THE cost paid by the West for not getting involved in the conflict in Syria could be higher than that of intervening in the civil war, Tony Blair has warned.
OPPOSITION politicians have staged a walk-out of the newly established committee set up to give the public a say in influencing policies at Scotland's largest authority.
IT was a classic Godzilla versus King Kong moment when Westminster's two top politicians took the deeply serious issue of cleaning up Britain's banks and simply sought to use it to swing, lunge and take chunks out of each other.
IT was a classic Godzilla versus King Kong moment when Westminster's two top politicians took the deeply serious issue of cleaning up Britain's banks and simply sought to use it to swing, lunge and take chunks out of each other.
David Cameron has promised Britain will not "plunge recklessly" into deeper involvement in the Syrian civil war, but said it was not possible to ignore the escalating slaughter going on in the country.
A YOUTH group specialising in teen pregnancy and other issues around vulnerable young people has backed calls by MSPs for a radical approach to sex education and contraception.
CHILDREN as young as 13 should be provided with contraception, and sex education should be given in schools from "the earliest age possible," to tackle the urgent problem of teenage pregnancies in Scotland, a Holyrood inquiry has recommended.
Finance Secretary John Swinney will today stress the Government's determination to see through public-sector reform as he talks of an "emphatic" programme of change.
19 June 2013
19 June 2013
19 June 2013
