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Sat, 09 Jul 2022 09:27:05 +0100
Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership bid after Rishi Sunak
The Tory leadership contest is heating up as more MPs officially launch their bid for the top job.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Alison Rowat's TV review: Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams; Ghislaine Maxwell: The Making of a Monster; The Andrew Neil Show; George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations
It doesn’t seem that long since Idris Elba was hoping that learning to box would turn around the lives of disadvantaged youngsters. Now, in the manner of bus clusters everywhere, along comes Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams (BBC1, Tuesday), in ...

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Family-owned Perthshire estate, golf course sold
A FAMILY who put their "heart and soul' into building an estate and golf course over 100 years have sold the popular holiday site.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
New Arran distillery poised to debut single malt
Exclusive

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Boris Johnson 'Borexit' departure 'good for pound'
THE pressure is on now more than ever to find a way to make a botched hard Brexit work for business.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Glasgow Institute of Neurological Sciences patient safety inquiries
An ageing brain surgery unit that was described as ‘very high risk’ by a health board has investigated scores of major clinical incidents in recent years, figures show.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:03:00 +0100
Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton book to be sold at auction
IT HAS been described as one of the great books of Antarctic exploration. First published in 1919, South detailed Sir Ernest Shackleton’s story of his legendary attempt to become the first to cross the Antarctic by land from one side to the other.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Royal Bank of Scotland report on jobs: Growth in staff hiring eases but further surge in pay
By Ian McConnell

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Jonathan Sloan: Uncertainty over inflation and interest rates means investors face tough choices
By Jonathan Sloan

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Can we really say NHS Scotland is in 'recovery' from Covid?
IF the NHS were a patient recovering from Covid, what stage would it be at: ready for discharge home, rehabilitation, or still on life support?

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: The toxic SNP should look to put its own house in order
IF hubris and hypocrisy were terminal illnesses Ian Blackford would have died on national television this morning (July 8). While being interviewed by the BBC he was rightly questioned on the parallels between his handling of sexual misconduct allega...

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:30:00 +0100
Scotland's first refugee councillor Roza Salih on Iraq hell... and escaping to Glasgow
WHAT made Roza Salih? Was it the blood on her street when she was a little girl? Was it the death of her grandfather and her uncles? Was it the gun her dad kept close to hand? Was it the detention camp and the guards? The high-rise in Drumchapel or t...

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Heardle answer July 9: Heardle song hints and today's answer
Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Quordle answer July 9: Quordle words hints and today's answer
  Liked Wordle? Upgrade your daily brain teaser to Quordle for a real mind-bender.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 385 July 9: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:19:00 +0100
Gary Townsend's recipe: Salt meringue baked sea bass – a dish as old as humanity
Salt meringue baked sea bass

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Kevin McKenna: Sir Keir will soon buy platinum jubilee wallpaper and a Union flag suit
TWO competing views have begun to emerge about what the resignation of Boris Johnson portends for Scottish independence. The most predictable one is that the prospect of a Labour Government under Sir Keir Starmer is now tantalisingly closer and that ...

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Dishoom, 3A St Andrews Square, Edinburgh. Ron Mackenna's restaurant review
Dishoom

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Poem: The Great Stariski, by Rab Wilson
Ayrshire poet Rab Wilson introduces today’s choice. “Johnny Stariski was in charge of the powder magazine (supply of explosives for blasting purposes underground) at the Barony Colliery, Auchinleck, in the mid/late 1970s early 80s, when I worked ...

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Rebecca McQuillan: Tories are more adept at reinvention than Madonna but their troubles aren't over
AMID the drama of this week, it’s difficult to imagine the political landscape two years hence in the wake of a general election campaign.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Camley’s Cartoon: Growing calls for Johnson to go now
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the growing calls for Boris Johnson to go now on Saturday, July 9, 2022.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Riverside Museum: A monument to Scotland’s illustrious maritime past and an emblem of its bright future
Words: Jonathan Black

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Issue of the day: Elon Musk's biggest fear
HAVING welcomed a set of twins with a new partner to make him a father-of-nine living children, Elon Musk has again declared ‘underpopulation’ to be the biggest threat facing humanity.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
David Leask: So what does Putin really think about Scottish independence?
ANAS Sarwar is right. At least, as we reporters like to say, up to a point. The Scottish Labour leader this week declared that it was “pretty obvious” that Vladimir Putin would be pleased by the SNP’s renewed push for independence.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Google Pixel 6 – 'A tad brick-esque'
What is it?

