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https://qoo.ly/zghhg NHS pay award for medical and dental staff - Deadline News Announcing a pay award of 2.5% backdated to 1 April 2019 for NHS Scotland medical and dental staff, general medical practitioners and general dental practitioners, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said: “It’s the continued hard work and dedication of s

https://qoo.ly/zgg3p A day of celebrations for The National Wallace Monument's 150th Anniversary - Deadline News The National Wallace Monument has unveiled a day of celebrations to mark the visitor attraction’s 150 year anniversary since it officially opened to the public on September 11th 1869. Stirling Provost, Christine Simpson will launch the anniversary da

https://qoo.ly/zgfqe Cunning chef reveals genius hack for making Chicken Kiev and garlic bread - at the same time - Deadline News A CUNNING chef has shared her hilarious “life-altering” hack for making chicken Kievs and garlic bread at the same time. Maria List’s genius trick simply involves placing each nearly-cooked Kiev on a slice of white bread in the oven. As the chicken f

https://qoo.ly/zgevw Scotland’s STEM teaching gets £1.3M boost - Deadline News Keeping children safe online; improving the use of digital technologies in the classroom; and funding travel across one of Scotland’s most remote school clusters to allow teachers to share approaches to numeracy and maths teaching. These are just som

https://qoo.ly/zgbzf War hero who lost both legs in Afghanistan gets special short prostheses to help him work as a joiner - Deadline News A WAR hero who lost both legs in Afghanistan has been provided with a special set of short prosthetic limbs to help him work as a joiner. Brave David Birrell regularly had to take off his standard prostheses to work at lower levels or on the floor. T

https://qoo.ly/zg9w3 "Co-op was the trippiest part of Creamfields" Hilarious moment music fans dance in aisles at festival supermarket - Deadline News HILARIOUS footage shows dance fans at a music festival hold an impromptu rave – inside a Co-op store. Scores of revellers are seen dancing in the aisles to the unlikely sound track of Dion’s 1961 hit Runaround Sue. The scenes unfolded at the Creamfie

https://qoo.ly/zg7tn Student hopes to plant seeds of interest in Community Garden - Deadline News A Nursing student at the University of Dundee is calling on green-fingered locals to come together and grow healthy produce for members of their community to enjoy. The recently established Fintry Community Garden is the brainchild of Brian Webster,

https://qoo.ly/zg66d Mental health support for new mums - Deadline News New mums at risk of poor mental health will be given access to increased support including counselling and befriending services. The rollout is part of a £50 million investment in mental health services for new mums, babies and young children announc

https://qoo.ly/zg4wt Circle of Inclusivity - Deadline News Scotland’s secondary schools are set to become more inclusive for all pupils, thanks to a new online professional learning resource developed by Education Scotland. Recognising a need for secondary school teachers to have access to equitable professi

https://qoo.ly/zg3fa Is this 15-vehicle overtake brilliant driving or plain dangerous? Internet divided over motorist's dashcam clip of "perfectly safe" manoeuvre - Deadline News A DRIVER has posted footage of himself overtaking 15 vehicles in one go on a rural road, declaring the manoeuvre “perfectly safe”. David Simpson’s jaw-dropping clip has divided opinion on social media between those who agree it shows consummate drivi

https://qoo.ly/zfzga Amazing moment lashing rain, hailstones, thunder and howling wind fail to stop an English cricket match - Deadline News INCREDIBLE footage shows the moment torrential rain, hail stones and a howling gale failed to stop a cricket match. While an international test game would be halted at the first sign of a raindrop, the hardy players at Blunham Cricket Club, Bedfordsh

https://qoo.ly/zfw83 Dog dies after it is poisoned by discarded piece of chewing gum - Deadline News A PET dog has died after it was poisoned by a piece of discarded chewing gum. The heartbroken owners of Winston say their pooch was killed by the artificial sweetener remaining in the gum. The family from Littleborough, Greater Manchester, today urge

https://qoo.ly/zfumk The world’s first tourist chatbot is launched today - Deadline News The Isle of Skye has become the first region to offer an artificial intelligence information service for tourists. The creator of Donald from Skye has today officially launched the Tourist Chatbot. Using world leading technology, Calum MacDonald has

