Scotland

SNP hails Cameron hint over election deadlock

Published Date: 23 November 2009 DAVID Cameron has revived SNP hopes of wielding more power at Westminster by admitting that a hung parliament would be better for the UK than another five years of a Labour government. Mr...

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Anti-sectarian 'celebration'

Published Date: 23 November 2009 PRIMARY school children were to perform at an anti-sectarianism event watched by the community safety minister today. Fergus Ewing was to be in the audience at the event staged to "celebrate"...

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Motorists warned about roadworks

The work is set to be carried out for a week Motorists are being warned about a week of roadworks at an Aberdeenshire junction. Resurfacing work on the A90 at the Badentoy junction, Porthlethen, is due to get under way on...

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Scotsman Archive: Scottish Nationalists 23 November, 1934

Published Date: 23 November 2009 SIR Alexander MacEwen, addressing a meeting in Dunfermline last night under Scottish National Party auspices, asked if Scotland was not fit to be trusted with the powers which were to be given...

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'Landmark legislation' set to scotch foreign imitations

Published Date: 23 November 2009 NEW regulations come in to force today to protect the reputation of Scottish whisky and safeguard it from foreign imitations. The UK legislation will require whiskies to carry a category...

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Midwives struggle to find work as Scots posts dry up

Published Date: 23 November 2009 NEW midwives and staff wanting to return to work are struggling to find jobs in Scotland, it was claimed yesterday. A one-year guarantee of a job in the NHS currently operates for newly...

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Boyd mulls Scotland option

Rangers striker Kris Boyd has admitted that he would consider a return to the Scotland fold under George Burley's successor. The 26-year-old has not featured for his country for more than a year, but is being talked up for a...

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Charles Walker: civil engineer

Charles Walker was a distinguished civil engineer in Scotland and the Far East who is memorable as the man who tracked down the unmarked grave of the Scottish Olympic athlete Eric Liddell, who died in a Japanese prison camp in...

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Adam Smith: the Scottish hero of China

With her micro mini, smartphone and chunky urban chic, student Man Luo is the image of modern Chinese youth abroad. She’s full of poised and respectful enthusiasm both for Scotland and the Communist party, which enabled her to...

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Hospital entrance closed as double-decker loses its roof

Published Date: 23 November 2009 THE entrance to one of Scotland's busiest hospitals was closed off after the driver of a double-decker bus collided with a walkway, slicing off the roof. The main path to Dundee's Ninewells...

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