Connection charges threaten Scotland’s marine energy firms
INVESTMENT in new marine energy projects is being threatened by rising charges to connect the schemes to the electricity grid, the head of Scotland’s renewable power trade body warns today.Niall...
View ArticleFarming: Mitchell wins ploughing world title
SCOTLAND may not perform well on the international stage when it comes to football but in ploughing, this country has once again produced a world champion, with Andrew Mitchell Jnr, of Haughs of...
View ArticleBowleven switches focus from west to east as it seals deal for Kenya project
OIL explorer Bowleven has expanded its operations into East Africa after signing a deal with another UK-based minnow to tackle an onshore block in Kenya.The Edinburgh-based firm has taken a 50 per cent...
View ArticleFormer MP Evan Harris joins Channel 4 ecstasy trial
FORMER MP Evan Harris has taken ecstasy for a Channel 4 show that will examine the effects of the class A drug.He joins previously announced names, actor Keith Allen and novelist Lionel Shriver, in the...
View ArticleBathers at risk of infection as Heads of Ayr and Stonehaven fail pollution test
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for urgent action to improve the quality of Scotland’s bathing waters, after two of the most popular resorts failed pollution safety limits.New statistics have revealed that the...
View ArticleComment: Demobilising armed brigades is vital if Arab Spring is to flourish
‘They are armed. I am not going to fight a losing battle and kill my men over a demolished shrine,” said Fawzi Abd al-Aali, the former Libyan interior minister, before he “resigned” last August. He was...
View ArticleGMC likely to investigate one in 64 doctors as complaints hit new record
Complaints against doctors have soared to record high, with almost 9,000 grievances lodged last year.One in every 64 doctors is likely to be investigated by the medical watchdog the General Medical...
View ArticleMarkets: Downgrade sends RBS shares down
SHARES in RBS were lower yesterday after the state-backed bank was downgraded by a broker and the wider market retreated from last week’s high point.Investec said that following an “impressive” recent...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Automatic phones 18 September, 1937
THE first step towards the switching over of the Glasgow and district telephone exchanges to the automatic system will be taken on Monday, when the new “Director” Automatic Exchange at Halfway will be...
View ArticleJohn Edward: Door that swings open to real opportunities
Businesses or organisations looking for an introduction to Europe have a valuable ally, writes John EdwardEurope or the EU is not a single political issue for Scottish and UK debate. It is an entire,...
View ArticleDavid Maddox: Conservatives’ new communications chief has Ed Miliband in her...
THE government reshuffle was quietly completed this week with the resident of Number 11 Downing Street finally getting a chance to take the hotseat at Number 10.This was not, of course, the fulfilment...
View ArticleHugh Reilly: Classroom treadmill is self-defeating exercise
IN VICTORIAN prisons, the treadmill was considered a key component of the institution’s liberal-minded rehabilitation programme. For hours on end, the actors in this macabre scene would tread the...
View ArticleCelia Hobbs: The community benefit of wind farms is still up in the air
IN THE future, historians will puzzle how landscapes, revered for generations, were destroyed by 100-metre-plus machines all over the country.Perhaps it is because humans have a survival instinct which...
View ArticleLeaders: Building on sporting excellence
Andy Murray’s status as a Scottish sporting legend is, as the First Minister remarked yesterday, already assured. At the tender age of 25, he is the only Scot to have won a tennis grand slam tournament...
View ArticlePlayScotland urges MSPs to protect children’s playparks from cut-backs
CHILDREN’S playparks should be protected in law to prevent them being targeted in the latest round of financial cut-backs.MSPs will be told today that play areas help reduce the growing financial...
View ArticleGovernment’s new national hotline for teenagers is ‘too little too late’
THE Scottish Government has been accused of “papering over the cracks” with the launch of a new national hotline for teenagers seeking a place in training or further education.Youth employment minister...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: Smith & Nephew | Quilter | Glenglassaugh | LinkedIn
Reckitt Benckiser chief executive Rakesh Kapoor has poached the finance director of medical devices group Smith & Nephew. Adrian Hennah joins in December, replacing Liz Doherty who has been in the...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: Loch Tay from Kenmore Hill
This Comely view of Loch Tay was taken from Kenmore Hill by Harris Keillar from Edinburgh{http://www.facebook.com/#!/scotsmanonline|View more images of Scotland on our Facebook page|View more images of...
View ArticleThe Scotsman cartoon 18/09/12
For today’s effort our cartoonist has some fun with the news that Greggs are to send supplies to British troops.Illustration Iain Green
View ArticleSimon Pia: A battle for core support
Despite a dearth of new ideas from the top of the sleeping giant of Scottish politics, stirrings at Labour’s grassroots suggest a desire to reclaim traditional ground, writes Simon PiaAfter David...
View Article