Scotland on Sunday
Violent men: A woman’s right to know
WOMEN would be able to seek information about the domestic violence history of new partners under plans to be proposed by senior police officers in Scotland.
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Church of Scotland bid to bridge gay minister divide
A LEADING Church of Scotland theologian will attempt to head off a divisive split in the Kirk tomorrow by offering a “third way” amendment that will avoid continuing divisions over the ordination of gay ministers.
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Independent Scotland at risk from bank crash
AN independent Scotland would be more reliant on the banking sector than Cyprus or Iceland, making it vulnerable to a new financial crisis, a UK Treasury paper will warn this week.
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Scottish independence: SNP tax vow may be slashed
THE SNP’s flagship pro-business policy to slash the headline rate of corporation tax in an independent Scotland could be reviewed amid claims it is costing the party support prior to the independence referendum.
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Scottish women to be denied breast cancer tests
THE genetic testing criteria for breast cancer that prompted actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a preventative double mastectomy will be available in England and Wales from next month, but not in Scotland.
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Politics
Young Scots ‘face low pay and few prospects’
A GENERATION of educated young Scots is being condemned to a life of low-paid, unstable jobs that will damage both their prospects and that of the country, a leading think tank has claimed.
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Euan McColm: Farage showed his true colours
IT WAS Otto Inglis I felt sorry for. Nobody cared about Otto, with his bright smile and his “wows”. While Ukip leader Nigel Farage held court, Otto bounced around, working the edge of the room.
18 commentsLeaders: No hiding place for abusive men
SINCE the mid-1970s an important tenet of our system of law has been the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
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Gerald Warner: Feminism driving holocaust of abortion
THE case of Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist convicted of three charges of first degree murder in America, has brought home to some people a few of the realities of abortion, which is now a global holocaust promoted pre-eminently by the same government whose laws incongruously condemned Gosnell.
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Drumlanrig: Even cabbies flustered by Farage farrago
The Farage stushie in and around the Canon’s Gait pub has already entered Scottish political folklore. Shortly after it was over and the Ukip leader had been escorted off the premises in a polis meat wagon, thirsty hacks retreated to the Holyrood bar to swap “war stories”.
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International
Iraq: Militants kill Sunni fighters in HQ attack
SUSPECTED Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq yesterday, security sources said.
Blow for women’s rights in Afghanistan
The parliament failed to pass a law yesterday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women’s rights since the Islamist Taliban was toppled more than a decade ago.
Indonesia: Hopes fading for 23 trapped miners
Rescue officials say falling rocks are hampering their progress in reaching 23 trapped workers at a US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, and chances of finding any more survivors are declining.
ANC leaders ‘exploiting’ Nelson Mandela
“SMILE!” the visitor implored, an edge of forced bonhomie in his voice, as he held up a camera to take a snapshot.
Gerald Warner: Feminism driving holocaust of abortion
THE case of Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist convicted of three charges of first degree murder in America, has brought home to some people a few of the realities of abortion, which is now a global holocaust promoted pre-eminently by the same government whose laws incongruously condemned Gosnell.
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Sport
‘Hearts preparing for SPL next season’ - Gary Locke
GARY Locke, the Hearts manager, last night said he was confident his team would be playing in the Scottish Premier League next season, despite fears that they could be relegated as punishment for their financial problems.
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Pat Fenlon hopes Hibs story can repeat itself
Pat Fenlon knows what it will mean if he replicates fellow Irishman Dan McMichael’s 1902 Cup victory
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Hibernian 1 - 0 Dundee: Hibs clinch seventh place
FOR the Hibs manager Pat Fenlon and maybe even his players, the focus really was on three points and the chance to finish the league season in seventh place. Everyone else’s minds have long since wandered along the M8 to Hampden.
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Vern Cotter could answer Scotland’s questions
It’s easy to see why the SRU are eager to lure Vern Cotter from Clermont but what’s in it for the New Zealander?
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Fraser Forster’s England ambitions concern Lennon
CELTIC goalkeeper Fraser Forster’s omission from the latest England squad has left his manager Neil Lennon fearful that the player’s long-term international chances could be looked upon unfavourably by the English hierarchy as a result of his playing in Scotland.
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Business
Exporters seek ‘front line help’ from Osborne
GEORGE Osborne must use next month’s spending review to boost “front line” support for exporters, business chiefs have warned, after a major survey laid bare the pitfalls facing firms that trade overseas.
Bolland under pressure over M&S relaunch costs
MARKS & Spencer boss Marc Bolland will aim to soothe City concerns this week over the cost of relaunching the retailer’s range of clothing as the chief executive aims to stem the chain’s decline in profits.
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Unsettling climate of EU disunity
IT WAS a week that epitomised Britain’s fractious and sometimes turbulent relationship with the European Union. In Washington, Prime Minister David Cameron was promoting free trade between the trading bloc and the United States, while at home his ministers and backbenchers were squabbling over whether Britain should cancel its membership.
