Chaos as train leaves tracks
Rail travellers between Edinburgh and Aberdeen faced disruption today after a derailment. Passengers had to be evacuated after the front wheels of the 8.04am CrossCountry Trains service from Edinburgh...
View ArticleSeparation ‘would hit credit rating’
AN independent Scotland would lose the UK’s triple-A credit rating, raising the price of government and personal borrowing, Scottish Secretary Michael Moore warned today.In a speech at a CBI Scotland...
View ArticleGary Mackay: Complacency shouldn’t have been an issue
Just as it was when we had the high of drawing at Anfield and then the low of losing at home to Dundee a few days later earlier in the season, Hearts fans have had to endure another week of contrasting...
View ArticleLicensing officers investigating lock-in at bar verbally abused, thrown down...
WHEN two licensing officers were called to investigate reports drunken revellers were enjoying a “lock-in” at a Leith bar, little can they have expected they were to be confronted with rowdy behaviour...
View ArticleMinister to question health bosses over NHS Lothian failings
HEALTH Secretary Alex Neil was today set to publicly quiz senior NHS Lothian chiefs over the waiting times crisis, allegations of bullying and the prospect of patients being flown overseas for...
View ArticleJohn Dickie: Making bonfire night safer for all
Ask anyone working in the fire and rescue service and they’ll have a story to tell about being on duty the night of November the 5th.Whether you’re a firefighter on an appliance, a control room...
View ArticleDriver clings on in open boot as carjackers speed off
Teenage carjackers took a man on a high speed rush-hour terror ride through the city – after he jumped into the boot to try and stop them. The 62-year-old clung on in the open boot as the joyriders...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: Get smart and savour the Tattoo
Every home should have one. The DVD of the The Royal Edinburgh Tattoo. Some 25,000 copies have just gone out around the world. More than Madonna’s done, I suspect. Even more than Subo. Alan Smith, well...
View ArticleStatutory Repairs Scandal: Scheme rethink ‘could be throwing baby out with...
A SENIOR civil servant who drew up Scottish Government housing policy has urged city leaders to keep its controversial property repairs system.Richard Grant said the city council could not afford to...
View ArticleCare home crisis: Edinburgh short of places and is one of the most expensive...
THE extent of the Capital’s care home crisis has been laid bare after stark new figures revealed that places in the city’s facilities are among the most expensive and under-pressure in Scotland.As part...
View ArticleScottish independence: Country would need ‘urgent’ spending spree to create...
AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would have to embark on an “urgent” multi-million pound spending spree to create a network of international embassies and consular staff to announce its arrival on the world...
View ArticleScottish independence would have ‘profound and irreversible’ consequences,...
SCOTTISH Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has warned that Scottish independence would lead to “profound and irreversible” consequences in a keynote speech to mark her first full year of leading the...
View ArticleEdinburgh residents to see trams operational ‘within weeks’, council chiefs...
PEOPLE will finally be able to see trams running in Edinburgh again within weeks, council leaders confirmed today.• First operational tram line in Edinburgh to run later this month• Line will run...
View Article25-turbine Highland wind farm given go ahead by Scottish government
A 25-TURBINE wind farm – which is set to pump £30million into the Highland economy – has been given the green light by the Scottish Government.• Wind farm will be situated near Invergarry in Lochaber...
View ArticleNHS Lothian to take on 250 staff to reduce waiting times
NHS Lothian is taking on hundreds of extra staff in an attempt to reduce waiting times for patients.Bosses at the health authority are spending about £10 million tackling the problem after it emerged...
View ArticleFormer PM Tony Blair hails progress made in Iraq ten years on from invasion
FORMER Prime Minister Tony Blair has hailed the progress that had been made in Iraq ten years on from the controversial invasion in which his government was a part of.• Blair calls for British firms to...
View ArticleMike Russell announces student payments review after funding applications delay
SCOTLAND’S education secretary has announced a review into student payments to help with living expenses after delays in dealing with thousands of applications despite being half way through the...
View ArticleReview to launched into late Scottish student loan payments
SCOTLAND’s Education secretary has announced a review into education payments to help with living expenses after it emerged last week thousands of university students were still to receive vital loans...
View ArticleChristmas gift guide - pets
YES, yes, we know - pets are for life, not just for Christmas, blah blah blah. But they are also for giving presents to, especially if said presents come in the shape of squeaky steaks or cat fighter...
View ArticleDavid Cameron orders investigation amid claims that senior Tory is sex abuser
DAVID Cameron has ordered an inquiry into whether the North Wales child abuse inquiry “properly did its job” following allegations a senior Conservative was involved.• An inquiry that investigated...
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