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Carl Starfelt tells Rangers that Celtic are a different beast now ahead of Old Firm crunch

CARL STARFELT believes Celtic are ready to topple Rangers and claim top spot in the Scottish Premiership, saying they are a very different proposition to the team defeated at Ibrox back in August. The Swedish defender was understandably on a high

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Jones insists he'll send England team out to 'go after' Scotland at Murrayfield

EDDIE Jones says he will send his England team out to “go after” Scotland at BT Murrayfield on Saturday, but has played down a suggestion from Stuart Hogg that both teams will be committed to open, attacking rugby in the Calcutta Cup clash.  Scotland

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10 winter sports terms to know before Winter Olympics 2022 from Babbel

The Winter Olympics are about to kick off in Beijing with its opening ceremony on February 4, here are some basic jargon that you should know before it starts.  We have already rounded up the rules of some of the sports you can expect from the

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Ospreys 23 Edinburgh 19: Mike Blair's side miss crucial kicks in narrow defeat

IF Edinburgh were left kicking themselves for this defeat then they might have missed, two kicks proving crucial in this narrow defeat. It was match which turned into an arm wrestle after Edinburgh had built a comfortable lead and missed opportunities

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Kyle Lafferty goal claims massive Kilmarnock Championship win over Inverness

KILMARNOCK took a massive three Cinch Championship points as they saw off Inverness with a 1-0 win that was more comfortable than the scoreline would suggest. Kyle Lafferty announced his return to Ayrshire with a fine ninth minute goal that set

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Glasgow Warriors put on superb six try display in Connacht win despite missing internationals

GLASGOW Warriors may have been without a host of internationals but they still put a superb display together in the west of Ireland to run out deserved six tries to two winners at the Sportsground in Galway. They were on top for long periods but

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'Danger to life' warning issued as 'Storm Corrie' blows in on Sunday

An Amber ‘danger to life’ alert has been issued by the Met Office with a second storm due to his Scotland on Sunday.   Weather warnings were place across all of Scotland, northern England and parts of Northern Ireland for most of Saturday due to

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Tam Courts feels Dundee United deserved draw after late sickener at Celtic Park

GUTTED Dundee United manager Tam Courts said that his team deserved a point after going down to Liel Abada’s stoppage-time goal at Celtic Park. United fought gamely to keep Celtic at bay, and thanks to some stout defending and a wonderful performance

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Dozens evacuated and roads closed over fears of falling masonry from Glasgow tower

Dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes amid fears over an unsafe stone tower in Glasgow’s West End.   Police have asked residents living near Trinity College tower to leave while an exclusion zone is put in place after amid concerns

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Ange Postecoglou warns Celtic players league won't be won if they beat Rangers to go top

ANGE POSTECOGLOU has warned his Celtic players that going top of the league with a win over Rangers on Wednesday night will mean nothing if they aren’t still there at the end of the season. Celtic cut the gap to Rangers at the top of the Scottish

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Hearts 2 Motherwell 0 : Halliday and Simms on target as Jambos extend lead in third

HEARTS extended their lead in third place of the cinch Scottish Premiership with a 2-0 victory over Motherwell at Tynecastle. The comfortable win came thanks to a first-half strike from Andy Halliday and a tap-in on 57 minutes from Everton loanee

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Celtic leave it late, but Liel Abada eventually blows the roof off the title race

IT was a day, in the end, for Celtic to remember. With the touching pre-match tribute to the late Wim Jansen, they warmly remembered a manager who brought them glory in the past. With their late, late win over Dundee United – coupled with Rangers dropping

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Thousands face night without power in the wake of storm Malik

Tens of thousands of people face a night without power after high winds brought chaos in the wake of Storm Malik.  Gusts in excess of 85mph were recorded at the storm’s height, bringing down trees and felling power lines across the north of Scotland

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Joe Aribo laments Rangers' lack of focus after shipping two points at Ross County

JOE ARIBO lamented Rangers’ lack of focus as the champions shipped two crucial points in the Premiership title race against Ross County. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side came from behind to lead in Dingwall but a late Matthew Wright strike earned

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Giovanni van Bronckhorst slams sloppy Rangers stars as Ibrox outfit drop points at Ross County

GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST slammed his sloppy Rangers stars as the champions squandered two crucial Premiership points against Ross County. Goals from Amad Diallo, James Tavernier and Connor Goldson were ultimately not enough to earn victory in Dingwall

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Ross County boss Malky Mackay hails Regan Charles-Cook after Rangers goal takes him top of goal scoring charts

MALKY MACKAY hailed Ross County hero Regan Charles-Cook as he continued his stunning scoring streak to frustrate top of the table Rangers. The Staggies had their sights set on victory when Jordan White and Charles-Cook cancelled out an early strike

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From The Revenant to In The Heat Of The Night, the week's best films

Saturday The Searchers, BBC Two, 1.50pm Embittered American Civil War veteran Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) is horrified when a Native American tribe kills his brother and sister-in-law and kidnaps their daughter Debbie (Natalie Wood). He becomes

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Lorry driver dies in M74 crash after veering through central reservation

A man has died after his lorry veered across a motorway and struck a car coming in the opposite direction.   Police Scotland said that the 32-year-old was driving northbound on the M74 near Glasgow when it crashed through the central reservation

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Health: A morning coffee is good for digestive health

It's no secret coffee helps us kickstart the day, switching us from sleepy to alert. But do you find it kicks your digestive system into action too? If you are someone who relies on your morning brew to help you poop, you really aren't imagining

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Author Freya North on how spending time on Harris nursed her back to health

FREYA NORTH, AUTHOR Where is it? Harris. From the base of the Seilebost dune looking across the vast horseshoe-shaped bay to Luskentyre. Why do you go there? Partly because I live in landlocked Hertfordshire and partly because it's

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Garden of the week: Teasses - a new garden with a long and fascinating past

Teasses Ceres, Fife KY8 5PG Why We Should Visit The gardens at Teasses are some of the finest to have been created in Scotland in the last 20 years, but they have only recently been open to the public so few people have yet discovered them

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Can a philosopher save the planet? For the Good of the World by AC Grayling, reviewed by Iain Macwhirter

For the Good of the World: Is Global Agreement on Global Challenges Possible? AC Grayling OneWorld, £14.99 Review by Iain Macwhirter Philosopher AC Grayling believes the world is headed for disaster and only a new system of universal

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Hoachin: Scots Word of the Week

HOACHIN, HOTCHIN IN recent times we have been warned about visiting environments which are hoaching, defined in the Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) as: “to swarm, to be infested, to seethe, to be overrun with”. Whether you pronounce it

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Eating and drinking: Best restaurants for Sunday lunch

Hawksmoor, Edinburgh If you want to do Sunday lunch in style, head to Hawksmoor for some fine victuals in elegant, laid-back surroundings. The steakhouse offers a proper British Sunday roast with slow-cooked rump steak served with giant Yorkshire

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TV: The return of BBC Three – what can we expect from channel's big relaunch?

What's the story? The return of BBC Three. Where did it go? Following BBC budget cuts and despite strong public opposition, the channel ceased operations in February 2016. It was replaced by a BBC Three-branded streaming service on iPlayer

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Scotland records more than 6,000 new Covid cases and 18 further deaths in 24 hours

SCOTLAND has recorded more than  6,600 cases of Covid-19 and a further 18 deaths in the past 24 hours, latest figures show. According to the latest Scottish Government figures, 6,679 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the past 24 hours.

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Aberdeen woman dies after being hit by falling tree amid Storm Malik high winds

A woman has died after being crushed by a fallen tree in Aberdeen amid the high winds brought by Storm Malik, it has been reported. The 60-year-old was fatally injured on Deveron Road near the city’s Eric Hendrie Park on Saturday morning. This

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Why is it called Storm Corrie? Met Office explains as Storm Malik hits Scotland

The Met Office has named a low-pressure system following Storm Malik that will hit Scotland on Sunday.  The national weather service has called the intense area of low-pressure area Storm Corrie. On Friday, the weather service issued an amber

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Joe Lycett: Sue Gray spoof Tweet which tricked Tories 'fuelled by anger'

Comedian Joe Lycett has said “anger” motivated his social media stunt in which he shared a fake version of Sue Gray’s report. The TV star, 33, was reported to have caused “chaos” and “mass panic” in Government after his joke tweet, written earlier

