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Simon Pia: Street of dreams beckons yet again
PROSPECTHILL Road has been a veritable Via Dolorosa for Hibs fans through the ages.
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George Kerevan: More bank woes and questions
Spare a thought for Ed Miliband. Earlier this month the Labour leader gave a keynote speech on banking reform at the Co-op Bank’s headquarters.
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Friends of The Scotsman: invitation from the Editor
THE Scotsman has a long and proud history of being at the centre of debate in Scotland and I want to continue and develop that. I believe that over a period of years we have seen an ever-narrowing news agenda and as a result I believe there are innovations, debates, research and informative views across broad spectrums of Scotland and beyond that are not getting the airing they need and deserve because they fall outwith the news agenda of the day.
Glenn Gibbons: Reasons to fear for both supporters
Hibernian fans of a certain age are likely to tremble at the recollection of previous, immeasurably better equipped Easter Road sides than the present who have tried and failed to win Scottish Cup finals.
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Allan Massie: Young talent lighting the way
THE old Windmill theatre, where girls posed naked but immobile as the law required and comedians sought laughs from men in mackintoshes waiting for the girls, used to boast that throughout the war years “we never closed”.
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Dan Lewis: Why gas crisis was predictable
IF THE lights go out or homes stop being heated, it’s not just inconvenient for households or businesses losing trade.
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Roger Cox talks to poet Mandy Haggith
John Muir is Scotland’s greatest ever naturalist, right? Well that depends on who you talk to
Alf Young: Power about more than mechanics
WHEN Scotland’s First Minister stood before a group of workers in a Falkirk factory on Tuesday to launch his government’s economic case for independence, Alex Salmond used a well-worn phrase.
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Leaders: Political assurances on gas just hot air
NOW we know. Because a water pump failed, Britain came within six hours of running out of gas in March.
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Erikka Askeland: Drinking in caffeine culture
I AM a drug addict. When I get my fix, I get a sense of mild euphoria and well-being.
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Leaders: Political assurances on gas just hot air
NOW we know. Because a water pump failed, Britain came within six hours of running out of gas in March.
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Leaders: What price for vigilance? | Weather woes
It WAS one of those news items you have to catch twice because its horror was hard to believe the first time.
Leaders: George Osborne’s Plan B | Poor healthcare
WHILE David Cameron was embarked on his latest round of diplomacy in Europe to try to get EU agreement on tackling tax avoidance by multinational companies, his Chancellor, George Osborne, was back in London responding to the report on the UK economy by the International Monetary Fund.
Leaders: Salmond must flesh out case | Andy’s granny
IF THE document on the Scottish economy published yesterday by Alex Salmond was an attempt to regain the independence initiative after a series of set-backs, it looks to have been at best a damp squib and at worst a failure.
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Leaders: Kirk’s gay ministers ruling | Drink proposals
Religious convictions, because they derive from faith in the Word of God as revealed in the Bible, are the most unshakeable of beliefs.
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Letters
Courting trouble
LABOUR MSP Iain Gray makes a good case against court closure (Perspective, 23 May) and highlights some of the points which we made in our original letter following publication of the Scottish Court Service report in December of last year.
Cashback plea
TO SAY I was disappointed to read about Chief Constable Stephen House’s plea (your report, 24 May) to have the Proceeds of Crime monies returned to the police for their use is putting it mildly.
Something fishy
I READ your article (“Sainsbury admits ‘mislabelling’ Scottish salmon,” 21 May) and felt compelled to comment.
Media dilemma
IF THE brutal daylight murder of a British soldier was intended to get maximum worldwide publicity for a terrorist cause then those responsible got it right (your report, 24 May). The worry now is: will there be copycat killings by other like-minded fanatics?
VIP car park
GIVEN the state of repairs of our roads at this time of economic hardship, I note with interest that the-powers-that-be have now found sufficient funds to pay for the resurfacing of the civil servants’ car park at Victoria Quay in Edinburgh. Long overdue?
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The Scotsman cartoon - 24/05/2013
Woolwich residents remain resilient as more details of Tuesday’s killing emerge
The Scotsman cartoon - 22/05/2013
First Minister Alex Salmond and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launch the economic case for Scottish independence, but does it raise more questions than it answers?
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The Scotsman cartoon - 21/05/2013
Swivel-eyed loons or not, embattled Prime Minister David Cameron needs to shore up all the support he can get from grassroots Tories
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