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  • Herald View: The risks of devolving abortion law

    If, as expected, an announcement is made in the next few days on the devolution of abortion law to Scotland, it will be the end of a very curious process. The SNP were enthusiastic about the change but now appear to be lukewarm. Labour were relaxed

  • Chantal Akerman

    Film writer and directorBorn: June 6, 1950.Died: October 5, 2015Chantal Akerman, who has died aged 65, never made much impact at the local Cineworld, but she was regarded by many critics and festival audiences as one of the most important and most challenging

  • Arpad Goncz

    Arpad GonczBorn: February 10, 1922;Died: October 6, 2015Arpad Goncz, who has died aged 93, survived a communist-era life sentence to become Hungary's first democratically chosen president.He was charged with treason and sentenced to life in prison by

  • Camping it up in Ayr

    THESE young woman walking arm-in-arm in the Butlins holiday camp at Ayr in 1960 seem happy enough, although the cardigans and headscarves would suggest a nippy wind blowing off the sea at the Heads of Ayr. Butlins, originally a navy camp, operated outside

  • French customer service at its twisted peak

    There is nothing simple about living in France. Nothing. Every day is a battle between them and us – a bone-wearying non-stop, never ending, war. ‘They’ are everybody who either service or sell us something. Or rather are paid to either service

  • Marc Warren star on the rise after bouncing back at Woburn

    MARC WARREN'S growing stature in the game was no more evident than when he rebounded from an early double bogey to birdie three of his closing four holes on day two of the British Masters at Woburn.Warren’s level-par 71 score to remain at six under par

  • I am the Normal One, says new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp

    NEW Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists he is 'the Normal One' and is not setting out to join the ranks of Anfield greats.In a direct response to a question about Jose Mourinho's 'Special One' quip when he arrived for his first spell with Chelsea,

  • How Brown's welfare warning could play into SNP hands

    By now, Gordon Brown must have staged more interventions than a celebrity psychiatrist. Whether the patients are responsive is, obviously, another matter. The man with the cure for whatever ails you doesn’t give up easily. Quite what Jeremy Corbyn

  • Pressure to improve public contracts will not go away

    ON the face of it, it was a good deal for the taxpayer. Anglian Water Business (AWB), the privatised utility which has been awarded the contract to supply all of Scotland's public bodies, will do it for £5million per year less than its nearest competitor

  • Inside Track

    Tonight at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall, Peter Oundjian will conduct the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. It promises to be powerful, stirring, expertly rendered and well-received by an appreciative

  • Remembering the Scots at the heart of the suffragette movement

    ST ANDREW’S Halls in Glasgow had played host to many a headline act in its day, including Winston Churchill, The Queen and Bob Hope. The roof was never raised so high, however, than on the evening of March 9, 1914.Due to the likelihood of arrest, the

  • Ex-Australia fly-half Michael Lynagh on rugby and risk

    OVER decades the near everyday use of the word "concussion" in sport has, if you'll pardon the pun, lessened its impact. Recently, however, a reversion to more basic terminology has had a juddering effect on the public consciousness in re-categorising

  • TB legislation covering non-bovine species comes into force

    New legislation to further protect Scotland's livestock from Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) came into effect yesterday.Bovine TB is a serious infectious disease of cattle that can be passed on to other animals. Under the new rules, specified non-bovine animals

  • Why whisky firms are trying to drop the age limit

    The rules around single malts used to be pretty simple. The whisky was seldom if ever matured for less than a decade, and the age would be proudly displayed on the label. If you grew fond of a particular 12 year old, you might occasionally treat yourself

  • SLI's Moore tops fund manager table again

    Thomas Moore of Standard Life Investments has topped the Herald’s fund manager league for the second month in a row, as the Edinburgh house claimed three of the top four places. The Citywire table measures rolling performance of managers in houses

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas

    Dylan Thomas urges his father to rage against the dying of the light in these powerful lines, reflecting a different perspective on “Light,” this year’s theme for National Poetry Day.DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHTDo not go gentle into that good

