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Donald Shaw to 'step aside' as Celtic Connections artistic director
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Donald Shaw is to step down as artistic director of Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival in the wake of the record-breaking 25th annual event attracting more than 130,000 concert-goers for the first time.
Police clear protesters blocking light rail near Super Bowl
Times Union
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police on Sunday arrested a group of activists who locked themselves along a light-rail line carrying Super Bowl ticketholders to U.S. Bank Stadium, shutting down trains for more than two hours.
Protesters shut down Minneapolis transit lines ahead of Super Bowl
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The protesters, some wearing T-shirts that say, 'You can't play with black lives,' chained themselves to fencing and other structures on a station platform between the U.S. Bank Stadium, the site of the Super Bowl, and the University of Minnesota.
Harry Potter shop set to open its doors in Glasgow
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A new shop dedicated to all things Harry Potter is set to delight fans in Scotland’s biggest city when it opens its doors in less than two weeks.
Review: Toyota RAV4 Hybrid AWD
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Toyota’s five-year warranty is not the only reason I’d buy the latest RAV4. There are two RAVs, more than 12 years old, in the family and they have an almost unblemished service record. Both were bought second-hand.
Edinburgh Castle visitor numbers threaten to overwhelm site
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A series of new crowd control measures are to be introduced at Edinburgh Castle after its operators admitted it had become overwhelmed at peak periods.
Special rail carriages plan to ease bike crowding on Scottish trains
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The tourist crush on Scotland’s busiest scenic rail lines is to be eased with dedicated carriages for bikes and sporting equipment.
Diary revealing Edinburgh’s unsanitary past goes up for sale
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Edinburgh’s lack of toilets and the “decayed” state of Holyrood Chapel are among the intriguing observations in an unpublished diary kept by a young navy officer on a tour of Scotland 200 years ago.
Olympic champion Callum Skinner in plea over stolen bikes
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OLYMPIC champion Callum Skinner today made an impassioned plea for the return of the bikes he learned to track ride on after they were stolen from a Capital club.
Travel: Amsterdam is a city of adventure for families
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Amsterdam is a brilliant city for families to visit, with plenty to keep teenagers – and their parents – entertained, finds Will Slater
#SONA2018: Will February 8 be Zuma's political swansong?
Business Report
Next Thursday, if last year was anything to go by, the centre of Cape Town will come to a standstill. Overhead there’ll be the clatter of helicopter blades and the whine of their turbines.
Celtic Connections review: Dale Watson & his Lone Stars, Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
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AS ONE of their guest artists, James Grant, succinctly put it, Dale Watson & his Lone Stars are “the real deal”, an Austin-based old school country outfit cleaving to honky tonk and rockabilly at a time when much of Nashville is moving in a bland pop direction.
Celtic Connections review: Oumou Sangaré and Solo & Indré
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ARGUABLY today’s greatest African diva, Mali’s Oumou Sangaré returned to Celtic Connections – having first appeared here in 2009 – following rave reviews for her first album in eight years, last May’s Mogoya (“Today’s People”).
Theatre review: The Gallant 16 | Twine It Well
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CELTIC Connections is an event that’s both intensely
theatrical and not much involved with spoken-word theatre; but at the Tron on Thursday night, the festival staged two shows with strong elements of narrative, weaving songs into a fabric of history and reflection.
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