A NEW tide of property development is tugging at the piers and wharves of Glasgow's waterfront. After a long period of neglect, the former Garden Festival site on the south bank of the river now offers the property market its first building. Developed
sotheby's: bidding for class Robert Lacey Little Brown, #20 Sotheby's is an institution of abiding fascination, the most famous auction house in the world. Robert Lacey's book charts its history from its eight-eenth-century origins as
Since its introduction in October 1996, the Landfill Tax - considered the first ''green tax'' - has already raised more than #450m. Although the rate of #2 a tonne for ''inert'', or non-damaging, waste will remain
DETECTIVES are hunting a man who tried to snatch a 17-year-old girl as she walked her dogs on a country road. The man tried to bundle her into a car on Easter Whin Road, near Linhouse Farm, Avonbridge, Stirlingshire. The terrified teenager battled with
One of the high points of the Scottish calendar is to be organised from one of the highest points on the capital's skyline. The Edinburgh International Festival Society has acquired the former Highland Tolbooth Hall on Castle Hill, which stands
THE final piece of an Enterprise Zone jigsaw has just fallen into place. Construction has started on the 16-acre Dunalistair site near Airdrie, the last of the nine Enterprise Zone sites in Lanarkshire to be developed. Due for completion in June, a
AS the unqualified wife of an Ayrshire GP who does his own on-call from home, I write to take issue with some of the comments made by Dr Kenneth Hambly (May 4). My husband and his colleagues have continued to provide out-of-hours cover for the patients
The legacy of a hero: the VC, DFC, and campaign medals of Flying Officer Trigg which were sold at auction . Picture: BEN CURTIS A Victoria Cross awarded solely on the evidence of a German U-boat commander yesterday sold for a world record #138,000
May 7, 1966 THE Herald reported: ''Sentences of life imprisonment were passed on Ian Brady, 28, and Myra Hindley, 23, after both were found guilty at Chester Assizes yesterday in the Moors murder trial.'' The front page report continued
THE consumer Affairs Minister Nigel Griffiths rightly issues a May Day alert to DIY enthusiasts as summer brings a rush of activity. Ladders and outdoor electrics are an obvious source of danger - but is enough being done to protect the public from unsuspected
AGREEMENT is likely to be reached to allow Scotland's biggest musical festival to go ahead. The Health and Safety Executive had expressed concerns over safety at the Balado airfield site in Kinross which is to stage the T in the Park concert on
RECENTLY-crowned world snooker champion John Higgins is the main attraction at Hamilton Park today, where the selling race has been renamed in his honour. Higgins is making the short trip from his Wishaw home and will be on hand to present the prizes
A schoolboy who was walking his dog on a Fife golf course has discovered the skeleton of a young person who probably lived around 3000 years ago, writes Raymond Duncan. The Bronze Age skeleton, which was later excavated by Glasgow University archaeologists
TAIWANESE retail giant Hsin Tung Yang is in Scotland scouting for whisky, ahead of hoped-for tax changes in its home country which should make it cheaper there. Hsin Tung Yang, Asia's third-largest operator of convenience stores and gift shops,
CELTIC head coach Wim Jansen, who has comfortably slipped into the cliche lingo of his peers in Scotland, has been saying for many weeks that every game is a cup final for his team. Now he is willing to confess that this weekend's confrontation
THIS office at the corner of West George Street and Hope Street in Glasgow has changed hands for just under #1.5m. The 8670sq ft building has been sold by London and Manchester (Managed Funds) Ltd to private buyers. The office accommodation is spread
LIFESTYLE purchases are playing an increasing role in the property industry. Put simply, people seeking to combine self-employment with an attractive lifestyle are searching for the right opportunity, in the right place, at the right price. Which is
EXPANDING Nato eastwards seemed like a good idea at the time. The Warsaw Pact had disintegrated, the Berlin Wall had come down, and it seemed prudent to seize the moment to create a new buffer zone on someone else's turf against the day when a cash-strapped
FRIDAY, May 1, Dingwall Sheriff Court: the portraits of Sir James Matheson of Achany and the Lews and his nephew, Sir Alexander Matheson of Ardross and Lochalsh, men who helped persuade the Chinese nation of the narcotic qualities of opium, look down
