The Scotsman
Scottish independence: MoD ‘will want out’ of separate Scotland Picture gallery
THE Ministry of Defence will “want out” of an independent Scotland, moving defence contracts to territory “controlled by London”, a leading military analyst declared in the latest clash over the impact of secession.
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Scottish Cup final: Hibs and Hearts fans to travel on same trains
RIVAL fans will be allowed to mix on the trains heading from Edinburgh to Glasgow before this weekend’s all-Edinburgh football showdown.
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Scottish portrait gallery’s new director vows to focus on top Scots
HIGH-ACHIEVING Scots from the worlds of sport, food, fashion and music top the wish-list for inclusion at the revamped Scottish National Portrait Gallery, its newly appointed director said yesterday.
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Scottish pensions crisis: Scots born today ‘will retire at 77’
SCOTS infants will be forced to work until they are 77 years old before they become eligible for a state pension, according to a new report that paints a grim picture of aged toil.
42 commentsCapital crash driver makes a getaway
A DRIVER lost control on a city road, crashed into a bus then another car and fled, according to police. Officers are looking for witnesses to the collision, which happened on Monday afternoon in Edinburgh.
Scotland
Old Brits getting ready to let rip in Ramsey
A COUPLE of thrill-seeking pensioners have sold their croft and piled their life savings into a high performance 600c superbike with sidecar to compete in TT races.
Sir Richard Branson throws down gauntlet for renewables sector
A GLOBAL green energy competition with a £400,000 prize has been launched in Edinburgh.
1 commentFalkirk’s historic town centre to get a facelift
ONE of Scotland’s most historic town centres is set to undergo a £2 million facelift.
1 commentBooksellers award Scotland three titles
Scotland not only has Britain’s best city library, but it has the UK’s best bookshop and bookshop manager too, according to the annual industry awards for booksellers.
Happily single Abertay names its next principal
A SCOTTISH university which avoided a controversial merger with a neighbouring institution has appointed a new principal.
Professor Nigel Seaton, 51, will become the principal and vice-chancellor of Abertay University after plans to merge it with Dundee University were dropped.
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UK
Baffled and bitter Rebekah Brooks: I am the victim of witch hunt video
FORMER News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks last night angrily denounced the decision to charge her and six others with perverting the course of justice as a “waste of public money”.
Corrie musical may have hit the skids
THE Coronation Street musical may have come to the end of the road only days after its premiere after planned shows were postponed.
UK’s first cars trade surplus since 1976
OVERSEAS demand for British-built vehicles such as BMW’s Mini and Nissan’s Qashqai has driven the UK’s first trade surplus in cars since 1976.
It’s just not cricket as snow falls in May
CHILLY air has brought snow to parts of the country – days after the football season ended and weeks after the cricket season began.
5 commentsJenna gets the blame for ‘too cheesy’ advert in latest Apprentice battle
The Apprentice hopeful Jenna Whittingham is blamed for making her team’s advert for sparkling wine “too cheesy” when she bases it on her dream wedding in the latest episode of the reality TV show tonight.
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International
Greece crisis: Judge appointed caretaker PM as country sets new elections
SENIOR judge Panagiotis Pikramenos was named Greece’s caretaker prime minister today, and new elections will be held on June 17, according to reports on state TV.
34 commentsJudge warns alleged madam
A SCOTTISH-born alleged New York madam was yesterday urged to stick with her legal representatives, after a judge chastised her for going through nine lawyers in three months.
UK expands trade drive into India
TWO more UK outposts will open in India as the government tries to boost British trade, William Hague has said.
David Beckham’s LA Galaxy honoured by president Barack Obama
The US president met David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy team.
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Analysis: ‘Merllande’ will be a trickier marriage of convenience
Merkozy, that is Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, were poles apart in substance and style but found a common ground in the fight for the survival of the euro and the European project itself. It is not thought that the relationship with Mr Hollande will be so easy to forge.
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Sport
Scotland in race for Euro 2020 but viability of bid is a ‘concern’
SCOTLAND have formally joined forces with Wales and Republic of Ireland to declare an interest in co-hosting the 2020 European Championship finals.
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Scottish Cup final: Andy Webster hopes Scots recall can boost cup quest
HE might not be captain, but Andy Webster will still be the player Hearts will look towards to help lead them to Scottish Cup glory against Hibernian on Saturday. The quietly-spoken defender demands respect with his performances on the pitch, and can already boast an impressive record in the competition.
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Scottish Cup final: Ink Craig Beattie’s name in Hearts final line-up
IT TOOK Craig Beattie two touches to become an Edinburgh derby legend. With the first he brought a long pass from Ian Black under control. With the second he prodded the ball past Graham Stack and into the Hibernian net.
