Assange faces a year in embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could remain holed up inside Ecuador’s embassy in London for a year, he has predicted.The 41-year-old Australian, who faces arrest and extradition to Sweden over...
View ArticleThalidomide firm makes apology
THE German manufacturer of anti-morning sickness drug thalidomide has for the first time apologised to people who were born with congenital birth defects as a result of its use.Pharmaceutical company...
View ArticleOne Briton dies as thousands are forced to flee Costa del Sol wildfires
A BRITISH man has died in wildfires that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes on Spain’s Costa del Sol.The man, who was found in a collapsed tool shed at a house that was earlier...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon - 01/09/2012
EVERY which way but to the White House for Mitt Romney as his bid for the Oval Office is sucker-punched by a rambling performance from Clint EastwoodIllustration by Brian Adcock
View ArticleWife who set herself on fire after driving test fail is spared jail
THE HUSBAND of a woman who set herself on fire after failing her driving test despite taking 90 lessons today spoke of his “happiness” that their family would be reunited after she was spared a jail...
View ArticleHearts fans coach collision ‘was like a bomb’
THE HORROR smash that wrote off a Hearts supporters’ bus travelling back from Anfield was like a “bomb going off”, it has been claimed.Six fans were injured in the motorway collision that saw a lorry...
View ArticleDevastated family appeals for missing Heather to deliver message of hope
THERE ARE two looks that cross the faces of residents in the tiny village of Dechmont – concern and bemusement.Ask them about the once cheerful Heather McKay and they will look confused or will shake...
View ArticlePolice find £100k haul of cannabis after tip-off
POLICE uncovered £100,000 worth of cannabis after neighbours became suspicious about bags of fertiliser dumped in a skip outside. Officers raided the house on Ferniehill Road, Moredun, after the...
View ArticleSchools eye extension plan to tackle growing problem
AN urgent review into ways of accommodating soaring rolls in the Capital’s primary schools is to look at adding extensions to five primary schools. Primary school rolls have already seen a five per...
View ArticleWest End traders win fight for tram work rates bill cut
BELEAGUERED businesses in Edinburgh’s West End have secured a cut in their rates bills to compensate for the impact of the tram works.Shops, bars and restaurants in Shandwick Place are being offered a...
View ArticleJohn Fotheringham: New law on forced marriage needs to be promoted
FORCED marriage is a particular form of honour-based violence and the Scottish Parliament tackled that issue in the Forced Marriage etc (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011, which came...
View ArticleLeader: ‘The cultural Olympics are each year. In our city’
LET’S FACE it, a lot of people in Edinburgh like to have a grumble during the August festival period. The pavements are busy, the buses are full and the roads often gridlocked. And you can’t even get a...
View ArticleWoman who set herself on fire after failing driving test walks free from court
A WOMAN who set herself on fire in an attempted suicide bid after failing her driving test for the fourth time has been shown mercy by a judge.Yamkala Sapkota, 30, was allowed to walk from court, and...
View ArticlePlaying hardball: The challenges facing Barack Obama
HE MADE America believe he would rise above the politics of the gutter but, with a presidency plagued by the downturn and Romney within striking distance, Obama is left with no option but to play...
View ArticleClaire Black: I don’t care how men urinate. Sitting. Standing. On one leg....
I COULD feign indignation, but I reckon you’d see right through it. I could try really hard to rant and rave, but it’d be second rate. A sham. A put-on. Maybe it’s because I’m not a man, but the fact...
View ArticleFordyce Maxwell: He had a voice that drilled through surrounding conversations
ADVANTAGES? Travel decisions you don’t have to worry about, hair-raising drives you don’t have to make, and a tour manager to sort out problems. And still much time to set your own agenda. That’s how I...
View ArticleThe Gorbals groove: The case for honouring The Poets
AFTER George Gallacher’s death, Allan Brown argues that The Poets deserve a place in the pantheon of Scotland’s greatest pop acts.The place was Glasgow, the time was 1964, and outside the Flamingo...
View ArticleAndrew Eaton-Lewis: Banning artists from performing is never a wise road to...
CULTURE is a powerful propaganda tool. From the Olympics-inspired London 2012 festival, to the Year of Creative Scotland campaign, and the tourism offensive launched alongside Disney’s Brave, this year...
View ArticleStarburst memories: Fulfilling a dream of dancing at the Barrowland
FIFTY people are fulfilling their dreams of dancing in the famous Barrowland Ballroom in a new work choreographed by Michael Clark. Peter Ross hears their very personal reasons for tripping the light...
View ArticleBook review: Telegraph Avenue
The poster boy for literary genre fiction reveals a purpose as earnest as that of the great Victorian novelists, writes Stuart Kelly.“‘Hey,’ Goode said. ‘That’s your thing, right? Soul-jazz. Soul-funk....
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