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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:31:15 +0100
Salmond inquiry members questioned under oath
MEMBERS of the Holyrood committee probing the Scottish Government’s botched handling of harassment complaints against Alex Salmond have been interviewed under caution by the Ethical Standards Commissioner, The Herald understands.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:12:03 +0100
Russia-Ukraine war death toll, devastation and asylum seekers 100 days in
One hundred days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought the world a near-daily drumbeat of gut-wrenching scenes: civilian corpses in the streets of Bucha; a blown-up theatre in Mariupol; the chaos at a Kramatorsk train station in th...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:00:13 +0100
Platinum Jubilee: Sturgeon feels 'great respect' for Queen
The First Minister has said everyone across the UK and the Commonwealth "owes a deep debt of gratitude" to the Queen.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
What the Scottish Government is clearly getting right on the economic front: Ian McConnell
IT seems these days the doomsayers are keener than ever to talk down the Scottish economy at every opportunity.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:20:00 +0100
Nationalised ScotRail delays urgent talks to end train chaos dispute ‘due to Jubilee holiday’
NATIONALISED ScotRail would not hold urgent talks to end a service-crippling pay dispute until next week - because of the Queens' Platinum Jubilee bank holiday, union leaders say.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
I envy football fans like the Tartan Army their passions
IT'S not that I don't understand sport. I mean, I don't – I really don't understand sport at all – it's more an intense apathy. I just don't care. The mechanics of it, the divisions of it, the trophies and trappings of it, none of it takes up any...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
SNP deputy Westminster leader drawn into college 'scandal'
The SNP’s deputy Westminster leader is under pressure to say what she knew about historic accusations of fraud and intimidation at a college where she was head of human resources.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
'Social care may not cost as much as we think'
The pandemic has exposed stark choices necessary in health and social care.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Aged care: What every family should know
The most important people to consider in the future of social care are those who will need care and the family carers who will have to support them.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Ayrshire window firm building team to keep up with demand
By Scott Wright

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Scottish independence 'not easy solution' to social care funding dilemma
The way that we provide adult social care matters hugely to society.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
SNP accused of 'power grab' over election for Cosla presidency
THE SNP has been accused of being “keen to instigate a power grab” of the body representing councils after standing two candidates to become its president.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0100
Alan Simpson: Jenny Gilruth defies logic and the dictionary with chaos claim
TRANSPORT Secretary Jenny Gilruth had boffins up and down the country scratching their chins this week with her latest summary of the situation on Scotland’s newly nationalised railway.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:02:53 +0100
Johnny Depp to perform along Jeff Beck in Glasgow tonight
The performance comes just days after a verdict in his defamation case against Amber Heard.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:15:00 +0100
Queen's Jubilee: Glasgow Cathedral to host city's commemoration
IT’S a historic cathedral which has been at the heart of civic commemorations for centuries and will now lead the way for Glasgow’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Skills shortages threat to Scottish engineering as sector grows for fifth straight quarter
By Ian McConnell

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Letters: We Scots are complicit in the shameful treatment of refugees
ROBINA Qureshi's Scotland's Future article ("Shelter from the storm", The Herald, June 2) talks of a "shameful asylum policy that reduces the UK to a pariah state". She's absolutely right.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:30:18 +0100
Margo MacDonald: Rab McNeil's Scottish Icons
AS you might imagine, I have a computer and, on it, I keep files of these lectures or homilies. If the Icon is a person, the file title will have the full name. This one just has “Margo”.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0100
Unrecognisable: How Scotland has changed since the Queen's coronation
Summer 1953. A boy called Tom has just moved with his family to a brand new council house in Motherwell. Tom is seven years old. The house is amazing. Living room, three bedrooms, inside toilet. He can still smell the paint, and the newness.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:01:00 +0100
Wordle 349 June 3: Wordle word hints and today's answer
Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100
The Diary: Initially interesting for Sir Ian Rankin
Initially interesting

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Rebecca McQuillan: Renewable power costs pennies. Why are we being ripped off?
DO you live near a windmill? The answer is probably yes. Somewhere within a 15-mile radius of most Scottish homes, you’ll find a group of giant steel daisies nodding gently in the wind.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Issue of the day: Lucky, lucky, lucky for star wines
IT is the latest celebrity trend that seems to be paying dividends for more and more stars - launching their own wines, with the best selling Rose brand in the UK revealed to be from the cellar of none other than a superstar from Down Under.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:30:00 +0100
Michael Settle: What's really going on in Tory party over Johnson vote of no confidence?
THE osmosis of Conservative rebellion is, it seems, gathering pace. More Tory MPs are spending Westminster’s Whitsun recess searching their souls and finding reasons for staying loyal to Boris Johnson falling away.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:48:08 +0100
Fettes College awards £400k to abuse survivor
An abuse survivor who was beaten and sexually assaulted at Fettes College has received £400,000 in damages – the first known compensation sum paid by the elite school.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 08:21:00 +0100
Scottish islands step closer to better connectivity
Fifteen islands in the Argyll and Bute, Highland, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands council areas are set to benefit.

