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Neil Mackay: My one-man war against the Phantom Fly-tipper of East Ren

Neil Mackay: My one-man war against the Phantom Fly-tipper of East Ren

Since I hit 50, my life has become a bad British sitcom, featuring me as the halfwit man-child character causing chaos while his family watches in...

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Neil Mackay

Brian Wilson: Grow up, SNP - if we have to cosy up to Trump with state visit so be it It’s an ill wind and all that, so somebody must benefit from the grim state of international affairs. Step forward the army of “experts” whose opinions are now sought on every news programme about the knotty problem of how to handle Donald Trump.

Brian Wilson: Grow up, SNP - if we have to cosy up to Trump with state visit so be it It’s an ill wind and all that, so somebody must benefit from the grim state of international affairs. Step forward the army of “experts” whose opinions are now sought on every news programme about the knotty problem of how to handle Donald Trump.

It’s an ill wind and all that, so somebody must benefit from the grim state of international affairs. Step forward the army of “experts” whose...

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Brian Wilson

Is Record Store Day helping to revive our record shops... or is it a total sham?

Is Record Store Day helping to revive our record shops... or is it a total sham?

The annual return of Record Store Day is upon us next month. It is a day designed to celebrate the record shop, the records, and everything...

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Derek Mcarthur

Mark McGeoghegan: How Putin's 'traditional values' have won over the American right

Mark McGeoghegan: How Putin's 'traditional values' have won over the American right

The scramble among European leaders to respond to US President Donald Trump’s dramatic shift in policy towards Ukraine and Russia has been matched...

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Mark Mcgeoghegan

Russell Findlay is using false stats – here is the reality of early school leavers As I write this, we are somehow into day two of talking about the Tories’ suggestion that we lower the age at which people can leave school.

Russell Findlay is using false stats – here is the reality of early school leavers As I write this, we are somehow into day two of talking about the Tories’ suggestion that we lower the age at which people can leave school.

This article appears as part of the Lessons to Learn newsletter. As I write this, we are somehow into day two of talking about the Tories’...

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James Mcenaney

You can’t stick your fingers in your ears and scream until all the bad cars go away Glasgow City Council's pavement parking ban has come into force. Car parks are being bulldozed for student flats. Have motorists finally had enough?

You can’t stick your fingers in your ears and scream until all the bad cars go away Glasgow City Council's pavement parking ban has come into force. Car parks are being bulldozed for student flats. Have motorists finally had enough?

I have a pitch for a new Hollywood blockbuster. It’s called Cowboys on the Moon and follows the escapades of parking wardens in Glasgow’s south...

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Marissa Macwhirter

Why the buy to let benefits are still strong

Why the buy to let benefits are still strong

The Scottish Government had another thoughtful Christmas present for landlords in the Private Rental Sector (PRS) late last year– a further hike in...

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Riccardo Giovanacci

Ian McConnell: Much at stake for North Sea and Scotland as huge decisions loom Much is at stake, not just with this project but with many other decisions that will have a very major bearing on future activity in the North Sea

Ian McConnell: Much at stake for North Sea and Scotland as huge decisions loom Much is at stake, not just with this project but with many other decisions that will have a very major bearing on future activity in the North Sea

No one should be surprised about the sharp focus on the Labour Government’s attitude towards the North Sea, and the welter of headlines around...

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Ian Mcconnell

With Police Scotland in the state it's in, could we guarantee Trump's safety?

With Police Scotland in the state it's in, could we guarantee Trump's safety?

Last Friday was genuinely jaw-dropping. Naked self-interest and dripping contempt were on full show and nothing short of ritual humiliation was...

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Calum Steele

NHS policy on HPV vaccines is failing females

Certain strands of the human papillomavirus (HPV) cause genital warts and many forms of lethal cancer, including cervical cancer. Research shows...

previous day 1

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Cristina Richie

Carlos Alba: Winning the fight against child poverty? You sure about that, SNP?

