LONDON 2012 organisers were forced to clarify their policy on flag waving at the Olympics yesterday after the SNP claimed Scottish fans would be unable to display the Saltire at events in the Games.
]]>“We’re all giro technicians,” says 22-year-old Kai McLellan, sitting on one of the cosy sofas inside the Kintyre Youth Enquiry Service, a small charity in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, dedicated to helping the young people in one of Scotland’s most remote communities find work and stay out of trouble.
]]>A REPORT into sustainability in rural areas has revealed 90 of the most vulnerable towns in Scotland.
]]>FOR years, a remote castle on the north coast of Scotland has been a hideaway for publicity-shy celebrity guests. However, this summer the doors of Ackergill Tower, near Wick, will open to the public for the first time as the retreat becomes a hotel.
]]>SCOTLAND has taken on a new, unwanted role in the drugs war as the “drying out” centre for cannabis grown elsewhere in the UK before it is sold on the streets.
]]>ONE of Scotland’s largest councils has warned the use of technology in schools could create a “two-tier” education system if the Scottish Government does not provide funding for tablet computers.
]]>AS CHILDREN, artist Susan Philipsz and her sisters sang for Pope John Paul II during his 1982 visit to Scotland.
]]>SCOTLAND has lost its place as a world leader in tackling smoking rates and now lags behind almost all other developed countries, a leading anti-tobacco activist has claimed.
]]>A YOUNG man has died in hospital after jumping into a river at a popular Glasgow beauty spot.
]]>YOUNG Scottish professionals are seeking urban hotspots to put down roots, according to new research.
]]>YOU MAY never dine out again. A new gourmet takeaway food service that promises Michelin-quality food delivered to your door is to be launched in Edinburgh.
]]>THE pro-independence campaign is to seek out Labour voters who back secession, seeing them as the potential key to victory in the 2014 referendum, senior campaign figures have said.
]]>IN RECENT years bandanas, black hoodies and slogan T-shirts have become the sartorial symbols of the anti-capitalist movement.
]]>A FUND aimed at helping some of the world’s poorest communities tackle climate change will be launched in Scotland later this week.
]]>MORE than 800 householders in the north of Scotland have been warned their health could be at risk if they do not take action to reduce high levels of radon gas in their homes.
]]>WARM weather and sunshine will continue for much of this week, the Met Office has forecast, as temperatures continued to reach double the May average in Scotland.
]]>A FUND aimed at helping some of the world’s poorest communities tackle climate change will be launched in Scotland later this week.
]]>THE introduction of hymns and musical worship is threatening to fuel further disharmony and legal action between two of Scotland’s most traditionalist churches.
]]>LE GLASGOW freaks, c’est chic.
]]>THEY are some of the ugliest fish with the ugliest names, although you may have eaten them on holiday in Spain, Greece or France.
]]>LONDON 2012 organisers were forced to clarify their policy on flag waving at the Olympics yesterday after the SNP claimed Scottish fans would be unable to display the Saltire at events in the Games.
]]>“We’re all giro technicians,” says 22-year-old Kai McLellan, sitting on one of the cosy sofas inside the Kintyre Youth Enquiry Service, a small charity in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, dedicated to helping the young people in one of Scotland’s most remote communities find work and stay out of trouble.
]]>A REPORT into sustainability in rural areas has revealed 90 of the most vulnerable towns in Scotland.
]]>FOR years, a remote castle on the north coast of Scotland has been a hideaway for publicity-shy celebrity guests. However, this summer the doors of Ackergill Tower, near Wick, will open to the public for the first time as the retreat becomes a hotel.
]]>SCOTLAND has taken on a new, unwanted role in the drugs war as the “drying out” centre for cannabis grown elsewhere in the UK before it is sold on the streets.
]]>ONE of Scotland’s largest councils has warned the use of technology in schools could create a “two-tier” education system if the Scottish Government does not provide funding for tablet computers.
]]>AS CHILDREN, artist Susan Philipsz and her sisters sang for Pope John Paul II during his 1982 visit to Scotland.
]]>SCOTLAND has lost its place as a world leader in tackling smoking rates and now lags behind almost all other developed countries, a leading anti-tobacco activist has claimed.
]]>A YOUNG man has died in hospital after jumping into a river at a popular Glasgow beauty spot.
]]>YOUNG Scottish professionals are seeking urban hotspots to put down roots, according to new research.
]]>YOU MAY never dine out again. A new gourmet takeaway food service that promises Michelin-quality food delivered to your door is to be launched in Edinburgh.
]]>THE pro-independence campaign is to seek out Labour voters who back secession, seeing them as the potential key to victory in the 2014 referendum, senior campaign figures have said.
]]>IN RECENT years bandanas, black hoodies and slogan T-shirts have become the sartorial symbols of the anti-capitalist movement.
]]>A FUND aimed at helping some of the world’s poorest communities tackle climate change will be launched in Scotland later this week.
]]>MORE than 800 householders in the north of Scotland have been warned their health could be at risk if they do not take action to reduce high levels of radon gas in their homes.
]]>WARM weather and sunshine will continue for much of this week, the Met Office has forecast, as temperatures continued to reach double the May average in Scotland.
]]>A FUND aimed at helping some of the world’s poorest communities tackle climate change will be launched in Scotland later this week.
]]>THE introduction of hymns and musical worship is threatening to fuel further disharmony and legal action between two of Scotland’s most traditionalist churches.
]]>LE GLASGOW freaks, c’est chic.
]]>THEY are some of the ugliest fish with the ugliest names, although you may have eaten them on holiday in Spain, Greece or France.
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- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
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- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
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