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Scottish Cup final: Past a heavy burden for Hibs
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Derek Riordan plots return via golf and five-a-side
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Alf Young: Power about more than mechanics
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Bid to bring trees to Orkney ‘a success’
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Cairngorm Reindeer centre’s summer arrivals
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Paul di Resta signs Aberdeen Asset Management deal
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African animals come to Scotland for charity book
News
Woolwich attack: Security scares in wake of killing
POLICE were called out to three separate incidents yesterday, as security fears soared in the aftermath of the terrorist murder of a British soldier in London.
Stagecoach warning over new rules for bus firms
A LEADING transport company has warned that plans to strengthen regulations of the Scottish bus industry will damage the quality of the service to passengers.
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Woolwich attack: Lee Rigby’s family pay tribute video
THE grieving family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby have paid a touching tribute to him, speaking of their immense pride and love.
Aberdeen Council to spend £860k on school phones
A SCOTTISH council which is currently consulting on a series of controversial school closures sparked outrage by announcing proposals to spend an estimated £860,000 to ensure every pupil has access to a smartphone in the classroom.
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Church of Scotland to investigate cost of burials
THE Church of Scotland is to investigate the spiralling cost of burials, after concerns were raised about a local authority which is charging more than £1,800.
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Aberdeen Donside By-election: SNP launch campaign
ALEX Salmond has claimed a vote for the SNP is the only way to protect “vital services” as he launched the party’s campaign in the Aberdeen Donside by-election.
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Sport
Lennon ‘tried to talk Commons out of Scotland move’
NEIL Lennon has revealed he tried to persuade Kris Commons not to retire from international football this week and believes the player may yet change his mind and make himself available for Scotland again in the future.
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Scottish Cup final: Past a heavy burden for Hibs
WHEN considering Hibernian’s chances in the Scottish Cup final tomorrow, it is impossible not to look to the past, and wonder whether the code can be broken.
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Rangers: Nicky Law and Jon Daly sign up
NICKY Law claimed Rangers were too big to turn down after choosing an Irn-Bru Second Division title challenge ahead of a move to the npower Championship.
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Derek Riordan plots return via golf and five-a-side
THE SPL’s all-time third highest goalscorer is scowling and it’s a look many of us will remember from those moments when a team-mate failed to deliver a pass, spot his run or trust in his abilities to make the net bulge, even though he had big-lump defenders grappling with him like so many rule-crazy nightclub bouncers.
Scottish Cup final: History beckons for Lennon
HISTORY beckons for Neil Lennon at Hampden tomorrow. If his Celtic team lift the Scottish Cup, he will become only the third man ever to win the domestic double in Scotland as both a player and manager for the same club.
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Simon Pia: Street of dreams beckons yet again
PROSPECTHILL Road has been a veritable Via Dolorosa for Hibs fans through the ages.
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Business
Co-op pulls business loans amid concern over capital
THE Co-operative Bank has stopped offering loans to new business customers, part of measures designed to quell growing concerns over its capital position.
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Royal Mail tests market for £1.5bn loan ahead of IPO
BANKS have been asked to gauge market appetite for a £1.5 billion syndicated loan to back the planned privatisation of Royal Mail, according to banking industry sources.
HSBC’s Flint apology over money laundering scandal
HSBC chairman Douglas Flint publicly apologised to shareholders yesterday for the bank’s failings after it was fined £1.3 billion in December following a probe into its Mexican and stateside operations.
M Squared target harmful gases in Fraunhofer deal
LASER maker M Squared is teaming up with German research institute Fraunhofer to develop ways of detecting harmful gases from chemical plants, industrial sites and rubbish tips.
Fisher pro QE but warns over ‘indefinite’ stimulus
BANK of England policymaker Paul Fisher has cautioned against a US-style commitment to long-term financial stimulus, although he remains in favour of a “slow amount” of additional bond purchases.
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George Kerevan: More bank woes and questions
Spare a thought for Ed Miliband. Earlier this month the Labour leader gave a keynote speech on banking reform at the Co-op Bank’s headquarters.
Lifestyle
Interview: Viggo Mortensen is lord of all things
He’s learnt to ride, brandish a sword and, for his new film, keep bees – Yet for Viggo Mortensen, it’s all in a day’s work
Raised by dissent: Forging the Industrial Revolution
The roots of everything lie much further in the past than we think.
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Gill Hornby on her new novel The Hive
SOMETIMES the skill of being a writer lies in realising your material is right in front of your eyes.
Readers’ pictures of the week: 17-24 May video
A SELECTION of pictures submitted by our readers in the past week to The Scotsman picture desk.
Interview: Ruthie Henshall’s show must go on
She’s been an all singing, all dancing musical theatre star for 27 years, but Ruthie Henshall has always spoken honestly about the tough times. The key, she says, is finding a balance
Book review: Everest: The First Ascent by Harriet Tuckey
IN EARLY June 1953, two exhausted, scruffy-looking men – the filmmaker Tom Stobart and the physiologist Griffith Pugh – were making their way slowly back to Kathmandu together after taking part in the monumental team effort that had led to the successful first ascent of Everest.
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Edinburgh Evening News
GPs offered £560 to cover A&E nightshift
HEALTH bosses are appealing to GPs to ride to their rescue and help avert a downgrade in accident and emergency services in the region.
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Parents angry at plan to swap school headteachers
ANGRY parents have attacked a decision by education chiefs to swap the headteachers of Castlebrae and Forrester high schools.
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Scottish Cup: Hibs fever takes over Edinburgh
AS the green half of the city gears up for its second cup final in two seasons, excitement is reaching fever pitch across the board.
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Sir Roger Moore to make debut Edinburgh appearance
Sir Roger Moore today announced he will make his first stage appearance in Edinburgh later this year, as he took a cheeky pop at fellow James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery.
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Trams: Lesley Hinds cools claims of 2013 launch
CITY transport convener Lesley Hinds today played down claims that people could be riding the trams by the end of the year.
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Councillors to discuss bid for Leith Waterworld
Councillors will decide whether to accept a £1 million bid from a soft play firm to buy Leith Waterworld next Thursday.
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