From the archive: Prize bus shelter, 15 June, 2001
AN EDINBURGH bus shelter has been honoured at the prestigious Royal Fine Art Commission Trust’s building awards.The £50,000 shelter in Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh Park, which was designed by the...
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SOLVING youth unemployment crisis can’t just be a numbers game, says Iain GrayThis week has seen a spat over apprenticeship numbers. With 100,000 young Scots out of work, and long-term youth...
View ArticleGeorge Kerevan: Who are champions of economic rationality?
IS TARTAN romanticism blinding us in our vision of the financial future for an independent Scotland, asks George KerevanHere is a question for your next pub quiz: what part of Britain uses the euro as...
View ArticleTom Peterkin: From bonhomie at Leveson, to bombast at Holyrood
THE cliché “a change is as good as a rest” would seem to hold true for the First Minister. Alex Salmond looked reinvigorated when he returned from London after his appearance at the Leveson inquiry.As...
View ArticleAnn Ballinger: Educational opportunities must be kept safe
THE report published by Education Scotland on Wednesday, Quality and Improvement in Scottish Education, contains a wealth of information and statistical analysis.Everyone involved in Scottish education...
View ArticleStandard Life gears up for move into Asia’s expanding markets
INSURANCE giant Standard Life has bolstered its management structure in preparation for a major move into emerging markets in Asia. David Nish, the group’s chief executive, said the changes would allow...
View ArticleReel Scots: Scotland’s dynamic cinematic history
The Edinburgh Film Festival starts next week, but Scotland’s love affair with cinema didn’t begin well reveals a new exhibition on our enduring relationship with the big screen.WHEN the red carpet is...
View ArticleLeveson inquiry: The gushing text Rebekah Brooks sent to David Cameron
NEWS International boss Rebekah Brooks sent David Cameron a message insisting “we’re in this together”, the Leveson inquiry has heard, as the Prime Minister endured forensic questioning over his close...
View ArticleGovernor Mervyn King’s warning on global economy
THE state of the world’s economy is worse than it was two years ago and will hamper the UK’s recovery, the Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, has warned.In a deeply gloomy assessment,...
View ArticleLeveson inquiry: It’s not nice to watch a grown man squirm
THE day before, Alex Salmond had been garrulous, relaxed and seemingly rather amused by the whole thing. Yesterday, David Cameron was at times halting and defensive. It is easy to imagine Mr Cameron’s...
View ArticleLeveson inquiry: Alex Salmond refuses to report hacking claim to police
THE First Minister has refused to inform the police about an allegation that his bank account was hacked by journalists looking for details about his private life.A spokesman for Alex Salmond yesterday...
View ArticleAlex Salmond off the ropes but punching too fiercely to win favour
ALEX Salmond pulled himself back up off the political canvas at First Minister’s questions yesterday after weeks on the ropes with a heavyweight performance at the dispatch box.The First Minister...
View ArticleMoD clawed back just £500,000 after scrapping £3.8bn Nimrods
THE Ministry of Defence managed to recoup just £500,000 from the £3.8 billion it spent on the new Nimrod surveillance aircraft, after they were scrapped before ever being put to use.A written...
View ArticleMothers’ milk ‘wards off HIV’
Breast milk may protect children against the HIV virus, research suggests.Tests on mice show that even though some children acquire HIV from breastfeeding, mother’s milk has a strong anti-viral...
View ArticleLabour MP reveals battle with depression in plea for tolerance
AN MP called for more tolerance of mental illness yesterday as he fought back tears to reveal his own battle with depression.Labour’s Kevan Jones said colleagues often refused to admit mental...
View ArticleThousands of geese could be culled to save Hebridean way of life
A CULL of thousands of greylag geese is being mooted in an effort to save the livelihoods of Hebridean crofters and a rare European habitat.Islanders in Uist and Benbecula claim that an explosion in...
View ArticleEU warning to airlines which discriminate against the less abled
Disabled air travellers are still facing “unjustified refusals” from airlines, the European Commission has warned.Four years after EU laws made it illegal to discriminate against passengers on grounds...
View ArticleLegionnaires’ disease outbreak: Second victim dies in Edinburgh
A SECOND man has died in the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Edinburgh, it emerged last night.The latest victim was among patients being treated at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Health officials...
View ArticleUK petrol prices drop by 4p
UK petrol prices have fallen by more than 4p a litre for the second month in a row, the AA said, a reduction not seen since the price collapse of late 2008.The AA said it believed Transport Secretary...
View ArticleOnly quarter of new teachers in full-time permanent positions in Scotland
ONLY a quarter of newly qualified teachers have secured full-time permanent jobs in Scotland’s schools, a survey has found.A poll carried out by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) showed...
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