Comment: Changing of guard bodes ill for FirstGroup
THE expected retirement this week of Martin Gilbert as chairman of transport operator FirstGroup follows similar announcements over the last month from Lord Smith at Weir, Sir Win Bischoff at Lloyds Banking Group and Richard Findlay at STV. The guard is clearly changing.
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Headhunters seek new finance chief for Standard Life
STANDARD Life has appointed international recruitment specialist JCA Group to search for a chief financial officer following the departure last month of Jackie Hunt.
Money
Homeowners miss cheaper loan deals
HOMEOWNERS in Scotland are missing out on a golden opportunity to slash costs by failing to take advantage of rock-bottom mortgage rates, it has been claimed.
1 commentSavers squeezed out by low interest rates
THEY pledged to get Britain saving again. In reality they’ve achieved quite the opposite, punishing prudence and removing incentives to save.
Credit unions take on payday lenders
CREDIT unions in Scotland are targeting both banks and payday lenders following the launch of a scheme aimed at boosting membership of the mutuals.
1 commentJeff Salway: Anger growing over behaviour of banks
WE CAN call it the “Goodwin effect” if you like. I’m referring to the growing propensity of people in Scotland to complain about the banks.
How to boost your chances of getting a mortgage
THE days of lying to obtain a mortgage are back as a growing number of borrowers and brokers respond to stricter lending criteria by filing false loan applications.
Opinion
Comment: Changing of guard bodes ill for FirstGroup
THE expected retirement this week of Martin Gilbert as chairman of transport operator FirstGroup follows similar announcements over the last month from Lord Smith at Weir, Sir Win Bischoff at Lloyds Banking Group and Richard Findlay at STV. The guard is clearly changing.
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Bill Jamieson: Finally, the recovery gains traction
WHAT now unites Alex Salmond, the CBI, Sir Mervyn King, the OECD and the Federation of Small Businesses? It’s the economy, stupid.
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Euan McColm: Farage showed his true colours
IT WAS Otto Inglis I felt sorry for. Nobody cared about Otto, with his bright smile and his “wows”. While Ukip leader Nigel Farage held court, Otto bounced around, working the edge of the room.
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Claire Black: Young women face the same problems as men
DIANE Abbott MP, is a woman I have some trouble taking seriously since my retinas were scarred watching as she and Michael Portillo writhed together, OK sat, on the This Week sofa, and also that time she said private schools were bad before promptly sending her son to one.
Spectrum
David Gandy on male modelling and his next moves
THIS has been a long time coming. Four months, to be precise.
Seeking spiritual enlightenment on Iona
A NEW dawn on Iona. The bright sun bounces off buoys and creels and shines like a benediction on skipper Davie Kirkpatrick’s beautiful wooden boat, Iolaire, Gaelic for eagle, as she leaves the harbour for Staffa.
Tom Kitchin: Wagyu beef recipes
WAGYU beef is renowned worldwide as one of the most expensive beefs you can buy.
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Peter Ross: I was the resurrection
I STILL have the T-shirt. Stretched, faded, full of holes; it is, if you can believe this, almost 23 years old.
The Week
Saoirse Ronan on playing a vampire in Byzantium
WHO is afraid of Saoirse Ronan? In the bowels of a Glasgow hotel, she looks innocent enough, sitting demurely in the manner of a 1950s model, legs crossed at the ankle and chatting about how best to drain a body of blood.
Angelina Jolie brings home a frightening dilemma
AS WENDY Helliwell came downstairs on Wednesday morning, the name Jolie flashed on the TV screen. She caught the words “double mastectomy”.
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Flowers of Scotland at the Chelsea Flower Show
THERE are nine of them. Nine Chelsea girls, or Chelsea ladies to be precise, down from Scotland, from Kelso, Keith, Castle Douglas, Dalgety Bay, North Berwick, East Lothian, from all over, and poised, secateurs in hand, to take Britain’s most prestigious gardening show by storm.
Claire Black: Young women face the same problems as men
DIANE Abbott MP, is a woman I have some trouble taking seriously since my retinas were scarred watching as she and Michael Portillo writhed together, OK sat, on the This Week sofa, and also that time she said private schools were bad before promptly sending her son to one.
Fordyce Maxwell: Fifteen minutes ago I knew what a pediment was. Now I was damned if I did
IT WAS some years since I’d been in an exam room.
At Home
Creating a home full of character
SERENDIPITY is how Pauline Brotherton explains finding Cleish Mill eight years ago.
Style doctor: Your design questions answered
I am looking for a high-back, wing chair for my living room. My style is a mix of modern and vintage furniture, but I would like something that will work as a focal piece. Says, D Johnston
Interiors: ‘Go back and see whether you still like the images’
Magazines remain a favourite source of inspiration for the home decorator and using these to compile a mood board is a helpful – and enjoyable – exercise.
Lynn O’Rourke: ‘It’s all gone a bit Day of the Triffids’
AS THE sun shone last weekend, our garden was plunged back into life with toys lugged from the garage and the trampoline forced with squeaky protest back into action.
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