Scottish news
Salmond hit by Nigel Farage freedom of speech row
ALEX Salmond was at the centre of a row over freedom of speech last night, after he failed to condemn pro-independence protesters for preventing Ukip leader Nigel Farage putting his party’s case in Scotland.
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Government urged to change hospital single-room plan
Campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to change its policy of having only single rooms in new hospitals following concerns about the negative effects on patients.
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Giving wine to kids ‘could make them alcoholics’
ALLOWING teenagers going through puberty even a little alcohol could increase their chances of becoming heavy drinkers in later life, according to a new report.
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Gallows double as climbing frame at Jupiter Artland
A MASSIVE sculpture inspired by America’s history of capital punishment is to become the latest feature at Scotland’s multi-million-pound sculpture park.
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Gay marriage row ‘will strengthen Kirk’
THE debate over gay ministers will strengthen the Church of Scotland a leading advocate of the move has insisted, following criticism from the Free Kirk.
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UK
Nigel Farage: Edinburgh protesters ‘fascist scum’ video
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has hit out at the “fascist” elements of Scottish nationalism after he needed a police escort to escape a mob of protesters in Edinburgh yesterday, and today he hung up during a telephone interview on BBC radio.
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Swan ‘develops attachment’ to helicopter
A SWAN has been grounded in Jersey after developing an attachment to a Eurocopter EC155.
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RBS: 1,400 jobs to go in Edinburgh and London
The Royal Bank of Scotland is to cut 1,400 jobs – about half of them at its Scottish headquarters in Edinburgh – in the latest round of redundancies since it was bailed out by the taxpayer.
43 commentsPrince hails ‘inspiring’ hero soldier now an MBE
A SOLDIER thought to have survived the worst ever battlefield injuries in Afghanistan said he was moved to be described as an “inspiration” by the Prince of Wales as he made him an MBE yesterday.
Gay weddings plan criticised
PRIME Minister David Cameron’s plans for same-sex marriage have upset “vast numbers of people”, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said.
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International
France: Gay marriage law is signed by Hollande
A LAW authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples has been signed by French president Francois Hollande.
Cannes: Man fires pistol blanks into live TV crowd
A MAN armed with a starter pistol fired blanks into a crowd at the Cannes Film Festival, sending Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz ducking for cover.
New York commuter trains collide, 60 injured
TWO commuter trains running on a major line into New York collided during the Friday rush hour, leaving sixty people injured, five seriously.
Cannes: Million-dollar jewel theft from hotel room
Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with jewellery worth about $1 million (£655,000), in a brazen late-night burglary.
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Somalia’s Sufis make return to the light
Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else’s.
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Politics
Landowner’s Penicuik wind farm is blown off course
It has been a turbulent feud over wind turbines, which has set the scion of one of Scotland’s most distinguished landowning families against the owner of a neighbouring country estate, the Edinburgh financier Peter de Vink.
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Nigel Farage: Edinburgh protesters ‘fascist scum’ video
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has hit out at the “fascist” elements of Scottish nationalism after he needed a police escort to escape a mob of protesters in Edinburgh yesterday, and today he hung up during a telephone interview on BBC radio.
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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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Nine candidates confirmed for Donside by-election
A TOTAL of nine candidates are set to fight it out in the by-election to win the Aberdeen Donside seat in the Scottish Parliament.
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Gerry Hassan: Worlds apart on question of union
There’s a storm brewing as the UK reassesses its place in Europe and Scotland reconsiders its part in the UK, writes Gerry Hassan
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Opinion
Gerry Hassan: Worlds apart on question of union
There’s a storm brewing as the UK reassesses its place in Europe and Scotland reconsiders its part in the UK, writes Gerry Hassan
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Stephen McGinty: Going to town on Positano
The Italian ‘dream place’ and its famous hotel popularised by John Steinbeck 60 years ago still casts its spell over celebrity and non-celebrity guests alike, writes Stephen McGinty
Alf Young: Treasury will be trouble for the SNP
If currency plan A is just a convenience to smooth transition, the rUK will play hardball, warns Alf Young
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Lori Anderson: Chanel exhibition makes scents
Some may claim No 5 ‘perfumed the 20th century’. Lori Anderson looks at the facts and finds this is far from fragrant nonsense
Comment: Tide needs to turn for wave power industry
The debate over the viability and future of wind power in Scotland is omnipresent. But another form of renewable energy could soon become part of the national energy revolution – wave and tidal energy.
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Transport
iPhone sent US plane off course, pilot claims
A PASSENGER’S iPhone sent an aircraft several miles off course by causing its compasses to malfunction, a pilot has claimed.
4 commentsMSP slams ‘sticking plaster’ approach to roads
THE “sticking plaster” approach to fixing Edinburgh’s roads cannot go on, a leading MSP has warned.
