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Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:09:19 +0100
Argyll and Bute sees a 22.6 per cent surge in house prices due to the pandemic
SOME of Scotland's most rural areas are seeing a surge in annual house prices of up to 22.6% in a year as demand surges for peaceful locations post-pandemic.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:22:00 +0100
Humza Yousaf urged to act now over 'winter storm' facing Scotland's A&E units
WEEKS of deteriorating waiting time performances in Scotland’s A&E departments are pointing towards an even worse “winter storm” for the NHS, the Conservatives have claimed.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Hit to profits drives Direct Line to hike cost of insurance
Higher costs for used cars, more expensive parts and longer repair times have hit profits at Direct Line, the UK’s second-largest UK motor insurer.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
GSK spin-off Haleon makes lacklustre debut
CONSUMER spin-off Haleon made an inauspicious debut on the London Stock Exchange in what was billed as Europe's biggest listing for more than a decade.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Scottish Government spent over £2m on Facebook advertising last year
THE SCOTTISH Government spent more than £2.3m on Facebook advertising last year, up from £200,000 in 2015.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
MPC member Michael Saunders: ‘Not unlikely’ UK interest rates could rise to 2% or higher
By Ian McConnell

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Myrtle anti-hangover pills: Booze stories are sobering stuff
INVARIABLY when I read survey results my first thought is, "Who are these people?"

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:21:17 +0100
Edinburgh travel agent Jimmy Martin wins another award
By Ian McConnell

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:18:00 +0100
Brian Wilson: Why the food security issue needs a modern Dig for Victory campaign
DON’T ask me why, but I was looking this week at a speech made in the House of Commons, 80 years ago by the Secretary of State for Scotland, Tom Johnston. He was reporting on the nation’s health in July 1942.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Scots Barratt homes boss awarded thousands after 'revenge' reference
A Barratt homes employee has been awarded thousands for victimisation after she missed out on a new job because of a ‘revenge’ reference.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:14:00 +0100
Glasgow-based chef breaking boundaries says city is a joy to serve
SHE turned her back on the hospitality scene in London to head 400 miles north and open a new business in the midst of a pandemic.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:05:00 +0100
First-ever direct shipping link from Scotland to China to slash trade delays
Shipping times between Scotland and China are set to be cut by almost half with the launch of a new direct service to help ease global supply chain disruptions.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Non-retail is vital in the transformation of Scotland’s future shopping spaces
By Stuart Moncur  

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Prime bullocks sell to a top of 302p/kg at St Boswells as heifers peak at 312p
Farming markets

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Heaviest drinking men 'drank more' after minimum pricing
MINIMUM unit pricing did not reduce alcohol consumption among the heaviest drinking men, young men, or males living in more deprived areas of Scotland, according to new analysis.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:27:00 +0100
Jonathon Shafi: Class dynamics may be part of answer to our dystopian future
GEARING up for the first holiday abroad in over three years, I had submerged tales of “airport chaos”. Even if the journey is to be testing, it will be worth the hassle in the end, I reckoned.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: If Sturgeon wants an indyref deal, here's what she has to do
LAST week Nicola Sturgeon was reported as having offered the UK Government a "compromise". No, not that she would accept not having a referendum or continuing to agitate for secession. Her "compromise" is that HMG should agree to allowing her a Secti...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Kirsty Hughes: Independence still offers a way back into the EU for Scotland
THIS is not the most auspicious moment to consider whether the UK might ever rejoin the European Union. As the unedifying, barely-democratic contest for choosing the UK’s next prime minister unfolds, Brexit has scarcely caused a ripple. With the co...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Quordle answer July 19: Quordle words hints and today's answer
Liked Wordle? Upgrade your daily brain teaser to Quordle for a real mind-bender

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Heardle answer July 19: Spotify's Heardle song hints and today's answer
Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 395 July 19: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Herald Diary: Is that a pirate? Yes, it's Captain Kid
Coarse corsair

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:24:07 +0100
Extinction Rebellion target Sun publisher News UK over heatwave reporting
Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors smashed windows and daubed graffiti outside the publisher’s London HQ.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:56:54 +0100
Scotland's weather: heatwave could bring record temperatures
The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning of extreme heat in eastern, southern and central parts of Scotland

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:05:00 +0100
Framed answer July 19: 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!

