to stockpile tinned food and bottled water in preparation for desperate times ahead. Deputy Business Editor Mark Latham asks what the Chinese stock market crisis really means to us and for our financial
ANDY Burnham is in the bunker. His campaign to become Labour leader has brought him to Edinburgh South, the party’s last Westminster seat in Scotland. He tells 100 souls at Morningside’s Cluny Church that he is their route to salvation, the “unifier
MONDAY AN EVENING WITH HARRY ENFIELD AND PAUL WHITEHOUSE, BBC2, 9pm Remarkably, it’s been 25 years since Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse started working together, and this one-off show celebrates their comedy partnership. It’s presented
A UK government scheme that was supposed to have seen up to 85 mobile phone black spots in Scotland being provided with a publicly-funded telecoms mast has not resulted in a single mast being built in the four years since it was announced. The
There must surely be some subjects that authors approach with trepidation. Val McDermid’s latest crime novel is about a particularly nasty misogynistic internet troll who isn’t just a sinister online pest; he is also a brutal killer. To tackle this dark
WERE he more of a bluffer, Paul Lambert would have claimed to have spotted the international potential in Russell Martin almost a decade ago. Lambert had Martin during his time managing Wycombe Wanderers, before the pair were re-united at Norwich City
WHEN beer was all about downing macho pints of the industrial stuff, I was only too happy to hang out with the wine drinkers, but since it has come over all micro-brewed and craft, and adopted a language previously associated with serious oenophiles,
Ballet Am Rhein/RSNO: SevenPlayhouse, EdinburghRun endedReviewed by Barry DidcockAustrian composer Gustav Mahler's Seventh Symphony premiered in Prague in 1908, six years before the start of the First World War and in the twilight of the great Viennese
DrifterFlow(Edition) A rebranding of the quartet that the marvellous Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila has led for 15 years, Drifter joins the dots between two of the greatest European jazz groups, Keith Jarrett’s Scandinavian Quartet and Swedish trailblazers
By Jackie McGlone You wait ages for a novel about a lonely woman living out the bleak midwinter of her long life on the west coast of Scotland, looking back on her time as a talented photographer of great originality, then two come along – if not
It's something of a given that wedding anniversaries are loaded with risk. Anniversaries can be forgotten, undervalued, overplayed; by their very nature, they draw attention to the fact that a couple are still together, a state of affairs that may
RAM Soloists Ensemble/Pinnock Mahler: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, etc (Linn Records) Just wait until you hear this recording. It’s Volume 3 in a series featuring top-flight soloists of the Royal Academy of Music who, with conductor
Danny And The Human Zoo Monday, 9pm, BBC One Cradle To Grave Thursday, 9pm, BBC Two Across the 2000s, British television drama’s most notable trend was the rise of a new kind of biographical piece, grappling with famous, usually departed
The Making Of Home by Judith Flanders (Atlantic, £9.99) Flanders’s excellent history of the home debunks several myths: that the public and the private areas inside were separated after the Industrial Revolution, and that women were forced indoors
When Taliban forces swept into the Musa Qala district of northern Helmand last week it was a moment rich in symbolism for their fighters. Eight years ago this was a British battleground where 23 British soldiers lost their lives and the name passed into
The Chancellor George Osborne is set to make a surprise visit to Faslane Naval Base tomorrow in a move that has antagonised anti-nuclear campaigners and Scottish MPs.Osborne’s controversial trip north of the border has attracted widespread criticism,
"We would start taking it on a Friday night and not stop until Sunday – we wouldn’t sleep or eat. By Sunday we were in a state. The comedown started. We couldn’t be alone. We used to curl up in bed or me and my pals on the couch, not speaking just
Amid all the controversy around the BBC, amid the claims of bias and the responses of presenters, one fact is undeniable.According to the BBC's own research, more than half of Scots do not believe the broadcaster accurately reflects their country.Why
Only a bully attacks the weak. Only the cruel inflict pain on those already suffering. Only those without a conscience or compassion fail to offer a helping hand to those in need.Each of us, in our private lives, were taught by our parents and grandparents
FORFAR Athletic lost their unblemished league record but their 2-2 draw with Ayr United at Somerset Park will feel like a victory.After Lewis Allan scored his first goal for the club after 26 minutes, the league leaders fell behind to goals from Craig
EAST Fife rose to the top of the table courtesy of a deserved 2-0 victory at Queen’s Park. Craig Murray opened the scoring in the 27th minute on the rebound after Nathan Austin had been denied. The free-scoring Austin then added a second in the 62nd minute
MORTON kept Alloa Athletic rooted to the bottom of the Ladbrokes Championship with a 1-0 away win.Thomas O’Ware contributed the only goal of a tight encounter when he headed home a Ricki Lamie free-kick after 72 minutes to give Morton their first league
France, Germany and Russia back plans for a complete ceasefire in eastern Ukraine from Sept. 1, the French presidency said after their respective leaders spoke by telephone yesterday. Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists, in a gesture to shore up a tenuous
SENIOR police call centre staff have compiled a “dossier” of potentially dangerous mistakes and “near misses” in light of the M9 tragedy, the Scottish LibDem leader claimed last night. Willie Rennie said the list of bungled emergency calls had
JARS of baby food are more likely to make children favour sweet tastes than to encourage them to eat their greens. A study of brand-name products carried out by nutritionists at Glasgow University has found commercial baby foods use predominantly
