Plans for a new #12m mental care hospital for the Highlands were unveiled yesterday. Work is expected to start on the 174-bed facility early next year, with an opening in two years. It will replace the Craig Dunain facility, a 134-year-old stone Victorian
THE Catholic Church faced more allegations of child cruelty by nuns yesterday after two sisters claimed they were savagely beaten with sticks in a Mid- lothian hospital 30 years ago. Tillie McCourt, 54, and her sister, Frances, 51, claimed the attack
ROBERT King and his group of early music specialists are regular visitors to the RSAMD's Friday lunchtime concert series and as well as enjoying first-class music-making, I'm sure many of the audience are drawn also by King's charismatic
''IF teachers of physical education had been able to devote as much time to school sport in the last 15 years as they did to the development of certificated course at Standard Grade, Higher, and Scotvec modules, there would not have been a
KENNY McKinna captains Scotland against England Under-21 at Shawfield next month and his fervent hope is that track technicians can get their act together. The respected racer, in his twentieth and last season in speedway, was shocked at the condition
The inexorable decline in membership of the Church of Scotland has gone on for a generation, yet every May the Kirk has managed to draw strength from its General Assembly. Year after year representatives of parishes across the land debate reports, pass
Mike Miller carded a second-round 66 to put himself back in the hunt for a top finish in the Modena Classic in Italy. After an opening 73, the 47-year-old Scot was facing a tough task to beat the halfway cut. However, Miller made the most of the favourable
IN 6000 miles of coastline, the people of Britain have inherited a most magnificent natural asset. And nowhere can this be better experienced than in the North-east of Scotland. On a bicycle journey covering part of that coast I discovered some of its
West of Scotland duo, Craig Wright and Gregor Maiden, return from victorious international duty at Lord's, the home of cricket, in midweek to the more mundane surroundings of Hamilton Crescent this afternoon. Yet the pair could face just as stiff
THE proposed merging of Clydebank and Livingston may not be welcomed by the respective supporters, but the Bankies' striker, Stephen Docherty (above right), suggested yesterday that the move would be a positive step. Speaking after picking up a
Sarah, 23, of Perthshire, experienced this dream shortly before deciding to pursue a career in theology. Sarah stressed that this is by far the most vivid dream she can remember SARAH'S DREAM Full of anticipation, I was on a walking holiday in
The England number two, former Celtic full back John Gorman, believes that Scotland's World Cup players have their best-ever chance of reaching the second stage of the finals when they head for France next month. Gorman was a player alongside Glenn
It came in a net bag, not a box, and was a mix of fruits and vegetables. My first delivery from an organic 'box vegetable' scheme contained two apples, two oranges, one avocado pear, two parsnips, ten carrots, two spring cabbages, 1lb tomatoes
CALIFORNIA: John Derek, the actor-director reputed to have been the force behind the meteoric career of his wife Bo Derek, died yesterday, aged 71. His family members were at his hospital bedside, said Marian Medical Centre spokeswoman Stephanie Grogan
THE Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland offered special prayers for the people of Ireland last night as the final votes in the referendum on the Good Friday peace deal were cast. In his closing address to the Kirk's week-long
PERTH-based United Auctions livestock auctioneering company has been encouraged to respond to the power of the supermarkets which are sourcing their requirements through producer clubs allied to abattoirs, writes Robert Ross. Aberfeldy sheep farmer and
TIME doesn't stand still for anyone or anything in sport. Sadly this is not a fact of life which most of Scotland's hockey clubs have yet grasped. But fortunately in Western Grasshopper hockey now has a role model which, if copied by their
May 23, 1944 n THE Herald reported: ''The epic struggle of the Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto may one day rank with the exploits of the greatest martyrs in Jewish history, said Rabbi Kopul Rosen, communal rabbi of Glasgow, last night. When it
mattifying moisturisers L'Oreal Plenitude Hydra-Matify All Day Shine Control Moisturiser (#4.49 for 100ml) This is a fresh fluid which was pleasant to use and felt like a normal moisturiser, unlike some of the others. Make-up went on very easily
classical MAVIS IN LAS VEGAS (COLLINS) A hilariously inept hotel computer registered Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, while on an American tour, as ''Mavis''. The composer's wickedly mischievous sense of humour instantly pounced on
David Greig Robertson CBE, Chairman of Court, Dundee University and former Director of Education, Tayside Region; born December 29, 1924, died May 18, 1998 One of Scotland's foremost education experts, David Robertson, has died at the age of 73
Father John Mary (Gerald) Griffin CP; born August 14, 1920, died May 9, 1998 FATHER John Mary Griffin founded the first old people's day centre in the west of Scotland. Walking home one afternoon in the early 1960s through his parish in Glasgow
The roar was heard again at Bannockburn in Stirlingshire yesterday, not the cry of battle, however, more the scream of motorbike engines as 80 Harley Davidson owners turned up to see Caledonia Harley Club president Roddy Smith, 47, and Jerry North wed
A MAN was jailed for seven years yesterday for two armed raids which brought terror to his victims. Steven Clarke admitted that on November 2 last year at Alldays Supermarket, Wilson Avenue, Kirkcaldy, Fife, with his face masked, and while acting with
