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Edinburgh Int’l Book Festival line-up revealed
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Final Iain Banks novel The Quarry released
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Hearts: ‘Nightmare for Gary Locke in his dream job’
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£1bn luxury yacht deal nets Brian Souter £100m
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Round-UK rowing race leaders on home stretch
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Help us film Scotland’s longest day
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Bill Jamieson: Micro-managing the UK’s recovery
News
Aberdeen Donside by-election: polls open
Voters go to the polls today to elect an MSP for the Aberdeen Donside constituency.
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Edinburgh Int’l Book Festival line-up revealed
IT is normally a haven of calm and civilisation at the heart of the melee of the world’s biggest arts festival.
RBS: Osborne signals ‘good bank, bad bank’ split
GEORGE Osborne has signalled that he is prepared to break up the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in a bid to recoup the £45 billion of taxpayers’ money used to bail the once all-conquering Scottish institution out in 2008.
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Craig Whyte has two weeks to pay for castle
THE former owner of Rangers Craig Whyte has been given two weeks to pay overdue mortgage payments on his Highland home.
Independent Scotland will flourish, says economist
A FORMER economic adviser to Alex Salmond has argued that Scotland would thrive after independence, with Edinburgh acting as its “dominant” economic centre.
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Scottish independence ‘baffles’ foreign nations
FOREIGN Secretary William Hague will claim today that foreign nations are “baffled” over why Scotland would want to leave the Union, as he uses a speech in Scotland to back the case for the UK.
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Sport
Hearts administration: redundancies to be announced
Staff at the crisis-hit football club Hearts will be made redundant later today, the administrator has said.
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Virgil van Dijk on verge of Celtic deal
DUTCH defender Virgil van Dijk arrived in Glasgow today to complete a move to Celtic from Eredivisie side Groningen.
Hearts administration: ‘Job losses inevitable’
THE Foundation of Hearts chairman Ian Murray last night welcomed the appointment of BDO as the administrators at Tynecastle, insisting the legal move brought some much-needed clarity to the situation.
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Rumour Mill: Virgil van Dijk | Wanyama | Brittain
CELTIC could confirm their new Dutch signing later today, reaction as Hearts’ time in administration begins, and the latest twist in the Richard Brittain saga, plus news from Rangers and Inverness in Wednesday’s Rumour Mill.
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Lions: Sean Maitland only Scot in first test squad
SEAN Maitland is the lone Scottish representative in the 23-man squad for the British and Irish Lions’ first test against Australia in Brisbane.
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Wimbledon: Upset over Rafa Nadal’s ‘joke’ seeding
Wimbledon’s clinical procedure for determining its men’s seeds was called into question yesterday as Rafael Nadal was afforded scant grace for his stunning career record on grass or his world-leading seven titles this year.
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Business
PRA tells lenders to plug £27bn capital shortfall
Five of Britain’s biggest lenders must plug a combined £27.1 billion hole in their finances, with Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland accounting for more than 90 per cent of the shortfall, the City regulator said today.
Scottish Business Briefing – Thursday 20 June 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.
BrewDog launches £4m fundraising
BrewDog, the Ellon-based beer maker behind headline-grabbing super-strong tipples, is tapping fans for cash again today as it launches a £4 million fundraising to open a chain of bottle shops.
Dixons beats forecasts with 15% profit rise
Electrical goods retailer Dixons has reported better-than-expected underlying annual profits as it continues to benefit from the demise of rival Comet.
Interbulk profits slump on ‘depressed’ demand for chemicals
Chemicals transportation specialist Interbulk has suffered a slump in first-half profits on the back of “depressed” demand across Europe.
Six MPC members entrenched against further QE
Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney will probably have to keep policy on hold at his first meeting after predecessor Sir Mervyn King’s call for stimulus was again defeated by six votes to three.
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Lifestyle
Winning waves: Jolomo art prize winner Dawnne McGeachy
As the daughter of a fisherman, Dawnne McGeachy appreciated from an early age the beauty – and perils – of the sea. Now her dramatic paintings of breaking waves have won the former Glasgow School of Art student Scotland’s top art prize.
Gig review: KT Tunstall, Glasgow
You know you can expect an intimate listening experience when the venue bar shuts just before the main event.
Help us film Scotland’s longest day
TO mark the Summer Solstice we will be putting together a montage of video clips which give a taste of life in Scotland on the longest day of the year.
Edinburgh Film Festival: The story of ‘Dummy Jim’
In 1951 a deaf factory worker from Aberdeenshire embarked on a solo cycling trip from his home to the Arctic Circle – 3000 miles away. Now the story of his remarkable journey has been made into a film set for its UK premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival tomorrow.
Scottish fact of the week: Tarlair swimming pool
Despite its A-listed status and Art Deco design, Tarlair swimming pool has lain in a state of slow decay.
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Fiona McCade: Driven to distraction by cars for laydees
When I first saw one of the “new” Volkswagen Beetles, back in 1997, the first thing I noticed was the cutesy little flower vase on the dashboard. And I thought: “Who is this car for? Barbara Cartland?”
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Edinburgh Evening News
Hearts administration: redundancies to be announced
Staff at the crisis-hit football club Hearts will be made redundant later today, the administrator has said.
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Help us film Scotland’s longest day
TO mark the Summer Solstice we will be putting together a montage of video clips which give a taste of life in Scotland on the longest day of the year.
Edinburgh’s Grassmarket sealed off after stabbing
Parts of the Grassmarket were sealed off this morning as police investigated a stabbing incident in the historic area.
Hearts: Alex Salmond calls for fans to buy tickets
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has said he fully expects the Gorgie club to survive its difficulties, and urged fans to put their hands in their pockets to help the club through its administration crisis.
21 commentsSolicitor’s firms go bust
TWO Edinburgh companies run by a struck-off solicitor have gone into voluntary liquidation with tax debts of £58 million.
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BDO take charge as Hearts enter administration
BDO have been appointed as the administrators of Hearts, as the club formally entered administration this afternoon.
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