  • Why Scottish artisan cider is the next big thing

    BACK in the 1980s, Scottish food journalism was a very different animal to what it is today. For example, linking Scotland with apple growing was the equivalent of a culinary oxymoron, and anyone growing them was regarded as a bit of an eccentric. Trying

  • Tom Robinson on the road, in the studio, and on the airwaves

    In a present where even the Conservative Party backs gay marriage and Hollywood producers rush to bring LGBT issues to the big screen, it's easy to forget a past in which a song called (Sing If You're) Glad To Be Gay could be banned by the BBC. For the

  • Life is an adventure with My Friend Selma

    WHEN I was eight years old, my dad set up a charity to help people in danger escape from the war in Bosnia. He had seen a film about the holocaust in the Second World War and afterwards had said to my mum, "If anything like that happened again, I

  • Travel: Retracing Richard Hannay's escape by rail

    MENTION The Thirty-Nine Steps to anyone of a certain age and they will respond by reminding you of the classic scene in which Robert Donat, as Richard Hannay in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterly 1935 screen adaptation, hangs from the Forth Bridge after his

  • Is Asia Style replacement any good? Ron Mackenna reviews Asiama

    Asiama, GlasgowTHE roasted ducks still hang in the little kitchen window alongside garishly pink char sui and, yes, there’s soft shelled crab on the menu. The pork belly in the three roast, we could have had four, is crisply skinned like only the Chinese

  • Banks cutting rates in personal loans war

    NAOMI CAINE Banks and building societies are cutting the rates on personal loans in a bid to attract more borrowers. The average rate for a £7500 loan over five years is now 4.4per cent, compared with 6.4per cent in 2103, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk

  • Rosemary Goring: most book reviewers are kind-hearted

    In The Road to Little Dribbling, Bill Bryson often allows himself to digress from pure travelogue. In one instance he posits questions to detect whether you are on the brink of becoming “dangerously stupid”; in another he says it is reasonable for us

  • Daughter Number Two has got a boyfriend. I think

    "Well, your tonsils are a bit gunky so I'll give you something. Rest today. Drink plenty. And just make sure and don't be doing any deep kissing."The doctor is talking to Daughter Number Two. I am in the room. She can see me. "Deep kissing

  • Scots on the make

    In 1711 the St Kitts Assembly passed a law stating that if any "slave oppose, struggle or strike any white person . . . the said Negro shall be publicly whipped; but in case such white person be hurt, the slave shall be sentenced to death".

  • Gardening: Suckering shrubs

    Beware of plants that use suckers – shoots springing up from the roots – as well as seeds to spread. We all enjoy shrubs that produce cheering spring flowers with the bonus of fine autumn colour. Think how fragrant lilacs burst on the scene in spring

  • Martin Wishart: Dal makhani

    However you spell it – dal, daal, dahl – dal is a thick, spicy stew made from pulses and a staple of Asian diets from India to Sri Lanka. It is delicious served on its own or with boiled rice, chapatis, nan bread or poppadoms. This week's recipe uses

  • Paperbacks

    Could human nature be changing? It sounds unbelievable. History is crammed with conflict, often on a grand scale. Isn’t the propensity for violence simply hardwired into our brains? The late Colin Wilson, author of 1950s classic The Outsider, thought

  • Paperbacks

    Behind the amorphous shapes on the cover lies an extraordinary book of short stories, which could alternatively have been entitled “Home”. Unlike most short story collections, which dart hither and yon, Pond gains its strength by staying put and examining

  • Georges Perec's first, long-lost novel

    Long thought to have been lost forever, this is the first, unpublished novel by French literary experimentalist Georges Perec, unearthed by his translator and biographer, David Bellos. Perec, who died in 1982 aged 45, was both an adventurous writer –

  • Paperbacks

    Exerting control over their environment is frequently cited as one of the distinguishing characteristics of the human race. Chris Powici knows better. Human beings do crop up in his poems, here and there, but they’re largely dwarfed by the elemental enormity

  • A little light music with your lunch?

