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The Scotsman
18 Jul, 2018
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Family ‘caught barbecuing on tombstone in graveyard’
A family appear to have been caught barbecuing in a graveyard, using a raised tombstone as a base, according to a witness who took a photo of the scene.
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SNP MP Angus MacNeil calls for IndyRef2 ‘within a year’

A long-serving SNP MP has called for a second referendum on Scottish independence within 12 months following last night’s Brexit vote, which saw Theresa May avoid a damaging Brexit defeat in the Commons.

Brexit: SNP MPs demand rerun of EU referendum amid Vote Leave probe

The Scottish Government has said a new EU referendum is “essential” after the official Vote Leave campaign was referred to the policy following an official investigation that concluded it breached spending limits and broke the law.

Bridge to Australia bolsters FinTech opportunities

Australia and Scotland’s FinTech businesses are perfectly game, set and matched under new initiative

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US secret service agent dies after stroke during Trump visit to Scotland

A US secret service agent who suffered a stroke during President Trump’s visit to his Turnberry golf resort has died.

Jobless Scots on the rise while falling UK-wide

The number of Scots out of work is on the rise, while falling across the rest of the UK, official figures today show.

Sport Update
In pictures: How the away players rated in Shkupi 0 – 0 Rangers

Ratings out of 10 for every Rangers player in their 0-0 draw away to Shkupi, a result which saw them through to the next round of Europa League qualifying.

Interview: Bubba Watson on telling the truth and leaving a legacy

Love him or loathe him, it doesn’t matter to Bubba Watson. “I don’t sugar-coat,” said the American about why being a heart-on-the- sleeve man has sometimes made him unpopular. In a poll conducted by ESPN three years ago, he was effectively labelled the least favourite among PGA Tour players. Out of just over 100 players anonymously surveyed, 23 per cent answered with Watson to a question: “_______________ is in a fight in the parking lot. You’re not helping him.”

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Rangers poke fun at themselves on Twitter after European tie

Rangers have made light of last year’s European exit to Luxembourg minnows Progres Niederkorn after avoiding similar embarrassment on Tuesday evening.

And finally...
Theatre interview: Pitlochry’s new artistic director Elizabeth Newman plans to take the whole community along for the ride

If you want a clue about the incoming artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre you’ll find it in William Blake. On her first visit to the theatre in the hills, Elizabeth Newman kept thinking of a line by the poet. “To the eyes of the man of imagination,” wrote the 20-year-old Blake, “nature is imagination itself.”

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