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Where would we be without the wonderful Martin Lewis?

Natasha Radmehr: You've got to love Martin Lewis, the angel who is now focused on saving lives
LAST year, I worked for a social enterprise, helping unemployed people find jobs. Every day I’d strap on my headset like a pilot without a plane and settle in for a sometimes-turbulent stream of phone calls. One day, I chatted to a man who had just spent a long time in prison. As well as trying to find work, he was adjusting to a world that looked very different to the one he’d left behind in 1997. He couldn’t figure out what broadband to get, or even if it was affordable, and was having p

Performers from the National Youth Choir of Scotland

Christopher Bell: How music can help children on the post-Covid path to recovery

Jeremy Paxman University Challenge: BBC host to step down after more than 28 years. (PA)

Jeremy Paxman to end 28-year run as University challenge host amid health battle

An impassioned Martin Lewis appearing on BBC current affairs programme Sunday Morning

Martin Lewis: millionaire prophet of doom or the people’s champion?

Nick Gardner has made headlines for setting himself the challenge to scale the country’s 282 highest peaks.

Climber, 82, to bag final peak in 282 Munro challenge

Sir Salman Rushdie will 'likely lose one eye' after New York attack (PA)

Sir Salman Rushdie will 'likely lose one eye' after New York attack

Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage before delivering lecture

Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage as he prepared to deliver lecture

Pensioner forced to spend a third of income on energy bills missing pension credit by a fraction

Alan Simpson: Carry on Dick Turpin, your name is safe from the easily offended

Alan Simpson: Carry on Dick Turpin, your name is safe from the easily offended

Serena Williams this week announced her impending retirement with a verbal volley about how being female has held her back

Andy Maciver: Sorry, Serena, but we’re not all the same, and we shouldn’t want to be

Boris Johnson, left, said he was 'appalled' at news Salman Rushdie had been attacked. Pictures: PA

Prime Minister Boris Johnson "appalled" at Sir Salman Rushdie stabbing

Sir Salman Rushdie has been attacked before giving a lecture in New York. Picture: PA

Controversial author Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York

Disappointment as rock icons cancel first Scots gig for 14 years

Disappointment as rock icons cancel first Scots gig for 14 years

Scots nurseries 'face going bust' over failures over council payments

Scots nurseries 'face going bust' over failures over council payments

Stuart Dorward, managing partner (Scotland) and UK head of project management

Cushman & Wakefield adds 11 to its team in Scotland

The bus drives through centuries of Scottish history

PREMIUM Rosemary Goring: Is this Scotland's most cultured bus journey?

Robin Grainger. Source: YouTube (Starts Monday with Robin Grainger)

The show must go on for the Scots comic with an audience of one

Joesef (centre) and Scott Hutchison.

New Scots music festival stage is dedicated to charity formed in memory of Frightened Rabbit singer

Photo dated 19/07/96 of Olivia Newton-John, pictured in London

Travolta leads tributes to Dame Olivia Newton-John following her death

Uri Geller (left) at the Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, as he prepares to spend the night on Lamb Island in search of Egyptian treasure in 2010

The strange tale of Lamb Island

Protesters on the picket line outside a railway station (Danny Lawson/PA)

Who is going on strike in Scotland in August and for how long?

PREMIUM Monday Interview: Clouds lift for renowned Scots funeral firm after Covid storm

The Queen's Scotland visit sparks fresh health fears amid major change to Balmoral welcome. (PA)

Queen sparks fresh health fears amid major change in annual visit to Scotland

Main John Lowe pic - Source YouTube (MDA Events)

PREMIUM Scots airline receives claim from ex-world darts champion after losing his bags

'For god's sake do something': Food rationing fury as islanders blame CalMac ferry cancellations

PREMIUM 'For god's sake do something': Food rationing fury as islanders blame CalMac ferry cancellations

'I did not do anything wrong': Taxman took £300,000 from ex-Celtic star's bank account

PREMIUM 'I did not do anything wrong': Taxman took £300,000 from ex-Celtic star's bank account

NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: Are 'woke mobs' killing comedy? You must be joking, say top Fringe comedians (contains strong language)

The couple who quit the global financial crisis to become honorary Maasai

The couple who quit the global financial crisis to become honorary Maasai

We remember the stars we lost in 2022. (PA)

Celebrity deaths in 2022: Remembering the famous faces we lost this year

Robert Cameron matched five numbers and the bonus ball last Saturday

Glasgow man scoops £1m on Lotto after following late mother’s advice

Uri wore a Scotland shirt in his video on social media in which he said he was

Issue of the day: Uri Geller's 'mind power' warning to Russia

Scotland's Pauline Wilson (right) and Rosemary Lenton celebrate winning gold

Scotland celebrate four gold medals in four hours including 'oldest winner' in Commonwealth Games history

The tiny community acted when their shop faced closure.