Carlos Alba: Winning the fight against child poverty? You sure about that, SNP?

It’s a general rule of politics, as it is in life, that when you’re backed into a corner and have nothing else to say, you should mention the...

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Carlos Alba

Rebecca McQuillan: What is behind the global misogynist backlash against women? Hysterical inadequates like Andrew Tate feature prominently in an online world where young men are taught that women should obey them and that it’s OK to hit females, while the Taliban have extinguished women's rights in Afghanistan.

Rebecca McQuillan: What is behind the global misogynist backlash against women? Hysterical inadequates like Andrew Tate feature prominently in an online world where young men are taught that women should obey them and that it’s OK to hit females, while the Taliban have extinguished women's rights in Afghanistan.

How can you live without hope? In Afghanistan, for women and girls, the question is not theoretical. As International Women’s Day approaches, the...

previous day 2

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Rebecca Mcquillan

The UK is the next in line in the war against diversity Donald Trump's crusade against DEI is reverberating across corporate UK

The UK is the next in line in the war against diversity Donald Trump's crusade against DEI is reverberating across corporate UK

The crusade in the US against diversity, equality and inclusion - known as DEI in corporate circles - has been gathering pace since a Supreme Court...

tuesday 2

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Kristy Dorsey

Alison Rowat: Vettriano was many things but a talented artist was not one of them

Alison Rowat: Vettriano was many things but a talented artist was not one of them

As First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney has a lot on his plate. How he manages to get through it all is a mystery. There he was on Monday, his...

tuesday 4

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Alison Rowat

Heating is confusing enough without Swinney giving hydrogen the thumbs up The First Minister's enthusiasm for hydrogen boilers is a distraction. Heating is confusing enough without giving this costly technology the thumbs up!

Heating is confusing enough without Swinney giving hydrogen the thumbs up The First Minister's enthusiasm for hydrogen boilers is a distraction. Heating is confusing enough without giving this costly technology the thumbs up!

This article appears as part of the Winds of Change newsletter A few years ago,  it seemed uncertain which way we were going in the effort to get...

tuesday 3

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Vicky Allan

Charter gives everyone a say in Social Security Scotland

Charter gives everyone a say in Social Security Scotland

Treating people with dignity, fairness and respect is at the heart of everything we do at Social Security Scotland and has been our commitment...

tuesday 8

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David Wallace

Neil Mackay: Morality is on Swinney’s side. Trump should not set foot in Scotland

Neil Mackay: Morality is on Swinney’s side. Trump should not set foot in Scotland

Hieronymous Bosch was damn good at paintings of humans in hell, yet even he’d have struggled to capture the look of eternal damnation on Marco...

tuesday 10

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Neil Mackay

Should Netflix's new true crime drama be allowed to play with the truth?

Should Netflix's new true crime drama be allowed to play with the truth?

Can your diet cure cancer? The simple, and unequivocal answer to this question is it that it can’t cure cancer and to make such a claim to sell a...

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David Wilson

This is probably the most surreal Scottish film you are likely to see this year

This is probably the most surreal Scottish film you are likely to see this year

Review: Harvest, Glasgow Film Festival, Barry Didcock, Three stars A leading light in the so-called Greek Weird Wave, a movement centred on Poor...

03.03.2025 6

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Barry Didcock

Our restaurant was owed over £34k - when did energy companies become banks? The 6.4% price camp increase announced by Ofgem last week will have a huge effect on both people in their homes and businesses owners across the UK.

Our restaurant was owed over £34k - when did energy companies become banks? The 6.4% price camp increase announced by Ofgem last week will have a huge effect on both people in their homes and businesses owners across the UK.

The 6.4% price camp increase announced by Ofgem last week will have a huge effect on people in their homes and business owners across the UK. We’re...

03.03.2025 8

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Dean Banks

Roz Foyer: Move by civic Scotland to combat the right is welcome

Roz Foyer: Move by civic Scotland to combat the right is welcome

THE mood music for the SNP is night and day from this time last year. But the First Minister won’t be taking the votes for granted just yet. What...