A SENIOR Labour councillor has been accused of ''fixing it'' for a friend's mother to get a house after an official inquiry at Edinburgh's City Chambers. The report of the investigation, due to be published this week, claims
LABOUR councillors in Dundee were accused of performing ''political gymnastics'' yesterday after they applauded the Government's decision to send Georgian radioactive material to Dounreay. Dundee, a long-term Labour stronghold
Celebrating its 50th birthday later this year, B&S Visual Technologies of Glasgow can look at a progression from what was once a modest commercial photographic studio to its position today as one of the UK's largest graphics production units - a
A SCOTTISH businessman has been arrested and detained in Pakistan in connection with an alleged #143m international banking fraud, police confirmed yesterday. Glasgow-born consultant Samuel Tennent is being held in prison after he was tracked down by
I WAS surprised and disappointed by your highly reactive editorial on the forthcoming Transport White Paper (Smart move by Tories, May 5). Your comments were short on analysis and offered no solutions to the transport problems that this country faces
TOO TRUE Blake Morrison Granta Paperback Original, #9.99 Blake Morrison is a poet and literary journalist whose memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a raw and tenderly painful account of his relationship with a parent whose life and death
A SECOND member of staff at Donaldson's College, the school for the deaf in Edinburgh, was suspended yesterday, writes John McEachran. The move came after a meeting between the board of governors and the police to discuss claims of bullying and
IN his review of The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language (April 30), Michael Fry states: ''Hugh MacDiarmid composed sublime poetry in his own form of synthetic Scots''. MacDiarmid's early use of the word ''synthetic
LIFE offices, friendly societies, and building societies with a value of up to #2500m will all be targeted by Murray Financial Corporation, the new investment vehicle for demutualisation specialist Ken Murray when it is launched next week. His ambitious
RETAIL giant Whitbread powered through last year with scarcely a hair out of place. Pre-tax profits increased 12% to #355m on a turnover advance of 6% to #3198m as the group gained market share in most of its activities. However, the shares lost 30p
SCOTTISHPOWER is still interested in acquiring an American electricity generator despite walking away from a mooted #3000m purchase of Florida Progress. Chief executive Ian Robinson said the decision was taken after it became clear that shareholder value
THE backroom boys have been quietly plotting for almost a decade and finally, it appears, the stage for the revolution has been set. At last the ''Dundee phenomenon'' boasts a cachet way beyond the traditional tag of jute, jam, and
AN industrial estate in East Kilbride has changed hands in a #6.5m deal. The Henderson Property Fund has purchased Langlands Place, part of Kelvin South Industrial Estate, from Ashtenne Holdings plc. The purchase price reflects a net initial yield of
TRADE unions seeking recognition rights will have to display support of at least 15% of the targeted membership in order to trigger a full ballot in which they must win a minimum 40% Yes vote under tough conditions expected to be agreed by the Cabinet
YOU have had a good season but it's October, the nights are drawing in and visitors are thin on the ground. Do you: a) Promote accommodation and food to the discriminating tourist who never follows the crowd? Or b) Put your feet up and enjoy a
ALMOST #1000m was illegally siphoned from European Union funds last year as international gangsters exploited lucrative loopholes in EU policies. But the figures revealed by the European Commission yesterday almost certainly under-estimate the scale
THE Law Society of Scotland yesterday failed to prevent the adjournment of a civil case by a solicitor it has already suspended, writes Chris Holme. Bernard Hill, of Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, requested more time to prepare his appeal against a sheriff
A promising young executive from Glasgow, reduced to a shadow of her former self by a road accident which left her fiance brain damaged and paralysed, yesterday won more than #630,000 compensation in London's High Court. Katrina Dahlstrom, 37, was
Forget those merchants of doom who proclaim in haughty voices that ''variety is dead''. The entertainment on offer at Glasgow venues during the coming week has enough variety to make them choke on a large portion of pre-theatre humble
DUNDEE United are ready to include top front players Robbie Winters and Andy McLaren as part of a summer clear-out at Tannadice - even though they still have considerable time left on their contracts. Manager Tommy McLean announced last night that he
