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David Gandy on male modelling and his next moves
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Angelina Jolie brings home a frightening dilemma
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Interview: Tim Henman backs Murray on tennis doping
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Tom Kitchin: Wagyu beef recipes
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H&M earns plus points for hot girl in a bikini
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British identity is key to debate on independence
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Tom English: Green-Whyte team would break all rules
News
Violent men: A woman’s right to know
WOMEN would be able to seek information about the domestic violence history of new partners under plans to be proposed by senior police officers in Scotland.
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Church of Scotland bid to bridge gay minister divide
A LEADING Church of Scotland theologian will attempt to head off a divisive split in the Kirk tomorrow by offering a “third way” amendment that will avoid continuing divisions over the ordination of gay ministers.
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Young Scots ‘face low pay and few prospects’
A GENERATION of educated young Scots is being condemned to a life of low-paid, unstable jobs that will damage both their prospects and that of the country, a leading think tank has claimed.
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Scottish women to be denied breast cancer tests
THE genetic testing criteria for breast cancer that prompted actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a preventative double mastectomy will be available in England and Wales from next month, but not in Scotland.
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Independent Scotland at risk from bank crash
AN independent Scotland would be more reliant on the banking sector than Cyprus or Iceland, making it vulnerable to a new financial crisis, a UK Treasury paper will warn this week.
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Scottish independence: SNP tax vow may be slashed
THE SNP’s flagship pro-business policy to slash the headline rate of corporation tax in an independent Scotland could be reviewed amid claims it is costing the party support prior to the independence referendum.
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Sport
‘Hearts preparing for SPL next season’ - Gary Locke
GARY Locke, the Hearts manager, last night said he was confident his team would be playing in the Scottish Premier League next season, despite fears that they could be relegated as punishment for their financial problems.
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Interview: Tim Henman backs Murray on tennis doping
IF you’ve ever wondered just how liberating retirement can be, all you need to do is spend a while chatting to Tim Henman. Throughout his long career, the Englishman looked like he was auditioning for the diplomatic corps.
Pat Fenlon hopes Hibs story can repeat itself
Pat Fenlon knows what it will mean if he replicates fellow Irishman Dan McMichael’s 1902 Cup victory
Heineken Cup final: Clermont Auvergne 15-16 Toulon
IF CLERMONT’S coach Vern Cotter is to set up office in Murrayfield as Scotland’s next coach, as looks increasingly likely, the Kiwi will do without the added kudos that comes with winning the Heineken Cup.
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Hibernian 1 - 0 Dundee: Hibs clinch seventh place
FOR the Hibs manager Pat Fenlon and maybe even his players, the focus really was on three points and the chance to finish the league season in seventh place. Everyone else’s minds have long since wandered along the M8 to Hampden.
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Fraser Forster’s England ambitions concern Lennon
CELTIC goalkeeper Fraser Forster’s omission from the latest England squad has left his manager Neil Lennon fearful that the player’s long-term international chances could be looked upon unfavourably by the English hierarchy as a result of his playing in Scotland.
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Business
Exporters seek ‘front line help’ from Osborne
GEORGE Osborne must use next month’s spending review to boost “front line” support for exporters, business chiefs have warned, after a major survey laid bare the pitfalls facing firms that trade overseas.
Bolland under pressure over M&S relaunch costs
MARKS & Spencer boss Marc Bolland will aim to soothe City concerns this week over the cost of relaunching the retailer’s range of clothing as the chief executive aims to stem the chain’s decline in profits.
Unsettling climate of EU disunity
IT WAS a week that epitomised Britain’s fractious and sometimes turbulent relationship with the European Union. In Washington, Prime Minister David Cameron was promoting free trade between the trading bloc and the United States, while at home his ministers and backbenchers were squabbling over whether Britain should cancel its membership.
Comment: Changing of guard bodes ill for FirstGroup
THE expected retirement this week of Martin Gilbert as chairman of transport operator FirstGroup follows similar announcements over the last month from Lord Smith at Weir, Sir Win Bischoff at Lloyds Banking Group and Richard Findlay at STV. The guard is clearly changing.
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Headhunters seek new finance chief for Standard Life
STANDARD Life has appointed international recruitment specialist JCA Group to search for a chief financial officer following the departure last month of Jackie Hunt.
Homeowners miss cheaper loan deals
HOMEOWNERS in Scotland are missing out on a golden opportunity to slash costs by failing to take advantage of rock-bottom mortgage rates, it has been claimed.
Lifestyle
David Gandy on male modelling and his next moves
THIS has been a long time coming. Four months, to be precise.
Saoirse Ronan on playing a vampire in Byzantium
WHO is afraid of Saoirse Ronan? In the bowels of a Glasgow hotel, she looks innocent enough, sitting demurely in the manner of a 1950s model, legs crossed at the ankle and chatting about how best to drain a body of blood.
Love at first tweet with Commander Hadfield
IT STARTED, as so many love affairs do these days, with a tweet.
Seeking spiritual enlightenment on Iona
A NEW dawn on Iona. The bright sun bounces off buoys and creels and shines like a benediction on skipper Davie Kirkpatrick’s beautiful wooden boat, Iolaire, Gaelic for eagle, as she leaves the harbour for Staffa.
Angelina Jolie brings home a frightening dilemma
AS WENDY Helliwell came downstairs on Wednesday morning, the name Jolie flashed on the TV screen. She caught the words “double mastectomy”.
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Edinburgh Evening News
Ukip candidate to stand in Liberton by-election
NIGEL Farage’s UK Independence Party has entered the contest for a city council seat just a day after the controversial leader was locked in a Capital pub for his own safety as protesters demonstrated outside.
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Staff crisis at St John’s A&E forces cuts
CRISIS-HIT Lothian accident and emergency departments are set to be radically overhauled, with scaled back services expected to lead to an increase in pressure on the already over-stretched Royal Infirmary.
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Haddington court closure ‘could cost public £500k’
CLOSING Haddington Sheriff Court and switching its work to Edinburgh will cost the public more than £500,000, campaigners claimed today.
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Hibs cup final parade planned for Monday 27th May
PLANS for the first Hibs Scottish Cup victory parade since 1902 have been finalised – all the Easter Road side have to do now is win.
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Royal Mile pharmacy siege: Owner speaks of trauma
THE owner of the Royal Mile Pharmacy has said the emotion of seeing his staff in distress kept him focused during a three-hour armed siege.
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