AN 18-year-old woman has died after taking fake ecstasy tablets which have been linked with several deaths across the west of Scotland.

Three other men - aged 18, 21 and 25 - who also ingested the tablets in the early hours of Tuesday morning have been taken to hospital.

The woman, who took the tablets in Alexandria, West Dumbartonshire, has become the seventh person to die from taking the fake pills.

Police said that the woman had taken green tablets stamped with a Rolex logo.

Six other people are believed to have died as a result of taking the tablets, thought to contain a toxic stimulant called PMA.

Speaking last week, Superintendent Alan Cunningham said: “Drugs are being sold as ecstasy tablets but they contain a cocktail of ingredients which have and can endanger life.

“These drugs are unstable, unpredictable and extremely dangerous and we want to highlight the very serious and potential harm which can be caused.

“In the build up to events such as T in the Park it’s crucial that the public is aware of the dangers of becoming involved in drug use. These very sad circumstances highlight the fact that often users don’t know what they’re taking.”

People taking tablets who subsequently show symptoms including a high temperature, aggression and muscle pains as well as extreme and alarming reactions to the drugs, such as hallucinations and excitability, have been urged to seek medical attention by health professionals.

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FULL list of graduands from University of the West of Scotland graduation ceremonies on 10 July

University of the West of Scotland

FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

Business School

Doctor of Philosophy – Fan Li

Master of Science – International Financial Management – Yunpeng Cao, Simin Li, Virginie Nakure Clayton, Yao Sun, Fan Yang

Master of Science – International Management – Xijia Zhang

Master of Science – International Marketing – Gurinder Singh Gill

Master of Science – International Marketing Management – Chun-Wei Chuang, Mengran Geng, Dong Han, Ya Xiao

Master of Science – Logistics & Supply Chain Management – Jean-Leonel Awa, Lin Zhao

Master of Science – Management – William Fisher

Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction – Human Resource Management – Shona Darroch, Lynn McCracken

Postgraduate Diploma – Human Resource Management – Ann Gallagher

Postgraduate Diploma – International Marketing – Shuying Cai

Postgraduate Diploma – Research Methods – Shahzad Shafique

Bachelor of Accounting with Honours – Lindsay Allan, Amina Amjid, Sophia Asghar, Saumitra Biswas, Sharon Cameron, Arleen Carr, Debbie Janice Cowan, Gary John Dougall, David Findlay, Mario Fionda, Monika Fortagh, Alasdair Gaw, Patrick Gwatidzo, Elsa Haile, Scott Hamilton, Heather Elizabeth Keenan, Zenab Khan, Marta Magdalena Kras, Susan Elizabeth Lawrie, Amy Mackie, Kristina Maxwell, Danielle McIntyre, Debbie Hamilton McLaughlin, Stuart Mclaughlin, Martin Middleton, Shah Abbas Mohemmed Mir, Kinza Mukhtar, Lauren Newman, Caitlin Louise Ross, Humza Saleemi, James Scott, Rehmaan Shahid, Catherine Smith, Ahmadwali Stanizay, Anam Uddin, Jade White, Johnnie Wright

Bachelor of Accounting –, Sandra Elizabeth Reid Auld, Nicole Hart, Kelly Diane Higgins, Lutfor Rahman Khan, Catherine Love

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Business Economics – Mehreen Ahmed, Yassir Bhatti, Euan Jackson Gray, Walter Henderson, Ayaz Hussain, Yusuf Hussain, Sylwia Odrakiewicz, Zi Qiang Wei, Joseph Michael Woods

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – Business Economics – Wenli Wang

Bachelor of Arts – Business Economics – Joshua Girvan

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Business Studies – Gonul Afridi, John Anderson, Hollie Birrell, Katarzyna Anna Borkowska, Chiu Hung Cheng, Martin Dempsey, Nicolas Gourhan, Christopher Herdman, Amy Hilson, Sandun Madara Jayaratne, Paul James King, Maxine Leedham, Yanqi Liu, Nicole Mackie, Gillian MacMaster, Darren McCluskey, Craig Martin McIntyre, Callum McPherson, Alaister Monkhouse, Libertad Moreno Luna, Robert Alexander Murray, Lawrence Ngoma, Dean O’Lone, Jonathan Orcel, Sogo Daniel Otakoya, Sajeel Sajjad, Amanda Sibbald, Colin James Spark, Ludwik Janusz Walerysiak, Nan Wang

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – Business Studies – Amanda Jane Flynn

Bachelor of Arts – Business Studies – Lisa Athane, Marine Gabrielle Ballarin, Arthur Bataille, Sabina Birek, Scott Breslin, Guillaume Frederic Buisson, Chen Chen, Lynn Karen Denholm, Jeremy Ferrando, Francisco Flores Tarifa, Victor Dominique Lamarche, Scott William McCallum, Robert Joseph Morris, Mateusz Jan Nikodemski, Tiffany Rageul

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Enterprise – Ross Gow

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Enterprise and Management – Sana Essaghrouni

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Event Management – Deborah McLean Cowe, Pauline Flynn, Duncan Ford, Nico Gualeldi, Yasmin-paris Love, Emma Louise Lyon, Jennifer Macdonald, Sean McCarney, Danielle McLaughlin, Kerri McMaster, Emma Elizabeth McQuaker, Lisa O’Donnell, Maria Anne O’Donnell, Ervina Saka, Christopher Scott, Lynsey Affleck McQueen Walker, Ronnie Alexander Whiteside

Bachelor of Arts – Event Management – Stephenie Harte, Alexis Muninger

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Event Management and International Marketing – Marc O’Farrell, Andrea Sweeney

Bachelor of Arts – Event Management and International Marketing – David Forsyth

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Event Management and Tourism – Ashley Allan, Stephanie Alice Bryson, Michael George Byrne, Monica Holburn, Denise Irvine, Kenneth William John Knox, Emma McGivens, Victoria Jane McPhee, Shona Kathryn Stewart, Hannah Wright

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Human Resource Management – Jacqueline McMillan Anderson, David Aubrey, Kirstyn Bell, Lindsay Jane Cowan, Holly Crawford, Kirsty Jane Dalziel, Gerald Doran, Lacey Easton, Briony Mary Foster, Ross Grant, Sarah Green, Jenna Halfpenny, Caren Hopkins, Julie Johnston, Laura Jolly, Hannah Ker, Arouje Khan, Michael Leece, Khashia Batool Mahboob, Carleen Barbara McAuley, Sarah Louise McNeil, Lucy Jayne Miller, Ciara Mooney, Barry O’Brien, Paul Jeffers O’Donnell, Magdalena Barbara Sciborowska, Gemma Stein, Hazel Thomson, Emma Wishart, Zubeida Yusuf

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – International Marketing – Paul Steven Beaton, Craig Alexander Boyce, Luis Ceballos Garcia, Helen Margaret Crawford, Grant Alexander Crichton, Michael Christopher Fawcett, Laura Elizabeth Findlay, Claire Gemmell, Basilio Navarros Hernandez, Emma Kennedy, Dora Kovacs, Andrew Scott MacKinnon, Scott Finlay MacSwan, Raymond Bigiri-Nama Madenge, Natasha Patricia Mahoney, Gaynor McConville, Ciaran Pralmuan McHugh, Rachel McIlduff, Kirsty McNiven, Ciorstan Mochrie, Hayley Anne Morell, Katie Louise Murray, Lucy Quinn, Aysla Robina Elizabeth Robertson, Hamza Sajed, Leanne Scott, Thibault Anthony Simon, Sean William Skelly, Stacey Smith, Hannah Francis Stakes, Gabriella Ann Syme

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – International Marketing – Caroline Blevin, Celia Laurence Claudine Garcia, Charlotte Linselle

Bachelor of Arts – International Marketing – Alexiane Bastide, Fraser Alexander Campbell, Jaroslav Chalupnik

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – International Marketing and Management – Hailey Allan, Stephenie Alexandra Nicholson, Fabien Spitz

