Fiona McCade: New clothes do not maketh the child
What do you think is the rarest material known to man? Platinum, maybe? Diamonds? Iridium? Astatine? Jadeite?Well, if you said any of those, you’d be wrong because, let me tell you, the rarest material...
View ArticleLegal highs mexxy and black mamba to be banned
Two dangerous legal highs will be made illegal class-B drugs, with users facing up to five years in jail, ministers have said.Mexxy and black mamba will be permanently banned after the government’s...
View ArticleClydesdale puts a brave face on first full-year loss and job cuts
Clydesdale boss David Thorburn yesterday claimed the worst was behind the bank as it unveiled its first ever full-year loss amid a hike in bad debts. The group, which also owns Yorkshire Bank,...
View ArticleBryan Webster: Management mumbo jumbo still puts lives at risk
TO discover why public services in Scotland are unresponsive you need only read the Scottish Government’s response to the Alison Hume inquiry. To recap: Alison Hume fell down a disused mineshaft....
View ArticleMatt Qvortrup: Victory for Obama a tall order
Scientific models favour a victory for Barack Obama in the upcoming US presidential election, but the run-in may be hair-raising for the incumbent, writes Matt QvortrupWho will win the US presidential...
View ArticleSchizophrenia diagnosed by simple eye test
SCIENTISTS have discovered an almost 100 per cent accurate method to detect whether a person has schizophrenia – a simple sight test.Impaired eye movement has long been thought to be associated with...
View ArticleMichael Kelly: Soldiers must face charges in name of justice
Those opposing the trial of five Royal Marines for murder are railing against the democratic principles we hold dear, writes Michael KellySupporters of civil rights and the rule of law must have been...
View ArticleHigh street hammered by ‘tax on distress’ say retailers
A CONTROVERSIAL tax hike on High Street premises lying empty has been branded a “tax on distress” by business leaders after the measure was passed by MSPs at Holyrood yesterday.The move is aimed at...
View ArticleBean: ‘Bank committee has weaknesses’
The Bank of England’s deputy governor has admitted that its new financial policy committee (FPC) “may sometimes prove relatively ineffective” in preventing another financial crisis.Charlie Bean also...
View ArticleTavish Scott: Manx islanders have created an enviable blueprint for success
What are you doing on this plane? The Sumburgh flight is there,” said Charlene, gesticulating to the neighbouring aircraft parked on the Edinburgh Airport runway.Loganair, under the Flybe franchise, is...
View ArticleMixed news from Brussels on CAP reform plans
Farmers who feared that they might have to take 7 per cent of their land out of production to meet environmental requirements in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are set to see their anger...
View ArticleBill Jamieson: Small business is key for recovery
FROM whence is recovery to come? Last week saw an impressive 1 per cent bounce in the economy in the third quarter. It came with signs, albeit glacial, of a recovery in retail sales and continuing...
View ArticleGrowth to be lacklustre says CBI
The CBI today warns that growth will remain “relatively lacklustre” for the next two years but says it no longer believes the UK economy will contract this year.Although the organisation is predicting...
View ArticleMarc Weller: Where there is a plan there is a way to the EU
Politicians must act now to lay the foundations for an independent Scotland’s place in Europe, writes Marc WellerWould an independent Scotland automatically become a member of the EU? The answer to...
View ArticleScottish independence could create a less stable world, claims leading US paper
THE battle for Scotland’s future has made waves on the other side of the Atlantic, with one of the US’s most influential newspapers concluding that independence could lead to “a less stable world”.•...
View Article‘RBS won’t quit Scotland, but we need clarity on independence’ says chief
LEADING Scottish banking figures have called for clarity on how plans for an independent Scotland would impact on the country’s crucial financial sector.Sir Phillip Hampton, the chair of the Royal Bank...
View ArticleIn full: The Washington Post editorial on Scottish independence
THE EDITORIAL below was the full editorial carried by the Washington Post on 30 OctoberScottish independence vote is part of worrying trendDOES IT make sense for Scotland to become an independent...
View ArticleIn full: We, the Scottish people, by Don Paterson
Don Paterson’s poem ‘We, the Scottish people’, written in 2005We, the Scottish people, undertake to find within our culture the true measureof the mind’s vitality and spirit’s health to see that what...
View ArticleMinister’s beliefs decided abortion policy, says MP
A HEALTH minister was accused yesterday of imposing her own personal beliefs on government policy by deciding to ditch proposals to ban abortion clinics from offering advice to women seeking...
View ArticleCoalition split over renewables expansion
David Cameron signalled a debate over the future expansion of onshore wind farms yesterday, after one of his ministers infuriated Liberal Democrats by suggesting there was no need for further...
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