Politics
G8 Summit: Warning over arming Syria rebels
EUROPEAN leaders will “pay the price” if they arm Syrian rebels, the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, warned.
Highland councils seek greater power over affairs
SCOTLAND’S islands councils have demanded more powers regardless of the outcome of next year’s independence referendum as part of a flagship campaign launched Monday.
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Google, Microsoft face abuse action call at summit
INTERNET and technology giants including Google and Microsoft will be summoned to a meeting in Westminster today where they will come under “unrelenting” pressure to do more to tackle online child porn.
Peter Jones: No answer exists until vote is cast
Catalan MEP Alejo Vidal-Quadras whipped up a big headline in The Scotsman yesterday with his claim that France and Spain would veto any bid by an independent Scotland to join the EU.
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Ian Brady wants move to Scottish prison
MOORS murderer Ian Brady will today begin his bid to be declared sane and moved to a Scottish prison, where he hopes to starve himself to death.
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Scottish independence: MEP claim over Scotland/EU
FRANCE and Spain would not accept an independent Scotland into the European Union, a European Parliament vice-president has claimed.
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Scottish independence: Would taxes be higher?
According to the Scottish Government, in an independent Scotland taxes will be set as part of the government’s annual budgets. With independence all parties in Scotland will need to set out their approach to taxes ahead of the 2016 election.
Scottish independence: What would happen to the NHS?
Independence supporters make the point that Scotland’s health service is already effectively independent, and has been since the creation of the service 65 years ago.
100 Weeks of Scotland: Ladies Day, Musselburgh Races
HAVING reached the one-third milestone of my ‘One Hundred Weeks’ project I thought I would reward myself with a jaunt to the races.
All-male FTSE 100 board called ‘outdated’
A FTSE 100 company with no women on its board has been attacked as “outdated” by a government spokesman in the House of Lords.
Scottish independence
Scottish independence: MEP claim over Scotland/EU
FRANCE and Spain would not accept an independent Scotland into the European Union, a European Parliament vice-president has claimed.
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Scottish independence: Would taxes be higher?
According to the Scottish Government, in an independent Scotland taxes will be set as part of the government’s annual budgets. With independence all parties in Scotland will need to set out their approach to taxes ahead of the 2016 election.
Scottish independence: What would happen to the NHS?
Independence supporters make the point that Scotland’s health service is already effectively independent, and has been since the creation of the service 65 years ago.
Independence: Spain ‘can’t block Scottish EU bid’
A CATALAN nationalist MEP has challenged claims by a European Parliament vice-president that Spain could veto an independent Scotland’s membership of the European Union.
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Scottish independence: Alex McLeish backs No vote
FORMER Scotland manager Alex McLeish has backed a No vote in next year’s independence referendum as he said he was “passionate about Scotland being part of the United Kingdom”.
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Tuesday 18 June 2013
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