Richard Branson denies Virgin Money may target RBS branches
VIRGIN Money boss Sir Richard Branson has given a strong signal that his Edinburgh-based group won’t emerge as a white knight bidder for the 316 Royal Bank of Scotland branches that are back on the...
View ArticleStephen Jardine: Fair play, we’re first class at last
FOR the past year this column has been devoted to Scotland’s blossoming food and drink sector. In a decade, it has gone from being a music hall joke to our greatest economic success story with exports...
View ArticleRonald Frame on Miss Havisham as the the star in his latest novel
I first thought about writing a novel about Miss Havisham more years ago than I care to remember. Of course, Dickens has already given us the bones of her back-story in Great Expectations. But I wanted...
View ArticleApple shocks markets with lower margins and revenues forecasts
AT LEAST three brokerages have cut their price targets on Apple by up to $50 a share after the technology giant surprised analysts by forecasting lower margins for the current quarter.For the three...
View ArticleSean Buchan: Good succession planning is vital for business growth
WHO can forget the surprise mingled with pleasure when, instead of a veteran Olympian setting the Olympic cauldron ablaze, it was the next generation of athletes who stoked the fire of ambition and...
View ArticleLong dark nights may trigger allergies
A LACK of sunlight could be the reason for Scotland’s high allergy rates, experts have claimed.Millions of Scots put the clocks back tomorrow morning, so that it is lighter in the morning, but becomes...
View ArticleOlympic medallist wins back bronze
One of two Olympic bronze medals stolen from a London nightclub has been recovered, police have said.The medals, belonging to hockey player Hannah Macleod and rower Alex Partridge, were taken as they...
View ArticleExperts eye a new cure for baldness
A SIDE effect of a common eye drug could lead to its use as a baldness treatment, researchers have found.Lumigan is used in eye drops to treat glaucoma, which can cause eyelash growth.The Bradford...
View ArticleCop accused of taxi death ‘didn’t slow down’ at red
A POLICE van responding to an emergency call failed to slow down as it approached red lights before a fatal collision with a taxi, a court has heard.Paul Brown, 33, a gardener, told the High Court in...
View ArticleDuke and Duchess of Cambridge to back University of St Andrews at charity bash
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to attend a charity dinner organised by the university where they met.William and Kate will go to a black-tie fundraiser in London on Thursday, 8 November, to...
View ArticleCase study: ‘Attempt to speed up death’
PETER Tulloch claims doctors at Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital attempted to “kill off” his elderly mother by withdrawing a feeding tube.He told how he paid Jean, 83, pictured, a surprise visit at...
View ArticleWoman found dead in East Kilbride named by police
A WOMAN who was found dead at a house has been named by police.Mary McCracken, 59, known to family and friends as Marie, was injured at a property in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, at 10:45pm on...
View ArticleCompetition on Edinburgh to Brussels air route
PASSENGERS are expected to benefit from competition on the Edinburgh to Brussels air route with the launch of flights tomorrow by Brussels Airlines.The carrier will operate six return services a week,...
View ArticleOverhaul of Flying Scotsman goes off the rails
RESTORATION of the Flying Scotsman, the iconic Edinburgh-London steam locomotive, will not now be completed until at least next year because the scale of the task was underestimated, the National...
View ArticleEast Renfrewshire man who grew £20,000 of cannabis given supervision
A MAN who claimed to be growing £20,000 worth of cannabis as a painkiller after a dog bit off his nose has avoided prison.William Curran, 59, was caught after a police raid on his home uncovered seven...
View ArticleDe Montfort University students shun George Galloway in row over rape remark
George Galloway has been banned from speaking at a university over his comments about the rape allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.The Dundee-born Respect MP had been due to speak at...
View ArticleSilvio Berlusconi: From cruise ship crooner to Italian PM
SILVIO Berlusconi rose from selling vacuum cleaners and working as a crooner on cruise ships to become one of Italy’s richest men, serving three times as prime minister.He graduated in law in 1961 and...
View ArticleStornoway church officer gets three years for sex offences
A FORMER church office bearer has been jailed for three years for sex offences against three women. Angus Donald Mackay, from Cearn Shiaraim, Stornoway, Lewis, had been convicted after a week-long...
View ArticlePublic service case study: Ambulance technician targeted three times in month
AN AMBULANCE technician, who has worked for the NHS for 30 years, was attacked three times in four months this year. He said: “A lot of these attacks have been at nothing-type jobs, where there was no...
View ArticleScottish independence: Michael Moore seeks bigger role for Electoral Commission
SCOTTISH Secretary Michael Moore is to use a row over what Alex Salmond said concerning legal advice on an independent Scotland’s future in Europe to demand a powerful role for the Electoral Commission...
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