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Christopher Jullien hopes Kristoffer Ajer stays at Celtic for 10-in-a-row amid AC Milan interest
KRISTOFFER AJER has the all-round ability to reach the highest level of football according to teammate Christopher Jullien, but the defender hopes they can maintain their partnership at the heart of the Celtic defence for 10-in-a-row at least. Ajer
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Christopher Jullien determined to improve as he heads into difficult second season at Celtic
IT is football’s equivalent to the difficult second album. A previously unknown quantity arrives from foreign shores, makes a big impression on Scottish football, but now has to follow it up. Christopher Jullien knows that his impressive form for
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It is galling to see an SNP MP suggest voting for a rival party
I NOTE with some dismay the article in The Scotsman by Kenny MacAskill (July 9) on the subject of a list-only pro-independence party. While he perhaps (if we’re being generous) stops short of directly endorsing a different party, it is galling to see
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Indy supporters who are not nationalists should back SSP instead of Labour
GERRY Hassan's argument [The National ‘Extra’ 6/7/2020] that Scottish Labour is finished unless they support Independence might as well urge the birds to be bees for Sir Keir Starmer has made it abundantly clear he intends to move his party in
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Scotland's grassroots music venues get £2.2m lifeline
SCOTLAND’S under threat grassroots music venues will soon be able to bid for a slice of a £2.2m lifeline fund. Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop revealed details of the rescue package yesterday, saying it was only the start of the government’s help
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Boris Johnson could follow Scotland's lead in making face masks mandatory
BORIS Johnson has said the Government is looking at introducing stricter rules on wearing face coverings. He said he plans to be "stricter in insisting people wear face coverings in confined spaces" in an online question and answer session with
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WATCH: Al Jazeera puts spotlight on growing calls for Scottish independence
WHILE the UK media often turns a blind eye to the independence movement, it seems international news organisations are aware of the growing appetite for self-determination. Following two polls putting Yes support on 54% - and a succession
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Scottish-based barber backs mental health campaign ahead of re-opening
A GLASGOW barber has backed a campaign designed to help people look after their mental health as he prepares to welcome back clients from next week. Alexander Mills, owner of Handsome Jack’s, acknowledged many will feel anxious about returning
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Police seize paint guns after officers respond to shooting report
POLICE have seized paintball guns after firearms officers responded to a report of men shooting a gun on a balcony. The specialist unit attended Harbour Terraces in Glasgow after being alerted at about 8pm last night. Three men were spoken
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Scientist says Scotland's approach to ending lockdown better than Westminster's
THE Scottish Government has a much clearer strategy for coming out of lockdown than Westminster, according to a scientist. Professor Stephen Reicher criticised Boris Johnson’s Government over its approach to easing restrictions, claiming the “drift
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Covid-19: Pressure on Tory ministers to wear face coverings in public
DOWNING Street has faced questions about why more Cabinet ministers are not wearing face coverings after new figures suggested the majority of Britons are covering up while in public. Fresh data from the Office for National Statistics shows 52%
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Covid-19: Irish prime minister concerned about visitors from the UK
TAOISEACH Micheal Martin has said he has concerns about travellers from the UK entering Ireland after the Government relaxed its overseas travel rules today. People coming into Northern Ireland, Wales and England from more than 50 countries no
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Scots even more pro-EU than at 2016 Brexit referendum, poll finds
SOME 63% of Scots want to rejoin the European Union, according to a new opinion poll. The survey by Panelbase published today found that 52% of voters in England still backed leaving the EU - a finding which underlines a cross border gulf in public
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PM to spend up to £25m on border checks he said would never happen
BORIS Johnson is to spend up to £25 million to help companies deal with new post-Brexit customs arrangements between Britain and Northern Ireland despite repeatedly insisting there would not be "a border in the Irish Sea". He told the DUP conference
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Scotland sees highest daily Covid-19 case increase in weeks, but no new deaths
THERE have been no new coronavirus deaths recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Speaking during the Scottish Government’s daily briefing Nicola Sturgeon announced there had been 18 new Covid-19 cases confirmed in
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Welsh first minister: Boris Johnson hasn't spoken to me since May
THE first minister of Wales has said the Prime Minister hasn’t spoken directly with him about Covid-19 since May 28. According to Mark Drakeford, Boris Johnson last gave him an update on the pandemic two and a half months ago. Since then the Tory
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We cannot proceed without a pro-indy majority next year
THE louder, the more visible, the continued increase in support for independence, the more agitated Westminster and the Tories have become. We were reminded of this in Monday’s edition of The National, with more than one reference to the blatant attempts
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Two Glasgow councillors quit SNP with blast at 'dictatorship' party chiefs
TWO SNP councillors in Glasgow quit the party yesterday, with one accusing the leadership of acting like a “dictatorship”. Elspeth Kerr, who represents Drumchapel and Anniesland in the city, announced her resignation last night on Twitter, saying
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PM accused of 'parachuting' in Chris Grayling to head Intelligence Committee
FORMER minister Chris Grayling looks likely to become the next chair of the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) after the Prime Minister included his name on the list of nominees for the position. The ISC has not met for seven months
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Nicola Sturgeon hopeful Scots will follow new rules on face coverings
