- More uni courses cut in England
- Haulier fare subsidy 'must remain'
- Tax-dodging landlords 'targeted'
- Housing market recovery 'not there'
- 'Little prospect' for oil fund plan
- Disability cuts 'are devastating'
- Heart care 'more likely for rich'
- Lockerbie probe request to Libya
- Lennon bomb plot accused for trial
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- 'Serious failings' at health board
- Cottage death OAP 'was murdered'
- Murder jury retraces woman's steps
- Pine marten control called for
- Direct flights 'key for economy'
- Navy diver joins Concordia probe
- Independence plan 'may block bank'
- Moore suggests earlier referendum
- Anorexia no fad, says MSP father
- Bronze sculpture stolen from museum
Top stories
Scottish independence: Let Scotland vote on independence in 19 months, says Michael Moore
SCOTTISH Secretary Michael Moore has opened up a new front in the referendum power struggle between Westminster and Holyrood by demanding it is held in September next year.
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Scottish independence: Go-alone Scotland ‘can’t afford oil fund without major cuts’
ALEX Salmond’s post-independence plan to put Scotland’s oil billions into a massive investment fund for the future would require either a cut in funding for schools, hospitals and roads, or an increase in the country’s debt, a major independent think-tank has declared.
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Scottish universities avoid worst of cuts in courses
SCOTLAND’S universities have avoided the worst of higher education cuts, which have seen the number of courses slashed by more than a quarter across the UK, a new report has found.
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44 Scotland Street to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4
ALEXANDER McCall Smith’s “daily novel” of life in Edinburgh’s New Town, first published in The Scotsman, is to be turned into a radio series for the BBC.
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Property hits plateau with market ‘down but not out’
THE Scottish housing market has “plateaued” and shows no sign of “vigorous recovery”, according to a new report.
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Edinburgh, East & Fife
Suzanne Pilley trial: Court learns of explicit emails
THE man accused of murdering bookkeeper Suzanne Pilley was “agitated and shaking” when he asked about her empty desk on the morning she disappeared, a jury heard.
Chefs and researchers put Science on a Plate
FOOD scientists are to discuss the future of what goes on our plates at a festival in Edinburgh.
MSPs back capital’s bid for bank HQ
MSPs have backed Edinburgh’s bid to become home to the UK Green Investment Bank.
St Andrews’ rector backs Kate Kennedy splinter
THE rector of St Andrews University has resigned his membership of an all-male club in support of a new splinter group that will admit women.
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Men-only Kate Kennedy club now open to women Picture gallery
FOR more than 85 years it has been the exclusive men-only club for students at Scotland’s oldest university. But a late-night coup by two members of the Kate Kennedy Club at St Andrews University means women will finally be allowed to join in.
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Glasgow & West
Rangers administration: Craig Whyte may face criminal investigation, claims former Rangers boss
EMBATTLED Rangers boss Craig Whyte used borrowed money from the sale of season tickets as proof of funds to convince Sir David Murray to sell him the club, former chairman Alastair Johnston has claimed.
Man arrested in connection with Govan murder
A man been arrested in connection with a murder in a Glasgow street yesterday morning.
Bronze sculpture stolen from Glasgow museum
A BRONZE sculpture valued at £20,000 has been stolen from a city museum.
Rest and Be Thankful pass closed after slip sets off ‘tiltmeter’ alarms
A LANDSLIDE blackspot was closed yesterday for the second time in two months after up to 50 tonnes of debris slid down the hillside towards the road.
Rangers administration: Craig Whyte’s promise to step aside and hand Rangers over to fans ‘ludicrous’
CRAIG Whyte’s promise to stand down as Rangers chairman and consider handing over control to fans has been branded “ludicrous” by supporters angered by new revelations over the financing of the deal that has plunged the Ibrox club into crisis.
North East
Aberdeen takes lead in fight to beat deadly infections
SCOTTISH researchers are to lead a major UK study into one of the world’s most devastating but least understood killer infections.
