Jimmy Savile scandal: Star’s abuse symptom of ‘broader problem’
THE BBC is investigating up to ten cases of serious sexual abuse, including allegations about current employees, the director general of the corporation George Entwistle has said.Mr Entwistle made the...
View ArticleDisillusionment with Europe ‘deeper than ever before’
British disillusionment with the European Union is the “deepest it has ever been”, William Hague warned yesterday.The Foreign Secretary told a foreign policy forum that UK voters feel the EU is...
View ArticleScottish Government pushes for ‘traffic light’ labelling of food
TRAFFIC lights should be used on food packaging so shoppers know how much fat, salt and sugar they contain, ministers have said.The Scottish Government will now work with the other UK administrations...
View ArticleWeb and TV have equal teen appeal
YOUNG teenagers are, for the first time, spending as many hours on the internet as they do watching television, according to research.Children aged between 12 and 15 now dedicate some 17 hours every...
View ArticleGreen campaigners praise bank and power company
ROYAL Bank of Scotland and Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) were praised by transport campaigners today for slashing staff air travel and introducing “no fly” months.BS has cut plane journeys...
View ArticleSeized drugs haul worth £133,000
DRUGS worth £133,000 have been seized by police following an operation in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire.Officers searched a house in Hood Street yesterday and recovered substances believed to be...
View ArticleAirlines face payouts after court ruling
SOME UK airlines could face huge compensation bills from passengers, after a European court ruling on flight delays.A number of airlines, including British Airways and EasyJet, had challenged a 2009...
View ArticleSpies helping CIA ‘unlawful’
UK INTELLIGENCE officials said to be providing information on targets for CIA drone strikes in Pakistan could be “encouraging or assisting murder” and the commission of war crimes, the High Court has...
View ArticleJohn Curtice: How the leadership’s passion, confidence and hard work...
The SNP must have anticipated there would be a glad and confident air on the first day back at Holyrood after the half-term break. After all the leadership had been busy during the holidays – agreement...
View ArticleMiliband ‘a small–c conservative’
ED MILIBAND’S speech to the Labour annual conference this month revealed him as a “small-c conservative” who wants to turn the party away from Blairism, Cabinet minister Michael Gove said.Mr Miliband’s...
View ArticlePhurnacite workers win damages case
A GROUP of former Phurnacite workers and their families have won their High Court damages action over illness caused by exposure to toxic fumes and dust.They claimed that working conditions at the...
View ArticleTrio’s charity street collection used to pay for terrorism plot, trial told
MEMBERS of the public were duped into donating thousands of pounds to fund a suicide terror attack planned for Britain, a court has heard.Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, both 27, were...
View ArticleIndependence referendum consultation: ‘Most Scots happy with one-question...
Fewer than a third of respondents to the SNP’s consultation on the independence referendum supported having a second question on the ballot paper, the government disclosed yesterday.Publishing the...
View ArticleNational Theatre of Scotland unveils Laurie Sansom as new artistic director
THE National Theatre of Scotland has looked south for the second time to find a new artistic director, after a worldwide hunt.Laurie Sansom, at present artistic director of the Royal & Derngate...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: West Lomond hill, Fife
Ian McCracken from Glenrothes must have had quite a sense of achievement when he took this picture from the top of West Lomond hill, the highest point in...
View ArticleComedy on the cards for Scottish Laughtas
TWELVE months on from controversy over a depressing shortlist dominated by Neds and The Scheme, comedy is set to claim top honours at this year’s Scottish Baftas.Whisky caper The Angels’ Share, which...
View ArticleMinimum alcohol pricing: Scottish Government bid to delay legal challenge
THE Scottish Government is attempting to delay a legal challenge to its legislation on minimum alcohol pricing after the drinks industry lodged new evidence ahead of the start of the hearing...
View ArticleFilm review: Skyfall
AFTER the soporific Casino Royale and the chaotic Quantum of Solace transformed James Bond into a melancholic secret agent, too preoccupied with pining for his dead girlfriend to really deliver a...
View ArticleAlex Salmond aims to stop more MSPs quitting as SNP majority slips to just one
Alex Salmond was today desperately trying to stop any more of his MSPs quitting the SNP and losing him his majority at Holyrood.Yesterday’s dramatic resignations by Highlands MSPs Jean Urquhart and...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today. BANKINGUKFI adds to pressure on Royal Bank to...
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