STUART Clarke has a job every football fan would kill for - travelling the world photographing stadiums in his role as official photographer of the Football Trust. However, standing in his exhibition - the Homes of Football - in Kilmarnock's Dick
As Scotland make their final preparations for France '98, HUGH MacDONALD reviews five World Cup books. IF the World Cup is the biggest party on the planet, then the Scots are the most uncomfortable guests. We arrive nervously, bolstering a fragile
www.scotgeist.com edited by Pat Kane Transgressors are the lab rats of Consensus... Transgression is how Consensus gets its dirty work done. Post-modern Glasgwegian troubador MOMUS sends us some more of his pre-millenial musings from Avant-London
AN island owned by Earl Waldegrave, brother of former Cabinet Minister William, has been sold for nearly #400,000 to an un-named English businessman. An offer was accepted by the earl last month and now the sale has been completed. The Earl Waldegrave
SHARES in radio telecommunications group Ionica collapsed yesterday after the troubled company announced it was seeking a new equity investor to ease funding problems. As the group's shares spun almost 60% lower to end at 35p - a far cry from its
PORTENCROSS Castle has been standing four-square on its rock on the Ayrshire coast for more than 600 years, 250 of them without a roof. It has been ''battered by abrasive, salt-laden winds'' (James Brown's letter, May 22) throughout
What kind of a country do we live in? I have a few moments in my life where my perspective changes. One of these moments was midweek when I went along with a microphone to interview a young lad called Stephen Payton in Livingston for this morning&apos
so the Jam Tarts did turn out to be the bet of the day at 11-4 last Saturday. This is just as well since all of last week's horse selections ran like donkeys. Faither enjoyed the entire day (apart that, is from, the last 10 minutes) and hasn&apos
Jon Mutch continued an upward curve in his gymnastics career by finishing tenth in the European Junior Championships last month and is now looking forward to challenging long-time No.1 Steve Frew at the Scottish Championships in Perth next month. The
SHE'S full of surprises is old Tori. Hot from her appearance as a cover girl on a music magazine wearing nothing but gold paint, I was half expecting her to shimmy on to the stage Shirley Bassie style, her freshly gilded frame bumping away to the
Twenty years separate the first and last play in this tremendous Pinter trilogy chosen by one of the canniest theatre programmers around, the Donmar's Sam Mendes. I've no doubt he's on to a surefire hit - even though the three plays themselves
IT WOULD appear that our new Scottish Parliament will continue the London practice of being the preserve of the rich and wealthy removed from the realities of everyday life for ordinary people in Scotland. The current public row over the level of payment
GRANGE enter unchartered territory this afternoon when they tackle GHK at Anniesland. They will find a side at ease with itself and altogether unfazed by the reputation of their opponents. There are several factors which contribute to this air of quiet
THE opening of a new hi-tech electronics plant in Hamilton yesterday brought light to the gloom which has pervaded Silicon Glen in recent months. Scottish sub-contractors to the main computer manufacturers have been forced to lay off hundreds of employees
Expect something out of the ordinary when Gary Parker plays at Hampden for the first time tomorrow. The Scottish Claymores' kicker, once on the books of Hearts, never made it to the national stadium as a soccer player. It is only through putting
Soprano Claire Rutter in her role as Violetta in Scottish Opera's highly acclaimed production of Verdi's La traviata, which is set in nineteenth century Paris, and which opens today until June 6, at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, before going
AFTER reading the article (May 22) about the form and operation of the new Scottish Parliament, I would suggest that ceremonial has an important place in the workings of any parliament, and serves to emphasise the importance of a particular place, or
SO farewell Scottish Nuclear, RIP, as stateless Scotland is ''Guinnessed'' again. The promised operational survival of Scottish Nuclear under the new privatised holding company, British Energy, has proved the shortest ''
One of the nurses attending a man who died in Raigmore hospital, Inverness, after a skull fracture remained undetected told a fatal accident inquiry yesterday that when she went to begin her care she could find no notes at all to give her guidance. Mrs
TWO Scots Guardsmen, serving life sentences in Northern Ireland for murdering a teenager while on duty, yesterday lost their latest legal bid for freedom. Campaigners backing Jim Fisher, 28, from Ayr, and Mark Wright, 24, from Arbroath, last night called
Professor Allan Cormack, scientist; born February 23, 1924, died May 7, 1998 A brilliant scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his key part in inventing the all-body scanner, which transformed hospital medical diagnosis, has died at the age of 64. Professor
Just three months ago Brian Davis was staring death in the face, but yesterday the Englishman was looking forward to winning his first tournament as a professional. The 23-year-old was discovered unconscious in a hotel room in Dubai suffering from dangerously
THE big question today is, can Scotland win? Not the World Cup. The question isn't quite as silly as that, but the top prize for the best film here, the Palme d'Or, and the best actor prize. Ken Loach's My Name is Joe, about a reformed
