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Sat, 19 Feb 2022 08:29:47 +0000
Multiple Met Office warnings follow Storm Eunice Chaos in Scotland
The Met Office have extended multiple yellow warnings until Monday as low tempratures, icy conditions, wind and heavy rain follow Storm Eunice

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:01:00 +0000
Alison Rowat's TV preview: Dunkirk: Mission Impossible; Your Garden Made Perfect; Call the Midwife
THE documentary market has become one of the toughest to break into. It is not just that there are so many around, although looking at Netflix it seems like there is one born every minute. The trouble lies in trying to find new ways to tell stories, ...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:15:00 +0000
Glasgow chess game creators: Our next move is Edinburgh and beyond
IT started out as a homage to their home city and saw some of Glasgow's most famous landmarks replicated into chess pieces.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:15:00 +0000
Architect behind Burrell Collection redesign says it has opened up the heart of the building
IT was closed for almost six years and has cost £69million to refurbish and next month the public will have their first glimpse of the recreated Burrell Collection as it welcomes a new generation to the world-renowned collection.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:10:00 +0000
Edinburgh auctioneers to lead sale of rare 18th century doll's house
It is a world in miniature which captures what the inside of an 18th century townhouse might have looked like.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Kuwaiti Menzies stake 19 per cent
JOHN Menzies Kuwaiti suitor has secured a 19 per cent stake in the Edinburgh business after buying a further 5.3 million shares.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Tories plan ‘political earthquake’ and send indy message to SNP
THE Scottish Conservatives are aiming to double their tally of councillors in Glasgow at May’s local elections – believing that harnessing the pro-Union vote will “cause a political earthquake against the SNP” and send Nicola Sturgeon a messa...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Boss Rose defends £300m bonus pool at Royal Bank owner
By Scott Wright

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Holiday flights hit: Sturgeon, Johnson 'misjudge scale'
AIRLINES, like oil and gas companies, are rightly a focus in the battle against the effects of the use of fossil fuels on our struggling climate.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Unspun: The political diary - the tooth wary
Tooth wary

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Keith Brown blames historic sex crimes for Scotland's high prison population
THE Justice Secretary Keith Brown has blamed the number of historic sex offenders in custody as one of the reasons why Scotland's prison population has not fallen 14 years after a landmark report called for the high incarceration rate to be cut.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000
Karen Dunbar on why the censors banned 'racist' Chewin’ The Fat sketch
A FAMOUS sketch from BBC Scotland cult comedy favourite Chewin' The Fat has been deleted from repeats due to a derogatory racial slur.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000
Karen Dunbar on ‘cancel’ culture and the changing rules of comedy
OVER the course of our interview, Karen Dunbar will delve into complex and far-ranging subject matter – from outdated language and offence to the thorny truth about “cancel” culture – but, for now, the Glasgow-born comedian and actor is refle...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:15:00 +0000
Scotland's Covid memorial: Messages from grieving families will be buried at peaceful site
THEY are poignant tributes to those lost during the pandemic and have been penned my grieving relatives and loved ones.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Colin McLean: How can investors tell if new firms on stock market are valued too highly?
By Colin McLean

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Training passports could help North Sea workers move jobs
CAMPAIGNERS have called on MPs to back the creation of a standardised Offshore Training Scheme amid concerns that oil and gas workers are being deterred from moving into the renewables industry by the lack of such a programme.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Perthshire caravan park will create leisure sector jobs
CARAVAN park operator Verdant Leisure has underlined the scale of investor interest in the market in Scotland by making a multi-million pound expansion move, writes Mark Williamson.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
LalalaLetMeExplain on the ick factor
VALENTINE’S Day. I’d kind of forgotten about it. Not really applicable when your Valentine isn’t alive anymore. But then it rolls around again, and the radio keeps talking about it which, frankly, is no help at all.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Dumfries pro golfer James Erskine plans to take kids from classroom to the course
WHEN you’re coaching 300 school children in the space of just two days, there’s not much time to catch your breath. “I’m just enjoying a seat,” gasped Dumfries & County head professional James Erskine.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Athlete's mentality will help Egan Bernal to return to saddle after surgery - David Smith MBE
SEEING videos of Egan Bernal sat on a recumbent bike this week brought mixed emotions for me.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Scotland debutant Kelly Clark takes positives from Pinatar Cup loss to Wales
HAVING seen their hopes of a successful Pinatar Cup defence disappear when they lost 3-1 to Wales on Wednesday, Scotland will face Slovakia in the second game of the tournament this afternoon. The Slovakians were beaten 4-0 by top seeds Belgium in th...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Fish and chip shops: Musselburgh East Coast Fish & Chips owner Carlo Crolla backs sector support campaign
By Ian McConnell

