- 'Sustainable' joint campus opens
- Clinic 'can boost IVF success rate'
- Cyclists in cancer charity ride
- Contamination found at nuclear site
- £24,000 fine for Legionnaires' case
- Olympic security test at Hampden
- Gun murder conviction appeal fails
- Scots 'devo-max' option highlighted
- Frew accused breaks down in dock
- House move costs up 69% over decade
- Two hurt in police car accident
- 'Scots should decide on referendum'
- Trump wants windfarm public inquiry
- Former Labour MP Eadie dies aged 91
- Pair hunted after armed bank raid
- Toddler death inquiry announced
- Salmond addresses sterling question
- Second man charged over car death
- Murder accused in blackmail claim
- Woman in court over assault claims
The Scotsman
Scottish independence: Posing a simple question proves far from easy
POLLSTERS, academics and politicians are divided over the fairness of the SNP’s preferred referendum question, raising the prospect of it being thrown out by electoral chiefs in charge of overseeing the historic vote.
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Police ‘will axe 2,000 backroom staff’ even before single force
POLICE are planning to shed 2,000 support staff to meet budget cuts and prepare for a single Scottish force, in a move which has sparked fears of a depleted front line, with officers carrying out civilian roles.
23 commentsTeacher denies he wrote and submitted exam essays for students
A TEACHER wrote exam essays for students after failing to teach them a key part of their subject, a disciplinary hearing was told.
Nurse training places cut
Reducing the number of student nurses and midwives is the “sensible way forward”, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said.
4 comments‘Kiss and fly’ tax funds green projects
EDINBURGH airport’s controversial “kiss and fly” tax has funded £100,000 of donations to environmental projects, officials announced yesterday.
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Scotland
Scottish men three times more likely to commit suicide
MEN in Scotland are three times as likely to kill themselves as woman, latest figures show.
The statistics from the General Register for Scotland show that of the 781 suicides in 2010, 74 per cent were men.
Scots alcohol-related deaths double during last 30 years
THE number of alcohol-related deaths in Scotland has more than doubled in the past three decades, latest figures show.
35 commentsCentral Belt high-speed link could be accelerated
A HIGH-speed rail link between Edinburgh and Glasgow could be an early part of the Scottish Government’s involvement in building the planned line from London.
5 commentsModerator chides Israel over Palestinian rights
THE Moderator of the Church of Scotland has said Israel has acted “irrationally” in its treatment of the Palestinian people.
Hooded gunmen sought after raid
POLICE are hunting two men after a bank was robbed at gunpoint yesterday.
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UK
We’ll remove implants for free, say firms
TWO more private firms have agreed to remove PIP breast implants free of charge.
2 commentsCameron tells Europeans to be bold
David Cameron delivered a scathing assessment of Europe’s failure to promote economic growth yesterday as he urged it to be “bold” to promote business.
6 commentsHMRC grants strike breathing space
PEOPLE who miss next week’s tax self-assessment deadline will not be fined because of a strike by tax office staff.
Redknapp ‘couldn’t fill in team sheet’
Football boss Harry Redknapp denied tax dodging by telling police “I couldn’t even fill a team sheet in”, a court has heard.
Police release CCTV images of escaped prisoner
Police hunting an escaped prisoner have released CCTV images showing the moment that guards were forced at gunpoint to release him.
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International
Iran ‘is ready for nuclear talks’
IRAN is ready to revive talks with the world powers, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said, as Tehran faces tougher sanctions over its nuclear programme. However, he insisted that the pressures will not force Iran to give up its demands, including the right to continue enriching uranium, that led to the collapse of dialogue last year.
Scot ‘confesses’ to rape and murder of child in Bulgaria
A SCOTTISH pensioner is being held by police in Bulgaria after allegedly confessing to the brutal rape and murder of a schoolboy.
Ship owners in talks over pay-out deal
The owners of the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia have met consumer activists in an attempt to work out what could be a blanket compensation deal for uninjured passengers who were aboard the cruise ship that capsized off Italy’s coast.
Bundestag hit by e-mail chaos
THE German parliament’s e-mail system broke down yesterday after hundreds of staff responded to an e-mail sent to all 4,032 of them by a colleague named “Babette”.
Egyptian military bans six Americans from travelling
Six Americans working for publicly funded US organisations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking calls from Washington that Cairo’s military rulers stop “endangering American lives”.
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Sport
Clubs hit out at SFA’s ‘unfair’ trial by television disciplinary system
HIBERNIAN manager Pat Fenlon has taken issue with the SFA’s disciplinary procedure, saying he believes it is an unfair “trial by television”.
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Warren Gatland: Scots lack ‘X-factor’ but they can beat England
WALES coach Warren Gatland has backed Scotland to win their opening RBS Six Nations Championship match with England in spite of not possessing what he termed “X-Factor” players.
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Rabiu Ibrahimn in a rush to earn starting berth at Celtic
NEW Celtic signing Rabiu Ibrahim aims to make an immediate breakthrough into Neil Lennon’s first team rather than bide his time to make an impact.
Times hard at Rangers but it was worse in the early ’80s says Willie Johnston
WILLIE Johnston knows all about having to take cover from the venom of fans. Rangers might be struggling, but the players aren’t yet having to sneak out of Ibrox after games. Ally McCoist is not quite the broken man John Greig became after his own graduation to manager from playing legend.
Victoria Azarenka passes test of resolve to see off Kim Clijsters
VICTORIA Azarenka was delighted to prove she was not just a “mental case” by displaying a new-found resolve in reaching the Australian Open final.
Sport comment
David Ferguson: Dan Parks set to get No 10 nod but Duncan Weir and Greig Laidlaw also have something to offer
SELECTION has always been cast up as a potential weak spot of Andy Robinson from his days with England where he had a surfeit of talent to try to meld into one successful team, and struggled, through a run of nine wins in 22 Tests.
33 commentsAlan Pattullo: So much for romance of cup
WITHIN the space of just a few paragraphs, more tradition was swept away. Confirmation, relayed via the Scottish Football Association website, that the Scottish Cup final will be played on a Sunday from next season was bad enough.
Alan Pattullo: Despite rumours, there’s no going back for David Murray
IT MIGHT make for a good headline, but the notion that Sir David Murray could somehow end up back at Rangers is a fanciful one.
Stephen Halliday: Unfair to criticise SPL in Hearts wages saga
NO-ONE ever became a football administrator in order to try and attain a level of popularity.
21 commentsAllan Massie: Edinburgh’s success shows value of team spirit over cash
LEICESTER’S heavy defeat by Ulster last weekend had their coach, Richard Cockerill, moaning about the salary cap imposed on English clubs. If you are to believe him, this means that things are against them and so they can’t really compete in Europe. Funny that Northampton reached the final last year and lost it only because of a remarkable second-half performance by Leinster.
Business
Marston’s sales given festive lift
Pedigree and Hobgoblin brewer Marston’s has joined rival pub chains in reporting strong sales over Christmas and New Year.
Weak demand derails Hornby profits
Toy firm Hornby has admitted its profits have been knocked off track by weak demand for train sets and Scalextric racing cars over Christmas.
Quartermile development ‘sold to London group in £65m deal’
GLADEDALE Capital is selling its landmark Quartermile development in Edinburgh to a London-based property group for an estimated £65 million.
1 commentBeef and milk sectors lead English income rise
ALTHOUGH estimated Scottish farm income figures are not due to be released until next week, comparative figures from England published yesterday show substantial rises, particularly in the beef and milk sectors.
Westminster plan to drive food exports
THERE was positive news for the farming industry yesterday with promises by the UK government that they would work to remove bans on British meat from countries such as China.
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Features
Road test: Join the Dark Side with the Seat Leon FR+
UGH. A 70-mile haul across Scotland. At rush hour. To Kilmarnock. Will probably take an hour just to get out of Edinburgh, I thought. Still, a long, leisurely trundle along the motorway will be good for me after the day at work I’ve had. Time to unwind, really.
Road test: Take the Renault Grand Scenic route
TO ALL the mummies, daddies, five-a-side football team coaches and folk who fawn at the frightfully clever stuff on Grand Designs… this one’s for you.
Cairn’s Indian field of dreams
The boss Sir Bill Gammell may not have received a bonus for the work, but discoveries by his Edinburgh company will boost India’s oil production by 30 per cent. Erikka Askeland visited Rajasthan to assess the impact of Cairn Energy’s achievements there
Captial vision to promote Edinburgh tourism
Edinburgh’s tourist trade has been a huge success story in recent years, and a blueprint has been published highlighting what might be done to help that boom continue up to 2020
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Festival preview: Manipulate - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Manipulate is primarily a festival of puppetry, but it embraces all forms of metamorphosis, including film, animation, live theatre and even dance
The Arts
Review: The Descendants (15)
Sideways director Alexander Payne gives his big star room to actually act and react in a low-key manner, which helps makes this story of a midlife disaster truly convincing and affecting
Film reviews: Like Crazy | A Monster in Paris | A Useful Life | Underworld: Awakening | The Sitter
Alistair Harkness takes a look at some of this week’s new releases...
Festival preview: Manipulate - Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Manipulate is primarily a festival of puppetry, but it embraces all forms of metamorphosis, including film, animation, live theatre and even dance
Theatre reviews: The Infamous Brothers Davenport | White | The Builders
The Lyceum’s ambitious yet slightly disappointing first show of the year, about a pair of Victorian spiritualist hucksters, is overshadowed by the simple joys of a returning play for nursery-age children
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Review: Art of Sylvia Wishart RSA - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
It’s a shame that Sylvia Wishart believed those of us ‘fae Sooth’ of Orkney wouldn’t care for her work, as her posthumous first major show gives us a vivid sense of a life spent on the islands
1 comment- Scottish independence: Backlash warning as English identity rises
- Scottish independence: Momentous day as Salmond outlines referendum vision
- Scottish independence referendum: Fresh trouble for Alex Salmond over adviser’s damning e-mails
- Warning from woman left brain damaged after binge accident
- Scottish independence referendum: One question, ten words, you choose
- Scottish independence: Momentous day as Salmond outlines referendum vision
- Scottish independence: Posing a simple question proves far from easy
- Scottish independence: Backlash warning as English identity rises
- Scottish independence referendum: One question, ten words, you choose
- Scottish independence referendum: Fresh trouble for Alex Salmond over adviser’s damning e-mails
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