A mum has spoken of her terror at the moment a champagne bottle struck her windscreen - narrowly missing her and her young son - as their car was hurtling along the Edinburgh City Bypass.
Sociable and vivacious, Natalie McGarry swept into the fledgling Women for Independence movement like a whirlwind. Back then the referendum campaign was in its infancy; âshoutyâ male voices dominated and a group of prominent female Yes supporters, including Carolyn Leckie, Susan Stewart and Jeane Freeman, wanted to create something different: a grassroots organisation based on trust.
It was 25 years ago today that John Smith passed away. His death saw a great outpouring of grief and sympathy. The nation, though, was not just mourning a man they had come to respect and admire but, following the division of the Thatcher years and shambles of John Majorâs government, what appeared to be dashed hopes of a new era of consensual and constructive politics.
Hibernian boss Paul Heckingbottom branded Kilmarnockâs Alex Bruce as a âf*****g diverâ during post-match media duties, after the defender won a disputed penalty during this afternoonâs Premiership clash.
Playing what he described as âcaveman golfâ, Richie Ramsay finished birdie-birdie in the second round to sit just one shot off the lead at the halfway stage in the £3 million Betfred British Masters at Hillside, where seven Scots out of ten starters have made it through to the weekend.
Eastwood Golf Club on the outskirts of Glasgow is close to becoming the latest Scottish club to be forced to shut its doors due to dwindling membership.
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