Photography was thought to have made the mezzotint obsolete, but Sally Kerr has seen evidence to the contrary Photography proved to be the undoing of the mezzotint, an engraving method with many processes, and a finite life. Messy, time-consuming, and
FOR sale: three-bedroom flat - own bar downstairs. Chesterton are marketing the Stag's Head bar in Hawick, a well-known 'local' in the Borders town. The owners are selling up to pursue other interests and are looking for offers over #115,000
THE future of business rates in Scotland will be decided by the new Parliament. Until the MSPs meet and decide their priorities, nobody knows how they will exercise their power over this controversial source of revenue. One possibility would be for
A Kirk body is strenuously defending its right to employ Christians despite fears that a row between it and a Glasgow housing association could lead to funding for its work being withheld. The Board of Social Responsibility's employment policy
SMALL independent retailers are re-establishing themselves in the confectionery, tobacco and newsagency (CTN) sector. Demand for local stores, post offices, and newsagents is showing a strong recovery across Scotland, according to James McKay, of agents
Scotland's international stadium at Murrayfield is to host six matches in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, among them a quarter-final. In all, the Edinburgh ground will be the venue for four of the six pool matches, a quarter-final play-off and
David Ross Highland Correspondent THE leader of the Skye bridge anti-tolls campaigners may be charged with perjury following a court case in Dingwall last Friday, but a sheriff directed the press not to report the development even though he had no legal
While the Blairite wonks are wonking furiously, SNP support turns into an advancing iceberg: and Scottish politics, in general, just gets stranger and stranger. Three documents covered my desk yesterday, like torn pieces of a new map. To the left, The
A #2.6m office deal in Glasgow's Merchant City demonstrates that the area is undergoing a renaissance, according to the selling agents. The investment company Sydney & London Properties has purchased Merchant Exchange on Bell Street. The seller
THreads of time: A memoir Peter Brook Methuen, #17.99 When one considers Peter Brook produces theatre that seems to define the word, it should not surprise us that when he writes a memoir it is quite precisely that. Threads of Time is not autobiography
The zelator: a modern initiate explores thE ancient mysterIes Mark Hedsel, introduction by David Ovason Century, #17.99 JUNGIAN therapy achieves its remarkable commercial success by realising that human beings have an insatiable spiritual appetite that
DUNDEE is to market itself as a world leader in biotechnology to rival research centres at Harvard and Cambridge universities. The initiative will consolidate the city's global position at the cutting edge of new scientific discoveries, notably
The Government has announced a major review of the scientific testing of food in Scotland as it presses ahead with plans for an independent Food Safety Agency. Scottish Health Minister Sam Galbraith announced yesterday that an independent group headed
DEVELOPERS have scored a retail goal at Clydebank FC's former ground. Morrison Developments and Vico Ltd have been given the go-ahead for a #10m retail warehouse and fast food scheme on the derelict Kilbowie Park site, which is close to the existing
A FORMER boxer has been elected to a top post with the British Medical Association. Brain surgeon Thomas (Rab) Hide, clinical director of the Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow, confessed yesterday he had ''dabbled'' in
Fifty years ago, when Glasgow professional photographer Sidney Shear opened his studios in North Hanover Street, his work was already acclaimed in Scottish commercial circles for its quality and reliability - and both aspects have stayed ever since with
Three middle class teenagers fired up by inter-school rivalry turned into killers, a court heard yesterday. Iain Wheldon and Graham Purves, both 17, and Ross Gravestocks, 16, kicked 19-year-old mechanic Mark Ayton to death because he came from the wrong
Belfast TONY Blair stretched his hands across the political divide yesterday in an unprecedented effort to win a Yes vote in this month's referendum on the Northern Ireland peace agreement. In an almost unbelievable demonstration of political unity
ANOTHER Highland sheriff who hit the headlines earned nicknames to fit the wild justice he dispensed, writes Alexander Linklater. In more than 30 years on the bench in Wick, Caithness, Ewen Stewart managed to achieve status as both the King Saul of judges
