JACK ROSS apologised to travelling Dundee United fans after a nightmare in the Netherlands with AZ Alkmaar ending their Europa Conference League hopes with a 7-0 win. The Tannadice boss admitted it was a bruising night for United players and staff
IF Dundee United’s victory over AZ Alkmaar last Thursday was a shot in the arm for the Scottish game, then the inquest must now begin into exactly went wrong in the return fixture. Five down by half-time, they were ripped to shreds by the Dutch side
Nightmare in the Netherlands DUNDEE United were rightly showered with praise for their first-leg win over AZ Alkmaar last week. Jack Ross' side were resolute in defence and carried a threat going forward as they grabbed a 1-0 victory last week
SOUTHERN Knights head coach Bruce Ruthven is in a defiantly optimistic mood ahead of Friday's Super6 match against Boroughmuir Bears, despite being without 13 players due to injury. The Melrose-based side had several players on the treatment table
LIZ Truss's plans to help with the cost of living crisis are going to “leave millions of incredibly vulnerable people at the risk of real destitution,” Rishi Sunak has warned. The comment from the former Chancellor came as the two leadership hopefuls
HEARTS will play FC Zurich for a spot in the Europa League group stage. Robbie Neilson's side enter qualifying in the play-off round just two-matches from the groups. And they now know it's Swiss side FC Zurich which stand between them and
SKY and the Scottish Professional Football League are reportedly discussing a new 60-match TV deal - with a pay-per-view bonus for clubs. It's claimed the broadcaster is in talks over extending rights for Scottish Premiership coverage to 2029 with
JACK ROSS has handed Aziz Behich his Dundee United debut in the Europa Conference League second leg clash against AZ Alkmaar. The Australia international had been forced to wait for his debut after delayed work permit red tape caused a hold-up
ROCK icons Rage Against The Machine have cancelled their £82.50-a-ticket Scottish gig. The band were due to play at the Royal Highland Centre with support from Run The Jewels, The Last Internationale and Mercury Prize nominees Nova Twins on August
I HAVE much sympathy for the Don't Pay UK campaign which now claims to have 100,000 supporters. When Bulb phoned me in April, months before the present crisis broke, to tell me my direct debit was going to increase from £104 to £196 I said: 'No way
FAILINGS within the office run by Nicola Sturgeon’s husband have resulted in the SNP losing control of one of Scotland’s largest councils. The party was thrown out of power in North Lanarkshire after just 84 days in an emergency meeting triggered
A SCOTTISH freight and logistics firm is celebrating hitting one million deliveries over 12 months as it hailed its growth strategies. Streamline Shipping Group dropped off the landmark shipment to longtime client Birsay Farmers in Orkney, marking
LIZ Truss is set to strengthen the Union by hastening the Tories’ downfall and letting Labour into power, Alex Cole-Hamilton has said. The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader also said he could “absolutely” see his party working with Labour in both
LEE JOHNSON has dismissed Hearts’ claims that Hibernian were guilty of over-celebrating after their last-gasp equaliser in last Sunday’s Edinburgh derby. There were jubilant scenes inside Easter Road, with a small number of supporters entering
NICOLA Sturgeon has warned that UK Government inaction on rising energy bills will lead to loss of life. The comments from the First Minister came ahead of a meeting of the Scottish Government's resilience room to discuss further support for households
PREMIER League and EFL matches this weekend are set to feature water breaks as England faces another period of high summer temperatures. The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning which came into force on Thursday and covers the rest
THE high level crisis meeting between Boris Johnson and Britain's energy firms has ended with no new measures in place. Despite Chancellor Nahdim Zahawi warning the companies that the government “continues to evaluate the extraordinary profits
By Alan McIntosh THE English Law Commission in 2016, writing about a type of English debt security known as Bills of Sale, said they were primarily used by logbook loan firms and mainly used by people who had difficulty accessing forms of credit
A man has been charged in connection with a series of shooting incidents in Skye and Wester Ross which left a father-of-six dead and two seriously injured. John MacKinnon, 47, was found dead at the scene of a property in the Teangue area on Skye
A man who died in a series of shootings around Skye which injured three others has been named by police. John MacKinnon died after a gun was fired at a property in Teangue, on Skye, on Wednesday morning. A 32-year-old woman had earlier been
SNP plans to standardise Scotland’s care sector could actually make services less predictable in parts of the country, a leading think tank has warned. In a new observation paper, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said it was “far from clear” that
TOP Scottish curler Eve Muirhead has announced that she is retiring from the sport in what is “the hardest decision of my life”. The Perthshire skip, aged 32, made the decision months after winning Team GB’s only gold medal at Beijing's 2022 Winter
Based on the novel by David Keenan, This Is Memorial Device is a bold new theatre production that sees actor Paul Higgins transported into Scotland’s post-punk music scene, writes Lorraine Wilson On paper Paul Higgins isn’t the ideal casting for
NICOLA Sturgeon is facing walk-outs by her own civil servants, after the union representing them said it was set to ballot for a strike. The PCS Scotland union has told almost 10,000 workers to gear up for industrial action over pay and conditions
THERE may have been swimmers who returned home from Birmingham 2022 with a larger medal haul than Katie Shanahan, but few came out of the Games with their reputation enhanced quite as significantly as the teenager. Shanahan went into Birmingham
TEAM Scotland’s impressive haul of 51 medals at Birmingham 2022 was helped, in no small part, by the input from the cycling squad, which had its most successful Commonwealth Games ever. This success proves, believes six-time Olympic champion,
OLYMPIC champion Eve Muirhead has announced her retirement from curling. Muirhead skippered Team GB to gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, adding to bronze from Sochi 2014, and also claimed world and European titles during her career.