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
The truth about claims Covid jabs 'driving massive infections' among vaccinated Scots
The estimate of the population for Scotland is 8% higher if we use all people registered with a GP in Scotland compared to the official estimates for mid-2020 from the National Records for Scotland. When we undertake analyses of vaccine breakthrough ...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Letters: Yes campaign leaders must act over this toxic culture
WHEN Sarah Smith recorded the bile and hatred directed at her ("SNP MSP accused of ‘dismissive’ attitude to abuse claims by broadcaster Smith", The Herald, February 18), she was telling the truth. The reaction to that truth was more bile. Both ep...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000
Rab McNeil: Children of today – get off your phones and make pals like we did
I WILL be quite uncharacteristically candid here and confess that, if I were a teenager again, I’d be looking at my phone the whole time, to avoid social contact but to look socially busy. Peer pressure, d’you see? Later, you learn to tell your p...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000
Hugh MacDonald: Why has wearing masks become a battleground?
THERE is the feeling of being a prisoner released on licence. I peer out on to what I once called my exercise yard and know that there is a world beyond it and beyond Covid.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000
Alison Rowat's TV review: Louis Theroux's Forbidden America; Gemma Collins, Self-Harm and Me; Traces; Amazing Hotels; Starstruck
In the opening scene of Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America (BBC2, Sunday) someone was screaming in the filmmaker's face. No surprise there. Theroux generally finds a way of pressing the buttons of his interviewees to the point where they turn on him...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:10:00 +0000
Wordle 245: What is today's Wordle? February 19 hints
Hints and the answer for today's Wordle

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000
Herald View: It is time to clamp down on the abuse on all sides
IT is depressing, telling and damning that the immediate response when Sarah Smith, the BBC’s former Scotland Editor, claimed she had been subjected to “bile, hatred and misogyny” during her time in the job was a torrent of further abuse. Not m...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Celentano’s, Glasgow. Bib Gourmand restaurant review by Ron Mackenna
Celentano’s

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000
Camley's Cartoon: Standoff over Ukraine
Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on the standoff over Ukraine on February 19, 2022.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000
Issue of the day: Living in a 'Disney world' now a reality
DO you love a Disney movie so much, you would like to step into the screen and just exist in that carefree world? Well, Disney is creating its own neighbourhoods, blurring the lines between the silver screen and reality.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000
Kevin Mckenna: Don’t distort Sarah Smith’s words to suit your own political agenda
OCCASIONALLY, the real world breenges into your manicured media existence as a means of telling you to catch a grip. Not long before Covid, a local shop assistant uttered those golden words that all journalists love to hear while affecting to be horr...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000
Brian Taylor: Any chance we could shelve the endless education reforms – and get back to teaching?
IT was said of Shakespeare that he had “small Latin and less Greek”, an early example of scholarly snobbery.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000
Joanna Blythman: Children will suffer if we don't stop appeasing vegan fanatics
CAROL Adams, an obscure vegan author, was recently given a platform at an Oxford Union debate where she tried to smear anyone who eats meat, dairy, fish, or eggs.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000
David Leask: We can help Russia, Ukraine and ourselves by tackling the flood of dirty money 
THE threat was made when Vladimir Putin sent his poisoners to England. And again when he moved his tanks to the borders of Ukraine.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 09:25:00 +0000
Cheltenham Festival Free Bets Offers
The 2022 Cheltenham Festival will take place from March 15-18, 2022, and racing fans will eagerly await their return following a ban on fans in 2021. The following are the top Cheltenham betting offers available to new customers for the festival of 2...

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 05:30:00 +0000
Herald Diary: Who recalls when we used to simply call storms 'winter'?
Weather woes

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 09:34:10 +0000
Highway Code: UK drivers could face £5,000 fine for driving with dog in the car
The Highway Code contains advice and rules for people on Britain’s roads.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:01:00 +0000
See the incredible Scottish castle with private chef, yacht and DJ - how to book
You can live like royalty in this stunning Scottish castle owned by Scottish artist Stuart and Nikki McAlpine Miller. How you can book your luxury getaway.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000
Highway Code: UK drivers could face £5,000 fine for driving with dog in the car
The Highway Code contains advice and rules for people on Britain’s roads.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:30:09 +0000
Rangers' win over Borussia Dortmund the best in Scottish football modern era? Our writers have their say
Aidan Smith

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:31:17 +0000
Morton boss Dougie Imrie handed 10-game ban for betting offences as four more punished by SFA
MORTON manager Dougie Imrie has been handed a bumper 10-game ban for betting offences.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:58:06 +0000
Aberdeen's 1CSI subsea technology launch planned

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:38:56 +0000
St Johnstone vs Hearts pitch inspection confirmed after heavy snowfall in Perth
ST JOHNSTONE have confirmed that a pitch inspection will take place tomorrow ahead of their Premiership clash with Hearts.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:14:14 +0000
Workplace parking levy plans may be vetted by ministers amid business fears
SNP ministers have been urged to scrap controversial plans to charge people to pay at work after business leaders warned the proposals are “a recipe for extra cost and complexity” for firms recovering from the pandemic.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:13:32 +0000
Covid in Scotland: Over 7,000 new cases and 16 deaths overnight
The total death toll stands at 10,582, according to the Scottish Government's figures.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:00:02 +0000
Douglas Ross' shameful behaviour at Glasgow soup kitchen was stomach-churning
HOW many of us felt our stomachs do a backflip this morning as we read over breakfast about Douglas Ross and his appalling performance at a Glasgow soup kitchen?

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:41:25 +0000
Rest and be Thankful: A83 to shut after Storm Eunice passes over new landslip fears
SCOTLAND'S most notorious road is to set to enter a full week of closures prompted by new concerns about landslides as a result of heavy rain.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:19:20 +0000
Boris Johnson photoshoot saw RAF jet fly to and from Lossiemouth
Photos of Boris Johnson with two RAF aircraft made newspaper front pages on Friday after his visit to RAF Waddington



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