Video: All in the MIND, a long distance cycle ride for charity
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Video: All in the MIND, a long distance cycle ride for charityIn 1603, an English courtier called Sir Robert Carey rode from...
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The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Nat Fraser found guilty of killing his wife, ArleneNat Fraser found guilty of murdering his wife Arlene Fraser in Elgin in April...
View ArticleDoctors vote to take industrial action over pensions
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Doctors vote to take industrial action over pensionsSo, much to the surprise of some, BMA members have voted to strike. In a...
View ArticleCoulson held in perjury inquiry over Sheridan trial
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Coulson held in perjury inquiry over Sheridan trialAs suggested might happen by the Caley Merc in July, Andy Coulson – the...
View ArticleVideo: Portobello wins a coveted “Resort Status Beach Award”
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Video: Portobello wins a coveted “Resort Status Beach Award”Keep Scotland Beautiful is the charity that’s at the heart of the...
View ArticleSnowdon gets the Olympic torch – so why not Ben Nevis?
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Snowdon gets the Olympic torch – so why not Ben Nevis?Yesterday saw the Olympic torch taken up Snowdon, the highest hill in...
View ArticleFilm festival preview: back from the dead?
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Film festival preview: back from the dead?By Amy Taylor Following the rather subdued nature of last year’s film festival, which...
View ArticleFriday song: Tony and the Hand Jive
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Friday song: Tony and the Hand JiveThe latest offering from the Sensational Alex Salmond Band concerns the Leveson Inquiry...
View ArticleTime to rebrand the Jubilee weekend as ‘Tom Paine day’
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Time to rebrand the Jubilee weekend as ‘Tom Paine day’Sadly, my packed social diary means I will be unable to attend any jubilee...
View ArticleSand castle: Five Scottish beachside keeps
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Sand castle: Five Scottish beachside keepsDunbeath Castle, Caithness Perched precariously on a high cliff that has been chewed...
View ArticlePhuket resurgence a testament to Thai resilience
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Phuket resurgence a testament to Thai resilienceBy Norman Hunter The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami devastated, among many places, the...
View ArticleWeir’s Week: Paragon Puyol, bungling ‘blip’ and dashing Dario milking it
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Weir’s Week: Paragon Puyol, bungling ‘blip’ and dashing Dario milking itSaturday Just thinking about what I’d seen the night...
View ArticleOpinion: Do bank holidays leave the nation overdrawn?
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Opinion: Do bank holidays leave the nation overdrawn?By Colin Borland To mark the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen...
View ArticleOpinion: Five ways to create jobs
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Opinion: Five ways to create jobsBy John Knox There is a great deal of hand-wringing about youth unemployment, part-time...
View ArticleUseful Scots word: Scud
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Useful Scots word: ScudI was on a bus the other evening when some kind of incident involving a bunch of young teenagers...
View ArticleScottish voices: Not the Andrew Neil show
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Scottish voices: Not the Andrew Neil showScottish political video podcast: Review of FMQs Scottish political video podcast:...
View ArticleScottish Voices: Artist decries conceptual art
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Scottish Voices: Artist decries conceptual artBy Stewart Bremner In the middle week of April, a friend and I took a trip through...
View ArticleScottish Voices: 290 children gather to see torch in Tomintoul
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Scottish Voices: 290 children gather to see torch in TomintoulBy Gillian Lambie Over 290 school children will descend on...
View ArticleScottish Voices: The Journey – A Close Call with Death
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Scottish Voices: The Journey – A Close Call with DeathBy Martin Conroy During those dark, cold, miserable winter months early in...
View ArticleScottish Voices: Interracial Relationships: a Forbidden Love
The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Scottish Voices: Interracial Relationships: a Forbidden Loveby Aftab Ali According to the Institute for Social and Economic...
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