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CHANTING protesters have entered a Philadelphia Starbucks coffee shop where two black men were arrested last week after employees called police to say they were trespassing.Roughly two dozen protesters moved to the front counter yesterday morning and

A SURFER mauled by a shark off south-western Australia managed to swim to shore despite serious injuries to both of his legs.Alejandro Travaglini, 37, was surfing at Gracetown yesterday when he was attacked, St John Ambulance spokesman Dennis Bertoldo

THE launch of the “People’s Vote” campaign group, calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the EU, is to be welcomed. The vote held almost two years ago was very much a vote in the dark, and no-one had any idea what

MARTIN Hannan’s report on the updated version of the Declaration of Arbroath (Yes DIY, April 14) fills me with alarm and dismay. According to the report, the revised declaration states: “...I herewith claim my sovereign right as a native of Scotland

Homeless charity Shelter Scotland is celebrating its 50th anniversary by displaying artwork from Glasgow School of Art students.The third year communication design students Claire McNally and Andrew Johnston’s design takes the shape of a noticeboard which

PORT of Cromarty Firth has welcomed its 700th rig since its first such visit more than 40 years ago.The semi-submersible West Phoenix is scheduled to be in port for two months having work done on her thrusters, before going out on contract on the UK and

DRINKS giant Diageo has announced a £150 million investment over three years to “transform” its Scotch whisky visitor experiences.The centrepiece will be a new state-of-the-art Johnnie Walker “immersive visitor experience” based in Edinburgh, bringing

UK minister Esther McVey defended the UK Government's 'rape clause' legislation as offering "double support" to women, saying it could provide an "outlet" for them. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was being questioned by the Scottish

SCOTLAND’S only silent film festival enjoyed a boost in ticket income and five complete sell-outs this year, writes Nan Spowart. Movie buffs travelled from as far away as California to attend the award-winning event in Bo’ness last month.The Hippodrome

LETTERS in Friday’s National highlight distrust in the version of events in Syria as put across by the US and its allies, including of course its “special relationship” partner, the UK. I feel the same distrust. How can the Iraq WMD lies of 15 years

DIPLOMATIC tensions between the UK and Russia deepened amid claims that Moscow was blocking investigators from reaching the site of a chemical weapons attack in Syria. The UK said it was "essential" the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical

THE streets of Barcelona were turned yellow yesterday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Catalonia's capital in solidarity with political prisoners and exiled politicians. The Space, Democracy and Coexistence demonstration was

UK immigration minister Caroline Nokes has admitted that some Windrush immigrants were deported in error. In a clip posted on Twitter by ITV journalist Paul Brand, Nokes is asked whether people have been deported as a result of not having the right

THE first polar bear to be born in the UK for 25 years is a boy, the Royal Zoological Society Scotland has said. Staff at the charity's Highland Wildlife Park discovered the four-month-old cub is male during his first routine health check this

WHISPERS pass between women, warning words like a lighthouse beam. Sometimes it’s a word in the ear. An email. Even a look. Other times, it’s an anonymous spreadsheet or a closed chat group, or a list. When women whisper, they do so out of a mutually

GLASTONBURY and T in the Park may not be on this year but other music festivals appear to be stepping up to fill in the gaps.A brand new event in Glasgow’s West End will boast names such as Nile Rodgers & Chic, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Pointer Sisters,

Give It A Year, STV, regions vary JOBS aren’t always easy to come by but spare a thought for those who start up their own businesses. Every year, 30,000 start-ups fail in the UK. Is there a trick to being one of the few success stories? Well if

What Good are the Arts? Alan Riach pursues the question with reference to the knowledge of what imagery can do, the power of evocation, the immediacy of perception and, on the other hand, what we might call ‘bad juju’ and the dangers of ignorance

TRYING to have some reasoned debate on the subject of the alleged Syrian chemical attacks seems to me akin to trying to quietly asking for calm in a room full of people shouting “fire” at the top of their voices. In the rush for the door, no-one is asking

ESTHER McVey praised the UK Government's 'rape clause' legislation as offering "double support" to women, telling a Holyrood committee it could provide "an outlet which they might possibly need". The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was

