Juliet Dunlop: Strictly speaking, we are the ones who are facing a challenge
BUMPING into a household name is always a little surreal. In the workplace it is especially strange, but at the BBC’s Television Centre, the one place where you’d think it might happen all the time, it...
View ArticleCosalt’s £2m deal with Melvilles
COSALT, the marine services group, said yesterday it had now reached “full and final settlement” in a dispute which will see two Scottish businessmen pay it £2 million.The deal has brought an end to a...
View ArticleSchool less important than home to enable children to succeed
GOOD parenting has more of an effect on a child’s academic achievement than the quality of the school they attend, researchers have claimed.A study at North Carolina State University compared levels of...
View ArticleLenovo edges HP out of No.1 spot as PC giant’s struggles continues
CHINA’S Lenovo Group edged out Silicon Valley icon Hewlett-Packard to become the world’s biggest PC maker in the third quarter, according to data from research house Gartner.A rival to Gartner, IDC,...
View ArticleInter–Tec wins regulatory role
Prestwick-based aerospace consultancy Inter-Tec Services is moving to bigger premises and will create ten jobs after it achieved regulatory approval to certify the airworthiness of aircraft. The...
View ArticleFree music CD to be given to every Scottish newborn
EVERY newborn in Scotland is to receive a specially-compiled classical CD to inspire love of music.The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has teamed up with the Association of Registrars of...
View ArticleAndrew Mitchell to meet his local police force after “plebs” row
Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell will attempt to defuse the rumbling row over his foul-mouthed outburst at the police, by meeting representatives of his local force today.• Andrew Mitchell denies calling...
View ArticleClone scientist Keith Campbell who helped create Dolly the sheep dies
THE scientist credited as the driving force behind one of Scotland’s greatest scietific breakthroughs – cloning Dolly the sheep - has died.• Prof Keith Campbell, one of the scientists who created Dolly...
View ArticleRecord number of Scots living to the age of 100
THE numbers of Scots living for 100 years or more has reached record levels with a dramatic increase in centenarians during the last decade, newly-released figures have revealed. • Records show there...
View ArticleExperts call for ban on new legal high and warning over inhaling legal gases
DRUGS experts have urged the UK government to ban a potent legal high called Annihilation, which has put several people in hospital in and around Glasgow.• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs calls...
View ArticleSeven Royal Marines arrested for Afghan ‘murder’
SEVEN Royal Marines have been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to an incident in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced last night. In a statement, it said that the Royal...
View ArticleCost of creating super college in Edinburgh breaks budget for all
THE creation of one of the country’s first “super colleges” is set to cost more than £17 million – breaking the total budget given by the Scottish Government for the mergers of colleges throughout...
View ArticleVerdict next week on Aberdeen bypass
FIVE judges on the Supreme Court are set to rule next week on the final appeal standing in the way of the long-awaited £400 million Aberdeen bypass.A two-day hearing was held at Britain’s highest court...
View ArticleScottish scientists prove ‘monkey see, monkey do’ holds true
SCOTTISH scientists have proved the old adage “monkey see monkey do” is actually true, it was revealed yesterday.Despite the popular phrase, experts previously thought only humans learned by...
View ArticleMeteor find backs theory of water on planet Mars
A “FRESH” Martian meteorite that fell to Earth last year contains unique evidence of water weathering on the planet’s surface.The rock, blasted off Mars some 700,000 years ago by an asteroid or comet...
View ArticleRail activists protest over West Coast line’s future
Rail campaigners will stage protests today to press for the renationalisation of the West Coast mainline following the fiasco over who will run the franchise.Union officials, passengers and activists...
View ArticleTory peer Lord Tebbit opposes government deciding on sports TV rights.
The government should avoid interfering with broadcast rights for major sports events, a leading Tory peer said yesterday.Lord Tebbit, a former Cabinet minister, said it was “not the business of the...
View ArticleLate dash for sun boosts Glasgow airport’s passenger numbers
INTERNATIONAL passenger numbers at Glasgow Airport soared almost 10 per cent last month, as Scots sought some late summer sunshine.Non-domestic traffic was up 9.7 per cent on the same month last year,...
View ArticlePooling together: Govanhill Baths complex is reviving a Glasgow community
CLOSED by Glasgow City Council in 2001, Govanhill Baths have reopened as a ‘wellness centre’. The National Theatre of Scotland is using one pool for a show, concerts and cookery clubs are being held...
View ArticleMarkets: US jobs news offers a boosts for FTSE
ROBUST jobs data from across the Atlantic rode to the rescue of the UK market yesterday helping the benchmark FTSE 100 index to end its losing streak.The top flight, which lost ground in the first...
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