This is a news feed mainly targeted at the Scots Diaspora and will contain news from both Scotland and from the Scots Diaspora overseas. http://www.electricscotland.com/rss/scotnews http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 22 May 2013 20:26:18 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:14:11 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com A remarkable collection of Scottish mountaineering memorabilia is housed in cardboard boxes in a barn near Fort William. Roger Cox meets the man who has put it all together and hears his dream of one day housing it in a purpose-built museum http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/scaling-heights-of-scottish-mountaineering-history-1-2940175 520E194D-1B4F-4B35-A1BF-383E211B7A66 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:14:11 -0400 The independence debate has avoided the subject of our economy but it must be confronted, writes Bill Jamieson http://www.scotsman.com/news/bill-jamieson-get-real-about-our-debt-problems-1-2940325 067A96A7-60C8-4C65-A013-E123598F40B3 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:02:19 -0400 There is no justice in SNP plans to close 26 courts a decision that will a have a serious knock-on effect on the viability of our towns, writes Iain Gray http://www.scotsman.com/news/iain-gray-snp-closures-court-disaster-1-2940323 DF183D78-3EFE-48D4-AD6E-07610B8FBDF9 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:54:34 -0400 The BBC has announced a new 5m investment package to help boost its coverage of the Scottish independence referendum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22609982 1494882B-975E-40F9-BA22-C1DD96E2A2D4 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:51:35 -0400 Scotland's wildlife and landscapes need greater protection than ever before, Sir David Attenborough has warned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22617733 8C926688-47B1-4F78-A0C5-62CD2ACA3CC8 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:48:45 -0400 AUSSIE model and actress Virginia Hey reveals how a chance meeting led to her moving from Los Angeles to Troon. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/movie-beauty-who-left-bel-1901610 5042CB75-F2B7-4A8A-B28B-05892AEAFB8A Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:33 -0400 AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would have one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the Western world in a bid to attract multinational firms, Alex Salmond has promised. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-corporate-tax-slash-pledge-1-2939285 C2856E33-EE54-4D84-96C0-F6087CB8FAC2 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:34:47 -0400 ASLEF, the main train drivers’ union, today became the first union to oppose Scottish independence in a unanimous vote at its annual conference in Edinburgh. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scottish-independence-train-drivers-union-say-no-1-2938293 937155A0-B90F-46B0-8772-B10BFCF1EBBB Tue, 21 May 2013 11:06:38 -0400 Speaking at the 13th Doha Forum in Qatar - the world’s foremost arena for discussions on democracy, development and free trade in the Middle East Scotland’s External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf said: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/21052013-Doha D99725F4-BA95-4A67-82EA-BB164B7BDD38 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:39:51 -0400 More than one in five Scottish households have received help from the Scottish Government and energy companies to cut their home energy bills according to new figures released today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/energy-bills 3428237A-F8C3-40C9-943C-59F52D207F1C Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:52 -0400 Scotland can more than afford to be a successful independent country, as a paper published today outlines the nation’s key economic strengths. http://www.electricscotland.com/independence/economic_case.htm 70F686E7-896C-46D5-A2D3-C3574165272A Tue, 21 May 2013 09:07:34 -0400 NEW report claims savers will also be hit in the pocket as financial regulations will have to be duplicated on both sides of the border. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scottish-secretary-claims-mortgage-pension-1900401 DEDD5007-39BD-4601-8708-CF2C14CA7D10 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:41:38 -0400 A small cruise liner with 112 people on board has run aground in the waters of Oban Bay on the west coast of Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22603212 54A4C6E9-A70E-4A99-92E2-5BC9EAD82E23 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:37:15 -0400 Scotland has been held back by past and present UK governments, Holyrood's SNP administration has claimed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22601357 BF45FE5C-BCCF-45C7-86FA-D33189A8C25D Mon, 20 May 2013 22:36:26 -0400 THE Church of Scotland has taken a historic step by voting in favour of allowing openly gay men and women to become ministers. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/church-of-scotland-votes-to-allow-gay-ministers-1-2937104 9947C259-F025-439D-A81D-361911A049A0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:34:26 -0400 Scotland’s banking giants would face considerable market pressures to leave their Edinburgh headquarters after independence and base themselves elsewhere in the UK, a former Bank of England deputy governor has warned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-rbs-and-hbos-may-leave-1-2938031 323ED817-6B78-408C-98E7-41A4FFA5A47F Mon, 20 May 2013 22:33:21 -0400 The SNP has a major fight to convince voters retirement plans look brighter under independence, says Peter Jones. http://www.scotsman.com/news/peter-jones-alex-salmond-s-indy-pension-puzzle-1-2937553 2E1CF977-F35E-418E-AD72-7D12B38798BA Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:24 -0400 Support for Scottish independence would be neck and neck with those in favour of remaining within the Union if Westminster adopts an anti-EU stance according to a new poll. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7405-westminster-eu-stance-strengthening-yes-support-as-new-poll-shows-no-vote-slipping#comment-195084 A6A778E8-23D5-4FA0-AE10-4C4342DF0AC7 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:01 -0400 The UK Treasury has published a paper on the impact of Scottish independence on banking and financial services. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22599282 3AE3521F-DC2B-4B92-8E9A-86045D8E259D Mon, 20 May 2013 11:14:47 -0400 Glasgow's Riverside Museum has been named European Museum of the Year (EMYA) at a ceremony in Belgium. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22587979 FA8C0C62-F9AE-4B46-A1EA-C8EF172DE76B Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:51 -0400 One of the UK's most famous girls schools has announced it will be taking in boys for the first time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22546202 193EB802-944C-44E7-BDCB-41CA9CCE0EBB Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:08 -0400 Former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey has sensationally admitted that his party hid the true worth of Scotland’s oil in the seventies in order to persuade Scots against voting for home rule. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7408-labour-party-lied-over-true-worth-of-north-sea-oil-admits-former-chancellor D5AF6692-05CB-4E78-B3B0-6D5CE7900257 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:46 -0400 The head of the Scottish branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has accused BBC Scotland head Ken MacQuarrie of carrying out a major dumbing down of news coverage in Scotland and of targeting journalists. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7407-scotland-guinea-pig-for-cuts-as-nuj-chief-accuses-bbc-scotland-management-of-major-dumbing-down F1CF81FD-5978-4499-BBF2-C1C56FDB6B3D Mon, 20 May 2013 11:10:48 -0400 T STARTED, as so many love ­affairs do these days, with a tweet. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/love-at-first-tweet-with-commander-hadfield-1-2936377 83D07746-A408-45ED-AA63-FEE97981481B Sun, 19 May 2013 12:48:42 -0400 SUPPORT for independence could increase if voters think the UK is likely to withdraw from the EU, a new poll has found. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-eu-split-may-boost-yes-vote-1-2936748 A60D943D-19A9-451B-B232-306E3A50089D Sun, 19 May 2013 12:41:13 -0400 A GENERATION of educated young Scots is being condemned to a life of low-paid, unstable jobs that will damage both their prospects and that of the country, a leading think tank has claimed. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/young-scots-face-low-pay-and-few-prospects-1-2936480 9E794DEC-D394-4EE9-A586-716457C3FA94 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:20:47 -0400 WOMEN would be able to seek information about the domestic violence history of new partners under plans to be proposed by senior police officers in Scotland. http://www.scotsman.com/news/violent-men-a-woman-s-right-to-know-1-2936478 C6353ECD-7926-47A4-88AD-29BACA30496A Sun, 19 May 2013 12:19:32 -0400 H&M is not, for me, a happy place. I associate it with fruitlessly searching for a school skirt acceptable to a teenager and getting up very early in the morning to queue for a Marni jacket. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/fashion/h-m-earns-plus-points-for-hot-girl-in-a-bikini-1-2936454 66909830-9CE6-4C75-874E-454FA10DA5AE Sun, 19 May 2013 12:17:43 -0400 AS WENDY Helliwell came downstairs on Wednesday morning, the name Jolie flashed on the TV screen. She caught the words double mastectomy. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/angelina-jolie-brings-home-a-frightening-dilemma-1-2936369 1BCA37FB-CEE9-4476-B1FE-565917F881A9 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:10:36 -0400 The ‘water of life’, especially in single-malt form, is one of Scotland’s most enduring exports. But should it really be mixed with condensed milk? Fiona MacGregor reports http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/world-whisky-day-scotland-s-global-export-1-2935179 5DE33915-45AE-4896-B601-9DAF625C14BE Fri, 17 May 2013 23:14:00 -0400 As Canongate set about reprinting his classics, William McIlvanney tells Susan Mansfield that we may not have heard the last of DI Laidlaw http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/features/william-mcilvanney-the-father-of-tartan-noir-1-2935210 F1DB8907-99C9-42D6-BC03-1FB397B5ECA0 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:02:19 -0400 THE small Berwickshire town of Duns will become a noisy revving shrine to motorsport history this weekend when Jim Clark’s World Championship-winning cars take to the streets he grew up on to launch the 50th anniversary of his first F1 success. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/motorsport/fans-remember-f1-legend-jim-clark-at-duns-1-2936078 537E50E4-5756-4871-A376-CD63435D4E0A Fri, 17 May 2013 22:59:49 -0400 If currency plan A is just a convenience to smooth transition, the rUK will play hardball, warns Alf Young http://www.scotsman.com/news/alf-young-treasury-will-be-trouble-for-the-snp-1-2936083 F6E820C7-4722-46FD-B4EE-0E8FC33C5767 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:58:12 -0400 Comparing Sandwich to Rothesay. http://www.scottishreview.net/IanJack87b.shtml 4C601D82-57E4-4B7F-975A-81C082DC2F43 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:19:55 -0400 A LEADING heart hospital found to have the third highest mortality rate in the UK says it has reviewed its practices. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/golden-jubilee-hospital-review-after-1894509 3DD83319-8782-469B-BC72-07EAE7CF4067 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:33:11 -0400 SCOTLAND’S right to keep the pound after independence was at the heart of fiery exchanges between Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Secretary Michael Moore last night. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/scottish-independence-pound-at-heart-of-debate-1-2934492 F3494C5F-3D5E-494B-AA21-DD910394DA7A Fri, 17 May 2013 00:22:30 -0400 Added our issue for 17th May 2013. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3972-Newsletter-17th-May-2013 B840497C-2267-409E-BDEA-D51841E2B046 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:15 -0400 Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien has questioned the threshold that could allow the Scottish independence referendum to be won by a single vote, and warned the campaign could be emotionally divisive. http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/chretien-hits-at-poll-formula.21093004 71BC8FC3-0395-4788-92E7-01594A65F708 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:06:50 -0400 A NEW whisky beer is to be launched by the brewer behind Tennent's Lager as its Dublin-based owner continues to exploit the potential of the brand in international markets. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/tennents-to-launch-whisky-beer-abroad.21090817 9DC88085-82B7-4E68-B5E1-B8714BA1CC76 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:05:05 -0400 SPITERI is one of a growing number of Scotland’s most influential celebrities who have come out publicly and backed the No campaign. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/texas-singer-sharleen-spiteri-says-1892145 D490BC7B-110C-457B-A98E-5138F1762312 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:27:26 -0400 A two-minute round-up of the news which has been happening around Scotland http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16824389 058930C2-48DF-431C-80C9-D531CE57F59D Thu, 16 May 2013 11:24:25 -0400 A committee of MPs has been told that sorting out pensions in the event of Scottish independence would be like building an NHS. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22528217 A53101D9-FDFB-4ADA-8898-DE68765F7A61 Thu, 16 May 2013 11:15:49 -0400 The SNP government has received legal advice on an independent Scotland's membership of the EU, but it has refused to reveal what it says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22550425 ECEEAD33-E497-4500-BC61-9120278EB59E Thu, 16 May 2013 11:13:32 -0400 TORY MPs gave David Cameron a bloody nose on Europe last night as Nick Clegg finally admitted there WILL be an EU referendum. A total of 114 Tory backbenchers rebelled and voted to condemn the failure to include a referendum Bill in last week’s Queen’s Speech. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4929541/Rebels-defy-PM-in-EU-poll-vote.html 7C413AAD-561F-4FF6-BFF2-36B31548C83F Wed, 15 May 2013 23:56:19 -0400 BBC Scotland Head of News, John Boothman is today facing questions after senior management at the Scottish broadcaster were found guilty of having distorted the news on Radio Scotland. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7385-exclusive-boothman-facing-questions-as-bbc-scotland-found-guilty-of-distorting-news-programme 8705D16F-97B6-4519-85B1-E6CFC072A33D Wed, 15 May 2013 23:51:15 -0400 THE globally famous star will perform five solo gigs in her home country in July, kicking things off in Inverness. She hopes if things go well she might do a world tour. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/britains-talent-sensation-susan-boyle-1889993 AC52AB4A-CE6C-43FA-87FA-758E55149146 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:49:09 -0400 TENNENT’S maker C&C Group is preparing to launch its flagship lager into overseas markets including India, while freezing prices at home and introducing a beer aged in whisky casks. http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/c-c-to-grow-tennent-s-sales-overseas-1-2929933 15BA10C2-7757-4F88-A43F-631A0B7AB085 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:47:03 -0400 WE will need our wits about us to sift competing profundities from sleekit half-truths in the run-up to the referendum, writes Pete Martin http://www.scotsman.com/news/pete-martin-sifting-referendum-fact-from-fiction-1-2931585 0ECF7A6C-DD89-4394-B8CC-32705718D75B Wed, 15 May 2013 23:45:30 -0400 ANY UK vote on Europe will have major ramifications, no matter how Scotland votes in 2014, writes Bill Jamieson http://www.scotsman.com/news/bill-jamieson-eu-vote-brings-more-uncertainty-1-2931581 22D49401-9241-4598-B2E8-ADE6975C6922 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:44:17 -0400 THEY might look as though they should be restricted to the golf course. But these open-sided electric microcars will be used to help tourists explore Scotland’s countryside through an environmentally friendly transport scheme. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/funding-for-electric-microcar-tourism-project-1-2931606 C51658B4-42A1-46D5-BC0F-8B65FA32D3D2 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:42:54 -0400 ONLINE retail giant Amazon is facing renewed pressure over its tax affairs after latest figures revealed it paid less than 2.5 million in the UK last year despite generating 4 billion in British sales. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/amazon-under-fire-over-2-5m-tax-on-4bn-uk-sales-1-2931006 9EF1BFB4-344A-4CE3-A732-181EC411E835 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:38:38 -0400 A polo match in aid of his Sentebale charity, which helps poor children and AIDS orphans in Lesotho, was the final leg of the Prince's week long journey round the US. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/10060733/Prince-Harry-plays-polo-as-he-rounds-off-US-tour.html 9E11F55D-ED89-4C7D-8011-F5D126392E3E Wed, 15 May 2013 22:46:41 -0400 Models and designers head to lavish charity event in Connecticut to watch the prince play. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325028/Prince-Harry-winds-U-S-tour-1-million-charity-polo-match.html D74A6A99-CDE5-4FC6-B908-EB6854646658 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:14:51 -0400 Scottish schools will be providing more food education for pupils thanks to a 1 million fund launched today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/foodforthought15052013 A4F5AF41-7FB8-4818-8E44-B88F08CDEFEB Wed, 15 May 2013 12:21:12 -0400 First Minister Alex Salmond today opened Europe’s first world-class electricity grid research centre. The centre will examine how advanced technologies can shape the low-carbon power industry of the future. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/europes-first-electricity-grid-research-centre1505 9893A892-25AA-4B1B-B150-C4CB13A8E317 Wed, 15 May 2013 12:20:26 -0400 The US beauty queen was speaking at a reception for the Prince's Foundation at which the guests also included pop star Will.i.am. http://news.sky.com/story/1091046/nana-meriwether-prince-harry-should-marry-me A7D7822C-1E9B-4F7F-9DCD-89872367FC7B Wed, 15 May 2013 11:50:58 -0400 Britain's Prince Harry is wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in the affluent New York City suburb of Greenwich, Conn., where he is playing in a polo match at a club with a history of hosting royal visitors. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/prince-harry-nj-storm-damage-visit-nyc-19173624#.UZOq3bVQGSo 932DD2BE-0E88-4B3F-B7E8-134CA6DE70B5 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:38:00 -0400 A new app is giving rail passengers the chance to learn about the landmarks they pass, turning the view through the window into an interactive learning experience. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/train-view-app-to-highlight-scottish-landscape-1-2928082 03FAE385-D631-4489-B36D-FC1812EC3B9F Wed, 15 May 2013 11:31:46 -0400 MR Allard moved to Scotland more than 25 years ago and today he made a non-religious affirmation and repeated it in his first language in front of MSPs in the debating chamber. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/french-msp-christian-allard-sworn-1890776 66297B69-8FE3-4DC2-8F45-E2DC0756CD1B Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:40 -0400 OVER the period January to March an extra 54,000 people managed to find employment, the largest increase since records began more than a decade ago. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/scotland-sees-record-rise-employment-1890272 19F28B73-A162-42C1-8AB0-94AF607B97D4 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:24:02 -0400 A two-minute round-up of the news which has been happening around Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16824389 7657112C-AC1E-42AC-A6CC-915A3B76A816 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:19:19 -0400 Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield touched down at Prestwick Airport on Tuesday evening after his return from the International Space Station. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22536830 4824B091-DD1E-4CA0-BAB6-319F2CA97E02 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:15:41 -0400 Prince Harry has been visiting areas of the New Jersey coast hit by Superstorm Sandy, as part of his trip to the United States. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22532688 CE02E33D-7946-4D11-864F-E59554C8EA5C Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:26 -0400 THE group of actors and a bagpipe player appeared before 45,000 people at the start of a San Francisco Giants baseball match. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/stars-play-black-watch-sing-1887776 1E82B692-B5E2-4C9D-8F96-A72EEEE3CCD3 Tue, 14 May 2013 14:48:51 -0400 The Woodland Trust said the move would provide a lasting legacy of the Year of Natural Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22522955 5E5388E8-E7B7-41E9-B0DA-9701268DB1BC Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:49 -0400 COMMANDER Chris Hadfield has become an online celebrity, amassing more than 790,000 followers on Twitter through his posts from space. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/astronaut-records-david-bowie-hit-1886728 3AAD2367-3CFC-4F52-8460-CB94326DE8E4 Mon, 13 May 2013 23:07:06 -0400 Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to scrap universal credit changes in an independent Scotland and undo worst of Tory welfare cuts. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/referendum/7371-women-and-welfare-at-centre-of-fresh-yes-push-as-sturgeon-rails-against-negativity 9E1722E4-1079-4F4F-A71A-54430ADCBD4F Mon, 13 May 2013 23:04:50 -0400 Free vitamin supplements for children, pregnant women and new mothers on low incomes will now be more widely available to encourage greater uptake. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/healthyvitamins13052013 6A0C9A31-3E37-43B4-A816-0F3833BC306D Mon, 13 May 2013 13:48:24 -0400 A community project which is helping offenders turn their backs on crime was today visited by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/Community-Payback-creating-path-out-of-crime130520 88529701-46DE-4B3D-A879-A87E7158E223 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:18 -0400 THE outstanding career achievements of Doctor Elsie Inglis have undoubtedly secured her place among the most notable medical heroines in Scottish history. How fitting that the Edinburgh maternity hospital that was named in her honour has become as fondly recalled as the doctor herself. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/lost-edinburgh-elsie-inglis-memorial-hospital-1-2927046 33979B5A-C05D-4E2C-A9B1-4B8CA8DBCCD6 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:23:39 -0400 ELAINE GREEN spends an hour each week sitting in a hyperbaric chamber to help relieve the symptoms of her condition. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/health-fitness/multiple-sclerosis-sufferer-tells-how-1885449 F253E67D-3DB4-4C6A-9A83-A7A8BC8FC9DB Mon, 13 May 2013 11:20:28 -0400 THE troops enjoyed traditional games such as tossing the caber and shot put as well as gulping down Irn-Bru during the event. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-soldiers-enjoy-haggis-irn-1886214 01D23113-4B7E-4FD6-A486-9E5FF1613FCB Mon, 13 May 2013 11:18:39 -0400 Former prime minister Gordon Brown said the anti-independence fight has to be based on a union for social justice with fairness at its core. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22495174 10B6B2F2-0DAC-4612-874B-7E649D819F8C Mon, 13 May 2013 11:16:36 -0400 The minister in charge of the Scottish government's yes to independence campaign has admitted that much more work needed to be done to win over the electorate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22507390 E447C4D5-59B6-4D10-A555-54E7340D5763 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:13:09 -0400 Students have been stroking puppies in a bid to calm any exam nerves. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22508773 624822F1-B467-4BF1-A2AD-8978053532FB Mon, 13 May 2013 11:10:24 -0400 The Prince, participating in a game of the disability sport sitting volleyball, battered an unstoppable shot past Misty May-Treanor much to the triple Olympic gold medallist's dismay. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/10051941/Prince-Harry-defeats-Olympic-beach-volleyball-star-on-US-trip.html 30D708C1-73EF-465A-86E0-8EF6504167D9 Sun, 12 May 2013 11:20:26 -0400 RESEARCH suggests that six bars in Scotland shut down every week as pub industry continues to struggle. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/smoking-ban-cheap-supermarket-prices-1884136 D588D9AA-70A9-4024-842A-C8BA48E1D405 Sun, 12 May 2013 10:58:46 -0400 Prince Harry has said he hopes to bring America's Warrior Games for injured servicemen and women to the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22499071 816082F8-B9C0-4A16-8F30-C7D80EE55681 Sun, 12 May 2013 10:47:37 -0400 A TECHNOLOGY firm that has helped to deliver food to Butlins holidaymakers and Heart of Midlothian football fans has sealed its first deal in the United States. http://www.scotsman.com/business/technology/qikserve-food-app-in-innsuites-us-hotels-deal-1-2926505 A1437DE7-163D-4233-B13C-EC0777BAA4C2 Sat, 11 May 2013 21:37:47 -0400 Shipyard equipment, maverick characters and bits of Meccano ... Dani Garavelli reports on the amazing birth of the ultrasound scan http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/how-clyde-shipyard-technology-created-the-ultrasound-1-2926428 355C4DF5-2A23-4E23-8657-8D31AC27CA7C Sat, 11 May 2013 21:31:11 -0400 Once a year the Grosvenor Hotel in London is turned into a floor-shaking bacchanal when the tartan aristocracy take the floor for the Royal Caledonian Ball http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/performing-arts/the-royal-caledonian-ball-keeps-it-reel-in-london-1-2926441 28F1AC57-302B-4271-91EF-AA761C6344C6 Sat, 11 May 2013 21:30:10 -0400 Next Saturday will see hundreds of people gather in Glasgow City centre ready to march from Strathclyde University to St Enoch Square. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/affairs-scotland/7360-balanced-debate-rally-an-interview-with-organiser-mark-piggott 4A0B6106-458A-4AFC-ADE7-998BD360BA02 Sat, 11 May 2013 21:23:43 -0400 The dramatic growth in whisky sales over the past few years is giving new life to an age-old Scottish craft. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22479640 F98D4433-BBC1-4314-A58D-9525FDA99B28 Sat, 11 May 2013 21:18:59 -0400 Prince Harry has said he hopes to bring America's Warrior Games for injured servicemen and women to the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22491487 C4A24C34-CE24-46A8-A20A-EE538A05E51F Sat, 11 May 2013 21:17:24 -0400 Prince Harry arrived in Colorado Friday afternoon with a full schedule ahead of him http://kdvr.com/2013/05/09/colorado-gears-up-for-prince-harrys-arrival/ 4A773E15-AD39-4368-B4AC-142CB4999155 Sat, 11 May 2013 14:11:28 -0400 A further 660 insulin pumps will be available for people with type 1 diabetes in Scotland as part of a 3 million investment announced today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/Diabetes-care10052013 90112AFF-81C6-46A6-A129-58700CB4DB2D Sat, 11 May 2013 10:06:38 -0400 The Scottish Government today published proposals that should form the foundation of a healthy, diverse and competitive banking sector in Scotland which puts the needs of its customers first. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/banking-strategy10052013 FFC19EA0-8AB7-4F79-919C-BF604691BA23 Sat, 11 May 2013 10:05:36 -0400 Rarely-seen documents celebrating the legacy of working Scots have gone on show at the National Records of Scotland. From Antarctic adventure to tartan, from banking to engineering, and from coal to the world’s best-selling whisky, ‘Scots at Work’ draws together treasures from the archives of Scottish industries and businesses for the first time, in support of The Working Archive campaign. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/scots-at-work10052013 E33C17CF-17FB-4A21-93C0-18F995F126A1 Sat, 11 May 2013 10:04:49 -0400 Newfoundland. No matter how hard I try, I can’t pronounce it the way the locals do, the way Wayne Johnston does, with the accent on the land not the new or the found. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/features/wayne-johnston-no-foreign-novelist-is-more-relevant-to-scotland-1-2925997 AB73CB23-FEF1-411E-ADE7-4C7E1EC382C1 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:36:55 -0400 TWO leading Scottish business figures, Jim McColl and Sir Tom Farmer, have condemned the quality of debate surrounding next year’s independence referendum, accusing the Unionist camp of scaremongering and the Yes Scotland campaign of lacking thoroughness in their vision. