Boyle ‘uses n–word to ridicule racism’
Comedian Frankie Boyle yesterday defended his right to use words such as “n*****” when “ridiculing” racism after suing a tabloid newspaper for libel damages.Lawyers for Mr Boyle told a High Court jury...
View ArticleHall’s owners ‘never had any intention of keeping factory open’
ONE OF the companies which had its bid for the Hall’s plant at Broxburn rejected hit out at its owners last night, saying they had no intention of keeping the factory open.Dutch owners Vion yesterday...
View ArticleVirgin to get short-term franchise to go on running West Coast line
VIRGIN is to be given a short-term franchise to run the West Coast main line, as the government tries to open a new bid to run the service between Glasgow and London.• Virgin franchise to be extended...
View Article‘RSPB wants to erect a wind turbine that will kill birds’ claim protesters
A MAJOR wildlife charity has been accused of hypocrisy and double standards after revealing plans to erect a wind turbine at one of Scotland’s largest nature reserves.RSPB Scotland has submitted plans...
View ArticleLeaders: Unionist and Nationalist owe the voters clarity | Car smoking ban a...
In a revealing moment at his press conference at St Andrew’s House after he had signed “the Edinburgh Agreement” with David Cameron over the independence referendum Alex Salmond disclosed he had been...
View ArticleMarkets: Shares lift on signs of global pick-up
Markets got a shot in the arm yesterday from better-than- expected Chinese trade data and US retail figures which suggested that the global economy may be improving.Stocks with exposure to the eurozone...
View ArticleWolfson upgraded on renewed Apple links
Wolfson Microelectronics shares got a boost after analysts revealed the chip maker was again supplying tech giant Apple for the first time in three years.Although the Apple Lightning adapter, which...
View ArticleSimon Fox unveils leaner Trinity Mirror set-up
SIMON Fox, the new chief executive of newspaper group Trinity Mirror, has unveiled a management reshuffle that will see its national and regional divisions come under one structure.Mark Hollinshead,...
View ArticleOmega Diagnostics hit by allergy kit delay
Medical testing kit maker Omega Diagnostics said yesterday that delays in preparing one of its products for market had brought its financial expectation for the year into question.The Alva-based firm...
View ArticleEagle Couriers soaring towards £5m turnover
Eagle Couriers is on the road to achieving £5 million in annual turnover by 2014 after client numbers grew by a fifth in the past year.The firm, which was established in 1985 and has bases in Bathgate,...
View ArticleEddie Barnes: All is changed – the independence genie cannot go back in the...
LIKE a couple arriving for their big day, David Cameron and Alex Salmond smiled awkwardly for the cameras as they met on the steps of St Andrew’s House, neither man in the knowledge of quite where...
View ArticleAssemblywoman regrets drink-drive
A WELSH Assembly member has been suspended from her party following her arrest for drink-driving.Bethan Jenkins was stopped by police in Cardiff on Sunday. The South Wales West regional member for...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Jedburgh Deer and Farm Park in the Borders
A stag enjoys the autumn sunshine while surveying his land at Jedburgh Deer and Farm Park in the Borders, as photographed by The Scotsman’s Phil Wilkinson{http://www.facebook.com/#!/scotsmanonline|View...
View ArticleComment: Branson sitting pretty but what about RBS staff?
Sir Richard Branson does not enjoy the same level of popularity in certain business circles as he does among the wider populace, but just now he seems to be the man that everyone is turning to.The...
View ArticleUS sales on the up as consumers hit spending trail
A SPENDING spree by American consumers has triggered the sharpest rise in US retail sales for nearly two years.Shoppers bought more of everything last month, from cars and fuel to mobile phones and...
View ArticleScottish independence: Michael Moore, the Westminster point man
SCOTTISH Secretary Michael Moore has led for the UK government during the lengthy talks with SNP ministers this year.As a Liberal Democrat Scottish MP, Mr Moore has been seen as a politician SNP...
View ArticleEwan Crawford: When independence is a class above the rest
Future generations will never achieve their full potential unless they control the decision making process writes Ewan CrawfordAS A former pupil of Stewart’s Melville College with an unusual interest...
View ArticleFrankenweenie director Tim Burton rekindles his childhood love of science
Director Tim Burton has one of the most quirky imaginations in cinema, and his latest film, a tribute to his own boyhood, is testimony to that. It could all be connected to the fact that, as a child,...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Waiting for trade boom, 16 October 1931
ALIVE to the possibilities of a trade boom in Scotland following the General Election, the Scottish National Development Council are preparing the way with spade work and publicity.Representatives of...
View ArticleScottish independence: ‘Deal suits the interest of a few’
The decision not to allow a second question offering some form of extended devolution was criticised in some quarters last night.Martin Sime, chief executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary...
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