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Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Port of Nigg Seagreen windfarm foundations on move
THE building blocks for an immense renewable energy project off Scotland stand on the quayside, waiting like impatient giants.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
From Netflix and chill to out in the cold thanks to online dross
IT'S less Netflix and chill to more of a cold shoulder.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Ryanair returns to profit but warns over future
BUDGET airline Ryanair has swung to a first-quarter profit despite airport disruption but warned the market is fragile as it was claimed “the golden age of cheap air travel is over”.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
North Sea gas giant Serica Energy knocks back latest takeover offer
THE board of North Sea-focused Serica Energy has “unanimously” rejected a revised takeover proposal from energy investment firm Kistos, declaring that it “significantly undervalues” the company.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Kristy Dorsey: Higher ticket prices may persist beyond UK air industry’s summer of discontent
Surges in air fares, delays, cancellations, strikes and general airport mayhem have dominated the headlines so far this summer, and with massive staff shortages throughout the global aviation industry, there is no prospect of the situation easing any...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Newarthill, Motherwell: XPO Logistics plans to create 500 jobs at warehousing and distribution development
By Ian McConnell

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:18:00 +0100
Brian Wilson: The petty dishonesty that now passes for leadership in Scotland
I see Nicola Sturgeon has been branding both contestants for the Tory leadership as ‘`hypocrites”. Par for the course, you might say; a childish insult unworthy of further consideration.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:12:00 +0100
David Wilson: Would we watch a film about Thomas Hamilton? I don't think we would
THIS month has seen the general, UK release of the much-garlanded Australian film, Nitram, about the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania in April 1996.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
New Arran distillery promises ‘contemporary twist’ to peated Scotch
By Scott Wright

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Wellness brand backed by Finn Russell in £1m crowdfunding bid
By Scott Wright

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: Twisting the facts to boost the Union simply won't wash
MICHAEL Sheridan’s list of the supposed benefits of being part of the UK Union (Letters, July 25) is a good example of manipulating facts to justify your position. Let’s start with his claim it was the UK Government that bailed out the Irish econ...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Kirsty Hughes: The bonfire of EU laws has the UK Union on the ropes
THE queues of cars and lorries at Dover in recent days say "Brexit isn’t working" like nothing else. But that has not caused even a flicker of hesitation for the Tory leadership duo, with Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak racing around the country promisin...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Framed answer July 26: 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, 26 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Quordle answer July 26: Quordle word hints and today's answer
If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Heardle answer July 26: 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, 26 Jul 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle today: Wordle 402 July 26 hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:20:00 +0100
High time to abolish the not proven verdict: Opinion, James Chalmers
SCOTLAND’S unique verdict of “not proven” in criminal trials is again being debated publicly. The debate has run at least since the celebrated judge Lord Cockburn launched a broadside against the verdict in 1846, damming it as “against princi...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Herald Diary: Everyone's a critic: you can bank on it
Bank debit

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:14:49 +0100
Wild swimming: Is it an alternative to antidepressants?
Ecotherapy – therapeutic intervention through nature – is known to boost people’s mood

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:31:57 +0100
Amazon Prime: Costs of subscription to rise for UK customers
It said it will increase the price of Prime from £7.99 each month to £8.99 from September 15

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:26:17 +0100
Jackdaw oil field: Greenpeace launches legal action against UK Government
Greenpeace has confirmed it will take legal action against the UK Government

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:03:31 +0100
Weaver word game July 26 hints and answer
Weaver is the newest word game on the block - if you are struggling with today's brainteaser here are some hints to get you to the end. And the solution if you give up!

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:30:00 +0100
SKETCH: Our Next Prime Minister, BBC1
NEVER mind the threat from China, supermarkets security-tagging Lurpak, or any other sign that the UK is going to hell in a wonky trolley. Which earrings was Liz going to wear?