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Where to Buy ApeCoin in the UK
UK Investors' interest in ApeCoin has been so massive that during mint for Otherside NFTs, the Ethereum network crashed - sending gas prices to the roof and breaking down Etherscan. The same had been witnessed during the ApeCoin token launch.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:44:57 +0100
Queen's Jubilee: Monarch to miss St Paul's Cathedral thanksgiving service
The Queen will miss the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London on Friday "with great reluctance" after experiencing "some discomfort" during Thursday's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Buckingham Palace said.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:53:15 +0100
Officials issue first water scarcity alert of the year in Firth of Tay area
BUSINESSES have been urged to efficiently manage their water use as officials issued Scotland's first water scarcity alert of the year.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:36:58 +0100
Maree Todd accused of turning NHS staff into 'bouncers'
WOMEN’S Health Minister Maree Todd has been accused of trying to turn clinicians into "bouncers" after she said patients worried about being intimidated by anti-abortion protesters should phone ahead.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:33:11 +0100
'Airbnb for gardens' AllotMe raises £250,000
AN online marketplace for allotments has unveiled plans for rapid expansion after securing more than £250,000 investment to grow the business.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:09:49 +0100
Sexual crimes in Scotland at six year high
THE NUMBER of recorded sexual crimes in 2021/22 was “the highest figure experienced over the last six years,” according to the latest statistics from Police Scotland.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:28:04 +0100
Six people arrested and charged after protest at Thales in Glasgow
SIX people were arrested during a protest at a factory in Glasgow's Southside.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:22:14 +0100
Dunfermline: Two children 'identified' in connection to killing of peacock
Two children have been traced by police following the death of a peacock in a Fife park.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:58:27 +0100
Glasgow recycling centre evacuated after 'hand grenade' found
A RECYCLING centre has been evacuated after a 'hand grenade' was found earlier today.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:45:14 +0100
Troubled £150m Scottish census has 'solid foundation', experts insist
SCOTLAND’S botched £150million census has a “solid foundation”, experts have said, despite repeated delays and a low response rate.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:43:29 +0100
Undersea tunnels to connect Scots islands to mainland 'no pipe dream', claims veteran MP Alistair Carmichael
A VETERAN MP has said that a plan to create undersea tunnels to connect the remotest parts of Scotland to the mainland is not a "pipe dream".

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:54:50 +0100
Glasgow Polmadie Recycling Centre evacuated after 'hand grenade' found
A RECYCLING centre has been evacuated after a 'hand grenade' was found earlier today.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:25:36 +0100
Former MI5 chief raises concerns over PM's plan to change ministerial code
THE UK Government's ethics watchdog has said questions have to be asked about the partygate saga and Boris Johnson's knowledge of it, as a cabinet minister urged colleagues aiming to oust the PM to "forget it".

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:23:36 +0100
Queen 'inspired by goodwill' shown to her in statement ahead of Platinum Jubilee
The Queen thanked the nation ahead of her historic Platinum Jubilee celebrations, saying she continues to be inspired by the goodwill shown to her.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:05:41 +0100
'Safety restrictions' on lifeline Arran ferry service lifted after CalMac vessel fault is fixed
ONE of Scotland's busiest ferry services is expected to be operating somewhere near normally from today, after safety issues with a lifeline vessel were fixed.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:05:30 +0100
SNP minister points finger at UK Government for Scotland's green jobs failures
AN SNP minister has blamed the UK Government for a failure to produce the number of promised green jobs and has called on Westminster to match funding to help transform fossil fuels industries into renewables.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:52:36 +0100
28-year-old arrested after man dead and woman seriously injured in Johnstone's McDowall Street
The death is being treated as suspicious.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:27:00 +0100
Scotland introduces emergency drought measures ahead of summer
AN emergency scheme to combat drought has been introduced in Scotland while much of the country has been given an early warning of water scarcity.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:01:25 +0100
Activists plan Scots protest today over 'unlawful' Jackdaw gas field approval
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are lodging a street protest today as legal action is considered over the approval of the development of a major North Sea gas field.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:12:15 +0100
Edinburgh office demolition for student homes plan
PLANS have been lodged to demolish the former Cirrus Logic office site  in the Scottish capital and build nearly 300 student apartments.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:13:24 +0100
Lanarkshire team races away at hotel awards
A Lanarkshire racecourse hotel has been named Scotland's "best low cost" venue at the Prestige Hotel Awards.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0100
Parsley Box sales stutter in first half
Parsley Box cut its losses in the first five months of this year but revenue growth remains stalled as order volumes have failed to rebound.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 08:04:47 +0100
Priti Patel claims Tory no-confidence letters are a 'sideshow'
Home Secretary Priti Patel has said Conservative MPs writing letters of no-confidence in Boris Johnson is a "sideshow".

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:15:46 +0100
Dunfermline: Braisby Roofing ceases trading
By Ian McConnell



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