Jim Craig: This Celtic team has been disappointing in Europe - the new manager has to change that
Craig demands return to European success
Craig demands return to European success
STEVE Clarke’s extraordinary accomplishments with Kilmarnock since arriving at Rugby Park have been the talk of Scottish football for the best part of two seasons now. Exactly how Clarke, who was yesterday confirmed as the new Scotland head coach
BILLY Thomson last night described Stevie Clarke as the best manager he has ever worked with in the game - and expressed confidence he can resurrect Scotland in exactly the same way he has turned around Kilmarnock. Thomson celebrated with Clarke
‘THERE are worse things than losing an argument: There is winning an argument through over-simplification of the issues or dishonest mobilisation of bad arguments or non-facts” – Professor Raymond Tallis, philosopher and Debating Matters judge. That
DUNDEE has been getting a lot of attention recently, with its V&A design museum opening to much fanfare last September. But head on an express train out of Dundee and one of the first stops up the coast will take you to the town of Arbroath. It
THE Ecuadorian government has confirmed officials are searching through Julian Assange's belongings left at its embassy in London following a request from the United States. Protesters gathered outside the embassy in Knightsbridge on Monday morning
From early May in Scotland, elderflower starts to bloom. The jewel in the forager’s crown, it’s a key moment in the culinary and horticultural calendar which signals that summer is here and the great outdoors has well and truly burst back into life
GORDON Brown’s pop up on the EU election in Scotland is a mixter-maxter of utter incoherence. After his post-Vow humiliation and belittlement in 2014, where he was used by David Cameron and then “dumped” unceremoniously, he squeaks again. But squeak
EMPLOYERS must stop “ignoring” menopause and support women workers, the head of the Scottish Women’s Convention (SWC) has told The National. Agnes Tolmie spoke out on the eve of a Scottish Parliament debate on the stigma surrounding menopause on
SIX airports will close for one day this week as a result of a strike by air traffic controllers involved in a pay dispute. Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) said it expects the airports at Inverness, Dundee, Benbecula and Stornoway
THE Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors after a person has tried to scale it. The Paris monument's media office said the unidentified individual tried to climb up the tourist attraction on Monday afternoon. It appears that the trespasser
THE SNP are now pushing for a "far more extreme version of independence than we have ever seen", according to Gordon Brown. Speaking at a European election campaign rally in Glasgow on Monday, the former prime minister accused the party of moving
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has warned Iran not to threaten America again, or it will face its “official end”. Trump’s tweet came after a rocket – which was claimed by no particular group – landed less than a mile from the US embassy in Baghdad.
STEVE Clarke has been appointed as the Scottish men’s national football team manager on a three-year deal. The 55-year-old joins after leading Kilmarnock to European qualification for the first time since 2001, recording their highest league finish
When author Lorna Gibb found herself childless because of infertility, she began to seek out other people's stories. What she discovered was that nowhere in the world makes it easy for those without children THE journey towards Lorna Gibb’s realisation
Hatton Garden, STV, 9pm IN April 2015, a gang of ageing criminals pulled off an audacious burglary in the heart of London’s diamond district, getting away with jewellery and cash. The crime captured the public’s imagination – it ahas inspired at
THE nice lady on the end of the phone wanted to know if I was still available to be an audience member for Sunday’s recording of BBC Scotland’s Debate Night. I was surprised, particularly as I had been completely open on my online application as
THE man who soaked Nigel Farage with a milkshake during a campaign walkabout tweeted a picture of his missile moments before he struck. The Brexit Party leader was targeted while campaigning in Newcastle ahead of Thursday’s European Parliament
AN emu that escaped from its enclosure at a Scottish care home has been found safe. The 4ft tall bird, which can reach speeds of up to 30mph, went on the run after escaping through a hole in the fence at Burnfoot care home in Ecclefechan, Dumfries
GORDON Brown has called for an investigation to be carried out into the finances of Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party. Brown, speaking in Glasgow on Monday, said that democracy would continue to be undermined if payments to the party were not declared
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of common assault after Nigel Farage was doused in a milkshake while on a campaign walkabout in Newcastle. The Brexit Party leader became the latest victim of a protest which has seen other European
NICOLA Sturgeon has called on voters to use Thursday's European election to show Scotland is "open for business" as she warned of the "catastrophic" impact leaving the single market could have on the economy. During a visit to the north east, the
LLOYDS Banking Group is to create 500 jobs at a new tech hub in Edinburgh. The bank said the hub would help transform the "digital experience" for Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Scottish Widows customers. It is creating 500 new
SCOTLAND is facing 50 years of constitutional conflict unless it can break free from the "Punch and Judy Show" between the SNP and Conservatives, Gordon Brown will warn. In a campaign rally in Glasgow ahead of the European elections, the former
A BRAVEHEART sequel depicting Robert the Bruce’s “rise from the ashes” will top the billing at next month’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Scots actor Angus MacFayden will reprise his role as Bruce from Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning film nearly
KIRSTY MacKenzie set up iMultiply in 2012 to change the way recruitment companies are run and perceived. Seven years later the company now has 20 employees across its offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast. Name: Kirsty MacKenzie Age: 35
THIS week is Good Death Week, an opportunity to encourage people to plan and prepare for their death and funeral – and remove the stigma that so often surrounds these things. There is no doubt that the death of a loved one is one of the most tragic
PRETTY much on a daily basis I find myself in awe of the improbity of those who represent the Conservative and Unionist Party. This party has a scheme to dismantle, sell off and privatise the NHS. They will, of course, robustly deny they are doing
ON a clear night at a remote spot in Glenshee, the heavens are lit by millions of stars and the silence is broken only by the sound of a llama humming. Yes, there are llamas in the glen and one of them, called Bradley, likes to hum. He is joined
SCOTTISH Athletics is running away with the top prize for ensuring diversity and inclusiont. They recently issued equality guidance to all their member clubs and made it easily available to everyone through their website and social media platforms.
