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Outrage as top civil servants get £7,600 bonuses

Scotland’s civil service mandarins are on course to receive an average bonus of more than £7,600, despite the economic crisis.

Call for higher priority voter registration after ‘scandal’

MPS have called for a higher priority to be given to voter registration after the Electoral Commission revealed that as many as 100,000 people – one-quarter of Glasgow’s eligible electorate – are not registered to vote.

The Herald launches 14th annual Scottish Student Press Awards

Recognised as the most prestigious awards of their kind north of the border, the Scottish Student Press Awards seeks to showcase, reward and develop the best student writing and publishing in Scotland.

Marriages in Scotland hit a 150-year low

The number of marriages in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level for more than 150 years. Statistics from the General Register Office for Scotland show that there were 27,524 weddings last year, a fall from 28,903 in 2008.

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Sport

Rangers chief executive Martin Bain accuses Scottish clubs of creating “professional transfer market” for children

His comments have revealed a growing rift between the Old Firm and the other Clydesdale Bank Premier League clubs over the issue.

‘Why should I worry? – Tony Mowbray tries to play down pressure ahead of Celtic’s must-win Scottish Cup tie against Kilmarnock

Tony Mowbray will tomorrow stand on a small piece of Ayrshire soil and watch the destiny of his managerial future being played out in front of him.

Exclusive: taking Middlesbrough into Premiership will be tougher challenge than taking Celtic into Champions League last 16, says Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan shifted deeper into his seat, toyed with the thick-set hair which has had its fiery redness toned down by a touch of grey, and pondered the question.

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Business

Morrisons profits up by 21%

Supermarket group Wm Morrison said its Scottish stores are outperforming the rest of the UK by less than they were as it reported a 21% hike in underlying pre-tax profit to £767m and raised its dividend 41%.

Standard announces £100m of fresh cuts

Standard Life chief executive David Nish had said staff can escape job losses if the business continues to grow after announcing a fresh £100 million cost-cutting round.

Comment

Gnasher Goldie puts the bite on Wee Eck over proposals for Scots dentists

“Teeth” said Annabel Goldie, “are rotting while we speak.” Has a finer apology for the political class yet been uttered?

I’m a victim of the bad luck of the draw

I’ve never bought a National Lottery ticket. There’s a reason for this: I’m the unluckiest man in the world. All right, I don’t suffer big, unlucky things like famines, wars and horrible diseases.

Arts & Entertainment

A huge score to settle

Historically, the BBC SSO’s Hear and Now series is the most formidable, if not forbidding, strand in the SSO’s concert season.

Scorsese’s foggy dues

Recall the most sweat-lashed flu dream you’ve ever had and it still wouldn’t come close to Martin Scorsese’s beguiling Shutter Island.

Height of ambition

Music was the inspiring nudge that led David Nixon to choreograph a full-length version of Wuthering Heights for Northern Theatre Ballet (NBT).

Life & Style

Party is still on in Iceland

It’s 2am on a Monday in the depths of winter, but the party is in full swing in Bar 5 in Reykjavik.

Riding to the rescue

Stephen Mackay got a taste for country life and the outdoors from a very early age, growing up in Cambuslang on the edge of Glasgow.

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