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Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:41:00 +0000
"A burst of Middle Eastern magic," Ron Mackenna's review
What is this, I say to Joe, after we have both forked up mouthfuls of rice, pomegranate and yoghurt. And after I have looked at the menu repeatedly. True. At first absently.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000
Edinburgh: Family bids farewell to La Favorita Restaurant
A RESTAURATEUR has hailed the opening of a new offering in the Scottish capital.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
East Kilbride shopping centre in administration
The owner of Scotland's largest undercover shopping and leisure destination has gone into administration.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
'Grim future' as firms count cost of trade barriers with EU
SCOTLAND’S home-grown restaurants, hotels, pubs and clubs have been among the worst hit. First closed by the pandemic, then battered by Brexit, and now floored by energy bills and inflation, the outlook in the wake of the Autumn Statement is not go...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Tenants fear looming rent rises as energy bills soar
Tens of thousands of tenants in social housing in Scotland face soaring rent increases when a nationwide freeze ends at the same time as annual energy bills will rise by around £500.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Scottish hands ‘tied’ in next month’s Budget
Deputy First Minister John Swinney’s hands will be “relatively tied” when it comes to decisions on taxation in next month’s Scottish Budget by decisions that have been made at UK level, with any major divergence having knock-on effects for Sc...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Bar and restaurant group Buzzworks' £750 offer for help in hiring
Bar and restaurant group offering up to £750 to “any members of the public” who make a successful recommendation of a friend to join staff at venue

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
David Coombs: Room for reappraisal of UK among overseas investors
By David Coombs

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Are falling sperm counts the new global 'pandemic'?
ON the same day that the global population officially reached a record eight billion on Tuesday, scientists were sounding the alarm over something that might just put the brakes on future growth: the mysterious, and apparently accelerating, decline i...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Scots academic in bid to save stigmatised Neapolitan language
It is a language spoken by an estimated seven million people but has been suppressed in its home country.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Why a Holocaust denier ended up living quietly in an East Neuk village
For the past year it seems, unbeknown to the majority of those who call Anstruther home, it has harboured one of the world’s most notorious Holocaust deniers. 

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Help us to bring the joy of reading to children
CAMPAIGNING. Standing up for what matters. Shouting loudly.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Letters: Shame on Hunt for failing to increase our overseas aid
AFTER a lifetime criticising the Tories, it feels strange writing this; but I think Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement is reasonable overall ("UK facing record fall in incomes", The Herald, November 18). The decision to uprate benefits by inflation was...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000
Charlotte Wells: the rising star behind bittersweet Aftersun
Aftersun, the debut feature from Edinburgh-born director Charlotte Wells, arrives in cinemas this weekend - and could just be the best British film of the year

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:35:00 +0000
David Leask: The need for vigilance over the far right’s ‘Fourth Wave’
SOME call it the “Fourth Wave”. The Far Right is – once again – surging across Europe.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:30:00 +0000
Brian Taylor: Hunt has left Swinney with little room for manoeuvre
IN life, there are always consequences. For Ministers delivering contentious, dramatic statements, the alternatives are generally fairly straightforward. Either they will make history – or they are history.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000
Camley’s Cartoon: Ready for a controversial World Cup
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on the arrival of the controversial Qatar World Cup on Saturday, November 19.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:34:00 +0000
Jeremy Hunt's week: The toothpaste-tube approach to economics
As imagined by Brian Beacom

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Lennie Pennie: Never forget the importance of setting your boundaries
I’M going to start with my usual content disclaimer. This week we’re talking about consent, sex, and boundaries. If any of those are topics you would rather avoid, by doing so you are already respecting your own boundaries and that’s something ...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:19:00 +0000
Herald View: World Cup is a coup for Qatar but has been so divisive
EVERY four years, football fans across the globe salivate as they look forward to the World Cup and its showcase of the game’s most exhilarating players and free-flowing teams. In 2022, however, something seems to be missing.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Herald Diary: The tourism expert, bar none
There's always hope...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:30:00 +0000
Issue of the day: Swift ticket debacle sparks debate
HAVE you tried to buy concert tickets lately? It’s a minefield - and an expensive one at that. Taylor Swift ticket sales essentially broke Ticketmaster this week in the United States, as well as breaking the bank for those who managed to get hold o...

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:59:00 +0000
Robert McNeil: Hooray: let's celebrate the death of the dinner-party
HERE’S another aspect of life on this planet that I dislike: dinner parties. It’s their formal informality I can’t abide: having to sit on seats, make conversation, wear a napkin, all things you never do in the comfort of your own home.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:01:00 +0000
Wordle today: Wordle 518 November 19 hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle 518.

