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Tom Gordon: Tough choices loom over public services
PROMISES, promises. Politicians love to make them. They even deliver some. But in general the pledges end up competing with each other for...
Kevin McKenna: Remembrance Sunday is being twisted into a poppy witch-hunt
AT what point does our desire to sanctify the blood of the fallen in two world wars become something oppressive? When it’s deployed...
Herald calendar captures the beauty of Scotland
When it comes to photography, Ronald Stokes’s philosophy is refreshingly straightforward yet deeply thoughtful. For him, it’s not about snapping a quick shot...
Melbourne attacker also planned explosion
Officers said barbecue gas cylinders in the back of Hassain Khalif Shire Ali’s pick-up failed to ignite. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17214675.melbourne-attacker-also-planned-explosion/
Trump slams Macron for ‘insulting’ plan to build up Europe’s military
The US president tweeted after arriving in Paris for Armistice Day commemorations. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17214685.trump-slams-macron-for-insulting-plan-to-build-up-europes-military/
The Scots socialite who bought thousands of old war-horses in Cairo
IN 1931, a member of the Melrose gentry, Dorothy E. Brooke, now living in Cairo, was horrified to see hundreds of emaciated war-horses...
Trump says California gunman was ‘very sick puppy’
Investigators have not commented on a motive for the rampage or whether mental illness played a role. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17214702.trump-says-california-gunman-was-very-sick-puppy/
School remembers the band of brothers who fell during the Great War
FOUR brothers who attended the same school in Glasgow and died in action in the Great War, were remembered by the school yesterday...
War was won as Germany fell apart
DURING the course of 1918 the alliance between the Entente powers and the United States grew in cohesion, at sea as well as...
May faces renewed Brexit pressure after surprise ministerial resignation
The move came as the DUP expresses concern about the PM’s Brexit stance. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17214662.theresa-may-faces-renewed-brexit-pressure-after-surprise-ministerial-resignation/
