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Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:30:28 +0100
7 of the best cars to enjoy in summertime
Summer is on the horizon – and with it the potential for sunnier days and more opportunities to get out and explore. Hitting the road is one of the best ways to do just that, with an engine and four wheels allowing you to check out here, there and ...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:44:23 +0100
Wild salmon 'canary' tells a tale of multiple damages
The wild salmon is telling us something and we refuse to listen. It is, as the Prince of Wales once put it, “an aquatic canary” in the coalmine. This is a fish whose life journey takes it through fresh and marine water environments, and provides ...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Shares in Serica soar as it hails impact of North Sea tax breaks
By Scott Wright

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Edinburgh: Skyrora hires Elon Musk's SpaceX chief
SKYRORA, the Edinburgh-based rocket company, has appointed SpaceX veteran Lee Rosen as chief operations officer as it gears up for its maiden launch from British soil, in Shetland.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Scottish education: EIS boss says chance of industrial action 'very real'
“It's a very volatile situation – we’re not allowed to stray from our hotels… Because we’re European, we’ll be immediate targets for criminality.”

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Kristy Dorsey: Management defects at Missguided do not explain all fashion industry issues
For all the dialogue on the demise of high street shopping – which was under pressure even prior to the landslide triggered by Covid restrictions – the fact remains that brick and mortar outlets can make money, and online retailers can lose it.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Scottish education: 'Too many people of modest talent have been awarded senior roles'
By Walter Humes

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:05:00 +0100
Glasgow optician saved woman's life after mini stroke detected
A POST office worker’s life has been saved by a quick-thinking optician.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Hillington business centre set for fresh makeover as new owners take charge
Workspace provider Pure Offices has acquired its first site in Glasgow as part of its continuing expansion in Scotland.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Scotch whisky giant Diageo gets nod to build giant solar farm
By Scott Wright

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Insurance: Perth: George Stubbs' GS Group bought by JMG Group
By Ian McConnell

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Westminister blamed for 'good health' slump in Scotland
Scots living in the poorest areas can now only expect to live in good health until they are 47 in a "worrying" reversal of population improvements.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0100
Politics: Boris Johnson: Game, set and match to BoJo . . . for now
LIAR, adulterer, law breaker, incompetent. Boris Johnson may be known for many things, but for some reason his athletic prowess never tends to feature.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: Extremists have reduced Glasgow to a shadow of its former self
I AM sure there are many Glaswegians who feel a deep sense of embarrassment, and perhaps anger, at the lack of the official response to Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee by the city council over this four-day bank holiday.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Neil Mackay: Unions digging in for a battle with Sturgeon, the heir to Blair
THE constitution has a distorting Hall of Mirrors effect on Scottish politics. SNP supporters put up with, even celebrate, policies which would have them screaming from the rooftops if they came from the Tories or Labour. SNP foot soldiers defend and...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Glasgow recruitment firm Cruinn Consulting hires its first director
By Scott Wright

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Carlisle sells 31 prime heifers as 99 clean cattle shifted in St Boswells
Farming

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 353 June 6: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0100
Agenda: Why we need action over issue of climate loss and damage
By Jamie Livingstone

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Steven Camley’s take on PM's no confidence vote
Steven Camley’s take on PM's no confidence vote June 7 2022

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100
David Wilson: Uvalde school killings shocked world but there were 61 other US mass shootings in May
WHEN Thomas Jefferson, the architect of the Declaration of American Independence and who would later become the third President of the United States of America, wrote that “all men are created equal”, he was not only a prosperous Virginian plante...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Brian Wilson: Why has so little been done by Scottish Parliament to tackle land reform?
NOTABLE anniversaries do not stop with the jubilee and there is one due this coming weekend which brings back memories from my own political scrapbook. Far from pomp and circumstance, they are of an event held on the island of Eigg on June 12th 1997 ...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:12:39 +0100
Boris Johnson vows to stay in office after no confidence vote
The Prime Minister has vowed to carry on despite more than two-fifths of his MPs declaring him unfit for the job.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:25:21 +0100
Rangers strips: Competition and Markets Authority say club fixed prices
The CMA provissional judgement alleges that the club and others fixed the retail prices of a number of Rangers-branded replica kits

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:08:41 +0100
Minimum pricing alcohol Scotland: 'drinkers cut back on food to buy drink'
Scots suffering the worst affects of alcoholism did not change their drinking habits once minimum pricing was introduced, with some of the poorest cutting back on food and energy so they could continue to buy drink, a study has found.