For the second successive year, the West of Scotland Association has voted against making it compulsory for clubs to affiliate to the governing body. It is a severe blow for the Scottish Squash Association, although Vice-President Archie McCue insists
WE wear sackcloth now, yet once we wore fine raiment. We were a fortress town, and kings laid charters at our feet. We wore the diadem of Royal Burghs, and where our shadow fell, men walked freely and without fear. For a thousand years of history, Scotland
GLORIOUS failure has long been a trait of our international football side. Especially so in the World Cup, with perhaps the exception of Argentina '78. Four years prior to that calamity, though, the Scots took part in their first World Cup finals
THE mother of a small-time drug dealer was dragged screaming from the High Court in Glasgow yesterday, after the man accused of luring him to his execution was found not guilty of murder. It had been alleged that Mr Stephen Bryson, 32, of Causeyside
A two-storey farmhouse and an extensive and versatile steading with buildings suitable for a variety of uses, Thorneyflat Farm is a property with immense potential much enhanced by its location on the outskirts of Ayr and its proximity to the A77 bypass
AS a now semi-detached observer of golf, a game which is thankfully unburdened by the debilitating description of beautiful, I'm increasingly struck by the gleeful stampede to inflict negative verdicts on it. To be sure, the wounds so gratuitously
POLICE are treating the death of a couple whose bodies were found at their flat in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire on Thursday afternoon as a case of murder-suicide. Post mortems were carried out on Mr Robert Bruce and his wife, Jean, yesterday. Police
A money-back credit card with a 4% dividend? That is how Alliance & Leicester has raised the stakes in the credit card loyalty wars. The Money-Back card was launched just over a year ago and claims to be the most frequently used card in the UK with 350,000
SCOTTISH property developers and private housebuilders are increasingly turning to the Scottish Greenbelt Company to solve the problem of maintaining the landscaped areas within their developments. Formed in 1992 by Scottish Enterprise, Scottish National
THE owner of Livingston football club, Dominic Keane, said he believed the proposed merger between themselves and Clydebank, which was hanging in the balance last night, was the shape of things to come in Scottish football. Keane, who took over the West
THE Herald yesterday claimed three major prizes at the annual Bank of Scotland Press Awards. In addition, the paper's staff received six commendations. Financial/Business Writer of the Year award was presented to The Herald's Simon Bain. &apos
IAIN Fairley yesterday became the first injury victim of Scotland's tour of Australia and Fiji when he suffered a badly broken nose. The reserve scrum-half from Kelso was floored during a mock mauling session at the Carrara rugby league ground,
I'm sure many of you were tempted back in the spring to purchase and plant a few of the bedding Primulas with their stunning range of flower colours in bright and rich deep shades, surrounded by fresh or dark green foliage. They will have flowered
A WREATH was laid and a minute's silence observed in a ceremony at Larbert station yesterday to mark the anniversary of Britain's biggest rail disaster. On May 22, 1915, 164 people died and 204 were injured at Quintinshill Siding, near Gretna
Exclusive THE fall-out from the recent bitter struggle for control of Scotland's main prison union became evident yesterday when it was confirmed that ''an alternative'' organisation has been set up to represent prison officers
IT doesn't seem all that long ago since we were last in Marseille and noted the apocalyptic reaction of the media here to the World Cup draw which was to bring the dreaded English support to the city to mingle with a massive Tunisian exile backing
RICHARDS, one of Scotland's oldest traditional textile businesses, may relocate after executives agreed to offer its prime city centre site for sale. The proposed sale of the 10-acre plot in Aberdeen's Mayberly Street will need the consent
How to get Scottish basketball up to speed at international level is a question which ought to be exercising the minds of coaches and administrators in the next few months as plans are laid for next season. A Scottish team containing five senior caps
ALMOST 30-years ago, I began a love affair, and have recently been re-acquainted with the object of my affections. And what a pleasure it was to go back to the area where the affair had burgeoned. As a young actor, I had heard on the grapevine that BBC
Premier league shinty could be round the corner for Perth-based Tayforth, one of shinty's newest clubs, who face one of the biggest games in their history today when they tackle Ballachulish at the South Inch. The two clubs are level on points going
A BOLD step on steep rock can have a touch of the Ron Moodies. It's the last scene in Oliver with Fagin on the mobile arm of Dodger. You mostly fancy the risky endeavour but it gels that a brighter career move might be to review-hoo the situation
LABOUR and the SNP are now desperately wooing the business community in the run-up to the Scottish Election, but the welcome to the private sector to get involved in constitutional debate clashes with the message during the referendum campaign last year
The chips start to fall for Britain's top orienteers in Ireland today, with the opening classic distance race of the World Cup series. Like British sportspeople across the board all keen to accept lottery funding, now they must look to the small
ALEX Salmond yesterday sought to regain the initiative in the SNP's campaign for an independence referendum when he accused Scottish Industry Minister Brian Wilson of a U-turn on the issue. He produced quotes from Mr Wilson going back over a decade
