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Scaling heights of Scottish mountaineering history
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US investor John Nelms reveals his Dundee vision
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Edinburgh student makes handbag from cow stomach
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Murdo Fraser: Scottish Tories move with the times
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Ewan McGregor sports a retro look in Hollywood
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Bill Jamieson: Get real about our debt problems
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Tom English: Sergio Garcia’s humility genuine
News
Flybe sells Inverness to London landing slots
THE airline Flybe has sold its take-off and landing slots at London Gatwick airport to Easyjet for £20m – sparking fears for air links to the Highlands.
World’s largest wave power scheme given go-ahead
THE Scottish Government today gave the green light for the world’s largest wave power scheme, to be developed in the stormy seas off the coast of the Western Isles.
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Church of Scotland: Only 16 new ministers taken on
THE Church of Scotland needs to take “real risks” and create “radical models” of training if it is to persuade more young people to become ministers, the General Assembly heard yesterday.
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Natasha Paton inquiry: Bus crash ‘driver’s fault’
A SHERIFF has found a coach driver was at fault for a school bus crash which claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl.
Woolwich: Man hacked to death in terror attack video Picture gallery
A MAN believed to be a British soldier has died after he was hacked to death in the street by two suspected Muslim fanatics armed with knives, machetes, a meat cleaver and a handgun.
Former rival questions Ruth Davidson leadership
SENIOR Conservative Murdo Fraser has questioned whether the direction of Ruth Davidson’s leadership will “be enough” to secure a revival of the party in Scotland.
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Sport
Scott Brown defends Kris Commons after Wotte jibe
CELTIC captain Scott Brown has leaped to the defence of his team-mate Kris Commons following criticism from SFA performance director Mark Wotte of the midfielder’s decision to retire from international football at the age of 29.
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Rumour Mill: Hearts| Leigh Griffiths| Celtic
Norwegians and Americans eye Hearts, Leigh Griffiths ‘could have it all’, Celtic eye trio, and more.
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Scottish Cup: John Collins praises Leigh Griffiths
HOW far Leigh Griffiths goes in football will be determined only by his own mindset and fitness, according to John Collins.
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US investor John Nelms reveals his Dundee vision
THE potential investor in Dundee – former trialist with East Fife, John Nelms – wants to create a football academy in the city that will aim to provide the Dens Park club with a conveyor belt of talent for years to come.
Glasgow Warriors 2013-14 season ticket sales soar
GLASGOW’S narrow loss in the RaboDirect PRO12 semi-finals for the third time in four years has only whet the appetite of supporters it appears, with the club predicting a record number of season ticket sales for 2013-14.
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Scottish Cup: No fitness issues for James McPake
JAMES McPake has played down fears over his fitness and insisted he is ready to lead Hibernian out at Hampden on Sunday for the William Hill Scottish Cup final.
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Business
SSE’s Ian Marchant wants end to ‘interventionitis’
OUTGOING SSE chief executive Ian Marchant today launched a final broadside against the growing culture of “interventionitis” that is engulfing the UK’s energy sector.
3 commentsLloyds raises £450m by selling down St James’s Place stake
Taxpayer-backed lender Lloyds Banking Group has raised about £450 million by selling a further stake in wealth manager St James’s Place.
Mothercare trims UK losses as sales slowdown eases
Baby accessories retailer Mothercare today insisted its business was on a “firmer footing” after closing 56 loss-making stores during the past year.
Scottish Business Briefing – Thursday 23 May, 2013
WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today.
Flybe blames ‘penalistic’ charges as it sells Gatwick slots to EasyJet for £20m
Regional airline Flybe has unveiled plans to pull out of Gatwick airport by selling its 25 pairs of landing and departure slots to EasyJet for £20 million.
Parkmead to expand North Sea presence with £14.5m purchase of Lochard Energy
Oil explorer Parkmead has agreed the £14.5 million takeover of fellow Aim-quoted firm Lochard energy to give it a 10 per cent stake in the North Sea’s Athena field.
Lifestyle
Scaling heights of Scottish mountaineering history
A remarkable collection of Scottish mountaineering memorabilia is housed in cardboard boxes in a barn near Fort William. Roger Cox meets the man who has put it all together and hears his dream of one day housing it in a purpose-built museum
Film review: Something In The Air (15)
Inspired partly by his own youthful idealism, Oliver Assayas’s new film is a poignant meditation on protest and disillusion
Gig review: Van Morrison, Perth Concert Hall
On this experience the Van Morrison live show is akin to a religious experience – it’s lots of older people sitting in near silence having an occasionally transcendental experience.
Voguing and house music’s politically radical past
House music and voguing are more politically radical than you might think. Kirstin Innes on a festival where clubbing rubs shoulders with transgender theory and the avant garde
Arts review: Degree Show 2013, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee
With its Twitter references and electronic music, Dundee’s degree show is the work of a generation at ease with the digital world, but also reacting against it. These young artists knit, sew and make models too
Fiona McCade: Popularity comes at too high a price
When I was about seven years old, I remember being sent out of class for sobbing uncontrollably. Why? Because I was wearing woolly tights.
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Edinburgh Evening News
Football match halted as man dies of heart attack
A JUNIOR football match was abandoned after a committee member collapsed with a suspected heart attack as he put out the half-time teas for the players.
Calls for Eric Joyce MP to resign before election
FORMER Labour MP Dennis Canavan has said MP Eric Joyce should resign before the next general election after being arrested during a fracas at Edinburgh Airport.
Campaigners attack Waterworld soft play bid
CAMPAIGNERS bidding to turn Leith Waterworld into a community hub said a council decision to look at a £1 million bid for the pool by a soft play company made them feel like a husband whose spouse is “considering an affair”.
CCTV video: duo plead guilty to Rox jewellery heist video
TWO men have admitted a £730,000 heist at a top Edinburgh jewellers.
Mortonhall ashes probe will not look at past cases
A national investigation into the baby ashes scandal will not examine what went wrong in recent decades in crematoriums across the country, it was confirmed today.
New Forth bridge to get final approval from MSPs
The new bridge over the Firth of Forth will be officially sanctioned by MSPs in a vote today.
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