IN her novels, Janet Paisley (1948-2018) presents Scotland at two different crucial moments in history. First, White Rose Rebel (2007), set during the Jacobite rising of 1745, takes a perspective that immediately stretches our understanding not only
Pride Glasgow has announced its new venue for its 2019 festival after facing criticism last year when hundreds of people who had bought tickets were denied entry. Scotland's largest Pride event will now take place at the Riverside Museum between
NICOLA Sturgeon has suggested she would push for a second independence referendum even if the UK remained in the European Union. The First Minister, who has used Brexit to justify plans for a referendum by May 2021, indicated that she still wanted
JUST one in five voters in Scotland have said they will back Labour or the Tories in next week’s European elections as the parties languished in joint fourth place in a new opinion poll. The SNP leads the YouGov survey with 38% of the forecast
SENIOR Scottish Tories previously hostile to a Boris Johnson premiership are reportedly softening their position. Last year Scottish members of the party were at the heart of a campaign, nicknamed “Operation Arse”, to prevent the former foreign
CAN democracy survive? A poll in the UK by the respected Hansard Society last month found that 54% of voters would prefer a single, strong, “rule-breaking” leader in place of the present Westminster lot. While there’s room for ambiguity in what
A WIDELY publicised survey by the Edinburgh Dungeon last week revealed that our nation has a pretty fuzzy sense of its own history. The poll of 1000 people was a skilful piece of PR by the underground tourist attraction but it did reveal some serious
MARKS & Spencer is set to reveal a decline in full-year profits, as it was held back by falling food sales in the latest quarter. M&S pre-tax profits for the year are predicted to fall by 11% year-on-year to £519 million, according to analyst
THERESA May has said she is preparing to make a “bold offer” to MPs in a final attempt to get her beleaguered Brexit deal through Parliament and onto the statue book before she leaves office. The Prime Minister will begin discussions today on a
EGGS and bricks have been thrown during a Tommy Robinson election campaign event in Merseyside, as protestors and counter-demonstrators clashed. A van, part of Robinson’s European election campaign team, was pelted with eggs as it arrived on Douglas
PEOPLE living with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of liver disease, research has found. Many patients with potentially deadly liver cirrhosis and liver cancer are being diagnosed at late, advanced, stages of the disease, according to a study led
A SPORTS charity has introduced free rugby sessions in Scotland for primary school pupils with autism in a bid to help them and their parents. The Strathmore Rugby Club Community Trust, in Forfar, is holding the weekly sessions for Angus Primary
A CHILDREN’S rights expert has slammed the “inhumane” treatment of two asylum seeker brothers described as a “credit” to Scotland. Tracy Kirk said the UK Government was “actively breaching” the UN Convention of the Rights on the Child with regard
THE EU will not renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal deal regardless of who the UK’s next Prime Minister is, Ireland’s Foreign Minister has warned. Simon Coveney described political events at Westminster as “extraordinary”, as he questioned the logic
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to fight for better support for the visual arts in Scotland. Art in Action is aimed at championing the “valuable role visual art plays within communities” and is calling for stronger recognition of this value when it
MSP Mike Russell entered the spirit of a new campaign to promote Campbeltown as the “whiskiest place in the world” when he was presented with a unique bottling. The Argyll and Bute MSP visited Glen Scotia Distillery ahead of the annual Campbeltown
IRELAND and the US are not arguing over where President Donald Trump might meet the Taoiseach if he visits, the country’s deputy premier has insisted. Simon Coveney, who is also Ireland’s foreign minister, said reports of a stand-off over locations
FIVE of Catalonia’s political prisoners who won parliamentary seats in last month’s election, will today travel to Spain’s equivalent of Westminster – the Cortes – a day ahead of them being sworn in. Oriol Junqueras, Raul Romeva, Jordi Sanchez,
MANY species of bees are on the brink of extinction in parts of the UK with some types lost entirely, a report has found. Climate change, habitat loss, pollution and disease are revealed to be threatening the pollinators following research at centres
THURSDAY’S EU elections are a chance to protect the NHS, according to Scotland’s Health Secretary. Jeane Freeman has warned that Brexit poses a major risk to medicine supplies and is already making it harder to attract vital medical staff.
A BOOST of £2 million is ready to be shared among people with plans for sustainable travel. The cash is the second round of funding from the Scottish Government’s £80m active travel budget for 2019/20 and is aimed at encouraging more people to
THEY are the band who are on course to inherit Runrig’s contemporary Celtic music crown and now Skipinnish have revealed their unlikely inspiration for one of the tracks on their new album – Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell. Angus
WHEN campaigners talk about the rainforest, people think of trees in the tropics. It is often not realised that Scotland has its own rainforest which is just as important but even more rare – so rare that it is in danger of being lost forever. That
SATURDAY saw cup shinty come to the fore in the southern area, with match of the day at Oban’s Mossfield Park. There, present holders Oban Camanachd had a surprisingly comfortable 5-0 win over fellow Premiership side Inveraray in the semi-final of
A NEW charter is being launched aimed at maximising the amount of UK-produced steel in construction and other projects. Trade body UK Steel said there was “significant” potential for increased use of steel products built in this country, given
Brooks Koepka survived an unexpectedly nerve-racking final round to defend his US PGA Championship title and claim a remarkable fourth major victory in his last eight starts. Koepka had followed a course record of 63 on Thursday with a second round