- 'Sustainable' joint campus opens
- Clinic 'can boost IVF success rate'
- Cyclists in cancer charity ride
- Contamination found at nuclear site
- £24,000 fine for Legionnaires' case
- Olympic security test at Hampden
- Gun murder conviction appeal fails
- Scots 'devo-max' option highlighted
- Frew accused breaks down in dock
- House move costs up 69% over decade
- Two hurt in police car accident
- 'Scots should decide on referendum'
- Trump wants windfarm public inquiry
- Former Labour MP Eadie dies aged 91
- Pair hunted after armed bank raid
- Toddler death inquiry announced
- Salmond addresses sterling question
- Second man charged over car death
- Murder accused in blackmail claim
- Woman in court over assault claims
Scottish news
Man convicted of “red rose” murder has appeal rejected
Appeal judges have rejected a second attempt by a man to clear his name over the murder of a millionaire’s son almost ten years ago.
Jack Frew trial: Accused had ‘no memory’ of carrying out attack
A TEENAGER accused of murdering schooly Jack Frew in woodland said today that he had no memory of carrying out the attack.
Bannockburn visitor centre awarded nearly £4m in funding
A VISITOR centre being built to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn has been awarded funding of almost £4 million.
4 commentsParamedic’s rucksack stolen from ambulance
A THIEF stole a paramedic’s rucksack from an ambulance car while he was dealing with a patient, police said.
Scottish independence: Posing a simple question proves far from easy
POLLSTERS, academics and politicians are divided over the fairness of the SNP’s preferred referendum question, raising the prospect of it being thrown out by electoral chiefs in charge of overseeing the historic vote.
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UK
OFCOM and PCC to be called to Leveson inquiry
THE Leveson Inquiry into press standards will hear from the heads of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) and broadcasting regulator Ofcom next week.
Judges critical of delays in Gary McKinnon case
JUDGES have criticised the UK Government for allowing the case of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to drag on.
8 commentsMother of military policeman killed in Iraq plans legal action
THE mother of a military policeman killed by a mob in Iraq is planning legal action to force the Ministry of Defence to hold a public inquiry into his death.
We’ll remove implants for free, say firms
TWO more private firms have agreed to remove PIP breast implants free of charge.
2 commentsCameron tells Europeans to be bold
David Cameron delivered a scathing assessment of Europe’s failure to promote economic growth yesterday as he urged it to be “bold” to promote business.
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International
Syria: Assad’s forces attack residential buildings killing 30. say reports
ARMED forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people, activists said this afternoon.
Egypt: Thousands gather to commemorate ‘Friday of Rage’
AROUND 10,000 Egyptians are gathering in Tahrir Square in Cairo today to mark the anniversary of the “Friday of Rage”.
Twitter to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis
SOCIAL networking giant Twitter is to censor messages on a country-by-country basis after developing its technology.
Iran ‘is ready for nuclear talks’
IRAN is ready to revive talks with the world powers, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said, as Tehran faces tougher sanctions over its nuclear programme. However, he insisted that the pressures will not force Iran to give up its demands, including the right to continue enriching uranium, that led to the collapse of dialogue last year.
Scot ‘confesses’ to rape and murder of child in Bulgaria
A SCOTTISH pensioner is being held by police in Bulgaria after allegedly confessing to the brutal rape and murder of a schoolboy.
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Politics
OFCOM and PCC to be called to Leveson inquiry
THE Leveson Inquiry into press standards will hear from the heads of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) and broadcasting regulator Ofcom next week.
Mother of military policeman killed in Iraq plans legal action
THE mother of a military policeman killed by a mob in Iraq is planning legal action to force the Ministry of Defence to hold a public inquiry into his death.
Alex Eadie served ‘diligently’ says former PM Brown
TRIBUTES today poured in to former long-serving Midlothian Labour MP Alex Eadie, following his death at the age of 91.
Police ‘will axe 2,000 backroom staff’ even before single force
POLICE are planning to shed 2,000 support staff to meet budget cuts and prepare for a single Scottish force, in a move which has sparked fears of a depleted front line, with officers carrying out civilian roles.
23 commentsCameron tells Europeans to be bold
David Cameron delivered a scathing assessment of Europe’s failure to promote economic growth yesterday as he urged it to be “bold” to promote business.
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Transport
Rickshaw safety rules ‘too late to save Christopher’
TOUGH new safety controls on city rickshaws are to be introduced after an off-duty soldier was killed in an accident.
But today the soldier’s sister called for the pedal-powered vehicles to be banned altogether.
19 comments‘Kiss and fly’ tax funds green projects
EDINBURGH airport’s controversial “kiss and fly” tax has funded £100,000 of donations to environmental projects, officials announced yesterday.
7 commentsA first-class performance but there are tough times ahead
THE story of ScotRail since Aberdeen-based FirstGroup took over the franchise in 2004 has been one of growth.
Central Belt high-speed link could be accelerated
A HIGH-speed rail link between Edinburgh and Glasgow could be an early part of the Scottish Government’s involvement in building the planned line from London.
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Waverley Steps: Walk this way for Edinburgh’s new rail gateway Picture gallery
THE train may take the strain, but getting to the station has been a daunting struggle for generations of Edinburgh passengers.
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Education
Teacher denies he wrote and submitted exam essays for students
A TEACHER wrote exam essays for students after failing to teach them a key part of their subject, a disciplinary hearing was told.
Nurse training places cut
Reducing the number of student nurses and midwives is the “sensible way forward”, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said.
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One pupil in ten excluded in Dundee
SCHOOLS across Scotland are taking wildly different approaches to unruly pupils according to figures which show a huge variation in exclusion rates across different local authorities.