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Law – Marjan Afrooznia, Jamie Coskry, Afzal Ghani, Pamela Carole Heggie, Shamsa Hussain, Robert Patryk Kieszek, Robyn Mairi MacAskill, Dionne Vallantyne McCabe, Jennifer McKee, Stacey Murray, Amanda Scott, Jamie Singh, Colin Reginald Teece

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – Law – Douglas William McLay

Bachelor of Arts – Law – Anam Arshad, Zahid Javed, Sharon Karimba, Abdullah Khalid, Kathleen Peebles

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Law and Politics – Gurpreet Kaur Basra

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Management – Stewart Thomas Dougan, Niaz Ghafoor, Mark Waldron

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – Management – Manuela Savel

Bachelor of Arts – Management – Lea Cesari, Elia Claude, Mathilde Stephan

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Tourism – Stacey Boyce, Scott Ellsworth, Georgios Floros, Andrew Martin Higgins, Deborah Lenaghen, Sara Nema, Jacqueline Shields

School of Creative and Cultural Industries

Doctor of Philosophy – Ana Adi

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Contemporary Art Practice – Scott Coyle, Elizabeth Anne Dowling, Greg James Dumbreck, Clare Forrest, Emma France, Claire Lesley Fraser, Jonathan Kirkwood, Sarah Elaine McNally, Derek McPherson, Janine Moffat, Caroline Ross, Raymond Strachan, Lynn Taylor, Georgia Toland, Stephen Tracey, Maryam Zare

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Musical Theatre – Gabriella Baronello, Fiona Clark, Dale Hailstones, Samantha Kane, Louise McCulloch, Margaret Ann O’Neill, Suzanne Sellers, Chloe Simpson

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Photography – Deborah Jane Cowell, Katerina Giakoumakis, Csilla Kasne Kozma, Rachel Keenan, Donna Maria Kelly, Keir Laird, Donald John MacLean, John McDougall, Radoslaw Nowacki, Steven Scott, Stephen Joe Vargas

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction – Musical Theatre – Abbie Davidson, Jade Anne Christine Lindores

Bachelor of Arts – Musical Theatre – Emma Cowie

FACULTY OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

School of Education

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Languages – Aleksandra Bak-Bartosewicz, Denise Farmer, Amanda McGowan, Amel Mekhinini

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Spanish – Pamela Dawn Jeffrey, Sarah MacLennan

Bachelor of Arts – Languages – Mark McWaters Blackley

Bachelor of Divinity – Theology and Pastoral Studies – Ian Paget

School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery

Master of Science with Distinction – Nursing – Lisa Rose Cochrane

Master of Science – Nursing – Josaleen Frances Isobel Connolly, Claribel Durairaj, Lillian Lorna White

Postgraduate Diploma – Advanced Studies in Midwifery – Joanne Ann Morris

Postgraduate Diploma – Maternal and Child Health – Pauline Frances Sutcliffe

Postgraduate Diploma – Nursing – Joanne Howieson, Gerard Smith

Bachelor of Science – Health Studies – Rahma Mussa Ali, Mark William Hugh Dunlop, Caroline Miller Macleod, Joyce Adzo Somevi, Natalie Elizabeth Swift-Hill, Fatima Tuz-Zohra, Mairi Claire Welsh

Bachelor of Science – Nursing Studies – Patrice Trayan Bartley, Lisa Ann Millingen, Anne Porter (posthumously), Helen Jebakumari Yesurathinam

Graduate Diploma – Specialist Community Public Health Nursing – Athalia Chitauro, Carolyn Holmes, Emma Mary Palmer, Derrick John Strong

Bachelor of Science with Distinction – Adult Nursing – Siobhan Arthur, Suzanne Bell, Victoria Louise Black, John James Carmont, Laura Jane McBride, Joanne McGuire, Lesley Richardson, Leanne Elizabeth Turner

Bachelor of Science – Adult Nursing – Paula Armstrong, Lisa Bazzaz, Karen Brown, Victoria Ann Brown, Stacey Caldwell, Emma Cannon, Donna Chalke, Samantha Carol Connelly, Sharon Crozier, Radoslaw Mariusz Czech, Louise Dell, Cara Divens, Lorraine Douglas, Laura Fleming Dryden, Emma Faulds, Leeanne Goudie, Victoria Rachel Halliday, Jennifer Hemphill, Alison Hunter, Jacquelyne Kerr, Lorraine Maureen Laneres, Kathleen Smith Love, Claire MacDonald, Susan Elizabeth McDowall, Lynsay McLaren, Gail McLay, Andrew Murdoch, Stephanie Murray, Ashley Jayne O’Neil, Stacey Pellow, Caroline June Pettigrew, Colin Riddock, Mark Ryan, David Buchanan Scott, Patricia Sinclair, Emma Frances Smyth, Denise Anne Stanton, Jennifer Helen Isobel Stevens, Elaine Margaret Stevenson, Claire Thorburn, Louise Tosh, Heather Aileen Wade, Nicola Walker, Stephanie Jane Wallace, Shelley Wilson, Sharon Dawn Woods

Bachelor of Science – Mental Health Nursing – Anne Marie Lee, Amy Leigh Turnbull

Bachelor of Science with Distinction – Midwifery – Maria Reynolds

Bachelor of Science – Midwifery – Ashley Ann Boal, Susan Grant Cooper, Hannah Hunt

Diploma of Higher Education – Adult Nursing – Julie-Anne Agnes Cloy, Siobhan McPhee, Sharon Murray, Emma Hayley Tolland

Diploma of Higher Education – Mental Health Nursing – Carrianne Glancy, Nicola Anne Meikle

Diploma of Higher Education – Nursing - Adult Nursing – Helena Jane Gillies, Marie-Gerard Rogers MacAninch, John Ritchie

Diploma of Higher Education – Nursing - Children’s Nursing – Kim Crawford, Ethna Elizabeth Morrison

School of Social Sciences – Doctor of Philosophy – Craig MacDonald

Master of Science – Career Guidance and Development – Ayse Ayhan Gursel, Shona Forbes Morrison

Postgraduate Diploma – Alcohol and Drug Studies – Andrew Burnett, Jennifer McGlinchey

Postgraduate Diploma – Career Guidance and Development – Robert James Andrew

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Economics and Politics – John Anthony McGoldrick, Lori McGrath, Sean Ramage, Ernest Seda, Fraser Williamson

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Economics and Sociology – Fiona Heather MacNicol

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Politics and Psychology – Foday Sanneh, Fayeza Ikhlaq Sattar

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Politics and Social Policy – John Beattie, Llaura Elizabeth Downie, Jamie Kinlochan, Warren McCall, Gail Miller McLarnon

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Politics and Sociology – Rebecca Averill, Crystal Clayton, Victoria Hannigan, Ciaran Christopher O’Grady, Paul Owen Quigley, Jade Wallace

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Psychology – Lehanne Elizabeth Allison, Lorna Booth, KimberleyAnn Boyce, Natalie Marie Daisley, Ashley Fay, Claire Jeanette Gray, Christina Hall, Ilona Kamila Hendlik, Joanne Hughes, Ainslie Keenan, Benjamin Charles Keogh, Kirsty-Lee Catherine Kerr, Andrew Kidd, Danielle Sarah Law, Jennifer Louise Lynch, Julie McGowan, Ross McGowan, Sharon Ann McGregor, Ryan Mcneil, Stephanie McQuillan, Nicola Potter, Natalie Quinn, Katie Roberts, Kirsty Anne Smith, Kirsten Joanne Watkins, Holly Elinor Weir, Laura Wilson

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Psychology and Social Policy – Lucy Georgina Anderson

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Psychology and Sociology – Angelene Moan

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Social Policy and Sociology – Gillian Barker, Elaine Davis, Roisin Deville, Emily Alice Hall, Gillian Ann Harper, Karen Marion Hendry, Natasha Tapiwa Kujenga, Christie Ann Roxburgh