AYR got their season in the BT Premiership off to a flying start with a 32-3 away win at Glasgow Hawks.The men from Millbrae finished second in the table after the regular season in 2014/15, but lost out in the play-off semi-finals to Melrose.With the
KEZIA Dugdale’s leadership campaign was bankrolled by the same No supporter who funded Jim Murphy’s ill-fated rise to the top of Scottish Labour, the Sunday Herald can reveal.Aberdeen businessman Alan Massie, who gave almost £33,000 to Murphy in the spring
Suzanne Gow, 41, is a former call-centre worker from Lanarkshire, who suffers from a severe depressive condition, anxiety, panic attacks and bulimia. Here she describes the impact of having her disability benefits stopped after missing an appointment
HERIOT’S launched their attempt on a season treble by collecting the first piece of silverware on offer this campaign after a nip-and-tuck Charity Shield match ended with Dale Robertson, the Boroughmuir prop, losing the ball in the final seconds as he
At least 38 young women have died in a road accident in Swaziland on their way to an annual ceremony where the king might have chosen one of them as his wife, an advocacy group said yesterday. Trucks transporting scores of young women to the traditional
Nigeria has uncovered a spy cell run by militant Islamist group Boko Haram at the international airport in the capital Abuja apparently aimed at selecting targets for attack, the country's national security agency said.In a statement, the Department of
Software and app developers in the west of Scotland will for the first time be able to use a free testing laboratory with the opening of an open access test facility at Edge Testing Solutions’ Bellshill headquarters on Thursday.The new Open Device Lab
AN SNP MSP has sparked a civil war inside his party by backing the destruction of treasured greenbelt land in the Labour marginal he hopes to win at Holyrood. Leaked files show many SNP members are livid that Central Scotland list MSP Richard Lyle is
It’s been a good week for …Burger fans A CHEF has revealed the secret to the perfect burger: a ruler. The ideal filled bun should measure precisely 7cm high. The filling should account for no more than 5cm with a fluffy bun making up the other 2cm. It
THREE Scottish councils have come under attack by unions for being involved in controversial welfare-to-work programmes. The council schemes see the unemployed working for free - in roles like administration, recycling and tourism operations -
The “naming and shaming” of salmon farms which have shot 180 seals around the Scottish coast over the last two years has prompted calls for a boycott by consumers and supermarkets. The caged salmon industry, backed by the Scottish Government, fought
NICOLA Sturgeon will this week insist the SNP has laid the “strong foundations for a stronger Scotland” when Holyrood reconvenes for its final session ahead of the 2016 election. Unveiling her programme for government on Tuesday, the First Minister
A former Aberdeen oil firm owner who accuses RBS of "stitching up” his business has criticised the bank for appointing the accountancy firm that handled his firm's administration to review alleged wrongdoing by RBS's global restructuring group (GRG
EXCLUSIVE Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor AN SNP candidate is facing claims of trying to cheat his way into Holyrood. Andy Doig is alleged to have used insider information to canvas support from party members for weeks ahead of
The future of the BBC under its charter renewal process is both an opportunity and a challenge for Scotland.The BBC’s annual report shows that 97 per cent of people in these islands use their services. The corporation is part of the fabric of our society.However
Councillors and officials are embroiled in a fierce dispute over the design of the £2.7 million Stranraer marina, key components of which are said to be unfit for purpose.Dumfries and Galloway Council has produced a masterplan for the historic harbour
WE JOINED a global dash for cash last week when no fewer than five share tips triggered sell signals under our stop-loss system after suffering further heavy falls as a result of the Chinese financial crisis.The sales realised a modest overall profit
Could I just add a couple of points in response to Trevor Royle's excellent piece on the Japanese war (A Time To Forgive?, Essay, August 16)? The first is that in Japan, religion has failed in its essential purpose which should be to improve human relations
“SO LET’S get this straight,” frowns the 11-year-old, poring over our shiny new map. “We’re starting in the north, but it’s actually the south, then going south - into the north?”It is not as confusing as it sounds. Our two-centre driving holiday in Ireland
KNOWLEDGE is understanding that tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting tomatoes in fruit salad. So let’s call a spade a spade and call a fruit a vegetable. I accept I am technically incorrect to class tomatoes vegetables. But they straddle some invisible
Reviewed by Mark Brown It is a dreadful irony that Alasdair Gray had the accident which keeps him critically ill in hospital so soon before the Edinburgh International Festival's staging of his great novel Lanark. The event was intended to celebrate
Most film fans know the term "underground cinema", the name given to work which is transgressive or unconventional either in its subject matter or its means of production. But in 2004, beneath the streets of Paris, police uncovered proof that some
Members of the Royal National Institute of Blind People in Scotland are angered by a restructuring of the charity by its London head office bringing it under the management of Action For Blind People, a sister organisation which until now operated only
ROBBIE Neilson last night accused referee Willie Collum of only sending off Hearts right-back Callum Paterson after being influenced by the reaction of the Hamilton players to his challenge on Darian Mackinnon.Neilson’s side lost their 100 per cent record
THERE was a burning sense of injustice in the air around Firhill last night following the blatant hand-ball from Adam Rooney that preceded Aberdeen’s first goal and permitted them to equal their best start to a league season since the days in which they
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