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Sir Keir Starmer : More powers for Holyrood would be ‘early priority if I'm Prime Minister'

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer wants more devolved powers for Holyrood “quickly” if he becomes Prime Minister. Sir Keir has asked former prime minister Gordon Brown to recommend improvements to devolution across the United Kingdom to counter nationalist

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Andrew Neil in talks with Channel 4 over new weekly politics show after leaving GB News

ANDREW Neil is in talks with Channel 4 to launch a weekly politics show – despite previously labelling the outlet the “broadcast arm of the Guardian”. The Spectator chair and former GB News host is in advanced talks with the broadcaster’s director

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Arbroath vs Partick Thistle postponed due to Storm Malik adverse weather

PARTICK THISTLE'S trip to Arbroath in the Scottish Championship today has been postponed due to adverse weather. The match has been called off due to strong-weather conditions caused by Storm Malik hitting Scotland. A pitch inspection took

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Dundee vs St Mirren postponed due to Storm Malik safety concerns

DUNDEE vs St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership has been postponed due to safety concerns due to Storm Malik. Strong winds and rain have battered Scotland overnight and into the morning and as a result the game has been called off safety concerns

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Speed skating Winter Olympics 2022: What are the rules and Team GB competitors?

Speed skating is one of the three skating disciplines at the Winter Olympics, alongside figure skating and short track speed skating. It is the largest sport in terms of events at the Bejing Games with 14 events in total. All speed skating

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Major Scottish bridge closed in both directions due to 'ongoing incident'

The Erskine Bridge was closed to all traffic today for a period of two hours as police attended an 'ongoing incident'. Reports by Traffic Scotland said emergency services were attending an 'ongoing police incident' on the busy Scottish bridge around

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Film reviews: Director Pedro Almodovar dissects the perils of parenthood with his muse Penelope Cruz in Parallel Mothers

PARALLEL MOTHERS (15) Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodovar reunites with two of his luminous screen muses, Penelope Cruz and Rossy de Palma, for a slow-burning and melodramatic portrait of parenthood. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has repeatedly

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Mary Contini's recipe: Seville orange and cardamom baked cheesecake

I love the texture of a baked cheesecake, smooth and creamy, with a delicious egg custard aftertaste. Using Greek yoghurt or sour cream adds a sharpness perfectly complimented with lots of Seville orange zest and juice. Treat this recipe a baked custard

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Celtic vs Dundee Utd: Live Stream, TV channel & kick-off time

CELTIC will look to build on their recent good form this weekend when they play Dundee United. Ange Postecoglou's men have won three out of three so far after the Premiership winter break. They still trail Rangers at the summit of the table

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10 things to do this week: Theatre, music and comedy

IRON: Translating Territories 29 January - 6 February. Free. Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. This exhibition from the Royal Scottish Academy showcases diverse understandings of the world around us as well as the potential

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Gardening with Dave Allan: How to grow a charming crop of fragrant sweet peas

Sweet peas are one of summer’s delights and to enjoy the flowers at their fragrant best, sow seed within the next few weeks. If possible, sow rather than buy young plants that are started in peat-based compost and sold in black plastic pots. And

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Aberdeen vs St Johnstone postponed due to Storm Malik safety concerns

ABERDEEN vs St Johnstone has been postponed due to Storm Malik safety concerns. Yellow weather warnings are in place across all of Scotland, northern England and parts of Northern Ireland for most of Saturday as Storm Malik is expected to bring

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Snowboard Winter Olympics 2022: What are the rules and Team GB competitors?

Snowboard is one of the newer events at the Winter Olympics, having been introduced in Nagano, Japan at the 1988 Games. There will be 11 events in the snowboard competition at Beijing 2022, including mixed team snowboard cross, which will be making

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From eagles to puffins to exotic parakeets, 20 of the best bird-watching spots in Scotland

Maureen Sugden COOPED up in lockdown, many of us looked to the skies and truly took note of what had been there all along but we had perhaps been too busy to fully appreciate – the flight of the birds above us, the nests in the branches and the

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Cressida Dick's week: No10 investigation isn't as fake as Beijing Games snow

As imagined by Brian Beacom THE first thing you wish to know is if the Met have made Sue Gray’s report into alleged Covid illegalities so worthless the former pub landlady would have been better spending the last two weeks back in County Down,

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Herald Diary joins the 21st century – better late than never

NEVER let it be said that the ancient and venerable institution that is The Herald Diary doesn’t move with the times, albeit reluctantly. When one of the young people who work the internet here (scruffy beards, tight jeans and an unhealthy attachment

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George Fergusson: What lies behind Germany’s reluctance to arm Ukraine?

