Talk of the Town: Purple is the way to win her heart
IN the week that Louis Vuitton scored our nation’s Capital out of their style bible, washing brand Ariel has announced some curious stats relating to Edinburgh folk’s attitude to fashion.What do we...
View ArticleScreams appeal after woman’s sexual assault street terror
POLICE investigating a “terrifying” sex attack on a 23-year-old woman as she walked home after a night out in the Capital are appealing for anyone who heard her screams to come forward.The woman was...
View Article‘Taskforce must find new jobs for the workers’
British Leyland. Motorola. Levi Strauss. Hall’s of Broxburn. The names are etched into the economic history of West Lothian. Big employers who came and went. Who provided much needed jobs and then, in...
View ArticleFlights delayed after fuel problem
A FUEL shortage hit easyJet Airport yesterday forcing somet to make refuelling stops following an apparent “contamination” at Grangemouth refinery.The budget airline said only two flights – to Krakow...
View ArticleFurious Hall’s workers hit out after learning of closure on Facebook
WORKERS at the Hall’s of Broxburn plant have branded their employers “an absolute disgrace” after learning the plant was to close on Facebook.Owners Vion announced yesterday they had refused two offers...
View ArticleDoes Edinburgh really need a catchphrase or slogan?
YOU can see the logic behind it. After all, Edinburgh is a pretty incredible place to live – if you close your eyes to the tram works and the bins chaos.So when the creative geniuses at The Leith...
View ArticleReports of emails and texts between Brooks and Cameron not released to...
DOWNING STREET says all communications between David Cameron and Rebekah Brooks were submitted to the Leveson Inquiry following reports that more emails and texts between the pair exist. • Call for PM...
View ArticleSkydiver Felix Baumgartner leaps into history books
DAREDEVIL skydiver Felix Baumgartner leapt into the record books last night after a jump of 128,000ft above New Mexico, breaking the sound barrier and reaching the fastest ever freefall speed –...
View ArticleStarbucks avoids paying corporation tax through elaborate scheme
US coffee giant Starbucks has reportedly paid just £8.6 million in corporation tax in 14 years of trading in Britain and nothing in the last three years. • Starbucks found to be paying royalties to...
View ArticleWard closed at Inverness hospital after norovirus outbreak
A MEDICAL ward at the main hospital in the Highlands has been closed to new admissions and visitors after a suspected outbreak of norovirus, the winter vomiting bugWard 2A at Raigmore Hospital in...
View ArticleJobs boost as airline launches three new routes from Glasgow Airport
An airline is to base a fourth plane at a Scottish airport, creating 50 jobs.• Destinations in Spain, Croatia, and Menorca to be served from Glasgow• Added flights mean capacity will be raised...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in Highlands crash
A MOTORCYCLIST has been killed in a single vehicle crash on a road in the Highlands.The man, who has still to be named, died in an accident on the A896 near Shieldaig in Wester Ross, at around 1.20pm...
View ArticleFur flies in Downing Street cat fight
Downing Street has witnessed plenty of drama and rivalry over the years - but now the most famous address in Britain has been the battleground for a full-scale cat fight.Larry, the Prime Minister’s...
View ArticleEmma Cowing: Tune out this vapid message of girlhood
LIKE a particularly persistent verruca that refuses to respond to treatment, it would appear that Girls Aloud are back. You know the ones. Cheryl Cole. The one that’s been in rehab. The other three.For...
View ArticleMarkets: High five as US success boosts banks
A TRIUMPHANT return to third-quarter profit by US investment bank Goldman Sachs persuaded London traders that risk was firmly back in fashion today.Banks and commodity stocks powered the Footsie more...
View ArticleWhere the internet lives: Google offers glimpse inside its secretive data centre
THEY host a huge amount of the world’s digital information, but until now very little was known about Google’s data centres.Now Google has published photos which offer a glimpse inside some of its...
View ArticleLiberal Democrats Home Rule Commission calls for federal union
THE Scottish Government should be stripped of its power to effectively impose the council tax freeze across the country, under a blueprint for a federal UK unveiled today by former Liberal Democrat...
View ArticleThe Eligibles 2012
WELCOME to this year’s Scotland on Sunday Eligibles. For 13 years this newspaper has been asking the public to celebrate everything that is great about single Scottish people and their success, with a...
View ArticleInvestigation launched after Somalian man racially abused on Edinburgh bus
POLICE are investigating after Somalian man was subjected to racist abuse on a city bus.The 33-year-old victim boarded the No.3 bus on Gorgie Road around 4.45pm on Monday and went to sit on the top...
View ArticleTechniques used to discover new planet give hope to further finds
An uninhabitable Earth-sized planet orbiting a star similar to our Sun has been detected by astronomers.• Techniques used to find planet give hope of reaching planets that may harbour life• Planet...
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