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Social Work – Gemma McLean Anderson, Carla May Baird, Cheryl Brooks, Natalie Maria Janey Cooper, Claire Marie Delussey, Kirsty Fraser, Caitlin Hendry, Sarah Julyan, Gemma Leonard, Louise MacColl, Katie Alexis MacDonald, Martin Charles Douglas MacDonell, Katie Louise McAlpine, Nicola McDonough (posthumously), Elizabeth Margaret McMullen, Lauren Ramsay, Amanda Rankin, Sarah Anne Ure

Bachelor of Arts with Honours – Sociology – Fiona Robertson, William John Rankine Taylor

Bachelor of Arts – Politics and Social Policy – Amanda Hart

Bachelor of Arts – Politics and Sociology – Albert Adumoah, Fiona Friel, Maria Walker

Bachelor of Arts – Psychology – Linda Dougan, Kirsten McCombe, Naina Mohammed

Bachelor of Arts – Psychology and Social Policy – Michael Thomas Montgomery

Bachelor of Arts – Social Sciences – Fiona Bell, Alberta Forson, Mark Anthony Macleod, Jillian Niblock

Bachelor of Arts – Sociology – Ryan David Aird

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

School of Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy – Lee James Angus, Tijjani Hassan Darma, John Gerald Kavanagh, Joseph Fredrick Wesley Lane, Markus Schmidt

Master of Science – Computer Aided Engineering – Martin Alan Jameson

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours – Chemical Engineering – Daniel Davidov, David Kerr Gemmell, Xavier Ortega Pardo, Jorge Bueno Jimenez, Grant Leishman, Denis McCourt, Damian O’Keefe, Albert Savin Sellares

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours – Civil Engineering – Gordon John William Bruce, Lewis William Cairns, Lyle James Cairns, Adam Cunningham, Paul John Dunne, Mustafa El-Zubaidi, David Fenwick, Kirsty Margaret Gibb, Stephen McElhinney Haggarty, Catriona Halliday, Saad Ihanga, Kirsten Anne Louttit, Alasdair Cameron MacGregor, Kimberley Mair, James Mc Mullin, Greg Mitchell, Gordon John Morse, Francis Quither, Ryan David Simmonette, John Summerhill, Irenee Uwayo Gatete, Ryan Iain Wallace, Alexander Watt, John Yuan Xiang Wen, Simon Clark Woodthorpe

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours – Mechanical Engineering – Murray Donald Banks, David Stewart Campbell, Anthony Coleman, Stephen Corr, David Edgar, Paul Gallacher, Jamie Goudie, David James Hepburn, Craig Jackson, Stephen William Jenkins, Craig Thomas McDougall, Leo Mullan, Jane Njeri Nyokabi, Alastair O’Neill, Martin Walsh

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours – Product Design and Development – Gordon Bamford, Nikki Sarah McCabe, Euan James McDonald, Anthony Paton

Bachelor of Science with Honours – Computer Aided Design – John Alexander McIver, Barry Monaghan, Perrine Claire Ponthenier, Mark Rodgers, Bisma Tariq

Bachelor of Science with Honours – Physics – Stuart Caffrey, Anne-Laure Lucie Cheffot, Louise Clark

Bachelor of Engineering – Civil Engineering – Victor Evrard, Josh Ewing, Cameron Alan McGee, David McIntosh, Robbie Wilkinson

Bachelor of Science with Distinction – Civil Engineering – Janett Hielscher

Bachelor of Science – Computer Aided Design – Jonathan Devlin

FULL list of graduands from Robert Gordon University graduation ceremonies on 10 July

ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY

ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL

Honorary Doctor of Technology – Sir Frank Chapman

Doctor of Philosophy – Michael Roger Bryant, Richmond Mensah Davies, Adam Konto Kyari, Andrews Owusu, Jireh Hooi Inn Seow, Lucy Boniface Ssendi, Yerken Muksunovich Turganbayev

Doctor of Business Administration – Tamer Elewa, Ainslie Jean Harris

Master of Business Administration – Stephen Babatunde Akinola, Scott Marshall Allan, Grace Elizabeth Anim-Yeboah, Gary Joseph Archer, Ilirjana Bradley, Rae Munro Cameron, Stephen James Gee, Robert Paul Goulding, Andrew Lee Holt, Lucy Katharine Mary Lingard, Neil Alexander McBride, Gavin Peter McClafferty, Gemma Marie Neal, Lesley Gail Philip, Pawel Pyrchala, Pauline Wilkinson, William James Wilson

Master of Business Administration Oil and Gas Management – Jorge Henriques Francisco Assis, Seth Bright Attipoe-Denyah, Cédric Erhoann Ormond Beltrame, Ian Graham Brown, Malcolm Bruce, Shawn Bulgen, Andrew Darko-Ameyaw, Joris Jozef Antoon De Leebeeck, Emmanuel Ekpo Eitokpah, Dorothy Awatt Ekeng, Bryan Frederick Frazier, Diana Frazier, Kareem Mohamed Ibraheem Gabry, Alexander Davidson Henderson, David Paul Jenner, Samantha Carolina Lares Mendoza, Keliney Rae-Ann Lashley, Ryan Allan McPherson, Omer Jamshaid Alam Mirza, Manuel Enrique Molina, Paolo Gino Monachello, Kgomotso Monare, Leslie Loziwe Moyo, Ratnakar Ramdas Pagar, Kamal Ryan Ramnath, Nabeel Rasheed, Enock Sarfo-Mensah, Thomas Joseph Seng, Ashish Sharma, Ryan David Stalker, Phillemon Vusumuzi Tsale, Roland Ruddy Varacavoudin

Master of Laws Construction Law and Adjudication – Daniel Peter Bowman, Peter John Widdon Foale, Shaun Martin McLaughlin, Gary Robert Potter, David Grier Wallace

Master of Laws Construction Law and Arbitration – Mark Allen, Richard Alexander Begbey, Paul Anthony Bennion, Richard Miguel Campbell, Tong Huat Chew, Suzanne Chinner, Kumar Manoj Lanka Leelarathna Chinthamani Hettige, Ka Lam Clifton, Dale Kristian Coombes, Jason Crosswaite, Hani Sami El-Falahi, Ian Alphonsus Fitzpatrick, John Francis Friel, Hassan Mohamed Reda Gaafar, Anthony Gallacher, Ganesh Kumar Gangadharan, David Hugh Garnett, Paul Steven Gill, Daniel Glasswell, Jabulani Hamandishe, Andrew Brian Healy, Peter Alexander Hiebler, Maria Hinds, Daniel James Hughes, Sandra Louise Hugo, Mark Richard Jones, Mark Kane, Tamer Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa, Daniela Klaus, Kok Sang Lim, Derek Joseph Lowth, Adel Mahmoud Mansour, Varughese Mathew, Marcus Michael Mc Grath, Lee McMorn, Kenneth McTiernan, Shirley Mendoza-Cruz, Nor Hilaliah Mohd Nor, Karuppa Samy Muthu Kalai, Charles Naita, Yen Fah Ng, Michael Vassos Onisiphorou, Chee Koon Oon, Jonathan Parry, Md Mervin Sudantha Payoe, Matthew John Reidy, Johannes Hendrik Michiel Jacobus Richards, Matthias Ruediger, Kalpesh Navneet Sangani Sangani, Sandaradura Ramachandra Kumarasiri Silva, Ramaswamy Sinnappoo S, Mohamed Amin Thabet, Stuart Peter Thomson, Alan David Tonks, Wan Roslan Wan Endut, Ananda Perera Wickramasinghe, Samuel Michael John Widdowson, Audrey Gulay Yener, Chiat Choong George Yong

Master of Laws Construction Law, Arbitration and Adjudication – Babs Ahmeed Balogun, John Anthony Barnes, Kevin David Blatch, Robert James Cowan Burns, Michael Devereux, Sherif Elias, Matthew Graham Finn, Christopher Anderson Jennions, Jimoh Kareem, Venkata Ramana Prasad Keerthi, Niall Mary Leonard, Martin Gerard McGuire, David William Moore, Bandula W Kumara P Dassanayake, Trevor Anthony Pereira, Robert John Piper, Venkataraghavan Ramadurai, Robert Anthony Patrick Ryan, Jordan Yichun Ying

Master of Laws Employment Law and Practice – Fiona Anne Armstrong, Jacqueline Braid Cameron, Lesley Anne de Jager, Stephanie Margaret Fraser, Agata Anna Galea, Calummurdo Kennedy, Vivian McCaughran, Helen Netta Radford, Charles William Stewart, Wendy Thomson

Master of Laws International Commercial Law – Suzzy Osaretin Aigbogun, Bolaji Olubusola Alamu, Sylvia Elad, Kairat Kassymovich Ismailov, Sridevi Narayanasamy

Master of Laws International Trade – Rhonda Beryl Linton, Nino Makhashvili, Henrietta Udeona Helena Okpaleke, David Ekpo Parker, Nawaporn Rattana, Tianting Xun

Master of Laws Oil and Gas Law – Abbiba Abbiye-Suku .B, Raheemah Ohutu Abdullahi, Olusegun Ademola Adebayo, Dafa’allah Alamin Khatab Ahmed, Fauziyat Adebimpe Ajibade, Priscilla Onohomen Akhaze, Offonmbuk Charles Akpabio, Mohammed Najib Al-Ashtal, Ashraf Al-Faraj, Solomon Appiah-Wilson, William Beadling, Christian Gottfried Bekoe-Tabiri, Michelle Cruden Brown, Claire Emma Buchan, Lynn Margaret Carter, Iain Ruaraidh Currie, Yustisya Febrianti, Tumasang Martin Fuh, Richard Ansah Gyambiby, Lora Frances Halliday, Gary Hogan, Cecily Uzunma Ibeka, Paul Frederick Jardine, Tariere Egbegi Jumbo, Symeon Kousiappas, Waleed Nabil Maisery, Simon Daniel Nightingale, Ngor Elera Ojabo, Oluwabiyi Ayodeji Olafimihan, Babatunde Omibiyi, Ayegbanengiyefa Ruth Otiotio, Martyn Thomas James Smith, Myriam Patricia Ullmann, William Graham Vickers, Brett Kenneth Vincent, Ramkumar Wallooppillai, Andrew Charles Watt

Master of Public Administration – Sheila Watler Alvarez, Zhamila Bopiyeva, Rajesh Shivaji Chavan, Kay Dunn, Saed Abdulkadir Jama, Babatunde Aderemi Olawoore, Abisola Folake Orimoloye, Adedoyin Olubukuwola Adedayo Osho

Master of Science Accounting and Finance – Thi Lan Nguyen, Olabisi Oluwakemi Ogunbanwo, Damilola Aderonke Oyinlola, Danjuma Bala Sunsuwa, Veronika Veverkova, Elyenora Zhanasbayeva

Master of Science Construction Law and Arbitration – John Corbett, Brian Robert Jenkins, Annie Lee Ling Lai, Anish Sadanandan Pillai, Paul Michael Straker

Master of Science Construction Law, Arbitration and Adjudication – Ebenezer Sanjeeva Karunakar

Master of Science Corporate Communication and Public Affairs – Osita Chukwuma Abana, Philip Olusola Afolami, Elizabeth Margaret Anderson, Aurélie Manon Nicole Bernadet, Eimear Eileen Harding, Grace Ige, Jane Lund, Emmanuel Rammy Oboro-O’Fferie, Golibe Malvine Chinwe Okafor, Jennifer Louise Phillips, Mairi Ann Sabaté

Master of Science Energy Management – Ahmed Bashir Albasu, Albin Sungmaala Banye

MASTER OF SCIENCE FASHION MANAGEMENT – Jacqueline Anne Cooper

Master of Science Financial Management – Lili Chen, Deep Arun Garegrat, Daiqun Han, Dolawat Homchampa, Shakhboz Issakhanov, Claudia Verena Kari, Ogechukwu Announciata Onuoha, Nkechinyere Osuagwu, Nariman Pshenov, Naxi Su, Almir Serikovich Toktabulatov, Daniyar Uspanov, Saujanya Varadarajan, Yumeng Wang, Jingjing Xu, Jiejie Ye, Almas Zhangabyl

Master of Science Health, Safety and Risk Management – Jill Mhairi Anderson, Kirsty Leanne Chapman, Stuart MacKenzie, Haidara Mohamed, Emeka Philip Nwosu, Nwamaka Scholarstica Osugo, David John Scott-Mackie, Jacqueline Lesley Myles Semple, Philip Alexander Spence

Master of Science Human Resource Management – Joseph Shalom Adebajo, Homayara Latifa Ahmed, Yasmin Attar, Rachelle Hepburn Cardno, Rebecca Louise Conacher, Adina Dinu, Maria Petronella Gibson, Priscilla Russell Khambatta Khambatta, Oyinade Adebimpe Kuku, Maggie MacLeod, Linsey Jennifer McDermott, Jacob Alaba Mosugu, Jenna Marie Noble, Janet Izehi Oriunuebho, Giles Ian Pinder, Melanie Price, Jill Alana Reid, Kerry Leah Roberston, Aigerim Serikbayeva, Lesley Smith, Liuman Su, Akunna Precious Udokporo, Obinna Udechukwu Ugbomeh, Cynthia Amina Usman, Milka Vieira De Meira Lins, Alison Yvonne Wiles, Sarah Louise Wilkes, Deeanne Claire Wink, Jennifer Anne Wotherspoon, Xin Wu

Master of Science Information and Library Studies – Briony Louise Aitchison, Carole Lesley Bee, Lyndsay Sarah Bloice, Michael Alexander Brealey, Sarah Catherine Clark, Laura Ann Clarke, Geraldine Frances Dunne, Lynsey Lisa Eames, James Jerome Foran, Padraig Gerard Kirby, Abigail Gourlay Mawhirt, Richard Charles Montague, Eleanor Elizabeth Newman, Katie Anne Norris, Bridgette Maria Rowland, Hayley Rowlands, Madeleine Still, Sally Faye Thomas, Gayle Marie Viegas, Kaitlyn Shane White

Master Of Science Information Management – Ian Adams, Jackie McGuire, Allan Andrew Fredrick Mulondo

Master Of Science International Business – Morenikeji Ajoke Adams, Bala Krishna Chinthala, Aaron Tieku Banaamwin Domakyaareh, Queen Esther Osasu Ehigamusoe, Chenchen Fu, Abhinav Gupta, Harsha Hegde, Princess Thelma Heirsmac, Robert Julian Hoving, Katie Hyslop, Mehul Jain, Naa Ayeley Komey, Kai Luo, Justice Kofi Manu, Sophie Myck, Aus Nasir, Oluwaseun Akinola Oluwabiyi, Olukayode Adebayo Omikunle, Jennifer Omose, Omolola Emirayo Oyedele, Veronika Skupilova, Oluwatomisin Iyanuoluwa Sogbesan, Lee Hui Tan, Natraj Thiyagarajan, Ying Zhou

Master of Science International Marketing Management – Hassan Afzal, Amma Serwah Barimah, Tao Chen, Shabarni Datta, Carito Maribel De Bonafos De Belinay, Marcus Andrew Harrow, Zhaolin Huang, Fiona Jardine, Xuejing Jia, Lin Qi, Sujata RoyChoudhury, Zarmina Syed, Yalei Wang

Master of Science International Tourism & Hospitality Management – Nur Fayyadhah Abdul Shaib, Larin Francis, Matei Ioan Marina, Olaiya Gabriel Omoregie, Zhao Song, Xun Zhang

Master of Science International Trade – Jun Ni, Liang Song

Master of Science Journalism – Stephen Davy-Osborne, Aminu Alhaji Iyawa, Joshua King, Rachel Massie, Jessica Mary Siobhan Murphy, Ann-Marie Emily Parry, Kirstie Alexandra Ross

