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The Scotsman
17 Nov, 2018
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Musselburgh darts champ Gary Anderson accused of ‘farting’ during Grand Slam match
Former darts world champion Gary Anderson has hit back at claims he broke wind during a match, saying he thought his opponent had been responsible for the bad smells instead.
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Brexit chaos shows breaking up Unions isn’t worth it – Brian Wilson

The lesson for the SNP from the current shambles over Brexit should be that breaking up Unions is not remotely worth the money and pain, writes Brian Wilson.

Online and phone scammers have a dangerous new trick – Jane Bradley

Once the fraudsters behind online scams claimed to be princes from far-away lands, but they’re much more sophisticated now and much harder to spot, warns Jane Bradley.

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Corbyn’s Brexit stance risks no-deal catastrophe – leader comment

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn needs to choose between Theresa May’s EU divorce plan or scrapping Brexit to avoid ‘utter madness’ of a no-deal exit.

Brexit: ‘It’s not what we voted for’, Fishermen fear tide is out

The café attached to Peterhead fish market is known by some who use it as the “mini Parliament”.

Sport Update
Swapping Murrayfield for Twickenham may suit SRU chief Mark Dodson

When the previous RFU chief executive Francis Baron stepped down in September 2017 there were whispers that Scottish Rugby’s Mark Dodson might be ready to succeed him, only for Twickenham’s chief financial officer Steve Brown to be installed.

Lord Coe hails Laura Muir’s ‘mental strength’ after 2018 glory

Lord Coe was speaking to PB magazine, issued this 
weekend 
to 13,000 
scottishathletics members.

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Interview: Scotland rugby hero Tony Stanger on why he loves football

If you’re a football man, determinedly of that persuasion and a bit sneering with it, then you might view Tony Stanger’s Hawick as the sporting equivalent of the flat earth society, a place where they believe that when leather and air conjoin the result must always be egg-shaped. Anything else 
is sacrilege, anything else is banned. Visitors will be searched and if spheres of perfect circumference are found these must be deposited in the giant receptacles at the town gates.

And finally...
Music review: Johnny Marr, Barrowland, Glasgow

“THIS is a disco song,” declared Johnny Marr before a dramatically rearranged version of Getting Away With It, his 1989 debut hit alongside New Order’s Bernard Sumner as Electronic, which here bore a loose, grinding, extended groove reminiscent of early Talking Heads. “It’s Friday now, right? The weekend starts here!”It’s impossible to imagine Marr’s long-former Smiths bandmate and noted discophobe Morrissey engaging in such upbeat and light-hearted banter, but then it’s also hard to picture the bullish and controversial Morrissey of 2018 swearing off politics as Marr did here (“Is it just me or is all politics really s***? Don’t worry, I’m not going to go there…”)

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