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Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:47:27 +0100
Skye shootings: Community support event to be held in Sleat Primary school
The first day back behind desks for pupils has been pushed back at a Skye primary school in order to provide support for a community "still reeling" from a tragedy.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:28:46 +0100
Weather Scotland: Rain brings travel disruption and flooding
Parts of Scotland have been hit by travel disruption which are to be battered by rain this morning.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:00:29 +0100
Cost-of-living: Workers face record pay slump in face of rocketing inflation
Workers have suffered a record real-term pay drop as prices soar, new figures have confirmed.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:05:00 +0100
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak set out plans for more transparent Scotland ahead of hustings
LIZ Truss has said she would give MSPs more legal protection to speak out at Holyrood if she becomes Prime Minister.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Standard Life owner Phoenix on course to deliver at top end of cash range
By Scott Wright

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Mark Williamson: North Sea boom for global financiers stokes calls for hike in windfall tax
A LEADING North Sea oil and gas firm has underlined how much money international financiers are making in the area even as it revealed the windfall tax may have little impact on it.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
US giant Celeros reveals plan to sell off land at historic ClydeUnion site
By Scott Wright

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:59:28 +0100
How to use your Scotland Loves Local Glasgow Gift Card
Scotland Loves Local Glasgow Gift Cards worth £105 each are starting to arrive at 85,000 homes across the city.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:59:00 +0100
Menopause: HRT over 60 "may be detrimental" says Glasgow specialist
Starting hormone replacement therapy after the age of 60 "may be detrimental" for heart and brain health, according to a Glasgow specialist.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Jon Findlay, former Glasgow councillor, joins Levy & McRae
By Ian McConnell

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Speyside Brewery in Forres restarts production of Randolph's Leap and Findhorn Killer IPA after Urquhart Brothers investment
By Ian McConnell

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Glasgow tech firm in African wildlife project
By Kristy Dorsey

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Dentists say they 'cannot afford' to provide NHS treatment
MILLIONS of pounds earmarked for NHS dental care in Scotland went unspent last year despite huge treatment backlogs because dentists “cannot afford to work” within the current system.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Carlisle auction sees heifers top 302p/kg as 2,172 prime lambs are offloaded in Ayr
Farming

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: SNP should stop the posturing and deliver a decent health service
AROUND 2pm last Saturday I commenced the unhappy experience of passing a kidney stone.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Brian Wilson: Scotland's water success should point the way ahead for energy
OUR corner of Scotland has not been troubled with heatwaves. In recent days, when the sun occasionally blinked through, our variable climate increasingly seemed like a blessing rather than a misfortune.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Neil Mackay: The political parties are useless. In this class war, the people are on their own
PSYCHIATRISTS always listen carefully to the metaphors people use. Symbolic language is a map to the soul, after all. Tune in to phone-in shows today and you’ll hear folk saying they feel "beat up", they "can’t take any more punishment", they’r...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Natasha Radmehr: You've got to love Martin Lewis, the angel who is now focused on saving lives
LAST year, I worked for a social enterprise, helping unemployed people find jobs. Every day I’d strap on my headset like a pilot without a plane and settle in for a sometimes-turbulent stream of phone calls. One day, I chatted to a man who had just...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0100
Christopher Bell: How music can help children on the post-Covid path to recovery
WHEN counting the casualties left by the pandemic, we must not ignore the anxiety it induced in many people, and especially children. At NYCOS (National Youth Choir of Scotland) we work closely with children and experience how much anxiety affects th...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0100
Is it last orders for the disposable barbecue?
Is it last orders for the disposable barbecue?

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Herald Diary: Girl's nicknames? Skip to the loo...
Bog awful

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:59:56 +0100
Blue carbon: the motive to protect our wrecked seabeds?
THERE has been plenty of talk in recent years about how bottom-trawlers and scallop dredgers are wrecking our seabed. Yet despite Scottish Government reviews, protection is still just a promise, not an actuality.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Dentists and Government polarised over how to fund NHS care - with no end in sight
A MEXICAN stand-off?

