Album reviews: Andy Burrows | Taylor Swift | Houston Person | Classical
OUR music critics review this week’s longplayer releasesPOPAndy BurrowsCompanyPlay It Again Sam, £11.99* * * Drummer and principal songwriter with Razorlight, Andy Burrows wrote that band’s biggest...
View ArticleLockerbie bombing: Prosecutors seek acquitted Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah
PROSECUTORS investigating the Lockerbie bombing are examining evidence that could implicate Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, the Libyan acquitted of the atrocity, documents obtained by Scotland on Sunday...
View ArticleCanadian pension funds target ScottishPower stake
TWO Canadian pension funds are poised to team up to buy a stake in ScottishPower’s electricity grid business.Parent Iberdrola is selling the holding to raise funds for further investment in Britain’s...
View ArticleOrganisers pull plug on Gathering of the Clans
AMBITIOUS plans to hold a second Gathering of the Clans during the 2014 Homecoming celebrations have been scrapped, Scotland on Sunday has learned.The Gathering, due to be held in Stirling shortly...
View Article3R expecting turnover to soar on back of turbine installation
RENEWABLES company 3R Energy Solutions has seen its turnover power up after installing its first wind turbines this year.The company, which has offices in Uphall, West Lothian, and a visitor centre...
View ArticleGraham Spiers: Owning a horse is a labour of love but the bond between human...
EVERY morning at 7am, whether there is early summer sunshine or spitting winter rain, Aileen Allan crawls from her warm Ayrshire bed and pulls on scruffy clothes or a boiler-suit before heading...
View ArticleAnger over bid to eject veterans
DEFENCE minister Andrew Robathan has been accused of trying to have veterans ejected from the public gallery in the House of Commons.The Conservative armed forces minister approached Lindsay Hoyle,...
View ArticleInterview: Journalist Blair Jenkins on why he backs the Yes Campaign
FOR many, he was an odd choice to lead such a campaign, but Blair Jenkins believes his message will galvanise Scotland BLAIR Jenkins is recalling the turn of the year with the SNP government having...
View ArticleSNP party conference: Building firms ‘clinging on’
DEPUTY First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will today warn Chancellor George Osborne that Scottish building firms are “clinging on by their fingertips” and demand a change of course on the economy....
View ArticleFiona Hyslop: Scotland has major role to play on the world stage
SCOTLAND is in the global spotlight. With the Edinburgh Agreement paving the way for a referendum in 2014, Scotland has embarked on a historic political journey. Over the next two years, this country...
View ArticleGerald Warner: Depraved old crone Auntie long overdue for euthanasia
‘WHAT’S all this, these rumours we hear about you, Jimmy?” “That’s all nonsense.” That exchange was the account by Derek Chinnery, former controller of BBC Radio 1, of his interrogation of Jimmy...
View ArticleClaire Prentice: Praying for black vote to show face
STANDING on a street corner in downtown Philadelphia, a well-dressed black man clutching a Bible is preaching a mixture of religion and politics. Reaching out towards the crowds of passers-by, he says:...
View ArticleTebbit kicks ‘dog of a coalition’ over Mitchell
DAVID Cameron faced strong criticism from Conservative grandee Lord Tebbit last night in the aftermath of Andrew Mitchell’s resignation as chief whip.After the blow of finally losing Mitchell, having...
View ArticleDrumlanrig: Chips no longer down (or out) for Sturgeon
NICOLA Sturgeon was in good form at the SNP conference media reception, telling the assembled hacks that she was glad she was no longer health secretary.“I can now eat pie and chips and have the odd...
View ArticleBook review: The Testament Of Mary, by Colm Tóibín
ISN’T it just like it? You wait years for a prize-winning contemporary novelist to tackle the life of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and then two come along within two months of each other, and from the same...
View ArticleCall centre group Response awaits return call from Hiscox
RESPONSE, the Glasgow-based contact centre company, is expected to renew a key contract with insurance group Hiscox that will help the firm push towards a 25 per cent growth in revenue this year.The...
View ArticleFilm review: Skyfall (12A)
IT’S 50 years since Bond made his first big-screen appearance and in Skyfall he is feeling his age. This is less alarming than the scene in Moonraker where the g-force rippled across Roger Moore’s...
View ArticleComment: Casino Royal is no more fallible than retail banks
TWO steps forward, one step back. Or is it the other way around? In the banking world nobody knows for sure whether progress is being made or not.Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester...
View ArticleAnalysis: Speech presents independence as a natural extension of devolution
ALEX Salmond’s conference speeches are not renowned for oratorical originality. For the past decade, he has generally gone for a tried-and-tested formula of bash opponents/make new announcement/promise...
View ArticleMarket watch: All eyes on Soriot as AstraZenecas’ new chief unveils first...
DRUGS giant AstraZeneca’s recently appointed chief executive Pascal Soriot will unveil his first set of figures when it updates the market on Thursday. Soriot joined the company at a difficult time...
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