Master of Science Management – Mukhtar Adamu, Yetunde Lolade Adedeji, Oluwaseyi Ebere Babatunde, Duncan Peter Barron, Claire Anne Bremner, Lichen Chen, Yanwen Chen, Xu Deng, Olayinka Oluwayemidale Ijalaye, Wealth Aimanehi Ikhine, Titilope Esther Ilesanmi, Ravi Kiran Janjanam, Zeynep Emel Karpuz, Junyang Li, Bingqing Liu, Ivan Mesjar, Akash Mitra, Echezona Chibuike Ngonadi, Kingsley Ebubechukwu Nnakenyi, Nnamdi Christian Nwalieji, Onyeka Juliet Nwokolo, Vivien Pfoertner, Yuan Ren, Bhojenthiran Sivasubramaniam, Xiaoqiang Sun, Medhin Abera Teferi, Tarun Thoutreddy, Yanbin Wang, Shuang Wu, Francesco Zelano

Master of Science Oil and Gas Law – Nicholas Andrew Wojtowicz Hughes

Master of Science Project Management – Adeniran Olutosin Ademakinwa, Johnbosco Okechukwu Aguh, Kaye Maree Anstey, Ebipadei Baikoru Ariwei, Christopher Paul Armstrong, Daniela Azzopardi, Olubusola Daodu, Oyesiri Trevor Emuobome, Ebiweni Christiana Ere, Israel Iyobosa Guobadia, Nurzhan Khussainov, Alison Elizabeth Lawman, Zarina Wai Ming Ma, Madeleine Marcella, Kevin William Marshall, Colin Moroz, Prasad Narasimha, Okorie Nwaite, Harrison Nkechukwuyenum Obi, Iain Benjamin Simpson, David Thomson, Otobong Benjamin Umoh, Colin Walker, Patricia Anne Watson, King Wah Yu

Master of Science Purchasing and Supply Chain Management – Oluwatoyin Orire Adebayo, Adetunji Isimeme Adeshina, Bolanle Olatundun Adeyemi, Olufolakemi Oludami Alabi, Craig Robert Allison, Tove Askeland, Brian Jude Boland, Lynne Bremner, Euan Peter Davidson, Samuel Donneyre, Johnson Abiodun Fadola, Hsiao-Wei Hsu, Janice Hughes, Udochukwu Ezenwa Ibeji, Moses Mario Idisi, Brima Kamara, Aisha Jamal Mirza, Ebubechi Obike, Afamudi Michael Obiwulu, Adebola Opadere, Omolua Patience Oyakhire, Asaneth Amira Romero, Melody Mamman Saidu, Mohammed Toffic Ibn Salia, Ankit Sharma, Johnson Shonhe, Leeann Stewart, Dodeye Bassey Evelyn Uket, Nicole Verlinden, Doreen Alfred Wokoma

Master of Science Quality Management – Iheanacho Bob Ibegbulam, Tafadzwa Matsika, Vincent O’Donnell, Paul David Welsh

Postgraduate Diploma Accounting and Finance, Krishan Gupta

Postgraduate Diploma Business Administration – Atli Georg Arnason, Cornelia Baleanu, Robert William Kane

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Bachelor of Arts Communication with Public Relations - Honours – Filip Baschir, Annemarie Claire Clancy, Rhea Craib, Sarah Louise Dawson, Felipe Goncalves Ferreira, Laura Dawn Findlay, Piotr Flisikowski, Carla Furneaux, Claire Gauron, Georgina Chentelle Guest, Alicja Krzeminska, Jessica Lawson, Ben James MacDonald, Ruairidh MacDonald, Yulia Malkina, Christopher Craig Martin, Fiona McDonald, Sean Moggach, Lukas Richter, Gemma Victoria Melony Setter, Kirsty Simpson, Joshua Tindell, Ana Todorova Yordanova

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Bachelor of Arts Communication with Public Relations – Lisa Arnold, Mya Emily Findlay, Laurie Gordon, Joe Lovie

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Bachelor of Arts International Hospitality Management – Alice Leslie-Melville, Ryan Clive McDowell

Bachelor of Arts International Tourism Management – Hayley Barclay, Claire Merle Bennett, Karolina Feeney, Christel Van Beers

Bachelor of Arts Law and Management – Demi Louise Beattie, Rhian Elin Jones, Alexander Ronald MacKie, Jenna-Lynne Masson, Corrina Mathers, Kirstie McKerron, Stuart Summers, Jennifer Elizabeth Watt

Bachelor of Arts Media – Joseph Boyd Pearson

Bachelor of Arts Retail Management – David Alfred Buchan

Bachelor of Laws – Fraser Hardie, Laura Elizabeth Harper

Diploma of Higher Education International Hospitality Management – Charlotte Marguerite Whyte

Diploma of Higher Education Law and Management – Johnathon George Duthie Buchan

Certificate of Higher Education Fashion Management – Laura Alexandra Cunningham

CHANCELLOR George Osborne’s austerity measures were given a boost yesterday when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) upgraded its economic growth forecasts for the UK.

The IMF now thinks Britain’s economy will grow by 0.9 per cent this year, compared with its previous estimate of 0.3 per cent in April, when it lowered its prediction.

But the Washington-based body said global growth will “remain subdued” as it cut its forecast for world output by 0.2 percentage points this year and next, to 3.1 per cent and 3.8 per cent.

The IMF said slower growth in countries such as China would drag on the global performance and warned authorities in the eurozone will have to continue taking action to keep the debt crisis at bay.

DISAPPOINTING figures for manufacturing output and the UK’s balance of trade yesterday dented hopes that the economic recovery was gathering pace.

The latest Office for National Statistics data showed an unexpected 0.8 per cent fall in industrial output in May. The UK’s trade deficit also widened by £300 million, hitting £2.4 billion compared to £2.1bn in April.

Both sets of figures came after a number of updates in recent days, including retail sales and house prices, which had suggested the economy was picking up.

Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight, said the sharp drop in manufacturing output and the widening trade deficit provided a “double reminder that the UK still has a tough job in developing sustained, significant growth”.

Although he said the drop in manufacturing output was “undeniably disappointing”, he also pointed out it was at odds with a generally-improving picture highlighted by other surveys.

Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said that the manufacturing figures were often volatile and should be treated with some caution.

David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, said the fall in exports in the latest balance of trade figures was more worrying.

“Overall, our trade deficit is still too large, and we are not making fast enough progress in rebalancing our economy towards net exports,” he said.

Colin Edwards, of the Centre for Economics & Business Research, warned that growth was more-heavily reliant on support from domestic demand.

He said: “With business investment remaining woefully subdued at close to 2003 levels this leaves only households and government, which are attempting to balance their books, to prop up this demand.

PENSIONERS and retail investors yesterday demanded that the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) review the Co-operative Bank’s rescue plans.

In an open letter to PRA chief executive Andrew Bailey, financial analyst Mark Taber said he had been contacted by 1,300 bondholders after the Co-operative Group unveiled plans last month to fill a £1.5 billion black hole in its finances. Taber, who led a campaign in 2011 against similar plans by Bank of Ireland, claimed that a “false market” had been created in the Co-op Bank’s bonds in the run-up to the rescue plan because neither the regulator nor the Co-op Group had told bond-holders about the capital shortfall.

Taber, who said he was writing on behalf of 15,000 bond-holders, branded the PRA’s assessment of the lender’s financial health as “arbitrary and putative” and demanded a review of the regulator’s decision.

The Co-op Group plans to float its bank on the stock market in November, with the prospectus for the sale expected in October.

Under the scheme, the Co-op Group’s current shares in the bank would be wiped out, with the group issuing a £500 million bond and selling its general insurance businesses for a further £500m to buy back a controlling stake in the lender. The remainding cash to fill the black hole would come from bonds being converted into shares, at an expected 30 per cent discount.

A PRA spokeswoman said the letter had been received and that the PRA will respond in due course. The Co-op Bank said the rescue deal was an “equitable solution”.

PETER RANSCOMBE

MAGAZINE and newspaper wholesaler John Menzies yesterday chalked up contract renewals worth a total of £240 million.

The Edinburgh-based company will continue handling titles for Associated Newspapers – which owns the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday – and magazines for Comag, a joint venture between Condé Naste and the National Magazine Company.

Comag, which was formed in 1977, uses wholesalers to distribute magazines including Elle, Penthouse and Vogue.

