Gary Ralston's restaurant review: La Dolce Vita, Dumfries
IF you stick your head out La Dolce Vita and listen carefully you can hear a rumbling from across the road. Poor Robert Burns, who could hold a drink as comfortably as a quill, is spinning in his...
View ArticleAye, I'll be turning back time … to become an 80s supermodel
This is a public service announcement – please remember to put your clocks back this weekend. Rewinding time invokes the same response in our house every year. First, the realisation that we get an...
View ArticleNational Lottery results: Lotto winning numbers for tonight's £9 million...
Tonight’s National Lottery jackpot is an estimated £9 million – but have you got a winning ticket? If you bought one, you can check your numbers below. Good luck! National Lottery Lotto winning...
View ArticleHoney G blasted as 'utterly FAKE' by X Factor viewers as Simon Cowell claimed...
Honey G was blasted as ‘utterly FAKE’ by X Factor viewers on Saturday night as Simon Cowell gave her his biggest praise so far. Despite Simon previously blasting the 35-year-old rapper for being a...
View ArticleRyan Gauld plays first game in 20 months as Scots starlet turns out for...
RYAN Gauld has made his first top-team appearance in 20 months. The Scot, who is currently on loan at Vitoria Setubal from parent club Sporting Lisbon, was used as an 83rd minute sub in his team’s...
View ArticleOpen house: Take a peek inside some great new homes being built across Scotland
Cala Homes have launched the first phase of their Mayburn Park development at Straiton, just outside Edinburgh. The collection of 90 new homes in Midlothian will include three-bedroom terraces as well...
View Article7 reasons Eigg is the perfect Small Isle to visit
I’LL start by putting my cards on the table here. I love all four of Scotland’s Small Isles. I would go back to any of glorious Rum, Muck and Canna in an instant, but if I have to pick one to visit it...
View ArticleNew book Disappearing Glasgow look at the vanishing 'streets in the sky'
THEY were once hailed as ‘streets in the sky’ and seen as a solution to the overcrowded and insanitary slums that blighted Glasgow. The new high-rise homes had kitchens and indoor bathrooms and...
View ArticleComic Relief Bake Off is scrapped as show makers snub BBC charity special...
BBC bosses have been forced to axe a special Comic Relief version of the Great British Bake Off amid a furious row with the show’s makers . The corporation wanted to reunite judges Paul Hollywood and...
View ArticleStrictly Come Dancing pay tribute to tragic Pete Burns opening with a dance...
Strictly Come Dancing paid a fitting tribute to tragic Pete Burns on Saturday night, following the shock news that the Dead or Alive star passed away from a massive cardiac arrest. On Monday afternoon...
View ArticleFour people stabbed and perpetrator on the run after knife attack in...
At least four people have been injured after being stabbed in Frankfurt and the perpetrator is now on the run, say police. According to local radio station FFH, the motive is not yet clear. A message...
View ArticleChampionship round-up: Mark Durnan fires late Dundee United winner against...
DUNDEE UNITED left it late to collect all three points as they made Peter Houston’s return to Tannadice an unhappy one. Mark Durnan’s 82nd minute goal defeated the former Dundee United manager’s...
View ArticleWatch as Argentinean player channels his inner Eric Cantona and kicks fan
IT’s almost 22 years since we witnessed Eric Cantona kung-fu kick a Crystal Palace fan and cause uproar across the world of football. Many doubted we’d ever see such horrifying scenes again. Yet...
View ArticleWatch as Polish football fans engage in war of flares
AS Arka and Lechia Gdansk players battled on the pitch, their fans battled in the stands – with flares. The two teams are bitter rivals but have had to spend some time apart in recent years. However,...
View ArticleAfghan Girl from famous 1985 National Geographic photo 'to be freed on bail'...
The green-eyed Afghan girl famously featured on the cover of National Geographic magazine is to be released on bail after her arrested for alleged fraud, it has been reported. Sharbat Gula, who became...
View ArticleCeltic European Cup hero Stevie Chalmers inducted into Scottish football hall...
LISBON LION Stevie Chalmers has tonight been inducted into Scottish football’s Hall of Fame at a star-studded Hampden bash. The legendary Celtic striker scored the winning goal against Inter Milan as...
View ArticleKezia Dugdale on how 1p can make the difference to struggling NHS
ON AN almost daily basis we are presented with statistics about the performance of the NHS in Scotland. After a decade of SNP government, a report by experts at Audit Scotland confirmed what most of...
View ArticleFrom Malaysia to the streets of Glasgow: Chef gears up to showcase Asian food...
WHEN Julie Lin MacLeod was by her mother’s side learning to cook as a youngster, she could never have imagined she’d one day be showcasing those recipes to the nation – but that’s exactly what she’ll...
View ArticleBeware of the bed bugs: Blood-sucking insects on the rampage as call-outs to...
BED bugs are on the rampage with pest controllers reporting a doubling of call-outs to deal with the unwelcome sleep companions. Rentokil Pest Control said it had seen a 140 per cent jump in the...
View ArticleWatch: What would you do with a tenner? Adam shares his plans for keeping fit
FROM Shetland to Stirling, readers around the country have been sharing how they would spend £10 to have fun in their local area as part of Royal Bank of Scotland’s #UltimateTenner campaign. And, just...
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