Rise of the super-commuters
Tempted by large period homes, good schools and value for money, estate agents say a new breed of buyer is relocating the family home north of the Border while retaining lucrative jobs in the south.
Senior News Reporter
I returned to Scotland in 2007 after cutting my teeth as a news journalist in north London. Have since developed my interest in crime, courts and the human condition with a number of big assignments, including the Peter Tobin story, the Moira Jones case and the perjury prosecution of Tommy Sheridan. Also survived two weeks in Afghanistan (just about).
I returned to Scotland in 2007 after cutting my teeth as a news journalist in north London. Have since developed my interest in crime, courts and the human condition with a number of big assignments, including the Peter Tobin story, the Moira Jones case and the perjury prosecution of Tommy Sheridan. Also survived two weeks in Afghanistan (just about).
Tempted by large period homes, good schools and value for money, estate agents say a new breed of buyer is relocating the family home north of the Border while retaining lucrative jobs in the south.
Ronnie Barogiannis pled guilty to working without General Dental Council (GDC) registration at the Bridge of Don Dental Clinic and Research Centre, Aberdeen, after police were called in to investigate staffing arrangements.
Organisers of the Commonwealth Games are expecting extremely high levels of traffic on their website today as people rush to make a last-minute attempt to secure seats at the 11-day sporting extravaganza, which begins on July 23 next year.
The "whisky train" will make its first winding 200-mile journey this week from a goods yard in Elgin to Grangemouth, where it will be distributed to bottling halls and warehouses across the central belt.
The increase took the total to about 203,000 between May and July.
While tobacco smoking has long been banned within Celtic Park, the deal with E-lites will allow pure nicotine to be legally consumed in the stands.
The Glasgow-born businessman has agreed to pay close to £45 million to settle the long-running case.
In one of the strongest signs yet of recovery in the housing market, new figures show 6500 loans were issued to first-time buyers between April and June this year, up 2000 on the first three months of 2013.
Amid indications of a surge in the cost of hotel rooms during the 11-day event next summer, homeowners are hoping to benefit from the mass of spending power that will be temporarily imported to the city and beyond.
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