Motoring: Mazda’s magic worth the wait
The CX-5 impresses with new technology, says Frederic ManbyWELL, has the build-up been justified? Mazda has been blurbing the delights and aims of its CX-5 for months. Now its first “compact crossover...
View ArticleWhat we’re looking forward to at the festival to this week
With more than 800 authors at this year’s Book Festival, there is no shortage of events to choose from. Day two highlights include philosopher AC Grayling discussing his “secular Bible”, The Good Book...
View ArticleScotland on Sunday extra
Get more from Scotland on Sunday online. Click on the articles below to view our videos, official reports and moreScotland on Sunday, 12 August 2012THE WEEK•...
View ArticleFestival reviews: Rick Shapiro | Pete Johansson | Hal Cruttenden | Trevor Noah
LAUGHTER can be glue, gall or a load of… genitalia whether you’re watching a comic comeback or an inspired newcomerYOU can, if you’re lucky, get to see some uniquely intimate comedy at the Fringe....
View ArticleFestival preview: Unhappy Birthday, Assembly George Square
EVERYONE’S handed a party hat as they arrive at Amy Lamé’s Unhappy Birthday party – and everyone puts it straight on, without a whimper. Already I sense something interesting is afoot, and Lamé doesn’t...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: David’s the top hat at Jenners
He used to sell football programmes for threepence each. Today he’s top-hatted, swank uniformed with a broad welcoming smile for the passing Princes Street throng.David Brown’s the long-service doorman...
View ArticleResident’s fury after house hit by truck
A CITY resident has been left fuming after a truck crashed into her house – five years after she started calling for safety improvements to the “nightmare” road.Planning consultant Suzanne McIntosh,...
View ArticleLorry fire closes A9 in early hours of morning
THE A9 Perth to Inverness road was completely closed for almost two hours in the early hours of the morning after a lorry carrying cardboard caught fire near Inveralmond in Perthshire.The Scania truck...
View ArticleFestival preview: Ballet Preljocaj: And then, one thousand years of peace
FULFILLING a long-held ambition, Angelin Preljocaj has brought his ground-breaking contemporary dance company to Edinburgh. Kelly Apter hears how the founder turned heads at the Bolshoi Ballet and...
View ArticleScottish quote of the day: Winnie Ewing
Winnie Ewing gave a memorable address at the first session of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.The prominent Scottish nationalist and former MP, MEP and MSP who was nicknamed Madame Ecosse by opponents...
View ArticleDrop in passenger numbers at Scotland’s regional airports
A DROP in passenger numbers at Scotland’s regional airports is being partly blamed on the Olympics.Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial) has reported a decline of 1.3 per cent during July, compared...
View ArticleWar zones medical unit opens in Inverness
A NEW medical unit that staffs hospitals in war zones has opened in Inverness.Glasgow-based 205 Field Hospital now has a centre in the Highland capital, training medics in the latest trauma...
View ArticleIn pictures: Scottish stunt-rider Danny MacAskill at the Edinburgh festival
Scottish stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill took to the air as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival and showed off some of his breath taking moves.Originally from Skye, the cyclist shot to fame in 2009 after...
View ArticleStandard Chartered scandal: Bank to pay out £217m in wake of Iran cash scandal
BRITISH banking giant Standard Chartered has agreed a settlement of £217 million with New York financial regulators over allegations that it hid £160 billion of hidden transactions with the Iranian...
View ArticleGerman tourists airlifted to hospital after being hit by train on Rannoch Moor
A GERMAN tourist is fighting for his life after he and his father were struck by a train near to a Highland rail station.The men, aged 87 and 49, were airlifted to hospital, one suffering serious leg...
View ArticleThe New Few by Ferdinand Mount finds a champion of localism in a globalised...
IT didn’t take a blueblood like Ferdinand Mount to realise that Britain’s road to perdition was paved with Margaret Thatcher’s good intentions but it took one to get people listening; David Robinson...
View Article200 jobs at risk as Dawson International goes into administration
Troubled cashmere maker Dawson International has gone into administration, putting the jobs of its 200 staff in doubt.The Hawick-based firm had been struggling under its pensions burden and its shares...
View Article200 jobs at risk as Dawson International goes into administration
Troubled cashmere maker Dawson International has gone into administration, putting the jobs of its 200 staff in doubt.The Hawick-based firm had been struggling under its pensions burden and its shares...
View ArticleReview: Phill Jupitus: You’re Wondering Why I’ve asked You Here... Stand...
Should you happen to be one of the idiots who stalk the Fringe purely to see “him off the telly”, then don’t bother with this show. Star rating: * * *This is not Buzzcocks or QI, it’s live and creative...
View ArticleEleanor Updale: The dramatisation of Montmorency was a taxing, but rewarding,...
An e-mail asking for permission to dramatise your book is every author’s dream – and nightmare. The initial thrill is quickly followed by panic.It’s as if someone you’d never met suddenly offered to do...
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