Jubilee court: One of themost significant industrial investments in the last decade THE first speculative industrial development at Hillington Estate in decades is now 50% let. In the perfect finish to one of the four buildings in the #4.5m scheme,
IT'S only the locals who are lost. Only the locals who would rather be somewhere else. Only the locals who wish they liked the place better. For Suspect Culture's first community project, director Graham Eatough has asked a group of seven
A convicted sex offender told a court yesterday he was stabbed twice and beaten with a weapon while walking his dog at night. The High Court in Dundee had heard that a man had been seen earlier in a nearby caravan park, carrying a baseball bat and a
Max Mendelssohn, a partner with surveyors DM Hall, picks his way through the pitfalls and opportunities of the commercial property market There are an endless number of investment vehicles in which you can place your money. Why, then, consider investing
THE SNP would be the largest party in the Scottish Parliament, and may be capable of blocking a joint Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition, according to a new analysis of the latest Herald/System Three poll. It provoked heated political debate yesterday
WHILE this, regrettably German, tug is up in the Forth with Britannia, would it not be a suitable opportunity, as a return tow, to remove one of those ''harmless'' decommissioned nuclear submarines from Rosyth? I am sure it would
ANOTHER inward investor has been attracted by the tax perks available in Scotland's golden triangle. ADT Fire & Security, a firm recently created from the merging of Thorn Security, ADT, and Modern Security, has taken 22,000sq ft at Greenway House
THE anguished father of a teenager kicked to death by three youths said last night he was outraged by the Crown's decision to accept their pleas of guilty to culpable homicide. Mr Malcolm Ayton called for the judge to impose tough sentences on the
The veteran Rangers' striker, Ally McCoist, will be given his final chance of going to the World Cup in France this summer at the weekend, as Rangers make their own last effort to win a tenth premier division championship in succession. Craig Brown
THE owners of an Irish theme bar in the centre of Glasgow will be singing all the way to the bank. Molly Malone's at 224 Hope Street has been sold to the Belhaven Brewery Company. It is understood that the selling price was over #1.3m, making it
HEARTS manager Jim Jefferies last night pleaded with Paul Ritchie to sort out his future before the Scottish Cup final. The 22-year-old defender has been a major success for the Tynecastle side this season and has attracted the attention of several top
exclusive another Alexander ''Greek'' Thomson building is under threat despite a #3m restoration scheme planned as part of Glasgow's celebrations of its year as UK City of Architecture, 1999. The Egyptian Halls in Union Street
Clare Henry describes a vast white citadel dedicated to art, which is proving a majestic highlight in the Los Angeles vista Getty. This single word conjures up myriad images of wealth, power, art, opulence, and controversy. Millionaires such as oil tycoon
Buying a hotel just before the busy summer season might seem a little daunting for the first time buyer. But Chris Lockhart of specialist agents Chris Hart & Co points out that though new owners will be thrown in at the deep and busy end of the season
THE closure of Glasgow's Ruchill Hospital presents the city with a major opportunity for inner city development. Its 35-acre site lies to the north of Maryhill and is within easy reach of the city centre. Selling agents James Barr & Son are hoping
A LAND-HUNGRY developer is scouring the East of Scotland for new sites and redundant commercial buildings. In an increasingly tight land market around Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife, housebuilder Barratt has gone public on the acute shortage and is
WITH the Scottish Parliament already pushing up property values in Edinburgh's Old Town, a major review of the whole area has been commissioned. The study is designed to evaluate the impact of public expenditure and aims to provide a factual basis
G L Borrowman's suggested amendment to the law (May 6) would not, unfortunately, cure the central problem with feudal superiorities - the sheer uncertainty of where you stand with the feudal superior. While the burden of proof would shift on to
THE hotels market is in a very interesting phase, according to specialist licensed trade agents Robert Barry & Co. ''There is a good two-way trade between buyers and sellers,'' says a company spokesman. ''The majority of