Orkney-Scrabster ferry service to resume
A lifeline ferry service between Orkney and Scrabster will resume earlier than anticipated – after almost a month of controversy.
George Michael injured in car crash on M1
Popstar George Michael has been injured in a car crash on a motorway.
Charity backs car liability law for cyclists
A CHARITY has become the latest organisation to back proposed strict liability laws that would see motorists held responsible for all collisions with cyclists.
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Education
Researchers want secrets of mussels
A DIVING expedition is under way to uncover the secrets of giant horse mussels on Scotland’s seabed.
Florists and biologists in Chelsea Flower Show drive
IT must rank as one of the most bizarre collaborations in the history of floral art - the national branch of Scottish flower arrangers and marine biologists from Aberdeen University.
Cows trample former Edinburgh lecturer to death
A RETIRED Edinburgh University professor has been trampled to death by a rampaging herd of cows while out walking his dog.
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Stirling student smashes tutor door for poor grade
A STUDENT at Stirling University took a baseball bat to a lecturer’s door after receiving a poor grade on an essay.
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Scottish Independence: Schools to be battle ground
Secondary schools are set to become key political battlegrounds as pro and anti-independence groups go head-to-head to sway first-time 16-year-old voters.
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Environment
Landowner’s Penicuik wind farm is blown off course
It has been a turbulent feud over wind turbines, which has set the scion of one of Scotland’s most distinguished landowning families against the owner of a neighbouring country estate, the Edinburgh financier Peter de Vink.
22 commentsExpert visits Holyrood to highlight risks of ‘fracking’
AN internationally acclaimed toxins experts is visiting Scotland next week to highlight the risks of unconventional gas extraction techniques such as “fracking”.
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Comment: Tide needs to turn for wave power industry
The debate over the viability and future of wind power in Scotland is omnipresent. But another form of renewable energy could soon become part of the national energy revolution – wave and tidal energy.
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Farmers furious after latest dog attack mauls 20 sheep
A FARMER has spoken of his distress after discovering eleven of his sheep mauled to death and a further nine badly injured following a dog attack.
8 commentsResearchers want secrets of mussels
A DIVING expedition is under way to uncover the secrets of giant horse mussels on Scotland’s seabed.
Health
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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Leaders: Salmond should stand up for free speech
In A speech he made in March last year, Alex Salmond cited Scotland’s first first minister Donald Dewar who said devolution was about more than our politics and our laws.
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Geraldine Howard on aromatherapy, her new product
WHEN aromatherapist Geraldine Howard was diagnosed with cancer she turned to the power of essential oils to get her through the darkest days
1 commentData errors ‘caused high death rates’ at hospital
A LEADING heart hospital has defended the quality of its surgery after figures appeared to show high mortality rates.
Scottish IVF baby to be a world first
THE first baby in the world born using a revolutionary IVF technique which greatly increases the chances of success is to be delivered in Scotland next month.
Celebrity
George Michael injured in car crash on M1
Popstar George Michael has been injured in a car crash on a motorway.
Grant Stott to take on new ‘serious’ acting role
HE is used to being booed as he stalks the stage as a panto villain or rolling back the years on Forth One’s golden hour – but now Grant Stott is out to show he has a serious side too.
Sacked Apprentice Sophie Lau plans to bounce back
SHE may have heard the dreaded words – but Apprentice-hopeful Sophie Lau insists being sacked by Alan Sugar won’t stop her sinking her teeth in to a new venture.
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Scottish independence: Sharleen Spiteri ‘no’ vote
POP star Sharleen Spiteri has said she does not believe an independent Scotland would be viable, questioning whether it would have the resources to survive.
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One Direction to play Edinburgh’s Murrayfield
Chart-topping boyband One Direction are to play at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium next year, it has been announced.
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Odd
Swan ‘develops attachment’ to helicopter
A SWAN has been grounded in Jersey after developing an attachment to a Eurocopter EC155.
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iPhone sent US plane off course, pilot claims
A PASSENGER’S iPhone sent an aircraft several miles off course by causing its compasses to malfunction, a pilot has claimed.
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Insch pensioner stuck up tree rescued by firemen
FIREFIGHTERS are no strangers to call outs asking them to rescue cats, but three units from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called out yesterday to rescue a pensioner who had become stuck up a tree in the back garden of his home in the Aberdeenshire village of Insch.
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Justin Bieber faces Munich monkey bill
POP star Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey’s two month stay at a Munich animal shelter.
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Minister sorry he ‘liked’ picture of exposed teen
An Australian politician says he learned a valuable lesson in social networking after he “liked” a Facebook photo without realising that it showed a teenage prankster exposing himself.
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