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Glasgow Tigers: Speedway: Glasgow Tigers gear-up for season start with Practice Day

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:24:00 GMT

NEW Glasgow Tigers number one Travis McGowan will get his first feel for the Ashfield track when the club open up for their annual Press and Practice Day on Sunday.

Sport: Partick Thistle newboy Martin Grehan set to get the McCall for action

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:17:00 GMT

PARTICK THISTLE boss Ian McCall will turn to Martin Grehan in a bid to cure the goalscoring ills which have killed off the Jags' promotion hopes.

Sport: Leg break ends Partick Thistle star Jackie McNamara's season

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:00 GMT

A THOROUGHLY miserable week for Partick Thistle got even worse today when it was confirmed on-loan defender Jackie McNamara has broken his leg.

Glasgow News: PM's words of support following triple suicide at Red Road towerblock

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:00 GMT

PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown has sent his "sincere condolences" to the family and friends of three asylum seekers who plunged 150ft to their death from a Glasgow towerblock.

Glasgow News: CID officers hunt van driver in supermarket killing probe

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:11:00 GMT

DETECTIVES investigating a gangland execution in a Glasgow supermarket car park want to trace a white van they believe could hold vital clues to the case.

News: Division One: Ayr United 1 Partick Thistle 0

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:10:00 GMT

PARTICK THISTLE'S promotion hopes died on a night of pain in Ayr which also say on-loan defender Jackie McNamara stretchered off in agony with a serious looking leg injury.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Crazy Heart star Jeff Bridges on Oscar luck and his love of music

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A silver-haired Jeff Bridges lowers himself into a green velvet armchair, plants his hands on his knees and smiles at the small group before him.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Album of the week: Gorillaz- Plastic Beach *****

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THIS week's hottest new music relases

Entertainment & Lifestyle: HHHHH Legion (15) Why we [...]

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Hhhhh Legion (15) Why we are excited: Set in an unspecified future when God has dispatched his heralds to slay the entire human race for its myriad of sins, Legion is a thriller about the last stand between the dregs of mankind and these heavenly pursuers at a diner in the desert.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Must See Movies: Crazy Heart (15); Legion (15)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MORE of the best movies out this week.

Film Reviews: Alice in Wonderland (PG) ***

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

COMBINING a unique aesthetic, conjured from his twisted imagination, with dark humour and heartfelt emotion, Tim Burton has remained a visionary in a sea of profit-driven conformity.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: MOVIE UPDATE..

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Exit Through The Gift Shop (15) In the world of street art, few people command as much admiration as Banksy, the enigmatic king of graffiti, rumoured to hail from Bristol. The artist tries his hand behind the camera for a change with this amusing documentary narrated by Rhys Ifans. The film has been constructed from hours of video camera footage captured by French amateur filmmaker Thierry Guetta, who intended to document the explosion of street art. In the process of interviewing the secretive Banksy, Guetta was bitten by the street art bug himself and metamorphosed into his alter ego Mr Brainwash. Copying the activities of the artists he admired, Guetta staged an ambitious show in Los Angeles which caused ripples in the art world and threatened to destroy himself.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: DVDs: An Education (12); Julie & Julia (12)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HOTTEST new movie releases hitting the rental stands this week.

Glasgow News: Over 1000 Glaswegian tenants to get vote on community ownership

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MORE than 1000 tenants in Glasgow will be given a chance to vote for their housing association homes to be changed to community ownership.

Glasgow News: Glasgow women help bring domestic abuse to book

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A BOOK of stories about domestic abuse in Scotland was launched this week to mark International Women's Day.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Jim Davidson signs up for Scottish panto debut in Robin Hood at Pavilion Theatre

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FOUL-MOUTHED comedian Jim Davidson has agreed to make his first ever panto appearance in Scotland in the Pavilion Theatre's production of Robin Hood.

Sport: Demanding Glasgow Rocks boss wants better from his high flying troops

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

GLASGOW ROCKS boss Sterling Davis has urged his troops to raise their game despite disposing of London Capitals last week.

Sport: Warriors boss pleads for patience with rising star Ruaridh Jackson

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

GLASGOW WARRIORS boss Sean Lineen says rising star Ruaridh Jackson is not the new Dan Parks - yet.

Sport: Young Hawk Duncan Weir tipped for the top as Glasgow side cement top half place

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

GLASGOW HAWKS boss Peter Wright hailed hot prospect Duncan Weir and has told Hawks fans to enjoy him while they can.

Other Sport: Glasgow gymnast Amy takes Scottish title and edges closer to Commonwealth Games spot

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

GIFFNOCK gymnast Amy Regan won the Scottish Championships this month, in the process hitting the qualification standard for the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Glasgow News: Tradeston entrepreneur dons an apron to lift 'Come Dine With Me' crown

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A GLASGOW businesswoman is top of the table after winning cookery show Come Dine with Me.

News in Brief: Police nab flash 4X4 to fight back against the crooks

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A top-of-the-range £40,000 4x4 used by city crooks has been suped up to help cops fight crime.

Glasgow News: Health chiefs urge Glaswegians to get Hep C test following local endemic

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

GLASWEGIANS at risk of having the Hepatitis C virus are being encouraged to get tested as part of a new campaign.

Glasgow News: Degrees of change in pipeline at Glasgow Caley University

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

GLASGOW Caledonian University are considering a major restructuring of their academic departments.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Eating Out: Chippy Doon the Lane

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I normally like my fish suppers wrapped in paper and served in my living room - by me.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Magners International Comedy Festival opens: Win tickets to Des Clarke show

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE MAGNERS Glasgow International Comedy Festival kicks off 18 days of fun and laughter in the city this week.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Old Firm rivalry hits the SECC stage in anti-sectarian play

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE funny, and often poignant, play Singin' I'm No Billy He's A Tim returns to Glasgow this weekend.

Entertainment & Lifestyle: Party like it's 1989 as Pavilion Theatre pays tribute to Michael Jackson

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE music and spectacle of the late King of Pop and the Jackson Five comes to Glasgow on Monday night.

Glasgow News: Soul II Soul singer bringing search for music star to Glasgow

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

X FACTOR winner Alexandra Burke's mum is searching for a new star - and she's hoping to find one in Glasgow.

Glasgow News: Radiation overdose 'did not kill' cancer victim Lisa Norris

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AN INQUIRY into the death of a teenager who received accidental radiation overdoses at a Glasgow hospital has been abandoned.