THE largest animal hospital in Britain, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, saw its topping-out ceremony yesterday. It will contain the most modern techniques for treating small animals as well as training vets. David Grant, from BBC's Animal Hospital
THE parents of tragic Scots boxer Jim Murray admitted yesterday that they broke down in tears when they watched a video highlighting their son's life. Scottish Television sent the tape to Margaret and Kenneth Murray before it goes out on the Scottish
CONTINUED appreciation of a good rail link to Prestwick Airport should, like the relentless expansion of Manchester Airport's rail links, give added impetus to the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority's proposal for a direct spur line
aWHILE not exactly bowing out on a high note, Lord Sainsbury will be leaving the supermarket chain when it appears to have found its feet again after its hiccup of the mid-1990s. He has just witnessed the formal dethronement of Sainsbury as Britain&apos
Hullabaloo in the guava orchard Kiran Desai Faber and Faber, #14.99 Indian writing has become so fashionable publishing houses vie with each other to find the next Booker winner. Into this fray has entered the much-heralded Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
TRAIN drivers' union leader Lew Adams has been unseated from his post as Aslef general secretary in a shock ballot result that could signal trouble ahead for industrial relations in the industry. The 58-year-old ''old Labour'&apos
ONE of Dundee's larger industrial units has found a new tenant. The former Dundee Textiles property on Riverside Avenue, pictured below, has been let to Rubicon HSP. The landlord is local developer Bruce Linton who owns more than a million square
Tennent's Velvet Scottish Cup Glasgow Hawks' much-vaunted back line are expected to provide the firepower for their Tennents Velvet Cup bid on Saturday, but Murray Wallace will be instrumental in supplying them with the ammunition. As the
A record number of complaints were resolved by the Press Complaints Commission last year. The PCC's annual report said 2944 complaints were made in 1997 - seven out of 10 relating to accuracy - and nine out of ten involving a breach of its Code
JAPAN'S continuing woes and the Asian financial crisis took the edge off the internationally focused Securities Trust of Scotland's performance during the 12 months to March 31. The highly geared investment trust, which had total assets of
DAIRY farmers are to be targeted by a leading multiple to tighten up production standards, it emerged yesterday. Senior Marks & Spencer executives have held preliminary talks with dairy companies in Scotland to draw up producer protocols which will then
Scotland's rural areas will provide some of the most controversial challenges for the new Parliament. Gordon King, head of surveyor's DM Hall's country department, says MSPs have a real opportunity to change the way we own, manage, enjoy
BASS TAVERNS is to open a restaurant within one of Edinburgh's most prestigious modern office blocks. The 3790sq ft restaurant in Clydesdale Bank Plaza, a 100,000sq ft office scheme at The Exchange by developers CALA-Morrison, has been taken on
THERE is little doubt ScottishPower will be spending quite a lot of money this year on transatlantic air fares, as it believes there could be rich pickings among the 160 or so utilities in the US. That electricity generation market there is about five
A RENEWED drive to tackle the menace of bogus workmen and confidence tricksters who prey on thousands of elderly people each year was launched yesterday in Glasgow. Operation Hamelin II will involve the eight Scottish police forces, British Transport
WILL Scotland's pubs go the way of the corner shop, and be swallowed up by the pub chains of tomorrow? In the future will there be a well-kept, food-serving, pub called the Rat & Firkin, or whatever, on every corner? Scotland's pub trade is
SO, COME on, confess. When was the last time you simmered a mutton bone or a ham hough with onion, carrot, celery, bouquet garni and peppercorns for six hours, skimmed the results and used the stock to make soup? How many households still have a pot
A FORMAL announcement may be made next week that Scottish Coal has signed a #400m five-year agreement to supply the majority of the long-term coal requirements of ScottishPower, writes Andrew Wilson. It is believed the group will provide perhaps 2.3
FROM high in the air it looks like a collection of modest sheds and boxes, but the biggest retail park in the UK is being assembled on the south side of Edinburgh. Pillar Properties owns both Kinnaird Park and Edinburgh Fort, which lie close to each
Two big-name players are on the verge of signing for the Kilmarnock Falcons in a coaching capacity. A meeting was held last night at Kilmarnock Rugby Club to secure two internationalists for the ambitious Bellsland outfit. Both Shade Munro and Greg
It ought to be possible to feel sorry for William Hague. No ordinary human being should be expected to bear the humiliation that has been heaped upon him in the past year. The trouble is, however, that politicians are not ordinary. They choose the job
The Conservative party is in a state of considerable confusion over the business of selecting candidates for the next round of European elections. This should not come as much of a surprise as the Tories are in a muddle about everything, but this one
Uncle Tom Cobley and his entire family were contributing their review of Labour's first year in Government last week - hilariously awarding marks out of 10 in many cases when they would have been better using the belt - so I decided to give the
MUCH has been made in the press last week of the financial debt left by the former Strathclyde Regional Council. The independent auditors issued a second report dealing with the final financial period of Monklands District Council. This report indicated
TRACTS of the Queen's Balmoral Estate which are normally out of bounds to visitors are to be opened up for a walking festival. The move is seen as yet another step in the attempt by the royal family, following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
THE people of Ayrshire are being asked to comment on how their area will be developed in the next 20 years, writes David Steele. As part of the first structure plan to be put together since the changes in local government three years ago, the three Ayrshire
Hail the Euro! Too bad that its birth was overshadowed by the row over the Presidency of the European Central Bank. No such fuss accompanied yesterday's report on EU fraud, a subject which will rightly concern EU taxpayers much more. But for all
Raising parking charges will do very little to make an impact on the congestion in Glasgow which is caused by the queues of vehicles attempting to get into the main city car-parks - St Enoch blocks back one lane into Jamaica Street obstructing seriously
THE property industry is failing to come to terms with the proper management of service charges. Too many landlords and their agents ''hide behind their leases'' and provide their tenants with the minimum of information, according
DUNDEE is set for a bright new shopping centre. The city's ageing Overgate retail centre is poised to undergo a major refurbishment costing some #46m. Work has started on the 377,000sq ft scheme which is scheduled for completion in 2000. Developer
PRESS photographers standing on chairs. TV camera crews shooting up everyone's nostrils and furry sound mikes thrust forward not to miss a syllable, writes Frances Horsburgh. It was reminiscent of the morning press conference after an exciting electoral
As the SNP rides high in the polls Scottish Political Writer Frances Horsburgh casts a critical eye over the party's policies THE Scottish National Party's apparently growing popularity with the Scottish public when it comes to their voting
KILMARNOCK are planning to turn Rugby Park into a carnival to secure the side's place in Europe. Bobby Williamson's men take on Hibs on Saturday, knowing a win that will guarantee fourth place in the league and a UEFA Cup slot. The Ayrshire
For sale: an idyllic lifestyle on the mystic Shetland Islands as the owner of Busta House Hotel. Alan Creevy, director of Chesterton's licensed leisure and hotels division, who will be handling the sale of Busta House, comments: ''This
SCOTTISH industrial production rose more than 6% last year, achieving its strongest growth since 1974, according to the latest Scottish Office figures. The rising price of North Sea oil, which peaked at more than $20 a barrel in November, and strong
BREAKAWAY league officials last night assured fans they would not face a massive price rise to watch their favourites next season. The new Scottish Premier League Ltd was officially given the go-ahead this week after months of speculation. However, the
A GIRL is being kept at home by her parents in protest at a school's attitude to her bullying claims. Bill and Linda Barclay say their daughter Kelly, 14, is living in fear of her tormentor, and claim she has been subjected to violence, verbal abuse
Brian Quinn: non-executive director. GLASGOW-based Britannia Investment Managers (BIM) announced yesterday that it had increased first-quarter funds inflow, from corporate pension funds and retail customers, by 130% to #235.3m. Managing director Danny
HAD the builders of the Skye bridge put the tollbooths on the Skye side of the bridge rather than at Kyle of Lochalsh, the Skye bridge cases would have been heard in Portree Sheriff Court and not 80 miles away in Dingwall, bailiwick of Sheriff James
