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Rangers takeover probe demanded by Johnston

FORMER Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston has asked a Government enforcement body to investigate Craig Whyte's...
Scotland could lose business networks, says Cable

KEY UK-wide business networks, including the Royal Mail's universal service obligation, could be threatened and lost...
Sports star's fear Games will be hijacked by politicians

A LEADING Scottish sportswoman has expressed concerns that the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow could be hijacked...

Rural schools can support whole communities

Commissions and task forces can be the government equivalent of kicking a ball into touch.
Sustainable catch

Although severely deaf, serial social entrepreneur Geoff Tunstall has never wanted people to make assumptions.
£400m spending boost

JOHN Swinney has pumped more than £400 million into the Scottish Budget, with colleges, transport, housing and...
SNP at loggerheads with BBC over Salmond 'ban'

RELATIONS between the Scottish Government and the national broadcaster plummeted last night as the row deepened over...
'Big Man' in YouTube train row will not face charges

AN alleged fare dodger and the male passenger who threw him off the train in an incident that became an internet...

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Rangers takeover probe demanded by Johnston

10 February 2012

FORMER Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston has asked a Government enforcement body to investigate Craig Whyte's...
Rural schools can support whole communities

10 February 2012

Commissions and task forces can be the government equivalent of kicking a ball into touch.
Glasgow budget scrapes through after councillors rebel

9 February 2012

A Labour-controlled council has seen off an internal party rebellion to secure narrow approval for its budget.

Glasgow budget scrapes through after councillors rebel

9 February 2012

A Labour-controlled council has seen off an internal party rebellion to secure narrow approval for its budget.
Young couple scoop £45m lottery win

9 February 2012

A young couple have won a £45million EuroMillions jackpot.
Young couple scoop £45m lottery win

9 February 2012

A young couple have won a £45million EuroMillions jackpot.
Bank injects £50 billion into UK economy

9 February 2012

The Bank of England injected a further £50 billion into the economy today as the UK battles to stave off another...
SNP at loggerheads with BBC over Salmond 'ban'

9 February 2012

RELATIONS between the Scottish Government and the national broadcaster plummeted last night as the row deepened over...

Crime & Courts

Fresh call to end'barbaric' treatment of Scots hacker

9 February 2012

COMPUTER hacker Gary McKinnon is "unable to control the terror that consumes his every waking moment" as he fights...
Train video row 'Big Man' escapes charges

8 February 2012

A man caught on camera throwing an alleged fare dodger off a train will not be prosecuted, the Crown Office said...
Harry Redknapp found not guilty of tax evasion

8 February 2012

Football boss Harry Redknapp was cleared today of taking bungs in an offshore tax dodge.

Heroin addict jailed for 'cowardly attack'

8 February 2012

A MAN has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after he subjected an 84-year-old woman to a "truly appalling"...
May's anger at preacher Qatada bail ruling

8 February 2012

IT is simply not acceptable that Britain cannot deport a radical Muslim cleric who "poses a serious risk to our...
Stock Exchange plotters 'ruled out suicide attacks'

7 February 2012

A GROUP of UK-based radical Islamists decided against carrying out suicide attacks so they would have a "long-term...
Radical Muslim cleric Qatada free in days after bail ruling

7 February 2012

A RADICAL Muslim cleric accused of posing a grave threat to Britain's national security will be released on bail...
Tax evasion case 'repugnant'

7 February 2012

THE prosecution case at Harry Redknapp's tax evasion trial is "repugnant to all our basic instincts of fairness", a...

Health

Strategy on C. Diff 'could be wrong'

8 February 2012

HOSPITALS may be adopting the wrong strategy for combating a notorious bug.
'Give disabled people control, not cuts'

7 February 2012

Offering people with disabilities greater control over the budgets for their own care and support must not be a...
The war against superbugs

5 February 2012

THEY have been the scourge of hospital wards for years and caused or contributed to the deaths of more than 5000...

The routine hospital visit which led to the death of a grandmother

5 February 2012

WHEN Helen McCafferty went into hospital for treatment for an irregular heartbeat, her daughter Linda expected it...
New app shows booze toll on looks

5 February 2012

SMARTPHONE users will be able to download a "drinking time machine" app from this week which has been developed to...
Free vitamin D call amid fear for children's health

4 February 2012

HEALTH campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to provide free vitamin D supplements after advice was re-...
Number of E.coli infections up 19%

2 February 2012

SCOTLAND'S infections watchdog has reported a "substantial increase" in the number of E.coli cases last year, with...
Decline in memory is linked to heart failure

1 February 2012

HEART failure, which affects around 900,000 people in the UK, is linked to a decline in mental processes and a loss...

