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The Scotsman
3 Nov, 2018
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Penalty record holder sells boots to benefit Doddie Weir charity
A former Welsh rugby star who kicked the longest penalty ever recorded in the international game is auctioning the boots he wore during the match for the benefit of another veteran player.
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Nicola Sturgeon: Rising antisemitism risks a return to Auschwitz

The Holocaust did not begin in Nazi concentration camps but when ordinary people started turning a blind eye to what was happening and so, with antisemitism once again rearing its head, it is incumbent on all of us to challenge hatred and division wherever we find it, writes First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Christmas market helps turn Edinburgh into theme park – Stephen Jardine

Christmas has arrived in Edinburgh even before Remembrance Day is held, notes Stephen Jardine.

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Plug pulled on Glasgow’s pioneering electric bus service

Glasgow’s only electric bus service is to be scrapped just two months before the start of a crackdown on the most polluting buses in the city centre, The Scotsman has learned.

Metals tycoon Gupta snaps up more sites

Metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, whose GFG Alliance group owns significant interests in Scotland, has struck a deal to buy three European steel mills in his latest expansion move on the continent.

Sport Update
Hibs’ Neil Lennon: All I do is stand up for myself amid racist abuse

Neil Lennon has fully backed his agent’s claim that he is routinely targeted for abuse in Scotland because he is an Irish Catholic who played for Celtic.

Neil Lennon: What does it say about Scotland and attitudes towards Catholics?

‘Hang Neil Lennon’. Seeing images of that spray-painted on a wall close to the ground of rivals Hearts was the final straw for the Hibernian manager who says the sentiment is reminiscent of the ideology of extremist Ku Klux Klan.

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Neil Lennon’s conduct was ‘shocking’ claims former police union chief

Neil Lennon could have caused a riot with his actions at Tynecastle, according to former Scottish Police Federation chairman Les Gray.

And finally...
Dance review: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Edinburgh Festival Theatre

For newcomers, the entire concept of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a treat waiting to be unwrapped, but for loyal followers of all-male ballet company, each visit to Scotland still offers something new and delicious to be devoured.

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