MORE than a dozen years ago, I was present at a meeting of Ministers dealing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The agenda included the problem of our German allies’ unwillingness to use lethal force in Afghanistan (though at the time they

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Ashleigh Barty ends wait for a home winner of an Australian Open singles title

Ashleigh Barty brilliantly fulfilled her country’s expectations by defeating Danielle Collins to become the first home player for 44 years to win an Australian Open singles title. The world number one recovered from 5-1 down in the second set to

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Ski Jumping Winter Olympics 2022: What are the rules and Team GB competitors?

Ski Jumping was part of the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924 and has been a regular occurence ever since. At the Beijing Games there will be five events, including the new mixed team event, which will be making its Winter Olympics debut. It

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Have you got a hidden fortune in the loft? Here’s what to look for …

WHAT potential treasures and knick-knacks should we be looking out for around our homes? Angus Ashworth, presenter of the new STV series Clear Out, Cash In, shares his top tips about what is hot and what is not. FURNITURE Dark wood sideboards

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From skeletons to condom moulds: STV's Angus Ashworth on the wacky world of collectables

IN a career spanning two decades as an antiques expert and auctioneer, there is a good chance Angus Ashworth has seen it and sold it. To date, he has auctioned off a human skeleton (a medical anatomical specimen), a collection of antique condom

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Skeleton Winter Olympics 2022: What are the rules and Team GB competitors

Skeleton is one of the three sliding sports on the programme at the 2022 Winter Olympics, along with Bobsleigh and Luge. There will only be six medals up for grabs making it the joint-fewest at the Beijing Games. Skeleton will take place at

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Ross County vs Rangers: TV channel, live stream & kick-off time

THE games are coming thick and fast for Scotland's top flight clubs following the winter break. Ross County and Rangers will lock horns this weekend before the highly anticipated Old Firm derby next midweek. Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side

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Robert McNeil: A Star Bar from the corner shop took me back in time to Wit’s End

I’VE had a madeleine moment. You’ll recall that, in Jimmy Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, the narrator eats a madeleine, a little cake, and the sensual experience unexpectedly transports him back to his childhood. Well, I’ve had a similar experience

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Short Track Speed Skating Winter Olympics 2022: What are the rules and Team GB competitors

Short track speed skating is one of the three skating disciplines at the Winter Olympics alongside figure skating and speed skating. The difference it has to speed skating is that the athletes will go up against each other on a short track, rather

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Six casualties after fire breaks out at house in Wishaw

SIX casualties have been reported after a fire broke out at a house in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. The alarm was raised just before 7.30pm on Friday, with emergency services closing off Stewarton Street as they responded. Locals shared videos

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Nordic Combined Winter Olympics 2022: What are the rules and Team GB competitors

Nordic Combined is an event at the Winter Olympics that combines two separate sports in ski jumping and cross-country skiiing. On the Winter Olympics website it says that the event has been contested since the inaugural games in 1924, but that

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Storm Malik: 'Danger to life' warning in place as extreme winds to batter Scotland

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Just like granny used to make it … forgotten recipes inspire TV chef

THEY are the comforting sights and smells of granny’s kitchen-pot of warming broth, a delicious cake in the oven and a sheep’s head charring away under the grill.   Liver and kidneys, oxtails, seaweed, dried egg – and the unfortunate sheep – were

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Eminent black professor joins chorus of horror at plans to ditch pub’s name

IT began with a pub chain’s well-intentioned efforts to make sure the name of a town’s oldest hostelry did not cause offence.   However, brewing giant Greene King clearly did not reckon with the dogged determination of the people of Linlithgow,

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The Big Read: Politics in America is more than a two-horse race — David Leask

WE keep using words of war to talk about politics. For America, especially, this is starting to get awkward.  A little over a year ago a mob of extremists, high on a cocktail of lies about a “stolen election”, stormed the Capitol, home of the United

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Camley's Cartoon: The School of Art fire report

Our Cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the report on the investigation into the Glasgow School of Art fire   Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 7000. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our

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See all the West End shows coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse - How to buy tickets

The magic of London's West End is coming to the Edinburgh Playhouse this year and we couldn't be more excited. If you're wild about Waitress or you can't stop humming Hairspray, we've got you covered. Here are all the West End shows arriving

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Herald Diary: Has Nessie moved to England?

