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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:59:44 +0100
John Swinney: SNP winning majority of seats in general election would be mandate for independence
Scottish ministers would have a mandate to begin independence negotiations with the UK Government if the SNP win a majority of seats in Scotland at the next General Election, John Swinney has said.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
SNP told it needs to work with Westminster and get 'stronger grip' on financing net zero
THE SCOTTISH Government's independent climate advisers has warned that plans to meet legal targets will be missed without more co-operation with Westminster by SNP ministers.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Edinburgh Cytomos hails Archangels £1.6m backing
A SCOTTISH company has raised £1.6 million to help push forward a product that could boost the manufacture of new therapies.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Glasgow's Newton Property Management reveals acquisition plans and top-level change
By Scott Wright

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
UK corporation tax: Ian McConnell: Tories must not wriggle out of planned rise
The rumour mill has been grinding out a line that the Tories might abandon or kick into the long grass plans to

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Poll: Blow to Boris Johnson and DUP as NI voters back protocol
A MAJORITY of Northern Irish voters support the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit deal signed between the UK and the EU with backing growing for the measure, according to a new poll.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:15:00 +0100
Glasgow looted artefacts: Talks held to repatriate items
IT will be the largest-ever repatriation of objects from a single collection in Scotland, but now talks are underway to repatriate looted items to the descendants of their rightful owners.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:08:00 +0100
Inward investment FDI: Scotland outpaces UK on growth in projects won, Department for International Trade data show
By Ian McConnell

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:05:00 +0100
Islay whisky distillery to welcome visitors back after expansion
THE owners of an Islay distillery have been granted permission to extend its off sales area and make changes to its layout ahead of its public reopening.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
CASE STUDY: Glasgow grandfather survives 'nightmare' stroke
IT was June 2015 and John Whiteford had just switched on the shower when he had what he describes as a "wee wobble".

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Iain Macwhirter: See you in court, but we know where it will end
IT’S been a long and winding road, as Macca would put it, since the glory days of 2014 and the first Scottish independence referendum. The “Festival of Democracy” we called it. Even many unionist commentators were captivated by the campaign, wh...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Brexit and Covid fuel skills shortages, weighing on Scottish workers
By Ian McConnell

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
STUC care report finds private companies failing on care and pay
Privately run care homes fare worse on value for money, treatment of staff and quality of care compared to the non-profit sector, according to a new report scrutinising the sector in Scotland.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Covid Scotland: Pandemic blamed for key stroke care fails
STAFF absences and bed shortages due to Covid have been blamed for a worsening performance against key stroke targets in Scotland.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Balquidder house carers reunited with former teacher
Her 'no nonsence' approach commanded respect from even the most unruly pupils, while one of her former charges said it was down to her efforts that she passed her English higher exam.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: Forget the haters and grab this golden opportunity
SO the First Minister has made a significant, measured announcement which chimes with the majority view of the citizens of our nation and indeed reflects the mandate upon which she and her Government were re-elected (again). It would be disingenuous ...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 375 June 29: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Quordle answer June 29: Quordle words hints and today's answer
Wordle's tougher and more challenging cousin, Quordle is a daily headscratcher. Here are some tips to help you crack the puzzle and the answer when you give up!

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Heardle answer June 29: Heardle song hints and today's answer
Move over Wordle, you can now shake things up with its music spin-off Heardle.

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:03:00 +0100
Rosemary Goring: Are second homes so wrong? Or are we just jealous?
THE coastal village of Elie is a seaside idyll: pretty cottages looking out to the Firth of Forth, and elegant back streets, washed by the salty air. One of a chain of picturesque harbours that make up the East Neuk of Fife – Anstruther, Pittenweem...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:04:00 +0100
Adam Tomkins: Learning from America – Westminster is right to repeal Blair’s Human Rights Act
WHAT did the suffragettes teach us, which links Dominic Raab’s proposed new Bill of Rights, the US Supreme Court overruling Roe v Wade, and America’s indefensible gun laws?

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Indyref2
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Indyref2 June 29 2022

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100
Issue of the Day: Is JK Rowling being erased from Harry Potter?
HARRY Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is celebrating its 25th anniversary, but there is one key figure noticeably absent. After its release in 1997, it became the third best-selling novel of all time, and established JK Rowling as one of the world...

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Herald Diary: The statue of no limitations
Going, going… cone

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:43:07 +0100
Indyref2: BBC reporter says UK Government Ministers decline interview requests
Good Morning Scotland presenter Gary Robertson said that numerous attempts had been made to arrange an interview

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:41:02 +0100
Deborah James: Boris Johnson praises campaigner as ‘inspiration to so many’
The podcaster and mother-of-two died on Tuesday from bowel cancer

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:05:50 +0100
Indyref2: 'desperate last throw of the dice' says Conservative MP
Andrew Bowie MP said “now is not the time” for a second referendum on Scottish Independence on BBC’s The Nine

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:22:00 +0100
Framed answer June 29: Framed movies hints and today's answer
What is today's Framed? Some hints to help you guess the movie. Plus the answer for when you've given up!

