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Hearts to stay in SPL but face 15-point deduction
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Sainsbury’s admit ‘mislabelling’ Scottish salmon
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Peter Jones: Alex Salmond’s indy pension puzzle
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Brian Taylor: Labour’s home rule battle
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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival set for stars
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Zambia to hail Dr David Livingstone’s legacy
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100 Weeks of Scotland: Gullane|Applecross|Rob Roy
News
Scottish independence: ‘RBS and HBOS may leave’
Scotland’s banking giants would face “considerable market pressures” to leave their Edinburgh headquarters after independence and base themselves elsewhere in the UK, a former Bank of England deputy governor has warned.
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Church of Scotland votes to allow gay ministers Picture gallery
THE Church of Scotland has taken a historic step by voting in favour of allowing openly gay men and women to become ministers.
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Sainsbury’s admit ‘mislabelling’ Scottish salmon
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has admitted “an error” over the mislabelling of farmed Scottish salmon.
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Mother of Scots suicide soldier calls for inquiry
THE mother of a Scottish soldier who killed himself after serving in Afghanistan has called for a fatal accident inquiry into his suicide in a bid to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
Gay marriage bill: Labour deal saves David Cameron
TORY divisions over plans to legalise gay marriage last night saw 56 of the party’s MPs vote to wreck the government’s proposals by allowing straight couples to take up civil partnerships.
Multi-buy ban sees 4.5m wine bottle sales drop
SALES of wine fell by almost 4.5 million bottles in the year after the Scottish Government banned multi-buy deals, a new NHS report has revealed.
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Sport
Hearts to stay in SPL but face 15-point deduction
HEARTS will begin next season in the Scottish Premier League – but with a 15-point deduction if majority shareholder UBIG is declared insolvent.
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British Lions: Jonny Wilkinson bid, Stuart Hogg
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has ruled out making another offer to Jonny Wilkinson to join the forthcoming tour to Australia.
Scottish Cup final 1972: Unlucky Hibs beaten 6-1
The goalie in the second-greatest Hibernian team never to win the Scottish Cup is not keeping too well and the other day had to go into hospital.
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Leigh Griffiths: Future up to Hibs and Wolves now
On-loan Hibernian striker Leigh Griffiths has told parent club Wolves he does not want to return to Molineux.
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Stewart Regan: Reconstruction doubts hinder game
SCOTTISH Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan celebrated an extended sponsorship deal with bookmakers
William Hill tonight, but said that continued doubt over league reconstruction was hindering more cash from coming into the game.
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Glasgow Warriors’ Graeme Morrison to retire
GLASGOW and Scotland centre Graeme Morrison is the latest talent to confirm his retirement from rugby as a result of injury problems that refuse to go away.
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Business
FirstGroup’s Tim O’Toole admits ‘hard slog’
FirstGroup chief executive Tim O’Toole has admitted that running the Aberdeen-based transport giant has been harder than he expected after he launched a £615 million fundraising to shore up its finances. Shares in the company plummeted 30 per cent, wiping £330m off its value.
Paul Tucker: Bank bailout law needs wider backing
PROPOSALS for a European Union (EU) law to protect taxpayers from having to bail out troubled banks would need global support to work effectively, Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker has warned.
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Ryanair profits soar 13%, but outlook clouded by recession
Irish airline Ryanair has vowed to nearly double its market share within five years, but said the recession across much of Europe will dampen short-term growth.
Vodafone pulls out of BT contract race
Vodafone is understood to have withdrawn from the running to win a contract to provide mobile phone services to BT’s customers.
Yahoo confirms $250m Tumblr deal
US TECHNOLOGY major Yahoo splashed out $1.1 billion (£720 million) on acquiring social networking site Tumblr today, reportedly netting 26-year-old founder David Karp a $250m (£164 million) fortune six years after he started it.
Superglass shareholders back £12.9m survival plan
Superglass, the Stirling-based insulation materials company, today won shareholder backing for a survival plan which will see it raise £12.9 million and significantly reduce its debts.
Lifestyle
Harry Potter first edition a notable read
Only 500 copies of the first edition of the first Harry Potter book were published, and a very special one is up for auction, crammed with notes and drawings by JK Rowling, writes Martyn McLaughlin
Win a bottle of the Macallan Sienna
RECENTLY launched, The Macallan 1824 Series is an innovative new range which showcases two of The Macallan’s greatest strengths; oak sherry casks and natural colour.
10 things to do in Scotland this week
THIS week’s top events across Scotland, including the Perth Festival of the Arts, the Knockengorroch World Ceildih, the Burns an’ a’ That festival and the Electric Frog weekender.
EdinburghSketcher captures Pedal on Parliament 2013
THIS WEEK the EdinburghSketcher and his family took part in Pedal on Parliament cycle from the Meadows to the Scottish Parliament...
Images of Scotland: Liathach and Beinn Eighe
Douglas Hood’s photograph of Liathach and Beinn Eighe was taken from a rowing boat in the middle of Loch Clair
Festival review: Stag & Dagger, Various Venues, Glasgow
In a climate where start-up festivals come and go and multi-venue events seem to be finding it tough to achieve any degree of longevity, it’s pleasing to report that promoter PCL’s annual one-day Stag and Dagger jaunt around Glasgow appears to have reached its fifth anniversary in good health.
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Edinburgh Evening News
Woman found dead in Edinburgh garden is named
POLICE today said the death of a 60-year-old woman whose body was found in a back garden in Marchmont remains a mystery.
Lothians patients denied life-saving heart drug
HEALTH bosses have been accused of putting lives at risk by refusing to offer a groundbreaking drug to thousands of Lothian heart attack patients.
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Hibs fans face city travel chaos on cup final day
HIBS fans have been warned to be prepared for “travel disruption” as supporters stage a mass exodus from the city on cup final day.
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Bike shed rule to be axed to encourage cycling
Regulations which ban home owners from putting up bike sheds without planning permission are set to be scrapped in a bid to encourage more people to cycle.
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Armed police deal with knifeman in house
ARMED police were dispatched to an address in Southhouse after a man was seen with a knife inside the property.
Hunt after Water of Leith robbery bid
Police Scotland are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery on the Water of Leith walkway.
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