£15m fund to pay-off staff as part of college mergers
A £15 million “transformation fund” for Scotland’s colleges will be used to speed up mergers by paying for voluntary redundancy schemes.
University strikes gold
Edinburgh University music PhD student Lisa Norman, 26, was testing out the gold-plated trumpet gifted to the university by leading instrument maker Smith and Watkins of York in a presentation at the Reid Hall yesterday.
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Environment
‘Kiss and fly’ tax funds green projects
EDINBURGH airport’s controversial “kiss and fly” tax has funded £100,000 of donations to environmental projects, officials announced yesterday.
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Sickening snapshots of a bloodthirsty ‘sport’
A SICKENING haul of photographs showing images of dogs fighting foxes, deer and badgers was discovered during a raid by police and animal welfare officers. Andrew Mullen is facing jail after he admitted keeping five dogs for the purposes of animal fighting.
Donald Trump urges independent Scotland to defend coast
DONALD Trump has said an independent Scotland would need to protect its coastline after he failed to win support for his opposition to an “eyesore” offshore wind farm from a local planning authority.
21 commentsDavid Bell: Objectivity is the key to planning process for wind farms
THE Scottish Government has recently announced two large-scale wind farm consents, the £250 million 177MW Dorenell development and a 21MW extension to the 104MW Muaitheabhal wind farm on the Isle of Lewis.
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Redesigned gardens ‘will return pulse’ to heart of Granite City
ONE of the principal architects behind the winning vision for the controversial transformation of Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens has boasted that their design is “unlike any other in the world”.
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Health
Health chiefs aim to cure huge waiting list backlog
HEALTH chiefs have been forced to hire more surgeons, open defunct theatres and send patients for private treatment to tackle a backlog of thousands of Lothian patients on a massive hidden waiting list.
3 commentsParamedic sues for £100k over assault
A PARAMEDIC who was off work for six months after being attacked by a patient is suing ambulance bosses for £100,000 after claiming they did not tell her the call-out was dangerous.
6 commentsNurse training places cut
Reducing the number of student nurses and midwives is the “sensible way forward”, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said.
4 commentsWe’ll remove implants for free, say firms
TWO more private firms have agreed to remove PIP breast implants free of charge.
2 commentsScottish men three times more likely to commit suicide
MEN in Scotland are three times as likely to kill themselves as woman, latest figures show.
The statistics from the General Register for Scotland show that of the 781 suicides in 2010, 74 per cent were men.
Entertainment
Husband of TV star thanks medics who saved her life
The husband of TV star Amanda Holden has spoken of his gratitude to medical staff who brought the Britain’s Got Talent judge back from the brink.
Alan Davies in Fringe show
Alan Davies will be one of the big names at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, performing stand-up in the UK for the first time in over a decade.
Python reunion for new movie
Terry Jones is aiming to reunite the surviving Monty Python team for his latest movie.
‘Snickers’ tweets by stars probed by ad watchdog
Tweets by model Katie Price and footballer Rio Ferdinand are being investigated by the advertising watchdog after they posted pictures of them posing with a Snickers chocolate bar.
Drama award for Gillan
SCOTS actress Karen Gillan, who plays Doctor Who’s assistant, scooped Best Female Drama Performance at the 2012 National Television Awards last night.
Odd
Back-up needed as blessing fails to stop ‘hauntings’
A CHURCH of Scotland minister has been called in to help a family who have become too terrified to stay in their “haunted” flat.
Mother-of-two Vicky Dann told the Evening News how she had been left at her wits’ end by the spooky goings-on in their Dalkeith home which had left her daughters Jenna, 18, and Emma, 11, petrified.
39 commentsCapsized boat crosses ocean in 3½ years
LAST seen amid a fierce Atlantic swell off the coast of Nantucket in Massachusetts, after a large wave swept its two occupants overboard, a 26ft-long pleasure boat has been found three and a half years later, 20 miles off the coast of northern Spain.
Map-makers admit Greenland gaffe
IT APPEARED to provide incontrovertible proof that global warming was accelerating faster than even the most doom-laden scientists had predicted.
13 commentsHeart mishap is no bar to transplant
A HEART that was accidentally dropped on the ground while being transported to a Mexican hospital has been successfully transplanted into a 28-year-old hair stylist.
LA passes first condom law for porn stars
Actors in pornographic films made in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms under a new law.
Opinion
Michael Kelly: Don’t forget the mothers in abortions row
NURSES’ rights aside, the overriding moral duty is to give grief-stricken women the best of care
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Joyce McMillan: ‘It won’t work’ is not good enough
Independence debate is fully joined and hell mend unionists who have nothing positive to offer
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Tom Nairn: Creation of the future means unravelling past
2014 and all that is part and parcel of a re-evaluation of the idea of nation state
5 commentsMartin Sime: Time to take stock of devolution’s future
NOW that both UK and Scottish consultations on the referendum have been published, it’s a good time for politicians to step back from the wrangle about legal powers and timing, and for calm heads to think about the kind of Scotland we want to see.
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Bill Jamieson: A question of money for Scotland
Could we really go it alone while relying on the Bank of England as our lender of last resort?
8 comments- Scottish independence: Backlash warning as English identity rises
- Scottish independence: Momentous day as Salmond outlines referendum vision
- Scottish independence referendum: Fresh trouble for Alex Salmond over adviser’s damning e-mails
- Warning from woman left brain damaged after binge accident
- Scottish independence referendum: One question, ten words, you choose
- Scottish independence: Momentous day as Salmond outlines referendum vision
- Scottish independence: Posing a simple question proves far from easy
- Scottish independence: Backlash warning as English identity rises
- Scottish independence referendum: One question, ten words, you choose
- Scottish independence referendum: Fresh trouble for Alex Salmond over adviser’s damning e-mails
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