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:18:58 +0100
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clash repeatedly in bruising TV debate
RISHI Sunak and Liz Truss have clashed noisily and repeatedly in the first head-to-head TV debate of the Tory leadership debate, arguing over the cost of living, tax, and China.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:29:33 +0100
Tory peer says Boris Johnson told him he wants to remain PM
DOWNING Street has insisted Boris Johnson would step down as Prime Minister once a new Tory leader is chosen after he reportedly told a supporter he wants to carry on.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:28:11 +0100
Former NI first minister and Nobel prize winner David Trimble has died aged 77
Former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble - one of the architects of the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement which helped end the Troubles - has died, the Ulster Unionist Party has announced.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:52:15 +0100
SNP council boss in 'sexual misconduct' row facing confidence vote
THE SNP leader of North Lanarkshire Council is facing a knife-edge confidence vote after refusing to step down over alleged sexual misconduct.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:46:58 +0100
Annan Harbour revamp plans lodged
PLANS to bring an historic Scottish harbour back into greater public use have been lodged.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:45:23 +0100
Glasgow confirms bid to host Eurovision
GLASGOW has insisted it is “the safest of safe pairs of hands” when it comes to finding a host for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:23:00 +0100
Edinburgh and London in formal dispute over social security IT costs
THE Scottish Government has raised a dispute with the UK Department of Work and Pensions amid spiralling costs for a new devolved welfare system.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:30:00 +0100
Rishi Sunak taunts Liz Truss after she snubs interview with Andrew Neil
LIZ Truss is refusing to be interviewed by the veteran political journalist Andrew Neil in an echo of Boris Johnson dodging a grilling at the 2019 general election.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:29:16 +0100
Eurovision could come to Scotland as contest heads back to UK
PLANS to bring next year’s Eurovision Song Contest to Scotland have been reignited after the organisers of the annual pop gala announced it would need to be held in the UK.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:55:10 +0100
Keir Starmer unveils 'distinctively British' reboot of the economy
In a speech to activists in Liverpool, the Labour leader sought to distance himself even further from Jeremy Corbyn and the 2019 manifesto, saying the "defining task” of his government would need to “ask searching questions of my party and our in...

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:00:16 +0100
Tory leadership contest descends into 'embarrassing' row over clothes and earrings
THE race for Number 10 has been branded “puerile” and “embarrassing” by a Tory minister after a row broke out over Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’s wardrobe choices.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Edinburgh brewer Vault City ramps up investment as demand for sour beer soars
LIFE has been moving fast for Steven Smith-Hay and Vault City Brewing, the Edinburgh-based company he co-founded in January 2018.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:14:02 +0100
Edinburgh Union Canal student homes plan lodged
PLANS have been lodged for a 148-bed student accommodation development in the Scottish capital.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Dryfesdale Country House Hotel for sale
A SCOTTISH country house hotel with 29 bedrooms has been put up for sale

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:01:00 +0100
Alison Rowat: Tonight's BBC debate make or break for Tory leadership contenders
THE polls are up and down in the Tory leadership race but on one prediction you can (probably) rely. Tonight at 9pm Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will be in Stoke-on-Trent for the latest live televised debate.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:54:00 +0100
Mark Smith: The Scottish Government has got it right on drugs – but not right enough
One of the things getting me through this Tory leadership contest is the videos of Liz Truss being weird. You’ve probably seen the one in which she says importing cheese is a “disgrace”. The one at the school in which she’s grilled about Bori...

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:54:00 +0100
Kevin McKenna: Some enchanted evenings in Glasgow and Dublin with Mr Gerry Cinnamon
WHEN your musical preferences stopped evolving around about the mid-1980s, you’re not really in a position to offer critiques of much that’s happened since. If you were being polite, you might say that my tastes have been in a state of arrested d...

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:45:00 +0100
Doug Marr: Time to wake up and smell the coffee
It seems we have become obsessed with all things associated with food and drink. If so inclined, we can binge on cooking programmes, hosted by a melange of interchangeable and smug TV chefs.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:37:00 +0100
Lesley Riddoch: Will Boris Johnson live on in Truss?
Is Boris Johnson’s reign almost over or will his spirit live on in the premiership of Liz Truss?

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Ace Aquatec, Regal Springs tilapia game changer
A SCOTTISH aquaculture technology business has hailed a major link-up with a growing sustainable fish to sit alongside Scottish staples like salmon and cod.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:02:16 +0100
Scotland child hepatitis outbreak 'linked to AAV2 virus'
A MYSTERIOUS outbreak of hepatitis in young children has been linked to a virus not previously associated with human disease.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:48:39 +0100
Scotrail cancels services on all but FIVE routes during strike days
RAIL travellers are being warned to expect significant disruption as strike action by RMT members of Network Rail gets under way this week.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:06:00 +0100
Edinburgh Cashmere’s 'DC classic check' is world-famous, featured in Vogue, GQ, Tatler and Grazia
New seasons demand new clothes. But what if you could get high-quality fashion apparel that is timeless and trending every season?

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:13:51 +0100
Rangers games hit as Glasgow subway strike dates revealed
THOUSANDS of football fans will be affected due to a Glasgow subway strike which coincides with Rangers first home game of the new season.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 10:26:47 +0100
Best Places to Live in Dundee
Looking to move to Dundee? Read our pick of the city’s best places to live, from quiet coastal suburbs to the lively city centre. Discover more with MOV8.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Colin Borland: The small business show must go on - with a supporting cast
After recent political theatrics, one could be forgiven for thinking the Edinburgh Festival had kicked off early.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Hep C testing-treatment in pharmacies could beat disease
Community testing and treatment key to global hep c elimination efforts



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