https://qoo.ly/zfqjr Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Announces Winners of Two Young Arts Journalist Awards - Deadline News The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the winners of the 2019 Allen Wright Award and Fringe Young Writers Award. The Allen Wright Award recognises the best Fringe feature writer and best Fringe reviewer under the age of 30, while the Fr

https://qoo.ly/zfn8b Mugenkyo Taiko drummers present REVERBERATIONS FESTIVAL - Deadline News This year in 2019, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers celebrate their 25th anniversary year, which is also the 25th anniversary of the art-form of Taiko in the UK, as Mugenkyo are the longest-established group. To mark the occasion, they are hosting Scotland’s

https://qoo.ly/zfjwg Multi-utility specialists join forces for new business launch - Deadline News Two of Scotland’s fastest growing multi-utilities specialists have announced today that they are joining forces to create a major new operator for the UK: Advance Powertek Utilities Ltd. Leading groundworks and civil engineering company Advance Const

https://qoo.ly/zfjim Mugenkyo Taiko drummers present REVERBERATIONS FESTIVAL - Deadline News This year in 2019, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers celebrate their 25th anniversary year, which is also the 25th anniversary of the art-form of Taiko in the UK, as Mugenkyo are the longest-established group. To mark the occasion, they are hosting Scotland’s

https://qoo.ly/zfib9 Scotland’s best home bakers set to rise to the challenge - Deadline News The Scottish Café & Restaurant in Edinburgh has launched a fresh search for Scotland’s finest home baker in time for the return of hit TV show, The Great British Bake Off. Amateur bakers from John o’ Groats to Jedburgh are being encouraged to slip on

https://qoo.ly/zfhku £1 million for social enterprises - Deadline News Rural communities to benefit from digital hub. Charities and voluntary organisations such as women’s aid groups, food banks and youth clubs are set to benefit from £1 million of new funding. The funding is designed to support the growth of grassroots

https://qoo.ly/zfgni Student accommodation wins award - Deadline News Newly built student accommodation at the University of St Andrew has won a prestigious architecture prize. Whitehorn Hall, which opened in 2018, has won the 2019 prize in the residential category of the Scottish Design Awards. The student residence,

https://qoo.ly/zfetg More electric vehicle charging points - Deadline News Important step taken towards clean energy for transport.  A £7.5 million project between the public and private sectors has been established to deliver more electric vehicle charging points and ensure the infrastructure needed to support these is put

https://qoo.ly/zfc8b BOOK FESTIVAL - Rory Stewart: Talking the talk and walking the walk - Deadline News Former Conservative leadership candidate, MP Rory Stewart talked of life following the leadership campaign, his passion and love for walking and previous ventures across the Middle East at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Monday (26 Aug).

.ly/zfabs Smarter Grid Solutions expands into Europe thanks to successful German trial - Deadline News SCOTTISH software specialist Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) is expanding into Europe after completing successful trials with a utility company in Germany. SGS’s Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) software is already adding around 1.3

https://qoo.ly/zf6ys Furious Amazon customer catches out "lazy" delivery driver who "can't be bothered to climb flight of stairs" - Deadline News A FURIOUS Amazon customer has released footage of a “lazy” delivery man who couldn’t be bothered to climb a flight of stairs with his parcel. The clip shows the driver, clutching an Amazon package, disappear inside a block of flats for six seconds be

https://qoo.ly/zf4ka Hilarious moment show off bungles bouncy castle backflip and takes out woman standing nearby - Deadline News HILARIOUS video shows the moment a show off on a bouncy castle bungles a backflip and takes out an unsuspecting woman standing nearby. Dean Robinson, from Newcastle, took to the bouncy castle to prove to his pals that he could pull off the manouevre.

