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Sun, 22 Aug 2021 06:31:00 +0100
Revealed: Ministers lose £60m of public funds in bailout of Ferguson Marine
MINISTERS have lost over £60m in public money through trying to salvage the shipyard company at the centre of Scotland's ferry-building fiasco, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: Boarding school survivors reveal their horrific stories of childhood abuse in 'MeToo' moment
Former pupils at elite private schools are stepping forward in what they describe as their ‘MeToo’ moment and revealing the brutality they suffered as child boarders. They want a complete overhaul of the boarding school system so what happened to...

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Iain Macwhirter: As a shamed USA retreats into its shell, the world turns darker yet
“If you ever feel useless, just remember the USA took 4 presidents, thousands of lives, a trillion dollars and 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban”. One of the jokes reported by the Arab news channel, Al Jazeera last week. To say tha...

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Covid in Scotland: Thousands of pupils self-isolate
Self-isolation forced tens of thousands of pupils to stay away from classrooms for at least two weeks over the last school year, sparking fresh fears that Scotland’s poverty-related attainment gap could grow.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Glasgow's flagship concert venue set for record year as Hydro chief calls for expansion plan support
IT was on target to smash records when the pandemic struck, but now Glasgow’s world class entertainment venue is looking to the future when it will host more performances the ever before in one single year.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
SNP's Kate Forbes urged to use reserves to give council staff 'meaningful' wage rise
SCOTS could be facing a winter of discontent as council staff and rail workers threaten to strike.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0100
A new book explores one man’s fascination with snow patches
It was a clear and beautiful May morning, and Iain Cameron, aged nine and recently moved into a new Port Glasgow home with his family, was on the brink of a lifelong obsession.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:00:00 +0100
Scotland’s rising star on the silver and small screen is bringing a range of benefits
IN a huge industrial unit three miles from the centre of Edinburgh, a dead god, ghostly figures, fantastic creatures and wild beasts will soon be brought to life.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:07:00 +0100
Ally McLaws - Living with cancer during a pandemic: Life, death and the wonder of the human spirit in the darkest times
A DEAR friend of mine lost his daughter to cancer last week. He and his wife caught a last-minute flight to the UK from their Tenerife home to be with her as she slipped away peacefully.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Aileen Campbell: I was told football wasn't for girls, I want to change that says Scottish Women's Football chief
AILEEN Campbell has never forgotten the words of the visiting football coach who came to her primary school in the Sidlaw hills in rural Perthshire all those years ago.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Alan Campbell: Pedro Martinez Losa era kicks off as Scotland boss meets the press
THERE was a first chance to meet Pedro Martinez Losa at Hampden on Thursday when the new Scotland head coach was introduced to the media. His first tests will come next month with the opening World Cup qualifier in Budapest, followed by a home game a...

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Susan Egelstaff: Federer & Nadal injury news could mark end of an era in tennis
THE phrase “end of an era” is used all too often in sport.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:11:16 +0100
Mark Barrott due in court charged with murder of wife
A man is due to appear in court charged with the murder of his wife.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:50:00 +0100
Edinburgh Fringe show that takes audience participation to a whole new level
MOST of us have taken a gamble on a Fringe show after a few jars and lived to regret it.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:03:03 +0100
Patrick Harvie: 'SNP-Greens pact will fall apart if impossible requests made'
An agreement between the two parties was announced on Friday

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 07:45:05 +0100
Humza Yousaf: Dominic Raab was ‘having pina coladas by the pool’ instead of helping interpreters
Speaking at a rally in Glasgow, Scotland’s Health Secretary Humza Yousaf took aim at Mr Raab and the UK Government

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:10:00 +0100
David Pratt: A horrific civil war may just be around the corner in Afghanistan
After a Taliban takeover and scenes that have shocked the world, Kabul remains a tinderbox and the fate of many Afghans hangs in the balance. Foreign Editor David Pratt, who has spent decades covering the country, examines where it might now be headi...

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:05:00 +0100
Ayr musician's plan to boost tourism
A Texan who launched a festival dedicated to Robert Burns says she is “baffled” by the lack of appreciation for his home town.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:30:00 +0100
SFA to defer to legal expert amid Rangers and SPFL row
The row between Rangers and the Scottish Professional

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:54:25 +0100
Hamilton 0-2 Kilmarnock: Scott Robinson's class proves the difference as Killie brush aside Accies
Scott Robinson’s was the man of the hour as his cunning proved too much for Accies to handle.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0100
Gardening with Dave Allan: Sharp ideas from Scotland’s top gardening writer
Our spell-binding display of early summer roses is sadly over so we’ll have to face their ferocious thorns and prune to prepare for next year’s performance. We can always console ourselves with the modern cultivars that keep blooming till the fro...