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 07:21:50 +0100
Spain issues new travel rules for Brits who catch Covid while abroad
The government urges you to follow local advice at all times to help halt the spread.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:35:07 +0100
'Delusion': Boris Johnson vows to have say on plotters who forced him from Downing Street
BORIS Johnson has suggested he will reveal all over his colleagues ousting him from power after insisting Conservative MPs will “coalesce in loyally” around his successor amid a toxic leadership battle.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:01:07 +0100
Heatwave: Scots urged not to travel on Tuesday
THE SCOTTISH Government has asked Scots not to travel on Tuesday unless absolutely necessary.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:10:13 +0100
Boris Johnson criticised for missing heatwave COBRA meeting
BORIS Johnson has been blasted for missing three COBRA meetings as Britain swelters in record-breaking heat.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:46:12 +0100
Tyndrum holiday park acquired by family business
HIGHLAND Holidays, which owns Ben Nevis Holiday Park in Fort William, has made a second acquisition.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:04:13 +0100
Edinburgh Wavegarden Scotland £26m win, opens 2024
SCOTLAND’S first artificial wave park is expected to open next year after securing £26 million backing from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:01:41 +0100
UK interest rates: Michael Saunders, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member, flags further rises
By Ian McConnell

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:49:15 +0100
At least 13 key ScotRail services hit by 20mph extreme heat speed limit
TRAINS running on some of Scotland's key rail routes have had a speed limit of 20mph implement as an amber warning over extreme heat came into force across parts of Scotland.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:55:03 +0100
Lawyers' court row: Scrapping Scots 'not proven' verdict would 'result in miscarriages of justice'
SCOTLAND'S legal profession has warned that the scrapping of the controversial not proven verdict in the nation's courts would be "dangerous" and "undoubtedly result" in miscarriages of justice.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:17:32 +0100
Sunak and Truss snub Sky News Tory leadership debate
SKY NEWS has been forced to cancel tomorrow night’s debate between the Tory leadership hopefuls after two of the candidates pulled out.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:44:14 +0100
Doune The Rabbit Hole: 10CC [or 2.5CC] roll back the years at Scotland's mini-Glastonbury
Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:06:30 +0100
Knight Frank: Commercial property investment soars
SCOTTISH commercial property has had its best first half of the year for investment volumes since 2018 as the market continued its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new analysis.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:55:44 +0100
Kemi Badenoch accuses SNP of 'blaming England for injustices'
CONSERVATIVE party leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has accused the SNP of thriving on “generating grievances and setting people against each other.”

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 07:36:35 +0100
Victims of crime being 'left in the dark about the fate of criminals'
THE Scottish Government’s Victim Notification Scheme has been branded a failure after a loophole saw people “left in the dark about the fate of criminals who have made their lives a misery.”

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 07:28:30 +0100
SNP accused of 'posturing' on help for refugees
THE Scottish Government has been accused of “posturing but not delivering” on help for refugees.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 07:19:57 +0100
Devolved finance ministers ask new Chancellor to act on cost of living
FINANCE ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have joined forces to call on Nadhim Zahawi to help more with the cost-of-living crisis.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 06:01:00 +0100
Alison Rowat: That's all from me, says BBC's Raworth, bowing out on a high
ON the list of heatwave do’s and don’ts, launching yourself into a final sprint for the Tory leadership should be in the same column as mad dogs and Englishmen venturing out in the midday sun.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:52:00 +0100
Lesley Riddoch: In a time of crisis Starmer has drunk the Tory Kool-Aid
Tory leadership debates should carry a political health warning for progressive, Remain and independence-supporting Scots. The creaking exchanges have normalised right-wingery so profoundly that Tom Tugendhat, aided by his Eggsy Kingsman spectacles, ...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:20:00 +0100
Doug Marr: What needs doing to repair broken Britain?
Bob Dylan can be relied on to come up with words that fit any occasion. Everything is Broken, for example, written in 1989, offers a fitting anthem for 2022 Britain: “Broken hands on broken ploughs; Broken treaties; Broken vows; Broken pipes; Broke...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:11:00 +0100
Kevin McKenna: In the war of ideas, the triumph of the left is now being televised
THIS late spring and early summer has witnessed the re-awakening of an old force – once thought spent – in the battleground of British politics. For the first time in generations a confident and articulate left-wing analysis has begun to emerge i...

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Colella relishing life in the global classroom at Moore
By Scott Wright

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Station Hotel Larbert for sale
A 166-year-old hotel sited on one of Scotland's busiest railway lines has been brought to market.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 13:23:22 +0100
Bothwell Bridge Hotel sold to Manorview by Martalo family
By Ian McConnell

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:58:27 +0100
Reaveled: Oban's newest luxury hotel opens its doors
Scotland's newest luxury boutique hotel has reopend its doors with a first look at the major renovation project.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:44:43 +0100
NHS 'close to ceasing to function' amid Covid waves
THE decline of the NHS is "a more realistic concern than it has been for decades" due to successive Covid waves, experts have warned.



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