THE UK Government is set to mount a legal bid at the UK Supreme Court in the next 48 hours, in an attempt to stop alternative Brexit Bills in Scotland and Wales from becoming law. The unprecedented move, which could spark a constitutional crisis

THERESA May will face MPs over her decision to launch air strikes against Syria. The Prime Minister is expected to face anger in the Commons after launching military action without securing the support of Parliament. As well as facing MPs'

FORMER FBI Director James Comey says he thinks Donald Trump is morally unfit to be the US president. In an interview with ABC News, Comey also said he thought it was possible the Russians had compromising information on Trump, and that there was

FRESH funding has been announced for the development of new treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).The Scottish Government and the UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh will provide £400,000 for research into the condition.University

THE campaign leader for Paisley’s failed UK City of Culture bid insists the area is still undergoing a cultural transformation.Jean Cameron, who led her home patch’s bid to be the first town ever shortlisted in the competition, said that despite losing

SIX months ago today, a car bomb exploded in Malta. Inside was Daphne Caruana Galizia, a pioneering journalist focused on exposing corruption and fraud revealed by the Panama Papers. She died because people wanted her voice silenced. But her voice

SCOTLAND should be given its share of UK broadband funding, according to Rural Economy and Connectivity Secretary Fergus Ewing. Ewing has written to Matt Hancock, the UK Government’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, saying

STREETS in Barcelona were a sea of yellow yesterday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through the Catalan capital in defence of political prisoners and exiled politicians, including sacked president Carles Puigdemont and Professor Clara

ENGINEERING giant Carillion’s collapse in January has contributed to a four per cent drop in loans to the commercial property sector in the UK. The news follows recent Scottish Government figures that show construction output fell in Scotland for

FREEDOM of speech campaigners will hold a vigil outside the Scottish Parliament today in memory of a murdered Maltese journalist. Daphne Caruana Galizia died in a car bombing in October 2017. According to reports, the incident happened two

WORKERS must be involved in the introduction of automation to avoid tech being used to “abuse” staff, a unions leader claims.Grahame Smith, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), says without this, automation could become just

SCOTTISH trade unionists are challenging Westminster’s “broken political model” with a call for the wider movement to back a proportional voting system for the UK Parliament. As delegates gather in Aviemore for the Scottish TUC Congress, leading

FIRST MINISTER Nicola Sturgeon has led the congratulations to Team Scotland for winning a total of 44 medals in the country’s most successful overseas Commonwealth Games. “Massive congratulations to everyone in @Team_Scotland – thanks to all the

A CERAMIC mural celebrating Scotland’s female human rights defenders has been unveiled in Aberdeen as part of Amnesty International’s Suffragette Spirit project.The work by leading artist Carrie Reichardt, which uses classic revolutionary imagery and

THE earth moved for residents of a Scottish village – when an earthquake struck. Highland community Kinlochewe was hit by a tremor measuring 2.2 magnitude on Friday. The incident, which took place eight kilometres beneath the surface, happened

THE UK is on a path to a damaging hard Brexit because Remain voters have been left without strong representation, a new report warns.Kirsty Hughes, Scottish Centre on European Relations (SCER) director, said UK politics is failing because of the passive

X-MEN leader Professor X and Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard would have voted Remain, according to the actor who played the roles. Patrick Stewart made the claim yesterday as he criticised Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of the Brexit result and launched

THERE are renewed calls from the SNP for a parliamentary debate on Theresa May’s reasoning and strategy for joining the US and France in air strikes on Syria, as fresh questions emerge over their legal justification. The SNP pressed for parliament

IT’S fashionable to talk about there being a new Cold War between the big western powers and Russia. Certainly the weekend bombing of Syria by the US, France and Britain had more to do with sending a warning to the Kremlin than with any synthetic outrage

ONE of the things that used to drive me mad when I was an MSP was the culture that disagreement within a party is a bad thing. “Split!” is the cry when politicians dare to differ. Holyrood’s political journalist pack seemed to obsess about possible

NON-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – an accumulation of excess fat in the liver of people who drink little or no alcohol – is the third most common cause of premature death in the UK and a disease that affects a quarter of the world’s population.It

STRATIFIED medicine is not a term everyone is familiar with, but it is something that could affect us all at one time or another in our lives. Dr Diane Harbison, CEO of the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC) says it is like