EU delays quota plan for women on boards
Controversial plans for EU minimum quotas of women on company boards were postponed last night after running into tough opposition within the European Commission.EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding,...
View ArticleDitched North Sea Super Puma returns to port
THE Super Puma helicopter which ditched in the North Sea off Fair Isle on Monday has been brought back to the Scottish mainland on the deck of an oil industry standby vessel.• All North Sea Super Puma...
View ArticleVirgin to run hourly trains on west coast main line
SCOTTISH passengers will finally have hourly trains on the west coast main line from December when Virgin Trains adds two extra daily services on the Glasgow-London route.The improvements will be...
View ArticleDavid Miller: Hope for a mild winter but be prepared for the worst
A campaign urging Scotland to get ready for the coming winter might seem like stating the blindingly obvious. But research has shown just how short our memories can be when it comes to unpleasant...
View ArticleTalk of the Town: Alex’s chances go from bad to verse
CITY poet George Roberston made the News earlier this week when we revealed him as the author of The Nonsense Ends, penned in the pub for Alex Salmond to read during last week’s SNP conference.Now,...
View ArticleFormer ‘Joseph’ star dropped from panto over secret life as porn actor
THEATRE bosses have dropped telly and stage pin-up Craig Chalmers from a lucrative panto run after he was exposed as a porn movie actor.The former Any Dream Will Do star, who comes from the Capital,...
View ArticleFrosty reception as Edinburgh’s winter campaign unveiled
THE final shape of the Capital’s £300,000 winter marketing campaign has been unveiled amid fresh controversy about the slogans to be used.A team which worked on the highly-acclaimed animated film The...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: It’s all a matter of time, Brian
We knew all the time Max Bygraves was right. You need hands. Wristwatches are on the way out and, admittedly, I’m inviting a slap on the wrist when I say so.One in four people, it’s claimed in a study...
View ArticleCity council is well prepared ahead of expected ice blast
A VAST stockpile of salt is being maintained by the city council as forecasters warn the country to be braced for a harsh winter.Temperatures are expected to drop to just above freezing by Saturday as...
View ArticleEdinburgh Online Fashion Week: ALC Boutique
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‘The creative was slick and very watchable’
Incredinburgh? Well-fedinburgh? Shop here instedinburgh? A piece of marketing that is so contrived it makes you wish you were fae Dundee? Or a magical and clever word play on our city’s name?The new...
View ArticleAllan is set for NHS post
THE appointment of a new vice-chair at NHS Lothian is expected to be confirmed today.Shulah Allan, a leading charity worker and former director of the Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council, was the...
View ArticleCouncil TV: Debate broadcasts extended following success of pilot
LIVE coverage of a wide range of debates is to be rolled out by city council chiefs following the success of a pilot broadcast last month.The council screened proceedings online from the monthly full...
View ArticleMargo MacDonald: Make sure we’re not all losers in the end
Speeches in the SNP conference debate on Nato and nuclear weapons were terrific. The information was solid, the speakers committed and fluent in presenting the argument. The intellectual, ideological...
View ArticleTopless teen girl bites officer in abduction report error
A TOPLESS teenager bit a policeman after five officers pounced on her thinking she was being abducted.Police rushed to 16-year-old Rebecca Nelson’s home after receiving a 999 call telling them a man...
View ArticlePolice hunt for man who racially abused rail worker at Glasgow Central Station
BRITISH Transport Police today condemned as “completely unacceptable” a would-be passenger who racially abused a rail worker after he tried to get through a ticket barrier with an invalid ticket.•...
View ArticleArtist and author Keith Brockie takes on wildlife of Isle of May
AS a young boy Keith Brockie would get on his bike and cycle the six miles from his home in Haddington to the beach at Aberlady bay to watch the seabirds pitch and dive on the breeze and gaze out...
View ArticleAsda to cut petrol prices by up to 2p a litre
SUPERMARKET chain Asda will cut petrol prices by up to 2p a litre tomorrow in the second such reduction in a month.Its petrol will come down to no more than 133.7p a litre.The store, assessed by the AA...
View ArticleMinimum drink pricing laws appeal delayed by judge
AN attempt to block the Scottish Government’s controversial alcohol minimum pricing legislation has been delayed until the New Year.• A judge has delayed an attempt by a leading drinks body to block...
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