http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news Home News | Herald Scotland Copyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reserved 2012-02-09T22:25:05Z http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/glasgow-budget-scrapes-through-after-councillors-rebel.1328812865 A Labour-controlled council has seen off an internal party rebellion to secure narrow approval for its budget. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/bank-injects-50-billion-into-uk-economy.1328792568 The Bank of England injected a further £50 billion into the economy today as the UK battles to stave off another recession. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/young-couple-scoop-45m-lottery-win.1328797528 A young couple have won a £45million EuroMillions jackpot. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/snp-at-loggerheads-with-bbc-over-salmond-ban.16708708 RELATIONS between the Scottish Government and the national broadcaster plummeted last night as the row deepened over the BBC's ruling that Alex Salmond could not appear as a rugby pundit. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/400m-spending-boost.16700805 JOHN Swinney has pumped more than £400 million into the Scottish Budget, with colleges, transport, housing and health receiving extra funding as part of Scotland's attempts to recover from the global economic problems. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scots-bail-law-overturned.16706322 THOUSANDS of crime suspects could have to return to court to have their bail conditions amended following a ruling in the Court of Appeal. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/montgomeries-ex-wife-launches-hacking-bid-as-list-of-stars-settle-claims.16706514 Golfer Colin Montgomerie's former wife has launched a claim against the publishers of the News of the World over phone hacking. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/hester-in-two-minds-about-quitting-rbs.16702364 EMBATTLED Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester has revealed the extent of the pressure he faced over his near-£1 million bonus and admitted his view on whether he will stay on to turn the institution around "varies from moment to moment". http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scots-suicide-rate-worst-in-great-britain.16702385 THE gap between Scotland's historically high suicide rate and the situation in the rest of Great Britain is widening, a new study has revealed. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/redknapps-relief-as-jury-clears-him-of-tax-evasion.16702393 HARRY Redknapp said he had been through a five-year "nightmare" after he was cleared of taking bungs in an offshore tax dodge. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/big-man-in-youtube-train-row-will-not-face-charges.16706245 AN alleged fare dodger and the male passenger who threw him off the train in an incident that became an internet sensation will not face charges, after prosecutors decided that it was "not in the public interest". http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/capello-quits-england-as-jury-clears-the-way-for-redknapp.16709694 FABIO Capello quit as England's football manager last night – just eight hours after heir apparent Harry Redknapp was cleared by a jury of tax evasion. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scots-tennis-ace-backs-cancer-charity-push-after-personal-loss.16681430 SCOTS tennis star Jamie Baker has told how he lost a family friend to cancer as the sport's governing body launched a new partnership with a leading charity. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/sand-sized-fossil-holds-secret-of-life.16702113 IT is as small as a grain of sand, has no arms and no legs and turns back the clock on when animals first inhabited the Earth by up to 100 million years. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/lectures-halted-by-university-fire.16702258 SCORES of Strathclyde University students will miss lectures this week following a fire at one of the campus buildings. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/5m-sport-plan-for-children.16702401 A SPORTS programme has been launched to help disadvantaged young people in Scotland and across the world. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/ferry-row-forces-out-snp-candidate.16702623 A LEADING SNP member in the Western Isles has resigned as a council candidate because of the Scottish Government's decision to withdraw cheap ferry fares from island hauliers. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/childrens-minister-urged-to-resolve-boss-row.16705943 Ministers have been urged to step in and resolve an apparent impasse over the suspension of the head of the new body Children's Hearings Scotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/third-sector-faces-funding-difficulties.16706080 CHARITIES are coming under increasing strain because of the global economic downturn, a director of the umbrella group the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) has said. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scots-shoppers-save-pounds-with-bargain-basement-food-shopping.2012021482 Our survey finds that canny customers can cut their bills by up to 66%.   http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scotlands-get-tough-stance-on-knife-crime-vindicated.2012023253 SCOTLAND’S “get tough” stance on knife crime is putting more blade-wielding criminals behind bars and for longer than in the rest of the UK. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/rbs-chief-hester-i-considered-quitting.1328694298 Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester admitted today he had "underestimated" the furore his £1 million bonus would cause. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/job-loss-fears-at-clydesdale-bank.16697688 CLYDESDALE Bank staff are bracing themselves for hundreds of job losses after its parent company announced a major strategic review. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/university-fire-forces-students-to-flee-union.16698163 STUDENTS were forced to flee the Strathclyde University union last night after a blaze broke out in a neighbouring building. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/hearts-warned-pay-up-or-youll-be-wound-up.16692952 THE financial gloom lingering over Heart of Midlothian Football Club darkened yesterday when it emerged that HM Revenue and Customs has launched legal action that may plunge the club into liquidation. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/new-drive-to-find-jobs-for-5000-young-scots.16690298 A MAJOR drive is being launched to get 5000 young people into work by 2015 in Scotland's youth unemployment blackspot. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/design-for-14m-orchestra-building-unveiled.16690348 Scotland's national orchestra has finally unveiled the plans for its new £14 million purpose-built headquarters in the centre of Glasgow. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/sons-ms-crusade-in-danger-as-funds-run-dry.16690410 A CAMPAIGN launched by a schoolboy to help stop the spread of multiple sclerosis after his mother contracted the disease has run out of money and is in danger of being wound up. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scots-sisters-are-named-worlds-oldest-living-twins.16690612 THEY credit simple living, hard work and good husbands for their long lives and are not the kind of women to make a fuss.