03.03.2025 10

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Roz Foyer

Mark Smith: CCTV in Glasgow is dying. Could that be a good thing?

Mark Smith: CCTV in Glasgow is dying. Could that be a good thing?

Next time you’re strolling through Glasgow and spot a CCTV camera, why not give a cheery wave in case there’s someone on the other end watching...

03.03.2025 8

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Mark Smith

Ian McConnell: Restaurant veteran's family tale epitomises spirit to succeed

Ian McConnell: Restaurant veteran's family tale epitomises spirit to succeed

It has been interesting to distil my thoughts on the future of Glasgow, as The Herald has in the last week focused on this important topic in a...

03.03.2025 7

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Ian Mcconnell

Alan Simpson: Endemic complacency at heart of latest CalMac ferry crisis IT is generally accepted that renting a home in the long-term does not make much financial sense.

Alan Simpson: Endemic complacency at heart of latest CalMac ferry crisis IT is generally accepted that renting a home in the long-term does not make much financial sense.

IT is generally accepted that renting a home in the long-term does not make much financial sense. Years of expensive monthly payments and there is...

03.03.2025 4

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Alan Simpson

Alison Rowat: Starmer the charmer has work cut out as peace broker

Alison Rowat: Starmer the charmer has work cut out as peace broker

Days on from Donald Trump and JD Vance’s Oval Office ambush of Ukraine’s president and the outrage shows no signs of abating. If anything, the...

03.03.2025 2

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Alison Rowat

Kerry Hudson: Nashville: Where to find an antidote to Honky Tonks and Trump’s America

Kerry Hudson: Nashville: Where to find an antidote to Honky Tonks and Trump’s America

Recently I fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting Nashville, Tennessee, or Music City as the locals like to call it. I did all the things you’d...

03.03.2025 1

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Kerry Hudson

Taxing times as Scottish local authorities seek financial leverage

Taxing times as Scottish local authorities seek financial leverage

Buoyant household disposable incomes and confident consumers are critical to the health of the retail industry and all who rely on it, whether...

03.03.2025 1

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David Lonsdale

Sky-high tax and blood on the doorstep. Why I left Glasgow

Sky-high tax and blood on the doorstep. Why I left Glasgow

When I first moved to a city, after university, I could not get used to sooty streets that the sun never reached and to people hurrying past...

02.03.2025 4

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Rosemary Goring

Poor old James Bond, nudged aside by a woman

Poor old James Bond, nudged aside by a woman

The end of James Bond as we know him is almost assured. The licence to kill, albeit in film terms, hasn’t exactly been revoked, but it’s clearly...

02.03.2025 2

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Brian Beacom

The Mull school saga highlights the failure of local democracy in Scotland Alice Kinghorn-Gray, campaigns officer at the Electoral Reform Society, argues that the controversy "illustrates vividly what happens when decisions are made too far away from the people affected."

The Mull school saga highlights the failure of local democracy in Scotland Alice Kinghorn-Gray, campaigns officer at the Electoral Reform Society, argues that the controversy

In response to The Herald's in-depth series about the future of education on Mull, Willie Sullivan, the Electoral Reform Society's Senior Director...

02.03.2025 3

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Exclusive By Willie Sullivan

'Scotland must reject Keir Starmer's back-sliding on foreign aid'

'Scotland must reject Keir Starmer's back-sliding on foreign aid'

Nearly a week after the UK Government’s aid betrayal, the shockwaves are only beginning to be felt.   By slashing the aid budget to fund a surge in...

02.03.2025 1

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Jamie Livingstone

After months of dirt track roads, I'm heading to Glasgow for super-sensory overload

After months of dirt track roads, I'm heading to Glasgow for super-sensory overload

There’s something thrilling about hitting your first piece of smooth tarmac roads after months of dirt track roads. It started with the off-ramp;...

02.03.2025 1

Herald Scotland

Elle Duffy