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Who's appearing on the Sunday politics shows?
WE'RE all aware there's a distinct lack of Scottish politicians appearing on the UK's current affairs shows – and notably, given their status at Westminster, a lack of those from the SNP. That said, we thought it'd be useful to offers a heads-up
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Funding will help improve lives of those with asthma
NEW funding has been made available to improve the lives of people with asthma. An innovation grant of up to £60,000 is being offered by the Scottish Government and Asthma UK to explore digital technology to help patients. They say this could
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WATCH: Tory MP Douglas Ross takes a tumble in Scottish Cup final
TORY MP Douglas Ross was running the line in today's Scottish Cup final between Celtic and Motherwell. He wasn't missing a key welfare vote to referee a game this time around, but in true Scottish Tory style, he couldn't help tripping up.
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Creative industries expo is thinking North
LEADING creative industries festival XpoNorth takes place in Inverness on June 27 and June 28, offering a range of music and showcases of some of the best new artists in Scotland as well as a packed programme of seminars and workshops led by creative
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Letters: Eurovision audience should consider their attitude towards Israel
ISRAEL swept to victory at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, relying on the popular public vote to secure the 529-point result that saw the controversial state named as 2019’s host. Whilst you could be forgiven for getting swept up by the emotion
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Tonight's TV: Inspector Montalbano, and The Keith & Paddy Picture Show
Inspector Montalbano, BBC4, 9pm BBC4’s Saturday evening European drama slot is about to get a lot sunnier with the return of the Sicilian detective series. But just because the scenery is nicer than in some of the channel’s Scandi-noir offerings
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Ruth Davidson wants Tories to be 'more open and liberal'
CONSERVATIVES should embrace a more open and liberal outlook to win the backing of younger voters, according to Scottish party leader Ruth Davidson. READ MORE: Calls for North Lanarkshire Tory councillor Stephen Goldsack to resign in mosque row
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Stunning artwork at Mackintosh church will fly you to the moon
IN Moon, Duncan Jones’s 2009 haunting psychological sci-fi thriller, Sam Bell – memorably played by Sam Rockwell – is a lone astronaut mining helium-3 as an energy source for a post-oil Earth. His work takes place on the dark side of the Moon,
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Scotland has the talent to produce a brilliant news show – who's with me?
SOMETIMES you just have to take a flyer. We have had a week of media stramash – STV2 closing down, BBC Scotland pushing back its new channel launch to 2019, consternation by Yes supporters at various editorial statements. I thought: let’s light
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Letters: Allow me to explain my absence from recent protest
LOUSY timing, that’s my trouble. There I was on Wednesday in the splendid Central Lobby at Westminster in a circle of lovely people from Trident Ploughshares staging political theatre (and breaking regulations). We proclaimed by name each country that
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I believe change is possible ... and so should you
TO celebrate the Year of Young People, every week in 2018 The National is giving a platform to a young Scot. This week, 24-year-old Lorna Ferguson, social impact administrator for Social Bite Fund SCOTLAND; a place of innovation, bringing the world
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Voting begins to elect next SNP depute leader
SNP members have begun voting to elect a new depute leader. Some 118,000 people will be eligible to take part in the ballot which opened yesterday after several weeks of campaigning and hustings. Economy Secretary Keith Brown, Inverclyde councillor
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Glasgow Women's Library set to host 'edit-a-thon' celebrating human rights defenders
A WIKIPEDIA edit-a-thon will take place at Glasgow Women’s Library today as hundreds of online activists from more than 20 countries edit and fill the “glaring gap” when it comes to women human rights defenders on the global encyclopaedia. The
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Plea for Banksy to save Dunoon from racist Jim Crow stone
A FORMER Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Brexit secretary (acting as a constituency MSP), the entrepreneur behind Scotland’s most successful soap range and the world’s best known graffiti artist have all become
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Alex Salmond: 'Nicola will not have my BBC bias blind spot next time'
THE mainstream media can knock him, the snide critics try to mock him, but Alex Salmond retains the affection and trust of many, many thousands of people in the SNP and the independence movement generally. As was shown by the reception given to
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Get ready for a terrifying day of British nationalism
IF you’re reading this, you’ve been brave enough to pop your head out from underneath the duvet. Whatever you do, just don’t turn on the TV, not unless you want to have your brains sucked out and replaced by royal wedding candy floss. The Kay Burleys
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The big grassroots Yes Gathering – who it’s for and what it’s all about
THERE is just over a week to go until the first formal event bringing together Yes groups from across the country – and the organisers are hopeful of a big turnout for The Gathering in Stirling, set to take place in the city’s Albert Halls next Sunday
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TSB customer camps outside branch after £2.5k stolen from account
IT was once known as “the bank that likes to say yes”, but not – it seems – if your TSB account has been cleaned out by hackers and you’re trying to contact their fraud team. In Charlie Sweeney’s case it took three days of toing and froing between
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World Whisky Day is time to sell Scotland, founder says
TODAY is World Whisky Day and Scots should be using the events surrounding it to sell not just our national drink but the country itself. The founder of Whisky Day, Blair Bowman (pictured, right), started the event while a student in Aberdeen in
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Mhairi Black: Whatever happened to 'lead not leave the UK'?