THE economy grew more rapidly than first estimated in the opening three months of the year, but the upward revision to gross domestic product was marginal and the quarterly growth rate stayed below trend. The Office for National Statistics said GDP increased
THE idea of a stakeholder pension which includes compulsory contributions is still unpopular with voters, most of whom do not understand how pensions work, according to a new survey. The findings are in stark contrast to the views of leading players
LAST night's concert served as the Scottish leg of a two-part series which premiered in London's Australia House on Thursday night. The BT's are now closely associated with the musical activities of the Royal Over-Seas League and these
NORWAY, a nation of just five million people, defeated the footballing representatives of 90 million Mexicans in a friendly in Oslo during the week. This is the latest in a series of surprise results during which the Scandinavians have defeat Italy,
World championship leader Colin McRae was back in the lead at the Rally of Argentina after three of yesterday's eight stages. The Subaru driver held an advantage of four seconds over Mitsubishi rival Tommi Makinen, whom he had trailed by almost
n Regeneration (15) (Fox Pathe; to rent from Monday) Few nowadays would doubt that the First World War was a wretched affair which needlessly cut down the bloom of Europe for the sake of the pride of imperial powermongers. The great strength of Regeneration
THE Italian agent representing Rangers striker Marco Negri last night accused the club of refusing to sort out the striker's future, but that was angrily denied by Rangers chairman David Murray. Tiberio Cavalleri launched a verbal attack on Murray
I once had a friend obsessed with knowing about her future - whether she would marry the man of her dreams, if she would live till she was 100, and whether she would soar to the top of her profession. She seemed to visit fortune tellers almost weekly
The serious celebrations for the victorious Whitbread Round the World crew of the EF Language are guaranteed to start when the boat drifts to the dockside in Southampton. For the first time in the history of the race it has been won before the final
Health and safety: Liz McColgan, the Olympic medal-winning athlete, took the launch of a new Government campaign on safety in the workplace in her stride at Edinburgh Castle yesterday. Good Heath is Good Business aims to highlight crippling workplace
A POLICE officer serving a four-year jail sentence has officially resigned, it was revealed yesterday. Edmund Ross, 47, an officer with Inverness-based Northern Constabulary for more than 20 years was jailed at the High Court in Inverness last year.
THE procurator-fiscal's office at the centre of a row over the handling of two paedophile prosecutions is to lose its independence. The Lord Advocate, Lord Hardie, announced yesterday that with immediate effect, the management of the procurator-fiscal
A trainee jet fighter pilot had only a few seconds to react when he experienced engine trouble shortly after taking off from one of Scotland's biggest Air Force bases. But the young man, on his first solo formation flight, shut down the wrong engine
Leyla Sanai examines the debilitating effects of living with social phobia. Picture the scene. You have to make a presentation in public in front of hundreds of strangers. As you walk onto the stage, you see an ocean of blank faces staring at you appraisingly
WHEN the Office of Fair Trading reports again on health insurance within the next few weeks, it is expected to repeat its demand for a ban on private medical insurance policies which are moratorium-based - where no medical history is required. This news
THREE men who subjected a motorist to a violent road rage style attack escaped punishment yesterday after a sheriff ruled that the case had taken too long to come to court. Gavin Muir, 20, Scott Gall, 19, and 18-year-old Stuart Wright, all from Inverurie
YOUNG rowers make one of their annual southward pilgrimages this weekend, to take part in the National Schools regatta at Nottingham - the top junior event of the year in Britain. Established by the visionary Desmond Hill more than 50 years ago to provide
Meigle'S professional Ryan Watson has backed his side to fly the flag for the minor leagues in this season's SCU Trophy. The Perthshire club have an outstanding chance of reaching the quarter-finals after being drawn at home in the last 16
A CAMPAIGN to increase awareness among councillors and MPs of the crisis facing agriculture will be launched by the Lanark area executive of the National Farmers' Union of Scotland. Union officials will meet next month with representatives of North
Big interview no 34: Torrin Sole, corn remover, Glasgow, May 1859 MYTHS: Having queued for an hour in the rain in Ingram Street we have now been ushered into the presence of the most famous corn remover in Christendom. SOLE: Right, ma man, aff wi&apos
HUNDREDS of Scottish ex-servicemen who were Japanese prisoners of war are preparing to join fellow PoWs in London for a demonstration when the Japanese Emperor arrives on a State visit on Tuesday. Emperor Akihito, right, is to be awarded the Order
WHEN Glasgow marketing consultant George Paterson decided to review his house and car insurance, he ended up saving #367 - but not without effort. When he spotted adverts for Saga insurance, he decided to see how competitive it was on home insurance
CRITICS and supporters of Britain's electoral system are preparing to join battle over a bid to introduce proportional representation for general elections. Scores of MPs are backing a new cross-party campaign seeking to scrap first-past-the-post
THREE ''middle-class'' teenagers from an ''affluent'' area and ''decent'' homes are convicted of kicking a peer to death. The whole tenet of the coverage was of surprise and forgiveness. Would
