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Mon, 02 May 2022 09:15:43 +0100
Nicola Sturgeon: Ukraine war will not stop us ditching Trident
NICOLA STURGEON has said she still plans to kick out the UK's nuclear deterrent in the early years of an independent Scotland, despite Russia's ruthless war in Ukraine.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Scottish Tories look to Ruth Davidson as polls show party third behind Labour
THE Scottish Tories have again turned to former leader Ruth Davidson for help as they enter the final stretch of the local election campaign trailing in the polls.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:20:00 +0100
East Dunbartonshire Council: Union anger as ‘biased’ probe rejects claims ‘suicidal’ staff were bullied
A SCOTS council has told staff it is taking action to improve employee relationships as in concludes an over two-year-long investigation into serious allegations of poor management, culture and bullying.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:15:00 +0100
Glasgow School of Art Mac rebuild 'could be down to price'
The rebuild of the fire-ravaged Glasgow School of Art could be determined by the cheapest price over quality due to a flawed tender system, a leading Scottish architect has warned.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Bon Accord chief hails supermarkets listings boost
IT is a brand that brings back memories of childhood summers in busy residential streets across Scotland.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
School bosses under fire for diluting plan to ringfence BME senior teacher jobs
Education bosses are under fire after watering down proposals to ringfence principal teacher posts for black and minority ethnic (BME) individuals.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Kevin McKenna: Why war in Ukraine helps make the case for Scottish independence more vital
GLOBAL upheavals in recent years have a curious tendency of uniting influential Unionist and SNP opinion. Last week in the New Statesman, Andrew Marr, the former presenter of the BBC’s Sunday Politics, suggested that the war in Ukraine had effectiv...

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
James MacMillan: The surprising ways in which music can help us
Music For Dementia and UK Music have published a new report which outlines a blueprint to use music to help improve the nation’s health and wellbeing. Both as a composer and the founder of The Cumnock Tryst, an inclusive music festival taking place...

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Mark Smith: I've voted Tory at the local elections. But now I regret it
I’ve always loved voting. Physical voting I mean. The booth. The pencil on a string. The lady marking your name off a list. The people at the door with rosettes and pamphlets and slogans. The democracy! It's exciting and wonderful and I love it

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Lesley Riddoch: Top-down Scotland needs to become more local
The big results from Thursday’s local elections are already in. A shamefully low turnout, which will be deemed "impressive" if it tops the previous record high of 46 per cent.

Mon, 02 May 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Reinventing recruitment has never been more vital
Comment By Matt Alder  

Mon, 02 May 2022 07:00:00 +0100
HR steps to the fore amid market tumult
Analysis By s1jobs  

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Financial distress eases but more pain to come
Signs of early financial distress across the Scottish business community levelled off during the first quarter of this year, but firms are being urged to prepare for tougher times ahead as consumers cut back amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
David Lonsdale: A vote can make a big difference to our town centres
The conflict and resulting human misery in Ukraine these past two months has been truly awful and distressing to watch. A peaceful resolution cannot come soon enough.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Queen Margaret University supports voice-over entrepreneur
Name: Tess Whittaker (although my voice acting name is Teresa-May Whittaker).

Mon, 02 May 2022 09:13:00 +0100
Opinion: A charter should be set up to deal with debt and mental health
By Sarah-Jayne Dunn

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Well Pharmacy 'breaching' Covid rules
A major pharmacy chain has been accused of breaching NHS health worker rules by allowing Covid-positive staff to work with the public if they feel "well enough".

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:04:00 +0100
Musk on a mission to stop Russian influence of Western democracy, says Hunter
LEADING entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter has described Elon Musk, the South African CEO of SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Motors as a “true disruptor” following his recent purchase of social media platform Twitter for $44 billion.

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:04:00 +0100
Entrepreneur calls Post Office scandal ‘greatest miscarriage of justice in UK history'
LORD Willie Haughey, one of Scotland’s most high-profile entrepreneurs, has described the wrongful conviction of sub-postmasters as “the greatest miscarriage of justice ever in the history of the UK”.

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:03:00 +0100
Ambitious growth plans for Glasgow’s SEC events venue
CONCERTS, events and conferences are back – with a gig by young star Sam Fender in March recording the highest-ever audience for a single show at The OVO Hydro, the chief executive of Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Peter Duthie, has confi...

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: The desire for separation is crippling our legal system
IT is a phenomenon of the constitutional debate that many people who are united in seeking the best for Scotland have bitter enmity towards each other as to how that end may best be achieved. Perhaps people perceive the same things differently due to...

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Issue of the day: Is the lunch hour a thing of the past?
FOR most of us, a lunch hour of old may have involved nipping out for a sandwich at a local deli or running an errand at a nearby shop, but times have drastically altered and now, new research suggests the lunch hour as a concept is over.

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:30:00 +0100
How a team-building exercise led to a pointed remark
A DIARY tale about meaningless training courses reminds Julie McAlpine of her days in gainful employment. She recalls a team- building course where an over-enthusiastic trainer kept repeating the phrase: “Remember guys, there’s no ‘I’ in team...

Mon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Angela Moohan: Food bank partnership is part of the problem, not the solution
The partnership announced between the Trussell Trust and Deliveroo, which will enable customers to add a donation to their food orders, is the clearest indication yet of how the dominant approaches to tackling hunger are broken and ignore the relatio...

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100
Netflix 'secret' codes that could help you find 'hidden' TV shows and films
Netflix remains the most popular in the UK providing a hub of our favourite TV and films.

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100
Wordle 317 May 2: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Sun, 01 May 2022 16:46:40 +0100
Anum Qaisar: SNP MP warned about 'predatory' MPs
Anum Qaisar, who was elected SNP MP for Airdrie and Shotts in May 2021, said she was told by opposition MPs which men to avoid in Parliament.

