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Not Another Happy Ending: On set with Karen Gillan
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Scotland’s weather: Marble-sized hailstones on way
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Alan Pattullo: Higdon evokes memories of the ‘Cobra’
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Lesley Riddoch: Kirk gay debate must show courage
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Thousands pay tribute to racing legend Jim Clark
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Jenni Fagan on James Tait Black prize shortlist
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Glasgow Riverside Museum wins top European award
News
Gay ministers set to win Kirk’s blessing
THE Church of Scotland is today expected to pass a historic vote accepting gay ministers, according to a leading critic who said evangelicals opposed to the move were “pessimistic”, “demoralised” and prepared for defeat at the General Assembly.
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UK immigration policy ‘damaging Scottish economy’
THE UK government’s immigration policies are “damaging” Scotland’s economy, Scotland’s external affairs minister Humza Yousaf claimed yesterday.
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Scotland’s weather: Marble-sized hailstones on way
PARTS of Scotland could be battered by marble-sized hailstones as thunderstorms and heavy showers sweep across the country today, weather experts have warned.
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Scottish independence: Pension protection warning
AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would have “significant difficulties” in underwriting personal savings of up to £85,000, the UK Treasury will claim today in a flagship report.
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Cardinal O’Brien a ‘danger without treatment’
CARDINAL O’Brien should have been ordered to undergo psychological treatment instead of three months of prayer and penance according to the four priests whose accusations of sexual misconduct led to the resignation of the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
Danny Alexander says EU vote is ‘totally wrong’
Danny Alexander has attacked Tory demands for a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union as “totally wrong”.
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Sport
John Robertson confident Hearts will remain in SPL
HEARTS’ all-time top goalscorer John Robertson is confident the club will not be relegated from the SPL this season but has accepted it is inevitable they will begin next term with a points deduction.
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Dundee United 0-4 Celtic: Celtic sign off with win
Celtic eased to victory at Tannadice in a season-ending stroll that barely counted as a work-out ahead of this weekend’s Scottish Cup final clash with Hibernian.
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St Johnstone 2-0 Motherwell: Saints in Europe
IN AS close to a frenzied atmosphere as the good people of Perth can produce at McDiarmid Park, St Johnstone secured Europa League football for a second successive season with victory over their fellow continental qualifiers Motherwell.
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Hibs secure seventh place ahead of cup final
More eagerly awaited than even the final whistle in this rather drab affair was the health bulletin that was delivered post-match by Pat Fenlon, who was able to report afterwards that there were no fresh injury worries for his side.
Saints getting to Europe ‘like winning the league’
Steve Lomas says taking St Johnstone into Europe for a second year in a row feels like winning the league. Saints’ 2-0 win over Motherwell, combined with Inverness’ 1-0 defeat at Ross County yesterday, secured third spot in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League and the final Europa League berth.
West Brom 5-5 Man Utd: Fergie bows out with thriller
Sir Alex Ferguson was denied a winning send-off into retirement as West Brom roared back from three goals down to snatch a draw in a quite staggering ten-goal thriller at The Hawthorns.
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Business
Business interview: Bruce Dingwall, Trinity Exploration and Production
Bruce Dingwall co-founded one of the first and biggest independent oil and gas companies in the North Sea before it was swallowed up by Centrica in a £1.2 billion deal in 2009.
Bill Jamieson: Banks: emerging from the bottom drawer
It’s bottom-drawer rummage time again. Remember those bank shares that made you wince every time you checked them? The ones with 90 per cent falls that dragged down your investment performance, that paid no dividends and were useful only to mitigate capital gains tax liability?
Touch of mischief from C&C’s chief, perhaps?
C&C CHIEF executive Stephen Glancey had a grin on his face last week after unveiling a rise in the Dublin-based drinks group’s full-year profit – and it showed.
GCU ready to roll with rail operator
ScotRail has teamed up with Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) for a £126,000 research project aimed at improving the reliability and efficiency of the rail network.
Bring me sunshine: Shoppers back on high streets
Warmer weather drew shoppers back to Scotland’s high streets in April and helped retailers open more stores, pushing the vacancy rate further below the UK average.
Langholm Capital puts Tyrrells on market
Crisp maker Tyrrells is set to attract the interest of global food companies after reportedly being put up for sale for about £100 million.
Lifestyle
Not Another Happy Ending: On set with Karen Gillan
Former Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan stars in a crowdfunded romcom that will close this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Gaby Soutar was on the set for filming in Glasgow
Climbing Everest for a high chance of survival
Earlier this year a team of medics set off for Mount Everest – in a bid to help intensive care patients. Lisa Salmon reports
Album review: Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
The French Duo’s hotly anticipated new offering puts the soul back into dance music as Daft Punk invite an impressive guest list along to the party
David Gandy on male modelling and his next moves
THIS has been a long time coming. Four months, to be precise.
Saoirse Ronan on playing a vampire in Byzantium
WHO is afraid of Saoirse Ronan? In the bowels of a Glasgow hotel, she looks innocent enough, sitting demurely in the manner of a 1950s model, legs crossed at the ankle and chatting about how best to drain a body of blood.
Love at first tweet with Commander Hadfield
IT STARTED, as so many love affairs do these days, with a tweet.
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Edinburgh Evening News
Woman found dead in Edinburgh tenement garden
THE death of a woman found in a communal tenement garden in Edinburgh’s Marchmont area is being treated as ‘unexplained’ by police.
Ukip candidate to stand in Liberton by-election
NIGEL Farage’s UK Independence Party has entered the contest for a city council seat just a day after the controversial leader was locked in a Capital pub for his own safety as protesters demonstrated outside.
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Staff crisis at St John’s A&E forces cuts
CRISIS-HIT Lothian accident and emergency departments are set to be radically overhauled, with scaled back services expected to lead to an increase in pressure on the already over-stretched Royal Infirmary.
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Haddington court closure ‘could cost public £500k’
CLOSING Haddington Sheriff Court and switching its work to Edinburgh will cost the public more than £500,000, campaigners claimed today.
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Hibs cup final parade planned for Monday 27th May
PLANS for the first Hibs Scottish Cup victory parade since 1902 have been finalised – all the Easter Road side have to do now is win.
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Royal Mile pharmacy siege: Owner speaks of trauma
THE owner of the Royal Mile Pharmacy has said the emotion of seeing his staff in distress kept him focused during a three-hour armed siege.
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