If the essence of artistic collaboration is by its nature ephemeral then Gloria has had a good run for its money. It was exactly a decade ago that Neil Bartlett set up the iconoclastic grouping with colleagues Nicolas Bloomfield, Leah Hausman, and Simon
The Free Church Assembly yesterday maintained its stance against the singing of Christmas carols and hymns, rejecting this as transgressing its traditional purity of worship. It turned down a move by the Presbytery of Edinburgh to set up a special committee
Our Catchphrase: Let's meet the eight we're going to denigrate! Family Fortunes: Based on asking contestants to guess, not the right answers to questions, but the answers most people would give; one contestant won a cassette recorder, so
Unsisterly squabbles WATCH this space, promised Mr Bain earlier this month when he partially lifted the veil on the crisis in West of Scotland Businesswomen's Club. Now, by diverse means, comes documentary evidence of the unsisterly squabbles. Dissatisfaction
Bank of Scotland says three times more customers have opted for fixed-rate mortgages in the past 12 months, so it is cutting short and medium-term rates by up to 0.52%. That means a three-year rate of 6.21% when borrowing up to 80% of value, 6.93% for
CLEAR evidence of the bitter divisions between freed British nurses Deborah Parry and Lucille McLauchlan emerge today in their separate accounts of their Saudi Arabian ordeal. As Parry, 39, of Alton, Hampshire, and McLauchlan, 32, from Dundee, enjoyed
GLASGOW could be set to receive more than #32m from the Government after a tribunal ruled Customs and Excise should refund VAT overpaid by the city council during the past 10 years. In a move which could have significant implications for the VAT treatment
beastie of the week pea moth It's extremely disappointing and off-putting when you open a pea pod to find a small creamy white caterpillar with a black head about a quarter of an inch (6mm) long feeding on your ripening peas. This is the larvae
The Free Church Assembly voted to lift a censure on three men who allegedly tried to re-open the case against the Rev Professor Donald Macleod, contrary to an early Assembly ruling. The censure was imposed by the 1997 General Assembly on the Rev Professor
D A GRAY (Britain's defective entrepreneurs, May 15) is right to suggest that our financiers need to take lessons from our competitors. The motor industry provides some interesting examples. When the British motor industry was thrown together into
Everything in the garden is lovely, reports Jennifer Cunningham, from a horticultural showcase that's giving Chelsea a run for its money. As the Chelsea Flower Show braced itself for the scrum of home counties gardeners battling to secure their
Back when the death of the family was mere abstraction, plays like Ian Rowlands's darkly bleak meditation on love, sex and death would probably have been considered voguishly shocking. These days we're so numb to things that to create a real-life
EIGHT years ago today, on May 23, 1990, the legendary Italian-American boxer Rocky Graziano died at the age of 68. Born in New York City on New Year's Day, 1922, Graziano went on to become world middleweight champion at a time when the division
THE scandals and power struggles rocking Paris City Hall for the past few weeks have been compared to French farce, which is very unfair to the likes of Feydeau and Guitry, who wrote about serial adulterers, broad-minded mistresses, and cuckolded husbands
HEALTH workers in Scotland forced to retire from their jobs because of conditions diagnosed as ME or chronic fatigue syndrome are less likely to be awarded ill-health pensions than similar workers in England and Wales. That is the view of retired nurse
Some words are strictly one-meaning words - they have one sense and they stick to it throughout the year. Other words may have several meanings from an early age and they continue with these for the duration of their lives. Both of these categories present
Follow me: Gavin Paterson, right, of Barbeth Farm, Cumbernauld, is one of the first farmers in Scotland to sign up for BOCM Paul's ''feed secure'' package, which helps producers meet the requirements of farm assurance schemes
A three-year-old boy died in hospital yesterday, and his mother and her boyfriend were ''seriously ill'' following a blaze at a house in Fife. Firefighters rescued Ms Angie Grieve, 24, and her son Conner, who were overcome by smoke
In July 1997 Alan Hinkes sat below Nanga Parbat, at 8125m the ninth highest mountain in the world. With Everest and K2 under his belt, he may even have allowed himself to day-dream it was all over. Within a few days it was. While eating at base camp
continued from previous page Watchful eyes: an Israeli border policeman looks down on Jerusalem. Below, the courtyard of St Andrew's Church You can see it if you look up from the number 18 bus. The Saltire flies from the church tower against the
WE are all parents of children who were killed in the Dunblane massacre. We were horrified when we viewed the Channel 4 programme, Undercover Britain - Gun Law on Tuesday. It showed how gun club members have been able to purchase and use guns as easily
The staff at F&S are never short of an excuse to crack open a bottle or two. So you can guess that Fattorini, who has become a father, did not tarry too long before commencing the celebrations. In fact, to cope with the stress of the delivery of the
FAMILIES who lost a relative to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease following treatment with human growth hormone from corpses yesterday won their High Court fight for the right to claim compensation from the Government. The ruling involved 13 victims, including