David McIntosh, managing director of Menzies Distribution, said: “I am very pleased to have secured terms with Associated and Comag.

“These renewals are a further step in underpinning our core business. We now have contracts with five major publishing groups secured through to 2019 and this allows us to build for the future with confidence.”

Menzies distribution arm has been over-shadowed in recent years by the growth of its airport services business, which handles baggage and carries out other operations globally.

In a trading update ahead of its half-year results, Menzies last week warned that it continues to be hit by a slump in magazine sales, caused by the lack of major “social or sporting events” so far this year. Yet the group still expects to hit full-year profit forecasts thanks to the performance of its freight handling unit.

About 2,000 jobs were saved yesterday as eight mines formerly owned by UK Coal were rolled into a new company in a pre-pack administration.

David Kelly, of administrator PwC, said the deal also “guarantees continued supply of electricity to the UK and keeps the lights on”.

UK Coal, which supplies 5 per cent of the UK’s energy needs, was left on the verge of collapse after a devastating fire that closed its Daw Mill pit in Warwickshire earlier this year.

The deal preserves the company’s other mines and largely protects payments for 7,000 pension fund members.

The Pension Protection Fund is taking on the group’s pension schemes as part of an arrangement which will see it acquire an interest, through a series of debt instruments, in a new company that will control the eight mines.

THE owner of the Motors.co.uk used car website has snapped up a Glasgow-based IT company, Kingfisher Systems, for an undisclosed sum.

Manheim has taken a controlling stake in Kingfisher, which developed the car seller’s online auction platform.

Kingfisher’s founder, managing director Ian Fisher, will continue to run the business which will trade independently following the deal, Manheim said.

John Bailey, chief executive of Manheim Europe, said the deal was a “triple win”: “While Kingfisher benefits from new financial investment to power its R&D, Manheim is able to rapidly deploy a range of exciting technologies to benefit sellers and buyers in the used vehicle market.”

The scandal-hit London interbank offered rate, or Libor, is relocating from the City to Wall Street after the company behind the New York Stock Exchange won a bid to take it over, a UK committee has ruled.

The independent panel, set up by the UK Treasury, yesterday chose NYSE Euronext to take over Libor from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), which had supervised the rate-setting since its inception in the 1980s. The changeover is scheduled to be completed by early 2014. The panel did not identify other bidders.

Baroness Sarah Hogg, chair of the panel, said in a statement: “This change will play a vital role in restoring the international credibility of Libor.”

Libor underpins trillions of dollars of transactions all over the world, but the rate was underpinned by an honour system that relied on the banks to be honest. Revelations of its manipulation last summer both shocked the financial community and forced a reform in how it was administered.

The scandal emerged when authorities realised banks – including Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS – were submitting false data to gain market advantages. US and UK regulators fined RBS more than £350 million for rate-rigging. Barclays’ role led to a £290m fine and the resignation of chief executive, Bob Diamond. Swiss bank UBS was fined £1 billion.

After the scandal erupted, the government established the panel to review the rate and introduce criminal penalties for rule violators.

OIL explorer Cairn Energy yesterday got the green light for its Irish drilling programme, weeks after taking stakes in a number of licences.

Dublin approved Cairn’s farm-in as operator with a 38 per cent working interest in two exploration licences and one licensing option in the Porcupine basin to the west of Ireland.

The basin contains the undeveloped Spanish Point gas and Burren oil discoveries. Edinburgh-based Cairn also said it had entered into a contract to secure a drilling rig for an appraisal well in one of the exploration licence areas.

Cairn and its joint venture partners Chrysaor, Providence Resources and Sosina Exploration plan to mobilise the rig to begin operations in the second quarter of 2014.

Under the farm-in deals, which were announced in May, Cairn is acquiring a 38 per cent working interest and operator rights for £2.6 million plus an agreement to pay 63.33 per cent of future exploration and appraisal costs for up to two wells, subject to a cap.

The deal adds to Cairn’s extensive exploration plans for the Atlantic margin in coming years – it already has permits to search for oil off the coasts of Greenland, Morocco and Senegal.

At the time the deals were announced, Cairn chief executive Simon Thomson said the stakes brought further exploration and appraisal potential to its “frontier” portfolio.

The Irish government estimates that the “Irish Atlantic margin”, where the licences are located, could have potential oil and gas reserves of ten billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Although a number of discoveries have been made in the area, they were in the past deemed to be too small to be developed economically. Shares in Cairn rose by 0.5p to 265.5p.

CREATING a criminal offence of “reckless misconduct” by senior bankers will not prevent lenders from failing, according to the Law Society of England & Wales.

Chief executive Desmond Hudson warned that locking up bankers would also fail to help economic growth.

Introducing a charge of “reckless misconduct in the management of a bank” was one of the key recommendations from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (PCBS).

But Hudson said: “Introducing recklessness as the basis for an offence means that prosecutors will have to decide – possibly years after a business decision was taken – whether it was reckless or not at the time.

He added: “At a time when growth is vital for the UK economy, it’s important that we get the balance right between ensuring adequate risk control and stimulating business. Business decisions will always involve a degree of risk – the commercial environment is unpredictable and, while a decision may be characterised as reckless with the benefit of hindsight, at the time it is taken it may be a perfectly reasonable course of action.”

Instead of introducing a criminal offence, Hudson believes regulators should use existing regulations and civil powers in order to “ensure irresponsible individuals cannot continue to work in the industry”.

Prosecuting bankers may also “deter experienced, well-qualified candidates from taking up senior positions”, the society said.

It added: “This could lead to struggling banks facing a vacuum of quality leadership at a time when they most need it.”

Hudon’s comments came a day after Chancellor George Osborne accepted the PCBS’s recommendation on reckless misconduct but rejected the suggestion of breaking Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) up into regional or sector-focussed lenders.

In a note entitled “That’s more like it, George”, Invested Securities analyst Ian Gordon said: “Despite some vociferous support in Parliament, the PCBS’s more outlandish ideas for breaking RBS up into small pieces have been summarily dismissed.”

A YEAR ago, the farming industry was up in arms over proposed regulations aimed at preventing pollution. As then worded by the Scottish Government, the regulations would have prohibited any spreading of fertiliser or pesticide on slopes above 12 degrees, taking a fair percentage of land in Scotland out of production.

Now, without any fanfare, the wording has been changed, a move welcomed by NFU Scotland as progress from what they described as “the original impractical proposals”.

As the rules now stand, it is up to the farmer to decide if there is a danger of run-off from fields adjacent to watercourses. If there is no risk, fertiliser can be spread on land steeper than 12 degrees.

The union’s environment and land use policy manager, Andrew Bauer, said: “Over a year ago, NFU Scotland strongly opposed the proposed wording regarding fertiliser and pesticide application on sloping ground, pointing out that there was a high risk that it could be misinterpreted as a blanket ban on the application of these essential materials on any ground over 12 degrees.”

He added he was heartened that the Scottish Government had listened to these concerns about the wording and had now brought forward changes to the general binding rules that were more “risk-based and proportionate”.

Bauer strongly advised farmers to acquaint themselves with the new proposals, which came into force last week.. Apart from the spreading of fertiliser and pesticides close to watercourses, the rules cover other issues such as not storing fertilisers within 10 metres of any water course or on ground sloping towards water unless there is a buffer zone to prevent any leakage reaching the water.

Livestock producers are also warned not to position feeding troughs any closer than 10 metres from watercourses.

For farmers cropping land, there has also been a clarification of the rules, with a minimum distance of two metres from the top of the bank having to be left fallow. In cases of gradually sloping land, NFU Scotland has been assured that this rule would be interpreted as being two metres from the last break in the slope before the water. “NFUS knows this is a complicated subject and is working with the Scottish Government, Sepa [the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency] and SRUC [the Scottish Rural College} to produce a plain English guidance for farmers, crofters and land managers on their legal responsibilities for protecting the water environment,” said Bauer.

Until that document is published later this year, he advised anyone with concerns to contact NFU Scotland head office or local Sepa offices.

