Ruth Wishart: Anti-abortion men are fighting wrong battle
RUTH Wishart says it is wrong for those with little stake in this debate to expect their views to matter more than that of a pregnant womanIt might have been a rather touching – if somewhat belated –...
View ArticleAlasdair Allan: Independence will build on our scientific legacy
AS Iain Gray asserts in his Platform piece (12 October), I have already responded to him once around the importance which the Scottish Government places on science. However, I am happy to do so...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s risk reduced by HRT
WOMEN who begin taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) within five years of the menopause may reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests.Scientists monitored 1,768 women...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: Marks & Spencer | 3D | Aon | Facebook
HIGH street stalwart Marks & Spencer yesterday signed a deal to buy electricity generated at an “anaerobic digestion” (AD) plant in Cumbernauld, which uses bacteria to turn left-over food scraps...
View ArticleAsda cuts the price of petrol
Supermarket chain Asda is cutting up to 2p a litre off the price of its petrol. It said that from today, customers will pay no more than 133.7p. A spokesman said: “We always aim to be the first...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Yellowcraigs, East Lothian
Dramatic pre-rain lighting above Yellowcraigs gave the East Lothian beach an other worldly feel, as photographed by Ramona Barton{http://www.facebook.com/#!/scotsmanonline|View more images of Scotland...
View ArticleWomenswear chain Wilkies sold to former window dresser
WILKIES, the venerable ladies fashion chain, has been sold to its operations director – who started working at the company 16 years ago as a window dresser under a youth training scheme.Karen Forret is...
View ArticleBBC political editor Nick Robinson on his book ‘Live From Downing Street’
HE has the knack of putting politicians on the spot with questions they would rather not answer. David Robinson meets the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson and finds a journalist who’ll go where...
View ArticleDyson boss accuses rival firm of spying
HOUSEHOLD engineering firm Dyson has accused German rival Bosch of having a mole within a high-security research and development department.The company, founded by Sir James Dyson, filed proceedings at...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Rural Scotland’s decline - 25 October, 1934
Rural Scotland – Its Industries and Culture was the subject of a broadcast talk last night by Mrs Haughton, Williamston, by Insch. Progress, she said, had reduced the industrial activity and population...
View ArticleDozens of major roads to have speed limits cut across Scotland
SPEED limits are to be cut on dozens of stretches of major routes across Scotland in an attempt to reduce crashes. A review of the main “A” roads by the Scottish Government’s Transport Scotland agency...
View ArticleFarming markets: Record price set for a Charolais bull at Stirling
A NEW record price of 100,000gns was set for a Charolais bull at Stirling yesterday, when Dutch investment banker Jan Boomars, who has farming interests in Kent, sold Vexour Garth to American genetics...
View ArticleGavin McCrone: Have cuts gone too deep?
AN independent Scotland might adopt a different approach to the UK on keeping the economy flowing, but it would still have to balance the books, writes Gavin McCroneEver-increasing austerity seems to...
View ArticleScottishPower chief Galan hits out at Cameron over price controls
WESTMINSTER plans to force big power firms to offer their cheapest price plans to customers were branded anti-competitive by Ignacio Galan, chairman of ScottishPower parent firm Iberdrola,...
View ArticleSNP’s climate change and fuel poverty targets face £4.6bn ‘shortfall’
SPENDING must be increased by up to ten times current levels to meet the SNP’s own climate change and fuel poverty targets, a new report has found.A study by WWF Scotland found that for the government...
View ArticleMarkets: Aggreko powers back into the black
Temporary power provider Aggreko finally broke its losing streak yesterday as analysts said the shares looked oversold.The Glasgow-based firm has lost about a tenth of its market value since warning on...
View ArticleAnalysis: Welcome move must be only one part of a safety strategy
WE’RE used to seeing Formula 1 drivers walking away, improbably, from long, slow, high-speed crashes. This year’s tracking results from the Road Safety Foundation shows your risk of being killed on “A”...
View ArticleDavid Cameron vows: Prisoners are not getting the vote
THE PRIME Minister appeared to be at loggerheads with his chief law officer yesterday after ruling out giving prisoners the vote.David Cameron moved to clarify his position amid speculation that the...
View ArticleFinancial support for students drops by almost a fifth
THE amount of non-repayable bursaries and grants paid to Scotland’s students has fallen by 19 per cent in a year.The Scottish Government said the amount paid had fallen from £127.7 million in 2010-11...
View ArticleMichael Marra: Rich and diverse work from an intense and warm man
I FIRST heard Michael Marra on a spellbinding Glasgow night in 1987, when he, his beret and his piano commanded all hearts and minds in what was then known as the Third Eye Centre.Many modern Scots say...
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