Snap! Ancient crocodiles just like killer whales, Scottish scientists discover
SCOTTISH experts have found a link between killer whales and ancient crocodiles which suggests that today’s reptiles don’t deserve their “living fossil” reputation.Researchers at the University of...
View ArticleNato cuts patrols with Afghan forces after spate of ‘green-on-blue’ killings
JOINT operations between Nato troops and Afghan forces are to be scaled back dramatically in a sudden strategic turnaround provoked by an escalation in the number of “green-on-blue attacks”. The...
View ArticleComment: Sharing our green ideas can help the world
We punch above our weight on renewable energy and waste policies – more collaboration can only help, writes Susan RiceOne of our national characteristics may be to underplay our strengths. But Scotland...
View ArticleSecrecy in Scottish Government deepening under Freedom of Information, warns...
THE Scottish Government has presided over an “unacceptable” erosion of the public’s right to information, with complaints about secrecy among SNP ministers almost trebling, the official watchdog has...
View ArticleJake Humphrey the face of BT in football war with Sky
sports broadcaster Jake Humphrey is to be the anchor of BT’s Barclays Premier League football coverage.Humphrey, 33, who fronted some of the BBC’s European Championships football coverage this summer,...
View ArticleNo stay of execution as minister signs off closures at Remploy
TWO factories that employ disabled workers in Scotland are to be shut down after campaigns by management and workers to save them failed, it was announced yesterday.Last night, MSPs called on the...
View ArticleEddie Barnes: Welfare reform a battleground for all the parties
PROCESS continues to dominate the pre-referendum contest, but one of the policy issues beginning to squeeze its way through the legalese and the constitutional wonkery is welfare reform.Major changes...
View ArticleTaxman targets dodgy dealers in the car trade
The taxman is looking to recover more than £3 million after setting up a taskforce to tackle revenue dodging in the Scottish motor trade.The crackdown by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) forms part of a...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: Stobart | Wood Group | Anderson Precision Gearing |...
A BOARDROOM reshuffle at transport firm Stobart yesterday saw Avril Palmer-Baunack, who joined the group when it acquired Autologic in June, promoted to the post of deputy chief executive.The firm,...
View ArticleLeaders: FoI is our right, not a political inconvenience
WHEN the Scottish Parliament passed its freedom of information (FoI) legislation in the early days of devolution, it did so with a degree of self-satisfied preening that the law north of the Border...
View ArticleIrish sporting chance: Stafford eyes swoop for JJB
The owner of Ireland’s biggest sports retailer has emerged as a contender to buy all or part of JJB Sports, whose trading and financial troubles have placed it on the brink of administration.Sources...
View ArticleBuccleuch gets green light for plan to develop former Tyne Tees TV studios
Buccleuch Property has been given the go ahead to build a major residential and hotel development on the former Tyne Tees Television site in Newcastle.Student accommodation on the site, which was home...
View ArticleEurope’s deepest nuclear clean-up to take place at Dounreay in Caithness.
PLANS have been unveiled for Europe’s deepest nuclear clean-up at the decommissioned Dounreay plant in Caithness.Work is expected to start next year on the huge task of removing an estimated 1,500...
View ArticleIllustrating the Brothers Grimm and their correspondence with Sir Walter Scott
CORRESPONDENCE between the Brothers Grimm and Sir Walter Scott at the National Library illuminates not only their fairy tales but also much about the early study of the roots of Scottish and German...
View ArticleDonald Trump ordered to tone down crusade against Scottish wind farms
DONALD Trump has been ordered by advertising watchdogs to tone down his crusade against wind farms around Scotland’s coastline after being accused of placing a “highly misleading” advert in a regional...
View ArticleZverev heads SLI global equities
Standard Life Investments has appointed Mikhail Zverev as head of global equities.Since 2010, Zverev has managed its global equity unconstrained fund which has outperformed its peers, delivering top...
View ArticleClaire Gardner: Olympian task to get our children moving
AS ANY good parent with young children will know, knackering them out before bedtime is massively beneficial for everyone.It means the child will have spent hours running around the garden or park or...
View ArticleAnalysis: Wallenberg’s birthday a chance for Hungary to mark its progress
They opened a Raoul Wallenberg memorial garden in Budapest this month. Adjacent to the city’s splendid synagogue, the garden pays homage to the Swedish diplomat, born 100 years ago, who saved many of...
View ArticleJenny Hazzard: Education is key to women studying science
Last week, the First Minister announced a new £250,000 fund to boost the number of women choosing science and engineering as a career.Writing as one of a relatively rare breed of female engineers in...
View Article30,000 sign petition against gay marriage
An ONLINE petition opposing plans to legalise same-sex marriage has attracted about 30,000 signatures, campaigners said.The Scottish Government announced in July that it proposes bringing in...
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