Farmland values are becoming increasingly polarised, with buyers paying more attention to cropping flexibility and yield potential, according to estate agents Savills.

The company’s latest land review shows prime arable land in England in the first half of the year rising in value by 4.4 per cent to average £8,138 per acre. In comparison grade 3 livestock land only rose 0.9 per cent to level at £5,531 per acre.

Alex Lawson from Savills said: “For the right opportunity, top prices continue to be paid, particularly where this involves adding a block of land on to an existing holding but the range of values and interest can vary quite significantly.”

In Scotland, where the farmland market started late this year, values have remained unchanged in the past six months, with prime arable land averaging £7,449 per acre and grade 3 livestock land at £3,733 per acre.

As in England there are examples of land making in excess of these figures.

THE global top 20 “mega-wealth managers” have rebounded strongly after their assets under management (AUM) grew 10.9 per cent last year, according a survey of the industry.

Swiss bank UBS reclaimed the top spot among private banks, edging out rival Bank of America which slipped to number two on research group Scorpio Partnership’s annual Private Banking Benchmark.

The growth among the top 20 outpaced the 200 wealth managers the company has tracked for the survey for 12 years, where AUM grew 8.7 per cent to $18.5 trillion (£12.5tn).

Lena Wilson’s firm buys drugs tester

INTERTEK, the FTSE 100 industrial giant for which Scottish Enterprise chief executive Lena Wilson is a non-executive director, has bought a drug testing company.

More than 80 scientists from Cambridge-based Melbourn Scientific will join Intertek under the deal.

Privately-owned Melbourn, which was founded 24 years ago, turned over about £4 million last year.

Intertek remained tight-lipped over how much it had paid for the firm, which tests asthma drugs and equipment such as inhalers and nebulisers.

Harbour trust eyes renewables work

EYEMOUTH Harbour Trust has hired alternative energy consultancy Caithness Renewables to draw up a report on how the Borders port can capitalise on the growing offshore wind industry.

Grahame Sinclair, chairman of the trust, said that the harbour was suited to serve “survey companies, vessel operators and workboats for crew transfer” working on potential projects including Mainstream Renewable Power’s Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, Seagreen Wind Energy’s Firth of Forth scheme and the Repsol-EDPR Inch Cape site.

A dirty word if ever there was one. There’s an appropriately guttural quality about the word clarty, a firmly colloquial term that describes something or someone caked in mud, spilled ginger and other such stains requiring some robust washing detergent.

Little used in formal texts and literature in previous centuries, clarty has nevertheless been frequently employed as a vivid descriptor of something covered in filth, or else generaly nauseating. Its meaning makes it inherently suitable for a particularly cutting insult.

Its semantic flexibility has given rise to some rather cheeky examples of its use. A nightclub in the west end of Glasgow, Cleopatra, is known locally as Clatty Pats.

A Scotsman article from 2004 offered an intruiging insight into the comings and goings of politicos and priests in a popular bar near Edinburgh Castle, the Ensign Stewart. The pub landlord had confessed that some churchmen regulars were keen on telling jokes that fell below the expected standards of the clergy. The headline read: {http://www.scotsman.com/news/pub-s-loos-are-cleaner-than-its-clarty-clergy-1-1045930|Pub’s loos are cleaner than its clarty clergy|Link to article}

The role that Scotland would play on the international stage after independence must be set out for voters ahead of the referendum, a defence expert has warned.

• The SNP must outline a clear defence strategy in the event that Scotland becomes independent, according to a defence think tank

• George Grant of the Henry Jackson Society claims that Scottish Government has not conceived a strategy behind stated desire to have submarines and army regiments while ditching Trident

The SNP Government has pledged to retain all the historic army regiments and build submarines and frigates for its Scottish navy, while ditching the UK’s Trident nuclear armed submarines.

But George Grant of think tank, the Henry Jackson Society warned MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster today that the SNP’s proposals are not clearly thought out.

“Unless you have a clear national strategy that starts by saying what sort of country you want to be in the world, what you think the risks to your national security are going to be, what you want to do, I do not believe you can have a sensible conversation about the sort of military assets that you want,” he said.

“I don’t get the sense that the SNP have done all of that - they’ve just said we would want conventional submarines, we would want fast jets we would want 15,000 men. I don’t see why they would want those things - I don’t think they’ve been clear enough.”

The Scottish Government is to publish a white paper later this year setting out its vision for Scotland after independence and Mr Grant said this must give more detail.

The Nationalists have set out a number of “headline” defence policies like keeping on 15,000 armed forces personnel, a budget of £2.5 billion and conventional submarines.

“I would imagine the content of their white paper would be an attempt to justify those positions,” according to Mr Grant who published a report on an independent Scotland’s defence prospects last week.

The Nationalists have indicated that Scotland would be a more regionally-focussed power in Northern Europe and would not be dragged into another Iraq war.

But it remains unclear if Scotland would “proactively involve” itself in UN peacekeeping operations or limit itself to disaster relief, Mr Grant said.

“The important issue is that voters have a clear idea of what they’re voting for,” he added.

“The SNP almost seem to think it’s more important to say we will have submarines and fast jets - I think the most important thing is that voters know more or less what the likely outcome will be for Scotland. That’s why it’s important people give a little bit more clarity ahead of the referendum that they’ve done to date.”

Many of the threats that the UK current face are unlikely to diminish in Scotland after independence, according to Mr Grant.

“There seems to be a view that’s quite widely held that the terrorist threat to the United Kingdom is directly related to the UK’s foreign policy and an independent Scotland, by virtue of dis-associating itself from that foreign policy, would automatically be able to reduce the treat from terrorism,” he said.

“I do think it’s pretty simplistic to just assume the terrorist threat to Scotland would be significantly lower by virtue of Scotland being an independent country.”

SEE ALSO

• {http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/uk/scottish-independence-leaving-uk-will-weaken-defence-1-2973898|Scottish independence: Leaving UK ‘will weaken defence’|June 23, 2013}

WHAT’S not to love about bagging a bargain at a charity shop?

Even the snobbiest shopper cannot deny that heart-stopping moment of joy when they spot a real deal nestling in the racks of shirts or skirts – or whatever floats your boat.

In most of these second-hand establishments there are usually books galore, golf clubs for dad, maybe a teapot cosy for granny.

And the kids’ stuff? As many self-respecting parent will know, several hours can be whiled away in even the most basic of charity shops.

There are the DVDs and the cuddly toys, and the flashing plastic thingies and dressing-up clothes, and the ever-patient volunteers peering and smiling over the counter.

And for the ladies? More often than not there’s a winter jacket or a maxi dress or a top that’s just the job. Then there is the satisfaction of swishing off down the high street dressed head to toe in a new-to-you outfit, knowing that the lives of children in Africa might just improve because of you.

Well, I say head-to-toe, but for me there has always been a slight question mark hovering over certain items. Second-hand bras, nighties and shoes have always been a bit of a no-no – until recently, when my astronomically poor standard of dress really hit a new low.

Even since I popped into a high street shoe shop and had to be resuscitated after discovering that a pair of pumps started at £50, I had been on the look out for something cheaper.

Then, while strolling past a charity shop window, I saw some snazzy shoes winking at me. They were cream and clean and looked rather comfy. (On closer inspection there was a faint odour of foot rot, but that was a minor detail.)

So excited was I with my new purchase that I slipped them on right away and flounced off. And apart from giving me a dose of Athlete’s Foot, there really have been no hitches with my new-old footwear.

So you can see that there is no stronger advocate of the charity shop bargain than I.

However, there has been a recent development of late that I have found rather irksome – and it’s all to do with price hikes.

As the economic gloom continues, more and more people are flocking to second-hand shops to get more for their money. Figures for last year showed that the annual income for UK charity shops had reached an all-time high of almost £1 billion – that’s an increase of 34 per cent on 2011.

The unhappy task of juggling shrinking household budgets has taken its toll particularly on mothers with young children, who have become particularly dependent on these shops for cheap clothes and toys, according to the Charity Retail Association.

