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Scotland rocking as music festivals take weekend by storm

SCOTLAND was rocking this weekend as music festivals kicked off in both Glasgow and Dumfries, including the high profile TRNSMT at Glasgow Green....

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Maradona: A footballing genius whose refusal to play by the rules still captures hearts and headlines

TYPICAL Maradona. It may be many years since he last kicked – or, for England fans with long and unforgiving memories, handled –...

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The Big Read: what Love Island really says about the world we live in

WELCOME to Paradise. Here the sun always shines, the men have six packs, the women have curves in all the right places and...

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SNP Growth Commission chair Andrew Wilson: I am not a corporate lobbyist

ONE of Scotland’s most senior public affairs specialists has said his firm has become a “target” for criticism amid increased scrutiny of the...

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Union calls for Mundell intervention to safeguard BiFab engineering jobs

SCOTTISH Secretary David Mundell is facing calls to intervene to safeguard jobs at the troubled BiFab engineering firm. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16325600.union-calls-on-scottish-secretary-david-mundell-to-intervene-to-secure-jobs-at-bifab/

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The inclusive campaign that’s changing our schools forever

MORE than three quarters of Scots pupils who’ve attended LGBT inclusive assemblies in schools stopped using homophobic language as a direct result, new...

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Beachspotting – a brief guide to Scottish seaside life

SCOTTISH beaches aren’t t just about taps aff and sandcastles. The sands around Scotland are host to a huge and increasing range of...

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Scottish Government invited House to pitch for work weeks after resignation

A FORMER Police Scotland chief constable pitched for £120,000 of consultancy work from the Scottish Government weeks after announcing his resignation. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16325599.stephen-house-made-120000-consultancy-bid-from-snp-government-weeks-after-resigning/

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Fans charged under scrapped bigotry law face court again

FOOTBALL fans who had been charged under a “discredited" anti-bigotry law are still facing court – despite the legislation being scrapped earlier this...

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Salmond insists The Vow did swing indyref result

ALEX Salmond has challenged a claim that the pledge of new powers for Scotland in the closing stages of the 2014 independence referendum...