JOE HART insists that Celtic are ready for the new campaign to begin ahead of Aberdeen’s visit to Parkhead on Sunday. The Premiership champions will be celebrating flag day in Glasgow’s east end this weekend as they aim for a second consecutive
SCOTT BROWN says he is eagerly anticipating his competitive managerial bow after almost five months missing a matchday buzz. The Celtic legend begins his new career for real when taking Fleetwood to Port Vale for their League One season opener
IT can take a little time to get to grips with Ange Postecoglou’s vision, Joe Hart admits. The Celtic goalkeeper, who recorded a clean sheet in the team’s final pre-season outing against Norwich City on Saturday, has been working under the Greek-Australian
RANGERS, who were knocked out of the League Cup and Scottish Cup by Celtic last season, beat their oldest rivals 2-1 to win the first-ever City of Glasgow Women's Cup match at the Excelsior Stadium yesterday. Although Rangers captain Nicola Docherty
ABERDEEN'S recruitment over the summer has been super-charged with seven new faces brought in to bolster their ambition to challenge for honours this season after flopping last term and finishing in 10th place in the Premiership. But while manager
Scottish ministers are facing calls for greater transparency after it was reported a metal tycoon under investigation for fraud paid just £5 towards the acquisition of a Highlands smelting plant – with taxpayers financing the rest of the £330million
CELTIC will begin their defence of the Premier Sports Cup with a trip to take on Ross County in the Highlands. Ange Postecoglou's side were drawn as the away side in the final tie out of the hat for the second round. Meanwhile, Glasgow rivals
SCOTLAND’S first artificial wave park is expected to open in 2024 after securing £26 million backing from the Scottish National Investment Bank. The Wavegarden Scotland development of Craigpark Quarry at Ratho, near Edinburgh, will bring a 23-hectare
FEET WASHING DICTIONARIES of the Scots Language defines this pre-marital tradition as “the ceremony of washing the feet of a bridegroom (or bride) performed by his (or her) friends on the eve of the wedding”. This custom is mentioned as early
THE SNP has refused to say what it knew about a sexual misconduct allegation against one of the party’s rising stars before he was allowed to become a council leader. Opposition parties said the SNP would be “sullied” if it failed to address the
THE lawyer representing two players at the centre of a Cricket Scotland racism 'scandal' has said that the board's resignation is "not enough". The entire board quit with immediate effect on Sunday before the publication of a sportscotland-commissioned
A FORMER Tory Scottish Secretary has slated Liz Truss’s plan to borrow money to fund £30billion in tax cuts, saying Margaret Thatcher would be “very unimpressed” by it. Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who was Scottish Secretary in Mrs Thatcher’s cabinet for
From leafy greens to chillies, anyone can grow their own produce. You might think you need a vast backyard and a green thumb to grow your own veg and herbs at home, but Kate Humble couldn't disagree more. "Even if you've just got a windowsill
A psychotherapist tells Prudence Wade why she thinks we've moved past the anxiety stage and are now experiencing 'eco grief'. With such extreme temperatures this week, it can be tricky not to think about climate change right now. While these
From a spice-themed week to letting your teen choose the menu, Gemma Bradley discovers there are many ways to inspire young people in the kitchen. Leaving home and starting university is a daunting experience - even more so if you don't know a
By Ian McConnell Business Editor A SCOTTISH building and home improvements business has fallen into liquidation, with all 51 staff made redundant. Callum Carmichael and Chad Griffin, partners with FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint
The entire board of Cricket Scotland has resigned with immediate effect before the publication of an independent review that is expected to find that there is evidence of institutional racism. The report, due to be published on Monday is expected
THE draw for the last 16 of the Premier Sports Cup will take place on Sunday as the Premiership's big hitters enter the competition. The five Scottish teams involved in European competition this term - Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Dundee United and
JEMMA REEKIE will pick herself up, dust herself down and then be ready to go for the Commonwealth Games after her world championships were blown apart. Rather than hunting a medal in tonight’s women’s 800 metres final in Oregon, the Scots star
CELTIC'S first-ever Scottish Women's Cup success in May could be one of the last under the auspices of Scottish Women's Football. I understand senior figures at the Scottish FA are keen to bring the national knock out competition into their portfolio
ANDY MURRAY becoming Wimbledon champion. Celtic winning the European Cup. Josh Taylor becoming undisputed champion of the world. For a small country, Scottish sportspeople have achieved some astonishing things. In winning the world 1500m title
MINISTERS have been warned that lives are being put at risk through a crisis in Scotland’s fire service which has seen nearly 1000 jobs already go in the past ten years and hundreds more expected with planned real term cuts over the next five years
MINISTERS have come under fire for ignoring specialist decision-making as it emerged they overturned nearly all appealed planning decisions made last year by the agency it tasks with protecting the nation’s heritage and half of those made by local
IAN Brooke still looks over his shoulder when walking along a street when his husband takes his hand. The 42-year-old does it instinctively to see who might be there, partly for their own safety, but he longs for the day when a same-sex couple
“I’M no psychic,” modestly asserts David Bone (Letters, July 17), but then his crystal ball “sees” an election on the horizon, and tells him that one of the only two parties big enough to form a Westminster government, is at best, a “fever dream”.