THE Scottish Office yesterday unveiled what it termed the ''biggest change in decades'' to the way in which industry is lured to areas of high unemployment through regional selective assistance. Industry Minister Brian Wilson announced
Many years ago the sight of fresh herbs in a supermarket was a remarkable spectacle. The greengrocers (remember them, with their fake grass and faint earthy odour?) just possibly might have run to those two great classics, parsley and chives. At least
A MAN who was seriously ill in hospital last night after being pulled from the River Clyde. The unidentified man was rescued after being spotted in the water near Clyde Street. He has not regained consciousness since the incident on Thursday and his
David Williamson, civil servant; born January 13, 1920, died May 21, 1998 The death of retired senior civil servant David Williamson in the Wester Ross hills shocked friends and colleagues, many of whom had known him through his work as Keeper of the
MANY of us are sitting on a goldmine - our home. But are we making the most of what's probably our biggest asset? Is it sensible to struggle long and hard to pay off our mortgages only to be short of money in later years? Unlocking the value tied
DURING the coming weeks, much ink will be spilled on the efforts of competitors attempting to qualify for the European championships in Budapest and the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Backed by the best sports science and medicine which the lottery
Belfast THEY were queuing outside the three polling stations serving the Rathcoole Estate before the official opening at seven yesterday morning. Officials and RUC, veterans of many a 13-hour vigil during Northern Ireland's regular trips to the
THE Scottish coast-to-coast race will not take place this year unless a sponsor can be found within the next couple of weeks. That's the dire warning posted by organiser Jim Stark who has been trying in vain since last autumn to attract a backer
IN the two decades or so of the offshore races from Gourock to Tarbert, Loch Fyne which kick start sailing's prestigious Scottish Series, there has rarely been a perfect one, writes Andi Robertson. Through Thursday night and into yesterday the middle
No matter how busy we are, it's comforting to know these days we can order just about anything from home. More and more beauty companies have gone mail order; now many of the most fashionable products are the ones only available by post. Over the
Sandra Watt is the latest Scottish player to suffer an injury blow as the Scottish squad begins to intensify their preparations for the Commonwealth Games. The Innerleithen player has injured a foot in training and she has been advised her to keep her
THREE former directors of Diamond Group, the collapsed car breakdown insurance firm, have been banned from holding company directorships for periods of up to six years. The company, which was largely run by Scottish businessmen, was floated on the Stock
Anyone who can remember exactly where they were when Scotland beat Sweden 2-0 in the 1990 World Cup or who recalls the Tartan Army send-off for Ally McLeod and the 1978 squad to Argentina will find the hairs on the back of their neck in for a work-out
ON wasteground they found Peter's body early in The Troubles. The bullet's blast had contorted him into fierce angles, and a black garbage sack covered his head. Over the years which followed that tidiness would become a mocking nicety for
Edinburgh wild water internationalist Cynthia Berry goes hurtling down the torrents of the River Loisach at Garmisch in Germany today in her seventh World Wild Water Championships. Back on the Alpine river where she first competed at world level in 1985
A Scottish women's amateur golf championship, which has been a daily nightmare for Curtis Cup and national selectors, has produced two unexpected players to contest this morning's 18-hole final over the North Berwick links. Two three handicappers
BLUE-CHIP shares notched up gains for the fourth straight session yesterday but mid-caps stole the show at the London stock market, soaring on the back of a weaker pound in dull, pre-holiday trading. Financial markets will closed in London and New York
In New York, Frank Sinatra's city that never sleeps, the Manhattan State Criminal Court sits through the night. The darkest hours - 1am to 9am - are called the Lobster Shift. In a sea of eight million souls, Cameron Simpson and Glasgow lawyer Derek
PHARMACEUTICALS giant Zeneca was yesterday forced to issue a profits warning because of the effects of the strong pound. Chairman Sir Sidney Lipworth told shareholders at the company's annual meeting that sterling's strength may wipe up to
Forget the rest of the season, suspend disbelief, and prepare for the adrenalin rush of the year when, tomorrow at 1.30 pm BST, the massed ranks of 22 Formula One drivers and their motorised sharks storm uphill into Sainte Devote corner at the start
SCOTLAND'S amateur footballers have their big day this afternoon when Hampden hosts the final of the Famous Grouse Scottish Amateur Cup. A total of 604 teams, from Durness in the north to Stranraer in the south, set off at the start of the
A MINISTER from the community where 15-year-old Kipland Kinkel shot dead his parents and a classmate earlier this week, made an emotive at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh, yesterday. The Rev Dan Bryant, of the First Christian
So that's it all over. The domestic season is completed and the final curtain fell on European competitions with Real Madrid's victory over Juventus in the champions league final this week. The Spanish club's victory brought back memories
SHE has never run a step, or jumped or thrown wearing Scotland's colours, but Pauline Richards is a better-known face than any Scottish female athlete who will go to the Commonwealth Games this year. She has a better chance than most of winning