I HAVE written columns in the past about what a mess the Brexit process has been, and it continues to be so. The Prime Minister recently split her cabinet into two groups (a mix of Remainers and Brexiteers in each group), to try and find a workable
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Catalan president Quim Torra to visit jailed politicians
CATALAN President Quim Torra is preparing to visit on Monday the nine politicians and activists jailed without trial by Spain over their role in the October independence referendum – a move that could put him on a collision course with the Madrid government
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On the brink of a double treble and history with Celtic, but a fear of failure still stalks Brendan Rodgers
IN the unlikely event that Brendan Rodgers is tempted to leave Celtic for a club in England or abroad this summer, the high esteem that he is held in by supporters of the Parkhead club will be unaffected. Leading Celtic to an unbeaten domestic
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Brendan Rodgers urges his Celtic players to seize their chance to become history boys and complete the double treble
BRENDAN Rodgers has urged his Celtic players to seize the chance to make history and become the first team to win consecutive domestic trebles by beating Motherwell in the William Hill Scottish Cup final at Hampden this afternoon. If Scott Brown
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Matthew Lindsay: Damage limitation must be the objective for understrength Scotland in Peru and Mexico
SCOTLAND’S sojurns to both South and Central America over the years have hardly been resounding successes. It is now nearly four decades since Ally MacLeod headed off to the World Cup in Argentina boldly proclaiming his boys would return victorious
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Renowned medical research facility to celebrate public's support
A RENOWNED research facility in Dundee is celebrating the role played by members of the public who have taken part in studies in the 10 years since then health secretary Nicola Sturgeon officially opened it. The state-of the-art Clinical Research
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Calls for another Tory councillor to resign amid mosque row
A TORY councillor has denied making “discriminatory” comments about Muslims – as a watchdog is being called on to investigate. Stephen Goldsack told The National “I’m not a racist” following comments said to have been made over a planning application
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Putin queries survival as Sergei Skripal leaves hospital
CONFOUNDING doctors, scientists, politicians and spies alike, former double agent Sergei Skripal was yesterday discharged from hospital, and is now with his daughter Yulia in a secure location. They were poisoned on March 4 in Salisbury, and the
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Council set for policy rethink after arms fair row
SCOTLAND’S largest local authority is considering introducing an ethical events policy after being criticised for supporting an arms fair. David McDonald, the deputy leader of SNP-led Glasgow City Council, set out the proposal at a meeting of councillors
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Cameras catch rare dolphin attack off Scottish coast
A RARE attack by a dolphin on porpoises has been captured on camera in the north of Scotland. Staff at a marine environmental charity have been left mystified by the dolphin’s behaviour. Jamie Muny and Alister Kemp were at Chanonry Point in
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It’s a Yes to new pro-independence group in ‘radical’ Strathaven
THE historic town of Strathaven in South Lanarkshire will see the launch of its very own Yes group this weekend. The inaugural meeting of Yes Strathaven will take place tomorrow at 12.30pm at The Strathaven public house’s function room at 6 Waterside
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‘Simple’ ceremony marks reburial of Scottish soldiers’ remains
A SIMPLE graveside ceremony was held yesterday as the remains of 17th-century Scottish prisoners of war were reburied after their discovery during building work at an English university. Expert analysis of the bones of up to 28 skeletons over the
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Tommy Sheppard's royal wedding message: Time to abolish the monarchy
TOMMY Sheppard has renewed calls for the monarchy to be abolished as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marry in Windsor today in one of the most expensive weddings of all time. The SNP MP said there should be a review of the current constitutional
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Artist Raqib Shaw brings bold new take on Old Masters to Scotland
ARTIST Raqib Shaw looked on at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art yesterday ahead of the country’s first ever exhibition of his work. The Edinburgh show includes eight lavish images by the Calcutta-born painter, including a brand new piece