AS far as Sjohne Dunlop is concerned, the Rat of the Year in Fife was the bogus workman who conned his 95-year-old widowed grandmother into paying him #120 for a roof repair that was never done. Mrs Cathlene Daniels died only months later, and Mr Dunlop
I ENJOYED Jack Webster's column about the Exhibition in Bellahouston Park (May 4). Unfortunately, the present park manager has decided that two great treasures of the modern park are to be guarded by obstructions so severe that I will not visit
A PLAN to give the young farmers' movement a more meaningful role has been approved by the National Farmers' Union of Scotland and the Scottish Association of Young Farmers' Clubs. A meeting between the leadership of the two bodies has
Another week goes by and another blemish in the Government's deeply-flawed policy of charging students' means-tested tuition fees and abolishing maintenance grants is exposed. This time we learn that the blatant anomaly will put veterinary
THE election agent for Glasgow Govan MP Mohammad Sarwar told a court yesterday that she inadvertently broke the law by failing to have his expenses verified in the presence of a Justice of the Peace. Mrs Margaret Curran explained that she had been under
BALLANTRAE Boy represented a Scottish connection when landing a gamble at Musselburgh yesterday. Back down to 7-4 favourite, the Renfrewshire runner is trained by Jim Goldie, bred by Ayr businessman Jim McGee, and ridden by Lanarkshire's John McAuley
JOHN Clunas asks (April 29) what I mean by pseudo-literacy. Someone who is pseudo-literate simply mistakenly believes he or she has a command of language acceptable to an educated reader. No responsible teacher of English could recommend Jimmy Reid&apos
JOHN Reid is predictably alarmist in his threats of job losses in the Ministry of Defence in Scotland after independence. In its defence policy the SNP budgeted for a predicted 9850 MoD civilians, with the proviso that in the transition period MoD personnel
Naples Torrents of mud and water unleashed by two days of incessant rain engulfed hundreds of homes in southern Italy yesterday, killing at least 33 people. Backed by military helicopters, thousands of firefighters, soldiers, and emergency workers searched
While SNP leaders are restrained in celebrating their poll lead Scottish Political Correspondent Robbie Dinwoodie watches their body language that says so much more THE SNP was predictably bullish yesterday about its prospects for the Scottish Parliament
A SOLICITOR has been reprimanded by the Law Society for his handling of an estate, writes David Steele. The complaints committee has ordered Mr James Sloss to pay maximum compensation of #1000 and that his firm, R and J A McCallum of Ayr, should refund
Kristy Dorsey A FOCUS on Eastern Europe combined with the linguistic skills of a Russian-speaking export director boosted overseas sales by household products manufacturer Sanmex International by 42% last year to #5m, some #400,000 ahead of budget. The
MORE than 1200 jobs are being created in Scotland as two leading leisure companies yesterday announced a major expansion of their pub and restaurant chains. The bulk of the new jobs, more than 900, will come from the Whitbread company, which will invest
Dance act Prodigy is to become the first major band to play in Beirut since it was ravaged by the Lebanese civil war. The controversial band - whose single Smack My Bitch Up and the accompanying video were banned last year - play the one-off gig on Saturday
I REALISE that most of the British TV dramas would have been adapted from works by English authors and playwrights and, as such, do not bother me. However, I have noted over a considerable period that, in these presentations, an apparent preponderance
SHARES in sugar and sweeteners group Tate & Lyle closed 24p lower at 460p yesterday. They had earlier slid 34p on a warning that current year results would fall substantially below the previous year before exceptional items. The company also issued a
J SAINSBURY, the supermarket operator, will lose the last direct link with its founding family with the decision by David Sainsbury to step down as chairman, writes Christopher Sims. Life peer Lord Sainsbury is to go in September after 32 years with
MAJOR problems could be faced by abattoirs in Scotland if they are required to nominate plants to be used exclusively for export trade once the European beef ban is lifted, writes Robert Ross. If abattoirs have to be wholly dedicated to exports from
The Wishaw shop of butcher John Barr was described as having become a ''bit of an infection superstore'', at the fatal accident inquiry into 21 food poisoning deaths yesterday. Mr Angus Stewart, QC for Central Health Service, made