Skye villagers buy up their local shop

Rio Ferdinand Foundation joins sports tech firm Clubforce to tackle youth inequality

Sponsored Rio Ferdinand Foundation joins sports tech firm Clubforce to tackle youth inequality

Davy Zyw with brothers Tommy and Sorely and friends Craig Paul, Ryan Brennan and Malcom Holwill.

High Five to tenacious Davy in epic bike trip for Doddie

The most abused Scots footballer on Twitter in the English Premier League

The most abused Scots Premier League footballer on Twitter

Karen Dunbar and John Barrowman perform during the Opening Ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on July 23, 2014 in Glasgow

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Glasgow Commonwealth games legacy: Did we deliver and what lessons were learned?

England players lead the crowd in a sing-song during celebrations in Trafalgar Square, August 1 2022. Uncover your ears though ... it was Sweet Caroline

Is English football anthem Three Lions headed for the bin at last?

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, pictured in 2017, supporting the 'tie' campaign (Time for Inclusive Education), but actual ties are being discouraged in Spain during the heatwave

Issue of the day: Will stopping wearing ties help save the planet?

Striking BT workers 'forced to use food banks to survive cost-of-living crisis'

Striking BT workers 'forced to use food banks to survive cost-of-living crisis'

An Australian-born biologist is beginning a 10,000km journey following the osprey migration route from the Moray coast to Ghana

‘Human Swan’ embarks on first expedition less than a year after fatal collision

PREMIUM Payoff for Scottish cricket chief who stood down during probe into racism and bullying

Researchers are aiming to unravel the secrets of the Scottish knitwear sector

PREMIUM Researchers are aiming to unravel the secrets of the Scottish knitwear sector

Meet the green fingered communities vying to be the nation’s blooming best

PREMIUM Meet the green fingered communities vying to be the nation’s blooming best

England's Fran Kirby (second right) celebrates scoring her side's fourth goal during the Women's Euro 2022 semi-final at Bramall Lane, Sheffield

England's Lionesses: a refreshing reset for the Beautiful Game

Portrait of Douglas Stuart at the Maker Hotel in Hudson, New York. Photo credit: Sarah Blesener.

Shuggie Bain author admits Glasgow Cathedral event will be a 'little intimidating'

British Ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer who died aged 78.

Former UK ambassador to US, Sir Christopher Meyer, dies aged 78

Wagatha Christie latest: Judgement reached in Rebekah Vardy V Coleen Rooney case

Wagatha Christie latest: Judgement reached in Rebekah Vardy V Coleen Rooney case

Broadcaster Nicky Campbell

PREMIUM Kirsty Strickland: We all owe Nicky Campbell a debt for revealing the horrifying things he witnessed as a boy

Main image source: Lord's Cricket Ground (YouTube)

Former international cricketer says he suffered anti-English racism in Scotland

Qasim Sheikh, Aamer Anwar and Majid Haq (left-right) arrived for a press conference at Stirling Court Hotel, Stirling

PREMIUM 'What was the point of taking the knee': Scotland cricket team slammed for failing to offer support in racism scandal

Liz Truss taking part in a TV debate on July 17

Is Liz Truss the new Maggie or a Lib Dem mole?

Inset: Qasim Sheikh and Majid Haq

PREMIUM 'Vindication': Review finds institutional racism within Scottish cricket's governing body as board quits

128 Telephone Box Gallery, a micro contemporary art gallery in a traditional red phone box in Kirriemuir, where festival founder and artist Dierdre Bennett plans to exhibit items made using recycled materials from her print workshop. The first Angus

Festival to celebrate creative arts ... and a Chicken Town