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Magical MacIntyre claims famous victory in Genesis Scottish Open
Well, have you picked your jaw up from the floor yet? In a quite staggering finale to the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renaissance last night, Robert MacIntyre became the first Scot in 25 years to win the domestic showpiece. You can breathe out now
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Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after crash in Highlands
A MOTORCYLIST has been airlifted to hospital after a crash in the Scottish Highlands. Police were called to the scene on the A832 near Kinlochewe at around 3.15pm on Saturday. The 43-year-old was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth University
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Let’s hope the SNP get on their soapboxes before the Holyrood election
I WAS left tearing out what little hair I have left after reading Mhairi Black’s article “SNP implosion has been on the cards for years” (Jul 13). She writes: “The decline in Scotland’s public services is undeniable, but so is the fact that those services
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General Election showed us that voters are not fixed in their beliefs
PUNDITS and the less wise like myself appear to feel the need to tell the SNP to change, or we’re reminding them of the value of the beneficial changes brought in by the Scottish Government. But isn’t it a bit too late all round? Lesley Riddoch
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As long as we stay in UK, all paths lead to PFI
WE often think of the Thatcher years as the privatisation era, and indeed the Thatcher government overtly pawned the country’s equivalent of the family silver, as well as spending all the revenue from North Sea oil, to pay the costs of deindustrialisation
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Joanna Cherry will not run for Holyrood unless SNP address 'misogyny in party'
EX-SNP MP Joanna Cherry has said she will not run for the Scottish Parliament in 2026 unless the party “faces up to the problem of misogyny”. Cherry is one of the dozens of MPs the party lost in the election last week, with Labour taking her Edinburgh
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ScotRail issue travel warning for Trnsmt amid timetable cuts
PASSENGERS are being urged to plan their travel arrangements ahead of time after ScotRail announced that its services would cease running before the end of the Trnsmt music festival in Glasgow. ScotRail announced earlier this week that a temporary
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David Lammy calls for ceasefire as pressure mounts to ban arms exports to Israel
THE Foreign Secretary has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as pressure mounts on the UK Government to end arms exports to Israel. On Sunday, David Lammy is meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, president
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Police make dozens of arrests at Trnsmt festival
SOME 14 people were arrested at Trnsmt festival on Saturday for offences including sexual assault and drugs. The youngest person to be detained was 15, and the oldest was 42. Of these, 10 people were arrested inside the festival – which is
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Why is it that Muslims organising always has to be ‘dangerous’?
THOUGH Labour secured a victory in the General Election, a number of constituencies have seen a significant decline in support for the party. With some major local Labour losses and independent gains, much attention has been focused on pro-Palestine
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Reform UK set to pocket £160k from voters after fielding 'ghost' candidates
NIGEL Farage’s party are set to pocket more than £160,000 from fielding ‘ghost’ candidates in Scotland in the General Election. According to the Sunday Mail, the controversial move by Reform UK will allow them to claim “short money” from parliamentary
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Scottish politicians condemn attempted assassination of Donald Trump
POLITCIANS in Scotland have condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, with First Minister John Swinney branding the shooting “unacceptable”. Swinney spoke out after Trump said a bullet “pierced” part of his ear in the incident, which
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Scotland could have 'cheapest electricity in Europe' with reform, says energy boss
THE boss of an energy company has said Scotland could have “the cheapest electricity in Europe” if the UK Government introduces regional pricing. Speaking on the BBC’s flagship politics show Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Octopus Energy CEO Greg
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Ruth Davidson blasts 'rudderless and chaotic' Tory party
RUTH Davidson has claimed the "chopping and changing" of UK Tory leaders has made the party look "rudderless and chaotic". The former party leader said the "General Election rout" had been "years in the making" and insisted whoever replaces Rishi
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Liz Truss blames Rishi Sunak 'trashing her record' for election defeat
LIZ Truss has blamed Rishi Sunak’s trashing of her "record” for the Conservative Party’s defeat in the General Election. In an article for The Telegraph, Truss claimed that she had stayed quiet during the General Election campaign in an attempt
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'Disgraceful': BBC panned for Nigel Farage interview after Donald Trump shooting
THE BBC has been called out for “disgraceful” platforming of Nigel Farage on the Laura Kuenssberg show in the aftermath of an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The Reform UK leader was interviewed on Sunday morning after he claimed on Twitter
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Band announce 'biggest ever headline show' at Hydro following TRNSMT gig
THE Snuts have announced their "biggest ever headline show" on the back of their main stage performance at TRNSMT on Friday. Calling it a "monumental moment" in their careers, the band will perform at the Hydro on Friday, December 6. The
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'Landmark moment': Scotland to incorporate UN children’s rights charter into law
SCOTLAND will become the first country in the UK to incorporate a UN charter on children’s rights into law in what has been hailed as a “landmark moment”. Legislation passed by Holyrood to incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights
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Keir Starmer condemns 'appalling' shooting at Donald Trump rally
KEIR Starmer said he was “appalled” at the shooting at a campaign rally for former US president Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Trump, who was “safe” according to a spokesman, said on his Truth Social media platform that a bullet had “pierced” his
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Horrifying comedy show based on food banks set for international arts festival
WITH millions of people in the UK in desperate need of emergency food parcels, the need for food banks tripling in the last few years, and this demand outpacing the supply, one play explores this crisis in its own harrowing and comedic way. Despite
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Ministers bow to salmon industry pressure on toxic pesticide
A NEW safety limit on a pesticide that kills marine wildlife has been delayed by four years following pressure from the salmon farming industry. The Scottish Government has said it will not introduce restrictions on the toxic chemical emamectin
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Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting, Labour and arguing on Twitter
‘I THINK we’re all vengeful,” says Irvine Welsh as we meet in a café in Edinburgh’s Canongate. Fuelled up on caffeine, he is ready to embark on the book tour of the final instalment in the Crime trilogy. In Resolution, former DI Ray Lennox is
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Robin McKelvie: The diverse Scandinavian joys of Stockholm
SCANDINAVIA overflows with great cities, but if I’m forced to choose one it’s always Stockholm. I’ve just been back for the fifth time and found it more thrilling than ever, with an upcoming district really making the grade and a burgeoning and diverse
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Tree planting project aims to improve biodiversity in Scottish city
PEOPLE living in Raploch and Bannockburn are being offered free fruit and nut trees to plant in their gardens as part of TreeLink Stirling’s Crown Of Trees project, which aims to connect pockets of trees in and around the city, creating a 36-kilometre
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If branch offices split, Scots will never have a voice in Westminster
I AM a supporter of Scotland remaining within the United Kingdom, until the day we vote for independence. But I write to implore the Scottish Conservatives to resist any temptation to sever ties with the UK Conservative Party. Our nation’s representation
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Rhoda Meek: Time to close social media and come together for future generations
IT is almost impossible to raise a topic like tourism, climate or housing without opinions dividing like Moses and the Red Sea. For those of us who are daft enough to persist in raising difficult topics, walking the line is like juggling chainsaws.
