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'Celtic must keep Robbie Keane'

11.03.10
Video: Former Celtic hero Lubomir Moravcik has urged the club to do everything possible to keep on-loan Spurs striker and build their team around him... more

Walter Smith cautious over Rangers takeover

08.03.10
Manager welcomed prospect of uncertain period coming to an end after the club confirmed majority shareholder Sir David Murray has begun discussions regarding a takeover... more

Rail union calls off booking office strikes

15.02.10
Planned strikes by booking office staff at some of the country's busiest railway stations suspended to allow peace talks... more

West Coast ticket office workers to strike

11.01.10
Ticket office workers on the busy West Coast line are to stage three rush-hour strikes in a row over closures, threatening disruption to passengers... more

£335,000 for VC pilot's medals

19.11.09
Six medals awarded to a Second World War pilot, including a Victoria Cross, sold for a record £335,100... more

Virgin commuters hit by strikes over increase in fares

18.11.09
NEW: Passengers using Sir Richard Branson’s West Coast Main Line face a double whammy of fare increases and strike action, it was revealed... more

Glasgow Rocks: Glasgow prepares to host the MOBO awards

16.09.09
Lindsay Johns soaks up the city’s atmosphere ahead of its first hosting of the MOBO awards.... more

Warning on swine flu death predictions

15.07.09
The Government needs to adopt more stringent methods of monitoring swine flu to better predict the number of deaths, researchers said... more

Profile: Former metal worker who took a beating

19.05.09
“The guy never took any advice when he was in office, and he’s still not taking any advice.”... more

Stop this slaughter of our small shops

26.03.09
There was blood on the stucco this week as the quarterly rent bills thudded in, giving coronaries to the owners of many little independent boutiques, delis, and shops in my 'hood, Notting Hill... more

What does Sharmanka mean?

19.01.09
Sharmanka founded in Russia and now Glasgow-based, specialises in charmingly crafted mechanical metal structures.... more

Only luck prevented car bomb carnage in West End

16.12.08
Prosecutors said only luck and good fortune stood between the London and Glasgow terrorist car bombers and mass carnage... more

NHS doctors 'turned from medicine to mass murder'

09.10.08
Two Muslim doctors went from treating the ill to plotting mass murder by leaving car bombs in London's West End, a court heard... more

Glasvegas shake and stir

24.09.08
Glasvegas's hugely stirring rock songs will soon be bellowed by the same substantial, lad-heavy crowds as those in Arctic Monkeys and Oasis gigs, says David Smyth. ... more

Who's in the buying queue

20.08.08
Once the investment bankers start the sell-off Gatwick and Stansted airports, there will be no shortage of prospective bidders... more

Bidding war on way as BAA told to sell airports

20.08.08
The £5 billion auction of London's biggest airports unofficially got under way as BAA was told it must sell two out of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted to stop it having a monopoly... more

A time for mischief: Bill Paterson and the day he built his very own H-bomb

01.08.08
It's a blazing summer - and time for mischief. What better way for a boy to spend the holidays than bringing mayhem to his tenement backyard?... more

On tour now: The B52's

10.07.08
Expect big hair and lots of glitter when the B52's play in Glasgow ... more

Sharleen Spiteri: The lone star of Texas

10.07.08
Sharleen Spiteri's decision to take an open-ended break from her job as the singer with Texas was not a particularly difficult one.... more

Creaky Kylie Minogue takes to the stage with bandaged knees as punishing tour rolls on

08.07.08
Kylie Minogue recently rang in her 40th birthday and judging by her latest performance, she's feeling her age. The pop star took the stage in Glasgow with large bandages strapped across both her knees for her third sold-out performance at the SECC in as many nights.... more

On tour now: RADIOHEAD

12.06.08
Maybe it's family life, maybe they've finally become bored with the bitter-and-twisted act, but they seem to be cheering up.... more

The XXX factor: Cheryl and Co squeeze into bondage-style corsets on Girls Aloud's raunchy tour

08.05.08
Girls Aloud continue to up the raunch factor on their UK tour, as they set the stage alight at Glasgow's SECC. And it was cuckolded wife Cheryl Tweedy who provided the spectacle as she took to the stage in a backless bondage-style bustier which left little to the imagination... more

One-trick pony of lovey backdrops

27.02.08
Fronted by a man with a derelict's beard and a trailer park baseball cap, Band Of Horses are a Supertramp for the new era.... more

A weekend of heavy rock

30.04.07
Now in its third year, Give It a Name was a noisy, ambitious prelude to the festival season.... more

Find love in the kitchen

13.02.07
With titles like Flirting With Flavour, Wine-Tasting Speed-Dating, Cooking For Crumpet, foodie courses are the new place to find love.... more

Daring but dire

29.09.06
A screenplay of terrible banality and acting that barely passes muster sink Pratibha Parmar's good-heared Nina's Heavenly Delights before it can swim.... more

Critic's choice: Franz Ferdinand

23.08.06
Glasgow clothes horses Franz Ferdinand play the Forum tonight giving 2,000 lucky fans a sneak preview of the kind of set that will please 60,000 at the Reading Festival.... more

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