I AM sure that many people were disappointed by today's report that the SNP have reneged on their promise to abolish student tuition fees. I am even more disappointed to note that none of the political parties has put forward the most obvious solution
Overall victor Paul Cayard, skipper of EF Langauge, which had won the Whitbread Round the World Race even before the final leg started from La Rochelle in France, yesterday confessed he was relieved ''not to have the race on the line'&
Strathclyde Police, whose immaculate sward at Lochinch, beside Haggs Castle golf course, was used for the Celtic Society Cup final last weekend, are to offer the venue to the Camanachd Association for consideration for shinty's showpiece game, the
THE threat of a national teachers' strike was averted yesterday after unions agreed to accept a no-strings 3% deal. The increase, back-dated to April 1, will mean an extra #630-a-year for the average teacher. Local authority employers also promised
travellers' checks l Fill in the gap between the Glasgow and Edinburgh Jazz Festivals by jetting off to Tunisia's Tabarka Festival, which this year features singers Dianne Reeves and Diana Krall, and will run from July 15-19. Tabarka is Tunisia
THE absence of those currently in the Southern Hemisphere has not served to remove all quality from the final leg of the Borders circuit to ensure that the Jed-Forest Sevens will provide an afternoon of real entertainment. Kelso are the holders, having
BelfastTHE people of Northern Ireland began a new chapter yesterday after turning out in force to give apparently overwhelming support to the Good Friday Agreement. They voted by up to 75% in favour of the deal, according to an exit poll from the Ulster
THE thought of Saturday morning racing - scheduled by the British Horseracing Board to start in 1999 - fills me with dread. The reasoning behind the decision seems to have been to capitalise on an empty slot in the major bookmakers' schedules when
Camilla Dickson, botanist; born December 4, 1932, died May 18, 1998 MRS Camilla Dickson, nee Lambert, was one of the leading scientists in the comparatively new field of archaeobotany, the interplay of botany and archaeology. Her scientific career began
Scotland's tour of Fiji and Australia is being viewed as the end of en era, but there is a growing feeling within the game that this may be a trip which brings the dawning of a new age of Scottish rugby. That has been the underlying theme of much
WILLIAM Ewart Gladstone, the centenary of whose death is celebrated this week, would have had more than a passing interest in events across the North Channel. Arguably Britain's greatest Prime Minister of the nineteenth century, Gladstone, too,
Spring is almost at an end and summer beckons. Denmark is beautiful, green and welcoming. It is still a time for lilacs, and their perfume, tinged with the smell of the sea (which is never far away) brings a sweet freshness to the air. In the capital
The victim of a serious assault in Paisley earlier this week was named by police yesterday as 73-year-old James Maley. Mr Maley, of Ferguslie, Paisley, was in a critical condition in hospital yesterday. Police, who are hunting two teenagers in connection
Evidence that volleyball is booming at youth level will be provided by the Perth and Kinross Junior Open at the Bell's Sports Centre in Perth tomorrow. A record entry of 140 teams from primary seven upwards has been received with schools entering
A PLAN to license butchers' shops but not the rest of the food industry in the wake of the E-coli outbreak has been condemned by Glasgow's director of environmental services. Mr Brian Kelly was speaking as an adviser to the Convention of Scottish
YOU could make yourself seasick looking at the ups and downs of the Footsie index these days. Both London and Wall Street are quite capable of behaving in the frisky way which used to be regarded as the prerogative of the dashing young emerging markets
One humbling fact which those of us who are ministers know only too well is that Kirk members are not like bees. Honeyed words from the pulpit do not bring them buzzing away from their normal habitat to a new one. Sweetness and light, in pulpit and
FROM the top balcony of the Pavilion at Lord's one can see that the spaceship has well and truly landed. The huge elliptical structure at the Nursery End is, or will be, the media centre for next year's World Cup and all subsequent major Lord
n Close Relations (BBC1, Sunday) n Out of Hours (BBC1, Wednesday) n Secret History (C4, Monday) n The Human Body (BBC1, Wednesday) NOT much of a title is it? I mean, Bouquet of Barbed Wire sounds positively classy by comparison. Even Family Affairs
n Those heading south of the Border should turn their attention to events organised by English Heritage. Designed to raise awareness of the past while making good use of historic sites, the events are primarily designed to be fun. One of the most spectacular
BRITAIN'S biggest ever free tennis promotion got under way yesterday with the launch of the LTA's Play Tennis 98 campaign. In a bid to attract new players into the game and encourage existing players to take part more regularly, more than
THE need for good organisation and efficiency is now a basic requirement to achieve success in international competition. Scotland had neither in abundance yesterday and crashed to a 2-1 defeat against the USA - bronze medallists in the last World Cup
Getting best advice o My financial affairs are quite complicated, with various pension plans, school fee schemes and a variety of Peps and other investments. I used to juggle them fairly effectively myself, but a couple of years ago I changed to a better
THIS isn't an easy time to be a Scottish Anglophile, especially one who believes the second-best World Cup result would be an English victory. Even in the two greatest games the English created, I meet Scots ready to back All Blacks at Twickenham
