Most schoolchildren ‘watch porn images’
MANY pupils are regularly exposed to hardcore pornography, with damaging consequences, teachers have warned.A new poll has revealed teachers’ concerns about access to explicit images and the negative...
View ArticleLeaders: Benefits changes miss chance of proper reform
Iain Duncan Smith must live in a strange world. His world – to follow his idea that child benefits and tax credits should be limited to the first two children of a family – is one where parents make...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Power Cut Warning - 27 October, 1949
THE British Electricity Authority last night issued an economy warning to electricity consumers covering the whole country from 7:30am to 12:30pm to-day.Yesterday’s warning was for the period 8am to...
View ArticleEurozone woes blamed for Amazon’s first three-month loss in five years
INTERNET retailing giant Amazon.com has posted its first quarterly loss in more than five years as it revealed it had been hit by the eurozone economic slowdown.The third-quarter net loss came in at...
View ArticleNational Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch arrives in South Korea
ALREADY an international hit, Black Watch has been given a warm welcome at its latest stop – South Korea – a country which has strong links to both the play’s story and the regiment itself, writes Dani...
View ArticleGerry Hassan: Ditch same old song and embrace Marra spirit
Politicians must be prepared to leave the comfort zone of trading insults and help realise our true potential, writes Gerry HassanSCOTLAND has had its moments in the last week: the drama of the SNP...
View ArticleBlogger wins e-mail hacking damages
A BLOGGER whose e-mail was accessed without his consent has accepted “substantial” damages from the publisher of the Times.Richard Horton, author of the blog known as “Nightjack – an English...
View ArticleMuhammad Yunus celebrates new Glasgow Caledonian University chancellor role
Nobel Peace prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus has been installed as the new chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University.A procession was held at the city centre campus, followed by a ceremony in...
View ArticleBook review: Gossip From The Forest By Sara Maitland
Hooking up forest walks to a retelling of Grimm’s fairy tales makes for a journey of enchantmentGossip From The Forest By Sara MaitlandGranta Books, 354pp, £20Stephen Sondheim has slightly pre-empted...
View Article‘Women who quit smoking gain an extra ten years’
FEMALE smokers who quit before they reach middle age will live up to a decade longer, a major new study has revealed.A study of 1.3 million women found smoking tripled the chances of them dying over a...
View ArticleArtists afraid of Creative Scotland, crisis summit told
ARTISTS and arts organisations have become “afraid” of Scotland’s flagship arts agency and believe they are now seen as a nuisance, a crisis summit has heard.Senior staff at Creative Scotland were told...
View ArticleFreddie Starr denies sex assaults and claims police questions are welcome
COMEDIAN Freddie Starr last night said he is willing to be questioned by police about abuse allegations surrounding Jimmy Savile – but denied being involved in sexual assaults.Police have yet to...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon 27/10/12
Saturday’s cartoon has Alex Salmond as an unlikely James BondIllustration Brian Adcock
View ArticlePensioner jailed over sex abuse
A PENSIONER who sexually assaulted four young girls between 1949 and 1973 has been jailed for 11 years.Former serviceman Reginald Davies, 78, was convicted of 13 offences, including the rape of a girl...
View ArticleStephen McGinty: End of era as Superman quits
Clark Kent would be the first to agree that something has gone wrong when the reporter becomes the story at a time when the BBC has been forced to investigate itself, writes Stephen McGintyIF THERE is...
View ArticleBook review: Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
A conflicted cop is the centrepiece of Tom Wolfe’s examination of racial tensionBack to Bloodby Tom WolfeJonathan Cape, 704pp, £20With his latest door-stopping fiction, Back to Blood, Tom Wolfe returns...
View ArticleDoctors not told to hasten deaths, says health secretary Alex Neil
HEALTH secretary Alex Neil has vowed not to ask doctors to hit targets for the number of patients who die on the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway, after it emerged hospitals in England were being...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: John Lewis | Law Society of Scotland | Yellow Pages
John Lewis yesterday posted a third week of slowing sales growth, which the department store chain blamed on milder weather and tough year-on-year comparisons.Economist Howard Archer warned the figures...
View ArticlePedestrian dies after car collision
An ELDERLY pedestrian has been killed and a driver hurt following a road collision, police have said.The 76-year-old man died at the scene of the accident in Hillhead Road, Bishopbriggs, East...
View ArticleComment: All in the balance in US election countdown
WITH ten days to the US election, yesterday’s American growth figures could prove decisive in the knife-edge campaign. GDP grew at an annualised rate of 2 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, an...
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