What to do about the doing to-do?
“Doinggate” doesn’t look or sound right, so some other name will need to be concocted for the political-meets-personal spat between Eilidh Whiteford of the SNP and Ian Davidson of Labour, the...
View ArticleNaval campaigners will find out at last where the bodies are buried
It has taken 68 years, but at last relatives of those who died in one of the worst British naval disasters might soon be able to discover where the bodies are buried. Lawyers acting for North Ayrshire...
View ArticleHow to stay warm and save cash efficiently: Energy Saving Week
This has been, if you didn’t already know, Energy Saving Week. It has passed a lot of people by. However, the Energy Saving Trust (EST) has published a study looking at how householders would use any...
View ArticleFriday song: Ooh, Gaddafi Journalistic Ethics Are Atrocious
The Sensational Alex Salmond Band have produced another video to accompany their popular album. Written and performed by Tommy Mackay, Fife comedian of the year, this week's song is entitled Ooh,...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: Hurricane Alex, haka vs can-can, and an Aldershot slip
By Stewart Weir Saturday Alex Higgins had plenty written about him during his career. It appears there could be just as much written about him in death. The notorious and troubled genius, who died last...
View ArticleCampbell Christie, 1937–2011
Dr Campbell Christie CBE, former general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, has died at Strathcarron Hospice in Denny after a short illness. He was 74. In a statement, the STUC described...
View ArticleOutrage (for the most part) over massive executive pay rises
The take-home pay of the executive directors of FTSE 100 companies rocketed by 49 per cent last year, bringing the value of salary, bonuses and other incentives to an average of £2.7 million. This...
View ArticleJimmy Savile, 1926–2011: Glam-rock bling and a gaff in Glen Coe
I never met Sir Jimmy Savile, who has died aged 84, but did once interview him on the phone – and it was a memorable experience. A dozen years ago, while working on the Outdoors section of the...
View ArticleVideo: B2B Roadshow in Glasgow
At a time of economic difficulty, it’s all the more important for businesses – SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in particular – to get together, to show their wares and find out more about each...
View ArticleOutrage (for the most part) over massive executive pay rises
The take-home pay of the executive directors of FTSE 100 companies rocketed by 49 per cent last year, bringing the value of salary, bonuses and other incentives to an average of £2.7 million. This...
View ArticleUnreported horrors: male rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Moses Seruwagi Street News Service They are men who have lost all pride and self-confidence and who have been left severely traumatised by recent events. At the medical centre in Uganda where they are...
View ArticleSalmond sees ‘remarkable similarities’ between Scotland and Qatar
Being first minister of Scotland doesn’t just involve debating in the Scottish parliament, discussing domestic economic policy and setting a new minimum price for alcohol. Alex Salmond also travels the...
View ArticleScottish Secretary: ‘Real success rates’ for Routes out of Prison
By Bob Wylie An independent report on re-offending has found that using reformed ex-prisoners as advisors to those leaving prison reduces the numbers of offenders who go back to jail. The Edinburgh...
View ArticleDiary: What does the First Minister read when he gets to work?
Ever wondered which newspapers the First Minister reads in the morning? The answer appears to be an unusual mix – the Daily Telegraph, the Courier, the Press and Journal and the Daily Express. How do...
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Lib Dems apologise for Salmond’s Arabian mock-up
Willie Rennie, the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, was forced to apologise today after party workers created a poster depicting Alex Salmond in Arab dress. Mr Rennie said he was very...
View ArticleOpinion: Why the G20 in Cannes must focus on jobs, not growth
By John Knox The big job for the G20 leaders, meeting among the millionaires’ yachts in Cannes, is to produce jobs. Not growth strategies, not euro-crisis management plans, not bank bailouts. All of...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: Boo boys, handbrake birth and cricket crooks
By Stewart Weir Saturday I’ve probably watched more football than most, so I’ve seen and heard most things that fans, friend or foe, can verbally hurl at players. Occasionally comic genius, at times...
View ArticleTurnip lanterns and ugly witches: the changing face of Halloween
By Betty Kirkpatrick Once again Halloween is upon us, when witches and ghosts and cats and bats go from door to door, hoping for gifts of sweets or money. All this is very traditional, but some things...
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon: scotching the myths about independence
The following is an article by Scottish deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon, first published in yesterday's Sunday Herald. Last weekend in Inverness, the SNP fired the starting gun on the referendum...
View ArticleBudget cuts force Scottish voluntary organisations to eat into reserves
New research suggests that Scottish voluntary organisations saw their income drop by almost £100 million last year. According to the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), some groups...
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