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• Warning ancient university faces 'constitutional crisis' over restructuring plan

  28-06-2026 18:40 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The set of restructuring proposals was signed off last week, sparking concern from lecturers and union leaders.
  
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• 'A historic day': First Orange Order march in 25 years held in North East of Scotland

  28-06-2026 17:22 via heraldscotland.com
  
  On Saturday, members of the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland participated in the early-morning procession through Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.
  
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• 26-year-old man rushed to Glasgow hospital by air ambulance following crash

  28-06-2026 16:44 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The force received a report of a crash involving a silver Renault Megane around 8.35 pm on Saturday, 27 June.
  
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• Manhunt after 17-year-old girl is sexually assaulted in Coatbridge

  28-06-2026 14:34 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A manhunt is under way after a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Coatbridge
  
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• Scottish Government faces legal action threat over Monklands hospital redesign

  28-06-2026 13:40 via heraldscotland.com
  
  North Lanarkshire Council could sue the Scottish Government after ministers ordered a redesign of the £2.1bn Monklands Hospital replacement plan.
  
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• Man dubbed the 'Da Vinci code rapist' convicted of further assaults

  28-06-2026 12:06 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A man who was dubbed the 'Da Vinci rapist' after attacking a woman at Rosslyn Chapel is facing another lengthy jail term after being convicted of assaulting a woman.
  
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• Scottish Labour could consider breaking away from UK party in summer review

  28-06-2026 11:49 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Former MSP Monica Lennon says Scottish Labour breaking away from UK Labour is “an option” as the party prepares a summer review after its Holyrood defeat.
  
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• Why tourists are flocking to Scotland’s crofts in growing wool travel trend

  28-06-2026 11:01 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Tourists are travelling from around the world to Scotland’s crofts as demand for wool-based experiences surges, boosting rural economies and reviving traditional skill
  
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• 'These songs are the soundtrack to people's lives - you have to protect that'

  28-06-2026 11:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The Four Tops and The Temptations will perform in Edinburgh this month
  
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• Lord Advocate berated successor over apology for Rangers fraud probe

  28-06-2026 09:49 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A leaked memo by the former Lord Advocate sees him express incredulity over the decision to apologise for the botched prosecution of former Rangers administrators
  
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• What are the giant yellow structures at Leith port? A close-up look

  28-06-2026 09:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Leith's giant yellow 'Minions' are actually offshore wind components. The Herald went inside the Port of Leith to discover what they are and why they're here
  
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• Triumphant Tartan Army defied Trump to save what was destined to be worst World Cup

  28-06-2026 08:56 via heraldscotland.com
  
  WHEN my three boys announced they were buying my husband a flight to Boston for his 60th birthday so he could join the oldest and the youngest on their World Cup adventure, I was conflicted.
  
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• Businessman who took on Glasgow's LEZ scheme calls it 'corrupt'

  28-06-2026 07:31 via heraldscotland.com
  
  The businessman who led the failed legal challenge against Glasgow's Low Emission Zone has branded the system "corrupt" after new figures showed pollution levels were already below legal limits before private motorists started being fined.
  
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• How the 'missing middle' of Scotland's engineering sector is fuelling a crisis

  28-06-2026 07:30 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Dame Tamara, a longtime senior civil servant who trained as an engineer, tells The Herald about the greatest challenge facing Scotland's engineering sector.
  
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• Revealed: Scots LEZ cities were legal before drivers were hit with 250,000 fines

  28-06-2026 07:26 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Air pollution was already within legal limits in Scotland's four clean-air zone cities before drivers started being hit with almost a quarter of a million fines, the Herald can reveal.
  
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• Scottish clan chiefs were, with few noble exceptions, an absolute shower of rotters

  28-06-2026 07:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  WHA’S like us, eh? Pretty much everybody as it turns out. What about clans? That’s just us, right? Well, yes. And what’s that other one? Oh yes: no.
  
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• 'Demonisation': Citizens Advice Scotland's fury at far-right manipulating communities

  28-06-2026 07:15 via heraldscotland.com
  
  As extremists target Scotland’s poorest areas, the Citizens Advice service tells our Writer at Large of its plans to tackle demonisation and misinformation head on
  
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• Families hope for funding breakthrough in fight against rare children's brain disease

  28-06-2026 07:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  There is currently no cure or treatment for the rare brain disease, but families and researchers hope that could soon change.
  
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• Criminologist links Murrell's escalating crime spree to marriage breakdown

  28-06-2026 06:01 via heraldscotland.com
  
  A leading criminologist has linked Peter Murrell's escalating spending on luxury goods using money embezzled from the SNP to the unravelling of his marriage to Nicola Sturgeon.
  
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• Twenty serious sex offenders seek to have convictions quashed after landmark ruling

  28-06-2026 06:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Twenty people convicted of rape or serious sex offences have applied to a body examining potential miscarriages of justice as they seek to have their convictions overturned following a landmark court ruling.
  
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• The man with the money: How Peter Murrell is able to repay £400,000 SNP embezzlement

  28-06-2026 06:00 via heraldscotland.com
  
  Peter Murrell once bragged he was "the man with the money". We take an in-depth look at how the former SNP chief built his fortune.
  
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