Keith Bruce looks forward to a Scottish production with strong roots in Africa SERENDIPITY is almost always joyous. Otherwise it is called fate. So the selection of Athol Fugard's Valley Song as first main house production for 7:84 Theatre Company
HOW does he do it? That is the question on the lips of anyone who walks into this first major showing of sculptor Anish Kapoor's work. He has the ability to breathe life into objects which draw you to them quite hypnotically. The first piece is
A DOCTOR who told a couple that their dead son's heart condition had been misdiagnosed said last night that he himself had been misled when he examined the boy. Charles Comrie was thought to have been the victim of an epileptic seizure when he died
LANDOWNER John Grant of Rothiemurchus Estate, who has been targeted in the past for receiving public cash in ''money for nothing'' land management deals with Scottish Natural Heritage, is now spearheading a new ''positive
BRITAIN'S services industry has seen growth slow for the second month running, according to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS). Its purchasing managers' index for April stood at 59.1, down from 60.3 in March. Any reading
FORECAST for the Suez Canal, please . . . no wonder the lass at the weather centre thought I must be two antis short of a cyclone. But an expectant father gets nervous, doesn't he? Before any other acquaintances start imagining that Morag and I
POLICE in Inverness are to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, including youngsters who hang round street corners making a nuisance. Persistent members of large, noisy teenage groups causing problems will be taken back to their parents by officers who
The campaign in favour of the multi-party peace accord in Northern Ireland has been a limping affair thus far, for the simple reason that many of those urging a Yes vote do so for lack of any other option which they could embrace with genuine enthusiasm
PROFESSOR Gemmel Morgan (May 5) persists with his question about why two figures are sometimes quoted by the SNP in reference to Scotland's economic surplus during the 18 years up to 1997. This has been explained on several occasions and specifically
EXCLUSIVE STUDENT vets are being asked to pay up to #2000 more than medics and dentists, causing the Government's controversial plans to introduce higher education tuition fees to come under further attack. The Dean of Scotland's top vet
cries unheard: the case of mary bell Gitta Sereny MacMillan, #20 It's not often that reviewing a book also involves reading thousands of words, many of them mendacious and prurient, the week before publication. It is a dreadful irony that a book
IN a #12.75m deal, Argyll Property Asset Managers has purchased 70-76 Argyle Street and 2-10 Queen Street, Glasgow, occupied by Next. The transaction shows a yield of 4.5%. Healey & Baker acted for the seller, Wellcome Trust. St Quintin acted for Argyll
Tennent's Velvet Bowl In sporting terms, Tayside is perhaps somewhat synonymous with the ups and downs of its three big soccer clubs - Dundee, Dundee United and St Johnstone. For, in Tayside, it is the round-ball code that is perceived to be the
AS Scotland's fastest sprinter, Ian Mackie, and Jason Livingston awaited take-off for their flight to Qatar for today's international athletics meeting, they were approached by a stewardess, who asked if they would mind exchanging places with
William Russell targets the best of the latest and welcomes the surefire successor to Four Weddings and a Funeral. BREAK out the champagne, let the welkin ring. It's a wonderful life. Here is the successor to Four Weddings and a Funeral; a sparkling
Michael Fry continues his 40-part history of Scotland with an insight into the would-be rebel with fire in his speech, who travelled the world only to suffer an ignominious death in France ON the morning of Saturday January 26, 1799, whistling against
CHILDREN caring for invalid parents are living in fear that their families will be broken up if they make too much fuss about their plight, writes Alan MacDermid, Medical Correspondent. Their anguish was revealed yesterday by a survey which showed that
THOSE of us who had problems with maths at school are in for a rough ride. Sooner rather than later, we will have to get used to thinking in euros. Whether on holiday or in business, the new super-currency parked like a tank on our borders will demand
THE good news is that the boxer Spencer Oliver, who received emergency surgery after being knocked down in the 10th round of a fight at the weekend, is now said to be recovering. He had suffered a blood clot to his brain. Once Oliver was off the ventilator