Sun, 01 May 2022 16:42:51 +0100
Evacuations finally underway at steelworks in the 'hell' of a Ukranian port city
A long-awaited opertion to evacuate people trapped in a steelworks in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol was finally underway yesterday (Sunday), the United Nations said.

Sun, 01 May 2022 16:00:00 +0100
Glasgow's largest office 177 Bothwell Street sold
A FLAGSHIP Glasgow office development has been sold in a deal worth around £215 million.

Sun, 01 May 2022 14:08:50 +0100
John Swinney: Ministers under 'cross-party pressure' to discharge hospital patients during Covid
Deputy first minister John Swinney insists mininsters were under "cross-party pressure" to discharge patients from hospital at the start of the Covid pandemic.

Sun, 01 May 2022 09:51:24 +0100
Scottish council elections battlegrounds: Aberdeen
One of the consequences of the unexpected national campaign was that it put a stink on the idea of coalitions.

Sun, 01 May 2022 07:36:00 +0100
Officials considered Cairngorm mountain resort closure as repairs bill soars
OFFICIALS have considered shutting the Cairngorm mountain resort for good as concerns escalate over the costs to the taxpayer of its railway, the scale of structural repairs and how it is going to be paid for.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:25:00 +0100
'Scandalous waste' of £110m over Scots ferries contract award to Turkey
MINISTERS have been accused of a "scandalous" waste of over £110m of taxpayers' money by failing to use catamarans instead of two new alternative lifeline vessels which are now being built in Turkey.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:09:00 +0100
Ministers accused of 'valuing money over lives' as fears of a Scots Grenfell grow
MINISTERS have come under pressure for failing to resolving a cladding crisis in Scotland as it emerged that over 400 mainly public buildings including high-rises and schools have the potentially deadly material five years after the Grenfell Tower bl...

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
NEIL MACKAY'S BIG READ: ‘Scotland didn’t have empire done to it, Scotland did empire to other people’. Meet the Scots expert on Egypt fighting to ‘decolonise’ history
Glasgow’s Dr Campbell Price is British TV’s go-to guy when it comes to ancient Egypt. But the study is riddled with racism and he wants to drag the world of mummies into the 21st century … and he doesn’t care if you call him ‘woke’. By Wr...

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
SNP set out plan for 'European' Edinburgh as parties vying to hold power balance
THE SNP have drawn up proposals to transform Edinburgh into a “modern European capital” – but a handful of parties are vying to realistically hold the balance of power after Thursday’s election.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Easdales consider appeal to ministers over £100m plan for IBM site
MILLIONAIRE brothers James and Sandy Easdale are considering an appeal to Scottish ministers over a £100 million housing development bid following a dispute with a council and claims of underhand practices.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Alcohol pricing 'has cost Scots drinkers £270 million'
SCOTLAND’S minimum alcohol unit pricing has cost drinkers £270 million, according to a new report due to be published tomorrow.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Plans for all new homes to meet 'Passivhaus' standards
NEW build houses in Scotland will be required to comply with the rigorous "Passivhaus" standards of sustainability to reduce fuel consumption and help meet climate change targets, according to new plans to be unveiled next week.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Iain Macwhirter: Britain is now in a full-scale proxy war with Russia. Did we know?
The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss used to be famous for her “it’s a disgrace!” conference speech about imports of EU cheese. Now her place in history may have been assured as the first Western leader to declare World War Three.

Sun, 01 May 2022 10:00:00 +0100
It's 25 years since Tony Blair swept to power. Where does the time go?
IT is May 1. Did you get up early to wash your face in the morning dew? It is a tradition that I always think fondly about but can only recall doing once with any real commitment, back in my student days, when a few of us stumbled bleary-eyed up Arth...

Sun, 01 May 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Why the discovery of rare skate eggs has conservationists all in a flap
IT is one of the world’s most endangered species, rarely spotted due to decades of over-fishing.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Michael Settle: Johnson should note, when it comes to their leaders, the Conservatives can be brutal ...
BORIS Johnson, the U-turn Prime Minister, has hinted he might be prepared to slam on the brakes and change direction yet again as he seeks to limit the damage from the expected Conservative car crash at this coming week’s local elections.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
DAVID PRATT ON THE WORLD: Perils to come: Why the invasion of Ukraine is only just beginning to play itself out
With the supply of Western arms growing, energy imports ‘weaponised’ and attacks spilling over into neighbouring regions alongside an escalating nuclear rhetoric, the war in Ukraine has all the hallmarks of a dangerously expanding conflict, repor...

Sun, 01 May 2022 15:00:00 +0100
Review: OnePlus 10 Pro Smartphone
A smartphone from OnePlus with all the latest technology and features.

Sun, 01 May 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: Put away the woad and the Saltires and the 'struggle' for independence while Ukraine is being razed to the ground
AS a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine hundreds of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people around the world are facing famine and dislocation, “particularly those countries already struggling with other crises such as conflict...

Sun, 01 May 2022 15:00:00 +0100
John Simm: Grace star says: 'I've never done therapy'
JOHN Simm certainly arouses the curiosity. The actor is synonymous with playing terrific angst-ridden characters on screen; think a mix of Charlie Brown, Holden Caufield and Heathcliffe – but with a Lancashire accent. But this success makes me wond...

Sun, 01 May 2022 13:00:00 +0100
The Killing Tide, by Lin Anderson. Book review
The Killing Tide

Sun, 01 May 2022 11:00:00 +0100
The best coffee shops, tearooms and crafty cafes in the Highlands
IF these last couple of years have made us realise anything, it’s the value in the seemingly smaller moments and for many of us, simply being out and about and popping into a coffee shop has to be up there.

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 316 May 1 : Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.



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