Safety group’s plea on drink–drive bans
driving bans and fines should be reduced if the Scottish Government lowers the legal alcohol limit, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has suggested.Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill has said...
View ArticleRaigmore suffers its third superbug outbreak this year, with intensive care...
A NEW superbug has struck three patients at flagship hospital of the Highlands – the third outbreak this year.Routine testing in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness...
View ArticleCameron defends inquiry into Warsi, but not Hunt
PRIME Minister David Cameron was under pressure yesterday to explain why he had treated two of his Cabinet ministers differently after he initiated an investigation against Tory party co-chairman...
View ArticleSyria bars UK diplomats as it sends in the gunships ‘Your ambassadors are not...
SYRIA’S government has barred 17 Western diplomats as president Bashar al Assad defied international pressure to halt his violent campaign to crush the uprising against his rule.Ambassadors from...
View ArticleVeil of secrecy after MoD axes £17bn of kit
THE Ministry of Defence has admitted it has scrapped and offloaded more than £17 billion of equipment since 2008. However, ministers have refused to say how much money the MoD has recouped by selling...
View ArticleFlaming June as wildfires erupt
An OUTBREAK of wildfires in the Highlands led to all available firefighters in the region being called out to tackle the blazes.More than 100 firefighters were utilised over two days to bring burning...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon 06/06/2012
The ongoing turmoil within the Eurozone is the subject of today’s cartoonIllustration by Iain Green
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Loch Leven, Fife
Getting away from it all, reader Ron Hill captured this traquil scene with three best friends high up in the hills looking down on Loch Leven, last week.{http://www.facebook.com/#!/scotsmanonline|View...
View ArticleFurther poor news fails to rattle Europe’s markets
EUROPEAN stock markets shrugged off a slew of bleak eurozone economic data on Tuesday, although investors are braced for some jitters when London reopens today after the extended Jubilee holiday...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing - Wednesday June 6, 2012
WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today. TECHNOLOGYScots IT sector on the rise as...
View ArticleSony executives give up bonuses
Seven Sony executives, including chairman Sir Howard Stringer and chief executive Kazuo Hirai, are giving up their performance-based bonuses and taking pay cuts because of the group’s continued...
View ArticleEdinburgh legionella outbreak: One dead and 16 critical
ONE MAN has died and 16 people are in a critical condition in hospital in the worst single outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Scotland.A further 15 suspected cases of the illness are being...
View ArticleEmma Cowing: Time and a place for the personal stuff
WOULD you like to know what I had for breakfast? What about where I went for drinks last night? Or what colour my nail polish is today?Or how I really feel about that thing I overheard my friend say...
View ArticleConstruction industry confidence dealt a blow
Confidence in the construction sector suffered its biggest fall for nearly two years last month, fuelling fears about the strength of the economy.The Markit/Cips survey, where a reading above 50...
View ArticleLegionnaires’ death puts city on alert as 15 critical
HEALTH chiefs were today bracing themselves for a fresh wave of legionnaires’ cases after it emerged one man had died from the disease while 15 others were critically ill in hospital.NHS consultant Dr...
View ArticleTwo dead and two injured in Aberdeen road smash
TWO teenage boys have been killed and two other teenagers injured in a late night crash in Aberdeen.The 17 year-old teenagers, who have still to be named, were killed when the red Renault Clio in which...
View ArticleDad would be proud says Big Brother hopeful
A FORMER Capital beauty queen has been joined by a former porn star, a plus-size model and a one-time LA gang member in this year’s Big Brother houseSara McLean, 22, from Newington, a student and...
View Article‘We must get situation under control’
THE news of more confirmed cases in the Legionnaires’ outbreak is deeply worrying for everyone in Edinburgh, especially those in the communities affected.A family is today mourning the loss of one of...
View ArticleLaura Cummings: A right royal time may await Princess
WHEN Princess Mako of Akishino arrives in Edinburgh to begin her studies, it is fair to say it may be slightly bigger news in the Far East.The 20-year-old great-granddaughter of the late Emperor...
View ArticleMargo MacDonald: Why so scared of the N-word?
I’ve hit on the perfect campaign anthem for the side of the referendum contest that dare not speak its name. The people who want you to say “No” to Scottish independence, the SNP and everything, is led...
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