Festival Opera Fidelio Usher Hall, Edinburgh Keith Bruce four stars AS in the seasons of many opera companies, including Scottish Opera, as well as at the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh Festival has had great success with concert performances
TWO people have died after a crash on the A9 in the Highlands. Police received reports of a collision between a car and a lorry at Ralia by Newtonmore, at the junction with the B9150 near Aviemore. The collision took place at around 4.50pm
IT has been eight years since the last independence referendum. The issue continues to dominate the political discussion, with the leading pro-independence party in power, enjoying the support of more than 40% of the population and a similar proportion
WRITING in his church’s in-house magazine, Life and Work, the Church of Scotland Moderator, the Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, says that Scottish society “feels little need for God”. Citing plunging membership and an ageing demographic, he suggests
Ditching travel insurance to save money could prove very costly in the long run, according to research from Sainsbury's Bank. Why are people ditching it? Sun, sea and a well-earned break may be at the front of mind when it comes to holidays
IT IS with dismay that we’ve watched the crisis unfold in Sri Lanka, as farmers deal with sky high inflation and failed crops following a ban on chemical fertilisers. Artificial fertilisers are banned in organic farming, so it may come as a surprise
GORDON Brown has called for energy companies that refuse to offer lower bills to be temporarily brought into public ownership. The former Prime Minister also suggested voluntary energy cuts while the weather is good, in a bid to prevent rationing
GORDON Brown has called for energy companies that refuse to offer lower bills to be temporarily brought into public ownership. The former Prime Minister also suggested voluntary energy cuts while the weather is good, in a bid to prevent rationing
A HOTEL described as a "turnkey" opportunity has been brought to market. Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has been instructed to sell the Beinn Bhracaigh, a four-star, family operated bed & breakfast located in the heart of Pitlochry
Around 37 years ago, Jenny Matthews was a student at Edinburgh College of Art, where her teacher, Ann Oram, told her: “Always plough your own furrow.” It proved an important piece of advice, and a mantra to which Jenny still adheres to this day
Jack Draper beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim his first victory over a top 10 player as he became the third Briton to qualify for the third round of the National Bank Open. World number 82 Draper, who came through qualifying to reach the main draw
A TEARFUL Serena Williams has admitted to being “terrible at goodbyes” as the National Bank Open triple champion said “goodbye Toronto” to a packed crowd one day after announcing her imminent retirement. The American lost 6-2 6-4 to Belinda Bencic
Armed attacks which led to the death of one man and left several others injured have shocked a Highlands community “to its core”, SNP MP Ian Blackford said. A 47-year-old man died following a spate of incidents on the Isle of Skye and in the Dornie
MOTHERWELL will announce their new manager today after late night board discussions to whittle down their shortlist to replace Graham Alexander. Four men were interviewed for the vacant post this week, including current caretaker manager and head
Poet Lennie Pennie, the woman behind the online phenomenon of Scots Word of the Day, on the courage of domestic abuse survivors SOME gave beautiful speeches. Others spoke only a few lines about their experiences. None of us managed not to cry.
