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Neil Lennon urged to put his faith in forgotten man Scott Bain as Celtic bid to complete 10-In-A-Row
NEIL Lennon has been urged to abandon his search for a new first choice goalkeeper and put his faith in Scott Bain as Celtic bid to become the first club ever to win 10 consecutive Scottish titles in the 2020/21 campaign. Lennon has been keen to
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Boris Johnson plans to seduce Scotland but we know he'd rather be anywhere else
THESE last few weeks have given us cause for optimism. We had seven days with no deaths from Coronavirus, new daily cases have remained reassuringly low and the pubs and hairdressers are back open for business. We perhaps shouldn’t be surprised
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Dominic Raab says UK will call out ‘reprehensible’ behaviour of Russia
THE UK will ensure the world knows the nature of the “reprehensible behaviour” that Russia is engaged in, according to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. It follows accusations that Russia’s intelligence services tried to steal details of research
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Does Robin McAlpine think the pandemic has now disappeared?
I MUST say I was not surprised to see an attack by Robin McAlpine on Nicola Sturgeon in The National of July 18 (SNP defend FM after Common Weal chief’s blast). Mr McAlpine accuses Nicola of ignoring independence and just chuntering away to keep power
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'Potentially linked cases' of coronavirus in Lanarkshire to be investigated
A POTENTIAL cluster of coronavirus infections is being investigated in Lanarkshire. Measures have been brought in by the region’s health board to try and suppress the potential outbreak. NHS Lanarkshire said it had been notified about “potentially
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Ghislaine Maxwell's disgraced father put money over morals
THAT the youngest child of disgraced newspaper publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell is presently the centre of the US sex trafficking scandal, because of her alleged role in the murky activities of the late Jeffrey Epstein, is maybe no surprise. Controversy
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WATCH: Andrew Marr suggests Scottish independence is Russian plot
IN the latest bizarre series of rumours from Unionists, Andrew Marr has suggested that Scottish independence is a Russian plot. Marr asked Russian Ambassador Andrey Vladimirovich Kelin if he is "interested in the cause of Scottish nationalism
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‘Brave’ police dog given Speaker’s chair in the House of Commons
A “BRAVE and talented” police dog was given the Speaker’s chair as she undertook detecting work at the House of Commons. Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle met Poppy the explosives detection dog, who was awarded a “canine OBE” for her work during the 2017
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What Scotland can learn from the ‘one Fiji’ approach
I REFER to the article headed “Independence – three important lessons that Scotland can learn from the decolonisation of Fiji” by Dr Elliot Bulmer (Sunday National, July 12). It’s not often that one has the opportunity to comment on an event that
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A message to the children of an independent Scotland I may not live to see
THE two folk whose comments in recent days have brought me the greatest distress are those by Michael Gove, voicing his imminent intentions regarding Brexit, and the dire warning in the words of David Pratt of a serious threat to Scotland’s independence
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Birthday wishes … and fingers crossed for a safe staycation
EASEDOWN week four. There’s a bit of a hoolie planned. Some dancing round the handbags. A few Babychams. Jackson on the decks and What’s-his-name Leonard on cloakroom duty. Kate’s in charge of the kitty, Michael’s got the taxis booked and Jeane has
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Coronavirus in Scotland: Biggest jump in new cases in a month
SCOTLAND has recorded 23 new confirmed cases of coronavirus – the highest daily increase in almost a month. The number of new cases has now risen in each of the last five days – up from three on Tuesday – although no further deaths of people with
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Boris Johnson planning Scottish tour in desperate bid to save the Union
BORIS Johnson is planning several visits to Scotland in a desperate bid to save the Union. The Prime Minister will also chair crisis talks with the Cabinet after a recent surge in support for independence put Tory ministers into “panic mode”.
