Edinburgh Online Fashion Week: Eden 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 ArticleDiggers used in search for source of Dalgety Bay radiation
MECHANICAL diggers are being used to determine the source of radioactive contamination at Dalgety Bay in Fife.Excavation work has begun on 90 two-metre deep pits on the beach and surrounding areas.The...
View ArticleSNP leader refuses to confirm whether more party resignations expected over...
ALEX SALMOND has refused to say whether he expects any other MSPs to leave the SNP just a day after two politicians quit the party at Holyrood as the fallout from the crisis continued to grip the...
View ArticleLabour claim Salmond ‘fatally damaged’
The First Minister’s opponents have sought to heap more pressure on him, insisting his credibility is damaged after it emerged that his Government has not yet taken legal advice on a key issue linked...
View ArticleLost Edinburgh: Black Bull Inn, Grassmarket, 1912
Pictured in 1912, the old Black Bull Inn, on the GrassmarketWhile the building may have been replaced, bizarrely the Black Bull pub remains as wee see the difference between 1912 and 2012.Also visible...
View ArticleRecession coming to an end but UK economy still ‘fragile’
THE longest double-dip recession since the 1950s will be declared over by official figures tomorrow amid warnings about the underlying health of the economy.• GDP expected to have grown 0.6%• Slowdown...
View ArticleScottish Government’s Homecoming celebrations to cost £3m
THE Scottish Government’s second Homecoming event, a year-long celebration of Scottish culture, has drawn criticism for a projected £3 million bill.• Second Year of Homecoming event criticised for...
View ArticleRoad deaths in Scotland down 11% but Transport Minister warns against...
THE number of people killed on Scotland’s roads dropped 11% last year, according to government figures.Those seriously injured in 2011 also went down 5% compared with the previous year.Road death and...
View ArticleLG uses lift scare video to market new monitors
Getting in a lift may seem like a simple regular part of life for most of us, but what if something went wrong?That’s the fear that a new advertisement plays on in a bid to show off the clarity of...
View ArticleEdinburgh Online Fashion Week: Those Were The Days
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 ArticleRare Dumbo-like pig litter born in the Borders
THE first litter of Meishan pigs in the UK for 30 years have been born at a farm in the borders. Linda and Graham McDonald-Brown, of Whauphill Farm, Dumfries and Galloway, bought the parents, Miep and...
View ArticleConservation charity defends plans to cull up to 100 red deer stags
A WILDLAND conservation charity has defended criticism over plans to cull up to 100 red deer stags on a Highland estate to protect ancient trees.• John Muir Trust plans to cull up to 100 red deer...
View ArticleOn the Radar - No 213: TeenCanteen
Despite the wealth of musical talent Scotland currently enjoys, there is a surprising dearth of girl groups making real waves on the musical landscape.TeenCanteen, led by Carla Easton, plan to change...
View ArticleIn pictures: modern-day suffragettes protest outside parliament
A feminist group, dressed as suffragettes, has protested en-masse outside the Houses of Parliament. The rally, organised by UK Feminista, called for equal rights for men and women with a passers-by...
View ArticleMP claims historic link between paedophile ring and No 10 Downing Street
THERE is “clear intelligence” suggesting a historic paedophile ring may be linked to Downing Street and a former prime minister, MPs were told today.• Labour MP Tom Watson has suggested a historic link...
View ArticleOlympic flame burns bright for Sports Direct
RETAIL chain Sports Direct set a strong sales pace yesterday after summer trading was lifted by the Olympics and back-to-school demand.The group – which has nearly 400 stores and owns brands including...
View ArticleArgos going digital to reverse sales slide
THE Argos catalogue is to get a digital makeover in an attempt by the struggling high street retailer to reverse two years of falling sales.The chain will launch its first “digital catalogue” by...
View ArticleScottish manufacturers hit at home and abroad
THE weak economy has taken its toll on Scottish manufacturing firms in recent months, with official figures showing a decline in exports and a key survey revealing a sharp slowdown in domestic...
View ArticleFull listings for Celtic Connections 2013
Celtic Connections, Glasgow’s biggest music festival, launched its programme for 2013. Here are the events announced so far.• Celtic Connections 20th Celebration Concert Thu 17 January, 7:30pm£23,...
View ArticleComment: Digital move could well take Argos upmarket
PARADOXICALLY, the Argos catalogue shopping chain has traditionally been more resilient in downturns because of its generally cheaper, value-led offering. Its customer base may have had less...
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