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:05:00 +0100
Herald Diary: Boris and the zombies
Sticking around

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Boris Johnson: Better judgment is needed the next time a colourful figure arrives at No.10
SIX months ago The Herald took for us what was a rare step – perhaps an unprecedented one for us in recent times – and called for the head of a serving Prime Minister.

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:02:00 +0100
Framed answer July 9: 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!

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:16:41 +0100
FM calls for Northern Ireland Protocol reset
NICOLA Sturgeon has called for the next Prime Minister to “reset” discussions around the Northern Ireland Protocol, and Brexit.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 17:44:40 +0100
Obituary: Peter Brook, world-class theatre director who left a peerless legacy
Peter Brook: An appreciation

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:27:36 +0100
Rishi Sunak launches Tory leadership bid
FORMER Chancellor Rishi Sunak has formally launched his campaign to replace Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservatives.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:41:52 +0100
Edinburgh Leith Walk Stead's Place offices to open
Drum Property Group is seeking occupants for office space in the refurbished 1930s "Red Sandstone" building which extends from 106 to 154 Leith Walk, Edinburgh.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:34:15 +0100
Neil Mackay: What will Johnson's resignation mean for Scotland
LET’S accept that Boris Johnson will actually go - that he won’t wait for some uptick in the polls, or some useful crisis, like Ukraine or the cost of living, deepening to such an extent that he strong-arms Tories into keeping him on as Prime Min...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:15:10 +0100
SSPCA forced to turn birds due to avian flu outbreak
An animal charity has decided to turn away wild and sick birds from their rescue centres amid the "far and away the worst" outbreak of bird flu.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:33:24 +0100
Sir Mark Rowley set to be new Met Commissioner
Sir Mark Rowley is to become the next Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police replacing Dame Cressida Dick.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:06:04 +0100
SEPA: Water scarcity risk in Scotland 'unlikely to improve'
The risk of water scarcity in the east of Scotland has risen amid a warning that is likely to get worse in the next week. 

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:51:00 +0100
Brexit: Ian McConnell: Sir Keir Starmer sounds dismayingly like Tories
IT would be difficult to overstate how demoralising it was to hear Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer rule out the UK rejoining the European single market if his party were to come to power.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:03:19 +0100
Thousands to take to streets for Orange Walk in Holytown this weekend
AROUND 8,000 people are expected to take part in an Orange Walk this weekend.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:10:30 +0100
Labour surges ahead in polls as Tories dither over leadership race
LABOUR is now 11 points clear of the Conservatives, according to the latest poll from YouGov.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:58:23 +0100
Prince Harry wins defamation case against Mail on Sunday over Home Office story
Parts of an article in The Mail on Sunday which alleged that the Duke of Sussex tried to keep his legal claim against the Home Office “secret” were defamatory, a High Court judge has ruled.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:42:55 +0100
Boris and Carrie Johnson cancel Chequers wedding party
BORIS and Carrie Johnson will no longer hold their wedding party at Chequers

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:38:02 +0100
Father and son behind Moray puppy farm get ten year ban
A father and son running an unlicensed puppy farm have been given a 10-year ban after causing keeping animals in "horrendous" conditions causing them "suffering and pain".

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:49:00 +0100
Edinburgh's Vault City Brewing opens bar in Portobello
VAULT City Brewing, the Edinburgh-based sour beer producer, is opening a new bar today after a successful crowdfunding drive.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:27:22 +0100
Perthshire country estate and golf course sold
HOLIDAY park operator Pure Leisure Group has added to its Scottish presence after purchasing Mains of Taymouth Country Estate and Golf Course in Kenmore, Perthshire.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:33:00 +0100
Coul Links: New golf course plans raise concerns
Developers will soon submit a new planning application for the construction of an 18-hole golf course at Coul Links. 

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 07:23:04 +0100
Shinzo Abe: Japan former PM shot during campaign speech
JAPAN's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot during a campaign speech, national broadcasters reported.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 07:06:00 +0100
Scottish dental group establishes new academy in Perth
Rapidly-expanding dental group Clyde Munro has teamed up with a major US equipment manufacturer to launch a new clinic and digital training academy in Perth.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Persimmon shares down as fewer homes are completed
PERSIMMON has reported that planning delays, supply-chain disruption and labour shortages meant it completed fewer homes than expected in the first half of the year.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Shares soar as Aberdeen-based engineering giant Wood returns to revenue growth
By Scott Wright

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Sorry was the hardest word for Boris Johnson and the Tories
ONE would think a renowned Greek scholar might be alert to the dangers of hubris.



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