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Nicola Sturgeon has the perfect response to Boris Johnson's Scottish tour
NICOLA Sturgeon had hoped to stay off Twitter on her birthday, but some things are just too hard to ignore. Take Boris Johnson’s plans to tour Scotland as part of a plan to save the Union, for instance. The Prime Minister hopes to make
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Young Adult Fiction: Mouse tales that became a treasure in so many childhoods
Geronimo Stilton #1: Lost Treasure Of The Emerald Eye By Elisabetta Dami Published by Sweet Cherry Publishing LOOKING back at the books that got me excited to read on my own when I was younger, one of the first series that comes to mind is Geronimo
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Revealed: The 'deeply unrepresentative' lobbying of Scottish ministers
MOST lobbying of Scottish ministers has been carried out by big businesses and farmers, according to an analysis of Holyrood’s lobbying register by The Ferret. Ten of the top 14 lobbyists over the last two years represented private vested
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Seven Good Ideas For Seven Days
1. Rouken Glen Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival celebrates all that’s good about Scotland’s thriving urban food and drink culture. In Glasgow’s leafy south side award-winning park some of Scotland’s best food trucks, street food operators and independent
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Stuart Cosgrove: Video journalism makes it impossible to ‘lose’ evidence
IF Black Lives Matter had a cold-case division or a team of street lawyers committed to investigating the unresolved killings of the past, then the case of 16-year-old Larry Payne from Memphis would be at the top of their pile. One impediment stands
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The UK cloaks failure with a job retention scheme in the House of Lords
LLOYD George once described the House of Lords as “a body of 500 men chosen at random from amongst the unemployed”. Now, of course, there are far more than 500 barons and baronesses, and the choice of which wobblebottom to settle on the red benches
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We need truth and honesty ... but our messy world is more than raw facts
THE year 2020 is a dumpster fire of a year, and celebrating my 30th birthday last month had a weird aftertaste. In June last year, as I was raising a glass to my last year as a 20-something, my friends and I were already talking about doing something
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Moral and ethical vacuum at the heart of UK will unavoidably hasten demise
SCHOLARS tell us that empires move through five stages: rise, growth, maturity, corruption and decline, then finally, collapse. Where is Britain on this scale? Many would say it is moving irresistibly from corruption to collapse. Regular readers
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Nicola Sturgeon 'overwhelmed' by happy birthday messages on her 50th
NICOLA Sturgeon has been "overwhelmed" by well-wishers on her 50th birthday after being inundated with cards, flowers and messages. The First Minister is celebrating turning 50 with husband and SNP chief executive Peter Murrell in Scotland, after
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Nicola Sturgeon urges SNP to unite under one banner
NICOLA Sturgeon has urged the SNP to unite under one banner as she warned “history is littered” with parties that have fallen victim to infighting. The First Minister, responding to criticism of her approach and the launch of new pro-independence
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Staycation ideas: Seven weird and wonderful AirBnBs in Scotland
SCOTLAND is slowly making its way out of lockdown. Our tourism industry officially opened its door again on Wednesday, with the First Minister encouraging people desperate for a holiday to 'explore more of Scotland' rather than taking trips abroad
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Five beautiful beaches you won't believe are in Scotland
THIS week marked the reopening of Scotland's tourism industry. After months of uncertainty during the coronavirus lockdown, our country's hotels, pubs, restaurants and other sectors reopen - with the virus suppressed to low levels acoss Scotland
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Stuart Bathgate: It's simple – win next four games and become champions
SOMETHING resembling normality will resume tomorrow for a number of Scotland’s senior professional players when they come out of furlough and start contact training again. They have not exactly been glued to their sofas since going on furlough in
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Norman Bissell: It’s time to properly protect our creatives
DID you know that most freelance writers and artists haven’t received a penny from the various support schemes over the last four months of the Covid-19 lockdown? Since they are not employees they haven’t been furloughed, and because their earnings
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The Scot who discovered coronaviruses, and those trying to fight it
SCOTLAND has long been at the cutting edge of vaccine research which has ultimately saved millions of lives around the world. Since the morning of September 28, 1928 when Alexander Fleming, the son of an Ayrshire farmer, discovered penicillin from
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Coronavirus: Hugh Pennington insists a normal Hogmanay IS possible
WE could be dancing in the streets again to see out the Old Year, mingling, listening to bands, exchanging kisses and toasting the New Year. Dr Hugh Pennington, Scotland’s leading bacteriologist, today tells the Sunday National how Scotland is winning
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Tommy Sheppard slams PM for filling ‘House of horrors’ with Brexiteers
BORIS Johnson has been accused of “the worst kind of cronyism” as he prepares to reward his Brexit-supporting friends, including Sir Ian Botham, with peerages this week. The former England cricketer and broadcaster is among a group of 30 Brexiteers
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Gerry Hassan: Are new indy parties helping or hindering?
