Profit recovery builds at Taylor Wimpey
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey continued its turnaround today by posting a sharp rise in interim profits.The firm – which has about 210 staff in Scotland working on 33 housing estates, including projects...
View ArticleTalk of the Town: Rowling’s ready to webcast her spell
AS if any youngsters needed an incentive to bury their heads in her enthralling novels, Harry Potter author JK Rowling is taking to the airwaves to promote a book club dedicated to the popular...
View ArticleJim Sillars: Olympic drama suspends reality
As the £27 million Olympic extravaganza unfolded before his eyes, with Sir Chris Hoy parading the Union flag aloft, with the spotlight and loud applause falling on Team GB as they entered the arena,...
View ArticleProtecting a relative landed me on kidnap charges
A RESTAURANT owner has spoken of how he was convicted of kidnapping after trying to help a relative who was battered by her husband.Mohammed Motiur Rahman-Minto was arrested after travelling from...
View ArticleToddler ‘lucky to survive’ as joyriders crash into family
Glenn Mighton was taking his family to visit his sick grandmother when the speeding car struck his Ford Focus, sending his head smashing through the driver’s window.The 40-year-old’s daughter Isla was...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: Don’t worry . . it’s all pie in the sky
This could well be the answer to the deadly disease-carrying, defecating pigeons that soil Edinburgh – pigeon pie. The soiled residents of Royston, Herts, driven near to distraction by the birds, have...
View ArticleScandal-hit statutory notice system to be scrapped in favour of voluntary...
THE Capital’s scandal-hit statutory repairs system is set to be scrapped in favour of a series of voluntary initiatives aimed at encouraging home owners to take more responsibility for their own...
View ArticleCaption Competition 01/08: Win a bottle fo Whyte and Mackay
What’s up with Alex Salmond and Luke Donald?The caption of the week will win a bottle of Whyte & Mackay, and the yearly winner will win a 30-year-old bottle. You must be 18 or over. Usual Evening...
View ArticleThe making of an Olympic hero: Chris Hoy
HE has already had to steel himself to carry the national flag through the Olympic Stadium while trussed up in a glam-rock gold and white high-collared jacket and long shorts combo. But like most...
View Article£8k Olympic Games torch to light up auction
AN Olympic torchbearer who took part in the Edinburgh relay is hoping to sell the item and his official uniform for £8000.The seller, who wishes to remain anonymous, has agreed to donate partial...
View Article‘Homeowners must take more responsibility’
No-one could possibly argue against the assertion that Edinburgh needs a clean break from its discredited statutory repairs scheme.The existing system has been found to fail on almost every level. Home...
View ArticleBattle of the Fringe: George Street Vs George Square
Festival stalwarts Karen Koren and Tommy Sheppard are at odds over the best place to hang out at this year’s Fringe. George Square or George Street? You decide.GEORGE STREETBy Tommy SheppardJust 24...
View ArticleFrank Boyle Cartoon 01/08/2012
Today . . .Boyling PointFollow Frank Boyle on Twitter {http://twitter.com/boylecartoon|Twitter.com/boylecartoon|Go to Frank Boyle on Twitter}• Frank’s latest book Boyling Point 2 is available for £8.99...
View Article‘Death of Fringe’ is no laughing matter for comic Stewart Lee
Comedian Stewart Lee has hit out at the “big four” venues running the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, branding them “mendacious” and responsible for “an act of corporate cattle rustling”.In a scathing...
View ArticleMinisters announce fund to help graduates gain work experience
MINISTERS have announced a £200,000 fund to help university graduates in Scotland gain more work experience and training opportunities.• The £200,000 fund will help pay for 110 graduate work placements...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne announces £80 billion move to kick-start bank lending
AN £80 billion move to kick-start bank lending was launched today in the latest attempt to boost the ailing economy.• The move comes at a time when banks are facing fresh worries in the midst of the...
View ArticleScottish quote of the day: Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, perhaps Scotland’s most celebrated literary son, who was a novelist, playwright, poet, translator, biographer, partner in a printing business, Sheriff-depute, lawyer and saviour of...
View ArticleGore Vidal dies aged 86: His most memorable quotes
THE venerated novelist, essayist, playwright and commentator Gore Vidal has died at the age of 86. Here is a selection of his most memorable quotes.“Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me...
View ArticleScots scientists harness car exhaust fume chemicals in bid to cure heart disease
CAR exhaust fume chemicals are to be used in a pioneering heart disease treatment, under development by Scottish scientists.In small doses, the toxic chemicals carbon monoxide and nitric oxide have the...
View ArticleCompetition: Win an Olympus digital camera
SCOTSMAN.COM has teamed up with Misco, one of the UK’s leading online and direct mail provider of IT products and services, to offer one lucky reader the chance to win an Olympus SP-620UZ digital...
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