Markets & Economy Archive

  • SFA chief ditches Twitter
    Wednesday 18 July 2012

    SCOTTISH Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan has quit Twitter after being bombarded with abuse from disgruntled Scottish football fans.

  • Community order for internet troll
    Wednesday 18 July 2012

    AN INTERNET troll who used his Facebook account to post vile racist messages has been ordered to do unpaid community work.

  • Deputy chief constable and wife charged
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    A POLICE chief and his wife have been charged with perverting the course of justice after she allegedly accepted speeding penalty points on his behalf.

  • Eta suspect in terror arrest vows to fight extradition bid
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    A MAN alleged to be a high-profile member of the Basque separatist group Eta has opposed bids to extradite him to mainland Europe.

  • Officer is jailed over false fines
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    AN award-winning Scottish police community support officer (PCSO) has been jailed for six months after issuing hundreds of false fixed-penalty notices.

  • Cash claim over body find
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    A MAN is to stand trial accused of covering up his brother's death for more than three years so he could claim almost £40,000 in benefits.

  • Action call over photos of victim
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    THE Mauritian authorities had a responsibility to ensure graphic photographs of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey did not get into the hands of the media, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister, Eamon Gilmore, said.

  • Ruling in favour of Asbo teenager
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    A TEENAGER has walked free from court after a sheriff ruled a cap on his legal aid infringed his human rights.

  • Tutu's UK plea over Kenyans' fight for damages
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu has called on the British Government to show "magnanimity and compassion" towards elderly Kenyans fighting for damages over alleged colonial atrocities during the Mau Mau uprising.

  • Judge in riot case advises jurors
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    THE judge in the trial of eight men accused of murdering three people hit by a car during last summer's riots in England has instructed jurors to put emotion to one side in considering their verdicts.

  • Coogan in court
    Tuesday 17 July 2012

    COMEDIAN Steve Coogan has been found not guilty of a driving offence after it emerged a friend was behind the wheel when the car was caught speeding.

  • ETA terror suspect fights extradition from Scotland
    Monday 16 July 2012

    A man alleged to be a high-profile member of the Basque separatist group Eta has opposed bids to extradite him to mainland Europe.

  • Fears short jail-term bid has backfired
    Monday 16 July 2012

    SHORT prison sentences have risen despite the Scottish Government's controversial legislation to introduce a presumption against custodial terms of three months or less.

  • The deadly link between alcohol and crime Police call to limit sale of drink in deprived areas
    Sunday 15 July 2012

    THE more shops, bars, off-licences and supermarkets selling alcohol in a neighbourhood, the higher the crime levels in the area will be, according to new research.

  • Justice Secretary accused of hypocrisy over boot camps for young offenders
    Sunday 15 July 2012

    JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill has been accused of hypocrisy for endorsing a "boot camp" scheme for young offenders similar to a pioneering project which was rejected by his party.

  • £500,000 Henry Moore art stolen
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A £500,000 bronze sculpture by the leading British artist Henry Moore has been stolen from the grounds of his former home.

  • Three charged with murder of woman
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A man and two women appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of a woman who was found dead in a flat in Aberdeen.

  • Hijacker in deportation challenge
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    AN Iraqi man arrested at Stansted Airport after taking part in the hijack of a plane has won the latest round of a 16-year fight to stay in the UK.

  • Nursery paedophile jailed
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A NURSERY worker who filmed himself sexually abusing two young brothers has been jailed for eight years.

  • Brother of six siblings who died in blaze speaks out
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    THE brother of six siblings who died in a house fire has spoken for the first time of his devastation, and how his family has coped since the tragedy.

  • Daughter lied, father tells court
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A FATHER accused of murdering his "Westernised" daughter told a jury she was lying when she complained of violence and being forced into marriage.

  • Pensioner dodges ban after A9 crash
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A PENSIONER who caused a pile-up on the A9 has been allowed to keep his licence after a court heard he had driven more than one million miles without incident.

  • Widower in appeal for privacy after trial ends
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    THE widower of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has appealed for privacy following the acquittal of two hotel workers over his wife's killing.

  • Police killer seen shooting himself
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    THE man believed to have murdered an off-duty policeman earlier this week was seen shooting himself in a churchyard the following day, officials confirmed.

  • England star Terry cleared of racist slur on Ferdinand
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    FOOTBALLER John Terry has been cleared of hurling a racist obscenity at Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League game.

  • Arrests pledge as parades police attacked
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    POLICE chiefs pledged to make "significant" arrests after officers were attacked with petrol bombs in an outbreak of street violence after July 12 parades in north Belfast.

  • Knife killer jailed for 26 years
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A FATHER has been jailed for at least 26 years after killing a man for asking if his crying daughter was all right.

  • Scout leader in court on child porn charge
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A SCOUT leader has appeared in court charged with taking an indecent photograph of a child.

  • Wrongly convicted man tells of prison anguish
    Saturday 14 July 2012

    A MAN who served 10 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit has spoken out for the first time as a police officer faces prison for withholding the evidence which led to his conviction.

  • Six held in bomb detection fraud case
    Friday 13 July 2012

    SIX people have now been charged over the sale of allegedly bogus bomb detection devices to foreign countries.