Dona Milne: Deal with social factors behind teen pregnancy
Work to reduce teenage pregnancies in Lothian may be finally paying off according to statistics that were released recently.Often, however, the release of new information about teenage pregnancy is...
View ArticleLeader: ‘The Capital is a brilliant place to be’
We don’t need a survey to tell us that Edinburgh is a fantastic city with a host of world-beating attractions – but it’s nice all the same.The TripAdvisor awards today simply reinforce what we all know...
View ArticleMary Grant jumps aboard National Express
Former ScotRail boss Mary Grant is returning to the transport sector with a senior role at National Express.Grant, who previously worked with National Express in the UK and Australia in the late 1990s,...
View ArticleLiam Rudden: Pet Shop Boys could be kings of the Castle
‘ELECTRIC energy!’ The atmosphere was certainly electric, the energy barely suppressed at the Manchester Arena last Thursday when the Pet Shop Boys took to the stage to promote their new album,...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: As close as you’d get to debauchery
Debauchery. I was dabbling in it a long time before most of you knew me. More than dabbled. Before any of you got up close to it, as close as I was to Harold Robbins, at one time universally...
View ArticleJim Murphy: Armed forces deserve respect
WE will all be looking forward to Armed Forces Day this weekend. It’s an opportunity for people across the UK to come together to celebrate the contribution our forces and their families make not just...
View ArticleTalk of the Town: McKidd got break by scaring the tourists
HE was a down-on-his-luck junkie in Trainspotting, a luckless squaddie in Dog Soldiers and a no-luck-at-all Roman in Rome – but Kevin McKidd has enjoyed a lot of good fortune in his career.His first...
View ArticleMargo MacDonald: MI5 must stay out of this democratic vote
To pick up from where I left off last week, in case you thought I was going a bit funny . . . just because I am paranoid doesn’t mean MI5 spooks aren’t doing their very worst to get the ‘right’ result...
View ArticleAberdeen student finds scorpion in her bed
A SHOCKED Scots student woke up in bed to find a scorpion inches from her face – just after returning from a trip to Borneo.Aberdeen zoology student Vicky Raitt, 23, believes the Asian forest scorpion...
View ArticleUK’s offshore workforce grows to almost 57,000
THE UK’s offshore workforce has continued to grow to almost 57,000 in 2012, a rise of nine per cent on the previous year, a new report has revealed.Meanwhile, the number of those who spend over 100...
View ArticleFrank Boyle cartoon
Today . . .Boyling PointFollow Frank Boyle on Twitter {http://twitter.com/boylecartoon|Twitter.com/boylecartoon|Go to Frank Boyle on Twitter}• Frank’s latest book Boyling Point 2 is available for £8.99...
View ArticleChris Hoy launches cycling campaign
SCOTLAND’S greatest Olympian Sir Chris Hoy is fronting a new campaign aimed at getting more Scots on their bikes. The Edinburgh-born multiple gold medal winner is challenging families to cycle a...
View ArticleComedian Pete Cain’s take on Scottish independence
I must confess that I don’t know the finer details of the arguments the propaganda merchants are peddling in the debate about Scottish Independence. However, I do know that no one knows how well...
View ArticleJoke of the Week by Tim Fitzhigham
Tim FitzHigham’s will be bringing his Challenger show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Pleasance Courtyard. Archaeology: it’s the new rock and holeEmail your jokes for publication >> Tim...
View ArticleIreland abortion: Campaigners urge bill amendment
COUPLES “exported” to the UK for terminations because of fatal foetal abnormalities have been told women facing similar diagnoses will not be included in new abortion laws.• Campaigners have urged...
View ArticleGunshot and scream heard, murder trial told
A MAN testifying in a murder trial has told a jury how he heard a gunshot and a “scared scream” in the shadow of Easter Road football stadium.• A man testifying in a murder trial has told a jury that...
View ArticleSpending Review: Scotland most shielded from cuts
PUBLIC sector workers, benefit claimants and expat pensioners were hit today as Chancellor George Osborne announced another round of austerity measures.He claimed that Britain was “moving out of...
View ArticleTwo vet visits in four months for Millie the dog
VETS have come to the rescue of a mischievous dog twice in four months after her taste buds landed her in trouble.One-year-old Millie was rushed to the pet charity PDSA’s Edinburgh surgery last week...
View ArticleAmputee soldiers in advanced prosthetics boost
SOLDIERS who have legs or arms amputated are to be given the most up-to-date artificial limbs under a scheme launched by the Scottish Government.• Amputee soldiers will be first in line to be given the...
View ArticleScottish independence: what would happen to the oil?
THE vast bulk of oil and gas reserves remaining in the North Sea lie in Scottish Waters and will be a critical part of Scotland’s economy for years to come.In 2011/12 alone, about 94% of the UK’s North...
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