http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=6985 The latest breaking Scottish news including UK and world news updates plus videos en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk TS http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=6985&format=rss Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:54:40 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/TS_rss.gif http://thescotsman.scotsman.com 281 70 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Standard-Life-axes-600-jobs.6508123.jp SCOTLAND has been rocked by another jobs blow after insurance giant Standard Life announced plans to make hundreds of workers redundant at its Edinburgh headquarters. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Standard-Life-axes-600-jobs.6508123.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/JM-Barrie-and-Captain-Scott.6508127.jp THEY were the towering figures of their age, one the Scottish author who wrote the best-selling Peter Pan novels and the other the most famous polar explorer in British histo http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/JM-Barrie-and-Captain-Scott.6508127.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Tony-Blair-memoirs-39I-was.6508131.jp TONY Blair has admitted he was "never a passionate believer" in devolution and that he always thought creating a Scottish parliament was a dangerous path to follow. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Tony-Blair-memoirs-39I-was.6508131.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Tony-Blair-memoirs-Blackmail-and.6508138.jp THE depth of the hatred that grew between the two central figures in Labour's 13 years in power has been exposed with the publication of Tony Blair's memoirs, in which http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Tony-Blair-memoirs-Blackmail-and.6508138.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/111m-Futures-Trust-savings-claim.6508124.jp A CONTROVERSIAL body established to raise funds for civic building projects has delivered £111 million in savings and benefits, it has been claimed. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/111m-Futures-Trust-savings-claim.6508124.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Palestinians-seize-150-Hamas-members.6507989.jp Palestinian security forces have arrested more than 150 Hamas members in an overnight sweep of the West Bank after the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for shooti http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Palestinians-seize-150-Hamas-members.6507989.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/39My-marriage-is-strong39-says.6508153.jp THE Foreign Secretary William Hague has revealed his aide Christopher Myers had resigned following "untrue and deeply distressing" rumours about the nature of their re http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/39My-marriage-is-strong39-says.6508153.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/John-McTernan-on-Tony-Blair39s.6508145.jp Former key Blair aide John McTernan reviews the book and weighs its words against the reality of life as a 'staffer' in No10 Downing Street http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/John-McTernan-on-Tony-Blair39s.6508145.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Children-in-care-39being-let.6507932.jp VULNERABLE children in residential care are being failed by the Scottish Government and councils, leading to lives of unemployment, homelessness and prison, Audit Scotland has http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Children-in-care-39being-let.6507932.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/WikiLeaks-chief-faces-new-inquiry.6507994.jp A SENIOR Swedish prosecutor has reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different r http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/WikiLeaks-chief-faces-new-inquiry.6507994.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/John-Knox39s-blasts-from-the.6507942.jp A COLLECTION of historic manuscripts marking the establishment of the Protestant church in Scotland and its formal break with the Papacy have gone on display in Edinburgh. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/John-Knox39s-blasts-from-the.6507942.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Labour-rules-out-any-.6508148.jp SCOTTISH Labour leader Iain Gray has ruled out any additional funding for Edinburgh's beleaguered trams scheme if his party returns to power after next year's Holyrood http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Labour-rules-out-any-.6508148.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/The-spiritual-guide-preaching-hope.6508006.jp Mario Gómez is all too familiar with the hardships of prolonged confinement. While still in his 30s, he survived as a stowaway on a ship for 11 days, living below deck on litt http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/The-spiritual-guide-preaching-hope.6508006.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Coach-who-stripped-in-front.6507941.jp A "HARD-man" football manager who stripped in front of a young female physiotherapist and made offensive remarks about her has won a legal action for wrongful dismissa http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Coach-who-stripped-in-front.6507941.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Orchestras39-holidays-39mean-we-can39t.6507905.jp MAJOR European orchestras, dance and performance companies must offer their staff more flexible holiday dates before the Edinburgh Festival can explore moving its schedule clo http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Orchestras39-holidays-39mean-we-can39t.6507905.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Afghanistan39s-biggest-bank-is-taken.6508013.jp The debauched Dubai lifestyles of Afghanistan's corrupt political elite have pushed the country's biggest bank to the brink of receivership and sparked fears of a bill http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Afghanistan39s-biggest-bank-is-taken.6508013.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Energy-firms-face-inquiry-over.6507901.jp TWO Scottish power companies are to be investigated by the energy watchdog amid concerns of mis-selling of contracts to consumers, it was announced yesterday. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Energy-firms-face-inquiry-over.6507901.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/CalMac-staff-come-on-board.6508151.jp FERRY staff have not missed the boat if they want to learn Gaelic. All 1,200 employees of state-owned Caledonian MacBrayne are being offered help to learn useful phrases in th http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/CalMac-staff-come-on-board.6508151.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/It39s-medicine-Jim-but-not.6507944.jp A TEAM of British scientists have developed a Star Trek-style medical "tricorder" that they claim can diagnose diseases such as breast cancer in minutes. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/It39s-medicine-Jim-but-not.6507944.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Parents39-3500-bill-for-student.6507949.jp First year students need £3,500 of "essential" kit including a laptop and smartphone before embarking on their university career, according to new research. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Parents39-3500-bill-for-student.6507949.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Women-who-refuse-to-face.6508163.jp Most women having cosmetic surgery believe it is only other people - never themselves - who are motivated by vanity when they choose to go under the knife, according to resea http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Women-who-refuse-to-face.6508163.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Ewan-Crawford-Positive-action-needed.6508105.jp If I had eyes in the back of my head, then the dangers of negative campaigning would be staring straight towards me. That's because, as I write this article, on the wall b http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Ewan-Crawford-Positive-action-needed.6508105.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Christian-Jennings-Serbia-may-be.6508020.jp Photos on the "Wanted" poster sellotaped on the glass of the Serbian Border Police's office next to passport control at Belgrade airport, show a fat, jowly, red-fa http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Christian-Jennings-Serbia-may-be.6508020.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Tony-Blair-Cherie-had-.6508146.jp Cherie Blair had an "incredible instinct" for offending powerful people and "didn't always help herself". http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Tony-Blair-Cherie-had-.6508146.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Codebreaker39s-body-was-found-in.6507940.jp The decomposing body of British code-breaker Gareth Williams was found padlocked shut in a holdall in a bath in his flat, an inquest heard yesterday. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Codebreaker39s-body-was-found-in.6507940.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Firms-fined-654000-in-health.6507904.jp ALMOST 30 Scottish firms have been successfully prosecuted for serious breaches of health and safety laws in the first year of a new dedicated unit within the prosecution serv http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Firms-fined-654000-in-health.6507904.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Savage-cuts-have-seen-one.6508128.jp Savage cuts have seen one in six financial services jobs disappear since 2008 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Savage-cuts-have-seen-one.6508128.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Fraud-case-dropped-by-police.6507946.jp A FRAUD investigation into failed Edinburgh-Oxford airline Varsity Express has been dropped by police. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Fraud-case-dropped-by-police.6507946.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Girl-bitten-in-face-by.6508266.jp A TEN-YEAR-OLD girl has been taken to hospital after she was bitten by a dog, in the second attack of its kind this week in Scotland. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Girl-bitten-in-face-by.6508266.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Barack-Obama-does-his-bit.6508152.jp A PRIMARY pupil was the toast of his class after he got a helping hand with a school project from US president Barack Obama. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Barack-Obama-does-his-bit.6508152.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT