Heriott-Watt University handed golden £1.3m donation
A gold-mining tycoon is donating £1.3m to a Scottish university to boost research into sustainable...
View ArticleBilly Wright murder inquiry report due
A public inquiry into allegations that the death of loyalist prisoner Billy Wright may have been the result of collusion will be published later. The leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) was...
View ArticleThousands of tickets for Pope Benedict UK visit unsold
Thousands of tickets remain unsold for events during the visit of the Pope, who arrives in Scotland on Thursday. The largest organised event is an open-air Mass at Bellahouston Park in...
View ArticleEU growth forecast for 2010 revised upward
The European economy is expected to have grown more quickly...
View ArticleSinking of the Bismarck legacy
The German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, introduced the world's first state pension system in the 1880s. You had to be 70...
View ArticleScotland bucks house price trend
Scotland is the only part of the UK where a continued upward trend is expected in house prices, according to figures from surveyors. They said there was a modest rise in...
View ArticleWorld War II Dutch famine babies' brains 'aging faster'
People who were still developing in the womb at the time of severe World War II food shortages did worse than others of similar...
View ArticleOfsted says special needs 'used too widely'
Thousands of pupils are being wrongly labelled as having special educational...
View ArticlePrimary one class size cap plans
Plans to bring in a legal limit of 25 pupils in primary one are expected to be announced later by the Scottish...
View ArticleLe Monde sues France President Nicolas Sarkozy's office
One of France's most respected newspapers, Le Monde, says it is filing a lawsuit accusing the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy of spying on its journalists. The paper says the presidency used the...
View ArticleNorway and Russia 'open up for business' in the Barents sea
Russia and Norway are set to...
View ArticleGay conflict in Catholic Church ahead of Pope's visit
The leader of Catholics in England and Wales, Archbishop Vincent...
View ArticleSecond-hand car complaints soar, says consumer watchdog
Complaints about second-hand cars rose by 18% in the year's first six months compared with the...
View ArticleEU to propose short-selling rules
The European Commission is set to publish draft rules on trading in complex financial products, widely blamed for causing economic instability. The aim is to monitor the market in derivatives -...
View ArticleHague to put human rights at heart of foreign policy
William Hague is to call for more emphasis within foreign policy on protecting human rights, saying the UK must always "have a conscience". The government will "strengthen" its focus in the area, the...
View ArticleBank of England governor Mervyn King to face unions
Bank of England governor Mervyn King will address the TUC later - only the second...
View ArticleReport: No state collusion in Billy Wright murder
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. There was no state collusion in the murder of loyalist prisoner Billy Wright at the Maze prison thirteen years ago, the House of Commons...
View ArticleLibya sorry for shooting at Italian fishing boat
Libya has apologised to Italy after one of its patrol boats fired machine-gun shots at a Sicilian fishing trawler. The trawler returned to...
View Article'One-off' prostate cancer tests backed for 60-year-olds
A single blood test for all 60-year-old men could pick out the vast majority of those likely to die from prostate cancer, say scientists Some doctors oppose regular screening, saying it leads to too...
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