Scotland on Sunday
Anti-bigotry law fails to protect England fans
A CONTROVERSIAL new law designed to tackle bigotry and disorder in football will be powerless against anti-English racism and violence during this summer’s European Championships.
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Roma abuse: Calls for inquiry as Oxfam report uncovers discriminatory treatment
PUBLIC officials have been accused of “institutional racism” in a hard-hitting report into the treatment of immigrant workers seeking a new life in Scotland.
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Licence to twill – Bond Tweed’s secret formula
THE iconic Harris Tweed hacking jacket worn by Sean Connery in the Bond movie Goldfinger is to be recreated by the original tailor using cutting edge technology that could have been designed by Q himself.
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Scottish Cup final: Agony and ecstasy in tale of two cities Picture gallery
WHEN the sun came out in Edinburgh yesterday, it didn’t shine on Leith. As Rudi Skacel scored the fifth goal for Hearts in the 75th minute of the William Hill Scottish Cup Final against Hibernian, the Athletic Arms – a Hearts pub in Gorgie just a football’s throw from Tynecastle – erupted in ecstatic whoops of joy.
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Plan to make EU students pay tuition fees
SCOTTISH students could be charged tuition fees and then reimbursed under plans being considered to make their EU counterparts pay towards their education at Scottish universities.
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Politics
G8 summit: David Cameron calls for action on Eurozone meltdown
GREECE should remain in the Eurozone, G8 leaders stressed yesterday as David Cameron warned that a rescue plan for the stricken currency must be put in place “very fast” to avoid its potentially-devastating collapse.
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Duncan Hamilton: Centralisation as a response to euro crisis would leave us all the poorer
Charlemagne knew a thing or two about expanding empires. He knew also about quelling local rebellions and converting unwilling peoples to a new ideology. It was, therefore, perhaps appropriate that German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen. The award is for those who have effectively promoted the concept of a unified and cohesive Europe. It is not known whether anyone from Greece had a vote, but I somehow suspect not.
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Drumlanrig: Vintage nickname for Joan McAlpine
THAT the ex-journalist and now SNP MSP Joan McAlpine should enjoy a lavish lunch with Alex Salmond came as little surprise to her former newspaper colleagues who have long associated her with fine wine.
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Gerald Warner: Removing taint on Scots peers would be a noble jubilee gesture
LAST week’s report in Scotland on Sunday about the petition being sent to the Queen, requesting her to mark her Diamond Jubilee by reversing the Acts of Attainder passed against 18th-century Jacobites, subjecting their descendants indefinitely to “corruption of blood”, relates to issues at the emotional core of Scottish history.
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Johann Lamont: Don’t let Alex Salmond’s sideshow detract from the powers we have already
ALEX Salmond seems to have learned the wrong lesson from Tony Blair. The lesson from Blair is not that cosying up to Rupert Murdoch is the key to success.
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International
G8 summit: David Cameron calls for action on Eurozone meltdown
GREECE should remain in the Eurozone, G8 leaders stressed yesterday as David Cameron warned that a rescue plan for the stricken currency must be put in place “very fast” to avoid its potentially-devastating collapse.
8 commentsBlast kills 19 workers in Hunan province
CHINA: A tunnel blast has killed 19 workers at a central Chinese highway construction site, officials said yesterday.
Private rocket launch delayed after hitch
UNITED STATES: The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida was delayed yesterday when a computer detected a possible problem with one of the engines.
1 commentWill Smith slaps reporter over premiere kiss
RUSSIA: Hollywood star Will Smith slapped a male television reporter who tried to kiss him before the Moscow premiere of Men In Black III.
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Sport
Scottish Cup final: Hibernian 1 - 5 Hearts: Hearts pounding has hapless Hibs in hiding video Picture gallery
FOOTBALL’S capacity for cruelty was rarely more evident than at Hampden where Hearts didn’t so much win the Scottish Cup as annex a club’s spirit.
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Scottish Cup final: Pat Fenlon slams players for lack of hunger, will to win and workrate
ON THE biggest day of his football life, and possibly the most important in the history of his club, Pat Fenlon’s players offered nothing. They capitulated in the face of their greatest rivals and lent the other half of the capital bragging rights for the rest of the century.
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Scottish Cup final: Paulo Sergio future remains up in the air
ON A day when his team answered every question that was put to them, Paul Sergio failed to come up with an answer of his own.
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Bayern Munich 1 - 1 Chelsea (Chelsea win 4-3 on pens): Didier Drogba penalty clinches Champions League victory in shoot-out Picture gallery
ROMAN Abramovich may have provided the resources, but it was another Russian Chelsea resembled last night as they won their first Champions League: Rasputin. This was a Chelsea that just couldn’t be killed off.
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Heineken Cup final: Leinster 42 - 14 Ulster: Leinster rise to greatness Picture gallery
Leinster secured their third Heineken Cup in the last four years and in doing so cemented their place at the pinnacle of the European game as the best side ever seen in this tournament.
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Business
Major retail developments ‘are finished’
PROPERTY experts say the rapid growth of online shopping means the days of big retail developments are over.
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HP plant to bounce back from layoffs
IT WAS once one of the flag-bearers for Scotland’s “Silicon Glen” electronics industry before manufacturing of computer terminals was switched to the Czech Republic and hundreds of workers were laid off.
Wettest spring on record puts a damper on M&S
THE wettest spring on record and financial turmoil in the Eurozone are set to cast a cloud over annual results at high street retail icon Marks & Spencer this week.
Consumers see modest fall in inflation as oil prices ease
HARD-PRESSED businesses and consumers are likely to get some respite this week when figures show inflation has fallen back from its recent highs – though other news on the economy remains grim.
Lady Susan Rice appointed president of Scottish Council for Development and Industry
LADY Susan Rice, managing director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland, has been appointed president of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI).
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Money
Jeff Salway: Avoid lure of payday loans trap
SCOTS mired in money difficulties have been urged to seek help instead of getting trapped in a spiral of long-term debt by resorting to payday loans.
Comment: Politicians should bow out of pensions
FORCING babies to find paid employment – or presumably forgo their right to be sick all over anyone close enough – seemed beyond the pale even for this government.
2 commentsPayday loans can lead to spiral of debt, report warns
A THIRD of people who have taken out payday loans have run into even greater financial difficulties as a result, a new report has revealed.
Jeff Salway: Borrowers bear burden of inept FSA
ARE you about to join the swelling ranks of so-called mortgage prisoners? You may not know it yet, but if you’ve got an interest-only mortgage and don’t have much equity in your home you could face being held captive by your lender.
1 commentJeff Salway: ‘Ambulance chasers’ profit from PPI rip-off
THEY’VE been dubbed the “ambulance chasers” of financial services, but those famously opportunistic accident scene lawyers may feel the comparison is a little harsh.
Opinion
Scotland on Sunday cartoon - 20/05/2012
As former England captain David Beckham lights the Olympic flame in a London ceremony, G8 leaders may find their dreams of maintaining the eurozone go up in smoke
Comment: What is there to ‘like’ about Facebook flotation?
FEW flotations have captured the public’s imagination in quite the same way as Facebook’s first day of trading on Friday. As one observer stated, it was rare for such an event to take place in which everyone has a stake in the outcome.
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Comment: Pain in Spain a headache for everyone
TWO telephone calls out of the blue at the end of last week brought disturbing news. The first was from a well-connected source in Brussels; the second from a contact in Spain.
Duncan Hamilton: Centralisation as a response to euro crisis would leave us all the poorer
Charlemagne knew a thing or two about expanding empires. He knew also about quelling local rebellions and converting unwilling peoples to a new ideology. It was, therefore, perhaps appropriate that German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen. The award is for those who have effectively promoted the concept of a unified and cohesive Europe. It is not known whether anyone from Greece had a vote, but I somehow suspect not.
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Dani Garavelli: Language policy sure to be lost in translation
EVERY couple of weeks I have the same row with my eldest son. As he sighs theatrically over his French homework, I burble on about the merits of being able to converse with people from other countries.
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Spectrum
Interview: Alan Cumming, actor
Back from Hollywood with his one-man Macbeth, Alan Cumming talks goats, poodles and murder. By Anna Burnside
Travel: Goa, India
Goa’s reputation as a destination for alternative culture is well deserved, but head off the beaten track to discover its true mix of flavours
Interview: Polly Higgins, lawyer and campaigner
Lawyer Polly Higgins wants ecocide to be an international crime, and cites early family conversations in west-coast Scotland as sowing the seeds of a showdown for the future of our planet at next month’s Earth Summit in Rio. By Ruth Walker
ECA Fashion Show preview video
Moths, machines and the faded façades of Tuscan cities – fashion students at Edinburgh College of Art take inspiration where they find it. Now we showcase catwalk creations from the final collections of eight stars of the future – you saw them here first. By Janet Christie
Interview: Oliver Shute, chef and food entrepreneur
Oliver Shute is putting Bambi and Thumper back on our dining tables, finds Janet Christie
The Week
The bountiful game: Ewan McGregor on the fragile existence of babies who owe their lives to Soccer Aid and Unicef in India
WRITING exclusively for Scotland on Sunday, Ewan McGregor recounts an emotional visit to a pioneering unit saving tiny lives in one of the poorest parts of India
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TV review: 56 Up | Tales of Television Centre | Silk
PHEW, that’s a relief. Always with the 7 Up series there’s anxiety over how we’ll find the subjects, another seven years down the line.
Does exile on CBBC prove Blue Peter has finally lost its appeal for the young?
THE air of gloom was palpable. As news filtered through that Blue Peter – that custodian of myriad childhood memories – was to be axed from BBC1, generations raised on silver bottle tops and totalisers took to Twitter to lament its passing.
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Interview: Will Ferrell, actor and comedian
Proud of his new Mexican spoof in Spanish, funnyman Will Ferrell tells Siobhan Synnot why learning the language was such a serious business
Film reviews: What To Expect When You’re Expecting | Free Men | Iron Sky |
A FACT-filled, best-selling, self-help guide to pregnancy is the basis of this new domesticated comedy, a new level of desperation in page-to-screen that should at least grab the attention of Jean Marie Stine, author of How To Write A Bestselling Self-Help Book.
- Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi: The Lockerbie bomber is dead
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Rangers: Dave King claims ‘first option’ on Craig Whyte’s Ibrox shares
- Paulo Sergio left in limbo as Vladimir Romanov flies out before party
- Scottish Cup final: The talk of the toon are the Hearts in maroon
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Anti-bigotry law fails to protect England fans
- Scottish Cup final: Hibernian 1 - 5 Hearts: Hearts pounding has hapless Hibs in hiding
- Paulo Sergio left in limbo as Vladimir Romanov flies out before party
- Scottish Cup final: The talk of the toon are the Hearts in maroon
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