AS Scottish secondary pupils receive their SQA results this week your front-page article says it all (“Somerville: No guarantee on hitting attainment-gap target”, August 9). I find the issue of a supposed “gap” is largely a construct of the system
ON behalf of the nation’s media I’d like to apologise to Scotland’s pupils, or at least the ones who have been through the exam mill recently. Every year we turn up to rubberneck as you open the dreaded results, and every year photographers ask
In the first of a series of dispatches from Ukraine, Foreign Editor David Pratt takes stock of a war that is now almost six months old I’M back in Ukraine. As I sit down to write this, I’m conscious that in a few hours’ time I’ll be out on the
Taking the biscuit TO the Edinburgh Festival where, as usual, young artists are desperately looking for their big break, as they set out upon the long and winding road which will hopefully take them to a Hollywood swimming pool, four failed marriages
MUCH gibberish is doing the rounds about how politicians of the past were just as useless and corrupt as politicians of today. While politicians have always been a rotten bunch, in it for themselves, it’s a struggle to see how someone like Harold Wilson
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Raymond Briggs August 11 2022 Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 7000. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our website thepicturedesk.co.uk
Energy bills could rise in advance of an expected increase in October, the UK's energy market regulator has said. Ofgem and industry body Energy UK said it was "possible" for suppliers to raise customers' direct debits before the new cap on energy
SCOTS nurseries could go out of business as it emerged nearly half of councils in Scotland are yet to decide on the hourly rates they will pay childcare providers when the academic year starts next week. A freedom of information request by the
The thing about an Action Plan is that it all depends on what action you actually take and that’s how we should judge the latest one from the Scottish Government. The Action Plan this time is aimed at better helping people who’ve left the Armed Forces
Crown Estate Scotland has opened a new leasing process for smaller-scale offshore wind projects, as well as larger ones for the electrification of oil and gas platforms. The new Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round is aimed
THE recent sale of the famous Ubiquitous Chip in Glasgow’s west end generated much media coverage and comment. Given the global profile the restaurant had cultivated since being founded by the late Ronnie Clydesdale more than 50 years ago, this
AN independent fund management and financial advice firm has announced its second acquisition in Scotland in a matter of weeks as it pushes forward its expansion plans. London-headquartered One Four Nine Group said the acquisition of Aberdeen-based
Midwives at a Scots maternity unit have been left “frightened” to go to work because of an unusual and sustained spike in abusive behaviour from the public. Cheryl Clark, Chief Midwife for NHS Lanarkshire, said staff at University Hospital Wishaw
Farming By Neale McQuistin THE Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s latest analysis has taken a detailed look, for the first time, at the potential implications of the New Zealand trade deal on UK farming. The in-depth analysis
FAIRBAIRN - Dr John (Ian) Peacefully on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. John, aged 88 years. Dearly loved husband to Joan, dad and grandpa. He will be sadly missed by all. Funeral service will take place on Thursday 18th August 2022 at Daldowie Crematorium
McELHILL - Gerard Jnr Peacefully at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on Friday 5th August 2022, aged 49. Gerard, adored dad of Gerard, Madeleine and Michael, beloved son of Gerry and Maria, cherished brother of Mariclare and Emma, much loved uncle
BROOKS - David Hay Peacefully, on 1st August 2022 at Gartnavel General Hospital. David, a retired physics teacher, was the widower of Jean, and will be dearly missed by his sons David and Nick, his sisters Margie and Jean and his extended family, friends
HUGH - Eva May (nee Jeans) Peacefully at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on 31st July 2022 at the age of 96, Eva May Hugh (nee Jeans), beloved wife of the late James, William (Bill), Hugh; Mother to Eric and Bobby; Mother-in-law for Alison and
YEOMAN - David On Thursday 4th August 2022. David, loved and loving husband of Moira for 61 years, proud father of Alison, Alan and Gordon and father-in-law to Susan and John. There will be a private committal service at The Hurlet Crematorium, followed
AIRD - John Peacefully at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, on 28th July 2022, Johnnie, beloved brother of Andrew and Robert. Will be sadly missed. Funeral service on Monday 15th August 2022 at Coop Funeralcare, 14 Lammermoor Avenue, Cardonald,
BARRIE - John Alexander (Sandy) Suddenly, but peacefully at the Beatson following a short illness, on Tuesday 9th August, beloved husband of Kathleen, dearly loved dad of Louise, Joanne, Pauline and Amanda, and adored Papa of Caitlin, Rachael, Greg, Holly
McCALL - James Suddenly but after a long illness at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow on Thursday 4th August 2022 aged 81 years. Loved and loving husband of Mary, dear father of Alastair, Douglas and Iain, loving father-in-law to Margaret
If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed. Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. The game sees a
BREWER Innis & Gunn is tapping into Scots’ penchant for sherry with a new limited-edition beer, The Original: PX. The Original: PX is the Edinburgh-based company’s single-malt whisky cask-matured beer which has spent three months in Pedro Ximénez
TOUR operator TUI, the UK’s largest, has declared it is on track to deliver a summer close to 2019 as it reported its first broadly break-even quarter since the pandemic took hold and posted underlying earnings of €48 million compared with heavy losses
A REFURBISHED building in Glasgow has bolstered the city's supply of Grade A office space. The riverside development at 200 Broomielaw is also set to become one of the city’s greenest office buildings. Currently undergoing an extensive renovation
If your brain is in need of a tease, the daily word game Quordle should be on your to-do list. Whether you've aced the music spin-off Heardle and you've got the Film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes. Described by some
Taking the original format of an age-old game and bringing it into the 21st Century is the newest word game on the block - Weaver. The word ladder idea was devised by novelist Lewis Carroll for his children, Julia and Ethel Arnold, on Christmas
If you're close to getting today's Heardle but you can't quite put your finger on it, let us give your musical memory a nudge. If you're anything like us, you've been agonising over the New York Times' Wordle mind-bender for months now. Described
Wordle has taken the world by storm, and if you’ve not given in to playing the daily game, we can guarantee you’ve seen the elusive squares all over social media. The aim of the game is to find a 5 letter word in only six attempts. The game
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