NICOLA Sturgeon said she is hopeful people will comply with new rules making face coverings compulsory in shops. The mandatory wearing of masks or other coverings in all retail stores adds a "layer of protection", she said, and they should be regarded
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Loch Ness: Police divers join rescue operation after man falls overboard
POLICE divers have joined the search for a man who fell overboard from a boat in Loch Ness. A rescue operation was launched at around 6.50pm last night after reports that two men had fallen from a vessel near Dores Bay. One man was rescued
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John Swinney rejects tactical Yes vote suggestions ahead of Holyrood elections
THE deputy first minister has rejected SNP MP Kenny MacAskill’s call for people not to give their regional list section vote to the party at next year’s Holyrood election. Speaking to the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme today, John Swinney
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DWP: 80 per cent of poorest Universal Credit claimants see first payment docked
UNIVERSAL Credit claimants’ debt can be “exacerbated” by the five-week waiting period for their first payment, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has found. The NAO warns that despite advances being available, they found claimants had experienced
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UK opts out of EU Covid-19 vaccine programme, sources say
THE UK will not be participating in the European Union’s Covid-19 vaccine scheme due to concerns over “costly delays”, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The UK Government had been given the opportunity to join the programme, which will see the
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Alex Salmond inquiry seeking detailed evidence from Nicola Sturgeon
A HOLYROOD inquiry into the Scottish Government’s handling of complaints against Alex Salmond has issued letters to Nicola Sturgeon, her husband and several other key figures requesting answers to a string of questions. The First Minister has been
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Graeme McGarry: Kieran Tierney has shown that Celtic and Rangers should hold firm on valuations of Odsonne Edouard and Alfredo Morelos
EVERYONE loves a bargain, eh? It may seem perverse to view a ‘commodity’ that cost the guts of £25m in such terms, but as Arsenal and their supporters start to see the best of Kieran Tierney, they are realising that in the relative terms of the English
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Michael Gove and Rishi Sunak just proved need for a big pro-indy vote
THE UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered a statement on Wednesday that was big on rhetoric but fell far short of what is needed to tackle the fall-out from the coronavirus crisis. He claimed he wouldn’t accept unemployment and would do all he
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'Ministers will hold indyref2 by May 2022 if SNP get landslide win'
AN independence referendum will take place within a year of the SNP winning a majority of seats at next year’s Holyrood elections, according to a former Scottish Government minister. Alex Neil, who served in both Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond
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Kate Forbes gives home-buyers a boost as LBTT raised to £250k
KATE Forbes slashed taxes for home-buyers yesterday, as she set out the Scottish Government’s response to Rishi Sunak’s summer statement. The Scottish Finance Secretary’s decision to raise the threshold for Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT
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BBC sets date to axe TV licences for over-75s after virus delay
THE BBC will end free TV licence fees for most over-75s from August 1, it has been confirmed. The broadcaster previously postponed the axing of the universal entitlement for pensioners because of the coronavirus pandemic. Means-testing was
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Coronavirus claims 7500 jobs in oil and gas sector
MORE than 7500 jobs have been lost in the UK oil and gas industry since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, MPs have been told. Deirdre Michie, chief executive of Oil and Gas UK, told the Scottish Affairs Committee about the impact the crisis
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Scottish artist's masterpiece estimated to fetch up to £500,000 in auction
LONG revered as a masterpiece of Scottish art but unseen in public for almost 50 years, Samuel John Peploe’s Still Life with Tulips and Fan is to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s auction house in London later this month. Sotheby’s have estimated
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Tories need to keep calm and make up some catchier slogans
IT’S called managing expectations. When a child asks for a pony for her birthday, you gently suggest a toy one would be more practical. If the local paper runs a story headlined “Parents consider pony gift”, you’re in trouble. If all you can muster
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Questions over Rishi Sunak’s ‘on the hoof’ job retention scheme
CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak admitted yesterday that his £9 billion job retention bonus risks wasting taxpayer money. There were questions over the value of the scheme after it emerged that the top civil servant in HMRC said it is “highly uncertain”
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Amnesty back probe into girl’s shooting during the Troubles
AMNESTY International has called for a full independent investigation into the fatal shooting by a soldier of a young girl in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Majella O’Hare was 12 when she was shot in the back by a member of the Army using
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This kind of internal squabbling in the Yes movement borders on idiotic
THE polls may be encouraging, but I have an uneasy feeling about Scotland’s independence hopes right now. It’s a feeling that’s been growing for some time and is born out of experience over many decades as a foreign correspondent watching the fortunes
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Hundreds line streets for funeral of Scottish three-year-old boy
HUNDREDS of mourners yesterday placed roses on a hearse carrying the body a three-year-old boy who was killed in a car crash. Residents and business owners lined the street to pay their respects as the funeral procession drove by. Xander Irvine
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Experts call for wildlife monitoring to cut future coronavirus risk
GLOBAL wildlife monitoring needs to be stepped up to reduce the risk of future pandemics, experts have warned. Scientists from the Wildlife Disease Surveillance Focus Group want improvements in the testing and tracking of organisms that cause disease