Now, I think it’s great that these outlets are proving real options for budget shoppers. However, (and I’m going to whisper this now for fear of being banned from my local charity shops), they seem to have become rather pricey.

For many people the joy of a charity shop purchase is the give and take – the economic ebb and flow. Shoppers walk away with a bargain, and the charity shop gets cash for good causes –everyone is happy.

But it seems charity shops are developing their own “Finest” lines – and selling the more deluxe goods for bigger bucks.

Last week I spotted a (slightly fusty smelling) cashmere top with a price tag of £40. Come on! Pay £40 for a smelly top with a stain and a small hole?

And it seems some shop volunteers have no concept of the real price of new clothes bought in outlets such as Primark and New Look. A new T-shirt from shops like these might set you back a few quid – yet second time round they are priced at £4.

Books are yet another area where the price tags are often quite wrong. Novels you can snap up on Amazon for £3 are being resold for more. And then they ask you to return them after you’ve read them so they can sell them again – do they not know that local libraries hire books for free?

Now I know criticising charities will do nothing to improve my chances of passage through the Pearly Gates, but I do think there needs to be a reality check when some of these outlets are asking hard-up shoppers to pay over the odds for stuff the shops have been given for free.

Of course this doesn’t mean I’m going to stop raking through clothes rails to bag a bargain at my local charity shops.

Who knows, I might even test depths previously unrecorded and purchase a pair of pyjamas from one.

But I’m also sure I’m not going to pay more than £3 for the privilege.

Judgmental John Inverdale called his shot at tennis champion Marion Bartoli so badly, writes Lori Anderson

Marion Bartoli may have lacked the groomed blonde hair and pearly white smile of Maria Sharapova but on centre court the 28-year old French tennis player had the same gutsy determination and killer instinct. While this was enough to secure the Wimbledon title, it wasn’t enough to satisfy some male spectators who would prefer their elite sportswomen to seductively hitch up their white flippy skirts in a saucy reveal like the lithe limbed Tennis Girl in Athena’s iconic 1976 poster.

In what was a crass and sexist double fault, John Inverdale, the BBC presenter, said while commentating on the Wimbledon women’s final: “Do you think Bartoli’s dad told her when she was little: ‘You’re never going to be a looker. You’ll never be a Sharapova, so you’ll have to be scrappy and fight’?”

Such comments are proof of an uncomfortable fact. Beauty matters to people, even when it shouldn’t, such as on a tennis court.

For just as the BBC was issuing an apology, the Sunday papers were also reporting on a new survey carried out by the Medical Research Council (MRC) that appeared to prove what we had long suspected: that attractive teenagers turn into healthier and wealthier adults.

Professor Michaela Benzeval, the lead author of the report which was published last month, stated: “Adults rated as attractive as teenagers had more occupational and dating success and were slightly more intelligent than those rated as less attractive.”

The study, which spanned 25 years, began in 1987 and 1988 when 1,515 Glaswegian school pupils aged roughly 15 were rated by researchers on their attractiveness and measured for health, self esteem and intelligence.

The team also established the socio-economic status of their parents and discovered that those rated more attractive at 15 were living in more advantageous circumstances and were also less likely to report feeling “not good” about their health.

Curiously, there was no link found at the time between physical attractiveness and self esteem.

Twenty years later, the researchers were able to track down 942 of the original study group and discovered that those rated attractive at 15 had, on average and discounting their favourable circumstances at birth, achieved higher socio economic positions as adults.

As the report stated: “There was a statistically significant association between adult IQ and attractiveness and most of the socio-economic outcomes, with respondents rated as more attractive at 15 being in more favourable circumstances at 36. Attractive females had stronger occupational advantages than attractive males.”

As Prof Benzeval explained: “Perceived attractiveness may lead to individuals having a greater sense of self-worth and self-esteem.

“Evidence suggests that attractive adults are more extroverted, have better social skills and higher self-confidence than those rated as less attractive.”

“Yes,” I hear you cry: “but who decides what is or is not attractive? Aren’t we all beautiful unique snowflakes?”

Sadly, no. Beauty is almost a mathematical formula, with Plato concluding that the ideal face width should be two-thirds of its length, with the nose no longer than the distance between the centre of the eyes.

The Greek philosopher’s “golden proportions” were embraced by a culture which saw beauty as the perfect porcelain mask and one that also reflected inner qualities such as courage and self
control.

Today scientists have developed Plato’s notions and shown through rigorous testing that symmetry is inherently attractive to the human eye.

But why are we drawn to symmetry and so to beauty? Scientists believe that we value beautiful people as mates and that we see this symmetry as a reflection of a strong immune system.

It’s really their robust genes to which we are most attracted, their inner beauty.

Psychological research also suggests that people choose mates with a similar level of attractiveness, the evolutionary theory being that mating with someone who has similar genes ensures that one’s own genes are conserved.

Like the poor, the beautiful will always be with us and throughout history attractive people have always held a favoured place in society – after all, Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships with only the perfection of her face.

The question is whether today’s modern society has seen our fixation with physical appearance swell up into a dangerous obsession.

When a BBC commentator feels comfortable lobbing insults into a tennis match and points out to millions of viewers, who he clearly felt would agree with his characterisation, that a player is unattractive, then the answer would appear to be yes.

The problem is that we live in the most visual age in human history.

Photographs are more ubiquitous than ever and women are now having facelifts to look better on Face Time. If the MRC’s study was repeated today I’d be willing to bet that this time it would find a link, at 15, between attractiveness and self worth.

The only thing we can do is recognise the importance of physical attractiveness in society, but keep a sense of perspective and manners.

As Bartoli demonstrated when told of Inverdale’s comments: “Have I dreamt about having a model contract? No. But have I dreamed about winning Wimbledon. Absolutely.”

Game, set and match, Miss Bartoli.

DAVID Cameron has had one of the best weeks of his premiership and arguably of his eight-year tenure as Tory leader.

Ed Miliband is on the ropes in a way he’s never been before and the Prime Minister has dined out lavishly on his opposite number’s difficulties.

Mr Cameron also looked to be hugely enjoying himself as he lined up with Wimbledon hero Andy Murray for the obligatory publicity shot on the Downing Street doorsteps.

Many observers could be forgiven for thinking Mr Cameron is on his way to an election victory in two years’ time.

It’s almost as if people have forgotten about the unpopularity associated with his government’s deep cuts to public services and controversial policies such as the bedroom tax.

Then, of course, there’s the fact that it’s now more than 20 years since the Conservative Party last won a General Election outright – that should be a sobering thought for a party that was once such a formidable election winning machine.

Mr Cameron was unable to win a majority at the last election despite being pitted against an unpopular prime minister in Gordon Brown and despite having more than four years as opposition leader to make his case – a period longer than Tony Blair had prior to Labour’s 1997 landslide.

True, there are still two years to go before the next general election, and Mr Miliband shows signs of capitulating to the Tories on issues such as Labour’s union links and the benefit cap along similar lines to the policy shifts of Neil Kinnock ahead of his ill-fated attempts to become prime minister in 1987 and 1992.

However, it’s hard to see what seismic political events will lead to the Tories doing better at the next election than they did in 2010 – something that Mr Cameron has to deliver if he is to win outright. The cuts to public services, high unemployment, job insecurity and squeezed living standards are more likely to determine how people vote than a row over how Labour selects its candidates. Bill Clinton’s maxim that “It’s the economy, stupid” as he forced out George HW Bush from the White House after just one term, against the backdrop of an ailing US economy, could not be more apt.

Mr Cameron also faces difficulties over the Europe issue and despite his pledge for an in-out referendum if re-elected, it’s still the case that a significant number of Tory backbenchers want the UK to withdraw from the EU - a position at odds with the Prime Minister’s view.

There is also the spectre of the anti-EU Ukip, which has already successfully managed to outflank the Tories on the Right in a number of by-elections and council polls.

Ukip is also likely to fare well at next year’s Euro elections, but the real danger to Mr Cameron is the possibility that Nigel Farage’s party could split the right-wing vote in marginal constituencies and help hand victory to Labour in 2015.