Scottish independence: Spain ‘would not allow Scots automatic EU entry’
A SENIOR member of Spain’s ruling People’s Party has said the Spanish government would oppose automatic entry to the European Union for an independent Scotland.Alejo Vidal-Quadras, the European...
View ArticleNew distillery in Speyside heads up £40m spend by Chivas
Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky and gin arm of Pernod Ricard, has announced plans to build a further distillery in Speyside as part of its £40 million investment programme in Scotland to meet demand...
View ArticleWinnie Ewing endorses SNP change of tack on NATO
THE SNP leadership’s bid to reverse decades of opposition to Nato membership has been boosted by the support of Winnie Ewing, the party matriarch whose victory in the 1967 Hamilton by-election is seen...
View ArticleBlood test ‘can spot breast cancer risk years in advance’
A BLOOD test for circulating hormones can reveal a woman’s risk of breast cancer up to 20 years in advance, research suggests.High levels of the hormones oestradiol, testosterone and DHEAS doubled the...
View ArticleAnalysis: Poland’s spend, spend, spend, prosperity plan
As people around Europe feel the financial wrath of governments slashing budgets in a desperate, and controversial, attempt to save money, one country in particular has decided to buck the trend and...
View ArticleMPs increase pressure on ‘pleb’ row chief whip
Labour MPs attempted to pile further pressure on embattled chief whip Andrew Mitchell yesterday, amid renewed demands for him to be sacked over his row with Downing Street police.Shadow leader of the...
View ArticleLeaders: FSA lacks any credibility following banking crisis
In 2008, at the height of its delusional grandeur before disaster struck, Royal Bank of Scotland, with total assets of over $3.5 trillion, was the largest bank in the world by assets, the fifth largest...
View ArticleTom Peterkin: The SNP leadership is experienced in boxing clever, but now...
Today will see something that it feels like we have been denied for a very long time – a good old fashioned punch-up at the SNP conference.The term punch-up is used metaphorically, of course, because,...
View ArticleComment: Battle must be won to make high streets work
HIGH street stores are closing at the rate of one a day, according to research from PWC and the Scottish Government has ordered an inquiry led by the architect Malcolm Fraser.It’s probable that...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon 19/10/2012
As the SNP party conference approaches, Alex Salmond may yet find more obstacles in his path despite the milestone of the Edinburgh Agreement earlier this weekIllustration by Iain Green
View ArticleChina’s ‘crisis’ over as powerhouse heads to meet 7.5% growth target
China is likely to have hit the bottom of a long downturn as third-quarter data suggested the worst may be over for the world’s number two economy.Premier Wen Jiabao and the National Bureau of...
View ArticleUK car industry hit by falling demand in Europe
Declining demand from mainland Europe put the brake on UK car production last month, figures yesterday revealed.There were 128,192 cars made in the UK in September 2012 – a 5.8 per cent fall on the...
View ArticleComment: Damning indictment of a watchdog that didn’t bark
IT SHOULD not have been necessary for a committee of MPs to force Britain’s chief regulator to publish details of its investigation into the near-collapse of RBS.This was a matter of utmost public...
View ArticleGeorge Kerevan: Leading the way into a bright, new Europe
IN or out of the EU there is not disputing the rising profile of the new small nation, and influence that might carry, writes George KerevanON MONDAY David Cameron signed a treaty with Alex Salmond...
View ArticleRoyal National Mod set for Stornoway in 2016
THE Royal National Mod has announced that it will be returning to the Western Isles for the 112th festival in four years time.The eight-day celebration of Gaelic music, dance, drama, arts and...
View ArticleTiffany Jenkins: Why ‘social’ networking is driving us further apart
FIGURES show a drop in the number of mobile phone calls, but there’s a human cost to pay, writes Tiffany JenkinsHave you noticed how little we talk on the telephone, compared to how much we used to?...
View ArticleCheaper to commute to Edinburgh than live there, new study shows
THE high price of homes in Edinburgh means it makes sense for people to live outside the city and commute to work – according to research from the Bank of Scotland.However, people working in Aberdeen...
View ArticleEdinburgh International Festival apologises for misleading box office figures
THE EDINBURGH International Festival has been forced to apologise after issuing misleading box office figures at the end of this year’s event.Organisers claimed an 11 per cent increase in sales and...
View ArticleScottish independence: Allowing same-sex marriage could lead Scotland...
SCOTLAND risks “lurching down the road to fascism” if the law is changed to allow gay couples to marry, a former SNP leader claimed.• Former SNP leader Gordon Wilson says gay marraige could see...
View ArticleFSA ‘failed in its duty to public’ over crisis at RBS
The City watchdog was guilty of a “serious misjudgment” by failing to step in to block the takeover deal that sparked the near-collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland, according to the Treasury select...
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