    I’VE been musing this past week on the matter of lunch, and specifically, lunch and music, as new brochures have come tumbling through the door. Generally, I range from diffident to indifferent on the question of lunch. I don’t remember the concept

  • Billy Idol: A life of drugs, debauchery and music

    Has it really taken Generation X frontman and solo star Billy Idol this long to write an autobiography? What’s he been doing with his time? Well, Drugs and debauchery seem to have occupied quite a bit of it. Dancing With Myself opens with Bill at a

  • Scotland out of the question?

    ON Thursday's edition of BBC's Question Time, David Dimbleby cut across Stewart Hosie's reply to a question by admonishing him for making reference to Scotland, as the programme was coming from Leicester. The inference clearly being that nobody in Leicester

  • Many myths on fracking

    JOHN Elder (Letters, October 9) missed some of the more hysterical myths about fracking such as earthquakes, air pollution, water shortages, global warming, radiation discharge and even cancer. His own case is weak, because shale is typically fractured

  • Oxfam needs a reality check

    I TAKE Oxfam Scotland’s report on inequality with more than a pinch of salt (“Charity highlights wealth of richest families”, The Herald, October 8). For a start, thousands of people are at Calais trying to enter Britain in order to enjoy the standard

  • Unspun: the politics diary

    THE SNP's once extensive range of '56' merchandise was abruptly axed after Michelle Thomson's departure. But what if you'd already forked out for a bag, t-shirt or mug bearing the now out of date number of nationalist MPs? You're stuck with

  • Commodities can loom large for unwary investors

    COLIN McLEANInvestors may be surprised to find how much commodities matter for their portfolios. With the recent collapse in the shares of many mining companies, investment reports for the third quarter may not be happy reading for many. Far from offering

  • Male Order

    With autumn in full swing and our Indian summer well and truly behind us, it's time to start peering in shop windows to do more than just check your reflection. So if you're out and about today, look beyond the poorly-dressed flesh and blood dummy staring

  • The colourful life of an artist-adventurer

    Like many people who saw the hugely popular Glasgow Boys exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum five years ago, I was taken by the joyful vivacity of Arthur Melville’s beautiful watercolours. Most were new to me – and a revelation. Something

  • Simon's a star as he wins World Porridge Making Championship

    An astrophysicist has been crowned the World Porridge Making Champion. Simon Rookyard, who just two weeks ago submitted his PhD thesis on pulsars, has taken the title at the World Porridge Making Championship held in the Scottish Highland village

  • Co-driver dies in crash at Mull Rally

    A rally driver has died and another is in hospital following a crash on the Isle of Mull. Andy Mort, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. John MacCrone, 26, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth University

  • Greece to open migrant processing centres

    Greece's first migrant processing centre is to open over the next 10 days, allowing migrants and refugees to be flown to other EU countries - mostly of their preference - and have their asylum applications processed there. Dimitris Avramopoulos

  • 'Lucky one' spared by gunman tells of massacre

    A student singled out by Oregon college gunman Christopher Harper-Mercer as the "lucky one" to survive and deliver a package to police has spoken for the first time about the massacre. In a written statement, Mathew Downing, 18, said his ears were

  • MBE pair say Queen fascinated by their Richard III work

    by Tony Jones AN academic and a screenwriter who were instrumental in the discovery of Richard III’s remains have said the Queen was fascinated by their story. The Queen presented Edinburgh-based writer Philippa Langley and historian John Ashdown-Hill

  • Five pull out of Scotland squad for Gibraltar trip

    Leigh Griffiths, James McArthur, James Morrison, Charlie Mulgrew and Jordan Rhodes have withdrawn from the Scotland squad for the final qualifier against Gibraltar in Faro on Sunday. The Scottish Football Association confirmed the withdrawals in