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Framed answer August 16: 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, 16 Aug 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Heardle answer August 16: 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, 16 Aug 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Quordle answer August 16: Quordle word hints and today's answer
If you have tried and loved Wordle, Quordle should be your next go-to brain teaser.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle today: Wordle 423 August 16 hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Weaver clues: Hints and answers for August 16 word game
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, 15 Aug 2022 19:03:14 +0100
Nico;la Sturgeon sends 'message of solidarity' to Salman Rushdie after 'horrific' attack
NICOLA Sturgeon has sent “a message of solidarity” to Sir Salman Rushdie after he was stabbed on stage at an event in New York state last week.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:12:16 +0100
Bin strikes to go ahead as union rejects 'paltry' pay offer
THURSDAY’S bin strike in Edinburgh looks set to go ahead after Unite rejected a “paltry” 3.5 per cent pay hike from council leaders.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:42:54 +0100
Anas Sarwar criticises 'bitter and anti-social' off-screen exchanges with political rivals
ANAS Sarwar has spoken out about the “anti-social” and “bitter” relationships between Scottish political leaders behind the scenes.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:54:57 +0100
Gordon Ramsay Street Pizza set for Edinburgh
CELEBRITY chief Gordon Ramsay is set to open his first Street Pizza restaurant brand outside London in Scotland.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:03:55 +0100
Man stabbed to death near London’s Oxford Street
A man has been stabbed to death in a side road near London’s Oxford Street.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:07:44 +0100
Obituary: Andrew Leigh, renowned theatre manager who worked at the Citizens, Traverse, and the Old Vic
Born: February 17 1941;

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:54:50 +0100
Covid Scotland: New vaccine targetting two strains approved for use
The 'bivalent' vaccine, developed by Moderna, is effective against the original coronavirus strain but also the more dominant Omicron variant. 

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:51:42 +0100
Covid concerns as Scots pupils return to schools
A leading teaching union has warned further outbreaks of Covid-19 when pupils return to schools continue to be a "significant issue of concern".

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:13:46 +0100
Edinburgh Granton 142 new net zero homes approved
PROPOSALS for a further net zero housing development at a brownfield site in the Scottish capital have been granted approval by city planners.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:31:27 +0100
Keir Starmer rules out nationalisation of energy companies
SIR KEIR Starmer has defended Labour’s £29bn plan to keep bills low over the winter, insisting it is “robust and costed”.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:33:07 +0100
Calton Road : Bin lorry hits block of flats in Edinburgh
An Edinburgh road has been closed off after a bin lorry hit a block of flats.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:47:00 +0100
US engineering giant to sell off land at famous Cathcart site
THE owner of the ClydeUnion Pumps engineering facility in Glasgow is selling off land at the Cathcart site to raise cash to reinvest in the business, it was announced this morning.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:51:18 +0100
Amanda Thomson' on Belonging, nature, race and identity
ONE of the things Amanda Thomson loves about old words she has found for nature is how they “make the ordinary that we wouldn’t notice extraordinary again”.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:01:00 +0100
Alison Rowat: Sturgeon & co - enough attention seeking at the Fringe, get back to the day job
POLITICS begins a return to normal today when Sir Keir Starmer reveals how Labour would tackle the energy bill crisis. (Spoiler: freeze the cap at current level of £1971).

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:22:00 +0100
Kevin McKenna: Sturgeon's about to start the referendum campaign. Boom boom!
SEVEN weeks after Nicola Sturgeon targeted October 2023 as the date of a second referendum, the campaign has, thus far, been curiously subdued. The First Minister – how can I put this kindly? – has adopted a relaxed approach to the approaching st...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:21:00 +0100
Lesley Riddoch: We must tackle the real problem in this crisis: privatisation
Gordon Brown has the right answer – nationalise energy. But his suggestion is only a temporary move and comes way too late.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:17:00 +0100
ScottishPower chief says energy bills support for families must double
THE HEAD of Glasgow-based energy firm ScottishPower has told ministers they must double family support for soaring energy bills - as calls have been made for the prioritisation of domestic oil and gas production to stop charges soaring further.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:12:00 +0100
Mark Smith: The shady politics of bringing Eurovision to Glasgow
Glasgow could host the Eurovision Song Contest next year which is good news – and bad. It’s exciting – and depressing. The greatest fear must be that our shady politics will spoil it, or, in the words of Abba’s 1974 winning song: the history ...

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Monday Interview: Arran distiller toasts a ‘very special’ response to first malt
By Scott Wright

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Labour unveils £29bn cost of living package
LABOUR will extend the windfall tax on oil and gas companies to pay for a £29bn emergency cost of living package, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Private equity investment in Scotland tops pre-Covid levels
SCOTLAND’S mid-market private equity investment has topped pre-pandemic levels with more than £2 billion spent in the first half of this year, according to the new analysis.

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:09:37 +0100
Ardrossan and Saltcoats: Gunshots heard and man hospitalised amid linked incidents
Gunshots were reportedly heard in a residential street in Ayrshire in one of three linked incidents being probed by Police Scotland.



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