Indefinite jail sentences for dangerous offenders breaches human rights, EU...
JAILING dangerous prisoners indefinitely on the grounds of risk without giving them access to rehabilitation courses breaches their human rights, European judges ruled today.• Indefinite jail terms...
View ArticleWest Lothian the least expensive area for car mechanics, according to survey
SIX OF the ten cheapest areas of the UK for car mechanics are in Scotland, with West Lothian the least expensive among car dealerships, according to a new survey.However, the research also showed...
View ArticleTransport police seeking football fans over anti-social behaviour on trains
TWO groups of football fans are being hunted by police for anti-social behaviour on trains.• 20 fans sought over sectarian songs and shouting on 3.10pm train travelling from Perth to Inverness after St...
View ArticleRobert Gordon University offers students best value for money in Scotland,...
ABERDEEN’S Robert Gordon University offers the best value for money to students in Scotland and second best in the UK, according to a new independent survey.• Robert Gordon University named as offering...
View ArticleBMI Regional set to protect jobs as two new routes are launched
THE NEW Aberdeen-based owners of BMI Regional are to launch two new routes from next month in addition to retaining the airline’s existing network.• BMI Regional to launch two new routes,...
View ArticleScottish word of the day: Sapsy
THE adjective ‘sapsy’ has two meanings. To describe someone as sapsy is to say they are weak-willed and unable to stand up for themselves - “Stop being so sapsy and tell him to get lost” – or that...
View ArticleFiona McDonald is Scotland’s rising star
A PARTNER at law firm Pagan Osborne has been named in a national listing of the UK’s top rising stars in the private client field.Fiona McDonald, from St Andrews, is understood to be the only lawyer in...
View ArticleConstruction giant Galliford Try’s praise for Scottish Government investment
GALLIFORD Try, the building firm which owns Morrison Construction in Scotland, has smashed through a profit target it pledged to reach three years ago. Despite battling “difficult markets” in...
View ArticleChampions League exit hits United revenues
Manchester United yesterday unveiled a 3.3 per cent fall in revenues to £320.3 million for the financial year to end-June after the club’s early dismissal from the Champions League last season.In the...
View ArticleAkzoNobel boss Büchner ‘off sick’
THE head of AkzoNobel, the world’s largest paints maker, is on medical leave due to fatigue and has indefinitely postponed a strategy update which analysts had hoped would bolster the Dutch group in a...
View ArticleMarkets: Spanish worries weigh on the Footsie
FINANCIAL stocks led the London market lower yesterday as traders worried about Spain’s reluctance to seek outside help with its banking crisis.Michael Hewson, senior analyst at CMC Markets, said:...
View ArticleFife-based WellTools doubles base size
A FIFE-BASED company that specialises in “high-end” oil and gas engineering work is on a global expansion drive after doubling the size of its operational base.Established in 2004, WellTools moved to...
View ArticleRural life may double the risk of Alzheimer’s
Being brought up in the countryside could double the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new British research.It shows rural living appears to be linked to the brain-wasting disease and that...
View ArticleChances raised for Bank of England to print money as inflation falls
BANK of England rate-setters have been given extra leeway to pump more cash into the struggling UK economy after a dip in inflation last month.The fall in the annual rate of consumer price inflation to...
View ArticleMother–daughter womb transplants
Two Swedish women have been given the wombs of their mothers in the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants.Specialists at the University of Goteborg completed the surgery over the weekend...
View ArticleToo many painkillers may cause headache warns health watchdog
Common painkillers might be causing people to have headaches, the health watchdog has warned.People who regularly take medicines such as aspirin, paracetamol and triptans might be causing themselves...
View ArticleLloyds Banking Group and HBOS merger PR veterans take new roles
TWO former executives who handled communications during the torrid merger of Lloyds Banking Group and HBOS have found new roles.Shane O’Riordain, the former head of communications for both HBOS and...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Dramatic end to Ryder Cup, 19 September, 1949
So the Ryder Cup goes back across the Atlantic after all. The dainty golden trophy was held as the result of a dramatic finish by the Americans, who have not parted with it since 1935.The bubble of...
View ArticleHead of ScottishPower’s parent company Galán calls for united European strategy
The head of ScottishPower’s parent company, Iberdrola, has called for a united European energy strategy to bring investment into utilities and help pull the continent out of its economic crisis.Ignacio...
View ArticleConfidence is the key to Energy UK £150bn spending plans
Angela Knight, chief executive of Energy UK, will tell a conference today that the industry needs confidence in new legislative and regulatory changes if it is to press ahead with £150 billion of...
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