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:16:30 +0100
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘much greater commitment’ needed on climate damage
The Scottish First Minister will make the plea at talks taking place in Bonn where she will contribute by video address

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:04:59 +0100
Boris Johnson: William Hague says PM 'has been rejected and should exit No 10'
The Prime Minister has cast the result of the poll as ‘an extremely good, positive, conclusive, decisive result which enables us to move on’

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:20:55 +0100
Boris Johnson to meet Cabinet in attempt to 'move on' from confidence vote
Tory MPs voted by 211 to 148 in support of the Prime Minister yesterday in the confidence vote

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:01:00 +0100
Scotland's Home of the Year, BBC1 Scotland, the final
Scotland’s Home of the Year

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:00:00 +0100
New Tolsta is revealed as Scotland's Home of the Year
THEY are among the most stunning and beautiful homes on Scotland, but out of the nine finalists there could only be one winner.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:01:45 +0100
Boris Johnson narrowly wins confidence vote
BORIS Johnson has won a vote of no confidence, but 41 per cent of his MPs voted against him.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:12:45 +0100
John Lamont calls for Boris Johnson to quit
BORIS Johnson has lost the Scottish Conservative party, with four out of the party's six MPs calling for him to be removed from post. 

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:13:00 +0100
Soller Group submits plans for nearly 400 Glasgow city centre flats
PLANNING consent is being sought for the development of nearly 400 new residential apartments in Port Dundas, Glasgow.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:54:04 +0100
Douglas Ross calls for Boris Johnson to quit
Sottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross was accused of "doing a donut" after he performed another u-turn over Boris Johnson's leadership.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:37:19 +0100
Influential Tory website reports most party members want Johnson out
A POLL of Tory party members by the influential ConservativeHome website has found a majority want MPs to remove Boris Johnson from office tonight.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:16:51 +0100
BrewDog's first Australian pub, Pentridge prison
BrewDog and Australian Venue Co (AVC) announced a new franchise deal today for Australia.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:14:17 +0100
Timetable: Key moments from Boris Johnson's time in office
Three years ago tomorrow, nominations opened in the Tory leadership contest, as ten of the party's MP sought to replace Theresa May.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:40:46 +0100
Jacob Rees-Mogg says one vote enough for Boris Johnson to stay, unlike Theresa May
JACOB REES-Mogg has said Boris Johnson can stay in office if he wins by a single vote tonight despite previously demanding Theresa May quit after she won by 83.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:58:13 +0100
Boris Johnson tries to woo Tory MPs with tax cuts and warning about Labour
BORIS Johnson has warned his MPs they will not be forgiven by their electors and only help the Tories’ opponents if they vote to remove him from office tonight.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:59:30 +0100
Tory anti-corruption tsar resigns
Tory MP John Penrose has resigned as the government's anti-corruption tsar, saying the Prime Minister has "breached a fundamental principle of the ministerial code".

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:22:02 +0100
Anas Sarwar: 'Douglas Ross's leadership is over'
Douglas Ross's time as Scottish Tory leader is over unless he stands up to Boris Johnson, Labour's Anas Sarwar has said.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:44:14 +0100
Cabinet rally round beleaguered PM ahead of confidence vote
BORIS Johnson’s cabinet have taken to social media to express their support for the beleaguered Prime Minister ahead of a confidence vote by Tory MPs tonight.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:03:44 +0100
Leith, Edinburgh: Tartan Blanket Co's first shop
ONLINE sustainable natural wool brand The Tartan Blanket Co. is to open its first bricks-and-mortar store this month.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:30:57 +0100
Alex Cole-Hamilton calls on Tory to depose Boris Johnson
TORY MPs who vote to keep Boris Johnson in office tonight will "be insulting everyone who made sacrifices during the pandemic," the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has said.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:00:34 +0100
Alister Jack to back Prime Minister in no confidence ballot
Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack has said he will back Boris Johnson in tonight's vote of no confidence.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 09:45:01 +0100
Tory MP warns Johnson he is 'putting the Union itself gravely at risk'
A FORMER Tory minister has savaged Boris Johnson’s leadership failures and accused him of presiding over a “culture of casual law-breaking” in Downing Street.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:08:42 +0100
Isle of May, home to 90,000 puffins - for how much longer?
The Isle of May, a wedge of volcanic greenstone rising up out of the Firth of Forth, is possibly best known for its birds. Over 285 species have been recorded there, including thirteen key species of seabird.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:01:00 +0100
Alison Rowat: Busy weekend for Sturgeon-Murrell with Boris, books and Borgen
IT is a short trip from the pavement to the Great West Door of St Paul’s Cathedral. Barely a hop, skip and a jump compared to the 528-step hike to the dome. To Boris Johnson and his wife, however, it must have felt like an ascent of Everest when th...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:18:00 +0100
Scots ministers 'break law' on safe NHS staffing by enlisting students to fill gaps
MINISTERS are breaching the law on safe staffing by allowing the enlisting of students to fill gaps in nursing cover in the NHS in Scotland, a new investigation has found.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Edinburgh tour firm helping community by telling stories
By Scott Wright



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