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All Blacks head list of Scotland’s Autumn Test opponents
Scotland’s rugby team will play internationals against world champions New Zealand, South Africa and Tonga this November, it has been confirmed.
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Rangers: Charles Green ‘among best I worked with’ – Howard Kendall
Howard Kendall has sought to ease the fears of Rangers supporters who remain sceptical about Charles Green’s involvement in their club, describing the former Sheffield United chief executive as one of the best officials he has worked with in football.
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Sport comment
Allan Massie: Summer tour should offer chance to young Glasgow and Edinburgh players
‘Sad reflection on our status that Australia are using Scotland game as a warm-up’
Glenn Gibbons: Beware curse of third place
Any would-be kingmaker with an urge to arrange the coronation of Stuart McCall may be well advised to postpone the big event in the cause of avoiding premature enthronement.
Ian Stewart: Athletes must be ready after winter of content before Olympics
HOW well have I trained over winter? What form am I in now? How much do I need to improve before the Olympic Games?
Most athletes might believe they already have the answers to those questions, but you never know for sure until the action starts in earnest – which it does on Friday, with the first Diamond League meeting of the year in Doha.
1 commentStephen Halliday: McLeish faces daunting fight for fans’ affection
THERE are few more decorated individuals in Scottish football history than Alex McLeish.
2 commentsAllan Massie: Retiring gracefully never an easy thing for sporting heroes
“DO not go gentle in to that good night,/ Old age should burn and rave at close of day;/ Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
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Business
Boots profits lifted by beauty ranges
FEWER coughs and colds over the mild winter and pressure on income from prescriptions failed to prevent Alliance Boots from today posting higher profits at its UK health and beauty operations.
SSE buys Irish energy firm from Guy Hands as profits edge higher
SSE, the Perth-based utilities giant, today bought an Irish gas supplier from Guy Hands’ Terra Firma private equity firm for £19.1 million.
Tennent’s owner toasts rising profits
IRISH drinks group C&C today posted a rise in profits after improving efficiency at its Tennent’s brewery in Glasgow.
1 commentGreggs’ new move on ‘pasty tax’
The boss of bakery chain Greggs has stepped up his fight against the “completely confusing” pasty tax on the eve of a showdown with the Treasury.
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City big guns warn it may take five years to clear bank bail-out
TOP City figures warned MPs yesterday it will take at least five years for taxpayers to break even on the £64 billion state bail-out of Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group.
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Features
What might an album by Shirley Manson and Paul Buchanan have sounded like?
THE new albums by Garbage and Paul Buchanan seem like musical polar opposites - one is sleek, hard-edged guitar pop that seems tailor-designed for daytime radio. The other, as you’d expect from the former frontman of the Blue Nile, is music for listening to late at night - slow, sparse, full of quiet ache and longing.
Cannes Film Festival 2012: The wrath of Cannes
AS the world’s coolest film festival gets underway today, Stephen Applebaum finds that behind all the glitz and the glamour there lies an institution not to be messed with
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What The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp reveals about Michael Powell
In November last year, Martin Scorsese regaled an audience at the British Film Institute in London with tales of Robert De Niro’s method madness.
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Mastermind: The GP who rose to summit of nation’s ultimate quiz show
GP Gary Grant loves challenges and has just realised another ambition – to win Mastermind, the first Scot to take the TV quiz title for more than 30 years
1 commentEmma Cowing: Sweet little lies are cheap at £2bn, dear
A COUPLE of months ago I was in the ladies changing room of one of Glasgow’s larger department stores helping a friend shop for a wedding outfit, when an older woman emerged from a cubicle in an eye-wateringly bright orange dress. “Um...” the saleswoman started to say, but the customer waved her away. “I want to see what my man thinks,” she said, steaming out of the fitting room, clouds of tangerine chiffon billowing behind her.
The Arts
Interview: Gareth Evans, director of ‘The Raid’
Gareth Evans tells Alistair Harkness how a lad from the Valleys turned his love of John Woo into an Indonesian action thriller that took the world of martial arts movies by storm
Preview: Danza Contemporánea de Cuba
Danza Contemporánea de Cuba goes deep into Cuban culture and mentality, allowing individuality to shine through the stereotypes. By Kelly Apter
Film review: Dark Shadows (12A)
WHAT a strange film Dark Shadows is. That may seem like an obvious observation to make in reference to a Tim Burton movie, but its oddness has less to do with trademark Burton tropes – kooky weirdos, Gothic settings, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter – as it does the bizarre storytelling choices he makes.
Film reviews: A roundup of the latest films in the cinemas
Jeff, Who Lives At Home (15), Cafe de Flore (15), Beauty (18), Being Elmo (U) and Two Years at Sea (U)
Theatre review: Anne Boleyn, Edinburgh Festival Theatre
SOME political deaths send a shiver down the ages that reaches far beyond the small circle of historical scholarship.
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