https://qoo.ly/zf38k Shocking moment cop punches and knees suspect to ground in "pre-emptive strike" - Deadline News SHOCKING video shows a police officer punch and knee a man to the ground at a caravan park in Lincolnshire. The video shows two officers trying to arrest a man before the male officer strikes him in the face and knees him in the midriff. As the man g

https://qoo.ly/ze2up Terrifying moment car and caravan lose control and flip over on dual carriageway - Deadline News TERRIFYING footage shows a car towing a caravan lose control and roll over the crash barrier at a busy dual carriageway. The caravan appears to “snake” as it is towed at high speed in the outside lane. Moments later, the caravan is destroyed as it fl

https://qoo.ly/zezw4 Itchycoo park – hilarious moment Einstein of Highland cow world solves problem of how to get a solo back scratch - Deadline News HILARIOUS video shows a very smart Highland cow solve the problem of how to get a solo back scratch. The beast is seen hooking the top wire of a fence with its horn and then moving its head side to side. The technique drags the wire across the cow’s

https://qoo.ly/zey2p Horrifying moment student spots dozens of baby spiders on ceiling moments after they hatch out - Deadline News A HORRIFYING video captured the moment “40 baby spiders” were caught crawling around after being born on the ceiling of a young woman’s home. Rebecca Paul, 21, from Newtongrange, Midlothian, said the spiders hatched on the ceiling in her home on Sund

https://qoo.ly/zey83 Picture shows rock hurled from motorway bridge lodged in windscreen just inches from HGV driver's head - Deadline News HORRIFYING pictures show a rock thrown from a motorway bridge lodged in an HGV windscreen just inches from the driver’s head. The deadly missile was thrown yesterday (tue) by four youngsters from a bridge over the M62 near Huyton, Merseyside. Police

.” https://qoo.ly/zew7e Orangutans may hold the key to human speech according to new research - Deadline News Orangutans may hold the key to understanding the evolution of the human language after researchers proved that great apes can control their voice in a similar way to humans. The scientists developed a diagnostic test to look into the active voicing i

https://qoo.ly/zesj4 Forensics expert accuses Thomas Cook of chlorine gassing and burning his daughter - Deadline News A FORENSICS expert has accused holiday giant Thomas Cook of causing chlorine gassing and burns to his daughter as a result of poor pool maintenance. Dr John Wheeler, whose PhD is in chemistry, says chlorine was added directly to the paddling pool and

https://qoo.ly/zeqkp Bizarre moment feeble street scrap escalates as man hurls dead pigeon at rival - Deadline News A FEEBLE street scrap between two men on a night out takes a bizarre turn when one of them pelts the other – with a dead pigeon. The scrap was filmed in Liverpool on Thursday and shows two men, who appear to have been drinking, squaring up to each ot

. https://qoo.ly/zem7c Glenmorangie Whisky scoops seven awards at prestigious competition - Deadline News A SCOTCH whisky picked up seven gold medals for its single malts from a prestigious international competition. Glenmorangie won the seven Gold Outstanding awards at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) that brings the best products in

. https://qoo.ly/zeke8 @DiageoGB Scot pupils feel less likely to drink after viewing touring production on the dangers of underage drinking - Deadline News An award-winning educational theatre production on the dangers of underage drinking has delivered highly encouraging results in transforming young Scots’ attitudes towards alcohol. Smashed is a hard-hitting drama about a group of friends who find the

." https://qoo.ly/zehr6 Charity launches first online map charting hundreds of organised health walks in Scotland - Deadline News Scotland’s first online map charting hundreds of organised health walks in every corner of the country has been launched. The new online map will show when and where local walks are taking place as well information about how to join them. The online

https://qoo.ly/zegb3 Fringe actor posts defiant snap of his pink trousers after suffering vile homophobic abuse in middle of Edinburgh - Deadline News AN Edinburgh Festival Fringe performer has revealed he suffered sickening homophobic abuse for wearing pink trousers. Brett Sinclair, from Ealing, London, was branded a “fag” and a “batty boy” by a group of yobs who were drinking in the street on Wed