Anyone for tennis? THE Loch Ness Monster has always been a shy sort of celeb. She doesn’t post on Twitter or Instagram, refuses to star in her own reality TV show, and has no interest in becoming this week’s most discussed social influencer.

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Kevin McKenna: Why Liz Truss is the secret weapon in Boris Johnson’s fightback

HAS Liz Truss become Boris Johnson’s secret weapon as he fights to salvage what remains of his premiership? With each sullen interview given by his supercilious Foreign Secretary the besieged Prime Minister seems to inch his way closer to salvation

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Brian Taylor: We get it, First Minister, you distrust Johnson. But just what is your economic strategy?

THESE are troubled, anxious times – and not just because we still wait to learn whether the Prime Minister will be, to borrow a phrase, here today but gone tomorrow. Certainly, the grotesque, surreal melodrama surrounding Boris Johnson appears

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Issue of the day: M&Ms go 'woke' with a redesign

THEY are little multicoloured chocolates that have been around for more than 80 years, but M&Ms are being redesigned for a "more dynamic, progressive world”, with a focus on “female empowerment” and inclusivity.   Inclusive chocolates?

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David Leask: Why Kremlin thinks your language determines your vote in the Ukraine – and Scotland

SCOTLAND was always going to say No. That, at least, was the prediction from pro-Kremlin Russian pundits in the run-up to our big 2014 vote. Supporters of one of the world’s most muscular “unionist” governments – that of Vladimir Putin – lined

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Joanna Blythman: Forget the outdated health advice, here's how to lose weight

WITH his man boobs straining inside his shirt, Boris Johnson is evidence of a big problem on two legs, a high-vis reminder that Britain looks to have lost the battle of the bulge. But does this mean that all attempts to reverse the UK’s obesity

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Alison Rowat's TV preview: Mary Beard's Forbidden Art; Misha and the Wolves, Storyville; Hope Street

AS warriors against wokeness would have it, you can hardly swing a cat (metaphorically, of course) without coming across a “trigger warning” alerting viewers to something potentially upsetting. Even news bulletins have them. So it would be the responsible

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'Enigmatic modern menus are tiresome but this place is a taste sensation.' Ron Mackenna's restaurant review

Eleanore Edinburgh TO a cutesy shop front restaurant mid-way down Leith Walk then, with lashings of white wall action, stainless counters, Scandi-blond benches and stools so fashionably narrow that I’m doing an impression of a baby elephant

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Hugh MacDonald: Why does Scots cause some folk to explode in bile and contempt?

OUT of the mouth of babes. Tess, Lego expert, artist extraordinaire, reader and writer, also moonlights – with her sister, Grace, and cousin, Arran – as the light of my life. Her appointment diary is as packed as most five-year-olds but she grants

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Revealed: Radical plans to break up Scotland's ferry network

SCOTLAND’S ferry network could be broken up under radical plans to revitalise the taxpayer funded service in a move that has raised fears that the most lucrative routes will be sold off to private firms. It has emerged that global consultants Ernst

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Glasgow drivers could benefit from new pothole repair machine

HARSH winter weather and heavy rain have taken their toll on roads in Scotland's largest city in the past few years resulting in potholes on many key routes. As drivers cite potholes as one of their main motoring gripes, the repair bill for Glasgow

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Surge in the number of firms in 'critical distress'

Businesses in Scotland saw a dramatic uplift in instances of advanced financial distress in the final quarter of 2021 as the emergence of the Omicron variant hampered growth. According to the latest Red Flag Alert published by Begbies Traynor,

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Unspun: the political diary - best of enemies

Early doors ANOTHER vital cross-party group has been set up by MSPs thirsty for knowledge. The Beer and Pub CPG will “celebrate, recognise and enhance the contribution of the brewing and pub-related hospitality industry in Scotland,” Tory chair

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Ryding can inspire generation after showing age is just a number with World Cup victory

