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RBS: Osborne signals ‘good bank, bad bank’ split
GEORGE Osborne has signalled that he is prepared to break up the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in a bid to recoup the £45 billion of taxpayers’ money used to bail the once all-conquering Scottish institution out in 2008.
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Independent Scotland will flourish, says economist
A FORMER economic adviser to Alex Salmond has argued that Scotland would thrive after independence, with Edinburgh acting as its “dominant” economic centre.
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Scotland’s public sector bill hits £60 billion
TAXPAYERS have bankrolled a massive increase in the size of Scotland’s public sector in just over a decade, a Holyrood report has revealed.
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Scottish independence ‘baffles’ foreign nations
FOREIGN Secretary William Hague will claim today that foreign nations are “baffled” over why Scotland would want to leave the Union, as he uses a speech in Scotland to back the case for the UK.
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Probe after Aberdeen psychiatric hospital deaths
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by a Scottish health board after two patients from an understaffed psychiatric hospital in Aberdeen died.
Edinburgh, East & Fife
BDO take charge as Hearts enter administration
BDO have been appointed as the administrators of Hearts, as the club formally entered administration this afternoon.
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Crimewatch to show Corstorphine Hill murder appeal
THE Corstorphine Hill murder is to feature on the BBC’s Crimewatch Roadshow programme tomorrow.
1600 Scots jobs saved as Vion takeover approved
2 SISTERS Food Group’s takeover of the UK poultry business of meat processors Vion has been given the go-ahead, in a move which should secure 1,600 Scottish jobs.
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Mortonhall ashes: Mothers in plea to parliament
BEREAVED parents took photographs of their dead infants to Holyrood yesterday as they stepped up their campaign for a public inquiry into the baby ashes scandal.
Virgin Active fined after Omni toxic gas leak
A LEADING UK fitness firm has been fined £20,000 after toxic chemicals were accidentally fed into a swimming pool.
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Glasgow & West
‘Lost’ Rennie Mackintosh cabinet goes on display
A CABINET designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh said to have been lost for decades is going on public display.
Attempted murder accused in court over pub incident
A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder following an altercation outside a bar.
Irn Bru to sell bottles emblazoned with ‘Fanny’
SOFT drink giant AG Barr is to begin selling thousands of bottles of Irn Bru with the name ‘Fanny’ written on them.
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Scott Harrison cleared over disturbance case
SCOTT Harrison has been cleared of threatening behaviour towards his partner at her home after prosecutors were told their case was not strong enough.
Glasgow woman stabbed in neck ‘lucky to be alive’
Police say a woman is lucky to be alive after she was stabbed in the neck in the street.
North East
Dundee makes City of Culture 2017 shortlist
DUNDEE has made a shortlist of four cities to be considered for City of Culture status in 2017.
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Nigel Farage: ‘Something unpleasant going on’
Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said there is “something unpleasant going on” in Scotland after a chaotic day’s campaigning, with a senior party figure claiming there is a “problem with democracy” north of the border.
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Piper Alpha documentary set for Edinburgh premiere
SURVIVORS of the Piper Alpha Tragedy relive the full horror of the disaster in a searing new documentary set to get a high-profile world premiere this week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Home of late Brian Adam sent UKIP campaign letter
Controversial UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s return north of the border suffered a major set back before he even touched down on Scottish soil yesterday – after it was revealed a party campaign letter was sent to the home of the late MSP Brian Adam.
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Piper Alpha: Same hazards exist today, says expert
SAFETY risks on offshore oil rigs are better managed than they were 25 years, but the industry must guard against complacency, a conference in Aberdeen marking the anniversary of Piper Alpha heard.
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Tayside & Central
Taser use on 15yo Scots school pupil ‘justified’
A TASER round fired by cops at a 15 year old boy holding a knife was “proportionate and justified”, a police review said today.
Dundee makes City of Culture 2017 shortlist
DUNDEE has made a shortlist of four cities to be considered for City of Culture status in 2017.
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‘Lost’ Rennie Mackintosh cabinet goes on display
A CABINET designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh said to have been lost for decades is going on public display.
Report condemns ferry that sank on Loch Lomond
A PASSENGER boat from which five people were forced to leap as it sank in Loch Lomond was in a “poor condition”, with a catalogue of failures, according to an official report.
Brian Cox opens new Dundee University DNA lab
In the hit X-Men movie franchise, Hollywood actor Brian Cox portrays a scientist determined to expose mutants as a threat to humanity.
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Inverness & Highlands
Report condemns ferry that sank on Loch Lomond
A PASSENGER boat from which five people were forced to leap as it sank in Loch Lomond was in a “poor condition”, with a catalogue of failures, according to an official report.
Wind turbine near Prince Charles’ home approved
A controversial wind turbine overlooking the summer Highland home of Prince Charles has been approved.
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UHI Principal James M Fraser to retire
THE Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Highlands and Islands has announced he is to retire at the end of the year.
Highland Council approve Moray Firth wind farm
HIGHLAND councillors have raised no objections to plans for a £3billion, 277-turbine wind farm in the Moray Firth, off the Caithness coast.
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Deep sea shark nursery found in Outer Hebrides
THE discovery of the first deep-sea shark spawning ground in Scotland has fuelled calls for better protection of the seas and the nation’s multi-million pound wildlife tourism sector.
South of Scotland
Gamekeeper fined for poisoning bird of prey
A gamekeeper who poisoned a bird of prey and owned illegal pesticides has been fined £4,450.
Prince Charles and Camilla to visit borders
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will visit two textile mills as part of a trip to the Scottish Borders today.
Dumfries sex teacher tells court of teenage abuse
A COURT heard today how a teacher who admitted having sex with a teenage pupil had been abused when she was a teenager.
RNLI launches Coldingham Bay watch
Two RNLI lifeguards have gone on patrol on a Scottish beach for the first time.
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RNLI begins lifeguard patrols on Scottish beaches
THE RNLI made history today when, for the first time in its 189-year history, it started a lifeguard patrol on a Scottish beach,
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Thursday 20 June 2013
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