It tells the story of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and was intended as a gift to every child in state-funded primary education. But a commemorative book commissioned to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee is at the centre of a political row
Taking the biscuit THE Diary is obsessed with the Tory leadership contest, and no wonder, with such charisma on display. First there’s Rishi Sunak, who has the magnetic intensity of a trainee call centre manager with his very own cubicle to
Alison Walker's mother no longer recognises her. The window of opportunity for normal, family interactions in advanced dementia is short. However, she is convinced that 89-year-old Olive’s symptoms have accelerated more rapidly because for
"IF someone had told me when I was diagnosed that I'd be feeling this way, and in remission, I'd have bitten their hand off," said Allan McLean. The 48-year-old civil servant from Cumbernauld in Lanarkshire was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
The money shot WE mentioned that chivalry isn’t dead in Scotland. It’s merely like the unfortunate black knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Sans arms, sans legs; all that remains is a bleeding torso. Which reminds Robin Gilmour from
Personal insights on stories from across the world by Foreign Editor David Pratt Ukraine Grain deal gives hope but will not stop the war It’s the first bit of good news from the region in a while. With the warring neighbours
Picturesque locations such as the Cairngorms may be easy on the eye, but hidden from plain sight is what conservationists call the ‘escalator to extinction’. And now, botany experts Dr Aline Finger and Martine Borge are not only highlighting this disturbing
It started as a demolition derby and turned into a weird version of The X Factor for Margaret Thatcher tribute acts. In this fractious Tory leadership contest it looks as if the top clone, the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, has won the votes of elderly
To mark the 25th anniversary of the day the White Paper on Scottish devolution was presented to the House of Commons, former First Minister Henry McLeish writes exclusively on its significance and why the occasion was his colleague Donald Dewar’s ‘
DURING this week’s searing heatwave, one stark comment stood out. It came from Tim Stock, who, having witnessed his family home of 60 years go up in flames, said: “It was like a scene from the Blitz.” As smoke billowed over his home village in
IT was a series that took viewers behind the scenes at one of Scotland’s largest holiday parks that captivated audiences, drawn to the stunning coastal scenery that also featured. Now ‘Life on the Bay’, is returning later this year, as Pettycur
"This is a different way of treating cancer, and it provides an answer for patients in whom there really might not be any good options." Dr David Irvine, a consultant haematologist at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, is talking
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
Can't get your head around today's Quordle? Here are a few helpful hints to help you crack the brain-teasing word game. 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
Daily word ladder game, Weaver, brings the original format of an age-old puzzle, into the 21st century. The idea is reported to have been devised by novelist Lewis Carroll for his children, Julia and Ethel Arnold, on Christmas day in 1877, calling
If you've hummed out today's Heardle but you can't put your finger on where you have heard it before, here are a few helpful hints. If you're anything like us, you've been agonising over the New York Times' 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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