http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=7042 breaking-scotland:Scotland 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=7042&format=rss Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:12:06 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/scotland/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/scotland/Standard-Life-axes-600-jobs.6508123.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/JM-Barrie-and-Captain-Scott.6508127.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Tony-Blair-memoirs-39I-was.6508131.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Tony-Blair-memoirs-Blackmail-and.6508138.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/111m-Futures-Trust-savings-claim.6508124.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Children-in-care-39being-let.6507932.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/John-Knox39s-blasts-from-the.6507942.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Labour-rules-out-any-.6508148.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Kenneth-Walton-More-than-enough.6504997.jp All this talk of merging the Edinburgh International Festival with the Fringe is perennial bluster. Why on earth would anyone want to kill the sparring dynamic that is Edinbur http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Kenneth-Walton-More-than-enough.6504997.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Coach-who-stripped-in-front.6507941.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Orchestras39-holidays-39mean-we-can39t.6507905.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Energy-firms-face-inquiry-over.6507901.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/CalMac-staff-come-on-board.6508151.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Parents39-3500-bill-for-student.6507949.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Women-who-refuse-to-face.6508163.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Tony-Blair-Cherie-had-.6508146.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Firms-fined-654000-in-health.6507904.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Savage-cuts-have-seen-one.6508128.jp Savage cuts have seen one in six financial services jobs disappear since 2008 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Savage-cuts-have-seen-one.6508128.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Fraud-case-dropped-by-police.6507946.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Girl-bitten-in-face-by.6508266.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/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/scotland/Barack-Obama-does-his-bit.6508152.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--John-Smith.6508136.jp Late Labour leader John Smith was described as a "stupendous toper" by Tony Blair, who believed his love of socialising led to him drinking "more than was wise&#34 http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--John-Smith.6508136.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Father-of-Vicky-Hamilton-asks.6507952.jp The father of one of serial killer Peter Tobin's victims has welcomed an offer to meet officers investigating the criminal's past. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Father-of-Vicky-Hamilton-asks.6507952.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair-Resentment-at-scandals.6508137.jp SCANDALS that rocked the government were an area of increasing "resentment" for Tony Blair. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair-Resentment-at-scandals.6508137.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Standard-Life-history-One-of.6508130.jp An advertising poster for Standard Life from 1946 reassures customers on its 'strength', 'stability' and security' http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Standard-Life-history-One-of.6508130.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--New-Labour.6508143.jp LABOUR must re-embrace the values of New Labour that were lost under Gordon Brown if it wants to return to power, according to Tony Blair. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--New-Labour.6508143.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--Derry-Irvine.6508134.jp TONY Blair's mentor Derry Irvine was a "tyrannical genius" who taught the future Prime Minister "how to think" when he started out on his legal career. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--Derry-Irvine.6508134.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--First-Ministers.6508135.jp OF the Scottish first ministers mentioned in Mr Blair's book, Donald Dewar is the one to receive the most attention. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--First-Ministers.6508135.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Stab-victim-found-holding-knife.6508149.jp A DEAD man was found slumped in his chair and clutching the knife used to kill him, a court heard yesterday. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Stab-victim-found-holding-knife.6508149.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--Robin-Cook.6508133.jp TONY Blair claimed he ordered former foreign secretary Robin Cook to choose between his wife and his mistress after news of his affair broke in 1997. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair--Robin-Cook.6508133.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT