- No prosecution of rail fare row man
- Family devastated by boy's death
- Devolution papers release vetoed
- Rail signal staff to strike again
- BBC explains Salmond cancellation
- Snow set to settle over 'wide area'
- Knife sentences longer in Scotland
- Reoffending services data 'lacking'
- Budget cash for colleges, housing
- Pedestrian dies after car accident
- Navy rescuers have busiest UK base
- Home recycling 'saves £20m a year'
- Police name bus fall death woman
- Sports scheme to help youngsters
- Probe into university blaze begins
- Offshore energy 'needs efficiency'
- Murray vows to win grand slam title
- Alcohol plan 'complies with EU law'
- Secrecy over Megrahi 'orchestrated'
- UK banks owner launches review
Scotland on Sunday
Security galore hits island’s airport
IT’S a tiny island airport where most of the passengers know most of the staff. But the airline which flies in to Islay, off the west coast of Scotland, has lodged an official complaint about “overzealous” security.
16 commentsSalmond calls BBC ‘tin-pot dictators’
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has accused the BBC of acting like a “tin-pot dictatorship” and questioned its impartiality after being dropped from a BBC Six Nations panel at Murrayfield.
154 commentsLaw chief driven by cold case justice
A LEADING Scottish law officer, at the helm of a new national cold case unit, has revealed she is driven to tackle unsolved crimes by the memory of scenes she has witnessed during her career.
1 commentFilm awards’ focus falls on Fife primary school’s budding movie-makers
FORGET the Oscars. A primary three class from Fife has been nominated for one of the UK’s most prestigious film awards.
1 commentMinisters call for assurance on plans for Scots ‘mobile brigade’
SCOTTISH ministers have called for the UK government to “provide reassurance” that MoD plans to base a new 6,000-strong army brigade in Scotland remain on track.
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Politics
Phone app shows health toll of drink
A SMARTPHONE app showing people the effect too much alcohol can have on their physical appearance has been launched by the Scottish Government.
3 commentsChurch of England doubles investment with under-fire hedge funds
THE Church of England has more than doubled the amount of cash its multi-billion pound endowment has invested in hedge funds, it emerged yesterday.
Shamed Fred Goodwin ‘acted as adviser to the Queen’
FRED Goodwin was acting as a “risk management” financial adviser to the Queen over a multi-million pound charity even after RBS had to be bailed out, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
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Tax rate setback for Nationalists
ALEX Salmond’s demand to set Scotland’s business tax rate from Edinburgh has taken a major blow in an authoritative new report which warns it would be “at best a calculated risk” that could leaving the country short of money to pay for its schools, hospitals and public services.
105 commentsWilliam takes to skies over Falklands
THE Duke of Cambridge has taken to the skies over the Falkland Islands at the beginning of his six-week tour of duty.
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International
Kenya: Gunships kill 100 al-Shabaab fighters
THE nation’s military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October.
Thousands of Russians defy cold to demand fair elections
TENS of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow yesterday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin’s 12-year rule.
Pakistan: Prime minister to join Taleban peace talks
Pakistan’s prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani will travel to Qatar next week to talk with leaders there about the prospect of a peace deal to end the war in Afghanistan.
Protesters move out of camp in US capital
SOME 150 “Occupy” movement protesters who have been camped at a park near the White House since October peacefully removed gear yesterday after police moved in at dawn to enforce a no-camping rule.
Frederic Volpi: Turkey key to ending international stand-off with Damascus
A UN RESOLUTION is unlikely to persuade president Bashar al-Assad to step aside. It may increase the pressure on him to take a different course of action – a more reformist course, perhaps – but it will not increase the pressure on him to do something significant or decisive in the short-term.
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Sport
Rugby webchat as it happened: Iain Morrison on Scotland’s Six Nations clash with Wales
SCOTLAND on Sunday rugby writer Iain Morrison was online today to discuss Scotland’s Six Nations match against Wales in Cardiff.
Six Nations: Lack of tries ‘frustrating as hell’
THERE was an almost funereal air to last night’s post-match postmortem with Scotland’s players. In each corner there would be a disconsolate soul trying to explain to the assembled media why the home side had been foiled once again.
10 commentsRugby LV= Cup: Saints’ delight as cup tie turns into an LV unequal struggle for hapless Wasps
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder enjoyed his side’s ruthlessness in attack as they booked an LV= Cup semi-final place with a devastating eight-try thrashing of London Wasps.
Rugby Sevens: Captain’s last-gasp try Cooks up Shield victory after Kenya defeat
COLIN Gregor’s 11th-hour try gave Scotland a 19-17 win over the Cook Islands and the Shield on the second day of the Wellington Sevens in New Zealand yesterday.
3 commentsGrind rivals into the ground, says Wigan coach
The wait is over for Shaun Wane as he prepares to start his dream job of leading his home-town club Wigan, who kick off their Stobart Super League campaign against Huddersfield at the DW Stadium today, writes Ian Laybourn.
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Business
BP to raise dividend amid recovery from Gulf oil spill
OIL giant BP is expected to announce its first dividend increase since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill when it unveils fourth-quarter figures on Tuesday.
Adelphi looking for new investors for distillery
WHISKY bottler Adelphi is looking to bring in fresh investment as it presses ahead with plans to build a woodchip-powered distillery on the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula in the West Highlands.
Moreland signs deal with British Franchise Association
MORELAND Insurance, one of Scotland’s biggest brokers, has signed a strategic partnership with the British Franchise Association.
Value of commercial property deals in Scotland plunges by a quarter
THE value of commercial property deals in Scotland plunged more than 25 per cent last year as the ravages of the economic crisis continue to take their toll on both confidence and lending, new figures today will show.
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Barclays set to cut staff’s pay
BARCLAYS Bank is expected to curtail its bonus payouts and cut staff salaries after being stung by investor pressure led by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Money
Jeff Salway: Shop around to avoid pension disaster
IT COSTS retiring workers around £1 billion in pension income, a figure set to treble over the next decade, and those on the lowest incomes are the hardest hit.
Personal finance: A spot of careful planning now can go a long way towards safeguarding your pension investments
THE rollercoaster ride endured by investment markets last year did little for confidence levels among pension savers.
Debt-to-savings plan worth banking on
YOU may have heard that there’s a pensions crisis in the UK. Too few people saving or not saving enough, life expectancy rising, the state pension increasingly insufficient and employers scaling back their pension schemes … that sort of thing.
1 commentJeff Salway: Bank workers know pitfalls of share perks
FOR Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland workers, the chance to buy discounted shares in their employer seemed a no-lose deal.
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Will Year of Dragon cause burnt fingers?
After a punishing year for Asian markets, most experts think the worst is over, says Jeff Salway
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Opinion
Scotland on Sunday cartoon - 05/02/2012
Our cartoonist takes a look at the recent events in Edinburgh this weekend...
Terry Murden: Anti-business attitude will only harm our economy
IT HAS been a bad week for business, or at least attitudes towards business. The political elite, spurred on by the burn-the-bankers mob, is now hell-bent on punishing anyone who is rich or, worse, a rich failure.
4 commentsJeff Salway: Shop around to avoid pension disaster
IT COSTS retiring workers around £1 billion in pension income, a figure set to treble over the next decade, and those on the lowest incomes are the hardest hit.
Bill Jamieson: Fiscal autonomy takes a pounding
WHATEVER your views on independence, First Minister Alex Salmond has set Scotland on its most important constitutional, political and economic journey for 300 years. The next two will see an intensifying scramble to seize the commanding heights of policy credibility.
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Gerald Warner: Beware the victors after the Port Said football massacre
IF THE Sphinx is looking even more inscrutable than usual these days it is probably– like most western politicians – to mask its bafflement over current events in Egypt.
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Spectrum
Interview, Iain Burnett, gourmet chocolatier
SALMON, whisky, venison, Aberdeen Angus beef, shortbread ... Irn Bru. Scotland is famous for its culinary excellence.
Chitra Ramaswamy: Swell time to see the dentist
THE last Monday morning of January, and your correspondent is clutching her swollen mouth, trying to find an emergency dentist in Edinburgh. If you were to colour this column blue and add a limp, it would basically be a Lars von Trier film.
1 commentWine: ‘France is very protective over the way rosé is made’
WITH Valentine’s Day just over a week away, it is time to look at some of the pink wines we traditionally associate with 14 February. Oddly enough, few in France – home to a third of the world’s rosé – recognise that association; for them, rosé is for summer, not February.
The lady is a vamp: a guide to Scotland’s alt-drag scene
WELCOME to Scotland’s alt-drag scene, where queens are courted by fashion designers, the wigs come all the way from Italy and we’re a long, long way from cabaret
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Restaurant review: Duck’s at Kilspindie House, Main Street, Aberlady
SEVEN years ago, the Edinburgh institution known as Duck’s at Le Marché Noir began the process of decamping to the high street of the East Lothian village of Aberlady and morphing into Duck’s at Kilspindie House.
The Week
Book review: Me And You
SOMETIMES, I can’t help thinking, publishing must be the easiest business in the world. All you have to do is not publish anything until something near-perfect like Niccolo Ammaniti’s latest book comes along.
Interview: Beth Jeans Houghton, pop star
IT’S A bitingly cold afternoon but at an outside table of her local coffee shop the first great new pop star of 2012 is whipping off her fake fur to conduct a guided tour of her tattoos.
Art review: Forest Pitch, Selkirk
WHEN I climb into his car in Edinburgh, the Scottish artist Craig Coulthard tells me endearingly that he’s not a very good driver.
Film review: War Horse (12A)
MUCH as I loved Pig In The City, horses have a distinct advantage over their porcine pals, along with sheep, cows and chickens.
2 commentsFilm review: Margin Call (15)
JC CHANDOR’S smart, well-acted drama condenses the 2008 financial crash into a single night when a Lehman Brothers-type firm realises it is heading for collapse unless it can offload its bad assets onto its best customers.
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Wednesday 08 February 2012
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