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The Scotsman
20 Oct, 2018
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Rocker Bobby Gillespie hits out at ‘smug’ Andrew Neil after BBC appearance
Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie has hit out at Andrew Neil and the BBC after he refused to dance following an appearance on late night political magazine show This Week.
Latest News
Police say ‘big cat’ in Ayrshire isn’t black panther

Police in Scotland have issued a clarification on a big cat sighting in Ayrshire after previously warning a black panther was on the loose.
Is Scotland set for ‘four months of snow’ this winter?

Some weather forecasters are still predicting that Scotland will be hit with four months of snow this winter - but the Met Office has once again dismissed the claims.
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Brian Wilson: SNP’s ‘Quango Queen’ is not alone on gravy train

The piquant revelation that Scotland’s erstwhile Quango Queen was paid to work more days in a year than actually exist highlights why the whole system is so tarnished.
Edinburgh workers could save over £80k commuting to the city

Workers in Edinburgh could save around £82,000 by commuting to the city rather than living there, according to new analysis.
Sport Update
A defence of Aberdeen fans after Betfred Cup semi-final snub

Aberdeen have taken a bit of a kicking since news broke that they were having to give back some of their Betfred Cup semi-final tickets due to a lack of demand.
Brendan Rodgers fears losing Celtic skipper Scott Brown to Oz

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has accepted that the Premiership champions could lose veteran midfielder Scott Brown to sunnier climes next year.
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Leigh Griffiths a doubt for Celtic ahead of Hibs visit

Leigh Griffiths could be forced to miss Celtic’s Ladbrokes Premiership clash with Hibs tomorrow through illness.

And finally...
Music review: The Orb

Three decades after The Orb more or less invented ambient house, the bliss-out entity is still going strong. With original member Alex Paterson joined on the decks by mixing engineer and long-time collaborator Michael Rendell, what the pair forsook in terms of The Orb’s usual stunning visuals, limited here to showing on a couple of television screens, they gained with the Spiegeltent’s intimacy, its timeless, colourful surroundings disguising that this was an early evening show slap-bang in a town square.
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