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-businessmen-slam-debate-1-2926302 D615B964-89AC-4434-B284-AC11E3E2DDA6 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:34:29 -0400 Playing the long game and insisting on a single referendum may be the undoing of the Yes campaign, writes Alf Young http://www.scotsman.com/news/alf-young-snp-only-has-own-strategy-to-blame-1-2926210 738A4AAB-AC26-4357-A419-F7CD4A610357 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:33:15 -0400 OF THE avalanche of tributes and criticisms directed at Sir Alex Ferguson since the announcement of his retirement, the most commonly used superlative is the one at which he is most likely to bristle. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/english/glenn-gibbons-ferguson-says-stein-was-the-greatest-1-2926229 7EDAB91A-7BAC-414B-ACAA-02DE8E7DDD74 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:31:55 -0400 LIZ, Abbi and Kari are part of the new generation of talented cricket players in Scotland. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/three-female-cricket-players-reveal-1880606 41D127EA-CDC8-4091-A7DE-EE743455B724 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:30:27 -0400 THE survey found that 59 per cent of people who will vote in the 2014 referendum are against independence. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/survey-reveals-support-scotland-stay-1877812 F596EE84-CA7A-41B7-90C8-988532C7AB21 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:29:03 -0400 THE Nationalist leader at Westminster, Angus Robertson, reckons that the Conservatives internal division over the EU is harming Scottish interests abroad. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/tory-civil-war-over-european-1881519 3474419C-69E6-4E55-84FF-29373137DD5E Sat, 11 May 2013 09:24:52 -0400 COMMENTS by the Very Reverend Gilleasbuig Macmillan come just days after a Kirk report on Israel sparked complaints. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/church-scotland-minister-slams-israels-1881891 587BD0B1-FD86-45E6-99A5-8DFBDAF47CF6 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:23:23 -0400 THE actress stumped up the dosh for her father Raymond to record his own Blues album as a Father's Day gift. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/doctor-whos-karen-gillan-funds-1881436 EDCF935A-FA72-4FE7-B777-19269F294BC9 Sat, 11 May 2013 09:22:08 -0400 THEY say you have to be mad to live in the Borders. Mad on rugby and mad on horses. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/saddle-up-for-the-borders-festival-of-the-horse-1-2925923 852BC990-5392-4E70-8511-13EBB873B314 Sat, 11 May 2013 00:02:03 -0400 A doubling of planned funding to improve oil and gas training facilities and develop other energy sector skills courses has been announced by Scotland's First Minister. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/7354-oil-and-gas-funding-doubled-as-scottish-energy-boom-set-to-create-95000-jobs 416D831E-E6E5-40A8-9369-0A231CE1D642 Fri, 10 May 2013 23:54:48 -0400 Prince Harry has said he wants to be a champion of 'wounded warriors' - servicemen and women who have been injured in combat - and today he had his first assignment in the U.S. - as he toured one of the country's largest military medical centers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2322553/Prince-Harry-meets-fellow-soldiers-wounded-war-paying-tribute-nations-fallen-Arlington-Cemetery.html 6B3F89E1-B8B4-4D01-8A4D-1D294DB1E25C Fri, 10 May 2013 13:23:16 -0400 At the Russell Senate Office Building, he spent about 30 minutes touring a landmine exhibit with Senator John McCain. He later made a surprise stop just down Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House., An ABC News special. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/prince-harry-arrives-in-washington/ 3BA3D7B3-4F51-4978-A91F-3DD6CB8971F3 Fri, 10 May 2013 13:04:25 -0400 MORE than half of Scots want to see the UK’s Clyde-based nuclear weapons replaced when the current Trident system is decommissioned, a new poll has found. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/over-half-of-scots-want-trident-replacement-poll-1-2925653 69DBF9CE-AC66-47C4-BB82-33D93D29ECF2 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:43:37 -0400 THE Glaswegian who has taken over Manchester United job has much in common with his predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson including a loyal wife who has been his rock throughout his career. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/moyes-met-girl-pam-power-1879579 607E8E86-4858-4A08-A635-A590E20AA6ED Fri, 10 May 2013 11:41:27 -0400 THE stunning Scots soprano will perform before 90,000 fans at Wembley ahead of the showpiece final between Manchester City and Wigan. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/lifelong-motherwell-fan-monica-mcghee-1879146 64A0EDDC-38EA-4A36-9043-217A7CF04514 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:37:47 -0400 Prince Harry has begun the second day of his US visit by laying a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22484887 92B599C5-8887-4356-A058-BCA9E41E4CF6 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:30:32 -0400 Prince Harry has begun his US tour by meeting Michele Obama and joining her in honouring America's military mothers at a White House reception. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22474685 2C09AE0D-B6F7-4C32-A35C-CA0E6542F614 Thu, 9 May 2013 22:16:41 -0400 The HALO Trust is 25 years old and to mark the occasion there’s a photo exhibition in Washington DC with Prince Harry promoting the Scottish-based organisation there. But one of its founders is hoping it doesn’t reach 50 that before then the world will finally be rid of the scourge of landmines. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/halo-trust-the-fight-against-landmines-1-2925308 8A546FE5-D44F-4E73-8FC3-FFA85856E081 Thu, 9 May 2013 21:18:20 -0400 Some of Scotland’s rarest birds could be wiped out by the end of the century as a new UK report highlights profound climate change in the Highlands, experts have warned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scottish-climate-change-could-wipe-out-rare-birds-1-2925451 A71EF9DF-FE86-4AF6-A942-3C092D88FB2D Thu, 9 May 2013 21:16:15 -0400 ARCHAEOLOGISTS are planning a major dig to uncover one of the lost Kingdoms of the ancient Picts, the tribe of legendary warriors whose empire stretched from Fife to the Moray Firth before they mysteriously vanished from history. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/new-excavations-to-find-lost-pictish-kingdom-1-2925006 D96352BE-2763-4EE8-90BE-B9FE333F1347 Thu, 9 May 2013 21:12:47 -0400 Backbench Conservative MPs from the Eurosceptic wing of the party are to force a Commons vote on an early referendum on EU membership. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7348-backbench-tories-force-commons-vote-on-eu-referendum 1100B157-570F-415C-975B-DBD167EE3596 Thu, 9 May 2013 21:10:37 -0400 New BBC supremo Tony Hall has backed trade union demands for more money for Scotland. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7349-bbc-scotland-to-receive-more-funding-as-new-dg-hall-bows-to-union-pressure 3887E885-F6EB-4A29-94D5-FD0AE1C64CF0 Thu, 9 May 2013 21:07:15 -0400 More than 30 veterans of World War II's Russian Arctic Convoys have been presented with medals at a ceremony in Wester Ross. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22461359 F5E79079-8D34-4543-B95B-4CB994CEDB6A Thu, 9 May 2013 21:03:17 -0400 Campaigners have called for a public statue of Mary, Queen of Scots to be erected in Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22472478 0E0DCF58-5C3F-47AA-B90E-BF9E26483D56 Thu, 9 May 2013 21:02:15 -0400 Now added the issue for May 10th, 2013 http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3961-Newsletter-10th-May-2013 729FD35B-337C-497D-AF6A-8682AA97FAC4 Thu, 9 May 2013 20:22:25 -0400 MANCHESTER UNITED have confirmed Everton boss David Moyes as their new manager. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/4921166/David-Moyes-is-new-Manchester-United-boss.html A2992847-88CB-488E-8289-8541F15C571E Thu, 9 May 2013 17:03:29 -0400 JAMES MORTON starred in TV's Great British Bake Off - and each week he brings you great recipes in his role as Sunday Mail columnist. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/james-morton-how-make-great-1877918 638EB8DB-04DC-4803-AEC4-4BE1EEDBFF36 Thu, 9 May 2013 08:58:09 -0400 THE survey found that 59 per cent of people who will vote in the 2014 referendum are against independence. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/survey-reveals-support-scotland-stay-1877812 3215D594-6414-414F-A15D-33363198C24E Thu, 9 May 2013 08:56:39 -0400 THE legendary Scottish manager agonised over his decision to retire with his wife of five decades Cathy. Yesterday he broke down in tears as he announced the news to Manchester United's players. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/alex-ferguson-sobbed-wife-decided-1877515 5D6D6618-1970-4E6F-81E6-FAB5DEDCA29B Thu, 9 May 2013 08:54:24 -0400 The Israeli government has criticised the Church of Scotland over a report which questions the divine right of Jews to the land of Israel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22464640 3D9ED060-CA2B-4F4C-950F-3442C20C39D0 Thu, 9 May 2013 08:13:16 -0400 A French management services company is creating 400 new jobs across the central belt of Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/french-company-creates-400-new-scottish-jobs080520 87FF57BF-A6B1-4DB0-8A08-1C7FA6B8DC77 Wed, 8 May 2013 11:15:57 -0400 A planning tool is being developed to ensure that hospitals and communities have the right beds in place to treat patients as Scotland’s health service faces the challenge of an ageing population. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/Bed-planning-tool08052013 0E930A5E-C0BD-418B-B810-253F253ABB4B Wed, 8 May 2013 11:14:56 -0400 The first-ever overarching strategy for Scotland’s historic environment was unveiled today for consultation by Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/historic-environment08052013 C27A55F5-4E8D-4492-B141-BB25CA0B75F5 Wed, 8 May 2013 11:14:04 -0400 The famous Stornoway black pudding delicacy has finally been granted protected status after seven years of campaigning putting it in the same league as Champagne and Arbroath Smokie. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/stornoway-black-pudding-given-protected-status-1-2923042 33EEDCEA-BF08-4386-87C0-514992B7E0FF Wed, 8 May 2013 10:36:13 -0400 MANCHESTER United chief executive David Gill has outlined the qualities needed to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson as manager amid growing expectation that David Moyes will be confirmed as the new man in charge by the end of this week. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/english/david-moyes-frontrunner-as-sir-alex-steps-down-1-2922884 20353693-32B9-4B74-B7FC-C03316B47C52 Wed, 8 May 2013 10:35:19 -0400 EUROPEAN Tour chief executive George O’Grady has defended Colin Montgomerie’s entry into Golf’s Hall of Fame, describing the Scot’s feat in winning eight Order of Merit titles as superhuman.. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/sport/golf/montgomerie-inducted-into-world-golf-hall-of-fame-1-2922166 EF438FB2-2DBF-41A8-ADAA-262FB0839B49 Tue, 7 May 2013 22:12:27 -0400 It would be unfair for me to say that innovation doesn’t happen in whisky very often; bearing in mind that this is the same spirit we’ve been producing since before we documented it in 1494, the wheel has probably changed marginally more. Having said all that there is a wind of change a foot in Scotch, no more than a small breeze perhaps, but as demand grows and the increased perception of its value as a luxury good, the whole industry has had to take stock. Here’s the lowdown on some more interesting things going on in Scotch. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/five-signs-that-scottish-whisky-is-changing-1-2921414 C31DF507-4787-4EAF-A71E-89A8360A1320 Tue, 7 May 2013 10:00:41 -0400 FINANCE secretary John Swinney has admitted to MSPs that his advisers published a mis-calculation of nearly 2 billion in estimates of government pension scheme costs. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-government-calculations-wrong-by-1-8bn-1-2921490 FFBAE7F1-93E2-40B5-AC2D-37407B17CD0F Tue, 7 May 2013 09:58:41 -0400 A 30,000 steel-plated sculpture has been unveiled as part of on-going regeneration works in the North Lanarkshire town of Shotts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22433961 9BE5417F-3FA2-451E-B009-3B91B86CD578 Tue, 7 May 2013 09:49:56 -0400 Holyrood journalists Alan Cochrane and Andy Nicoll give their assessment on the Scottish independence campaign in the latest BBC Scotland webcast on the issue. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22405351 74423691-97F8-448F-B0E1-EB926C7E7D5A Tue, 7 May 2013 09:47:36 -0400 A former UK ambassador to the United Nations has told BBC Scotland's Sunday Politics programme that Scotland would be welcomed as a member state if it became independent - but it would have to find its own way. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22420511 345F42BF-7B3E-4AD4-8EC4-53768CA6CCB7 Tue, 7 May 2013 09:45:56 -0400 The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Lawson, has called for the UK to leave the European Union. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22429790 3102CBA1-0950-4A6A-ACC2-E9A8EA85CE76 Tue, 7 May 2013 09:44:46 -0400 INDEPENDENCE could spell pension misery for Scots with retirees forced to apply to get their share from the UK money pot, experts have warned. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/394769/Pensions-freeze-fear-for-foreign-Scots 6D1B20E4-77CF-477F-9651-0B6B0747E4E5 Mon, 6 May 2013 22:17:29 -0400 IT’S been another shocking week for the SNP at Holyrood. And I use that word advisedly. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/papercolumnists/4916936/Sloppy-Alex-Salmond-given-a-right-pounding.html 6DF19ED4-2D1C-40A6-8B9C-C0782FCAF678 Mon, 6 May 2013 09:45:40 -0400 IT’S the time that every school pupil dreads the end of year bringing the report card. Edinburgh’s council coalition has been at work for almost 12 months so has it passed with flying colours or is it a case of must try harder? http://www.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-council-one-year-on-how-did-they-do-1-2921212 87FC33F9-D866-407C-AF60-131C6A9944E5 Mon, 6 May 2013 09:38:20 -0400 Scotland is sitting on oil and gas revenues worth up to 4 trillion according to a new report set to be published this week. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/7320-scottish-oil-revenues-massively-underestimated-according-to-new-report C007486B-23DA-4DCE-B558-5C2879C3DE15 Mon, 6 May 2013 09:28:39 -0400 Two BBC Scotland reporters were criticised this weekend, the journalistic impartiality of Chick Young and Derek Bateman was questioned. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/7323-the-scottish-media-and-its-fear-of-the-internet CCBB1496-E5DC-43D7-B2DC-CC58C1440B80 Mon, 6 May 2013 09:26:43 -0400 JAMES OSWALD spent 30,000 on the new hi-tech tractor after landing a six-figure contract with Penguin to publish his Inspector McLean crime novels. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-farmer-dubbed-new-ian-1871640 A5755BDA-CE68-4CC0-BE73-9CCEDED816D1 Mon, 6 May 2013 09:22:37 -0400 A tiny island off the north west coast of Scotland is being put up for sale with a guide price of 2.5m. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22418936 1B98654F-D8E4-4470-AD81-24B2803FF479 Mon, 6 May 2013 09:15:57 -0400 ONE of Scotland’s age-old crafts is in danger of disappearing under a barrage of cheap Asian imports after a European court upheld a ban on sealskin, traditionally favoured by sporran makers. http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/scots-sporran-makers-threat-from-pakistan-imports-1-2920646 720FF19C-2500-4CCC-BBAD-4E73E3B8AE85 Sat, 4 May 2013 22:39:18 -0400 LAWYERS have branded Australia as one of the worst markets for the sale of fake Scotch whisky and have applied to register the spirit as a certification trademark to protect Scotland’s national drink Down Under. http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/australia-one-of-worst-offenders-for-fake-scotch-1-2920636 D66695D5-0C8E-42C1-B69B-4C971FD47018 Sat, 4 May 2013 22:38:03 -0400 THE UK government is planning a relentless offensive on the impact that Scottish independence will have on household finances as the marathon campaign marks 500 days to go until the referendum. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-independence-battle-over-family-finance-1-2920696 D9A86BD7-0A5F-495D-BE11-8DA5F74BC07A Sat, 4 May 2013 22:36:14 -0400 The SNP has published the results of a new opinion poll which shows there is overwhelming support amongst the Scottish public for the Scottish Government's attempts to seek pre-referendum talks with Westminster. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7317-new-poll-shows-westminster-is-out-of-touch-on-pre-referendum-talks- 92B4795B-52DE-4847-92A9-0E16A9375AF2 Sat, 4 May 2013 22:33:51 -0400 Holyrood journalists Alan Cochrane and Andy Nicoll give their assessment on the Scottish independence campaign in the latest BBC Scotland webcast on the issue. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22405351 6780EB05-8AF2-4FA4-9605-1F8606FBFCFE Sat, 4 May 2013 22:31:20 -0400 Marking the milestone of 500 days to go to the referendum, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: In just 500 days time the people of Scotland will get the opportunity to answer the question ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’ http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/500-days05052013 F3C7A5DD-CD0A-450D-872E-69DF989C4D8A Sat, 4 May 2013 22:29:33 -0400 SCOTTISH teenagers will have their views on independence broadcast to an audience of millions in a special edition of the BBC's Question Time to be held next month. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/question-time-to-host-special-edition-for-scottish-teenagers.20984899 AC8FF887-CDAE-4C24-BD4A-9CAD63743C36 Sat, 4 May 2013 14:07:33 -0400 We hoover up millions of Greggs sausage rolls and doughnuts each week, but Britain’s biggest bakery chain hasn’t always enjoyed a high (apple) turnover. A fascinating new memoir reveals its humble roots http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/features/record-baker-ian-gregg-discusses-his-memoir-1-2919435 EC762197-347D-4426-B094-E3D618FC2392 Sat, 4 May 2013 14:02:41 -0400 In this, our sixth instalment of the We are Scotland video series Newsnet Scotland travels to Roslin to speak to Bruce. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/affairs-scotland/7309-we-are-scotland-bruce-roslin 67327E7A-8456-42A4-9FF5-35108AC360FF Sat, 4 May 2013 13:59:20 -0400 The SNP has called for an end to the denigration of people in the referendum debate following a row over claims by comedienne Susan Calman that she received death threats after poking fun at the SNP's independence plans in a BBC Radio show. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7314-call-for-positive-debate-as-anti-snp-death-threats-highlighted 45273938-6ACD-4B62-B14F-24EA1629CEA0 Sat, 4 May 2013 13:57:52 -0400 Hundreds of trade unionists, public sector cuts protesters, and anti-capitalists have staged rallies across Scotland to mark May Day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22413766 554FA060-8F2C-4EB9-93C7-DD84A9120EF3 Sat, 4 May 2013 13:56:35 -0400 A two-minute round-up of the news which has been happening around Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16824389 E0C917A5-2B79-4DCE-9BD2-3E3B8C189C03 Fri, 3 May 2013 11:05:20 -0400 UKIP leader Nigel Farage has hailed gains in council elections across England as remarkable for the party. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22382098 98451931-3DCB-4DDE-8D43-063C4C3B0709 Fri, 3 May 2013 10:58:44 -0400 ROYAL Bank of Scotland management have predicted that the Government should be able to start selling off its stake in the state-owned bank within a year. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/rbs-set-to-be-sold-within-next-12-months-1-2919195 CDB49489-AF6A-4063-B5F1-A1AAFADD7A56 Fri, 3 May 2013 10:56:47 -0400 A legal challenge to the Scottish government's plans to introduce minimum pricing per unit of alcohol has failed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22394438 29D7B27B-532F-4851-812F-4C09EF274B0C Fri, 3 May 2013 10:40:38 -0400 The newsletter for 3rd May is now available. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3954-Newsletter-3rd-May-2013 5169DB36-85DF-48E4-953D-5E2BBB291A48 Thu, 2 May 2013 20:21:59 -0400 Got in a copy of their April 2013 newsletter. http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/newsletters/leslieint 474BD5B7-47AD-4799-AE3A-404CDF7116E4 Thu, 2 May 2013 11:20:06 -0400 SCOTLAND would have to start from scratch on the international stage, a report by a House of Commons committee has found. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-cannot-show-how-scotland-1863089 DD5340F9-66AB-4CD0-B62D-999A4A5BA02F Thu, 2 May 2013 10:29:30 -0400 A two-minute round-up of the news which has been happening around Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16824389 6A90E744-5D8F-4ED8-96F6-A2B1F277E08F Thu, 2 May 2013 10:22:03 -0400 A host of big names - including Emeli Sande and Billy Connolly - are backing Aberdeen's bid to be crowned UK City of Culture in 2017. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22370449 EB2E72FA-F0E6-4BA2-8A62-890FF1B16390 Thu, 2 May 2013 10:20:59 -0400 Major Tim Petransky, of 2 Scots Royal Regiment of Scotland, has paid tribute to three British soldiers who died when their armoured vehicle was blown up in Afghanistan on Tuesday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22384271 188F8527-DED4-44AD-9302-13F45760B5ED Thu, 2 May 2013 10:19:08 -0400 Three patients in Scotland have died after catching a new strain of the Clostridium difficile (C.diff) bug. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22378210 79E178A1-7ACE-4ADD-83F3-3D27099ACED0 Thu, 2 May 2013 10:18:23 -0400 Scotland will host a second national celebration of reading in 2013, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/BWS-2013 5B45CC37-C16C-4910-A040-4D7C1D93C297 Wed, 1 May 2013 13:36:03 -0400 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today announced the release of Retails Sales Index for Scotland Quarter 1 2013. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/Sales-index-01052013 020F2383-35DB-41F6-954F-F635C652EB98 Wed, 1 May 2013 13:35:12 -0400 Scotland’s growing Grow Your Own movement was given extra support by Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/growyourown01052013 1AA395C4-3D09-406F-ACB3-03D8EB9BCAF5 Wed, 1 May 2013 13:34:18 -0400 Scottish business is backing a new employer assessed work-based qualification to help young people prove they are ready for employment. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/Young-people-ready-for-work01052013 BCB1894B-8594-4215-9887-D7CBE581FBAB Wed, 1 May 2013 13:33:35 -0400 An independent Scotland would leave the rest of the UK's international reputation damaged, a committee of MPs has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22358118 D765E93B-F5CC-456C-A514-689FFADC0282 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:43:35 -0400 CANAVAN'S opinion, given in an interview with BBC Scotland, differs from the Scottish Government, which has set out plans to retain the pound if Scotland votes for independence. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/independence-yes-camp-chief-backs-1862602 91629F49-F9D1-4E5D-959B-3D2AAED57D6E Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:41:39 -0400 The South China Morning Post reports that the case for Scottish independence has received a boost from an unlikely source. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7292-backing-for-scottish-pound-from-unlikely-source 5B87F410-1562-4B48-83EB-1E76C12B3192 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:38:24 -0400 AN Edinburgh chartered surveyor is set to spend two months inside an eight foot water tank on a deserted speck in the ocean to raise money for charity. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/features/surveyor-to-spend-two-months-on-remote-rockall-1-2913873 EE0E7C88-BFED-4E4B-97E0-AE3EA1B6C67B Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:34:31 -0400 THE remainder of the UK should support Scotland’s bid to join the European Union and Nato if voters back independence, a Commons committee says today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independent-scotland-wins-backing-over-nato-and-eu-1-2914657 0440DA50-1C3E-48B7-9DE9-B3369F8CB332 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:32:06 -0400 It has enjoyed soaring popularity in emerging economies across the globe, leaving distilleries struggling to keep up. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/macallan-markets-whisky-by-colour-instead-of-age-1-2914662 99C099D3-DCA4-4911-BEA5-60BF775B23FC Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:31:11 -0400 THEY were hailed as Scotland's answer to the Mini, but quickly turned into a national laughing stock famed for breaking down and seizing up. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/50-years-of-derision-but-the-imp-is-back-on-road-to-success.20916511 81875F0C-BECC-471A-8441-AE601CB50945 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:23:42 -0400 An innovative scheme which aims to help children combat their fear of being in hospital, is to be rolled out in children’s hospitals across Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/childrens-hospital-passport29042013 38CB3A8A-5897-4BE4-8864-B87FCE605A1F Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:57:30 -0400 A PUBLIC vote got under way today on what to call the new Forth road bridge after the Scottish Government revealed a shortlist of five names for the £1.6 billion crossing. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-forth-bridge-names-revealed-as-public-decide-1-2912814 A551009D-DE3F-421D-B0B9-7EE401AA2A03 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:41:56 -0400 AS the latest independence poll is released it seems pressure is growing on First Minister Alex Salmond as 62 percent of Scots say his case for breaking away from the Union isn't very convincing. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/alex-salmond-accused-lacking-guts-1859183 B462ED69-80FD-43BA-9DDD-818B55F202F0 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:39:17 -0400 The Scottish Government is ahead of schedule in delivering its ambitious targets in community and local ownership of renewable energy projects, Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing has confirmed. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7283-community-renewables-powering-ahead 6BBA1E8B-37FB-42F6-B67F-6AA91AFE4995 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:35:58 -0400 A senior UK official, who represented Scottish interests at the British Embassy in Beijing from 2010/12, has criticised the Scottish Government's China Plan in evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/scotlands-china-plan-is-flawed-says-consultant.20926632 83821EBC-98D5-440E-A89C-83FFEE0CC262 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:29:06 -0400 FEMALE drivers aged 17 to 20 are now paying a record average of £2256 a year for comprehensive cover. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/women-face-20-hike-car-1855700 3BE993D1-3800-42DA-9A4A-8A0023FB0E7D Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:22:26 -0400 THE 26-year old singer, who is currently in the US, tops the record previously held by The Fab Four’s Please Please Me. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/scots-star-emeli-sande-celebrating-1858192 C7CEF7AA-FD13-4E3F-93CB-3C93AC572511 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:18:36 -0400 Flatpack furniture is nothing new but a flatpack boat designed in Scotland has led to a resurgence in the sport of coastal rowing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22312753 FE650269-E0FD-4780-B6E0-EA9823E0C56F Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:14:13 -0400 TOURISTS planning a visit to the iconic Eilean Donan Castle one of Scotland’s most famous landmarks have been warned it is not looking her photogenic best. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/eilean-donan-undergoes-major-restoration-work-1-2909835 99F6E24E-528B-4083-8D57-DCC072B26E14 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:52:11 -0400 ALEX Salmond has come under fire from independence supporters amid concerns that the campaign for a referendum Yes vote is stalling. http://www.scotsman.com/news/independence-salmond-accused-of-playing-it-safe-1-2912331 671E094A-F8D5-4C50-AC8B-F3715916B67B Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:43:07 -0400 THEIR Scottish forefathers earned their place in history by signing the Declaration of Independence that created the new nation of the United States of America. But two centuries after a band of famous Scots helped end British rule across the Atlantic, their descendants are opposed to Scotland taking the same road to separation. http://www.scotsman.com/news/declaration-of-independence-wrong-for-scots-1-2912351 45B99454-0BF9-4560-AEE3-7168A9FE7E3F Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:42:08 -0400 Five hundred new jobs are being created in Inverness over the next three years by French firm Capgemini. Already a major employer in the Highlands, Capgemini will see their workforce in and around Inverness doubling to 1000 by 2016. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7275-new-500-capgemini-jobs-immense-for-inverness 0A2C94A8-8ECB-4A1E-A673-888D5C77AEA8 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:34:38 -0400 Respected former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Sir George Mathewson has expressed his anger over the way information on the independence referendum is being distorted. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/referendum/7274-financial-giant-very-angry-at-distortion-of-independence-facts EAACBEFE-73CA-4296-8248-E7D7F0E67BC9 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:33:35 -0400 TAXPAYERS in Edinburgh face a multi-million-pound bill over the city’s housing repairs scandal. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/edinburgh-repairs-scandal-taxpayers-face-huge-bill-1-2911584 43EBA3A7-B253-4D53-9132-BEBB4D89876C Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:14:38 -0400 Two rare bottles salvaged from the shipwreck that inspired the book and film Whisky Galore are being auctioned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22308904 CD91BBF9-13A5-4F5E-82F2-BD9B3CCC0C95 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:00 -0400 GOOD stroppy walks, everyone,says Matthew Bourne with a smile. The dancers of Scottish Ballet smile back, because coming from the man for whom characterisation is key, this is high praise indeed. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/performing-arts/matthew-bourne-on-the-scottish-ballet-s-highland-fling-1-2907738 7C3C9102-6EF3-4625-96A1-113E66E75BF6 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:54:36 -0400 A CHURCH of England minister will make history this weekend when he becomes the head of a Free Church of Scotland congregation in St Andrews. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/anglican-minister-to-take-free-church-congregation-1-2910003 6BB2DCCB-6425-46C7-A90C-0BC06A4E057F Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:51:34 -0400 LINDSEY ARCHIBALD presents our new Record Woman show which deals with issues that matter as well as all the latest fashion news and gossip from the world of showbiz. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/record-woman-tv-april-25-1851869 EC11D8DF-2F1B-45CE-AAE9-EE002532A8C4 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:53:24 -0400 A seminar on caves and rock shelters occupied in the Iron Age has proved so popular its organisers have decided to stream it on the internet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22296689 5BC9BB71-26B2-4EB4-92C9-32FCB451BEA6 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:43:42 -0400 A new weapon is being tested in the battle against a dangerous alien plant in Aberdeenshire http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22293371 AE94339F-3067-4F0B-9FDB-8482A4B3DA69 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:41:42 -0400 Would you swap the sand and surf of Hawaii for the west coast of Lewis in April? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22293377 F6AFA125-A50D-46A1-82D7-FBB00523FE0C Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:40:45 -0400 Scotland's biggest Sikh temple will open its doors on Sunday after the community raised 3.8m to build it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22300608 7E47359B-D84A-4011-9EE0-9702DD99B472 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:38:55 -0400 A documentary made with footage filmed by more than 100 members of the public is to take on Hollywood blockbusters in cinemas next month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22301892 97E159DC-18B2-46D9-9735-2710DD9088FB Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:37:59 -0400 Firms providing pensions across the UK may need to find millions of pounds to plug funding gaps if Scotland opts for independence, a report has suggested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22296547 D0F97E02-E31B-43C3-8425-7B74CDD37428 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:36:54 -0400 A newsletter for Scots at home and abroad. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3948-Newsletter-26th-April-2013 6A709C92-36F4-487C-91A5-8193B7573D37 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:23:00 -0400 The voice of Alexander Graham Bell has been identified for the first time, in a recording from 1885. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22294017 4D26ABAF-654E-4E83-AB14-57AB8290C335 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:23:59 -0400 A unique system of clocks designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be reinstalled in Glasgow School of Art. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22267350 FC945760-82D2-4343-9D90-5AEB7EB14014 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:17:42 -0400 Children who eat the same food as their parents have healthier diets, according to a new study. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22281962 9F708E83-668C-44DE-B438-1A2593681E86 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:15:08 -0400 Researchers have created a new keyboard layout which they claim makes thumb-typing faster on touchscreen devices such as tablets and large smartphones. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22283117 95CE28F1-5428-4847-AE75-B60E9039CEE5 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:13:41 -0400 Angus MP Mike Weir has accused the Scotland Office of being asleep at the wheel and not understanding the dangers to Scotland’s farming industry. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/7259-scotland-office-asleep-at-wheel-on-eu-agriculture-policy-reform 5B841C9E-FE9B-432F-9D3A-D086D43A9D60 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:08:29 -0400 Edinburgh council is planning to hire a team of advisers on a multi-million-pound fee to streamline its property portfolio, saving around 50 million in the process. http://www.scotsman.com/news/council-looking-to-offload-75-edinburgh-properties-1-2906930 56E476B3-D2D1-4240-A657-4290248F4590 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:06:36 -0400 GLOBALLY important marine life in Scotland’s seas could be lost unless a network of key conservation areas is established as a matter of urgency, environmentalists warn today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/sealife-off-scottish-coast-facing-extinction-threat-1-2907994 2769B565-A606-4660-B18C-3F5089C50EDF Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:04:32 -0400 PRINCE Charles and future British monarchs should have a separate Scottish coronation if Scotland votes for independence, a Church of Scotland report says today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/independent-scotland-will-need-own-coronation-1-2907931 9248804E-DE42-4D31-BD30-25E3DA391FF2 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:03:22 -0400 MEN who wear kilts have better quality sperm and are therefore more fertile, Scottish researchers claim. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/sperm-quality-study-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-kilt-wearing-scotsmen.20851291 72A829A6-C64D-47A9-92DD-ECCE7BAD3B5D Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:47:35 -0400 Scots around the world have been left disenchanted by "watered-down" plans to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, according to clan chiefs. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/clan-chiefs-go-to-war-over-bannockburn-2014-plans-for-diaspora.1366784822 FCC031D3-23BE-4B17-84AF-E6043EDAD64D Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:43:17 -0400 THE report also says Scotland has the highest homicide rate of any of the four UK nations. The study says problems with gangs and knife crime contributed to the rating. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-most-violent-place-uk-1850488 C1FA1A71-7E3B-4FFC-8D48-BC9A12EE3792 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:23:10 -0400 Scotland’s commitment to introduce minimum unit pricing is the right thing to do in the battle to tackle alcohol misuse, Alex Neil will tell an audience in Brussels. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/minpricing24042013 2842ABE0-E11D-4514-B1D9-067C16A829ED Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:18:32 -0400 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published the results of the 2012 Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy (SSLN). http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/Statistical-News-Release24042013 19DD2FEC-C3C0-4456-AFAA-FCC7F72B1778 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:16:15 -0400 Understanding how rural landscapes changed over the centuries can help design the best ways of preserving them, new research has suggested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22265839 FDE52DDE-696D-413F-9149-A704A2D832CC Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:55:32 -0400 The National Library of Scotland has announced plans to recruit a full-time Wikipedian. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22264118 4C88CB32-5055-43B5-A94A-DF0250C2EF15 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:53:24 -0400 TWO German tourists who arrived in Scotland for a holiday at the end of February have finally left after being stranded in a remote glen by a snow storm for five weeks. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/german-tourists-stranded-in-highlands-for-five-weeks-1-2906075 D30220ED-F3EE-4D54-A326-2D5F5B5CAC50 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:46:52 -0400 CHARITY campaigners, entrepreneurs and great role models were among the amazing young people honoured at the Sunday Mail's best ever Young Scot Awards. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-scot-awards-2013-tears-1844974 299298C0-4D1C-4437-9442-6DEFD2C4B2F2 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:33:21 -0400 By 1970, man had landed on the moon, yet one in four Scots still had to share an outdoor toilet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22214728 82C1399E-C060-4999-901F-7A023AB276F3 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:29:56 -0400 Whether New Labour croissants or the more traditional cooked fare, Labour delegates to their Inverness conference had some indigestible breakfast reading in Scotland on Sunday with the news that Co-op party chair Mary Lockhart intends to vote YES in next year’s referendum. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/7231-co-op-party-chair-breakfast-bombshell-for-labour-delegates 7AD7E3B0-CC59-411F-B51A-44645A7306EE Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:45:33 -0400 DISNEY is to cut jobs after parts of the business saw a drop in income that has been partly blamed on poor DVD sales of the Oscar-winning cartoon Brave, which is set in Scotland. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/film/disney-to-cut-jobs-amid-poor-sales-of-brave-dvds-1-2905191 56D62A54-0FCB-4FFD-9364-DF4BAA9C5E2F Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:38:39 -0400 CHANCELLOR George Osborne will today give the strongest signal yet that the UK would not allow an independent Scotland to join a sterling currency zone because of the high economic risks involved. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/independence-uk-set-to-reject-a-sterling-zone-1-2905187 373B46DD-9631-4BE4-83EE-88C41667640C Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:31:43 -0400 The Scottish Council for Development and Industry has entered the row over Scotland’s use of the pound in the event of independence, declaring that the UK would likely place curbs on the freedom of the new country to act as it pleases. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-snp-pound-freedom-warning-1-2904279 FEFE851E-D52C-4AB8-8EAD-CD96B93698A6 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:27:14 -0400 The new artistic director of the Edinburgh International festival has been appointed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22249735 7F5C0CEC-7B79-4247-B653-63C4DA6EF6BE Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:20:24 -0400 Hoops clinch title in emphatic style http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/4897342/Celtic-4-Inverness-1-SPL-Champions.html 45E6B091-ABD2-49E7-9714-6A6A7E02F80F Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:19:44 -0400 Wildlife experts are to discuss whether large animals that were native to Scotland in the distant past could one day be reintroduced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22220384 3F9340B4-06E1-44DA-8EE7-67985B9F094D Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:21:19 -0400 UK Chancellor George Osborne believes the SNP are tying themselves in knots over plans to retain the pound in the event of a yes to independence. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22235315 CEE9895E-A1D7-4378-9C06-DD59FCF915CD Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:16:04 -0400 UP TO 1.2 million of public money is to be ploughed into a gala party to herald the arrival of the Ryder Cup golf tournament in Scotland next year. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland-s-ryder-cup-gala-party-to-cost-1-2m-1-2904012 630584E0-5B5D-4D44-9C4B-C6F93CCDFF1A Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:12:20 -0400 UP TO 50 congregations may leave the Church of Scotland if the General Assembly votes next month to allow the ordination of openly gay ministers. http://www.scotsman.com/news/church-of-scotland-faces-exodus-over-gay-clergy-1-2904009 4FC8CA45-CC41-4D77-B27F-E935E96656B7 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:09:42 -0400 HARDY Scot John Graham won a landslide victory to be elected mayor of Canadian city Iqaluit and puts his success down to the community spirit he grew up with back home. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/scotlandfeatures/4895804/Scots-mayor-of-Iqaluit-60C-and-thermal-undies-beats-the-bone-chilling-damp-of-home.html 9E155D38-9DC7-464F-AC98-22C7212E0A37 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:26:11 -0400 AN eco-friendly firm from the Capital which makes plant-based food packaging has been named best small company in Britain. http://www.scotsman.com/news/capital-firm-vegware-named-uk-s-best-small-company-1-2903679 758B47B0-B462-4D63-BECD-E35F5137C706 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:01:54 -0400 A FAMILY-OWNED Lothians farm is to roll out a superfood rapeseed oil to health clinics after new research revealed it was more nutritious than its olive-based counterpart. http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/superfood-oil-to-be-released-by-lothians-farm-1-2903690 C2F87040-78F2-4B63-92A4-DA61722F44AD Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:00:27 -0400 More than 50 years have elapsed since Cardiff City last earned promotion to the top tier in English football. Something links both eras, however, and it is the strong Scottish connection. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/english/danny-malloy-the-scot-who-left-his-mark-on-cardiff-1-2903576 8D4C8396-D366-4CE6-8B4B-B09D84B0BF43 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:58:13 -0400 A CANADIAN historian is calling on the Scottish Government to commemorate controversial Arctic explorer John Rae by erecting a statue of him in Edinburgh’s St Giles Cathedral. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/scottish-explorer-john-rae-should-be-honoured-1-2903175 01CA5793-953C-4205-9AAE-F7C348315F4C Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:56:27 -0400 A Stirlingshire safari park's new home for three elderly African elephants has been officially opened by the Princess Royal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-22217301 1DC59AE2-304A-4E18-9BEB-6D15A48CF7F2 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:53:44 -0400 Scout numbers in Scotland have grown at almost twice the rate of the UK as a whole in the past year, according to new figures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22230007 66E12E55-3FB7-4876-8BEE-A580B77CFD62 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:51:47 -0400 Aberdeenshire has topped the table for the best quality of life in Scotland for the fourth time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22221860 18F65092-A3A0-4E64-BAAF-5D3B5459438B Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:50:40 -0400 Almost 600 people have been made redundant, following the collapse of one of Scotland's biggest coal-mining companies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22225943 85E2DB39-AA50-44CE-A250-2573F81F8F3C Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:49:19 -0400 COUPLE celebrate 1st anniversary of their fairway romance with visit to family in Perthshire. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/golf/golf-star-carly-booth-says-1831592 AED83B47-D652-45DA-BA0F-3FD5E7E35A81 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:38:41 -0400 A LACK of sunshine in Scotland has left us more prone to suffering illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/scottish-pharmacies-set-hand-out-1842592 AA623BA8-6117-4DDF-B87D-0DBFE9ED0C14 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:31:23 -0400 Retailers have been challenged to make a permanent commitment to Scottish food producers. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/shoplocal20042013 EDA1218F-BDAD-45BE-BAFF-846250F8BF40 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:25:58 -0400 A long-awaited report on the future of rural education has been published. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22199935 BAD1D068-9358-438B-B705-9E398B5391A2 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:57:21 -0400 Visitor numbers in Scotland last year were down significantly on the previous year, according to official figures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22216383 CD3CACCD-7DD5-42C7-AD11-AC6E5E8E22C0 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:54:40 -0400 GLASGOW is no longer the heart-disease capital of the UK, dropping to third in the league table of deaths, figures show. http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/glasgow-loses-title-as-heart-disease-capital-of-uk-1-2901928 9CCB98C0-63BB-444D-80B7-BBE9369CB341 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:31:46 -0400 MORE than 15 years after restoration work began, one of Scotland’s most mysterious and historic attractions is about to be seen in its full glory. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/rosslyn-chapel-refurbishment-nearing-completion-1-2902204 E7C659B3-7076-47D4-B1B8-9FE6FEC3DE00 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:29:12 -0400 SCOTS treasure healthcare and benefits, but the independence debate asks us to examine that ‘birthright’, and ask questions, write Iain McLean, Jim Gallagher and Guy Lodge. http://www.scotsman.com/news/comment-scotland-s-welfare-state-of-mind-1-2901906 F7514A2E-5D22-466C-92BA-014E1003301D Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:24:53 -0400 The number of humanist wedding ceremonies in Scotland will soon overtake the number of Church of Scotland weddings, it has been claimed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22206854 6D83CF11-D5D2-4D7D-8B6F-E03D73EB0CD9 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:20:00 -0400 Prince Charles has been reviving horse logging on the Balmoral estate in Deeside. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22205690 B341A72F-07D9-4894-8430-B56E1C262960 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:18:45 -0400 Got up the issue for 19th April 2013. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3944-Newsletter-19th-April-2013 64A0FD88-A9FF-423E-B11C-7B3F5509D49C Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:56:30 -0400 A one-stop-shop to help businesses and the public sector use energy, water and raw materials more efficiently could save billions and protect our environment. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/resource-efficiency180413 D8D15D4F-6090-40E4-839F-419C7766D498 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:29:25 -0400 HISTORIANS have railed against plans to demolish the walls of an 18th century citadel in Leith and likened it to bulldozing Edinburgh Castle. http://www.scotsman.com/news/demolishing-fort-walls-like-bulldozing-edinburgh-castle-1-2901202 D8B80805-D189-47DF-83C0-0C0839CCB794 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:22:53 -0400 Plans for an independent Scotland to keep sterling as its currency have been defended by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22188277 75FFE225-9FFA-405A-A576-D98601DC325D Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:19:34 -0400 A publication for Scots in the Diaspora. The May Issue, Section 1, has now arrived. http://www.electricscotland.com/bnft BF115784-BAB1-48F3-AE3D-B1EA7F192301 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:52:08 -0400 An opinion poll of residents of the Northern Isles, commissioned by the Press and Journal newspaper, has given the lie to claims by certain supporters of the anti-independence campaign that Shetland and Orkney might seek to remain a part of the UK if Scotland becomes independent. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7203-northern-isles-are-scottish-say-islanders 2ADE57F3-7B68-44B5-BD97-71DD0482AB70 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:20:36 -0400 THE four-legged stars of a tourism campaign Shetland ponies sporting Fair Isle jumpers have inspired a German company to set up knitting tours of the Northern Isles. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/pony-inspired-shetland-knitting-tours-planned-1-2900280 F6C7BD98-326C-4E6D-8252-4EF4DB1F6F1E Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:04:24 -0400 Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today praised the outstanding contribution made by police officers to keep Scotland safe and emphasised the Scottish Government will do all it can in challenging financial circumstances to recognise that contribution. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/MacAskill-praises-work-of-Police-Scotland17042013 AB92FEFC-3E83-43BE-92A4-DEF97E8A8B76 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:11:03 -0400 Scotland is facing an “astonishing” £650 million fall in its expected tax take, MSPs heard today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scotland-faces-650m-tax-shortfall-1-2898586 2859D2B9-6EE9-4735-B447-B1558BE6CF07 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:28:00 -0400 The dangers of legal highs - substances mimicking the effects of illegal drugs - have been discussed by police, health workers and the Scottish government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22175289 80524481-4387-41B0-BBA2-72EEACF3883C Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:17:00 -0400 The Scottish economy grew by 0.5% in the final three months of 2012, according to official figures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22176290 A411A0F5-2EB0-4EDE-B167-A4FFEBFF201C Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:15:47 -0400 Unemployment in Scotland has fallen below 200,000 for the first time in more than three years, according to the latest figures. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22175223 7FD2ACE4-0ED0-499F-8B75-6B08643FF9E1 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:14:18 -0400 Senior politicians from Scotland were among more than 2,000 guests who attended the funeral of former Conservative prime minister Baroness Thatcher. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22175000 E97BA7FA-862D-4A6A-8A26-9AA23FFDCD47 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:12:08 -0400 ONE of the flagship events in Scotland’s cultural calendar is to be expanded this year due to its growing popularity with traditional music fans. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/world-pipe-band-championships-to-be-extended-1-2897766 1A666371-A2E6-4698-95D5-5561E6A4203C Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:48:02 -0400 A rusty dining carriage from the 1960s has been lovingly restored to its formers glory following a 750,000 two-year refit and will now form the jewel in the crown of a luxury sleeper Royal Scotsman service which aims to recreate the glory days of rail. http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/9000-for-rail-trip-with-harry-potter-carriages-1-2897044 70122350-CF85-4F3A-9916-E9095C94EC3B Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:46:53 -0400 The number of people living in Clackmannanshire has increased by 7% since 2001, according to the latest census data. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-22168837 DE2DA969-230D-4660-8D7D-B26E9CC35410 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:43:41 -0400 Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland have been welcomed home in the Borders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-22157425 49737EA6-9E4D-437B-93D3-F52C2D237AFC Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:41:25 -0400 The rallying cry "It's Scotland's Oil" helped the Scottish National Party to record its best-ever result in a Westminster General Election, in 1974. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20042070 3B924481-CE74-4525-83CB-6A1B0A12A7AD Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:39:50 -0400 A seal has boarded a Royal Navy amphibious-assault ship as it was about to carry out military exercises near Carnoustie. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-22168838 6F6FA610-6927-4F20-822A-216C31A2C713 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:37:03 -0400 Strong winds have hit parts of Scotland with reports of flying debris, dust storms and gusts of over 70mph. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22172446 54DA30A7-52ED-402C-8979-B7BD203450EA Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:35:42 -0400 A Glasgow woman who was supporting a team of British runners at the Boston Marathon has described the chaotic scenes following the explosions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22164930 1518345A-E86F-4E5F-8672-42549AFB420F Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:35:00 -0400 THE 83-year-old track legend claimed women had the physical strength to compete but would struggle mentally. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-racer-susie-wolff-hit-1834486 AE1AD83A-7C42-42A5-ABE4-B0A057BF387D Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:31:50 -0400 LYNN McKechnie and firefighters fought for eight hours to save animals that were trapped inside the family run zoo. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/five-sisters-zoo-fire-zookeeper-1834811 793ABD84-E893-4F8F-B25B-EDC28608F977 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:30:50 -0400 ISLANDERS gifted all 150 engineers with hampers which included food and cosmetics which are produced on Arran. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/grateful-arran-residents-thank-engineers-1835469 460D71F1-2604-411A-8011-80DF1C76BCDF Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:28:19 -0400 THE game was thrown into chaos yesterday as two clubs voted against the SPL's plans for reconstruction leaving Scottish football with an uncertain future. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/scottish-football-descends-turmoil-spls-1834745 1D79A537-DED3-4842-B8C6-D35AAABEB7F4 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:25:02 -0400 A new summer ferry service has been announced in a bid to boost tourism and trade to the Kintyre peninsula. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22152943 579F0C4A-E488-447B-9996-82B6CF449080 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:29:06 -0400 ON MAY 6th 1886, more than forty-thousand people flocked to the opening of a grand exhibition that would see the city of Edinburgh experience five months of worldwide recognition. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/lost-edinburgh-edinburgh-international-exhibition-1886-1-2895307 D75CDE61-C08F-4520-A7C8-DBCD7C6E56A4 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:25:57 -0400 UNIVERSITIES have been condemned for employing 88 people who earn the same or more than First Minister Alex Salmond’s 140,000 salary. http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/universities-slammed-as-chiefs-paid-more-than-fm-1-2895628 52C3A9A1-79CA-4F93-B29A-2F6A8D56054C Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:23:59 -0400 Got in a copy of their April 2013 newsletter. http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/newsletters/munro 3BE19A62-042B-4DAB-BA99-38B34138D9EE Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:09:35 -0400 News this week that two major hotel operators are to start work soon on developments in the Pacific Quay area of Glasgow has been described by Scottish Enterprise as a "fantastic boost" to long-running efforts to build a creative industries hub at a once derelict stretch of dockland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-22116672 EC502D03-44FC-46C9-B4CD-630437DF963B Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:25:32 -0400 This week hasn’t been a good one for the anti-independence campaign Better Together. A controversial half million pound donation from a businessman whose company has been linked to a war criminal and tax avoidance, has led to the Unionist alliance going into defensive mode as revelations over the business history of Ian Taylor’s company Vitol swamped online media. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7181-the-smear-and-fear-of-better-together 7E27A7BA-602F-4406-942F-26AA37E543A0 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:21:58 -0400 NOW that the news of the Iron Lady’s death has sunk in, David Torrance weighs up both sides of the Thatcher myth http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/thatcher-what-does-reaction-say-about-scotland-1-2894105 0A61AAF4-FDE2-4E19-BFD9-A151C285B674 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:16:09 -0400 WHEN I became chief ­executive of the charity Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) just over two years ago, I found on my desk a statistic from a recent KSB survey 54 per cent of people in Scotland admitted dropping litter. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/opinion/comment/derek-robertson-let-s-stop-the-54-per-cent-messing-up-our-future-1-2894246 2AF2FB8A-B92D-49C3-8CD6-40B36B420FD0 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:14:19 -0400 IN AN exclusive extract from a new book on the independence referendum, Iain McLean, Jim Gallagher and Guy Lodge look at what it will take to break up Britain. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/opinion/comment/comment-what-it-will-take-to-break-up-britain-1-2894235 C1269B1F-2D80-4E23-B1DB-83D88A7839B1 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:12:52 -0400 WE’VE just left Edinburgh’s Waverley station and the train is chugging along at a Victorian pace over the world’s first major steel bridge. Yes, I am on the Royal Scotsman, champagne flute in hand, crossing Edinburgh’s Forth Bridge. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/travel-the-royal-scotsman-1-2894100 1AD97EF1-D87A-4368-BC0A-98130CEF2481 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:10:38 -0400 Hundreds of protesters have joined MSPs and union leaders at a march in Glasgow against nuclear weapons. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22134802 79AD072F-AE9E-4D7A-B755-1F992A12BB10 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:11:08 -0400 ROYAL Marine Commandos stormed ashore on an Angus beach by helicopter today to mark the start of the biggest military exercise staged this year by combined European forces. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/joint-royal-marine-force-storm-carnoustie-beach-1-2892051 9237F846-4C0D-424D-AA71-E42E91DC92BB Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:49:42 -0400 FORENSIC scientists at Dundee’s Abertay University have successfully recovered latent fingerprints from food for the first time in Britain in a potential major breakthrough in the fight against crime. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/dundee-forensic-scientists-in-fingerprint-first-1-2890410 2AC3D81A-0CB2-4984-8580-4BE8743D0CDC Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:47:10 -0400 A STATUE is to serve as a permanent tribute to the golfer credited with inventing the rules of the game and further enhance Edinburgh’s claim as the sport’s true home. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/father-of-golf-to-be-honoured-with-leith-statue-1-2893659 59D3BC0E-6EAE-4FFF-9E50-EDD0E6439744 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:45:39 -0400 IT’S no longer such a brief encounter. A tearoom renaissance is brewing on Scotland’s railways, with nearly 50 now providing a welcome sight for thirsty passengers. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/tearoom-revival-at-scotland-s-train-stations-1-2893654 D5E11EC6-C5EA-4CEE-89E7-BBA216D933D7 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:42:31 -0400 Shinty's governing body has appealed for calm following the escalation of a war of words over plans for league reconstruction. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22125970 F6F0D683-396C-4442-81CE-CB5C75E6575D Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:37:07 -0400 The future of the Royal Mile is to be considered in a consultation exercise which has been launched by Edinburgh city council. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22123993 15145E53-5788-4675-94DD-A882322E9CC1 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:34:23 -0400 RAMBLERS have been told their underwear can stop compasses from working properly. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/hillwalkers-warned-over-potentially-disastrous-1826534 0F18526D-025B-42C2-8A6D-1AFDB37ACAB9 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:31:11 -0400 Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced 110,000 to support the Edinburgh International Film Festival to develop emerging filmmakers through its Talent Lab programme. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/filmmaking12042013 A0AE494A-FBEA-428B-9851-F7373A3BEABC Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:26:45 -0400 New analysis by the Scottish Government of Scotland’s financial strength shows that the amount of tax revenues generated per person in Scotland is greater than in the rest of the UK in each of the last thirty years. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/balance-sheet DC15FB1F-E4A9-45B0-8DFA-2D4E07486088 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:26:03 -0400 Scotland’s fishermen are once again the victims of the flawed and widely discredited Cod Recovery Plan (CRP). http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/cod-plan12042013 2C0CD576-8871-45E2-ABDA-8AFB00F2EB4F Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:25:10 -0400 Students to benefit from 61 million for college sector. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/Additional-funding-for-colleges12042013 EA67FDC8-3CF9-4F3D-8CFA-6D1C77163187 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:24:38 -0400 Our edition for 12th April 2013. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3926-Newsletter-12th-April-2013 11EF4821-855A-4160-8198-8A747736E127 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:39:52 -0400 THE campaign to bring back the dram as a legal measure for whisky for the first time in more than half a century is gathering support from across the globe, it was revealed today. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/campaign-to-bring-back-dram-gathers-global-support-1-2889513 EF44CB29-6ACD-488F-8EE6-23BC3BEB573F Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:36:29 -0400 Absentee crofters being evicted for not using their land have joined forces to challenge the decision and may take their fight to the European courts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22099221 CF4126D1-B55D-465B-9ABB-A4978AFB0929 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:19:50 -0400 Welfare cuts will take more than 1.6bn a year out of the Scottish economy and hit the poorest parts hardest, according to independent research. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22104469 ED8ED05B-2BB8-4640-9FB0-C18B53B4145A Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:16:25 -0400 STARING at busty women can lengthen your life, scientists have proved. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/doctors-say-looking-busty-women-1107578 37FEFBD8-8B9E-45C6-849C-9396861AF063 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:12:45 -0400 FAMILY forced to spend hours sifting through their garbage as council's overzealous recycling policy leaves them toiling with their trash. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fed-up-mum-slams-council-after-1823755 F5539A0F-AC57-429C-B4A0-331E7F959A4E Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:11:43 -0400 REGAN says the new 12-12-18 proposals are for the good of the game but he needs votes from both league bodies next week to bring them into action. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stewart-regan-urges-spl-sfl-1823471 09F58A02-039A-43B9-8BFC-650518E05A98 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:10:34 -0400 The House of Commons returned from its Easter break on Wednesday for a special session to pay tribute to the late Margaret Thatcher. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7154-robertson-reminds-commons-of-scottish-sensibilities-to-thatcher 322FC8EF-112F-495E-B096-6F715EAC8512 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:06:56 -0400 A delegation of senior US politicians will visit Scotland this summer to strengthen the country's relationship with the US Congress. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/US-congress-11042013 B2339377-1B82-4066-A18B-52725F25D219 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:05:30 -0400 A total of 285 Scots have received life-saving transplants in the last 12 months as latest figures show that Scotland has achieved a 74.1 per cent increase in organ donors. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/organ-donation11042013 5F6F2979-07D4-4F57-93D2-92EC044878EB Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:03:32 -0400 The Presiding Officer, the Rt Hon Tricia Marwick MSP, and Committee Conveners Duncan McNeil MSP and Bruce Crawford MSP have begun a series of engagements on behalf of the Scottish Parliament to mark Scotland Week. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/61869.aspx B3D63CDB-D237-42CA-8543-64717A6676B3 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:02:33 -0400 Haddington market is returning to the East Lothian town's High Street for the first time in 40 years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22094586 5E104DC0-83A8-4991-AA51-CA26994A72B8 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:59:30 -0400 Conservation work on an intricately carved Pictish stone from Easter Ross has been completed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22092634 BAB67C17-930E-41D1-BF95-3F369BD2AD0B Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:58:21 -0400 A 99-year-old veteran from Aberdeenshire has said he is being prevented from attending a memorial ceremony to his brother who was killed in World War II. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22091644 61FFA997-CE1A-4EFF-8EBF-AA7307CC85DD Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:57:28 -0400 SCOTTISH style has a worldwide following, arguably nowhere more so than in Asia, where tweed, tartan and heritage brands are incredibly popular. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/fashion/tartan-week-sees-scots-fashion-celebrated-in-new-york-1-2885672 9B116BB7-91BE-488F-9932-330335AF71A0 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:47:51 -0400 A LEADING TV executive in Ireland has declared there is an unanswerable case for a so-called Scottish Six news programme to ensure viewers in Scotland were given a clearer insight into news and current affairs affecting them. http://www.scotsman.com/news/case-for-scottish-six-news-programme-unanswerable-1-2885745 1801D56D-5BB2-472A-B9CF-D9D73CA516C6 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:45:43 -0400 WHILE British secret agents of the 1970s were portrayed on TV in tight blue jeans, shirts with huge collars, ludicrous wide ties and brown cardigans a la The Professionals their real-life equivalents on the other side of the Atlantic opted for Harris Tweed. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/harris-tweed-was-cold-war-uniform-for-cia-1-2887289 C7DD7673-ABA8-4B9E-A2A9-FCE5142BBF2D Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:44:22 -0400 It wasn’t the biggest scoop of the year, not even of the day, but yesterday Newsnet Scotland highlighted what appeared to be a very subtle attempt by BBC Scotland to portray First Minister Alex Salmond as somehow alone in paying tribute to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/affairs-scotland/7150-bbc-scotland-and-ever-questionable-headlines F3029489-B161-47BF-9202-41C4A42729DB Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:40:13 -0400 An independent Scotland’s defence policy would be based on pursuing active global partnerships including NATO membership, Alex Salmond confirmed today in a speech to one of the world’s most influential and trusted think-tanks. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/Brookings-Institution090413 330DBF7E-7103-4D70-AD30-E3C8C34E97AE Tue, 9 Apr 2013 22:49:53 -0400 STUNNING Miss Scotland Nicole Treacy was the Big Apple of everyone’s eyes as she rocked the catwalk in New York yesterday. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/missscotland/missscotland2013/4880624/Miss-Scotland-and-Gandhis-grandson-star-in-New-York.html A313BB52-6DEB-417D-A24C-3497F8CF7144 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 22:35:13 -0400 The biggest producer of Harris Tweed hopes to revive sales of the fabric to the US and Canada. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22077740 F47FC236-034B-45B2-8D93-BAA003A05A67 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:50:42 -0400 A transatlantic project that will digitally document in 3D the homes of Scottish conservationist John Muir using cutting-edge scanning technology was announced by First Minister Alex Salmond in New York today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/scanning08042013 7445E82C-DB3A-43CA-8E1E-F3E159CA49FD Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:47:40 -0400 THE National Conference of State Legislatures will take place at Holyrood between July 10 and 12. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/politicians-host-conference-scottish-parliament-1820507 D011E196-6AB1-43DC-85B4-016455384854 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:42:21 -0400 THE total debt owed to energy firms is 159million more than was predicted last year, comparison website uSwitch found. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/families-owe-power-firms-incredible-1819623 B139F1FB-FE9B-4AFD-885A-A219AD373972 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:38:36 -0400 EDINBURGH Zoo bosses say tests show the ideal day for mating could be just ten days away. It will be the second time the Scottish pandas have come into season here. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-zoo-say-pandas-tian-1820177 BB033996-29C4-43AA-B3A0-5C5BF4C3F784 Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:37:15 -0400 A CENTURY-old ring which is one of the most important emblems of the Church of Scotland has been lost by the Moderator of the General Assembly. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/church-of-scotland-crown-jewels-stolen-1-2882617 0D329948-E224-44EC-8384-6BB4673D4BCA Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:32:21 -0400 Researchers in Glasgow are pioneering a new treatment which could help save at-risk brain tissue in stroke patients. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22064360 9CBFB533-AAF2-4BE5-93FA-BC0DA05178F7 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:44:38 -0400 Sir Richard Branson has flown from Heathrow to Edinburgh on Virgin Atlantic's inaugural Little Red flight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22067437 18BEC016-0640-40BE-9243-3AB6F44D263A Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:40:45 -0400 US tidal power company ResHydro has announced plans to establish operations in Scotland with the support of a 100,000 SMART: SCOTLAND award from Scottish Enterprise. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/tidal-energy-partnership AB09AC88-DEC7-4356-8027-4692000C3D84 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:37:19 -0400 The peaceful and orderly conduct of Scotland's century-long constitutional journey should stand as an exemplar of popular democracy for countries all over the world, First Minister Alex Salmond has told a prestigious institute in New York. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7122-scotlands-constitutional-journey-peaceful-and-orderly-fm-tells-us-audience 3D3E4702-501F-43D2-8561-550A1D9E2E07 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:36:03 -0400 BACKING for Scottish independence slumped to 30 per cent last month, a newly published opinion poll revealed today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independence-yes-and-no-camps-see-fall-in-support-1-2882618 C50AAF21-D7FA-4432-8C88-BE8E58C43051 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:25:21 -0400 IN retrospect, it could be that Margaret Thatcher’s own assessment of her Scottish legacy was also the most accurate. http://www.scotsman.com/news/david-torrance-margaret-thatcher-and-the-scots-1-2882885 FD6C446A-2555-4530-8775-12DB0A6534A5 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:24:28 -0400 BARONESS Thatcher died this morning aged 87 following a stroke, it was announced today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/margaret-thatcher-dies-at-87-1-2882841 E92B77F3-D9A4-4254-BD51-96E654577413 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:19:45 -0400 The widespread surveillance network of CCTV monitoring Scotland’s towns and cities has trebled in the past decade to more than 4,000 cameras, figures obtained by The Scotsman have revealed. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/rise-of-cctv-in-big-brother-scotland-1-2882223 1BC0F939-62DD-47C2-9A49-22A9D3BF3B08 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 01:00:56 -0400 BORDERS bookies were battered yesterday after Ryan Mania won the Grand National. The 23-year-old had massive backing in his hometown but as fans celebrated an incredible win, modest Ryan said: I was too small for rugby. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ryan-mania-heads-home-galashiels-1816414 26A16580-0023-408C-A00D-D16733FA95CF Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:26:10 -0400 DESPITE being an experienced walker, Fiona was happy to let her man grab the map and lead the way but that's all changed now. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/health-fitness/after-years-trusting-others-take-1816437 27DB3EB8-7FAF-46FF-90A1-933DCB87F16C Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:25:07 -0400 THE Better Together organisation say ten thousand donations is a good start as they work with the people behind Barack Obama's grassroots fundraising drive. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/10000-people-donate-more-1million-1816617 D0E4A656-34BF-4E4C-9EFD-560456EFC8E3 Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:21:52 -0400 IN a special ceremony the troops handed over their duties to 4 Rifles then the 1 Scots insignia was removed from the parade ground as they loaded their bags on to a waiting truck. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/soldiers-1-scots-complete-last-1816539 D8DF2D9E-D50D-4B62-B2B3-35D343FC7935 Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:20:30 -0400 It’s caused outrage and anger with many vowing never to purchase the newspaper again. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/7128-political-porn ACC724C4-4B46-41FA-BAC3-54D586DBC897 Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:18:40 -0400 SCOTTISH social network ­Kiltr is this week expected to seal its fourth round of funding as it prepares to unveil the second version of its website at Scotland Week in New York. http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/kiltr-prepares-to-seal-funding-at-scotland-week-1-2881320 D1241ABC-8F7A-4178-B45C-B9F10B681771 Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:09:28 -0400 SCOTLAND is attracting more migrant workers than most parts of the UK, according to official figures. http://www.scotsman.com/news/migrant-workers-home-in-on-scotland-1-2881456 B401315C-9CB1-4C38-9BF9-0AA14E95E148 Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:08:02 -0400 AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would face a pensions timebomb that could lead to 20 years of difficult financial decisions, an influential House of Lords report will warn this week. http://www.scotsman.com/news/independent-scotland-to-face-pension-timebomb-1-2881464 8092E7AD-9715-453C-920D-54011DF1AAC0 Sun, 7 Apr 2013 11:07:01 -0400 A two-minute round-up of the news which has been happening around Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16824389 E049BAD8-7899-4D62-8729-A6CE33898D9B Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:16:32 -0400 The SNP's defence spokesman Angus Robertson says discussions are ongoing with the US and other allies over the potential relationship between Nato and an independent Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22050819 539E9AFE-8B7D-42A8-8351-79A41AF19646 Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:13:41 -0400 To most, Jan Stepek is best remembered as one of the pillars of the Scottish business community or as a former owner of Hamilton Academical Football Club. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21994150 E2A2BA68-F03E-40B4-85D3-8AADDA3CCC01 Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:12:17 -0400 America is Scotland’s most successful overseas export market and the relationship presents huge opportunities for businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, according to First Minister Alex Salmond. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7112-salmond-makes-direct-scottish-push-for-us-business 7E85D0D5-8A73-4633-9222-8E1EB6775174 Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:04:11 -0400 Last month almost two hundred people gathered in Glasgow at 10:30 on a freezing Saturday morning to call for a balanced and all inclusive referendum debate from our broadcasters. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/7111-the-campaign-for-a-balanced-all-inclusive-referendum-debate-the-next-step 71BFB4BD-8BE2-48BA-AEBE-C408FE6CA6CB Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:02:36 -0400 ALEX Salmond has signalled that he wants to remain a staunch ally of the United States and would allow American bases on Scottish soil after independence as long as they were non-nuclear. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-snp-open-to-us-military-bases-1-2880426 07C00F54-B8D9-48D3-958F-B4C9AD0B82C3 Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:00:29 -0400 WHEN John Gilligan talks about being rejuvenated by the chance to head up Tennent Caledonian Breweries it doesn't sound like a piece of management double speak or a bland platitude. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/people/gilligan-planning-to-make-best-of-tennents-heritage.20710671 4FDB92AF-C512-4F6E-BC74-EAFA8EA3C832 Sat, 6 Apr 2013 10:58:47 -0400 The Presiding Officer, the Rt Hon Tricia Marwick MSP, and Committee Conveners Duncan McNeil MSP and Bruce Crawford MSP have begun a series of engagements on behalf of the Scottish Parliament to mark Scotland Week. http://scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/61869.aspx A01FEF8D-F59C-4D52-AA66-BA9E0381547B Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:24:30 -0400 ALEX SALMOND describes the move as a feather in Scotland's cap which will make the country a centre of excellence for big data analytics http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/first-minister-alex-salmond-welcomes-1812920 67CF8818-03EC-4CE8-B3A5-C1EB9B031303 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:14:34 -0400 America is Scotland’s most successful overseas export market and the relationship presents huge opportunities for businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, according to First Minister Alex Salmond. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/04/US-business-push040413 2C9593C9-9DF6-4322-93E4-536BC494BE04 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:06:04 -0400 A Tayside police dog has become the first canine cadet to be licensed in the new Police Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-22028401 C8AD9FC2-747C-4D9B-A71E-9BBEEB7900BE Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:59:22 -0400 Scottish police officers are coming to the end of a three-year project to retrain their counterparts in Sri Lanka. BBC Scotland reporter Willie Johnston travelled to the Indian Ocean island to see how the venture was working. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22028293 4AC90C57-AE61-4466-AA92-6DF0AE160A09 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:58:27 -0400 An American woman who faced being separated from her family in Scotland after losing the right to remain in the UK has won a court battle with the immigration authorities. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-22039288 8D9E54C1-0FAB-432E-90A8-5E086EB85B4C Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:54:55 -0400 THE Royal couple are on day two of their tour of Scotland- today they visited an outdoor centre in Ayrshire with the Prince of Wales. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/kate-middleton-braves-cold-ayrshire-1813292 BFB4F890-FE17-43C2-8F25-3C4136503C27 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:50:05 -0400 HONA RITCHIE donned a right royal outfit and waited hours to be favoured by a kiss from her Prince Charming, only to lose her nerve. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/william-kates-glasgow-visit-goes-1812481 560051B0-C872-4AF4-B6B4-517C96C3B2D1 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:48:15 -0400 Bosses at the Scottish Seabird Centre are in a flap after an iconic bird was snubbed from a list of country’s best loved animals. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/puffin-left-off-list-of-best-loved-animals-1-2879263 01CAD13D-B9FE-481C-9598-DB29F2D0C7A4 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:41:31 -0400 THE bankers who ran HBOS in the run-up to its dramatic collapse were to blame for catastrophic management failures that led to its downfall, a damning parliamentary report has found. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/hbos-chiefs-slammed-for-catastrophic-failure-1-2878411 88C09767-EAD4-45D3-84E8-8C9F50890D22 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:36:18 -0400 Our issue for 5th April 2013 is now available. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3913-Newsletter-5th-April-2013 EF8EC3A7-0243-46ED-9751-F31EEB6ABC0F Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:50:20 -0400 A GROUP of intrepid Scots successfully repeated the maiden flight over the world’s highest mountain yesterday 80 years to the day after the historic first journey. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/scots-fly-over-everest-to-mark-80th-anniversary-1-2875667 C57E4908-5888-498C-B010-6FBF60E9892A Thu, 4 Apr 2013 13:17:09 -0400 A US-based medical products company is to locate its manufacturing base to Inverness, creating up to 126 posts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22019630 B2EBC27D-6EB1-40DE-92C1-E386D195A8A0 Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:15:45 -0400 THE Royal couple visited the Emirates Arena, including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, watching riders in a practice session. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/kate-looks-bonnie-tartan-cheers-1810983 1730B6F9-5034-436C-AD21-954D1C945303 Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:11:45 -0400 ONCE a small DIY operation, Fence Records now has an international reputation and a formidable roster of new releases. Its latest signings tell David Pollock why they couldn’t imagine working with anyone else. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/fence-records-new-bands-discuss-the-label-s-weird-magic-1-2875306 D0E0DB42-F8E2-4263-95FC-A0D9BFA9A993 Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:08:33 -0400 AN outdoor exhibition in Edinburgh offers a unique view of the UK with some stunning aerial photographs, reports Rhiannon Williams. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/visual-arts/bird-s-eye-views-of-britain-come-to-edinburgh-1-2875373 3E8548AA-2E9F-4B9B-AB27-ACCD92D15D47 Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:07:05 -0400 DONALD Trump’s championship links in Aberdeenshire are to open for a new season of play next Thursday, it was announced today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/donald-trump-golf-course-set-for-new-season-1-2877453 D3B9B852-5DC5-47C3-97B9-DB94C33CE357 Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:05:35 -0400 LARGE swathes of wilderness will be protected from unsightly wind farms under plans being drawn up by the Scottish Government. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/wind-farm-free-zones-planned-for-scotland-1-2875698 8CC4571A-55C7-4682-8612-FE28C97D5909 Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:04:20 -0400 TASMINA AHMED-SHEIKH, is organising her latest venture - the first ever Scottish Asian Women's Awards as well as pursuing her political ambitions. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/superwoman-mum-bollywood-actress-putting-1740391 435153C2-317B-4CE5-8EAE-0EEF3BF7619B Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:11:50 -0400 People in the UK now fit into seven social classes, a major survey conducted by the BBC suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22007058 E5756B66-AF6E-4922-8005-AD48F62F2A88 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 12:12:14 -0400 Scottish folk band Capercaillie, Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire and Celtic rock outfit Skerryvore are among the acts announced to play this year's Tiree Music Festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22004914 4AE12B32-7862-423C-B940-134A52213F20 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:23:27 -0400 A prototype sculpture has been unveiled in Edinburgh to commemorate more than 8,000 Black Watch officers and soldiers who died in World War I. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22014639 47FC408B-C9AB-436B-858B-FA6B0631BC80 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:22:36 -0400 Newsnet Scotland has broken its record for the number of unique visitors for one month. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7097-newsnet-scotland-breaks-unique-visitor-record C410F6BE-0D5E-4C9E-A660-CB43D2881621 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:15:59 -0400 SCOTLAND’S 4 billion computing industry faces a skills crisis and is being forced to recruit staff from across the Border and overseas to plug holes, according to a new sector-wide survey. http://www.scotsman.com/business/technology/scots-it-firms-recruit-abroad-in-skills-crisis-1-2873194 C4A0E8DB-9A94-4378-822D-92EBC8D174F2 Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:11:41 -0400 ONE of the oldest surviving buildings in Edinburgh is set to be turned into a new venue for this year’s summer festivals season in the capital as part of a month-long visual arts extravaganza. