Jobs fear is a ‘threat to public health’
The fear of unemployment since the recession has led to a decline in men’s mental health, a study suggests.Researchers from the Medical Research Council in Glasgow said the onset of the economic...
View ArticleHolyrood should be stripped of its power to impose national council tax...
THE Scottish Government would lose its power to effectively impose a council tax freeze across the country, under a blueprint for a federal UK unveiled yesterday by former Liberal Democrat leader Sir...
View ArticleDavid Cameron: Energy firms must offer lowest tariff
ENERGY companies are to be forced to offer their customers the lowest available tariff after Prime Minister David Cameron announced a crackdown on higher prices.Amid concern about rocketing fuel bills,...
View ArticleTom Ballantine: Climate change talk must be backed by action
THREE years, ago the Scottish Parliament unanimously passed the strongest climate change legislation in the world. It followed the mobilisation of the largest civil society movement Scotland has ever...
View ArticleDiageo’s strong growth in emerging markets held in check by Europe
DIAGEO, Scotland’s largest distiller behind brands such as Johnnie Walker and Bell’s, has seen continuing strong growth in emerging markets offset by a weaker performance in parts of Asia and western...
View ArticleFour million flock to Edinburgh festivals despite rain and Olympic Games
Edinburgh’s festivals withstood the impact of a clash with the Olympics and weeks of bad weather this year, with almost four million people flocking to the city’s events, new figures have revealed.The...
View ArticleCosts and benefits of colleges reform still ‘unclear’, says study
COLLEGES face “considerable challenges” and financial pressures ahead of a major transformation of the further education sector, a study has found.Audit Scotland called on the Scottish Government to...
View ArticleTavish Scott: A federal UK can give public what they want
IS THE “F word” finally to be the answer to the UK’s future? This week Liberal Democrat MP Sir Menzies Campbell published what will surely be known as the Campbell Commission report, advocating a...
View ArticleCarrying Stream festival returns to celebrate work of Hamish Anderson
FOR AN event calling itself The Carrying Stream Festival, the presence of traditional singer, pianist and storyteller Elizabeth Stewart is nothing short of totemic. The week-long festival, run by...
View ArticleGreen Day musical arrives in Scotland to bring punk ethos to musical theatre
Tales of growing up in the shadow of Bush hit the stage in a punk-pop musical version of Green Day’s American Idiot and, appropriately, jazz-hands and lavish dance routines are nowhere to be seen. PUNK...
View ArticleLibor-fixing to be criminal offence
Rogue bankers who try to rig interbank lending rates will face the “full force of the law”, the government has said.Greg Clark, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said he would make it a criminal...
View ArticleMore opposition to abolition of corroboration as police latest to voice...
THE majority of police oppose abolishing corroboration, increasing pressure on the Scottish Government to reject the proposal.The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (Asps) and Scottish...
View ArticleWalkways that could bridge Pentland Firth
A CYCLE path across one of Scotland’s most treacherous stretches of water could be created by improving the design of tidal energy developments, a Scottish expert has suggested.Professor Stephen...
View ArticleEagles on Mull become 5 star attraction
A WILDLIFE tourism initiative on Mull, which allows visitors unrivalled views of the island’s population of iconic white-tailed sea eagles, has become only the second five-star wildlife experience in...
View ArticlePM ‘should hand over Brooks messages’
Labour yesterday called on Prime Minister David Cameron to disclose all his communications with former News International executive Rebekah Brooks, amid claims that a tranche of e-mails and text...
View ArticleMulti–vitamins can cut risk of cancer
MIDDLE-aged men who take a daily multi-vitamin can reduce their risk of cancer by 8 per cent, according to new research.The “modest” reduction is thought to mirror the benefits of eating a healthy diet...
View ArticleApology over Tweet mocking Argentina
Britain’s ambassador to Chile has apologised over comments he made on Twitter mocking Argentina.Jon Benjamin referred to a football chant sometimes shouted by Chilean fans, which describes the...
View ArticleOrkney tup tests positive for Smallenberg
IT WAS confirmed yesterday that a tup in Orkney has tested positive for the Smallenberg virus – representing a massive leap north for the disease, which entered the UK last year in the south-east of...
View ArticleBiofuels industry hits out at ‘unnaceptable’ EU plan
Farming organisations weighed in heavily yesterday against a new European Commission proposal that would initially reduce the cropping area devoted to growing biofuels. Copa-Cogeca, the European-wide...
View Article‘Pleb’ row chief whip Andrew Mitchell is ‘toast’ says Ed Miliband
CHIEF whip Andrew Mitchell was described as “toast” today by Labour leader Ed Miliband as pressure mounted on him to resign over his alleged verbal assault on a police officer. • Miliband reads out...
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