Martin Hannan: Poor foresight is failing pupils
Last week I had the experience of reading a heartfelt letter sent by a 12-year-old girl to various people and which was forwarded to me.The writer is a pupil in S1 at Portobello High School, and her...
View ArticleAnthony Brown: Dogfight in prospect for Capital supremacy
The battle for second place in the SPL has so far been a slow burner, with many of the bigger clubs struggling for consistency, but one duel which looks certain to carry no end of intrigue is the race...
View ArticleEdinburgh Online Fashion Week: Goodstead
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 Article‘We are lucky to have such medical care’
THERE are few times in our lives when we need help as much as we do when our children fall ill.On those occasions, we are lucky to have medical care as good as any in the world right here on our...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: Jackie’s not for marrying again . . ever
We live in a warped world, not quite as wonderful as Louis Armstrong would have us believe. We’ve got a woman grabbing a headline with ‘‘some days I feel as unloved as a pair of old knickers’’, Dame...
View Article‘Twisted’ Accies flyers reported to ad watchdog
CAMPAIGNERS opposing plans to redevelop the grounds of Scotland’s oldest rugby club have been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority. Save Stockbridge has been fighting proposals by Edinburgh...
View ArticleSick Kids: Family recalls ‘amazing’ support from Friends as foundation...
IT TRULY is every parent’s worst nightmare. Musselburgh couple Frank and Lorraine Cusack were faced with the brutal reality that their three-year-old son Adam had just hours to live after contracting...
View ArticleMum, 46, wins gold medal after trip to son’s martial arts class
IT is known as the way of the foot and the fist – and for one local mum it is also the best way to unwind after a hard day’s work.Now, Mags Ford has been crowned a taekwondo world champion, after a...
View ArticleCollege staff given option to go or fight for top roles
BOSSES at the city’s new “super college” have been offered the chance to apply for voluntary redundancy as it seeks to implement a 60 per cent reduction in management roles.Forty members of the senior...
View Article‘Money-sucking’ Forth bridge claim sparks row
LABOUR’S transport spokeswoman at Holyrood has caused a storm by voicing doubts over whether the new £1.5 billion Forth road bridge is necessary.Elaine Murray said the new crossing was “sucking in a...
View ArticleE.coli fears spark school boycott
PARENTS are boycotting a Lothian primary school over fears of an E.coli outbreak after part of the playground was flooded with contaminated water.Pupils returning to Lawfield Primary in Mayfield after...
View ArticleEdinburgh trams: £100m left in budget as council pushes for faster progress
JUST over £100 million is left to pay for Edinburgh’s troubled tram project – as council bosses confirmed it could open at least six months earlier than planned.• £776 million revised budget for trams...
View ArticleAwards rain down on Scotland’s most dedicated weather observers
MOST people in Scotland have spent a fair amount of time watching the rain fall outside, but few win awards for doing so.Now Scotland’s longest serving rainfall observers have been honoured for their...
View ArticleEdinburgh Online Fashion Week: Kakao by K
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 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 ArticleScottish Government admits no legal advice yet taken on EU membership
THE SNP government has admitted that it has yet to seek legal advice on whether an independent Scotland would be able to join the European Union.Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made the...
View ArticlePoliticians react to resignations of two SNP MSPs over Nato
POLITICIANS from the Scottish National Party and opposition parties at Holyrood have spoken out after two SNP MSPs - John Finnie and Jean Urquhart - are quitting the party over its controversial stance...
View ArticleAll North Sea Puma helicopter operators suspend flights following North Sea...
A third operator has suspended flights by its Super Puma fleet following yesterday’s controlled ditching of a Super Puma EC225 model in the waters off Shetland.• Bond joins Bristow CHC helicopters in...
View ArticleSNP ministers gagged at key EU meetings - Fiona Hyslop
THE Coalition Government has blocked SNP ministers from speaking out at key EU meetings, it has emerged.• Fiona Hyslop addresses Scotsman conference in Edinburgh• SNP ministers blocked from speaking at...
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