Pressure on Cameron rises from Tory party ranks over Heathrow plans
DAVID Cameron is under increasing pressure from within his own party amid reports of backbench MPs plotting against him and claims that London mayor Boris Johnson could be set for a return to...
View ArticleAngry ministers axed in reshuffle speak out against coalition policies and...
FORMER ministers sacked in David Cameron’s latest frontbench reshuffle have launched a series of attacks on government policies and the political make-up of the coalition. Liberal Democrat Nick Harvey...
View ArticleScotland’s EU citizenship up for debate
THE EU citizenship of the Scottish people may be up for negotiation if the nation becomes independent, the EU’s top policy-maker has suggested.European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has...
View ArticleCatalonia’s ‘Salmond ‘offers hope to his Scottish counterpart
THE man dubbed “Catalonia’s Alex Salmond” has claimed that a pro-independence movement does not need to start off with a majority of the population if it has skilled leaders.Jordi Pujol, the former...
View ArticleUnions contemplate alliance and general strike to push government over pay...
THE government is on a fresh collision course with millions of workers after warnings of mass strikes in protest at pay freezes, job losses and other cuts.The opening day of the TUC Congress yesterday...
View ArticleFrankenstein treatment ‘to regrow limbs’
Experiments with echoes of Frankenstein suggest electricity could one day be used to regenerate tissue and regrow lost limbs.Scientists at the University of Aberdeen believe electric currents and...
View ArticlePoultry suppliers aim to turn heat on Chancellor
Poultry suppliers sought to re-open the “pastygate” tax row today by backing Morrisons supermarket’s campaign to halt a rise in the tax payable on hot roast chickens.The Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
View Article£125k boost for teacher training
MORE than £100,000 will go towards training teachers on how to fully include disabled children in physical education and sport, the Scottish Government has announced.The £125,000 funding boost was...
View ArticleSpoon-billed sandpiper and Tarzan’s chameleon two of most endangered species
The world’s hundred most endangered species have been named by conservationists.Tarzan’s chameleon, the spoon-billed sandpiper and the pygmy three-toed sloth top the new list of the species closest to...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing - Monday 10 September, 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. BANKINGRBS vows to move swiftly on lending to...
View ArticleCaption Competition 10/09: Win a bottle of Whyte and Mackay
What’s the Queen doing? The best caption of the week will receive a bottle of Whyte & Mackay, while the yearly winner will receive a 30-year-old bottle, but you must be 18 or over. Usual Evening...
View ArticleFrance shooting: Police examine feud, job and Iraqi origins
THE seven-year-old daughter of the British couple murdered while on holiday in France has come out of a coma, raising hopes that she can tell police who was responsible for the massacre.Zainab al-Hilli...
View ArticleTopshop, JW Anderson and fashion’s love affair with tartan
The launch of JW Anderson’s collection for Topshop sees him join the ranks of designers whose prolific use of tartan has seen Scottish heritage become a modern fashion staple.Anderson’s capsule...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: Why learn a language like Latin?
I should have stuck in at school. I mean, I took Latin and French and what good was that to me when 2.33 million from other EU countries are now camped here (and wallowing in it)?Latin? ‘‘You might...
View ArticleSusie Fitton: Not every disabled person can mirror the achievements of the...
AS Sophie Christiansen competed in the individual dressage Paralympic event on Sunday night I found myself shouting at the television. But I wasn’t cheering her on; I was shouting because the...
View Article‘Empowering people must be a good thing’
The last time the John Lewis name was associated with politics, the Westminster expenses scandal was in full swing and trust in government was at rock bottom.But Edinburgh’s aspirations to be a “John...
View ArticleBrian Adcock Cartoon 10/09/12
Today . . .Frank Boyle is away.But you can still follow him on Twitter {http://twitter.com/boylecartoon|Twitter.com/boylecartoon|Go to Frank Boyle on Twitter}• Frank’s latest book Boyling Point 2 is...
View ArticleProbe launched as doctor dies hours after giving birth to stillborn baby
AN investigation has been launched after a family doctor died less than 24 hours after giving birth to a stillborn baby.Dr Fiona Agnew, 38, suffered a “sudden and unexpected death” at Forth Valley...
View ArticleHelen Martin: It’s up to us all to assist elderly
IT is generally accepted amongst professionals that keeping the elderly and vulnerable “living independently in the community” is a good idea.There’s only one problem – it’s a lie. The truly...
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