." https://qoo.ly/zefkq Social Bite’s Wee Sleep Out returns for 2019 and it’s bigger and better - Deadline News SOCIAL BITES has launched the second Wee Sleep Out today to encourage under 18s to join the charity’s movement to end homelessness. The programme is said to be bigger than last years with a target of 10,000 young people across Scotland hosting their

https://qoo.ly/zeej5 "Worst zoo in the country!" Edinburgh Zoo suffers 40% one-star reviews during festival as visitors blast lack of animals - Deadline News EDINBURGH Zoo has been branded a “national disgrace” by disgruntled customers who claim the attraction is “empty” of animals. The zoo is one of Scotland’s biggest visitor attractions but has suffered 40% one-star reviews on Trip Advisor during the fe

https://qoo.ly/zee4g Fashion student claims Levis "ripped off" her competition entry ideas - Deadline News A FASHION student has hit out at £5.1bn denim brand Levi’s for allegedly ripping off her designs. Caitlin Fraser from Govanhill, Glasgow, shared images that show remarkable similarity between her creations and Levi’s recent Handmaid’s Tale-themed pro

.” https://qoo.ly/zedbg Orangutans may hold the key to human speech according to new research - Deadline News Orangutans may hold the key to understanding the evolution of the human language after researchers proved that great apes can control their voice in a similar way to humans. The scientists developed a diagnostic test to look into the active voicing i

.ly/zebgp VisitScotland looks into how golf tourism has changed ahead of Solheim Cup - Deadline News VisitScotland has decided to celebrate 50 years by looking into how golf tourism has changed over the year ahead of the 2019 Solheim Cup. The company which promotes Scottish tourism decided to trawl through the archives to see how the marketing of go

." https://qoo.ly/ze8yd Dance festival fans horrifed to find vehicles stripped of wheels, seats and engines in "secure" car park - Deadline News FESTIVAL goers were shocked to return to their vehicles and discover crooks had partially dismantled them. Pictures show entire sets of wheels, seats and engine parts were stripped from numerous cars parked at the Creamfields festival in Cheshire. Th

.” https://qoo.ly/ze6ay Terrifying moment three vehicles swerve and brake check in A1 road rage incident - Deadline News SHOCKING video shows three vehicles swerving towards each other and brake-checking in a terrifying road rage incident filmed on the A1.  A black van deliberately swerves towards a BMW in the fast lane, forcing it to take evasive action. Moments later

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.ly/ze3a8 BOOK FESTIVAL - Salman Rushdie on his retelling of Don Quixote and the state of US politics - Deadline News At the last event of the Edinburgh Book Festival on 26 Aug, Salman Rushdie took to the stage with Journalist James Naughtie to talk about his new book Quichotte, a modern retelling of the classic novel, Don Quixote. Rushdie’s version takes place in t

.ly/zd2pc #edbookfest @edbookfest BOOK FESTIVAL - Gordon Brown: "No deal Brexit would be an act of self-harm" - Deadline News Addressing crowds at the Edinburgh International Book Fair yesterday (26 Aug), the former Labour Prime Minister called out a growing rise in nationalism across the UK. Brown agrees with Nicola Sturgeons analysis that a no deal would be terrible for S

.ly/zd2p7 COMEDY - Daniel Muggleton: Pimpin' Ain't Easy (But I Reckon it's Easier for Straight, White Men?) - Deadline News Presented in a lazy Aussie drawl, Daniel Muggleton: Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy (But I Reckon it’s Easier for Straight, White Men?) functions as a perfectly serviceable hour of stand-up but suffers from a lack of distinct character or flavour. Daniel ‘Dan’ Mu

.ly/zd2n4 #Edbookfest @edbookfest BOOK FESTIVAL - Kai Strittmatter reminds us that China is as complicated as it is large - Deadline News New York Times journalist Steven Erlanger, author and journalist Kai Strittmatter and Tech correspondent for the Financial Times Yuan Yang gathered in the Spark Theatre gathered together on one of the hottest days of August to discuss the politics an

https://qoo.ly/zdpcj Shocking images show how Mum's washing machine door 'exploded' sending shards across kitchen - Deadline News A TERRIFIED mum has slammed Argos for selling a “time bomb waiting to go off” after she claimed her washing machine exploded. Sarah-Louise Bell from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire was horrified when her £240 Bush washing machine door smashed, sending