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Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
OECD , Brexit: Ian McConnell: Boris Johnson should weigh reality before making odd claims smacking of one-upmanship
LAST Thursday, Boris Johnson proclaimed his Government had a “plan for a stronger economy that has all the makings of the strongest and most prosperous in Europe”.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:45:00 +0100
Is Scotland next in smoking ban race?
LAST year, New Zealand announced it planned to become the first country to ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, with legislation that is due to be passed this year. And when one country starts out on a type of smoking ban generally a whole...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:15:00 +0100
'What about Scotland?' MPs slam UK ministers over failures in Covid recovery support for airports
A GROUP OF MPs have criticised UK ministers for failing to acknowledge the unique position of airports in connecting people in Scotland by failing to give adequate support to recover from the pandemic.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Transport giant FirstGroup lifts profits and brings back dividend
By Scott Wright

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Glasgow's iomart eyes up takeover targets to spur growth
Shares in iomart tumbled yesterday following a slip in full-year revenues and profits at the cloud computing company, which is eyeing up acquisition targets as it looks to return to growth.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:15:00 +0100
Glasgow mural believed to be lost for decades is unveiled in city
A GLASGOW mural thought lost after decades of searching failed to find any trace of it, has been rediscovered and brought back to the city of its birth.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Buccleuch acquires Buchanan Street property from Aegon in £4.7m deal
By Scott Wright

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Job figures that would have been cause for celebration mask complex realities
Analysis By Gavin Mochan  

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Calnex: George Elliott to exit as chairman
By Ian McConnell

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Iain Macwhirter: Plan that ignores the B-word is surely doomed to fail
IT is a courageous moment to launch a referendum campaign, in the midst of a global energy price shock, a UK cost of living crisis, and a European war. But Nicola Sturgeon has made her bed and now she has to lie in it, however uncomfortable the mattr...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Artificial intelligence 'better at diagnosing heart failure' than standard test
ARTIFICIAL intelligence is more reliable in diagnosing acute heart failure than current blood tests alone, according to new research.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: This ship has sailed. There is no new case for independence
I FIND that the layout of the QWERTY keyboard makes it an easy mistake to type the letters SNO when I intend to type SNP. Which is ironic at this time, since the latest “relaunch” of the SNP's independence project seems to increasingly resemble t...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Framed answer June 15: Framed movies hints and today's answer
What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 361 June 15: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Quordle answer June 15: Quordle words hints and today's answer
Wordle's tougher and more challenging cousin, Quordle is a daily headscratcher. Here are some tips to help you crack the puzzle and the answer when you give up!

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Heardle answer June 15: Heardle song hints and today's answer
What is today's Heardle? Some hints to help you guess the song and artist. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Camley’s Cartoon: Indyref2 bid launch
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Indyref2 June 15 2022

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Rosemary Goring: This old thing? Why over-55s are disappearing from the office
THE radio DJ Liz Kershaw could not hide her fury when she was recently axed from her show. “I got sacked from @BBC6Music,” she tweeted, “because they don’t want women over 60.” The renowned broadcaster, who will be 64 next month, is second ...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Adam Tomkins: After Muslim cinema protests, will it soon be blasphemy to believe in free speech?
WHEN I was a young law student, some 30 years ago, the free speech advocates I admired were the civil liberties lawyers of the centre-left. Their target was the Thatcher government. Whether her ministers were chasing Peter Wright through the world’...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Herald Diary: The call of the wildly infuriated
THE debate over Scottish independence is hotting up again, which inspires Ian Noble from Carstairs Village to describe the chasm that exists between the fierce Angles from the South and the doughty Northern Celts.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:52:30 +0100
Edinburgh Fire: Leith Walk tenement blaze sees five people injured
Five people have been taken to hospital following a fire in a tenement in Edinburgh.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:08:55 +0100
Indyref2: Douglas Ross urges people to boycott second referendum
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said he would “boycott” an independence referendum if it is held illegally.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:56:30 +0100
Rwanda flight: Plane grounded after European Court of Human Rights intervenes
All migrants have been removed from the plane, Government sources have said

