Free grub in Dynamic Earth experiment
VISITORS to Dynamic Earth can discover if they are genetically programmed to favour fatty food by participating in a simple test by PhD students from Queen Margaret University. “Goodness Gracious...
View ArticleBan challenge stubbed out
BRITAIN’S biggest operator of cigarette vending machines has failed to halt a law banning their use in Scotland.Appeal judges rejected a bid by Sinclair Collis, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco which...
View Article18th century letter warning of smoking dangers red-hot at auction
A NEWLY-discovered letter which showed that doctors were aware of the dangers of smoking as early as the 18th century has been sold at auction for £200. The remarkable warning was made by medical...
View Article520 million-year-old brain is surprisingly modern, say experts
SCIENTISTS have discovered an example of the oldest ever brain in a creature that inhabited the earth 520 million years ago.Researchers uncovered the complex organ in the fossil of an ancient...
View ArticleFacebook branded “immoral” after paying UK tax bill of £238,000
Facebook has been accused of “disingenuous and immoral” tax avoidance, after a new analysis of its UK business suggested the US company paid just £238,000 in tax last year, after making £175 million in...
View ArticleReaders’ pictures of the week
A selection of pictures submitted by our readers.• Arthur’s Seat is viewed in all its glory – and in a puddle’s reflection – in a picture sent in by John Thain• Alexander Martin says that the dry and...
View ArticleFirst private abortion clinic to open in Northern Ireland
The first private clinic to offer abortions in Northern Ireland is to open in Belfast next week.Officials say the clinic, which will be run by the international charity Marie Stopes, will provide women...
View ArticleCompetition: Win a bottle of Laphroaig 10 Year Old whisky
CONSIDERED to be one of the most distinctive single malt’s in the world, Laphroaig, meaning “the beautiful hollow by the broad bay” is produced at the head of Loch Laphroaig, on the south coast of the...
View ArticleSausage roll slowdown sees Greggs hit by austerity’s effect on consumers
AUSTERITY Britain was laid bare yesterday when the country’s biggest seller of fast food revealed that underlying sales had been hit and would remain negative for the rest of the year.Greggs, which...
View ArticleSwann shocks the City as she reveals she is to quit WH Smith
SHARES in WH Smith are expected to resume their upward trajectory after analysts said the retailer would be in “safe hands” following the departure of long-serving boss Kate Swann.The group, which has...
View ArticleSmall investors hold key share as Direct Line float nets RBS £800m
THE flotation of Direct Line yesterday saw RBS raise almost £800 million and small investors secure a significant slice of the shares in the UK’s biggest initial public offering of the year.The group,...
View ArticleBarclays to end targets based on commission
Barclays is scrapping commission-based sales targets for frontline staff and will pay bonuses purely on customer satisfaction.From 1 December, all 18,000 branch and call centre staff will have no...
View ArticleLabour claims John Swinney’s budget will cost 8,000 extra Scottish jobs
Labour yesterday claimed that John Swinney’s budget could lead to the loss of an additional 8,333 public sector jobs.The figure, which was disputed by the Scottish Government, was based on Labour’s...
View ArticleJackie Kemp: England’s self-obsession unwittingly revealed
A CRUCIAL period for Scotland has been virtually erased from history in a play about Labour’s bid to stay in power in the 70s, writes Jackie KempDavid Cameron’s “decline or do” speech this week...
View ArticleCivil Service union warns of ‘attack’
A TRADE union has warned of a “fundamental rupture” in industrial relations in the civil service amid plans to review terms and conditions of staff.In particular, the Public and Commercial Services...
View ArticleMalcolm Fraser: Artists need to speak funder’s language
The issues underlying the current 100 Scottish artists v Creative Scotland stushie mirror those underlying the Scottish historians v Historic Scotland one that blew and spluttered earlier this...
View ArticleAndy Murray enlists psychologist to help with off-the-court pressures
TENNIS star Andy Murray, in the best form of his career, has revealed that for the first time a psychologist is helping him deal with off-the-court pressures.The Scot has been criticised in the past...
View Article‘Debt-free’ Rangers in £20m flotation on Alternative Investment Market
RANGERS have announced plans to raise up to £20million by floating its shares on the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) of the London Stock Exchange.Executives at the Irn-Bru Division Three side,...
View ArticleScottish university lecturers to go on strike over 1 per cent pay rise
UNIVERSITY lecturers are to stage a one-day strike in protest over pay.Members of the country’s largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland, will take part in the walkout on 23...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Melrose Abbey
Dr Dennis Connolly estimated where the recent full moon would rise behind Melrose Abbey, and took this backlit shot of the historic structure{http://www.facebook.com/#!/scotsmanonline|View more images...
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