Education

Swinney bows to pressure in £20m college funding U-turn

9 February 2012

THE Scottish Government has bowed to public pressure over cuts to colleges by pledging nearly £20 million in...
Visiting expert class plan faces axe

9 February 2012

CONTROVERSIAL moves to replace teachers with visiting experts for some lessons are expected to be ruled out by the...
Be prepared: Schools to recognise Scouting skills

8 February 2012

lessons learned at Scout camp are to help Scottish secondary school pupils reach new heights.

Funding cuts 'risks quality of colleges'

7 February 2012

NEW figures highlighting the unprecedented squeeze on funding for Scottish colleges have raised fresh fears over the...
Course aids pupils to limber up for work

7 February 2012

A new sports coaching qualification for schools is giving pupils better job prospects and making it easier for them...
Decision to delay 'makes nonsense' of new exams

6 February 2012

HEADTEACHERS' leaders have joined growing calls for the Scottish Government to ensure a level playing field for...
Pressure on Swinney to rethink college funding cuts

6 February 2012

OPPOSITION parties have called for a rethink over cuts in college funding before this week's vote on the Scottish...
Parents call on Russell to clear up exams confusion

4 February 2012

PARENTS have called on the Scottish Government to give a clear national lead on the future roll-out of exams to...

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Transport

Signalling staff plan two fresh strikes in jobs row

9 February 2012

RAIL signalling workers are to stage two fresh strikes in a row over career progression amid claims that talks with...
Train sectarian cases soar

8 February 2012

THE number of sectarian incidents reported on Scotland's trains has more than doubled this year amid a "zero...
SPT warns against station closures

8 February 2012

A TRANSPORT body has called for explicit assurances that no train stations will be closed as part of a Government...

Firms blame fare rises on grant cuts

7 February 2012

BUS fares will rise and ser-vices will be cut around the country because of changes to a Government grant scheme...
Ferry fare discount 'kept for smaller vehicles'

7 February 2012

MINISTERS last night made a concession to island hauliers fighting to retain reduced ferry fares by confirming small...
Warning over Inverness link road delay

6 February 2012

COUNCILLORS risk setting back economic development in Inverness by years unless they make a decision soon on a new...
Revised station plan paves way for Robroyston plan approval

6 February 2012

PLANS to build 1600 homes in the north of Glasgow, together with a new railway station, hotel and shops, are...
Drivers to face Scotland's first motorway bus lane

4 February 2012

DRIVERS will be confronted by Scotland's first motorway bus lane this year when a dedicated route is expected to...

Environment

Sustainable catch

10 February 2012

Although severely deaf, serial social entrepreneur Geoff Tunstall has never wanted people to make assumptions.
Ssssscotland here we come!

5 February 2012

SCOTLAND has a new beastie.
MoD under fire for 'Atomic Beach' clean-up failure

5 February 2012

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has again missed hundreds of radioactive particles contaminating the beach at Dalgety...

Nuclear waste plan abandoned

5 February 2012

A multi-million pound project that would have led to radioactive waste being buried along the North Ayrshire...
Trump in fresh call for inquiry into wind farm plan

27 January 2012

DONALD Trump last night played the independence card in an attempt to win a public inquiry into a £150 million...
Green power bids 'thrown into chaos' by new appeal

26 January 2012

SOLAR power-producing Scots saw their green ventures thrown into more "disarray and chaos" yesterday as the UK...
£13m in secret payments to turn off Scottish wind farms

26 January 2012

ALMOST £13 million in secret compensation payments has been paid to Scottish wind farm operators to shut down...
Fears over conservation plans for Sound of Barra

24 January 2012

AN island council has warned that plans to designate part of its marine environment as a special area of...

World News

Carnage in Homs

5 February 2012

THE shells started raining down around 8pm on Friday night.
Syrian embassies under attack

5 February 2012

As news of the bloodshed in Homs reverberated around the world yesterday, angry scenes erupted outside Syrian embassies and diplomatic missions.
New sense of unease, three decades after island conflict

5 February 2012

WITH just weeks to go until the 30th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands islands (or Malvinas) on April 2, 1982, the run-up is being greeted not with historical curiosity but with the sound of sabres being rattled.

Thousands gather at Putin protests

5 February 2012

Tens of thousands of Russians braved the bitter cold in Moscow yesterday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while thousands of others staged a rally supporting the prime minister.
Rebels close in on major target

5 February 2012

Heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of clashes.
ANC ruling to end Malema career

5 February 2012

ARULING South African African National Congress appeals panel yesterday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute.
£130bn bailout hangs in balance

5 February 2012

THE government in Athens made another push yesterday to make a deal with foreign lenders on a €130 billion bailout.
Stage and screen star dies, aged 81

5 February 2012

ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said yesterday.

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