Politics
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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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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Edinburgh trams ‘will run by end of the year’
PASSENGERS will be riding the trams in Edinburgh by the end of the year, a former consultant to the £776 million project has predicted.
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Friends of The Scotsman: invitation from the Editor
THE Scotsman has a long and proud history of being at the centre of debate in Scotland and I want to continue and develop that. I believe that over a period of years we have seen an ever-narrowing news agenda and as a result I believe there are innovations, debates, research and informative views across broad spectrums of Scotland and beyond that are not getting the airing they need and deserve because they fall outwith the news agenda of the day.
Sally Bercow tweet on Lord McAlpine defamatory
A TWEET by Sally Bercow, the wife of the Commons Speaker, about Lord McAlpine, following a BBC Newsnight programme on child sex abuse, was highly defamatory, a judge has ruled.
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Scottish independence: ‘Campaigns seen as dishonest’
THE tribal nature of the independence debate has frozen out “ordinary people” and is “not worthy” of such a historic choice, Scotland’s third-sector leaders have warned.
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Alf Young: Power about more than mechanics
WHEN Scotland’s First Minister stood before a group of workers in a Falkirk factory on Tuesday to launch his government’s economic case for independence, Alex Salmond used a well-worn phrase.
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Scottish independence: Donations loophole fears
THE Yes and No independence referendum campaign groups could dodge strict spending limits with the creation of “dummy” bodies to spend surplus cash, it has emerged.
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Stephen House: Give seized crime money to police
SCOTLAND’S most senior policeman has urged the government to use funds seized from criminals to fight crime, saying it is “nuts” to refuse.
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Gerry Hassan: Not social justice paradise we claim
THERE was a revealing exchange on Newsnight Scotland this week which got to the heart of the matter of the substance (or lack of) in much of the independence debate.
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Scottish independence: ‘Campaigns seen as dishonest’
THE tribal nature of the independence debate has frozen out “ordinary people” and is “not worthy” of such a historic choice, Scotland’s third-sector leaders have warned.
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Gerry Hassan: Not social justice paradise we claim
THERE was a revealing exchange on Newsnight Scotland this week which got to the heart of the matter of the substance (or lack of) in much of the independence debate.
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Scottish independence: 372k pledge to vote yes
YES Scotland is marking its first anniversary with the announcement that more than 372,000 people have so far signed the Independence Declaration.
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Scottish independence: ‘Donations loophole’ fears
THE Yes and No camps in the referendum debate could manage to avoid strict campaign spending limits unless a potential loophole is tackled, MSPs have been warned.
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George Kerevan: UK Treasury in choppy waters
In questioning Scotland’s ability to weather an economic storm the Treasury is sailing rather close to the wind, writes George Kerevan
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