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Scottish Bar & Pub Awards nominations are about to close- How to cast your vote
FINAL COUNTDOWN! This is your last chance to nominate your favourite spot in the Scottish Bar & Pub Awards.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:43:47 +0100
SNP ministers accused of 'shameless powergrab' as emergency powers approved
SNP ministers have been accused of a “shameless powergrab” after MSPs approved proposals allowing some emergency Covid powers to become permanent.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:58:05 +0100
UK Supreme Court to proceed with Nicola Sturgeon's Indyref2 case
THE UK Supreme Court is to proceed with the Scottish Government’s request for a ruling on the legality of Holyrood staging its own independence referendum.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:12:00 +0100
MSPs to receive CMO advice after John Mason's 'conveyor belt' abortion services 'disinformation'
MSPs are set to be handed advice from Scotland’s top medic after an SNP politician was accused of launching a “dangerous disinformation campaign” over abortion services.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:43:06 +0100
EasyJet Glasgow Airport flights to Greece, Croatia
New easyJet flights to Croatia and Greece from Scotland have been launched.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:12:56 +0100
SNP's Shona Robison rejects gender reforms delay appeal and calls out 'misunderstanding'
THE SNP’s Social Justice Secretary has rejected a call to further delay modernising the gender recognition process as she refuted “misunderstanding” over the plans.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:18:38 +0100
Holyrood protester ejected for Nicola Sturgeon 'destroyer of women's rights' t-shirt
A PROTESTER has been ejected from a Holyrood committee meeting examining plans to update gender recognition processes after revealing a t-shirt accusing Nicola Sturgeon of eroding women’s rights.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:05:00 +0100
Discretion, Faïza Guene, Saqi. Book review
Discretion

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:04:57 +0100
Glasgow Cranside Kitchen summer beer garden opens
Cranside, claimed to be “Glasgow's ultimate outdoor drinking, dining, and entertainment destination”, has opened for the season.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:48:37 +0100
What Greta Thunberg-trolling and Attenborough-love tell us
They were bound to have a field day, weren’t they... the trolls and haters who see anything Greta Thunberg says as a cue for a pile-on?

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Thinktank says Scotland's tax system 'not fit' for looming challenges
SCOTLAND’S tax system is “not fit for the future” and needs a radical overhaul to cope with the costs of an ageing population and climate change, a thinktank has warned.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:20:00 +0100
Nicola Sturgeon reveals new independence plan and says 'the people's will must prevail'
NICOLA Sturgeon will today insist “the people’s will must prevail” as she sets out her long-awaited route map to independence.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Running club has changed my attitude to health
LADIES might glow but let me tell you, I clearly ain't no lady. I am sweaty. Soaked, sodden, saturated. What a feeling.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Loch Lomond hails ‘outstanding’ results during a challenging year
By Scott Wright

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Pipeline Technique Stanley Black & Decker deal
SCOTTISH energy infrastructure company Pipeline Technique (PTL) is to acquire the oil and gas division of Stanley Black & Decker, the US-listed international services, tool and equipment company.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:24:21 +0100
Railway Tavern in Motherwell: Star Pubs & Bars award for Pat Ross and family after 40 years at helm
By Ian McConnell

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:07:23 +0100
Meet the couple who built their own home on the island of Lismore
GAZING out to sea, Karin Spalter is in her happy place on the Inner Hebridean island of Lismore, off the west coast of Scotland, a place she and her broadcaster husband Tony Currie can now call their forever home.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:59:40 +0100
Make room for special memories this summer at the Titanic Hotel, Belfast 
Located at the heart of Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, the legendary Harland & Wolff Headquarters is now the world’s most authentic Titanic hotel - offering an unforgettable experience for anyone visiting Northern Ireland.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:25:00 +0100
Revealed: Remains of Scotland's footballing heritage are found
IT was once the home of the now defunct Third Lanark which folded in 1967, however it seems Cathkin Park can still pull in the crowds.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Marc Crothall: Challenges on every front, but tourism will deliver for Scotland this summer
AS we move towards the day of the school term, full of optimism for the joys of the season ahead, you could be forgiven for thinking that summer is just beginning.

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Buyer found for Dawnfresh seafood factory in Uddingston
By Scott Wright

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Call to ban 'triggering' alcohol marketing from public spaces
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a ban on alcohol marketing on outdoor billboards and buses in Scotland, in the latest drive to reduce harm.



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