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Children are opening advent calendars today, but many won't receive a new book this Christmas.
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The owners of one of Glasgow's best loved restaurants will be heading to the Supreme Court in London next year in the hopes of finally re-opening
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December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The owners of one of Glasgow's best loved restaurants will be heading to the Supreme Court in London next year in the hopes of finally re-opening
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A very necessary and important column from my @heraldscotland.bsky.social colleague Marissa MacWhirter
#SandiePeggie tribunal and the ongoing gender critical movement are setting back feminism by decades. The amount of misogynistic backlash unleashed on people who disagree with them says it all really.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A very necessary and important column from my @heraldscotland.bsky.social colleague Marissa MacWhirter
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This is sure to be one of winter's most talked about exhibitions in Scotland
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'Colour everywhere you look' 40-year retrospective of New Glasgow Boy is 'beguiling'
Review: Adrian Wiszniewski, In Full Colour, Glasgow Print Studio, December 5-January 31: This New Glasgow Boy exploded onto the art scene in the…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is sure to be one of winter's most talked about exhibitions in Scotland
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The major development beside leisure facilities in Edinburgh is to be approved after scrutiny by the Scottish Government. 👇
Plans for homes and student housing next to a 'well-known venue' are expected to be given the green light.
@brianpdonnelly.bsky.social has more in today's Business Briefing: www.heraldscotland.com/news...
@brianpdonnelly.bsky.social has more in today's Business Briefing: www.heraldscotland.com/news...
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The major development beside leisure facilities in Edinburgh is to be approved after scrutiny by the Scottish Government. 👇
Plans for homes and student housing next to a 'well-known venue' are expected to be given the green light.
@brianpdonnelly.bsky.social has more in today's Business Briefing: www.heraldscotland.com/news...
@brianpdonnelly.bsky.social has more in today's Business Briefing: www.heraldscotland.com/news...
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Plans for homes and student housing next to a 'well-known venue' are expected to be given the green light.
@brianpdonnelly.bsky.social has more in today's Business Briefing: www.heraldscotland.com/news...
@brianpdonnelly.bsky.social has more in today's Business Briefing: www.heraldscotland.com/news...
"It is alleged that Peggie shared 10 points in a 'Benidorm group chat,' including describing the aftermath of the floods as looking like a 'giant bowl of Coco Pops'.
Peggie had allegedly referred to Dr Upton as 'it', 'weirdo' and 'freak'." || Marissa MacWhirter 👇
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴
Peggie had allegedly referred to Dr Upton as 'it', 'weirdo' and 'freak'." || Marissa MacWhirter 👇
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴
December 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"It is alleged that Peggie shared 10 points in a 'Benidorm group chat,' including describing the aftermath of the floods as looking like a 'giant bowl of Coco Pops'.
Peggie had allegedly referred to Dr Upton as 'it', 'weirdo' and 'freak'." || Marissa MacWhirter 👇
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴
Peggie had allegedly referred to Dr Upton as 'it', 'weirdo' and 'freak'." || Marissa MacWhirter 👇
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴
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The government has published a flurry of education data today. If you know where to look, you can find clear evidence of broken SNP promises.
The SNP has made a number of specific, measurable commitments around teacher numbers. Official data now shows that it has failed to meet any of them.
Education Writer and former teacher @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social analyses the figures 👇
Education Writer and former teacher @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social analyses the figures 👇
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The government has published a flurry of education data today. If you know where to look, you can find clear evidence of broken SNP promises.
The SNP has made a number of specific, measurable commitments around teacher numbers. Official data now shows that it has failed to meet any of them.
Education Writer and former teacher @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social analyses the figures 👇
Education Writer and former teacher @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social analyses the figures 👇
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The SNP has made a number of specific, measurable commitments around teacher numbers. Official data now shows that it has failed to meet any of them.
Education Writer and former teacher @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social analyses the figures 👇
Education Writer and former teacher @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social analyses the figures 👇
Claudia Winkleman pictured at Windsor Castle today after being made an MBE.
The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing host was honoured for services to broadcasting.
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing host was honoured for services to broadcasting.
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Claudia Winkleman pictured at Windsor Castle today after being made an MBE.
The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing host was honoured for services to broadcasting.
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing host was honoured for services to broadcasting.
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
Former Celtic and Motherwell striker John 'Dixie' Deans has died at the age of 79.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Former Celtic and Motherwell striker John 'Dixie' Deans has died at the age of 79.
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This Christmas, you can help give a child the gift of reading
Get involved in our Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Get involved in our Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This Christmas, you can help give a child the gift of reading
Get involved in our Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
Get involved in our Christmas appeal, in association with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social: www.heraldscotland.com/opin...