YOU wait years for a new independence party and suddenly you can’t move for them. There is the Alliance for Indep-endence (AFI) sup-ported by former SNP MSP Dave Thompson, the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) and the fledgling Wings over Scotland-Alex
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It is a power grab: Experts views on Westminster bid to 'disable devolution'
THE UK Government could strike down laws passed by Holyrood after a Brexit “power grab”, while Scottish policies such as minimum unit pricing for alcohol may be rendered useless, experts have warned. Boris Johnson’s Government last week unveiled
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David Pratt: Shamima Begum reminds us there are threats other than Covid
THE grainy CCTV images have been shown and reproduced countless times on television and in newspapers across the world. It was over five years ago now when those pictures were captured and three east London schoolgirls, who were subsequently dubbed
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh studio up for sale ... for £14.95m
WOULD you like to own a piece of Scottish art history? This former Charles Rennie Mackintosh studio could be yours – if you have a spare £14.95 million, that is. When the Scottish architect and his wife, fellow artist and collaborator Margaret
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Read: James Hogg's masterful portrayal of a Justified Sinner
THE Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Our series of excerpts from classic Scottish novels continues with James Hogg’s portrayal of evil THE STORY SO FAR: Robert Wringhim is the son of Rabina Orde, who married the much older
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Michael Russell: Tories’ devious, deceitful trick to disable devolution
DURING the second Iraq War the only moments of humour, grim as they were, came when Saddam Hussein’s information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf gave televised briefings. These led to him being nicknamed “Comical Ali” as they were farcically distant
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Back in the Day: A product of the Union that deserves to be celebrated
ALL across Scotland there are places named after slavers and merchants who made their wealth from slavery. There are also monuments to great men who deserve them, although there will always be arguments about who exactly did what to earn a statue or
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Coronavirus: The lockdown in facts and figures
Covid in Numbers: 2491 died in Scotland; 310,644 people in Scotland have been tested; 292,260 confirmed negative; 18,384 were positive; 119 days in lockdown (as of today); 127,000 people are unemployed in Scotland; The global
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How Scots students are helping in the global fight against Covid
A SCOTTISH student-led charity campaign is spreading across the UK and beyond to support the Disaster Emergency Committee’s coronavirus appeal. It began as a regular class at Stirling university when the DEC’s Huw Owen gave a guest lecture to media
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Nicola Sturgeon turns 50: What her Mum has to say
IT is a milestone birthday for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon – but all her family is hoping for is she will get some time to relax. After the stress of leading the country through the coronavirus pandemic for the last few months, her 50th birthday
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Suzanne McLaughlin: Farewell to the Queen of the Skies
‘WELCOME to the greatest job in the world, The stratosphere and the beach await you darling”. The captain on my very first flight welcomed me to the team (we all call each other darling or dolly; no-one ever remembers anyone’s name). My uniform
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Alan Campbell: Glasgow City move allows Van Wyk chance to fulfill Euro ambition
THE impending arrival in Glasgow of South African captain Janine van Wyk continues a remarkable footballing journey. The central defender has signed not just for next month’s Champions League quarter final against Wolfsburg, but also the 2020-21 season
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The different faces of furlough: Scots' views on the scheme
THE economic crisis triggered by coronavirus has hit every part of our country. But figures published by the Office for National Statistics this week have revealed which regions have been most affected by the downturn. As many as 74% of Scots in
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Coronavirus: SNP and Scots firms unite to call for furlough extension
THE SNP has united with Scottish businesses in warning the UK Government to perform a U-turn on the rowing back of the furlough scheme or face a rash of job losses. SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford warned the Tory Government that it was making
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'It is hell': One mother's plea for family reunion before cancer kills her
HEYAM Srour has cancer. She’s been told she may have around three months left, but doctors can’t really be sure. Heyam’s Clydebank home lies under a flight path. The planes passing overhead are a reminder of the distance between her and four of
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Coronavirus: Global views on the pandemic and a campaign that can help
THERE has long been little doubt the Coronavirus pandemic is a global emergency. If there is one thing that this emergency has taught us– we are more connected than we ever imagined. From the UK, to Italy, to China, to Yemen, Covid-19 does not
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Bella Caledonia: Show of 'muscular Unionism' built on lies and fantasy
AS we come out of this phase of lockdown with a mix of cabin fever, alienation from social norms and 70s hair-dos, attention has turned to next years Holyrood elections. The combination of enforced isolation and watching the horror show of Boris
