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22 Dec, 2019
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Scottish library opens doors on Christmas day to help homeless and lonely
A library is to open its doors on Christmas Day, helping the homeless and those who would otherwise be on their own to celebrate.
Latest News
Lack of power forces electric trains to switch to diesel

Brand new electric trains are being forced to switch to polluting diesel engines on a cross-Border route because of a “farcical” shortage of power.

Euan McColm: Nicola Sturgeon divides and rules with myth of the mandate

Nicola Sturgeon’s indyref rhetoric rises several pitches but the election hasn’t changed the arithmetic, writes Euan McColm

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Staff at The Range threaten to walk out after ‘freezing’ cashier was suspended just before Christmas for borrowing bodywarmer

The Range at Milton Link is threatening to suspend staff ahead of Christmas despite not fixing their working conditions.

Dani Garavelli: Naked power grab of Boris the emperor is all too clear

Boris Johnson won’t spare our blushes as his anti-austerity assurances and Brexit blandishments fall by the wayside, writes Dani Garavelli

Sport Update
Sandy Lyle backs Bob MacIntyre to follow in his footsteps

Sandy Lyle has yet to meet Bob MacIntyre. But, judging by the two-time major winner’s personal plaudit, he is well aware of the impact being made by the 23-year-old from Oban.

Aidan Smith: In the symphony of any given season the Ne’er Day derbies were the rumbustious passages in the middle, kettle drums to the fore

I can still see him, a wee bloke in a bunnet, fag hanging out of his mouth, a classic of the genre. It was half-time in the Ne’er Day derby and he sauntered into the centre circle, shoulders swinging. Two types of men walk like this: soldiers and drunks. This fellow might have been the former once; he was definitely the latter that day.

Glasgow’s Dave Rennie dismisses favourites tag and calls for ‘urgency’

Dave Rennie is usually disinclined to indulge in the pre-match mind games of which Richard Cockerill is so fond, but on the eve of the season’s first 1872 Cup match, the Glasgow coach could not resist having a subtle dig at his 
Edinburgh rival.

And finally...
New Fife festival cashes in on the Man in Black

The little-known Scottish ancestral roots of Johnny Cash, which can be traced back to a 12th century king, are to inspire a new festival in Fife.

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