- Trio set off on charity bike ride
- Photos 'of Bismarck sinking' emerge
- Man found unconscious in street
- SDL outnumbered by counter-protest
- Park waterfall death man named
- Warning issued about dangerous gas
- Neighbour rescues woman from fire
- Fund for 'climate justice' launched
- Saltire Games ban 'ridiculous'
- Plans on drink-drive limit welcomed
News
Scottish independence: Labour voters ‘will deliver independence’
THE pro-independence campaign is to seek out Labour voters who back secession, seeing them as the potential key to victory in the 2014 referendum, senior campaign figures have said.
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Rival marches pass off without incident
Rival marches by a far-right group and anti-fascists have passed off without major incident.
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MEP Alyn Smith calls for reversal of Olympic Saltire ban
LONDON 2012 organisers were forced to clarify their policy on flag waving at the Olympics yesterday after the SNP claimed Scottish fans would be unable to display the Saltire at events in the Games.
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Gourmet takeaway service for fine diners comes to Scotland
YOU MAY never dine out again. A new gourmet takeaway food service that promises Michelin-quality food delivered to your door is to be launched in Edinburgh.
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Rebels rally under a tartan banner
IN RECENT years bandanas, black hoodies and slogan T-shirts have become the sartorial symbols of the anti-capitalist movement.
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Sport
Rangers administration: Duff & Phelps ‘hopeful’ that Taxman will agree to CVA
RANGERS administrators are working to a date of Wednesday 13 June for the creditors’ meeting that could determine whether the Ibrox club has a future in its current form.
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USA 5 - 1 Scotland: Donovan grabs hattrick as Scots routed in Florida
CRAIG Levein suffered his heaviest defeat as Scotland manager as the United States cruised to a 5-1 win in tonight’s friendly in Jacksonville.
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Rangers administration: End game nears for fallen icon
Alphabet spaghetti of CVAs and EBTs could be coming home to roost but debate rages over SPL’s sanctions
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Foreign policy: Mark Dodson on improving Scottish Rugby
We’re using pro clubs to give overseas talent Scotland ‘opportunity’, admits SRU chief
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Formula One: Uncovering the mystery of William Grover-Williams
Richard Bath discovers that the first winner of the Monaco GP was an amazing man who went on to be a spy and met a grim end – or did he?
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Business
Confidence survey raises hopes of the end of UK recession
BRITISH services firms’ confidence rose to the highest level in a year in May as many forecast a pick-up in business in the next three months, a survey showed today
1 commentB&Q planning £69m product revamps
The UK’s largest home improvement retailer today said it was investing £69 million in a series of product revamps across its stores over the next few months.
BSkyB eyes mobile phone market
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB is understood to be considering a move on Britain’s mobile phone market.
Browett to get £36m golden hello
The former boss of PC World and Currys will reportedly receive a $56 million (£36m) golden hello from Apple for taking charge of its retail arm.
Revolt threat over building society case
THE board of the Scottish Building Society (SBS) is facing a backlash from members after revealing that it has not made provision for a £1 million court case.
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Lifestyle
Interview: Harry Belafonte, singer
He fought for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Marlon Brando, Barack Obama’s mother reckons he’s the best-looking man on the planet and he has had hit records galore, but Harry Belafonte is suspicious of celebrities who write about their lives. So how come he has written a memoir and documentary about his own?
Get ahead, get a hat
From rock stars to royalty, headwear is enjoying a fashion revival among both men and women, and Scottish milliners are leading the charge
Interview: Josh Brolin, actor
After decades of bit parts Josh Brolin hit the big time at 40 with no country for old men. now he turns galaxy
defender with a comic role as a young Tommy Lee Jones in mib3
Fuel poverty has prompted a revival of peat-cutting on Lewis video
IT IS early one morning in May, the Hebridean sky huge and blue, and Norman Macleod and Peter Urpeth, two old pals from Lewis, are walking out on to the moor, tools slung over their shoulders, ready for another day at the peats.
We are a mile or so inland from the village of Back, in the north-east of the island.
Truckers have a special affection for Stracathro services – perhaps it should become a world heritage site
I DROVE through the darkness and I drove through the dawn, mist lying thick on golden fields of oilseed rape, and I came at last to Stracathro Services, off the A90 just north of Brechin.
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- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
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