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Exclusive: Scotland is to get a new Screen Machine within months after a “colossal” effort to secure the future of the mobile cinema service for the Highlands & Islands raised almost £1.5m.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Exclusive: Scotland is to get a new Screen Machine within months after a “colossal” effort to secure the future of the mobile cinema service for the Highlands & Islands raised almost £1.5m.
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Plans for almost 1,000 new homes and a hotel in a Scottish city have been recommended for approval.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Plans for almost 1,000 new homes and a hotel in a Scottish city have been recommended for approval.
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📈 A Scottish family-run engineering company has been sold to a major Japanese business.
📈 The deal leads our weekly round-up.
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📈 The deal leads our weekly round-up.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
📈 A Scottish family-run engineering company has been sold to a major Japanese business.
📈 The deal leads our weekly round-up.
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📈 The deal leads our weekly round-up.
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Dr Beth Upton is the real winner in the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social
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𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘴/𝘗𝘈 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
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𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘴/𝘗𝘈 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dr Beth Upton is the real winner in the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social
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𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘴/𝘗𝘈 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
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𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘴/𝘗𝘈 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
BREAKING
Official figures show that teacher numbers remain well below the levels pledged by the Scottish Government in recent years
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Official figures show that teacher numbers remain well below the levels pledged by the Scottish Government in recent years
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December 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
BREAKING
Official figures show that teacher numbers remain well below the levels pledged by the Scottish Government in recent years
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Official figures show that teacher numbers remain well below the levels pledged by the Scottish Government in recent years
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Gender critical feminism and the fight over defining gender upholds the patriarchy. The fights not done yet but my take on yesterdays tribunal
#sandiepeggie #nhsfife
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#sandiepeggie #nhsfife
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December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Gender critical feminism and the fight over defining gender upholds the patriarchy. The fights not done yet but my take on yesterdays tribunal
#sandiepeggie #nhsfife
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#sandiepeggie #nhsfife
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EXCLUSIVE
The operator of the service had warned the 'precious resource' was at risk of being wound up
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The operator of the service had warned the 'precious resource' was at risk of being wound up
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December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
EXCLUSIVE
The operator of the service had warned the 'precious resource' was at risk of being wound up
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The operator of the service had warned the 'precious resource' was at risk of being wound up
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♦️Significant English expansion drive revealed by Scottish law firm
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English expansion drive revealed by Scottish law firm
Scottish law firm unveils major expansion plans in England
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December 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
♦️Significant English expansion drive revealed by Scottish law firm
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Exclusive: Scotland is to get a new Screen Machine within months after a “colossal” effort to secure the future of the mobile cinema service for the Highlands & Islands raised almost £1.5m.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2568092... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Exclusive: Scotland is to get a new Screen Machine within months after a “colossal” effort to secure the future of the mobile cinema service for the Highlands & Islands raised almost £1.5m.
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A major Scottish city centre homes and student housing development is set to get the green light.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A major Scottish city centre homes and student housing development is set to get the green light.
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My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of What’s the Craic, God? Rebecca Donovan’s solo play about an Irish teenager’s rites of passage.
Seen at Theatre 118, Glasgow.
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Seen at Theatre 118, Glasgow.
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Comic candour meets teenage turmoil in Theatre 118’s What’s the Craic, God?
Theatre, What’s the Craic, God?, Theatre 118, Glasgow. Sweet seventeen and a self styled ‘half a virgin’, Aoife McDonagh can’t wait get away…
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December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social review of What’s the Craic, God? Rebecca Donovan’s solo play about an Irish teenager’s rites of passage.
Seen at Theatre 118, Glasgow.
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Seen at Theatre 118, Glasgow.
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I get the flu jag every year. And every year it works. This year, though, the flu mutated after I was vaccinated. And it got me. It got me bad. It’s an especially bad virus this year. I was floored for three weeks. Here’s my guide to surviving the monster variant
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In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The sheer hell of this year's flu ...by a survivor
Our Writer at Large was floored by the mutated strain of the flu that is now shutting wards and surging across Scotland.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I get the flu jag every year. And every year it works. This year, though, the flu mutated after I was vaccinated. And it got me. It got me bad. It’s an especially bad virus this year. I was floored for three weeks. Here’s my guide to surviving the monster variant
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In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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'Trump's actions and rhetoric have made the entire planet a colder, crueler and unsafer place' || Nancy Armour
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𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺
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𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
'Trump's actions and rhetoric have made the entire planet a colder, crueler and unsafer place' || Nancy Armour
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𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺
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𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