Tycoon in appeal to back City Garden
OIL tycoon Sir Ian Wood has made an 11th-hour appeal to the public to back his controversial plans for the transformation of Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens.
Man arrested over death of oil worker
A MAN was yesterday arrested by detectives investigating the “suspicious” death of an oil worker at his home in the Angus town of Carnoustie.
Bullying claim in gardens row
A POLICE investigation has been launched into allegations that leading figures behind the transformation of Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens have been the victims of internet abuse, intimidation and e-mail hacking.
5 commentsVan driver killed after rush-hour collision with Royal Mail lorry
A VAN driver was killed yesterday in a collision with a Royal Mail lorry during the early morning rush-hour on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
Tayside & Central
Teacher went drink-driving with teenage girls in her car
A MUSIC teacher faces losing her job after she drove on a motorway when she was more than four times the legal drink drive limit with two girls in the back of the car.
Hotel chain aims to help stranded couples
THE owners of a five-star hotel that closed suddenly have called in another hotel chain to help out brides let down just weeks before their weddings.
Jail and match ban for fans in Old Firm clash
TWO Rangers supporters have been jailed for a total of eight months and banned from attending any football match involving a senior British team for four years.
Forteviot pensioner death: Police examine CCTV footage
DETECTIVES are scouring hours of CCTV footage for clues after revealing that pensioner Janet Methven was brutally murdered in her isolated rural home.
Florence and Noel booked to perform at T in the Park
Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have been booked to play this year’s T in the Park.
Inverness & Highlands
Disabled driver spared jail
A DISABLED teenager who caused a fireball crash, in which a young woman was left paralysed, narrowly escaped being sent to jail yesterday.
£5.3m EU boost for Scots projects
Fifteen Scots projects have won a total of £5.3 million in European funding for job creation and economic growth.
‘Considerable offence’ caused by Matthew Wright’s murder joke - Ofcom
TV presenter Matthew Wright caused “considerable offence” to viewers in comments made about the alleged murder of a teenager on Lewis.
Climber dies after 1,000ft fall on Ben Nevis
A CLIMBER has died and another is in a serious condition in hospital after plunging more than 1,000ft near the summit of Ben Nevis.
Grants to bring woods back to Western Isles
THEY are windswept islands renowned for their treeless landscapes – but it hasn’t always been this way.
Now landowners on the Western Isles are to be offered new grants to help recover the archipelago with forests once again.
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South of Scotland
Libya asked to open up Lockerbie documents
SCOTTISH prosecutors have asked the new Libyan government for access to information and documents relating to the Lockerbie bombing.
‘Not a hope in hell’ for on-time Borders Railway
THE troubled Borders Railway project will be delayed by another year because of the Scottish Government’s U-turn over how it will be built, industry experts have told The Scotsman.
22 commentsCourt order for man who lost £800k
A MAN who “recklessly” gambled and lost more than £800,000 before being declared bankrupt has been hit with a court order restricting his financial operations for nine years.
Scotland’s weather: Blizzards alert for large parts of Scotland
BLIZZARDS are expected to batter parts of Scotland over the weekend.
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Scotland ‘within touching distance’ of eradicating homelessness in 2012
Homelessness has fallen to its lowest level in a decade as the Scottish Government closes in on a flagship target to eradicate the problem in Scotland.
11 comments- Alan Pattullo: Dignity, not sanctimony, is required at Parkhead
- 300 jobs at risk as Ryanair axes five Edinburgh routes
- Suzanne Pilley trial: I kissed her goodbye then never saw her again, says would-be lover
- Rangers administration: Craig Whyte’s promise to step aside and hand Rangers over to fans ‘ludicrous’
- David Cameron is playing into the SNP’s hands, says Michael Forsyth
- Scottish independence: Spectre of border controls raised by top Tory
- David Cameron is playing into the SNP’s hands, says Michael Forsyth
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond hits back at Tory ‘Bourbons’ in battle over devo-max
- Scottish independence: Anti-Scottish jibes boost separation, Michael Gove warns Right
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