  • Edinburgh Castle to get permanent trap for rock falls

    A new permanent rock trap is to be installed to safeguard against rock falls at Edinburgh Castle. Work will begin on Monday to install the new structure which will replace a temporary barrier put in place in mid-2013. The new structure will

  • Jim Carrey carries coffin at Cathriona White's funeral

    Jim Carrey twice carried the coffin at his ex-girlfriend's funeral as she was taken to her final resting place beside her late father. Cathriona White, remembered as a loving daddy's girl who wanted the world to be a better place, was found in

  • Police voice concern for missing Berwick woman

    Police have said they are becoming increasingly concerned for a missing Englishwoman who is thought to be travelling in Scotland. Katie Grout, 23, from Berwick, was reported missing after leaving her home in the town at 7am on Thursday. She

  • Family of murdered bride will battle on for inquest

    THE family of murdered bride Anni Dewani have said their “battle” will continue after a coroner ruled there is no “sufficient cause to resume an inquest” into her death. Millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani was cleared last year of orchestrating

  • TSB offers £125 to customers who switch accounts

    THE battle to win over current account customers has been ramped up with TSB offering £125 to people who switch. The cash offer, which runs until November 2, is available to customers who open its Classic Plus account through the MoneySupermarket

  • Picasso masterpiece to go under hammer

    A RARE Picasso masterpiece from his prized Blue Period is to go up for auction. Sotheby’s New York believes there will be strong interest when the La Gommeuse oil-on-canvas goes up for sale on November 5 with an estimated £39 million price tag.

  • Soldier wins £13.2M prize after 25p bet online

    A British soldier has become an overnight multimillionaire after winning more than £13.2 million on a 25p stake. Jon Heywood, who has toured Afghanistan, won the fortune after placing his bet online. And after a tough year in which the 26-year-old

  • McLeish: Strachan could and should stay on for 2018

    ALEX McLeish believes his friend Gordon Strachan will stay on as national team boss to guide Scotland into their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. With his contract set to expire after tomorrow's meaningless final-day encounter with

  • Morton gunning for Doonhamers after injury-time heartache

    Jim Duffy admits that it took a good few days for Morton to get over the injury-time goal that saw them lose to Raith Rovers.Jason Thompson’s 92nd minute strike last week was harsh on ‘Ton, but Duffy now insists they are ready to take out their frustration

  • Sam Allardyce agrees two-year deal at Sunderland

    Sunderland have named Sam Allardyce as their new manager on a two-year deal.The Premier League club announced the news on Friday evening, having opened talks with him in a bid to replace Dick Advocaat, who left his post last Sunday.The news of Allardyce's

  • Kahn warns Scots that Samoa can bounce back

    SAMOA’s new captain has warned Scotland that his team’s morale is high despite two consecutive losses. Kahn Fotuali’i, the scrum-half, has taken over as skipper from the injured Ofisa Treviranus. He is sure his squad have the talent - and, perhaps just

  • Ford in no mood to be sent home any time soon

    FOUR years ago at this stage of the Rugby World Cup, Scotland faced a must-win game against England. They lost it, and before they knew it they were out of their hotels and on their way home. Tournament over.It was a galling experience that Ross Ford,

  • Scotland have the sense and the skill to see off Samoa

    SCOTLAND go into their biggest game for four years this afternoon, knowing that if all goes well it will pale into insignificance compared to the match which will follow eight days later. Such is the nature of knockout sport: the magnitude of your involvement

  • Scotland set to deliver knockout blow to Samoans

    A FULLY-FIT Scotland squad with a whole week of preparation behind it is ready to go head to head with Samoa and claim a place in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup, according to assistant coach Duncan Hodge. The team has had the customary seven

  • Kicking game is key for Scots against stubborn Samoans

    THIS Scotland team is the one everyone expected Vern Cotter to pick, and it is the one I would have picked myself. It is particularly pleasing to see the return of Finn Russell and Mark Bennett, because those two backs give us a cutting edge in attack

  • Inverness turn down Dundee United approach for John Hughes

    Inverness have knocked back Dundee United's move for boss John Hughes, the club have announced in a statement. United are on the look-out for a new boss following the sacking of Jackie McNamara and Hughes is the man they want to replace him.

