Union urges support for ‘flatline’ budget
The Franco-German axis which has helped set many of the major policies within the European Union in the past 40 years this week announced its support for a flatline Common Agricultural Policy...
View ArticleRiots raging across Europe, but EU gets Nobel Peace Prize
THE European Union was yesterday awarded the Nobel peace prize in honour of six decades of “harmony” between members, in a move that shocked many commentators.• The European Union has been awarded the...
View ArticleErikka Askeland: Northern Lights will lead us a merry dance
Perhaps you will have been lucky enough to have been enchanted by the shimmering, dancing lights in the night sky known as of the aurora borealis this week. Whenever I have managed to catch them they...
View ArticleGerry Hassan: Note to Salmond: power of speech needs work
Here’s a few valuable tips for the First Minister on the eve of his address to the SNP annual conference, writes Gerry HassanDEAR Alex, next week you will address the SNP annual conference, closer than...
View ArticleLeaders: Europe’s Nobel Peace Prize is perhaps a fitting tribute
CONGRATULATIONS! You are a Nobel prize-winner. So, too, are we at The Scotsman, as are all our fellow Scots, all our compatriot Britons and, indeed, all our neighbouring Europeans. This is how José...
View ArticleLori Anderson: No wonder appetite has risen for bake show
The Great British Bake Off is a gentle antidote to harsh TV shows and has reignited our passion for the mixing bowl, writes Lori Anderson‘BEAT me! Whip me! Then drizzle me slowly in creme anglaise.”...
View ArticleStephen McGinty: The two sides of RD Laing
A planned film about the devilish and messianic genius of British psychiatry comes at a time when his controversial theories are finding new currency despite his and their flaws, writes Stephen...
View ArticleStephen Jardine: Rain puts damper on food prospects
THE rain has returned. In 2012 it has never been far away and after a few sweet days of autumn sunshine it is pouring again and flood warnings are in place. For our farmers, it’s a fitting end to a...
View ArticleAnne Houston: Empower children to help battle abuse
HE may have had a predilection for teenage girls and been suspected of abuse but one thing kept Jimmy Savile out of reach – power.His influence may have been extreme, but it demonstrates that people...
View ArticleMarkets: Global worries cast a shadow on FTSE
Renewed fears over the health of the global economy and a lacklustre opening in New York cast a cloud over end-of-week trading in London.A sector-wide broker upgrade for UK banking stocks and...
View ArticleOn the 50th anniversary Brian Ashcroft recalls the Cuban Missile Crisis
On the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Professor Brian Ashcroft of the University of Strathclyde recalls a horribly tense fortnight during his teenage years, spent on a US military base,...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: Innes Smith | Avaloq | Aberdeen Asset Management | Laing
Innes Smith has been appointed managing director at Springfield Properties, one of Scotland’s largest privately-owned housebuilders.The company now operates from 20 sites across Scotland and expects to...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Loch Watten near Wick
If Val Beales Chalmers’ photograph of late afternoon fishing on Loch Watten near Wick in the Highlands doesn’t make you wish you were on the water, you probably already...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon 13/10/12
The latest fuel price rise catches the attention of our cartoonist.Illustration Brian Adcock
View ArticlePolice on the hunt for pervert as two women groped on Princes Street
A HUNT was under way today for a pervert who groped two women at bus stops in the city centre – in front of other passengers.• Two women groped at bus stops on the Mound and Princes Street• Police...
View ArticleRonnie Simpson murder: OAP ‘may have been dead’ when police called out
A PENSIONER murdered in his own home may have already been dead when police officers called at his door the night before his body was found.Ronnie Simpson, 67, was the victim of a brutal assault at the...
View ArticleFocus on fun for kids at National Museum of Scotland
SCHOOL’S out, and parents everywhere will be faced with the perennial dilemma of how to keep their children entertained and active during the half-term break.Rather than switching on the TV or games...
View ArticleJoke of the Week - 13/10/2012
A policeman spots a student pulling a 12-foot rope up the Royal Mile and asks: “What do you think you are doing pulling this up the Royal Mile?”The student replies: “Have you ever tried pushing it?”Tom...
View ArticleParents’ fury as health board set to close St John’s hospital nursery
PARENTS have slammed plans to close a nursery at St John’s Hospital in Livingston, insisting they were not consulted over the move.• Tic Talk Nursery in St John’s Hospital, mainly attended by children...
View ArticleSmall Newhaven cafe is voted Edinburgh’s best cafe ahead of Michelin-quality...
HER signature dishes may be banana pancake and a fried breakfast – but that hasn’t stopped one cafe owner from out-dining some of the Capital’s top culinary names.Edinburgh University graduate Natalie...
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