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/visual-arts/edinburgh-art-festival-unveils-line-up-1-2874495 82CE99A5-CA1C-40B3-904A-93D860B4DA1E Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:10:31 -0400 Got send in a picture of the Clan Keith Battle Banner carried into battle at Flodden 1315. http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/htol/keith_banner.html 6CD5D7FB-E36F-414C-BEC2-64FC1D159E68 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:40:34 -0400 The recent rapid growth of Scotch whisky exports has stalled, according to figures for 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22001762 78B9F5A0-2F30-4D0D-AE56-878CDFE5D453 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:29:04 -0400 Seven of the world’s top quiz competitors have signed up to take part in the inaugural Celtic Nations Quizzing Championships at Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms on April 27-28. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/world-s-quiz-experts-ready-for-celtic-nations-test-1-2872077 D4CFD3F9-59D1-4809-9B4A-2302B2F5BA9E Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:19:30 -0400 They were originally designed for the harsh, frozen wilds of Alaska. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/fat-biking-craze-hits-lothians-beaches-1-2872026 A76C7B46-7EAB-4FF2-AD77-C6376C94CAE2 Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:17:52 -0400 Rail fares are to be slashed by up to two-fifths on some journeys to tackle a decades-old anomaly that makes it cheaper to buy two tickets than a single fare, the Transport Minister has announced. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-fares-slashed-to-end-ticket-confusion-1-2872274 47484A64-22D9-4275-A7AE-E3621D80140F Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:16:44 -0400 Two paintings of late 19th century Granton Harbour by Edinburgh watercolourist and Royal Scottish Academy exhibiter Peter Ingram Weir have been found in a second-hand shop in Australia and returned to Scotland. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/19th-century-granton-paintings-back-in-scotland-1-2872424 E3F52D92-9054-4E97-A58E-766A8CE8AE6D Tue, 2 Apr 2013 10:15:14 -0400 The April edition is now out where you can learn about happenings in the Scottish community in the US and around the world. http://www.electricscotland.com/bnft 20C9A2A3-E889-4A54-BBB0-92C5C1BDCC67 Mon, 1 Apr 2013 15:01:30 -0400 2014 is shaping up to be a milestone year in Scotland. The date for the independence referendum has now been announced as 18 September. It is a date which jostles with a number of other landmark events which will make next year memorable. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21896191 233A371C-B883-407E-A6E1-78FEF8A7F5C3 Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:43:01 -0400 AS snow continues to blanket parts of the UK, it will come as no surprise to many that the last 31 days look set to be the coldest March since weather records began. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/march-set-coldest-records-began-1795940 CC49D19D-5BA7-4054-8513-B0D33DE9E869 Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:36:11 -0400 An exhibition to mark 100 years of Edinburgh Zoo opens this week, and Alice Wyllie looks at how the vision of one man, Thomas Gillespie, laid the foundations for its success http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/edinburgh-zoo-celebrates-100-years-with-exhibition-1-2869527 7FFA3EF2-8157-4F2B-BB95-62B9D505BD43 Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:33:13 -0400 The chief constable of Scotland's new national police service has suggested that the merger of forces could be emulated in England and Wales. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21980816 9FCD5281-D9EF-4BF6-B31D-4ED149D93F9B Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:39:18 -0400 SNP ministers are to use a ­radical review of taxation which recommended a complete overhaul of council tax and the end of fuel duty as its starting point for a new post-independence system http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scottish-independence-snp-s-radical-tax-plan-1-2868661 EDBE9128-08DC-48F0-9BEA-15F1E4DD67C4 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:34:35 -0400 THOUSANDS of people took to the streets yesterday to protest against the UK government’s plans for a bedroom tax. http://www.scotsman.com/news/bedroom-tax-thousands-protest-across-scotland-1-2868663 DDE4699F-85C5-4ED6-944E-B055C82FB7EC Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:30:16 -0400 Thanks to Gordon McCreath 4 Posters have gone up in Edinburgh providing information on Scots achievements at home and abroad. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/posters.htm A7A385A3-6265-48E5-8DEC-021EB704B77F Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:55:53 -0400 On a bitterly cold and snowing afternoon in Aberdeen, the doors of St John's Episcopal Church are open to hundreds of Muslim worshippers, arriving for daily prayers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21953899 6EF5052A-4573-4F81-AD08-695158BBFB08 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:57:37 -0400 ROUGHLY a million square metres of heath, grass and trees have been consumed in the dozens of infernos that have threatened homes and destroyed energy infrastructure. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/wildfires-ravage-highland-and-islands-1792989 652C6F92-1816-491D-A30F-068B48FACCE7 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:55:13 -0400 On Wednesday I attended a Burns Supper as a special guest. The event was held in Aileymill Primary School in Greenock. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7073-burns-and-abe-lincoln-and-the-pupils-of-aileymill-primary-school DE2AC6F4-97EA-4D76-A5FF-787337F53ACB Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:52:20 -0400 IT’S the titanic trend in sculpture that takes whittling to bizarre new heights. Tree carving which can be carried out for as little as £200 per tree is growing in popularity with Capital garden owners who want to transform rotten or unstable trees. http://www.scotsman.com/news/huge-tree-carving-is-the-new-wonder-of-old-town-1-2867497 F6FC316E-6C50-4DC5-99FF-7B7BFF6262A6 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:49:41 -0400 EDINBURGH’S budget hotels boom must be slowed to prevent the capital’s hotel market becoming unbalanced, a report has warned. http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/edinburgh-budget-hotels-unbalance-visitor-market-1-2866728 99F29201-C4D9-4834-9B00-D12DD69D4150 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:47:53 -0400 Nothing in Judy Fairbairns’ upbringing prepared her for the rigors of life on a remote Scottish island. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/features/a-woman-s-story-of-surviving-on-a-scottish-island-1-2866443 922DFAA6-9122-42A4-8302-75012D4E1ED6 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:45:40 -0400 New Cumnock in East Ayrshire has been named Scotland's most dismal town in the annual Carbuncle awards. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21955916 601238FA-6D12-4A8C-AB65-C854633930FA Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:02:03 -0400 A report has been published by the House of Commons Constitutional Reform Committee which recommends that no further devolution be granted to Scotland until Westminster has dealt with devolution for England. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7057-more-devolution-for-scotland-but-only-after-uk-wide-vote A13AE42C-D89A-44AE-8F16-6F02BC65950E Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:00:09 -0400 PRINCIPAL baker Fiona Burrell takes Amanda Keenan through the process of baking the perfect loaf of bread. (video) http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/record-girl-amanda-tries-hand-1791139 C89F0F97-A326-4253-8254-F7C0B7BEAB1E Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:50:50 -0400 An interesting article from the Japan Times. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/22/commentary/scots-have-nothing-to-lose-going-the-indy-route/#.UVUzwRcaM9W CE8F1565-6EDB-4AD8-A6B1-A62341238A21 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:41:30 -0400 SCOTLAND’S busiest visitor attraction has made the top 20 of the world’s most popular museums and galleries, according to new figures. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/national-museum-of-scotland-top-20-world-attraction-1-2864100 8D65C889-499A-496D-8EC2-8C926BDF5ECB Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:51:41 -0400 A SCATTERING of molehills that have spread across Culloden battlefield has become an unlikely cause for celebration among a group of Jacobite historians. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/moles-at-culloden-are-celebrated-by-historians-1-2864454 240F39D4-B318-4A78-8BBC-7A6993A90E17 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:49:58 -0400 The amount of green energy used to power homes and businesses in Scotland has reached a record high, it has emerged. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scotland-s-renewable-energy-at-all-time-high-1-2863839 C856CE8F-D47A-4E03-A284-A4E74BF65259 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:47:54 -0400 Building a sound Scotland in case of independence may require embracing neoliberalism, suggests Alex Massie. http://www.scotsman.com/news/alex-massie-forging-the-fiscal-future-1-2864354 D7C7EF76-F473-40B4-967F-8FB5A54CA78E Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:36:05 -0400 Our issue for 29th March 2013 is now available. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3904-Newsletter-29th-March-2013 BCF3A363-4FC6-4BFC-BA2B-9C40EC83CFAA Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:17:34 -0400 First Minister Alex Salmond is to attend Scotland Week in New York for the first time in five years. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/scotland-week28032013 74894C75-4D40-47CF-AC76-09675F3FB5CF Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:59:54 -0400 On Good Friday almost 500 years ago, Scots fought in a battle on Swedish soil in which their country was not involved. It was not an isolated case. Thousands of Scots have played a part in power struggles overseas for many centuries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21682548 0E4EF0DF-81AF-41BF-AE6D-CF95BBDD5C75 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:34:59 -0400 A high-tech treasure hunt is being launched in Perthshire in an attempt to lure tourists to the area. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21953408 1F05BE58-97B8-42FE-A3F3-E8D8B91546A5 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:28:39 -0400 The first wild beaver in more than 400 years has been trapped at a Perthshire nature reserve in order to perform health checks and a DNA test. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21956439 D763EC45-1E39-4CE2-B1F1-B2051447679C Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:25:11 -0400 Councils may have to reintroduce proposals they previously ruled out as they try to balance their budgets, according to the Accounts Commission. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21954021 6132332C-1997-42B7-8CE6-F377A6225EC1 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:23:33 -0400 NUTRITIONAL therapist Laila Lewis reveals that chocolate can help lift your mood, improves memory and boost brain power. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/health-benefits-enjoying-chocolate-easter-1785180 F52D1994-24D7-4DBC-A031-E9D5CC52E662 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:21:48 -0400 THE mill which is based in the Borders dates to 1788 although its current operator was only formed in 2010 after a management buy-out. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/historic-scottish-business-caerlee-mill-1788343 264C430A-980D-4242-BB4B-CC44126C8DC3 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:19:10 -0400 SCOTTISH Public Health Minister Michael Matheson also set target to reduce number of smokers in Scotland by 2034 to help improve health. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/scottish-government-want-cigarettes-tobacco-1788309 697AE1BE-50BF-4EEE-8107-B4636070D85E Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:16:49 -0400 A HOSPITAL healthcare assistant in Tayside has become the first partially deaf person is Scotland to be fitted with a revolutionary new hearing device which allows sounds to be transmitted directly to the inner ear via bone conduction. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/health/first-scots-patient-fitted-with-new-hearing-aid-1-2860192 355D403D-44D3-48A7-96F4-8F43A3D70ED8 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:10:29 -0400 FIT next? Aberdeen University and an Aberdeenshire-based drama group have united to offer a 1000 pound prize for a play written in Doric, the distinctive dialect of the North east of Scotland. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/doric-playwrights-offered-1000-prize-1-2860460 B7BD1EB6-1FB6-47FB-88B3-7A5BDD7B8421 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:23:17 -0400 TOURISM leaders today unveiled the 3 million programme of Homecoming events they believe will help create the industry’s biggest ever year in 2014. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/homecoming-2014-programme-of-events-unveiled-1-2859928 C748B4D2-286E-44F1-BD11-3A5C93F1E238 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:18:45 -0400 Scientists fear thousands of puffins may have died of starvation, due to severe weather conditions in the North Sea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21941240 A5C797E4-DB58-4C84-B689-2700D4BE6A19 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:09:32 -0400 About 20 to 30 journalists' jobs are expected to go at the Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday titles, as the Edinburgh-based publisher cuts costs. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21943878 EB2C5F1F-C93B-4E86-9FD5-9410CBED0FE1 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:06:46 -0400 Tensions are set to increase between a Holyrood Committee and BBC Scotland management after the broadcaster refused to release results of an in-house survey which asked staff for feedback on planned job-cuts. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7044-tensions-set-to-rise-as-bbc-scotland-snubs-holyrood-committee-for-third-time 64689495-9A87-4086-8FF2-79F34524203F Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:04:23 -0400 A new minibus tour where visitors will be guided by two soldiers of the Antonine Guard in full battledress is being launched to reveal the truth of Rome’s Final Frontier in Scotland. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/rome-s-final-scottish-frontier-to-be-promoted-1-2858579 F6B98F3D-9C92-4B85-B818-9CD762D3943E Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:59:41 -0400 SCOTLAND will receive a 193 million funding boost after UK ministers decided to increase its allocation of European funds at the expense of deprived areas in England. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/scotland-to-get-193m-at-expense-of-english-areas-1-2859568 E9CE2488-058A-4F0F-8B3E-51E9336122BF Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:58:00 -0400 A 250,000 injection of public money has rescued a massive celebration being held to coincide with the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/250k-bail-out-for-battle-of-bannockburn-event-1-2859136 70103A05-E52C-4419-B91C-ADA04E84ECD7 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:56:15 -0400 Lossiemouth in Moray has lost out in its bid to become home to the RAF's newest aircraft. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21931535 04606F15-06FC-416D-ABAB-267BE3CFBC82 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:07:30 -0400 THE Scottish Government’s former chief economic adviser has called for a major change in the debate on independence and more powers, saying the case made by politicians at Holy­rood has too often been based on cavalier assertions with little or no foundation. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independence-economist-attacks-evidence-in-debate-1-2857358 508B8A39-B654-4CBF-B6BC-97240651A4A7 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:02:29 -0400 THE gruelling task of restoring power to thousands of homes could still take days, after storms caused some of the worst damage to the electricity network in 30 years. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/weather-worst-damage-in-30-years-say-power-chiefs-1-2855154 5DA2910A-11F1-4A20-9A48-A86BB13BAB88 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:55 -0400 WHILE the debate on constitutional change has entailed considerable discussion of the specific economic powers that might be transferred to Scotland, there has generally been far less emphasis placed on accurately identifying the potential value of those powers, particularly in the sense of the achievability of the critical outcomes that motivate government. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/andrew-goudie-seeking-out-the-answers-1-2856860 B83A5CD6-1CF7-43E6-8209-C95A8C8B4982 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:05:14 -0400 The Police Service of Scotland - which will be known as Police Scotland - will begin its beat in two weeks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21820882 6A75E14A-00CC-4FC9-BFD8-AD8D23F78D28 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:37:58 -0400 Scotland have been crowned women's world curling champions after beating Sweden 6-5 in Riga. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-sports/21820728 94216007-C844-4EF8-84C6-053F33A295EC Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:36:17 -0400 DUNFERMLINE, Rangers and the Scottish national side are on the agenda in today’s Back Page Monday. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dunfermline-rangers-scottish-national-side-1784091 9C74B672-18B6-4932-8696-9AAC5EA71EB4 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:31:09 -0400 FIONA WATSON has looked at the truths behind the myths for a new documentary featuring the legendary Scottish hero. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/time-scots-re-evaluate-true-role-1782523 0D5CA9CE-81BE-4F07-864A-FED4EE6A5020 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:28:06 -0400 The Scottish media has made much of the debate over the worth of Scotland’s oil and gas sector to the country’s economy. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/7027-who-exactly-are-the-obr-and-are-their-forecasts-on-oil-believable 065130A1-43C7-4328-9D41-06A970C6F07B Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:18:25 -0400 A TEAM of artists and scientists has devised a mesmerising way to sample Scotland’s national drink. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/artists-and-scientists-create-whisky-tornado-1-2855601 4521866C-122D-4624-89BC-807F84973184 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:06:12 -0400 HIS family gifted the landmark Usher Hall to the city when their fortune was made. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/tour-guide-shows-family-s-usher-hall-legacy-1-2855975 9C4CCA5E-BE74-4769-ACC2-800F048F40C3 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:03:58 -0400 Unprecedented blizzards and high winds continue to hamper efforts to restore power to over 5,000 homes across Scotland. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/weather-scots-families-face-week-without-power-1-2855154 1E5C4593-2332-4439-A56D-923C12B2FDE5 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:59:25 -0400 THE impact of Westminster benefit cuts in Scotland has doubled to 4.5 billion, SNP ministers revealed yesterday, with a stark warning it will usher in the last days of the Union. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/snp-scotland-faces-4-5bn-cut-in-benefits-1-2855555 73604159-40F3-4C42-AD2A-D89781E1DDBD Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:57:54 -0400 MEN say yes to independence women say no. That was the bittersweet reality behind a weekend poll which gave the SNP a 20-point lead over Labour and reduced the swing needed for a Yes vote to 5 per cent. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/lesley-riddoch-gender-may-sway-referendum-vote-1-2855465 E3640E3A-B602-4F34-B420-957ACF0B3929 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:23:31 -0400 A RECENTLY discovered DNA marker suggests that 10 per cent of Scottish men are directly descended from the Picts, it is revealed today. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/one-in-ten-scots-men-descended-from-picts-1-2855561 2AAFD549-990F-4393-B62C-3F15A02BDC2E Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:22:14 -0400 The gap between those in favour of independence and those against has narrowed to just ten points according to a new survey. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/7025-boost-for-yes-campaign-as-poll-shows-dramatic-narrowing-of-gap E939ADAF-44D7-4719-B1AB-9E3E551DED1C Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:16:30 -0400 GLASGOW band try to keep their feet on the ground as they win top award in Texas and are plugged by BBC as one of the hottest groups in the world. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/scots-band-chvrches-win-top-1782486 A974D3D5-F7E1-4647-9EF2-260CF94E3010 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:55:04 -0400 The first in a series of meetings aimed at shaping a future vision for Forfar has received an encouraging response. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus/future-vision-for-forfar-taking-shape-1.79065 DE2AA1BB-1AF7-4C51-9711-6E83A320BAAD Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:34:31 -0400 HALF of the electorate failed to vote in the landslide SNP election victory of 2011. But, if mobilised, they could swing the result in next year’s independence referendum, a fact both the Yes Scotland and Better Together campaigns know only too well. http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/opinion/comment/eddie-barnes-the-missing-million-1-2854588 FA818416-7F2D-4648-83F1-C918A53D00DD Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:32:40 -0400 Scotland will face Sweden in the final of the World Women's Curling Championship in Riga after a tense semi-final win over Canada. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-sports/21820728 8137BF41-840D-4CDF-9C82-A62B466023B9 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:56:09 -0400 FROM the classrooms of Scotland's secondary schools to the international corridors of power, Black Watch has become a Scottish entertainment phenomenon since opening in Edinburgh in 2006. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/black-watch-behind-scenes-scotlands-1778438 0C9C0B87-9062-4AB8-B2F2-7CB9C66836D5 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:54:17 -0400 THE 64-year-old is showing no signs of slowing down as she gets ready to showcase her new skincare range Time Bomb on QVC at the end of the month. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/lulu-prepares-launch-skincare-range-1779574 C3F676B5-D474-4022-AA36-9C9B81A5AA5E Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:53:10 -0400 Inchcolm Island in the middle of the Firth of Forth may not be as well known as the Isles of Bute, Arran or Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde but this small outcrop has one of the best preserved 12th century ruined abbeys in Scotland http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/arts-and-culture/6913-title-required 1A8093D0-D8F8-4E5B-9773-E7F75BFEB965 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:49:10 -0400 First minister Alex Salmond has presented his keynote speech at the SNP Spring Conference in Inverness. Here is the text of the speech in full. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7018-alex-salmonds-keynote-conference-speech-in-full BC5B9130-4113-464F-AE97-011F25AD6D89 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:46:14 -0400 Transport Minister Keith Brown has chaired a further Scottish Government Resilience (SGoR) meeting this morning as part of the response to the impact of the severe weather across Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/weather-impact23032013 03BF9F9E-8540-4A3A-B726-EF3EDE9B0762 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:32:59 -0400 SCOTTISH maritime history comes alive for one night only as residents of a Fife fishing village become the curators of a very special exhibition. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/visual-arts/fife-fishing-exhibition-brings-anstruther-to-life-1-2852910 4B6E2ED7-8B09-422E-A2B2-51E681A95196 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:05:18 -0400 Thousands of homes were left without power, nearly 150 schools closed and transport was disrupted as snow and high winds brought chaos to Scotland. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotland-s-weather-thousands-left-without-power-1-2846702 DDA4E2F6-3654-4377-90A8-073F7DF0275C Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:54:37 -0400 THE big day was finally announced. It was, when it came, an emotional moment, and I will admit I had a tear in my eye but then, I am a bit of a quiet sentimentalist and it was my birthday. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/gerry-hassan-imagine-just-for-a-minute-scotland-said-yes-1-2853224 F2F24481-7727-46D6-9041-EC1B820F2B92 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:53:20 -0400 As SNP delegates arrive for the start of SNP conference, a new YouGov poll has found that a clear majority of Scots want all tax, spend and welfare decisions to be made by the Scottish Government. http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/7013-new-poll-shows-a-majority-want-all-financial-and-welfare-decisions-to-be-made-in-scotland 947C0E44-3014-4F67-AA92-6D04EE591204 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:44:45 -0400 The American Scottish Foundation gives us a preview of what's on. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs112/1109510086367/archive/1112513628447.html 251DEBB7-425D-4AF7-936B-C4C8F67BE073 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:13:46 -0400 An RAF sergeant from Elgin who helped defend Camp Bastion in Afghanistan from a terrorist attack has been awarded one of the military's highest honours. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21895526 4D070A7D-8AB9-457A-A22B-A9A60E034F14 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:22:52 -0400 POPULAR international brands Forever 21 and Vans have sited their first Scottish stores within the new centre. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/new-70-million-shopping-development-1778629 2532F41D-C35C-49DB-AF88-05E6F62FBC53 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:18:53 -0400 THE new law means motorists who are legally safe to drive in England could face a charge if they cross the border into Scotland. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/new-drink-drive-laws-could-see-1778133 EA3D6732-9F2C-4CB9-BB13-FB28AB62B437 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:16:54 -0400 THE SNP hope the patrotism created by the Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cup and the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn will convince Scots to back independence. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/alex-salmond-545-days-convince-1778077 C7353A66-9876-4B6E-AAEF-E19EF5945271 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:13:58 -0400 JIM DUNBAR was paying for extra luggage at an airport in Gibralter when BA staff refused his 20 pound Bank of Scotland note. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/british-airways-tell-passenger-change-1777484 458CAB95-05DA-4036-B7D8-0E5EB480E19B Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:12:17 -0400 IT MAY not have come as any surprise, after all we knew that the independence referendum was coming in the autumn of 2014, but somehow the setting of the exact date makes it suddenly real. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/leaders-independence-deadline-a-reality-check-1-2851214 1ED5C33C-E764-4510-8451-E9D936E38E44 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:08:07 -0400 Fifty years ago tomorrow the Beatles released their first album. Here, Stuart Bathgate tells how an unsung Scot played a big part in its success. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/music/news-and-features/the-scot-who-helped-the-beatles-to-early-success-1-2847932 F79CCF82-9536-40AB-B552-A21B85A98021 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:04:01 -0400 SNOW and high winds have left the whole of Arran has lost its power supply, with Scottish Hydro Electric reporting a total of 10,000 customers without power, including in Argyll. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotland-s-weather-island-of-arran-without-power-1-2846702 AC947815-FB7D-4DDD-AF34-0E21DC0EFD54 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:02:11 -0400 Our issue for 22nd March is now available. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3893-Newsletter-22nd-March-2013 751C25CC-E47F-4ED9-97D8-E8FBAA4905D6 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:47:34 -0400 The latest results from the 2011 Census in Scotland show that, for the first time ever, there were more single person households than any other household size. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/2011CensusRelease1B F47F4FD0-3061-4A0C-BF7F-E8D55217BB5F Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:15:53 -0400 Scotland’s referendum will be held on 18 September next year, First Minister Alex Salmond announced in the Scottish Parliament today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/referendum-date21032013 550629F9-C314-49A5-9F52-19AABB16918B Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:14:46 -0400 More than a third of Scottish households are made up of people living on their own, according to the latest results from the 2011 Census. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21876668 56193A59-144B-4F4D-8B23-8C22612969AD Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:10:00 -0400 AMEET, 19, from Bearsden, will become the first Asian Scottish woman to appear in a Bollywood film with her role in the biopic Harry, the story of stammering scientist Hirji Patel. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/movies/movie-news/bollywood-beckons-scots-beauty-rameet-1775437 8DA2F007-64E7-47D5-8373-577F7962F805 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:00:09 -0400 Scotland becoming an independent country represents an opportunity that goes way beyond just transferring a few powers to Holyrood. There is a far larger opportunity, that takes the form of an emerging global trend that Scotland can only really take advantage of as an independent country. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/6992-scottish-independence-and-the-new-enlightenment B7C4832B-3B77-409F-86A8-61784DFBEF5F Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:12:50 -0400 THE Scottish justice system is sitting on a ticking time-bomb because of flaws in forensic science used in court cases the Scottish Government has failed to address, an expert has warned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/forensic-flaws-could-undermine-scots-justice-1-2849032 2AE750D4-486E-4FBA-908D-FF24208071E8 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:07:52 -0400 SCOTLAND’S last lighthouse keeper who jokingly blamed space technology for the demise of his job has sadly died, aged 75. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/scotland-s-last-lighthouse-keeper-dies-aged-75-1-2847760 3ED90CA4-1844-475D-963C-1F8154E58DFC Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:06:36 -0400 THE key question on the economy is whether Scotland’s interests are best served within the UK, or would it perform better as an independent country, write Peter McGregor and Kim Swales. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland-s-future-power-to-control-the-future-1-2848321 9734A5F8-CE06-4530-958E-97CDC74E9C0F Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:05:05 -0400 Even the most ardent of SNP spinners accept that if an independent Scotland is to be a member of the EU then it will have to negotiate the terms of its re-entry (or continuing membership). http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/letters/red-lines-on-eu-1-2847975 A8EF7FF7-64F7-406B-93B3-8B77126B35A5 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:03:35 -0400 Stagecoach has announced it is investing more than $20m in a fleet of new coaches for its growing operations in North America. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-21862033 64FEA294-2E49-483A-9526-9E862D774F1A Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:58:22 -0400 Opposition parties have called for a delay in a raft of changes for colleges and universities in Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-21855921 E42494AD-21CA-4B75-B103-7D700EE32F7F Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:55:44 -0400 AN official poll has found a third of Scots back devo max which would see politicians in Scotland given more responsibility. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/devolving-more-powers-scotland-could-1773103 62AE236E-DD4E-4522-8F45-5E321E629991 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:52:59 -0400 The Scottish Government will be forced to find a further 250 million of savings as a result of Chancellor George Osborne’s pledge yesterday to cut another 2.5 billion from UK public spending. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/budget-cuts-set-to-cost-scotland-250m-1-2845787 B965D810-66D0-48C8-AA1F-7D2FC53A1964 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:45:28 -0400 SCOTTISH kitchen and bedroom company DM Design has been fined 90,000 for plaguing the public with thousands of unwanted marketing phone calls. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/scots-firm-dm-design-fined-90k-over-cold-calling-1-2846717 E8988076-6F6A-4F05-ADAA-C504DEB199BA Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:41:08 -0400 The Edinburgh Science Festival begins on Saturday, and the bustling and eclectic programme of events shows how science, once regarded as nerdy, has rapidly become cool, writes Shân Ross http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/edinburgh-science-festival-it-s-cool-to-be-a-nerd-1-2845494 5BC51342-B5C0-4B6A-A48D-99905CEBA93F Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:38:58 -0400 SCOTLAND’S jobless total is continuing to fall, going down by 4,000, the latest official statistics today showed. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/scottish-unemployment-falls-as-uk-total-rises-1-2846701 865E9D22-6F11-40E1-B74A-FC0D0F8E3A2B Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:36:51 -0400 UP to 10cm of snow fell in some places overnight with the east of Scotland and Grampian feeling the full effects of the weather. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/schools-forced-close-heavy-snowfall-1772782 CA3CBD60-8BEE-456B-8E03-285BCFE2B82B Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:46:39 -0400 WALK this way says Paul Lyons, and I’ll tell you another tale. Lyons is 48, lives in the people’s republic of Clydebank and has been a railwayman for the past 15 years. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/glasgow-s-central-station-a-world-within-a-world-1-2843005 A722B495-55F5-40BC-9765-C937C1813590 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:43:04 -0400 SHOULD Orkney and Shetland be allowed to opt for a large degree of autonomy if Scots vote for independence? http://www.scotsman.com/news/lesley-riddoch-lesson-in-islands-bid-for-autonomy-1-2842121 0A345780-11F4-4E60-9139-D0E88C4C109A Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:09:38 -0400 THE president of Malawi visited the place of birth of the famed Scottish missionary and explorer Dr David Livingstone in Blantyre as part of celebrations to mark his 200th birthday. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/livingstone-s-memory-malawi-leader-visits-blantyre-1-2842186 001132D4-3B39-4676-BA1D-6BB59FD34369 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:05:23 -0400 SCOTTISH tourism is in line to receive a significant boost after VisitScotland announced a link-up with National Geographic to promote the country’s natural beauty. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/national-geographic-boost-for-scottish-tourism-1-2843200 C66704A5-80A2-467B-A545-99AE61D06AB6 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:59:55 -0400 A SCOTTISH Episcopal church has opened its doors to the local Muslim community in what has been hailed as an event of global significance. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/episcopal-church-opens-doors-to-aberdeen-muslims-1-2843168 93B0438F-7BC1-4D3E-BFC1-38589D557E6C Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:48:56 -0400 They look even worse amid Latvia's dirty spring snow than they do in Greek or Spanish sunshine skeletons of half-finished apartment blocks and idle cranes, confronting drivers on the road from Riga International Airport. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/the-lessons-of-latvia-the-economic-lessons-of-latvia.20502324 0213D867-6B16-4104-AC78-F76DCCF8D7C0 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:47:40 -0400 THE Scottish Nationalists' dream of becoming a leading exporter of green energy faces being thwarted by proposals in Norway that could kill a planned 1.5 billion North Sea power line, the project leader has warned. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/norway-could-break-scots-green-energy-link.20516762? 96833FFE-30F6-4618-9D1D-CB71FB3FE2E4 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:43:09 -0400 MORE than 2000 Scots tots are learning water confidence and safety skills in swimming programme. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/photos-prove-babies-can-hold-1770096 96DF4601-120F-4AAF-8D2A-9500F1A418B7 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:31:57 -0400 THE Glasgow four-piece say their first trip to the US could pay dividends if they're seen by the right movers and shakers in the music industry. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/kassidy-head-showcase-americana-sound-1770467 FFA1B46D-2BCC-477B-BC85-693D1F9E9F0C Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:29:40 -0400 THE worst affected areas are Glasgow, with 900 works planned over the next month, and Edinburgh with 831. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/roadworks-set-bring-scotland-grinding-1770150 3434D68E-5BD1-4E99-9BDD-420EA215D641 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:28:06 -0400 WATCHDOGS have called for a major programme of DNA tests to stop the widespread fake food racket. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/new-food-scandal-cheap-fish-1769860 2B4F2B33-4B01-4403-936B-EE186F2A874C Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:26:38 -0400 Scotland Decides was a landmark SoS project in early 2013 that gave each side of the independence debate four weeks to put their case to our readers. http://www.scribd.com/doc/130773486/Scotland-Decides-The-case-for-and-against-independence 59DA0D53-0837-4E46-AD53-BC1CA2EA0411 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:59:30 -0400 CHICKEN eggs could hatch into entirely different endangered species if new research from Edinburgh University’s Roslin Institute is successful. http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/edinburgh-uni-pioneers-new-genetic-technique-1-2841901 6156F787-B2F8-486F-8F2D-8ECBAA45B9A0 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:57:47 -0400 College staff have overwhelmingly backed a motion of no confidence in the Scottish Government and education secretary Mike Russell. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/education/mike-russell-hit-by-vote-of-no-confidence-1-2840382 61B05038-380E-4A0A-8FF3-054AAD3B9399 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:50:36 -0400 ON THE morning of 7 October 2008 the then chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland called to tell me that his bank would run out of money that afternoon. He asked me what I was going to do about it. http://www.scotsman.com/news/alistair-darling-uk-forged-over-three-centuries-1-2841514 FCBAF9A8-59B2-4176-9E51-E68071AA20E4 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:41:32 -0400 ALEX Salmond’s plans for ­independence have suffered a unexpected setback with the emergence of a bid to bring home rule to oil-rich Ork­ney and Shetland. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-independence-northern-isles-devolution-bid-1-2841537 BC452D2F-53D5-48AB-868B-EDFB33B48430 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:31:34 -0400 The latest State of the Economy report from Scotland’s Chief Economist, which focuses on the business sector in Scotland and its contribution to the recovery, has been published. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/6950-scottish-economy-stable-and-more-positive 51270D46-FA41-4051-95C1-A5CE8C2C4848 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:43:57 -0400 THE First Minister and his Cabinet claim it will help them give taxpayers value for money but critics claim it is a waste of cash and predict questions will be loaded to suit the ­Government. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-splash-out-300000-survey-1767420 20575191-9E12-45D0-989E-AA308028CEF7 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:41:29 -0400 A NEW vision for the arts in Scotland should reject the idea of the creative industries and language more associated with the banking sector, a major cultural summit has heard. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/creative-scotland-must-change-to-benefit-arts-1-2840220 8EED29A9-7E13-4D1B-B080-9913BA9A1E15 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:31:37 -0400 SCOTTISH newspapers and websites face the most draconian press controls in the western world under proposals for a new system of regulation, opposition MSPs have warned. http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/political-news/fears-scots-press-facing-draconian-measures.20519786 54B19CEA-DE46-46D0-B134-87498BEC8ED1 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:28:08 -0400 Issue for 15th March telling you what's new on the Electric Scotland web site and news of events. http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/3878-Newsletter-15th-March-2013 D33155FC-1D81-4C2D-B59B-BA32CD014B3C Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:34:49 -0400 Due to Hurricane Sandy the event is being re-located this year to South Street, Seaport. A great event starting March 30. This event is sponsored by the Clan Currie Society. http://www.tartandayonellisisland.com/ A5C573E2-5B60-4B27-B823-5E516DA10F5C Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:11:52 -0400 It is 50 years since the Edinburgh-based company Christian Salvesen ceased whaling operations, with the sale of its last two vessels. It marked the end of a controversial trade which had once been a vital part of Scottish industry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21704519 435E65C3-D0E8-497D-A8F5-84AA6320F49B Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:17:24 -0400 THE Perthshire town of Blairgowrie is set for an ambitious 820,000 makeover as it prepares to host the Junior Ryder Cup next year. The town’s renowned Rosemount course has been chosen as the venue for the biennial clash between the top junior golfing stars of Europe and America which will take place a month before the 40th Ryder Cup is held at the Gleneagles Hotel from 26 to 28 September, 2014. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/junior-ryder-cup-prompts-820k-blairgowrie-upgrade-1-2839878 D6DE26DE-745A-426C-AB19-9B6999222589 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:05:34 -0400 HIGHLAND councillors are being advised to back the world’s largest offshore wind farm off the Scottish coast, with 339 turbines sited in the Moray Firth. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/world-s-biggest-wind-farm-should-go-ahead-report-1-2839203 ED9D8E1C-E256-4DAA-967A-F8B56A3A2DC8 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:04:00 -0400 SCOTLAND could have the most draconian press controls in the Western world imposed on newspapers, websites and even social media under official proposals unveiled today, opposition leaders have warned. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland-set-for-draconian-press-controls-1-2839821 5FE306C4-D15B-4C99-A109-4A0E6C2E6DFB Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:01:01 -0400 An independent Scotland’s choice of sterling, the euro or a separate currency will have huge fiscal impact on a fledgling nation, writes Charles Goodhart. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/scottish-independence-banking-on-currency-union-1-2837783 7FBC6E2F-A54E-486E-A2ED-49688B8393B4 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:02:55 -0400 The government’s justification for reneging on troop numbers reveals the real weakness in Westminster, writes George Kerevan. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/george-kerevan-fighting-talk-fails-to-hold-line-on-defence-1-2837786 21FA2CA2-CE35-4BE6-A64D-DEAE42562CB7 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:51:53 -0400 Marriages in Scotland have increased for the third consecutive year and are at their highest level since 2005, according to the latest statistics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21785167 25886777-F580-4A25-940C-25982CF8A269 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:36:09 -0400 An opinion poll carried out by TNS BMRB for Scottish CND has shown massive opposition to Trident renewal amongst Scots, with the vast majority of those polled being against the renewal of the nuclear weapons system. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/referendum/6927-trident-poll-shows-qhuge-opportunityq-for-independence-campaign 3FC972C0-FDA3-4218-8827-FAF241869861 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:25:16 -0400 POPE Francis last year launched an attack on Britain for their involvement in the Falklands War, telling Argentinean veterans that those who had died in the conflict were reclaiming what is theirs. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/pope-francis-criticised-britain-over-falklands-1-2835826 00F53406-7BA4-42BD-A427-2EB61876C0AA Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:14:50 -0400 SCOTLAND’S councils have seen their debt levels soar to almost 12.9 billion in recent years the equivalent of 2,436 for every Scot. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scotland-s-council-debt-levels-soar-to-12-9bn-1-2835188 16C231A2-0F9B-4C92-8C2C-EB0BDEC9EE42 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:52:33 -0400 The world's oldest shinty trophy has turned up on a farm in Sutherland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21768801 5E2BC6E4-A630-4BC4-B5BE-6E8BE8EAD2D2 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:39:12 -0400 The remains of a medieval knight or nobleman found underneath a car park are to be moved to make way for a university building. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21762422 B1BFF7A3-2339-4C6E-81B3-12A57A1BABD9 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:38:14 -0400 Moves to ensure tourists with access needs get the most from the Commonwealth Games were outlined today. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/6926-accessible-tourism-at-commonwealth-games 37FFF3F8-19A6-413C-82FA-8A06BAA5DA04 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:29:02 -0400 NICOLA Sturgeon today said 16 and 17-year-olds are ready to take responsibility for Scotland’s future, as she set out plans to hand them the vote in next year’s independence referendum. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/sturgeon-outlines-votes-at-16-referendum-plans-1-2831525 CED70CE0-ED4A-4815-8BA0-C9EDE6A168DD Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:26:25 -0400 THE Scotsman’s Arts Correspondent, Brian Ferguson selects some of the highlights from this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/edinburgh-international-festival-2013-highlights-1-2831460 B1F4783D-3FC1-481B-8A74-3520B98A3C84 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:25:35 -0400 BEHIND-the-scenes images of the Queen have been released showing how the monarch likes to relax at Balmoral. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/new-images-show-the-queen-relaxing-at-balmoral-1-2833452 F08DE986-A35C-4878-99DF-63D4A633EB85 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:24:42 -0400 THIS is an exclusive new image of how an Old Town eyesore will be transformed into an vibrant new district in the historic heart of the Capital 12 years after blueprints were first unveiled. http://www.scotsman.com/news/caltongate-project-takes-leap-forward-for-old-town-1-2834013 A303F4C7-3FC7-4EF4-956F-728EEAA8805B Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:23:02 -0400 The hunt is on for descendants of a forgotten Scottish explorer who became the first man to walk from the south to the north across Australia. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/hunt-begins-for-scots-relatives-of-dysart-s-great-australian-explorer-john-mcdouall-stuart-1.75456 9DA6147B-6082-475C-9B64-B2559E3CC203 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:39:08 -0400 Veterans of World War II's Russian Arctic Convoys are to meet for a reunion at the Scottish loch where many of the supply missions sailed from. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21745553 022ECC20-E917-463A-BA37-C6F67F93D753 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:35:55 -0400 THE two main parties supporting a Yes vote in next years referendum are at loggerheads over the role the industry should play if Scotland goes it alone. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/green-party-attack-snps-reliance-1757125 AC834771-7AB5-4CB1-AAD4-DFD7C18B0BEF Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:32:40 -0400 A SCOTS chieftain’s daughter has made the move from acting into fashion by appearing in Vogue. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/fashion/rose-leslie-stars-in-scots-inspired-vogue-shoot-1-2826075 60D17255-9BBF-434B-9697-E3EF2E2D6CD0 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:28:30 -0400 WHETHER and how an independent Scotland will get into the European Union has become an incredibly tortuous question. The SNP, with the legal advice that never existed and the admission that entry was not automatic but had to be negotiated, has multiplied rather than cleared the confusion. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/peter-jones-the-eu-membership-plot-thickens-1-2830536 7193B346-039C-4720-90B8-5CB8B6FCC87A Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:17:50 -0400 The Committee has agreed to seek evidence in relation to the accountability, planning and resourcing of Bannockburn 2014. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/59098.aspx 6A784CEA-9566-4F0E-B115-BAC9D6533F04 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:10:05 -0400 Work has started on a new 1.7m development dedicated to supporting Scotland's creative industries sector, as part of the redevelopment of Dundee. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21743435 84A8FC79-627A-4755-9C64-E0345CFADACC Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:18:18 -0400 Milk is something that most of us drink or consume in some form. Yet dairy farmers have long complained that they have not always got a fair deal when it comes to price. So what is the reality of life as a Scottish dairy farmer at the moment? This is one farmer's view. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-21713191 E9E0D60C-D39C-4E87-865E-84406E973578 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:15:41 -0400 Scotland's most southerly tip could become a nature reserve after local residents almost unanimously backed a proposed community buy-out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-21741256 33BBC717-F750-4D87-A852-8320B5B2FFB0 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:13:53 -0400 THE Capital’s new Krispy Kreme doughnut store has served more than 10,000 people a day in its first three weeks of trading. http://www.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-krispy-kreme-serving-10-000-people-a-day-1-2829809 316ED9E0-059A-404F-AA6B-5F5B0F035FAF Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:11:56 -0400 HEAVY snow and icy conditions on roads across the country brought school closures and travel disruption today as the latest cold snap continued. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/weather-arctic-winds-and-snow-hit-scotland-1-2829019 FB6C036D-0847-4313-AEBC-C5005B5FBD29 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:09:38 -0400 TWO young mums says falling pregnant at 16 made them even more determined to succeed and make something of their lives. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/two-young-women-tell-how-1755925 C731FA19-B2DD-4C73-B413-6F23CDA08E29 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:06:11 -0400 Newly published analysis released by the Scottish government predicts that a renewed oil boom will lead to an average of £48bn of revenue over the next six years. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/6911-analysis-predicts-renewed-oil-boom-for-scotland ED01242D-E5ED-4995-81AD-0E8B94EA82B0 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:00:38 -0400 There are five million people in Scotland. Those of voting age can have their say in the independence referendum. The 800,000 Scots in the rest of the UK cannot vote in it. But what is the essence of being Scottish? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20048521 97DDEBAC-2859-46FF-B9D4-3E59C2E6FA8D Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:27:54 -0400 It's still not looking all that wonderful, is it? The economy, that is. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21689111 B36056DA-76B8-4035-9884-A3C33DB473AD Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:23:22 -0400 First Minister Alex Salmond has called on David Cameron to apologise for what he said was the UK government's broken commitment on troops in Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21733017 4BB6FDC4-C6D3-499D-B5B6-4956A48A29AE Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:18:18 -0400 FOOD hygiene expert Professor Hugh Pennington says this type of food fraud is worse than the horsemeat scandal as horesemeat was sold by supermarkets unwittingly. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/1-3-curries-fake-restaurants-1754087 C489B6A8-E669-4FB4-A114-3B251CCF091D Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:59:45 -0400 WARNING: your bagpipes may kill you. Leading piping organisations have issued a hygiene alert after a piper was hospitalised for four weeks having contracted a potentially fatal lung infection from his bagpipes. http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/bagpipe-warning-over-threat-of-fatal-fungus-1-2828835 F0747CCC-4493-4A29-BB19-9F314E38B358 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:35:17 -0400 IT IS a small Scottish chapel that has been immortalised by Hollywood and a best-selling novel as the last resting place of the Holy Grail. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/rosslyn-chapel-built-for-skull-of-saint-matthew-1-2828806 5688E0EC-CA1F-47D6-8C8E-2B7388A7FF66 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:33:06 -0400 Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has called for clarity when debating the future of North Sea oil in terms of Scottish independence. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-call-for-oil-future-clarity-1-2829017 A39CBE8E-23E2-46B3-86E5-9A87DC70EBFA Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:29:49 -0400 SCOTLAND faces a stark choice between higher tax or lower pensions if it votes for independence, a leading financial expert warns today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-independence-yes-vote-threat-to-pensions-1-2828784 F26D608B-FEFD-4D43-BD01-1766957F6EB9 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:23:58 -0400 Alan Bisset at the Augustine Church, Sunday 3 March 2013, talks about the cringe, culture, Scottish literature and how Scots look at themselves. (video) http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/arts-and-culture/6898-alan-bisset-on-scottish-culture 1A948F99-82D3-4901-8825-60BCC6373533 Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:28:45 -0500 SNP chief Steve Cardownie is facing a serious threat to his leadership after Councillor Sandy Howat confirmed he would challenge the veteran politician for top job at the local party. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/steve-cardownie-s-snp-leadership-under-threat-1-2828359 F1BF5253-13B9-43A0-84A0-876558B85AE9 Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:22:38 -0500 ANCIENT people came in their thousands from as far away as the Highlands to build Stonehenge and celebrate the winter solstice, researchers have said. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/scots-helped-build-stonehenge-as-part-of-pagan-feast-1-2828221 C88885B7-D3CF-419B-9B66-2BBF7CDE4DE4 Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:21:35 -0500 THE number of students in Scotland’s colleges has fallen by more than 120,000 since the SNP came to power in 2007, new figures show. http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/scots-college-student-numbers-fall-by-120-000-1-2827267 9036B8DC-6CEC-4E1A-9B03-0CBCA73BC5E7 Sat, 9 Mar 2013 09:16:49 -0500 The Netherlands government has said it believes that Scotland is currently a highly valued and integral part of the European Union and that EU members would discuss the consequences of a yes vote after the referendum. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/6888-exclusive-scotland-a-qhighly-valuedq-part-of-eu-says-dutch-foreign-minister 37FBA2AF-B306-4483-BD61-61F6AB2B7A63 Fri, 8 Mar 2013 10:01:01 -0500 WE confronted the Finance Secretary about the secret dossier which critics say has shattered the SNP’s case for independence with plans to cut pensions and welfare, and a flustered Swinney then rushed straight to Edinburgh to see the First Minister come under pressure in Holyrood. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/john-swinney-defends-independence-confronted-1750458 FC322CFE-17FD-428F-A168-F201557A012E Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:58:39 -0500 THE by-election for a seat on Moray Council, caused by the shock resignation of an SNP councillor, has been won by an Independent candidate in the six-way contest. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/moray-by-election-independent-wins-former-snp-seat-1-2827150 5FBBD4D9-24EA-4451-BEBD-39C722C846FC Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:52:05 -0500 SCOTLAND’S police headquarters looks set to be located in Stirling, in a surprise move which will cost taxpayers 55,000. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/stirling-earmarked-as-police-scotland-headquarters-1-2825442 5B25FA25-6792-4C33-B20C-0D135A23FDA7 Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:50:46 -0500 THE public will get their first chance to ride on Edinburgh’s trams from next month after an inaugural passenger run today on the first completed section. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-trams-to-carry-public-from-april-1-2826357 B0619D98-45F8-4ED6-8A07-93BBBBD1B1EA Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:49:37 -0500 CREDIT where credit is due: the Better Together campaign pulled off a coup with its publication of a leaked cabinet paper from John Swinney, laying out fiscal options in the post-independence period. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/george-kerevan-an-argument-that-simply-runs-out-of-currency-1-2825295 EECCDB62-3E7E-4414-A42A-96CA31177D29 Thu, 7 Mar 2013 21:28:37 -0500 BONHILL Primary kids are allowed to work side by side with experienced catering staff to whip up some tasty meals. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/pupils-dunbartonshire-school-learn-cook-1745919 0869776E-3459-4B6D-A2AE-3F31668CED59 Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:50:34 -0500 WATCHDOGS call for adverts to be restricted after finding widespread breaches of the law, causing misery and hardship to struggling borrowers. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/50-biggest-payday-loan-firms-1748148 B9B3D224-B2E6-4C21-979D-4C0E83156352 Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:47:10 -0500 SECRET file blows apart Nationalists' claims that we would be better off if we break away from the UK and warns that defence and welfare could suffer. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-dossier-reveals-pensions-could-1748133 43DAD646-3A0D-4119-8208-57B176C05967 Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:42:09 -0500 On what breaking away from the UK would mean for taxes and spending in an Independent Scotland. This was received from Gordon Aikman, Director of Research, Better Together on 6th March 2013. (pdf file) http://www.electricscotland.com/independence/c1d14076ee08022eec_u9m6vd74f.pdf D40D1E95-BEB2-4C64-A46B-978AFBB10EAF Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:55:49 -0500 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today announced the release of Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2011-12. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/GERS6313 514FF5DB-A180-4C99-81E5-B9703C94CD83 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:37:54 -0500 JOHN HARKINS from Wemyss Bay in Renfrewshire scooped the title of best mobile seller from trade body the Ice Cream Alliance. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-ice-cream-man-crowned-1744681 5949714C-6666-4F21-BD9E-6C607252C614 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:32:14 -0500 SOCKS has become an internet sensation after appearing in a TV advert set to Fleetwood Mac's track Everywhere. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/socks-the-moonwalking-shetland-pony-1746137 EBD3EF1C-7543-4786-8E87-E1B32575E889 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:30:09 -0500 AN ambitious bid has been launched to promote Leith as a haven for cruise line tourism to reap the rewards of an untapped industry. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/leith-to-cash-in-on-lucrative-cruise-trade-1-2822179 B736EE6E-656B-47DC-AC76-196ED83213CC Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:25:42 -0500 HUNDREDS of Army families face massive upheaval as the Royal Scots Borderers are moved from Edinburgh to Belfast. http://www.scotsman.com/news/families-anger-as-royal-scots-borderers-moved-1-2822232 F88BBB3A-367D-47C4-B3FE-9DCFDB9F3C90 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:22:40 -0500 SCOTLAND’s first national park is to roll out a decade-long tourism strategy after conceding there is a lack of quality infrastructure for visitors to one of the country’s most famous attractions. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/loch-lomond-banks-to-be-bonnie-again-with-new-plan-1-2821220 CE5E416F-BD4E-4EBD-98AD-2FFF3D62C26D Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:20:42 -0500 Councils will receive a share of £40 million to help families into hundreds of new social homes, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/millions-pledged-to-councils-for-new-homes05032013 B1B37DA9-FF71-4B18-88C4-652DCF77F507 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:21:12 -0500 A project which has enabled 80 per cent of patients to stay in their home rather than being admitted to hospital, is to be adapted for use across Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/hospital-at-home05032013 2C9A8B23-6009-427A-A35C-B1BF595A8593 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:20:32 -0500 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published statistics on Police Officer Quarterly Strength, which give the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by the eight Scottish police forces, Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency and the Scottish Police Services Authority. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/PoliceStatistics05032013 8DBCA041-0D83-4B29-BEFD-04A568EC2060 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:19:52 -0500 THE Government of Luxembourg has expressed concerns about Scottish independence. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/luxembourg-warns-against-scottish-independence-1-2820567 1348531F-217B-42DC-9A46-00ADE5ED7617 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:12:51 -0500 FORMER SNP leader Gordon Wilson says Scots may be asked to to vote in a second multi-option referendum after independence - to settle the country’s EU membership, currency and defence. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scots-could-see-second-referendum-says-ex-snp-leader-1-2820811 B0E7243C-0902-4B08-9211-CA2C44063A59 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:11:42 -0500 THE Scottish Government has revealed that year-long themed tourism campaigns are set to continue indefinitely - as it predicted next year will be the biggest ever for the industry. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/scottish-year-of-tourism-campaigns-to-go-on-1-2819828 AE6A454C-2D8C-4E3A-8136-012ECBAF4063 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:53:01 -0500 THE credibility and moral authority of the Catholic Church in Scotland has been damaged by the sexual misconduct revelations surrounding Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the man who has replaced him admitted last night. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/philip-tartaglia-church-s-credibility-undermined-1-2819826 45DBD5B2-5DDD-4892-8802-6619133DF1B8 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:51:14 -0500 Both sides agree the economy is the key issue in the independence referendum. How will independence or sticking with the Union impact on salaries, pensions and jobs? Few are better placed to answer these questions than Professor Andrew Goudie. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/andrew-goudie-just-how-free-would-we-be-1-2820370 E868EEE2-1D42-4301-B3F5-B8B1D29067BD Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:30:18 -0500 Maggie Barry takes a first drive along the stunning old military road that will be used when the notorious A83 shuts. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/a83-rest-thankful-military-road-1737445 64B0B72D-563D-4F82-883E-29F5D7522446 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:47:24 -0500 SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Gillian Matthew was at Braehead shopping centre with her mum and dad when she was scouted by the Elite model team last May. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/scots-teenager-tipped-top-modelling-1739781 72C7ADF3-2CCF-4E28-8581-00D3D3FFA3F0 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:41:51 -0500 UNIONISTS have called on the Scottish Government to publish any legal advice that suggests Scotland would not have to start again in terms of international treaties and memberships of organisations such as the EU. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/uk-s-scots-independence-claims-on-very-thin-ice-1-2819112 B01B0347-FA6E-4D11-89C7-E89EE2B27222 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 01:42:51 -0500 THE future of RAF Leuchars is to be guaranteed as an army base in a long-awaited announcement tomorrow on military basing around the UK. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/raf-leuchars-to-have-significant-army-presence-1-2819230 C1C1A8B4-5A9A-40ED-85FB-24A4D4D18CCA Mon, 4 Mar 2013 01:41:51 -0500 Last week in a little known announcement, Moody’s, the agency that stripped the UK of its AAA credit rating, cut the ratings of three property companies that lease buildings to the BBC in London and Glasgow. http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/6857-bbc-funding-doubts-and-who-owns-bbc-scotland-hq 2E2D6C78-9A85-436D-B0F0-71746AA39D98 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 01:34:12 -0500 A leading international lawyer has warned that the Westminster government’s claims on Scotland’s status post independence, risks creating a rift between the two nations that could last for generations. http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/referendum/6864-westminster-stance-on-independence-risks-damaging-scotland-ruk-relation-for-generations 0FBCA0A6-4BC9-4185-891A-C689E7FB5B35 Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:35:17 -0500 Scotland should be ready to adopt an independent currency if the country votes in favour of leaving the UK, a leading economist will warn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21527789 F9021D46-A4F7-4585-9443-FD852F02C474 Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:25:29 -0500 The chairman of Ross County FC has said his club and Highland rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle have shaken the Scottish football scene. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21632129 8F8E9B64-AEF0-4D78-B585-C50AA2D7618E Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:21:39 -0500 Virgin Atlantic has unveiled details of its UK domestic service, including that the operation is called Little Red. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21625591 3FA56337-512D-48C1-9CB1-1272A840F6F4 Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:20:26 -0500 A walrus has turned up on a small Scottish island in what has been described as a "once in a lifetime" event. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21647421 6BE10042-F3DE-4DD2-A5BA-C797A42B5890 Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:17:28 -0500 The Scottish Government will host a summit to look at ways of dealing with the increasingly unpredictable weather Scotland is experiencing. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/6862-extreme-weather-summit F3D2BC64-D759-4994-B4CF-D50949CC47CD Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:13:37 -0500 HISTORIC Scotland has ­revealed it is considering re-roofing Linlithgow Palace, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots and one of the country’s most famous ruins. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/roof-for-linlithgow-palace-following-chanel-visit-1-2818974 639AFA72-BED6-4BF5-9BA9-391A7344685A Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:02:53 -0500 THE ties that link Scotland to England are already crumbling. A historic bridge which was constructed to help strengthen the union between the two nations is in danger of being closed. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/union-bridge-on-border-crossing-set-to-close-1-2818968 3E9ABB3B-D251-4EB1-85EA-2706E09D29CA Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:01:02 -0500 CANCEL the milk, water the plants, grab the suitcase and don’t forget the horse. http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/horse-hotels-launched-by-national-trust-1-2818965 DED3B9A1-753A-46AC-AFC5-5B09299948EE Sun, 3 Mar 2013 10:59:56 -0500 IT IS seen as the ultimate opportunity to promote Scotland abroad, a glamorous week of fashion shows, parades and events that attracts business people and celebrities from across the United States. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/us-tartan-week-taken-over-by-american-alliance-1-2818989 876695E6-3A24-473A-8898-E5B2293F96D4 Sun, 3 Mar 2013 10:47:45 -0500 SINCE the fall of the Gaddafi regime in 2011, British investigators have been working to establish if there are other individuals in Libya who could be brought to trial over the attack for which Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/lockerbie-bombing-investigation-still-open-1738281 AB5CF71B-5A37-4DA7-B7D7-C5612CA3D8B1 Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:06:18 -0500 THE cutting-edge technology will be available today to all 3000 fans in the Wheatfield Stand for the clash with Motherwell. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/football-fans-can-now-order-1738593 2CE46C45-95F4-46B0-96F8-DA594C56EC6F Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:04:48 -0500 Labour MP Margaret Curran has signalled a shift in a key party attack line by criticising the Scottish Government for not complaining enough to the Westminster government. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/6853-labour-in-picking-fights-u-turn-as-curran-demands-snp-complain-more-to-westminster 79EB69FB-3A58-461B-963F-1C2C71A75D37 Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:02:42 -0500 A SCOTTISH island once popular with tourists and passing sailors has been effectively closed to the public by its millionaire owner. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/millionaire-closes-sanda-island-to-the-public-1-2818179 EAB3DC52-B034-417F-893A-23B327BF6FF7 Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:00:12 -0500 Thousands of litres of whisky have been flushed down the drain by accident at a bottling plant in Dumbarton. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21614304 C441F59D-62C1-49A5-ABC4-44DE11168441 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 12:09:13 -0500 I note with interest your article on further moves towards ending the practice of discarding healthy fish back dead into the sea (28 February). http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/letters/positive-net-total-1-2815877 863BED79-FEAB-4B98-BDD3-1932985F76AC Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:22:38 -0500 Claims made by Unionist politicians that an independent Scotland would need to renegotiate 14,000 separate international treaties are untrue, the UK government has admitted. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/referendum/6843-humiliating-climbdown-as-westminster-admits-14000-treaties-claim-false 139531A4-592E-4FDC-B2F5-EC74F17EBA46 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:13:03 -0500 THE submarine officially entered Royal Navy service following a ceremony at the base on the Clyde today. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/britains-most-advanced-attack-sub-1737627 355B848A-9ACD-470E-AEF1-7DCE5BCC5C4B Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:10:10 -0500 Legislation designed to tackle sectarian behaviour at football matches is working well, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/03/obact01032013 6B18454D-4D4E-4234-8D75-E8D05899B97E Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:07:46 -0500 THIRTY men who helped build the Forth Road Bridge 50 years ago were reunited today for a special visit to see progress on the Forth Replacement Crossing. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/men-who-built-forth-road-bridge-reunited-1-2817791 38A6ACA9-ACDE-4413-9058-9189D436F9F8 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 11:06:29 -0500 SNP government plans to create a single, powerful competition watchdog after independence could drive up costs and complexity for businesses, according to industry leaders. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/politics/scottish-independence-confusion-over-snp-proposal-1-2814554 6DB3F54F-E9B7-46D3-A758-535F2ABAA7C0 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:53:49 -0500 Got in a copy of their Spring 2013 newsletter (pdf) http://www.electricscotland.com/ssf/ScotNewsletters/scotscanadianSpring2013.pdf 4DF01473-3BFA-42FF-B105-8DFC362D4F3A Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:07:55 -0500 ONE OF Scotland’s leading churchmen has accused Scottish Gas of robbing the poor to give to the rich after it posted huge profits just months after increasing bills. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3141790 136AF760-F5A6-4445-9377-1C4D6DE5BFAE Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:13:21 -0500 ANOTHER month and another set of declining daily and Sunday newspaper sales figures in Scotland according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation. http://www.allmediascotland.com/press/45844/another-month-and-another-set-of-declining-sales-among-daily-and-sunday-newspapers-in-scotland/ 7018C5B2-166C-497D-A08E-D971B0127B75 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:44:35 -0500 THE SNP Government has accepted for the first time that an independent Scotland would have to apply for EU membership. http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/snp-u-turn-over-eu-membership-for-independent-scotland.20357002 AF1C6ECD-08E1-4765-8ADF-5B770BCC0A0C Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:58:42 -0500 SCOTLAND must engage in an open debate on the merits of sticking with sterling, joining the euro or even forging its own currency, writes John McLaren. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/john-mclaren-for-scotland-s-future-money-matters-1-2813125 FDE5BC6A-FA1B-45F0-B1E3-F21DD5B4389D Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:57:18 -0500 It is encouraging that Jim Stamper (Letters, 27 February) says, with great confidence, that after independence there will be more opportunities to retain our graduates in Scotland, citing the sort of jobs that are currently in London, because that is where government sits. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/letters/scotland-has-lost-its-spirit-of-enterprise-1-2812993 28A1BF7E-0B34-45F9-870B-A5DAC735CB27 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:55:25 -0500 The Scottish Green party is urging Scottish Government Ministers to heed the advice of respected economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy 062A650A-711F-48FE-97AF-694AFE2632B1 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:38:36 -0500 SCOTLAND would have to apply for EU membership as a new state if it votes for independence, Latvia’s foreign minister has claimed. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/independent-scotland-would-have-to-apply-to-eu-1-2815357 3B3961F4-5768-4B0B-9C2E-BB2AF9086E1C Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:35:12 -0500 The lease for sporting rights on Raasay has been returned to the island’s crofters for the current season and Ministers will be involved in future decisions. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/Raasay-rights28022013 2A0BC7DF-706A-47A0-ABC0-6F5640C4E611 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:32:44 -0500 The Scottish Government today announced more than 4 million for new wave and tidal power research capacity, securing Scotland’s world-leading position in marine energy. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/EMEC28 CE13A335-2133-43CE-9EA1-6195073F9283 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:31:02 -0500 Plans to improve the efficiency of Scotland’s courts and create new summary sheriffs to deal with lower-level civil and criminal cases are among measures announced today to further modernise the justice system. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/courts27022013 53539A25-374E-47B5-A94E-2CDF2C39B3F3 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:55:02 -0500 In order to secure a ‘yes’ vote, millions of Scots need to have a vision of what an independent Scotland will mean. Living within the archaic UK Westminster system is all Scots have ever known, so it is understandable that the prospect of independence can cause concern about the future. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/6835-lessons-from-france-for-an-independent-scotland 1779BECB-36EF-4B4A-B3B2-87BAC7122F89 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:52:55 -0500 AS the prestigious Inchmarlo Golf Resort goes into liquidation, a Sunday Mail probe has discovered as many as 75 of Scotland's courses are in danger. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/golf/golf-clubs-struggling-for-survival-1728581 95EF6625-8427-48DD-A740-DA9D1EF073DF Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:50:56 -0500 IN perhaps the last appointment of his Papacy, Benedict XVI has named Philip Tartaglia, Archbishop of Glasgow as the Apostolic Administrator for the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh following the scandal involving Cardinal O’Brien. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/philip-tartaglia-takes-over-from-cardinal-o-brien-1-2812373 A1D1D657-5401-4382-839E-E6FAA314D80A Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:46:34 -0500 A COW who was orphaned from birth and saved from the slaughterhouse has established herself as a star performer - with a pony display team. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/hettie-moo---cow-who-1732112 BF1BF06F-CCE1-42B5-815F-F22AD460EE2B Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:42:38 -0500 THE December figure - which showed 323 cases where patients in A&E had to wait longer than 12 hours - is the worst since July 2007. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/scottish-government-ae-waiting-times-1732099 74EC51F9-82FE-4B68-94B4-6DC81BDA5645 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:41:05 -0500 OVERGROWN vegetation and graffiti-daubed outbuildings do much to avert prying eyes but more than 100ft below Corstorphine Hill there lies a secret. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/queen-s-edinburgh-nuclear-bunker-to-open-as-museum-1-2810424 A80C3D53-ABD2-4191-9D1A-A25290DA767B Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:38:29 -0500 DUNDEE is to get its first five-star hotel as part of a wave of hospitality development that will create more than 200 jobs in the city. http://www.scotsman.com/business/media-and-leisure/dundee-waterfront-set-for-wave-of-hotel-investment-1-2809404 BF924CE4-680E-4D08-92B1-192A6BDE144F Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:37:06 -0500 A nationwide debate will get underway today to ensure Scotland becomes a world class digital nation by 2020. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/scotlands-digital-dialogue 6635CF4D-9C32-4D07-88B8-7D4BDD4F9F2E Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:35:03 -0500 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics 2011-12. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of financial activity in Scottish local authorities including income, revenue and capital expenditure, outstanding debt and local taxation and local authority pensions. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/LGfinance26213 EBF16B8B-DC45-4569-ADFF-F1C4C9CA64AD Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:33:58 -0500 Given by Nicola Sturgeon http://www.scotreferendum.com/2013/02/26/speech-to-european-policy-centre-in-brussels-26-february-2013/ 6E49FD84-D659-46E9-A8C6-0082CD7BC3D1 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:32:40 -0500 First Minister Alex Salmond today welcomed the captain of the 2014 European Ryder Cup team, Paul McGinley, to Scotland on his first visit to the country since he was appointed. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/RyderCup26022013 B60D4D82-1353-4A0D-8E2B-2D1DDA2B6B48 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:27:34 -0500 ANDY Murray has bought the £1.8 million luxury hotel where his brother was married three years ago. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/andy-murray-buys-luxury-hotel-near-dunblane-1-2808825 0B8E42BC-9530-4112-80F7-42388EE1AE9C Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:01:08 -0500 BOYD, who is the grandson of founder Thomas Tunnock, is known to treat his 500 staff well who work at the Uddingston factory and tearoom. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/mr-tunnock-turns-80-celebrates-1730212 C92AA16C-1915-4157-98F9-5A288965EF6C Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:58:45 -0500 SCOTLAND'S top Catholic Cardinal Keith O'Brien has resigned from his position as head of the church in Scotland after being accused of inappropriate conduct by three priests. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cardinal-keith-obrien-resigns-head-1730537 3D4DE4EB-460A-4181-875C-C61E9279D553 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:55:56 -0500 Scotland has become one of the world’s first Fair Trade Nations, International Development Minister Humza Yousaf announced today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/Fair-Trade-Nation25022013 F2458C13-1D1C-4042-AE85-7AFAA75FD634 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:54:50 -0500 A rally calling for a balanced and inclusive referendum debate from broadcasters has been held in Glasgow city centre. http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/6815-glasgow-rally-hears-calls-for-balanced-broadcasting-in-referendum-debate 2A724A5C-A978-4033-8F4B-95FDCF9E0698 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:39:38 -0500 Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon is to address an invited audience of European Policy Centre Members on Tuesday 26th February during a visit to Brussels. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/referendum/6812-nicola-sturgeon-to-address-influential-europeans-in-brussels 61EC3FCA-AF61-4CDF-A6CF-E44FC95E80BF Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:08:33 -0500 THE Dumfries-born DJ was named as the most successful songwriter in the both the UK and US for 2012 by magazines Music Week and Billboard. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/scots-dj-calvin-harris-built-1713664 F4676FD4-91A1-4BBB-94E3-613E2189F1F5 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:06:45 -0500 MARION CHESNEY'S MC Beaton novels have placed her in an exclusive club of authors whose titles have been borrowed more than a million times. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/scotlands-secret-literary-sensation-marion-1714259 6FABD216-BA83-4655-9268-12BA91E89D4D Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:05:32 -0500 DEPUTY First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been warned she risks losing her Holyrood seat if she pushes ahead with plans to legalise gay marriage. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/same-sex-marriage-a-vote-loser-1-2807428 58F168AC-C63E-4C8F-83E6-865629B2594E Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:00:45 -0500 Some of the earliest-known writings on Nessie’s less well-known cousin shed new light on the community which lived in its shadow more than 100 years ago, according to the researcher who uncovered them. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/writings-shed-new-light-on-nessie-s-cousin-morag-1-2807636 44AA4C3B-4A2E-4A66-8A64-FA686C85E2B8 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:59:17 -0500 WAITING for photographs, songs or videos to download has become one of the most frustrating aspects of using the internet. http://www.scotsman.com/news/faster-broadband-on-its-way-to-scotland-1-2807442 FE269BD4-C302-478E-A86A-495237DAAFF0 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:57:02 -0500 THE ARBROATH Herald has been recognised for the vital role the newspaper played in reinstating weddings at Arbroath Abbey. http://www.arbroathherald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/abbey-wedding-campaign-praised-1-2769702 C809F6CE-2CEB-474E-A07E-B7935DB1E3EC Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:54:11 -0500 Scottish Studies Society Toronto announce their Tartan Day and Scot of the Year dinner. http://scottishstudies.com/950tartanday2013.htm 177613B5-909F-4987-9BCC-7CBF460E7C3F Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:50:42 -0500 TARTAN is all the rage on the catwalks in Italy this year. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/gallery-tartan-parade-milans-catwalks-1726242 F1250A2F-9D51-43CD-9D47-D48F28F1A425 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:52:44 -0500 FINANCE secretary John Swinney said he was 'delighted' after all 32 local authorities agree not to increase charge. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-council-tax-frozen-fixth-1724861 45BDDF15-5A27-44A6-A653-580FDE163800 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:51:02 -0500 AITLYN MCCLUE, 14, contacted the Record following our investigation this week which found budgets for school equipment had been slashed. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/teenager-pleas-politicians-see-how-1726039 96D8137D-4872-4487-B142-7668FCE87E00 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:49:23 -0500 In the shadows of the horse-meat crisis, another meat scandal is currently emerging. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/6805-give-us-our-money-sheep-farmers-tell-michael-moore 70623B56-8246-4AE8-A31A-7F02EFD67C15 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:45:41 -0500 THE most senior Roman Catholic in Britain has said he believes priests should be able to marry if they wish to do so. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/cardinal-keith-o-brien-says-priests-should-marry-1-2805979 667F46C2-B229-4B93-A9E1-9FA45451BF37 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:41:25 -0500 The recurring theme in the video above is of a need for information from both sides in the referendum debate. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/affairs-scotland/6798-we-are-scotland-toni-and-moira 2554ACD1-C5C4-4FC3-BA46-940C70B74993 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:10:37 -0500 A RECORD probe has found education chiefs in one local authority area spent only 64p per pupil on classroom essentials like textbooks, jotters and pencils. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotlands-schools-been-hit-hard-1723676 F2F8FD4B-B928-41A7-B459-9A61235B060C Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:05:06 -0500 Gallus grammar advice has been created for Scots speakers’ through additional Scottish Government funding for the language. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/scots-funding22022013 E378BEC6-D431-4D2A-8879-62844D140418 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:02:33 -0500 OTHER countries would try to smooth the way for an independent Scotland to become a member of the European Union, a former UK government minister has said. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independent-scotland-s-eu-bid-would-be-welcomed-1-2803358 566A219A-F873-4D00-8A23-9F08CEAB5E51 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:56:49 -0500 Got in a copy of their Apr, May, Jun 2013 newsletter (pdf) http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/newsletters/leslie/GFDUAprilMayJune2013.pdf B9212D65-A783-4278-9421-4E7FC787989A Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:41:58 -0500 Scottish Nationalism is a fraud, Nicola Sturgeon appears out of her depth and the Scottish Government's campaign for independence is dead in the water according to Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/farage-independence-dead-in-the-water.20285722 36B53F2E-2CF7-4432-A787-45F0018B739B Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:18:07 -0500 The Scottish government has called for action after it emerged that Scotland is facing a huge cut in EU funding. http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/6785-scottish-government-calls-for-action-after-eu-funding-cut-threat 8C224DFD-3B99-41B8-ACC9-56B3F5320077 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:15:32 -0500 AN INDEPENDENT Scotland must be ready to adopt its own currency, as keeping the pound might not deliver real economic freedom, a former top adviser to Alex Salmond has warned. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/politics/independent-scotland-needs-its-own-currency-1-2801923 43C11D98-CA03-4858-B29A-79B3587CD101 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:57:50 -0500 NEW evidence of the potential manipulation of NHS waiting times has emerged in a major report published today by Scotland’s spending watchdog. http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/nhs-waiting-list-scandal-puts-public-trust-at-risk-1-2801919 5C465A27-36C5-4DD2-A8E3-51C7B5896EDA Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:56:44 -0500 The scandal over horsemeat in processed food has seen sales in Scotch beef grow recently as customers look for proven quality, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Minister has revealed. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/6787-quality-of-scotch-beef-leads-to-increase-in-sales-and-orders 790EE2E2-9797-445E-A89D-5CF24ECA7851 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:56:12 -0500 The Scottish government has called for action after it emerged that Scotland is facing a huge cut in EU funding. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/6785-scottish-government-calls-for-action-after-eu-funding-cut-threat 22B26109-05D7-48F8-826C-FB654A96DE7A Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:55:31 -0500 SUSIE WOLFF, 30, became inspired to race F1 cars by former team-mate and fellow Scot David Coulthard. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scot-dubbed-worlds-fastest-woman-1718869 56F8A36C-AA48-48B8-81CA-AB0E32578F5D Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:53:10 -0500 THIS WEEK the EdinburghSketcher draws for a couple emigrating to Canada... http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/visual-arts/edinburghsketcher-a-memory-of-edinburgh-1-2799072 11740D03-B613-4C56-92D7-9D2504D04A77 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:48:03 -0500 Youth unemployment in Scotland (among people aged 16-24) has fallen by 28,000 over the last year, according to the latest figures released today by the Office of National Statistics. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/LMS20213 2B2AB590-1406-48E9-B9A8-1B110FD99868 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:44:47 -0500 Children learning Gaelic are set to benefit from new projects to help their studies. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/gaelic-funding20022013 99D15475-F5A6-4832-A79F-AF7340035E4C Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:44:04 -0500 A MEMORIAL bust of the veteran rugby commentator Bill McLaren has been unveiled in his home town of Hawick, three years after his death. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/bill-mclaren-memorial-bust-unveiled-in-hawick-1-2799215 DC1A63C7-9267-4E8D-8060-B6E84FD29DE9 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:07:22 -0500 If Scotland’s import-export balance is in deficit we should know about it, but none of the figures agree, writes Peter Jones http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/peter-jones-unreliable-numbers-don-t-add-up-1-2798161 DEA621FA-F76E-4017-8E25-3264B597C1FE Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:05:22 -0500 THERE was a sense of betrayal among some of the guests at the annual dinner held by the Catalan Delegation in London last month. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/opinion/comment/david-maddox-snp-wins-no-friends-by-snubbing-the-underdogs-1-2798053 C155AA41-2C45-4D51-8CB8-C585BC0ADF5C Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:03:59 -0500 A CATASTROPHIC green energy scheme caused pollution that will last hundreds of years and wiped out one of the world’s most important populations of a highly endangered species, a court heard yesterday. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/environment/hydro-firm-caused-hundreds-of-years-of-damage-1-2798506 F102D701-CA33-4D12-B425-0B9079B3906E Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:01:45 -0500 OIL giant BP is to bankroll a boat to provide emergency tug cover for major incidents in the waters around the Northern Isles. http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/environment/bp-to-fund-emergency-support-boat-for-north-sea-1-2797273 89BCCBD4-2CBE-4ABE-BDCD-C2B03CC82172 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:59:55 -0500 Newly released documents have revealed how the the Rosyth Naval Dockyard in Fife was the victim of a pro-England bias at the heart of John Major’s Government. http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/6778-shocking-new-documents-reveal-the-extent-of-anti-scottish-bias-in-uk-defence-spending 56204CDD-4D21-4A60-9783-C9EEE4A5D015 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:49:21 -0500 A new North Sea oil discovery has been announced by Abu Dhabi energy company TAQA. The company revealed that it had struck oil in the new Darwin oil field in the northern area of the North Sea near the Shetland Isles. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/6772-new-oil-discovery-in-scottish-north-sea-sector 47816D02-7A84-4556-AE64-3E0A60EA8DC9 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:59:57 -0500 HEADLINERS for the main stage have been confirmed as Mumford & Sons, Rihanna and The Killers while the weekend also includes Scots acts The View, Emeli Sande and Deacon Blue. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/park-tickets-go-onsale-1715947 76812C27-58E7-4027-ABF3-BD2EED526EE5 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:56:10 -0500 People across Scotland are to be helped on to the housing ladder with a 20 million funding boost announced today by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/fresh-help-for-house-buyers E2188472-7865-417F-96D7-63A8F6826D7B Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:52:41 -0500 A groundbreaking campaign has been launched to encourage people between the ages of 50 and 74 to participate in bowel screening. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/bowel181 17E85751-0280-4FB9-A451-993D79E3E4A4 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:51:35 -0500 ONE of the world's leading intellectual magazines has caused fury in Edinburgh by labelling the capital as a dystopian wasteland, which is paralysed and in decline. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/edinburgh-labelled-a-dystopian-dump-unfit-for-independence.20248638 67B478C3-4994-4DE6-AFF9-85BE08138176 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:52:41 -0600 MORE than 500 mourners, including Scotland star Kenny Dalglish, turned out for the funeral of Lynsay Jackson who died suddenly at her Dumfries and Galloway home a week ago. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/david-coulthard-pays-tribute-superchick-1713324 57BCB502-28B3-41EE-A6D7-C16E0C7419A8 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:30:23 -0600 HERE'S a scene in Skyfall where Bond and M have escaped to the Highlands. The mist is hanging over the bracken of Glencoe like a heavy winter coat, the mountains soaring upwards then disappearing into the clouds on either side of a long, deserted stretch of Tarmac. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/scotland-s-best-driving-roads-1-2795598 8DC84F70-6098-410D-9452-D1DB75E253A6 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:24:05 -0600 Ahead of a new exhibition celebrating a century of the nation’s comedy greats, Allan Brown reveals the true home of Scottish humour. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/tv-and-radio/century-of-glasgow-banter-set-for-major-exhibition-1-2795738 5E1A2035-486B-4C37-9A35-411BA2ED9D4A Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:22:25 -0600 SEXUAL health experts are urging the Scottish Government to make the morning-after pill available to girls in Scotland’s schools to reduce the high number of under-age pregnancies. http://www.scotsman.com/news/experts-give-morning-after-pill-at-scots-schools-1-2795973 DCC00DF4-89AC-4B04-ABB4-D20C51665F1F Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:19:22 -0600 MORE than 300 years since the massacre of Glencoe, MacDonalds from near and far unite to remember the ancestors who lost their lives, writes Peter Ross. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/clan-macdonald-gather-to-remember-glencoe-massacre-1-2795736 84C46F57-AF7B-47FB-999E-329A3E5D8FEA Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:15:55 -0600 MORE than two-thirds of Scotland’s small business owners are opposed to independence, according to a new survey that provides a rare insight into the mind-set of the country’s dominant SME sector. http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/poll-shows-small-firms-want-to-stay-part-of-uk-1-2795878 54D90AAE-C51E-440F-8BF1-3CBAB07325A0 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:31:59 -0600 IT MAY face early retirement because of the strain of the job, but it now has the prospect of a new lease of life as a tourist attraction. The 49-year-old Forth Road Bridge would be transformed into a commercial Sydney Harbour Bridge-style visitor attraction after traffic is switched to the adjacent Forth Replacement Crossing in three years, under new plans being considered. http://www.scotsman.com/business/media-and-leisure/commercial-attraction-plan-for-forth-road-bridge-1-2795132 330FF7E4-A50E-41A8-90BA-E43BB7F9247E Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:08:24 -0500 JUST 25 couples instead of the usual 50 visited the famous Scottish venue to be married in the Old Blacksmith's Shop, on Valentines Day yesterday. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/valentines-weddings-at-gretna-fall-1710812 0CF9BC40-C637-4066-BBED-3494820CBC3D Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:51:15 -0500 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today announced the publication of the latest Index of Manufactured Exports for the third quarter of 2012. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/IME150213 FD9AC13C-9DB5-4E75-A21B-6285A49429D7 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:44:25 -0500 IT'S exactly a year since Rangers plunged into administration and Murray has spoken of the lingering pain that his constant warnings over Craig Whyte's involvement at Ibrox went unheeded. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ex-rangers-director-paul-murray-opens-1708575 8186342C-2270-4736-B4A2-E28B1639DE1A Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:17:59 -0500 The future of the world’s oldest post office is under threat after the Royal Mail requested to remove its delivery work an MSP has warned. If Sanquhar Post Office were to close, a post office in Stockholm would assume its title as world’s oldest meaning both Scotland and the UK would lose the title. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/6748-threat-to-worlds-oldest-post-office-must-be-lifted 638149B1-0691-4F1F-929B-1AD360186771 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:15:49 -0500 SCOTLAND is sitting on up to 5 billion of natural gas reserves which could be extracted using the controversial technique known as fracking, financial experts said today. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/shale-gas-fracking-worth-5bn-to-scotland-1-2789869 81AAAC50-D60A-4303-B6C8-7AB5A963D992 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:59:31 -0500 A NEW study carried out by the University of Missouri has found helicopter mums who try to control their children's lives are often resented. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/family-relationships/over-protective-parents-responsible-rising-number-1705946 57CD5CE5-80A0-45D1-86F2-C6E6ECEA8ACF Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:05:06 -0500 SUPPORT for independence among the under-25s has more than doubled in the space of four months, a poll has suggested. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/58-under-25s-back-scottish-independence-1707123 96D008D2-8A4B-419E-A13C-55DB49DFD835 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:03:09 -0500 Scottish Government Veterans Minister Keith Brown has called for a meeting with his Westminster counterpart to discuss support for military personnel who face redundancy as a result of the latest MoD cuts. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/perfect-storm ABBF6D52-BAFA-43D9-84F0-D37D250336DD Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:52:02 -0500 Scottish Secretary of State Michael Moore has been forced to issue clarification statements following the publication of the UK government’s document into what it claims will be the consequences of Scottish independence. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/referendum/6733-moore-forced-into-panic-statements-as-legal-advice-report-backfires 0A600F52-5D1B-41D3-A640-1D7249A556FD Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:24:29 -0500 AN INDEPENDENT Scotland will have to impose strict limits on spending and agree borrowing curbs with the rest of the UK to avoid the wrath of the financial markets, advisers to the Scottish Government have said. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independent-scotland-needs-strict-spending-limit-1-2785893 0C1339F2-1F66-468B-A17C-A071EE6C5CE3 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:20:08 -0500 Scotland’s meat sector was given a triple boost today as Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead outlined plans to support the industry. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/Scotch-meat12022013 D5FE3D48-C8CE-4A68-8AF0-E31D01DF8598 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:17:05 -0500 New farmers, who are ineligible for vital European funding, are set to benefit from cash support from the Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/new-entrants12022013 79DFAE9D-2154-465D-B5D6-24DE43DFCFB9 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:16:20 -0500 To inform the debate about Scotland’s constitutional future, the UK government is undertaking a programme of analysis on Scotland’s place in the UK and how it contributes to and benefits from being part of the UK. The work will provide people in Scotland with the facts and figures that are currently unknown or taken for granted, and explain how the UK in its current form works. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scotland-office/series/scotland-analysis C80464FC-9FD8-4EC9-A518-299AD931AC9D Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:01:40 -0500 AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would need to renegotiate about 8,500 treaties which the UK is currently party to, according to legal advice from two experts on international law. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independent-scotland-would-need-to-rework-8-500-treaties-1-2784237 F3318885-AB0A-47AE-A38A-DE1160D8B976 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:56:20 -0500 A group of leading economists are set to argue that Scotland keeping the pound after independence would be in the best interests of the remainder of the United Kingdom. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/6727-leading-economists-say-scotland-keeping-pound-after-yes-vote-is-in-ruks-best-interests AFABE3CA-BCB9-49FC-803C-A22250916A48 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:43:52 -0500 A poll measuring public attitudes to welfare shows Scots have less faith in the Westminster government to protect them in difficult times than those in any other part of the UK. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-politics/6732-poll-shows-scots-have-least-faith-in-uk-welfare-system EF6C48BC-E2C4-4071-A855-D13AF341CFBF Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:42:40 -0500 Communities in the Outer Hebrides are being helped to tackle coastal erosion thanks to funding from the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/climate-change11022013 4EAFBEA9-1833-4DF3-BE22-9C7E873C3ABA Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:38:58 -0500 A Group of internationally renowned economists have presented to Scottish Ministers their first set of recommendations and proposals to deliver a framework for economic stability and sustainability in an independent Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/macroeconomic-framework C07195CA-A37C-4A36-92F9-9CEC7826C6D9 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:37:34 -0500 Come to the 2013 Clan Home Gathering! 6 - 9th September 2013 at Wedderburn Castle, Duns, Berwickshire. http://www.clan-home.org/ B83AC9D5-FCE8-477B-A3A7-BFB873B79F32 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:19:24 -0500 Sunday service on 10th February 2013. http://youtu.be/SuXdhR28syM 2E9F1207-52E7-4454-BFD0-6282AA81AFD1 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:12:01 -0500 MORE tests have been ordered amid fears that horse meat could have been served in Scots schools and hospitals. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/ministers-warn-of-more-bad-news-1647798 7607FD32-ED3E-4085-8726-C4B27CA81A23 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:52:21 -0500 ANIMATORS Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson are up for an award for comedy documentary The Making of Longbird and plan on hitting the red carpet in black kilts to catch stunning Anne Hathaway's eye. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/movies/movie-news/scots-bafta-nominees-hope-to-win-1647543 F16A6CFB-6497-4019-B977-C2B0396B9295 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:48:37 -0500 GUIDE dog owners in Scotland have won a major victory in a battle to ensure they can continue to cross the road safely. A new European law is to be introduced to make it compulsory for hybrid and electric cars - so-called silent vehicles - to be fitted with noise devices. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/6725-mep-alyn-smith-hails-major-road-victory-for-the-blind D7129BFC-334B-4AF3-A414-A51654988CAA Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:42:03 -0500 The sizzle of skillets and percussive thuck of halal meat being chopped – this is Govanhill in 2013 and the all-consuming story of a fascinating district http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/govanhill-glasgow-s-ellis-island-1-2783217 C9157B8D-642F-407C-AF05-2E3C27530317 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:38:13 -0500 TOO many cooks may spoil the broth, but the owner of an Edinburgh soup cafe hopes to get enough people on board to help fund its expansion plans as it becomes the latest firm to join the 15 billion crowd-funding revolution. http://www.scotsman.com/business/food-drink-and-agriculture/soup-cafe-joins-15bn-crowd-funding-revolution-1-2783339 01B34799-2C05-4A8F-BA45-8F26F19D9D5A Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:36:08 -0500 PRIME Minister David Cameron last night launched a defence of the United Kingdom as his government prepared to put the facts about Scottish independence to the public. http://www.scotsman.com/news/david-cameron-sets-out-case-in-defence-of-union-1-2783433 261D49A9-697F-4106-968C-B0F53F7580B9 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:34:07 -0500 It is a case of putters at dawn. A legal dispute has broken out between the body which runs the most famous golf course in the world and a company which wants to use the St Andrews name to sell its clubs. http://www.scotsman.com/news/links-trust-and-clubs-firm-in-st-andrews-name-row-1-2783439 2A3A70B0-30FF-40C0-9AEF-0AA0CB5AF011 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:32:23 -0500 AN Aberdeen congregation has become the latest to break away from the Church of Scotland in the growing row over the ordination of gay ministers. http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/aberdeen-church-breaks-away-over-gay-ministers-row-1-2781266 8ABABD3F-DE47-40E7-B126-7227990BB5C6 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 21:13:43 -0500 IT ATTRACTS just 25,000 visitors a year, despite being the birthplace of Scotland’s most famous explorer. http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/dr-livingstone-s-birthplace-to-be-major-attraction-1-2782128 2D79BE0A-8F57-428B-9D08-B524E0BD3500 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 21:12:36 -0500 FOOD companies have been ordered to carry out tests on all their processed beef products, as the UK government summoned supermarkets and food safety experts to a summit to discuss the horsemeat scandal. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/horsemeat-scandal-checks-ordered-on-beef-products-1-2782122 F73D8026-2B75-4ED1-A651-335ACFBF8C40 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 21:11:26 -0500 Testing on Findus beef lasagne has revealed the meals contain more than 60% horse meat, the Food Standards Agency said. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/horse-meat-found-in-lasagne.20156602 80D965DF-1637-40FD-BC76-9419AE42441A Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:28:21 -0500 SCIENTISTS found the use bone stem cells combined with a plastic implant inserted into shattered bones could encourage the re-growth of real bone. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/science-technology/scottish-scientists-help-create-artificial-1593958 A49ACA58-A9D3-47F7-A53F-9B7B66D7F5FB Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:00:13 -0500 SINCE the Con-Dems Coalition Government came in to power Scotland has lost 49,000 jobs in the public sector according to a GMB report and Daily Record survey and are set to lose 10,000 more. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotland-loses-49000-public-sector-1593356 11CC75C5-21DA-4A7A-9CC0-772EF50CE359 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:58:25 -0500 Fishing harbours affected by the recent storm damage are benefiting from an additional 1 million for emergency works. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/harbour08022013 B7D30BD4-FA38-4D9B-BE83-ED87E2504A51 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:55:07 -0500 Scotland’s Chief Statistician today announced the release of the Retail Sales Index for Scotland Quarter 4 2012. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/retailsales08022013 A6AF4823-068E-4B23-91EC-4AB8B304A054 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:53:50 -0500 A record 89.9 per cent of school leavers in Scotland are going into work, training or education upon leaving school. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/school08022013 DEE46235-24B8-477F-AE48-52F0EA5395B2 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:52:59 -0500 AN MSP who championed 20mph zones to improve road safety has been banned from driving for speeding. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/snp-s-joan-mcalpine-given-driving-ban-for-speeding-1-2779588 86AA25ED-B5F6-47FA-9C8F-BC93E21E5482 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:49:35 -0500 SCOTTISH researchers have discovered a new way of turning cells into different types of tissue, paving the way for new drugs and treatments. http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/new-way-to-make-human-tissue-discovered-1-2780496 E12496A4-E20D-4876-BFE4-3E60319E45B3 Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:48:20 -0500 A RETIRED silversmith has ­uncovered the largest collection of ancient rock art ever found in the Highlands on a remote hill overlooking the Cromarty Firth. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/largest-scottish-ancient-artworks-revealed-1-2780498 2BB498FB-41B1-42A1-8531-6836FA623D1A Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:45:21 -0500 SNP Member of the European Parliament Alyn Smith has backed 15 year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/6704-scottish-mep-backs-taliban-attack-schoolgirl-for-nobel-prize E41E78D4-2ADF-455B-9FD4-659691349520 Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:58:38 -0500 The Scottish Government is investing 800,000 in a new Gaelic school for Glasgow, it was announced today. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/gaelic-glasgow07022013 C472CF30-DF49-47D8-A4E9-BA6E3D4056E5 Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:56:33 -0500 A Lanarkshire-based life sciences company and Dundee University researchers have won a major Europe-wide drug discovery contract. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/02/lanarkshire-and-dundee-in-life-science-project0702 EB5AACFA-E708-4EF6-AB7F-1E022D2BF502 Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:55:44 -0500 The brutal back and forth between the Unionists and the Scottish Government over continued EU adhesion obscures one basic fact: there is no clear answer to Scottish accession to be found in the treaties. Another solution must be devised. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/6700-will-an-independent-scotland-remain-in-the-eu F58B6EFC-E57A-4BCE-B897-CCA7FF9085BD Thu, 7 Feb 2013 00:02:34 -0500 ELECTRIC vehicle charging points will be established every 50 miles along major roads under the Scottish Government’s latest attempt to boost green motoring. http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/electric-car-charge-points-set-for-scottish-roads-1-2776953 F858F093-FDD3-4C41-B216-48039E2237A1 Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:58:48 -0500 SCOTLAND would need 70 more MSPs if the country becomes independent, an SNP backbencher has said. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independent-scotland-would-need-70-more-msps-1-2776992 EAEA64BA-C5D8-4BD9-B5B6-1F23AA6E54E6 Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:57:45 -0500 THE waves which hit Scotland this week were the highest anywhere in the world, scientists have confirmed. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/world-s-biggest-waves-hit-scotland-1-2777410 E4B0E039-FA8B-49A3-9115-96FB337703E3 Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:56:56 -0500 SCOTTISH fishermen’s leaders today gave a cautious welcome to a sweeping package of reforms of the European Common Fisheries policy which will herald the beginning of the end for the controversial practice of dumping marketable fish back dead into the sea. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/eu-common-fisheries-changes-welcomed-by-scots-1-2777117 33215C09-0BA4-4F80-B713-8FB7D5A1CFEA Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:55:38 -0500 Scotland’s colleges are to ­receive an “additional” £61 million over the next two years, as part of the the SNP government’s Budget, which was agreed at Holyrood yesterday. http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/john-swinney-outlines-budget-plans-for-scotland-1-2777374 30E3DADA-50A4-4B33-8E3E-53DC96A59DBA Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:54:29 -0500 She was a Scottish pioneer of photography and Lewis Carroll admired – and bought – her work. Now an important collection of 37 prints by Lady Clementina Hawarden is to be auctioned in London next month. http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/pictures/the-scottish-aristocrat-whose-pioneering-photography-drew-admiration-from-lewis-carroll-1-2778249 15048EFE-EADB-4E5A-A408-88C48703A25A Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:52:07 -0500