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:01:00 +0000
Quordle answer November 19: Daily Quordle word hints and answer
Train your brain by putting your mind to November 19's Quordle word puzzle.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:41:01 +0000
Qatar World Cup guide to football's festival for all heterosexual men
The World Cup is a time when people from all over the planet can come together, be happy and gay. Well, not gay.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:31:49 +0000
East Kilbride Shopping Centre in administration
The owner of Scotland's largest undercover shopping and leisure destination has gone into administration.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:55:06 +0000
Shetland oil pioneer Hurricane Energy windfall tax unchanged
HURRICANE Energy has said it expects to pay around £4.2 million a year over the next three years in windfall taxes to the Government.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:51:07 +0000
Labour council leader 'bypassing democracy' amid freeports row
THE LABOUR leader of Edinburgh City Council has been accused of “bypassing democracy and dodging scrutiny” after he was forced to apologise for backing a green freeport bid without permission.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:30:41 +0000
Brutal Tory budget is great for the SNP but grim for independence
No matter what Conservatives try to do now, voters will suffer.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
SNP Prestwick Airport backing pays off, with critics quieter
DRIVING past Prestwick Airport always evokes memories. It is always a little sad to reflect on the airport’s current passenger numbers.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:48:25 +0000
SNP ministers who bully civil servants to be named and shamed
THE SCOTTISH Government has agreed to name and shame ministers who are found to have bullied or harassed civil servants.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:23:02 +0000
Vittoria's Antonietta restaurant to open on La Favorita site
A FAMILY-owned restaurant business is to open a new eatery in the Scottish capital after closing its flagship premises.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:30:49 +0000
Swinney hints SNP could follow Tories' tax changes for high earners
JOHN Swinney has hinted that Scotland could follow the UK Government and lower the tax threshold for higher earners – stressing the move by the Chancellor chimes with the SNP’s “principles of progressive taxation”.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000
World Cup winner Rose Reilly in National Galleries of Scotland honour
Reilly captained Italy to victory in the World Cup Final and will now be immortalised in the National Portrait Gallery.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Boy troubles? How feminism is the solution to male woes
WE knew this anyway but it's always good to be proven right.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:08:00 +0000
Wind farm foreign labour loophole 'will close' after Scots row
The immigration minister has pledged the door will be shut on the "scandal" of allowing cheap foreign labour to replace British workers in serving Scotland's green revolution.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Edinburgh vertical farm firm's 114 new jobs in US expansion
A SCOTTISH vertical farming pioneer has unveiled plans to further expand into the US, creating more than 100 jobs.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Neptune warns on 'poorly' directed oil taxes
Oil and gas independent Neptune Energy has warned that new projects planned for the UK and elsewhere are at risk from “poorly targeted” windfall taxes.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Hundreds of thousands shopping more at Lidl as inflation bites
By Scott Wright

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Paisley contractor Clark wins record £30m of orders in month
CLARK Contracts has secured over £30 million of new orders in what it says was a record month.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
'Missed opportunity' as firms set to pay many billions more in tax
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement has been branded a “missed opportunity” as the Government is set to rake in an additional £26 billion from employers through freezes on National Insurance and VAT thresholds.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:55:45 +0000
River Don: Person swept into water amid severe weather warning
It is understood the person was attempting to rescue a dog near Monymusk at around 3pm.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:03:10 +0000
Emergency rest centres opened amid Aberdeenshire flood warnings
Rest centres have been opened in some parts of Aberdeenshire after flood warnings were escalated to severe on Friday.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:15:00 +0000
Plaque unveiled in memory of brave Glasgow firefighter
It was an act of bravery and duty but ultimately cost him his life.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:30:42 +0000
Amber weather warning extended in eastern Scotland amid heavy rains
An amber weather warning in eastern Scotland has been extended as heavy rain drenches parts of the country, with flooding leading to school closures and disruption on roads and railways.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:44:36 +0000
Spirit of sustainability reaches new heights at Bruichladdich
From its idyllic location on Islay, Bruichladdich distillery is setting new environmental standards within the whisky industry, finds Nan Spowart

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:18:00 +0000
Scots thriller writer Paula Johnston on how she's plotting new book
SHE believes she writes better than she speaks and despite that and stage fright, psychological thriller author Paula Johnston is about to give a talk at her local library as part of Book Week Scotland.

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Glasgow: Panther M*lk founder eyes growth, after Dragons' Den
The founder of Panther M*lk – an alcoholic oat milk cocktail made in Glasgow – plans to ramp up production

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Now more than ever we must fight to keep our public libraries open
CONGRATULATIONS to The Herald and the Scottish Book Trust on your Christmas Appeal ("This appeal is to help bring joy to children and improve their wellbeing", The Herald, November 14, and Letters, November 16). Every child deserves the chance to rea...



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