IT is not every day that someone you know creates sporting history and rewrites the record books. For those of you who have followed my column you will know I have a close relationship with winter sports and the last few weeks have seen British

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First of its kind budget supermarket to open in Glasgow

It sells (almost) everything you would expect to buy in a regular supermarket, but shoppers can expect to pay around 70 per cent less at the tills of a new food store opening in Glasgow. A similar approach to food pantries, social supermarkets

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Patience is investors' biggest virtue in recovery

The dust from the Covid-induced collapse of the economy has far from settled, but amid the haze of continuing uncertainty there are preliminary signs that Scotland has at least some of the underlying leverage needed to make a meaningful recovery. 

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Rob Aberdein's Moray Group moves into financial services

Moray Group, the expanding professional services business headed by legal sector veteran Rob Aberdein, is launching a new financial arm. Moray Financial will be headed by newly-appointed managing director Michael Wales, who has previously worked

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What does Omicron's super-contagious subtype BA.2 mean for our exit out of Covid?

JUST when you thought that Covid couldn't spread any faster, a new 'stealth' sub-lineage of Omicron comes along. Denmark's top infectious disease authority, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), estimated this week that the strain currently known as

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Alison Rowat's TV review: Trigger Point; The Responder; Jay Blades, learning to read at 51; Couples Therapy

BETWEEN the jargon, the mounting tension, and the presence of Vicky McClure, it hardly required the combined nous of Sherlock Holmes and Jim Rockford to deduce that Trigger Point (STV, Sunday) came from the same stable as Line of Duty. Jed Mercurio

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Herald View: There is danger in the plan to make emergency powers permanent

THE innocuously named Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill is, according to the SNP, merely a prudent mechanism to allow for a nimble government response to any future public health emergency, and doesn’t furnish much more in the way of

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Funding boost as Aberdeen Harbour expansion nears completion

The UK’s largest marine infrastructure project has received a £30 million funding boost from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) as it prepares to go operational in the next few months. The loan from the taxpayer-funded SNIB will strengthen

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Test your knowledge of the new Highway Code rules coming into effect today

Changes to the Highway Code take effect from today with up to a third of motorists unaware of the changes. Major changes to the Highway Code requiring drivers to have more responsibility to look out for cyclists and pedestrians risk failing to

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Fotheringham opens up on Celtic exit, management in Germany & aspirations in the dugout

YOU can hear the steel in Mark Fotheringham’s voice. It’s apt because he comes from a family of scaffolders. He was helping his dad with the family business this week before jumping in his car and driving the 240 miles from his house in the Forfarshire

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Dirty work but Cameron Mason has clean shot at U23 World Cyclo-Cross throne

OF all the cycling disciplines, cyclo-cross is the least well-known to the wider Scottish public.  Cameron Mason may well be about to change all that.  The 21-year-old has established himself as one of the world’s very best young talents in

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Profits fall sharply at Scotland's largest independent restaurant group

Exclusive By Ian McConnell Business Editor PROFITS at the restaurant group behind the Di Maggio’s, Café Andaluz and Amarone brands fell sharply in the year to April 2021 as coronavirus-related restrictions took their toll, the owners have

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Letters: Where is the outrage over the Tories' wasted billions?

TORY spokesman Donald Cameron whines about the civil service carrying out its proper function in preparing for the delivery of an electoral commitment and now the policy of an elected government at a cost of £700,000 ("SNP ministers tasked £700,000

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On the Radio: David Greig, Morrissey and the ghosts of radio

“WHEN Septimius Severus entered the lands of the Maeatae he did so with the following command to his soldiers: invade the rebel’s country, kill everyone you meet, let no one escape destruction, not even the babe in the womb of its mother.” Well

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Scotland's oldest rowing club looks to future with £1m new boathouse

IT has a been a hotbed for rowing talent since it first opened its doors in 1846, and now Scotland's oldest open amateur rowing club is looking to the future with a new £1 million boathouse in Edinburgh. Former Olympic gold medallist Dame Katherine

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Are you a Harry Potter fan? Test your knowledge

In 1997 JK Rowling released Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the rest is history. Since readers young and old were first introduced to the 'boy who lived' -under the stairs at 4 Privet Drive -  fans have been spoilt with seven books and