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:40:16 +0100
Scottish education reform: Expert asks if SNP will be 'honest' about past record
An expert has questioned whether the Government and council representatives will be "honest about their own past record" after they were announced as “co-conveners” of efforts to revamp Scottish schooling.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:43:25 +0100
PM says refugee lawyers 'abetting the work of gangs' as Rwanda flight set to go ahead
BORIS Johnson has suggested lawyers representing refugees were “abetting the work of criminal gangs” as court hearings were held to avert the first flights sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:44:42 +0100
Dozens of UK journalists banned from entering Russia
Russia has sanctioned dozens of UK journalists who they claim have contributed to the "deliberate dissemination of false and one-sided information” amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:36:03 +0100
Inver restaurant judged best in Scotland and ranked 23rd in the UK
It is the former crofter's cottage and boat store on the shores of Loch Fyne that has been turned into an acclaimed restaurant.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:59:00 +0100
Nicola Sturgeon accepts trade border 'issues' under independence plan
NICOLA Sturgeon has accepted an independent Scotland would have a hard trade border with England under her plans for the country’s future.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:27:01 +0100
Local jeweller partners with Swiss giant to launch first-of-its-kind boutique in Scotland
Swiss watch giant TAG Heuer has opened its first stand-alone botique in Scotland in partnership with family-owned jeweller Beaverbrooks.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:31:42 +0100
Safety issues lead to ferry disruption on CalMac's Ardrossan to Arran lifeline service
FERRY services on one of Scotland's busiest crossing have had to be cancelled due safety issues.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:13:35 +0100
Hate crime charges relating to disability and sexual orientation rise
Hate crime charges relating to sexual orientation and disability increased last year, according to new figures.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:06:52 +0100
Scottish school uniform rules can do as much harm as good
A head teacher I interviewed a few years ago at a Glasgow school that had a high percentage of pupils from the most deprived postcodes in Scotland said that one of her first endeavours on taking over the school had been to introduce a uniform policy ...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:01:30 +0100
MSPs warned proposal for trans people to live three months in gender 'unnecessary'
A REQUIREMENT for trans people to live in their gender for three months before obtaining a gender recognition certificate is “unnecessary”, an academic has told MSPs.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:58:30 +0100
Angry presiding officer blocks Angus Robertson's Indyref2 statement
ANGUS Robertson has been stopped from making a statement to Holyrood on a fresh independence drive after being reprimanded by the Presiding Officer.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:53:22 +0100
Four in five Scots ambulance staff consider quitting as morale 'deteriorates'
MINISTERS have been urged to deal with 'depressing' and 'deteriorating' morale within the Scottish Ambulance Service, with nearly four in five considering leaving the service.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:21:55 +0100
Scotland's record number of drug deaths 'still far too high' despite slight improvement
AN SNP minister has admitted that the number of drug deaths in Scotland are “still far too high” despite £250m being spent on trying to curb the trend.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:35:51 +0100
Boris Johnson's opposition to indyef2 'remains unchanged' despite Nicola Sturgeon's new call
BORIS Johnson has insisted his position on allowing another referendum on Scottish independence “remains unchanged”.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:34:21 +0100
SNP MP Patrick Grady apologises for sexual harassment
PATRICK Grady has apologised for making an "inappropriate physical advance to a junior member of SNP group staff."

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:14:26 +0100
First independence paper published: How to download full document
The Scottish Government has published its first in a series of papers in support of independence ahead of a planned second referendum in 2023.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:34:50 +0100
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland could hold legal Indyref2 without UK
NICOLA Sturgeon will set out plans to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence without the UK Government giving permission that are legally sound.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:23:11 +0100
Margaret Ferrier: Monkeypox delays defence report of Covid charge MP
An outbreak of monkeypox in the UK has delayed a defence report for the trial of MP Margaret Ferrier who is accused of putting people at risk by travelling with coronavirus symptoms.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:55:00 +0100
Hamilton industrial building sold for £2.5 million
SCOTTISH property company HFD has sold an industrial property in Hamilton in a deal worth around £2.5 million.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:40:14 +0100
Nicola Sturgeon launches renewed case for Scottish independence
NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted Scotland is "even more prepared for independence than we were in 2014" as she set out her Government’s first key document setting out the case to build a "wealthier, fairer Scotland".

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:40:12 +0100
Scotland's A&E stats branded 'dire'
THE NUMBER of patients waiting more than four hours in Scotland’s A&E was at its second highest level since records began, according to the latest figures.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:53:07 +0100
Long Covid Scotland: Pilot scheme offers patients hope
A Scot suffering from long Covid is hopeful a pilot scheme under one health board will prevent fellow patients from "falling through the cracks".

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:19:16 +0100
Nicola Sturgeon press conference – how to watch FM's independence update today
THE Scottish Government is today launching the first in a new series of papers that will form an “updated independence prospectus” ahead of a planned second referendum.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:32:46 +0100
Labour market cools as real wages continue to fall
UK unemployment unexpectedly rose during the three months to April but take-home pay continued to shrink as inflation eroded real wages.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:50:46 +0100
Dead sea birds... yet another pandemic wake-up call
IT was during a beach clean last week that we noticed them – first a dead guillemot, washed up on the sand, then another dead bird, further down a beach, and yet another, so decayed it was hard for us to tell what it was.

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:29:00 +0100
Police group hits out at Scots ministers' talks ‘spin’ after ‘derisory’ £565 pay rise is rejected
MINISTERS are at the centre of new row over a failure to engage over public sector pay disputes as police officers consider industrial action in rejecting a "derisory" flat £565 annual pay rise after the sanctioning of train drivers getting increase...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:26:00 +0100
Green jobs revolution concern as Scotland loses more than 27,000 manufacturing jobs during pandemic
SCOTLAND has lost more than 27,000 manufacturing jobs during the pandemic, leading to fresh concerns about the green jobs revolution in Scotland.



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