‘Vast majority’ of Scots support lower drink drive limit, claims Kenny MacAskill
JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill has defended plans to lower the drink-driving limit in Scotland and says they have the broad support of the public and will help to save lives.• Consultation launched...
View ArticleDetailed information on MPs expenses published online for the first time
MEMBERS of parliament cost the taxpayer a total of £89 million in the 2011/12 financial year it was revealed today.A break down of each MPs expenses and salary from May 2011 to April 2012 has been...
View ArticleScottish Government reshuffle: Sturgeon to ‘pick up pace’ of referendum talks
ALEX Salmond yesterday ramped up his drive for independence when he called a surprise Cabinet reshuffle that saw his deputy Nicola Sturgeon give up her health portfolio to take charge of the...
View ArticleLiam Rudden: Aunty May is back for her big day
ALLAN Stewart was on the phone this week. You’ll probably know him best as the King’s resident pantomime dame, unless your memory stretches to the 70s and 80s when he was a regular fixture on ITV with...
View ArticleGary Lockhart: Web fund raising hits a musical new high
MARILLION come to town next Tuesday. The prog-pop outfit were one of the first bands to embrace the internet back in 1996 as a means of bypassing the restrictive need for a record company. The...
View Article“Constructive” talks held between Nicola Sturgeon and coalition members over...
A breakthrough in the deadlock over the referendum on Scottish independence took a step closer today after Nicola Sturgeon held productive talks with Coalition bosses over the staging of the historic...
View ArticleLabour leader accuses Alex Salmond of putting independence ahead of the economy
ALEX Salmond’s cabinet shake-up was attacked by opposition parties at First Minister’s questions today as MSPs took part in the first weekly joust between the main party leaders of the new...
View ArticleKaren Koren: As one festival finishes, another begins
IT is amazing how quickly time passes. The Festival is way behind us and we can only look towards the future and other events.I’ve had a relaxing weekend in Norway and can’t tell you how lovely the...
View ArticleEx-president Bill Clinton rallies Democrat troops to back Barack Obama in...
FORMER US president Bill Clinton has kick-started Barack Obama’s re-election bid with a rousing speech to members of the party faithful during the Democratic National Convention. • Prosperous Clinton...
View ArticleFrank Boyle cartoon 06/09/2012
Today...Boyling PointFollow Frank Boyle on Twitter {http://www.twitter.com/boylecartoon|@boylecartoon|Link to twitter}.• Frank’s latest book Boyling Point 2 is available for £8.99 with free postage and...
View ArticleSoup could be key solution to asthma in children
SOUP is being looked at as a possible solution to asthma in children.A range of soups are being modified to increase vitamin E levels.It is hoped pregnant women consuming the products could have babies...
View ArticleWould you want a QR code on your gravestone?
The practice of burying the dead may not have changed much over the years, but the way we communicate with them has.A revolutionary new way to connect with the dead has been developed by etching...
View ArticleMorning briefing: drink-driving limit | Susan Boyle tribute | JK Rowling book...
JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill was today due to out plans to cut the drink-driving limit in a bid to save lives on Scotland’s roads.The Scottish Government wants to use its newly devolved power over...
View Article‘Igloo’ cinema gets £10k lotto cash but will last just 4 days
AN “igloo-style” cineplex boasting a unique panoramic screen and costing £10,000 in grant funding is set to pop up in Dunbar – for just four days.The pilot project is part of ambitious plans by a local...
View ArticleLost Edinburgh: Princes Street Railway Station
Pictured in 1964, the old Princes Street Railway Station.Functioning up until its closure in 1965, the station stood at the west end of Princes Street.After the station was demolished in 1970, the only...
View ArticleVirgin sets out target for Scottish air routes
VIRGIN Atlantic said today it will seek to grab nearly 40 per cent of passengers on Scotland’s busiest air routes if it wins the right to compete with British Airways between Edinburgh, Aberdeen and...
View ArticleAlex Salmond allays fears over split up of CalMac west coast route
ALEX Salmond today moved to allay fears over the future of CalMac by appearing to rule out its west coast ferry route network being split up.The First Minister told MSPs the Scottish Government had “no...
View ArticleYoung osprey flies into record books with 3,000 mile trip
A Scottish osprey which hatched only this summer has shocked watchers by flying an amazing 3,000 miles to Senegal in just a few weeks.• Migration thought to be fastest ever by a tagged osprey•...
View ArticleMedieval Scots come back to life in online database
The voyeuristic habits of our modern society are easily satisfied by the wealth of personal information which we choose to upload to Facebook and other social networks. It is now possible to ascertain...
View ArticleCan Nokia’s Lumia 920 compete with the iPhone 5?
NOKIA has unveiled what it hopes will be a rival to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 - the Lumia 920. So what can we expect?The 920 is the Nokia flagship for Windows 8 phone OS and comes with a Qualcomm...
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