Gina Davidson: Keep politics out of abortion
IT’S an interesting time to be a woman. Despite a new report this week which showed that stories about women or written by women don’t make the front pages of newspapers even half as much as those by...
View ArticleEdinburgh ONline Fashion Week: Arkangel & Felon
Every day this week Scotsman.com will be streaming runway shows from Edinburgh Online Fashion Week, Scotland’s first exclusively digital fashion event. Covering high street to designer, boutique and...
View ArticleBuilding windfarm beside Cairngorms like putting Tesco in Grand Canyon warns...
ALLOWING a wind farm to be built beside the UK’s biggest national park would be like “building a Tesco in the Grand Canyon”, a leading conservationist has warned.• Cairngorms is largest area of...
View Article‘Mindless’ yobs set garage ablaze in firework attack as family sleeps
A FAMILY’s lives were put at risk after “mindless” yobs set fire to their property with a firework while they slept.Police received numerous calls from terrified residents in West Pilton overnight on...
View ArticleInterview: Alex Nee, star of the American Idiot theatre play
THE star of American Idiot gives Gary Flockhart a guitar lesson ahead of the show’s visit to the Playhouse next week, while explaining what attracted him to the role.HE doesn’t know it yet, but Alex...
View ArticleIsland Of The Week: Taransay, Western Isles
This week we take a look at the deserted island of Taransay.Location: Outer Hebrides, west of Harris, seperated by a stretch of sea called the Sound of TaransayPopulation: 0Gaelic name:...
View ArticleInterview: David Mitchell, comedian, on his memoirs and work with Robert Webb
DAVID Mitchell has a bad back. To ease the discomfort, he walks, one hour every day. The funnyman, best known for the Channel 4 series Peep Show and as one half of Mitchell and Webb, has been stepping...
View ArticleMadagascar plays to Pinkett-Smith’s maternal strengths
When you’re one half of a Hollywood power couple, it doesn’t hurt to embrace what little down time you get together.That’s why, rather than party hard for their September birthdays, Will Smith and Jada...
View ArticleInterview: Winona Ryder on her role in Frankenweenie
Shereen Low discovers that Beetlejuice star Winona Ryder is back to her best and doing what comes naturally in Tim Burton’s latest movie, Frankenweenie.Winona Ryder’s life reads like a gripping work of...
View ArticlePreview: SNP Party Conference - It’s not all super Salmond
THE First Minister may be feeling on top of the world ahead of the SNP conference but, as Ian Swanson reports, it will take a superhero to change public opinion on independenceAFTER signing the...
View ArticleLegal chief orders probe into opening of Northern Ireland abortion clinic
Northern Ireland’s Attorney General has called for an investigation into the opening of the country’s first private abortion clinic.• Pressure grows as anti-abortion protesters gather outside clinic•...
View ArticleCommons speaker attempts to block publication of letter ‘which could expose...
THE House of Commons Speaker John Bercow is trying to block the publication of details of MPs’ expenses which could show if they are renting their taxpayer-funded homes to each other, it was reported...
View ArticleiPhone 5 shortages blamed on ‘very complicated’ design
THE Chinese firm which makes Apple’s iPhone 5 has blamed supply shortages on the difficulty in assembling the device.• Anonymous Foxconn official says iPhone 5 is ‘very complicated’• Apple is...
View ArticleWest Coast rail franchise: Taxpayers’ bill could rise
Taxpayers could be left with an even-bigger multi-million-pound bill for the West Coast mainline fiasco than first feared, Labour claimed today.Shadow Transport Secretary Maria Eagle said train firms...
View ArticleSNP conference: ‘Game on’ for Scotland’s ‘biggest community-led campaign’
THE drive for a Yes vote on Scottish independence already has the “biggest community-led campaign in Scotland’s history” behind it, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the first day of the SNP...
View ArticleBritvic sales hit by Fruit Shoot recall as Barr merger talks continue
Soft drinks group Britvic stayed tight-lipped yesterday on its £1.3 billion merger talks with Scots peer AG Barr as it posted lower annual revenues following the costly recall of a product and poor...
View ArticleMore Scottish graduates are searching for work abroad
THE number of young graduates choosing to study or work overseas has surged by nearly 40 per cent in five years as students look to improve their chances of finding employment that matches their...
View ArticleMarkets: PPI claims surge hits Barclays shares
Shares in Barclays came under pressure after the bank flagged a further £700 million hit from the mis-selling of payment protection insurance, though the wider market held onto modest gains.Barclays...
View ArticleDrug finds in Scottish prisons average five a day
The number of drugs found in Scottish prisons is on the increase, with an average five drug finds a day across the country.• There are on average five drug finds per day in Scottish prisons.• Three...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: ARR Craib | Remy Cointreau | Mothercare
ARR Craib Transport boosted its turnover by 9 per cent to almost £39 million last year, despite the tough trading conditions.The Aberdeen firm benefited from the sustained buoyancy of the oil service...
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