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Confusion reigns over school class size policy

Class size policies in Scottish schools have been thrown into further confusion because local authorities are abandoning one set of targets in order to deliver another.

Scottish Water chief donates bonus

Scotland’s highest-paid public servant has responded to the campaign for quango chiefs to waive their bonuses by diverting a quarter of his bonus to charity.

Garl just does not stack up, minister says

Building a railway to connect Glasgow Airport to the city would have provided minimal benefit to Scotland’s economy and had virtually no impact on cutting traffic or greenhouse gas emissions, Scotland’s Transport Minister has claimed.

SNP accused of £140m housing budget cut

The Scottish Government is planning to cut £140 million from its housing budget, Labour has claimed.

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Sport

South African dream over for Beckham: ruptured Achilles rules midfielder out of World Cup

David Beckham’s World Cup hopes were shattered last night after the England midfielder went off with a ruptured Achilles tendon late in AC Milan’s 1-0 Serie A win over Chievo.

Smith warns complacent Rangers could end season without a trophy

Walter Smith, the Rangers manager, last night warned his players and the club’s supporters that they could end up with nothing after he detected the first signs of complacency creeping into their season.

Keane Hat trick helps Mowbray survive Ides of March

THE Ides of March are upon us.

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Pub chain to open for school run

Scotland’s economy gets back on its feet

A singer Loudon clear

Business

Chief of Scottish Water defends pay package

Scotland’s £263,000-a-year water chief has defended his pay and given part of his bonus to an international non-governmental organisation which aims to improve access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities.

Salmond eyes Euro millions for renewables bonanza

The Scottish Government is hoping to set up a European infrastructure fund worth hundreds of millions of pounds to fully realise the country’s potential in offshore wind and marine energy.

Comment

Iona: the community spirit is one to cherish

The year is 1948.

Clegg struggles with balancing act

Nick Clegg yesterday invited voters to reject the “dismal choice … between the wrong direction and backwards”, his characterisation of Labour and the Conservatives.

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

Now, eat yourself slim

When Denise Trainer sat her family down to tell them that she wanted to undergo an operation to get a gastric band, she had reached her lowest ebb.

A recipe to follow

Inviting workers into school to teach primary children to use sharp kitchen instruments might cause a ripple of mild concern in some quarters.

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