John Gibson: Shandwick Place is a melotrama
So you think you’ve seen it all. Lived through it all. Done the T-shirts. Is that so? Well, just take it from me. You’ll be shocked and stunned when, finally, you get the trams bill for Shandwick...
View ArticleBroxburn in the running for embarrassing Carbuncle ‘prize’
It IS the badge of dishonour pinned each year on one unfortunate town – and it could be heading to West Lothian.Broxburn is among the nominations for this year’s Carbuncle Award, an ironic prize...
View ArticleRogue items in hospital laundry the bane of NHS Lothian’s health drive
PUTTING more than 30,000 items through the wash is always likely to throw up few lost coins and pens.But for NHS laundry staff, lost Teletubbies, cycling helmets, bags of urine and bright pink clogs...
View ArticleArmed forces visit schools 200 times in just two years
CONCERNS have been raised over the number of military visits to schools after it was revealed that the armed forces have made more than 200 trips to Capital schools and colleges in the space of two...
View ArticleLooking back at 50 years of Bond in song, as Adele takes on the ‘Bassey role’
HAD things gone differently for Amy Winehouse, would Adele be singing the theme tune to Skyfall? It’s one of many intriguing “what ifs” associated with the Bond movies.Some time in 2008, infamously,...
View ArticleBritain is facing an ‘hour of reckoning’ says David Cameron
THE Prime Minister will say on Wednesday that Britain faces “an hour of reckoning” as he defends the coalition government’s economic austerity measures.David Cameron will use his speech to the...
View ArticleAndrew Eaton-Lewis: PSY has made six albums but is now famous as the Korean...
IT’S a great privilege and responsibility to have a weekly space in a national newspaper with which to address the important cultural issues of the day. This week’s topic: the South Korean man who...
View ArticleScottish independence: Deal struck for single-question referendum in Autumn 2014
A DEAL on holding Scotland’s historic referendum on independence has been mapped out by the SNP and Coalition Ministers.• ‘Substantial progress’ made in talks between Nicola Sturgeon and Michael Moore•...
View ArticlePolice release CCTV of murder victim before brutal attack
POLICE have released CCTV footage of the movements of murdered pensioner Ronnie Simpson leading up to his death.• Police say pensioner was victim of brutal assault and had serious head injuries.•...
View ArticleIn full: David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party conference
In May 2010, this party stood on the threshold of power for the first time in more than a decade.We knew then that it was not just the ordinary duties of office that we were assuming. We were entering...
View ArticleScottish independence: ‘Very unwise’ to claim referendum deal is done - Alex...
ALEX Salmond has suggested the UK Government jumped the gun over a deal on the independence referendum, warning it would be “very unwise” to say an agreement had been reached until one was actually in...
View ArticleNew £20m Scottish wind farm test centre to be operational next year
PLANS for a £20 million test centre for offshore wind tirbunes in Scotland have been revealed.• New plant will replicate off-shore conditions on land • Test centre will be the first of its kind in the...
View ArticleLost Edinburgh: Cowgate Fire site, 2002, now and then
Pictured in 2002, The Gilded Balloon.Before December 2002’s fire, the Gilded Balloon building stood on the Cowgate in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.While it was lucky that no one was killed in the...
View ArticleIsland of the week: Vatersay
THIS week we explore Vatersay, an island lying to the south of Barra in the Outer Hebrides that has a tumultuous and tragic historyLocation: Vatersay is the westernmost populated island in Scotland,...
View ArticleCarbuncle Awards: What is Scotland’s ugliest town?
THE search is on for Scotland’s most dismal town, with the annual Carbuncle Awards seeking nominations.So far Broxburn in West Lothian, Leslie in Fife and Newmilns in Ayrshire are among the towns to be...
View ArticleGlasgow University principal to stay in post until 2019
THE principal of one of Scotland’s leading universities has had his appointment extended by another five years.Professor Anton Muscatelli, principal and vice chancellor of Glasgow University, will now...
View ArticleDavid Cameron tells Tory conference he wants Britain to be ‘the aspiration...
THE Prime Minister today promised to “get Britain on the rise” by unleashing the power of enterprise and aspiration to overcome the economic crisis in his speech to the Conservative Party’s...
View ArticleDelivering wife’s child at home was ‘best experience’ of man’s life
A YOUNG father has described the moment he had to deliver his second child as the “best experience” of his life, as he and his partner thanked the ambulance worker who guided them through the...
View ArticleRBS to sell two German buildings for £635m
Royal Bank of Scotland has sold two commercial properties in Germany to Norway’s sovereign wealth fund for €784 million (£633m).The properties were part of a portfolio that RBS took over from Morgan...
View ArticleCulture Secretary tells Creative Scotland to sort out criticisms
SCOTLAND’S culture secretary has demanded her flagship arts quango sort out mounting criticisms of the way it is being run - the day after its chief executive vowed he would not be stepping down.Fiona...
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