  • SNP's Mhairi Black describes 'subtle sexism' of Westminster

    Rising SNP star Mhairi Black has told of the "subtle sexism" she has encountered while serving as Britain's youngest MP. The 21-year-old, who defied expectations in May by toppling Labour's Douglas Alexander from his Paisley and Renfrewshire South

  • Man 'accepts his driving caused death' of PC Dave Phillips

    Clayton Williams has accepted his driving caused the death of PC Dave Phillips and has "extended his apologies" to the father-of-two's family, a statement from his solicitor said. But the 18-year-old, who is charged with murder, maintains he did

  • Glasgow and Aberdeen hotels hit by fall in revenues

    GLASGOW suffered a sharp year-on-year drop in hotel revenues in July, having been boosted by the Commonwealth Games last summer, as Aberdeen continued to feel the effects of the oil sector’s woes, a survey has shown.The survey of three and four-star properties

  • Ex-Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully dies aged 72

    FORMER Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully has died at the age of 72, it has been announced. Scully, who would become synonymous with the show over almost two decades before leaving in 2000, passed away while watching television on Thursday

  • Rangers fraud case shifts from Glasgow to Edinburgh

    THE FIRST public hearing in the trial of seven men including former owner Craig Whyte and ex chief executive Charles Green over the alleged fraudulent Sevco acquisition of Rangers has been shifted from Glasgow to the High Court in Edinburgh. The

  • Miners lead London market to four-year high

    Miners led the London market higher today, at the end of a week which saw it deliver its strongest weekly gains for almost four years.The FTSE 100 Index rose 41.3 points to 6416.2, securing eight days of rises in a row as commodity stocks dominated the

  • Former ITN broadcaster Gordon Honeycombe dies at 79

    Former broadcaster Gordon Honeycombe has died in Australia aged 79. The newsreader, best known for his time on ITN and TV-am, was said to have been ill for some time. A statement on the TV-am website, posted by Ian White, a BBC reporter and

  • Hunt for three teenagers after £250,000 blaze

    Police are appealing for witnesses after a suspicious fire at a building site in Edinburgh. The incident happened at around 10.40pm on Wednesday in Haddington Place where new student accommodation is being built. It is estimated the cost of

  • Drugs gang led by HMP Edinburgh inmate jailed for 48 years

    A DRUGS gang including a convicted killer who ran a £1 million heroin ring from his prison cell have been jailed for a total of almost 50 years. Murderer Stephen Nisbet, 40, used a secret stash of mobile phones inside HMP Edinburgh to arrange drug

  • Building output plunge fuels fears for UK growth

    Britain's construction sector shrank at its sharpest rate for almost three years in August, according to official data, fuelling concerns that the economy slowed in the third quarter.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also said the UK's trade deficit

  • Search continues for missing hillwalker Robin Garton

    Police are continuing the search for hillwalker Robin Garton, who has been missing for more than two weeks. Mr Garton, 69, from Devizes, Wiltshire, was last seen in the Glencoe area of the Highlands on the morning of Friday September 25. The

  • Eco-tourism's 'taming' effect may 'increase predation risk'

    ECOTOURISTS may be putting wildlife at risk by changing the behaviour of the creatures they flock to see, researchers have warned.Animals that become accustomed to large numbers of visitors are likely to lose some of their instinct for self preservation

  • Barclays may approach Standard Life chairman for board role

    Barclays is reported to have made an approach to Standard Life chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone to join its board. Sir Gerry has been on the board at the Edinburgh insurer since 2003 and its chairman since 2007. He knows current Barclays chairman

  • Orkney crab protected food name status bid launched

    An application has been lodged to gain protected food name status for Orkney crab. The European Union scheme provides a system for the protection of food names on geographical or traditional recipe basis to help guard against imitation. The

  • Award nominees show the best of Scotland

    Engaging pupils with industry, working to prevent offending and supporting disabled people into work were among the prominent themes in this year's bumper entry for the annual Herald Society Awards. Now in their eighth year, the event gives an

  • Kenny Dalglish opens £3.5m Glasgow Games Legacy Hub

    A £3.5 million facility described as one of the centrepieces of the Commonwealth Games legacy has been officially opened. Fifty full-time jobs have been created by the establishment of the Dalmarnock Legacy Hub which houses a nursery, GP and dental

  • Obama to revise US help for rebels

    US President Barack Obama has overhauled Washington's approach to supporting Syrian rebel forces following this year's deeply troubled launch of a US military training programme.Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the new approach would focus more on enabling

  • An Audi, a BMW and a VW Golf gone in 10 minutes

    Police in East Lothian are appealing for witnesses following two separate break-ins and thefts in Musselburgh during the early hours of the morning.Both incidents occurred between 12.50am and 1am at addresses in Queen Margaret University Way.Those responsible

  • Eritrean refugees flown from Italy to Sweden

    An Italian police aircraft carrying 19 Eritreans has taken off from Rome's Ciampino airport bringing the first refugees to Sweden under the EU's new resettlement programme.The scheme is aimed at redistributing asylum seekers from hard-hit receiving countries.The

  • Third of young men in China likely to die from smoking

    One in three young men in China is likely to die from the effects of smoking tobacco, research has found, although the number could fall if they quit smoking.The study, by researchers from Oxford University, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and

  • Ithaca Energy gets $66 million investment from Delek Group

    North Sea focused Ithaca Energy has received a $66 million funding boost which will allow it to explore further opportunities in the Greater Stella Area.The deal marks the first move into the North Sea by DKL Investments, a subsidiary of Israeli energy

  • Celtic stars say no to racism in new video

    The stars of Celtic Football Club have united to say no to racism in a new video.  The players are delivering the anti-racism message as the club prepares to kick-start a camapign to promote the issue.  The Parkhead outfit will join clubs across

  • Review: why Lego Dimensions is a gamer's dream come true

    Four stars Pro: seamless integration of physical and digital world Con: cost of add-ons Have you ever fancied driving the Batmobile through the land of Oz or battling Daleks as Gandalf? If so, Lego Dimensions is the game for you.

  • Aberdeen professor's Hitler book to become TV series

    A BOOK by a University of Aberdeen historian on the early years of Adolf Hitler is to be turned into a major television series. Hitler’s First War, by Professor Thomas Weber, will be dramatised for an international audience and has been picked up by French

  • Lib Dems edge out SNP in Loch Ness council poll battle

    The Liberal Democrats narrowly defeated the SNP to take a Scottish council seat in their first victory at the ballot box north of the border since May. The Lib Dem success came after four rounds of voting with the two parties neck and neck in the

  • Glasgow and MTV scoop top prizes at Scottish Event Awards

    Glasgow and MTV have scooped three top prizes at the prestigious Scottish Event Awards. Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (GCMB) won the Best International Event and Best Large Event awards and Event Management Grand Prix title for Glasgow's hosting

  • Fishers sells cleanroom business to Fenland Laundries

    Laundry and textile rental specialist Fishers Services has agreed to sell its cleanroom division to an English firm for an undisclosed sum. However the deal for Fenland Laundries, which trades under the Micronclean brand, to acquire the Livingston

  • Tunisian group wins Nobel peace prize

    A Tunisian coalition of workers, employers, human rights activists and lawyers has won the Nobel Peace Prize.The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was hailed for pulling the country that sparked the Arab Spring back on to a path towards democracy and

  • Sue Perkins: Mary Berry drinks like a 19th century pirate

    Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins has claimed that Mary Berry drinks like a "19th century pirate". The Bake Off presenter joined Alan Carr for the Chatty Man Stand Up To Cancer special, where they looked back at Wednesday's final. Joking