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A cure for the NHS? Artificial intelligence and healthcare in Scotland
‘IT’S like Rolls-Royce building a full simulation of an engine, with millions of parts. They build a model and can simulate all kinds of failure and tolerance rates,” says Professor Ian Simpson. The Edinburgh University academic is providing
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Explained: Artificial Intelligence and healthcare in Scotland's NHS
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is a term that has catapulted into the public’s consciousness in recent years, as the technology has become easily accessible for the first time. Media coverage has focused on the negative impacts AI can have on political
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Has this election made young people disillusioned or hopeful about politics?
IT’S been a strange campaign and election, to say the least. But the dust has now settled and maybe there’s a bit more optimism lingering in the air. For how long that will last, only time will tell. Yet, for young people, it may be one of the
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Jeremy Corbyn 'in talks' with SNP over Westminster 'progressive alliance'
IT was described by many as the “fight of his political life” but Jeremy Corbyn came out of this General Election rather unscathed. The former Labour leader was comfortably re-elected as an Independent MP in Islington North on July 4, beating his
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SNP's newest MPs weigh on party's future and next election hopes
A FEW new faces joined the SNP ranks in Parliament last week. There are few SNP faces on the green benches of the Commons full stop. But in some bittersweet victories for the party, they welcomed Graham Leadbitter, Seamus Logan and Stephen Gethins
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I'm an England fan in Scotland – I understand frustration with media's Euros coverage
WHEN Scotland were painfully knocked out of the Euros against Hungary, I was watching on a big screen in a Glasgow bar with Scottish friends and family standing behind me. When that goal from Kevin Csoboth went in, I couldn’t face turning to look
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Should Keir Starmer worry about impact of new pro-Palestine MPs challenge to Labour?
A RAFT of new MPs have arrived in Parliament under a loose banner which threatens the Labour Party in their heartlands. A small group of four pro-Palestine Independents have rocked up in Westminster. They are all new faces and all took their seats
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'Andrew Tate made me want to show young men there are better ways of being'
THE rise of “toxic” hyper-macho influencers like Andrew Tate has “compelled” the director of a new Fringe show to challenge ideas of what men should be. Eoin McKenzie’s The Show For Young Men is a dance piece between 10-year-old Alfie and Robbie
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Scottish filmmaker combines natural world and virtual reality to help conservation
A SCOTTISH filmmaker is pioneering the way in which we understand wildlife conservation and how animals live in their habitats through a unique 360-degree virtual reality experience. The Edinburgh-based filmmaker, Elaine Ford who owns the immersive
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Celebrate this defeat of the French fascists, but the fight must continue
ACROSS France (and far beyond) there has been a wave of relief, and no little jubilation, over the defeat of the fascist National Rally (RN) in last Sunday’s second round of voting in the French general election. The result – where the broad left
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Mark Brown: Pop goes Jane Austen with Coldplay-laced adaptation
OUR culture seems to have an endless fascination with the 19th-century novel, not least the work of such great, English women writers as the Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne), Jane Austen and George Eliot. Besides the many big screen costume
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Anne McLaughlin: Those attacking Nicola Sturgeon should reflect on her victories
I’M not planning to write a book but now that I’m on the other side, I feel I have one within me. So much so that I have started writing this without having made up my mind what I want to focus on. There is the campaign we just lost, what Labour
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The failure that led to the most chastening treaty in Scottish history
IT was on this week 850 years ago that one of Scotland’s greatest kings suffered gross public humiliation at the hands of the English – a setback that would lead directly to the most controversial and chastening treaty in Scottish history; one that
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David Pratt: These are precarious times for Joe Biden and Nato
YOU couldn’t help but notice a prevailing sense of foreboding at last week’s Nato summit. At times, the unease in Washington was near palpable and a consequence of two things. The first was the uncertainty hanging over US President Joe Biden’s fitness