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0100
Garden of the week: House of Pitmuies, Guthrie, By, Forfar
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Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0100
TV: Ruby Wax takes a look back at her iconic celebrity interviews
In When Ruby Wax Met... the star takes a look back at her iconic celebrity interviews - and it's a fascinating watch, as Georgia Humphreys discovers.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0100
Travel: Why London’s King’s Cross might have just nailed the future of shopping
There was a time when I would have shuddered at the idea of eating and shopping alone. But as I sit on a minimalist wooden seat at Cafe Bao, in London’s Pancras Square, sinking my teeth into a perfectly plump bun, I’ve never felt less lonely.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0100
'The Skye Cuillin has captured Simon Ingram’s heart': Cameron McNeish reviews The Black Ridge
The Black Ridge: Amongst the Cuillin of Skye

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 13:30:12 +0100
NHS Borders cancels all scheduled routine operations for a further two weeks
A major hospital has cancelled all scheduled operations for a further two weeks because of "significant pressure" on the local health care system.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 12:38:07 +0100
Celtic announce signing of Josip Juranovic on five-year deal ahead of St Mirren clash
CELTIC have announced an agreement has been reached to sign Croatian defender Josip Juranovic.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0100
Sally Magnusson at Edinburgh Book Festival, Anne Pia celebrates Baudelaire and other Scottish book news
PRIZE-WINNERS:

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 10:33:31 +0100
Obituary: Tony Morrow, sculptor of Lobey Dosser and Desperate Dan
Born: July 20, 1954;

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 10:24:38 +0100
Letters: Surely we are better than the Tories’ recent behaviour?
IT seems reasonable to suggest that neither incompetence nor a callous disregard for human suffering would be desirable qualities for politicians in a government. Yet it seems that the Tory party has both in large measure.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 06:00:00 +0100
Alison Rowat's TV reviews: Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, I Am Maria; Changing Rooms
READERS may recall when the fight for consumer justice on British television was built on little more than Esther Rantzen, a bevvy of random blokes, and some curiously-shaped veg.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:22:00 +0100
CalMac apologies over Islay ferry cancellations as another vessel breaks down
CALMAC has apologised after more island ferry services were cancelled after another of its beleaguered ferry fleet was put out of action due to a fault yesterday (Friday).

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:18:00 +0100
Power-sharing Greens urged to halt nationalised ScotRail cuts to meet transport pledge
MINISTERS have come under fire for failing to support green policies - after it sanctioned plans to cut nationalised ScotRail services in a new timetable.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:06:00 +0100
Herald View: British response to Afghanistan crisis has been shameful
THE emergency in Afghanistan is probably the worst failure of Western statecraft in decades, the biggest foreign policy crisis in a generation, a now almost inevitable humanitarian catastrophe, and an abysmal mishandling and dereliction of duty by th...

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Alison Rowat's TV preview: Ladybaby; When Ruby Wax Met; The City of Horses
PITY the poor woman screenwriter pitching her stuff in the age of Fleabag. Since Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s comedy drama vacuumed up almost every prize from here to Bafta, commissioners have been after “the next Fleabag”.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Cambo oil field: UK Government's climate advisers warn oil demand 'does no justify' support
THE UK Government’s statutory climate advisers have warned that Conservative ministers’ reasoning for supporting the controversial Cambo oil field “does not justify” investing in fossil fuel projects.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Boris Johnson 'twiddling thumbs' amid shortages crisis
BUSINESS closures linked to food shortages caused not by the global pandemic but by Boris Johnson’s Brexit parochialism and board-game politics is galling.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Flytipping warning: SNP urged to reverse charity funding cuts to tackle 'looming litter emergency'
SNP minister have been told to “urgently guarantee” that funding for a charity dealing with soaring levels of flytipping is protected after new figures revealed its budget was cut by 10 per cent in the space of four years.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Revitalised Crieff distillery Glenturret targets US and China
Exclusive

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Covid Scotland: Daughter recalls moment she found out mum had covid in a text message
KAREN Burnett received a text message from her mother who was being treated in hospital telling her she had tested positive for covid.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0100
In Tandem: The Neil Fachie Story
What's the story?

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0100
Gatehouse of Fleet: Author Harriet Evans on magic of Cardoness caravan park
HARRIET EVANS, AUTHOR

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0100
Best walks in Scotland: Dun Na Cuaiche and River Aray, Inveraray, Argyll
THIS column is dedicated to walking and ramblers' groups from across Scotland, where they can suggest the best routes to enjoy from their areas and further afield.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Britain must ‘tool up’ to combat the Afghan threat. I am that tool – Dominic Raab, My Week
As imagined by Brian Beacom

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 07:00:00 +0100
Paralympics: Melanie Woods turns adversity into drive for success
SELF-DOUBT is every athlete’s greatest weakness. Those nagging doubts that creep in when you’re pushing your body to extremes, often in unfavourable and challenging conditions, to try to achieve a goal that may not even be possible.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 07:00:00 +0100
Ange Postecoglou has Celtic challenging Rangers for Scottish Premiership crown already - Gordon Smith
It might not be remembered by the readers of my column, but one month ago I wrote a piece regarding Ange Postecoglou’s first competitive match as Celtic manager. Although they lost at home to Midtjylland, I felt that the way Celtic performed overal...

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:30:00 +0100
How Airbnb is helping rebalance tourism in Scotland
EFFORTS are being made to ensure tourism in Scotland is safe and sustainable to deal with an expected surge as pandemic restrictions ease.

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:30:00 +0100
How Shetland's ambitious ORION project is planning an energy revolution
Shetland's ORION project is planning an energy revolution – helping the islands transition from being almost totally reliant on fossil fuels to becoming a major centre for green energy, writes Anthony Harrington

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Higher bids for supermarket giant Morrisons likely, analysts predict
By Scott Wright

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0100
Lee Halpin: More clarity on pension charges could bring huge benefit to retirement pots
By Lee Halpin



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