  • Australia in refugee talks

    Australia is talking to the Philippines about resettling illegal migrants who try to reach its shores.A multi-million deal to resettle refugees from an Australian-run detention camp on the Pacific nation of Nauru to Cambodia already exists.But so far,

  • Young business group plans to go east for future growth

    The thriving young entrepreneurial network We are the Future, led by a 21-year old “university drop-out”, is in negotiations to expand operations to China, its founder Bruce Walker told the Sunday Herald.The not-for-profit network, which Walker as described

  • Former Aberdeen medical student cleared of terrorism charges

    A FORMER medical student whose dream is to become a doctor has walked free from court after being cleared of two terrorism charges.Yousif Badri, 29, was found not guilty of downloading extremist magazines, books and videos which would be useful to a person

  • Pipers medals to be sold

    A TREASURE trove of trophies won by one of Scotland's best-known and most successful competitive pipers is to go under the hammer at auction. The haul of medals, worth between £12,000 and £18,000, was amassed by Donald MacPherson during a career spanning

  • Government sells another 1% stake in Lloyds

    The UK Government has offloaded a further one per cent stake in Lloyds Banking Group to City investors, reducing its holding in the bank to less than 11 per cent.The latest sale means it has recouped £15.5 billion for the taxpayer to date, having spent

  • Sailing holidays bring in £1.3m

    A campaign to encourage more people to go on a sailing holiday in Scotland has boosted the country’s economy by £1.3 million.Business and Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing said Sail Scotland - the national marketing organisation for sailing tourism - had

  • Glasgow Airport scoops prestigious national award

    GLASGOW Airport has been crowned UK Airport of Year in recognition of growing passenger numbers, new routes and customer service. Scotlands' second busiest airport was named the winner at the National Transport Awards ceremony in London on Thursday

  • Government sells another 1% stake in Lloyds Banking Group

    The Government has offloaded a further 1% stake in Lloyds Banking Group to City investors, reducing its holding in the bank to less than 11%. The latest sale means it has recouped £15.5 billion for the taxpayer to date, having spent around £20.5

  • Ladbrokes signs £1.35bn facility to fund Coral deal

    Bookmaker Ladbrokes has signed a £1.35 billion facility with banks to fund its proposed merger with Gala Coral.The new facility has three tranches and will be available for drawing subject to completion of the merger, the company said.Ladbrokes, headed

  • Music review: Erja Lyytinen, Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

    MusicErja LyytinenVoodoo Rooms, EdinburghRob AdamsTHREE STARSBlues, like jazz, is long-established as an international music, and just as northern European musicians created their own strain of jazz with an accent particular to their part of the world

  • Appointments: Police Scotland criticism will serve no purpose

    It will take time and patience to reach a sensible, orderly outcome following HR survey, writes Ken Mann You’ve probably read, heard, seen or clicked on the news that about a third of the total workforce of the recently region-merged Police Scotland

  • Music review: BBC SSO/Dausgaard, City Hall, Glasgow

    MusicBBC SSO/Dausgaard, City Hall, GlasgowMichael TumeltyThree StarsGLASGOW on Thursday night was heaving, with 52,000 at Hampden, 12,000 at One Direction, another few thousand at UB 40, and a more modest 1000-ish in the City Hall to catch a glimpse and

  • Music review: Low, Art School, Glasgow

    Music Low, Art School, Glasgow Keith Bruce five stars A performance by Minnesota-bred trio Low is a particularly intimate transaction between the band and the audience, and over the fifteen years I've been going to their Glasgow shows

  • Scottish Government targets revenge porn in new bill

    So-called revenge porn is being targeted in a new Bill introduced by the Scottish Government today. Scotland's top prosecutor, the Lord Advocate, welcomed the move to tackle the "form of insidious abuse" - often against women - which in some cases

  • Police hunt for fatal hit and run driver

    POLICE are trying to identify the driver of a small dark coloured vehicle after a man was killed in a hit and run attack. The 57-year-old, who has not been named, died after being struck by the vehicle outside a bar and restaurant in Comiston,