EDINBURGH Castle has made it into the top ten visitor attractions in the UK for the first time. The British Tourist Authority placed the castle, which had 1.2 million visitors last year, ninth in its annual survey of the most popular attractions. It
A QUESTION often put to female composers is how they cope with being a woman in a man's world. For Thea Musgrave, this has never really been regarded as a problem and, in fact, she believes there's a far more important question facing women
qCricket minnows Breadalbane have the chance to hit the headlines this week when they line up against Scotland's most famous club side. The tiny Aberfeldy club will entertain Freuchie - who play in Conference C of the Scottish League - at the start
He's been there, done that but hasn't yet got his Scottish Commonwealth Games T-shirt. But Michael Cole is determined to secure his uniform for Kuala Lumpur at the British Grand Prix finals starting Friday in Sheffield. The 19-year-old was
Though there are many good reasons to work at home, the shock of the new can sometimes upset your work patterns and prove difficult to adjust to, says Sarah. ''Many people forget that creating a home office isn't only an interior design
Lord Tebbit's Thatcherite exhortation in government to the unemployed to get on their bikes and find work was as offensive as it was unrealistic. It was doomed to failure. The evidence continues to suggest that people do not travel noticeable distances
There was a certain symmetry in the latest twist in the tale of the two British nurses freed by Saudi Arabia whose stories have been bought up controversially by two tabloid newspaper groups. The Saudi ambassador to London yesterday denied the nurses
TOURIST brochures tell you that the best way to explore the Yorkshire Dales is on foot. What they don't say is that it's because so many roads have bottom-clenching hairpin bends and steep bits that sneak up and surprise you when you're
Conrad Wilson seeks out the young pretenders to the crown of French cuisine and discovers la difference. L'Auberge was Edinburgh's - no, Scotland's - leading French restaurant. Bonars at l'Auberge is its new identity, which is not
BRITISH Airways's new low-cost airline passed Go yesterday, but the take-off was monopolised by the carrier's chief rival. As Go took to the skies in the cut throat air war, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, chairman of no-frills easyJet, ''collected
UEFA Cup-bound Kilmarnock continued their preparation for next season by completing the #500,000 signing of Morton's highly-rated midfielder, Alan Mahood. They are also looking to capitalise on the imminent Ibrox exodus, with manager Bobby Williamson
WHEN I was a schoolgirl, like most little Italians, I returned every summer to my parents' homeland. But I was always fascinated by my friend's accounts of Millport. Without surrendering my love affair with Italy I wished I could go there as
THE cobbled streets around Stirling Castle have borne the imprint of history down through the centuries. But today the natives of the medieval royal town are in for a complete revolution when the aerodynamic carbon fibre machines of modern-day time-trial
I was recently transferred to a new job as manager in a division of a multinational company. I have worked in a management role for the company for a number of years, and didn't expect too many surprises, apart from the usual situation of learning
I DOUBT if there would be any disagreement that it is incumbent on the Scotland coach to select the strongest squad of players to represent our nation, at this summer's World Cup in France. However, Mr Brown appears to have neglected his duties
CHARLES Monaghan has been appointed chairman of Scottish Equitable in succession to Hamish Inglis, who oversaw the company's phased takeover by the Dutch financial group Aegon. Monaghan, 57, is a senior executive of Unilever, who has been on the
THE father of a victim of the Dunblane massacre yesterday vowed to take the anti-gun campaign to the United States. Mr Charlie Clydesdale, whose five-year-old daughter Victoria was among 16 children killed by Thomas Hamilton two years ago, said he would
/Neil MacRae and Ally McIntosh may be the best of friends off the field, but today they will become no-holds barred rivals for the duration of the intriguing clash between the sides they captain, Aberdeenshire and Uddingston. Such is the extent of their
Most people justify World Cup travel plans as ''The Trip of a Lifetime'', but are you allowed to have two such trips? See, I've already been to one World Cup finals and I have to admit rather sheepishly that my journey didn&apos
n If it's golf you're after, ''it's got to be Scotland'' - that's what the Scottish Tourist Board are saying at the moment. A 48-page booklet which bears that title is available from STB, Freepost, Dunoon, Argyll
IN the welter of new music and new interpretations that made London this week the epicentre of musical activity, Roxanna Panufnik's Westminster Mass, which received its first performance on Thursday, was a jewel. Quite simply, set alongside Robert
SCOTLAND coach Craig Brown was last night warned not to turn his back on psychology in his search for World Cup glory by personal developer Jack Black. Glasgow-based Black believes he could help Scotland succeed where so many of our teams have failed
Today, The Herald launches an important new column examining the art and science of management decision-making. Each week we ask one of Scotland's business leaders to recall their toughest-ever decision. What was the decision? . . . why was it so
GERMAN media giant Axel Springer Verlag last night confirmed speculation swirling around the Frankfurt stock exchange and the City that it was considering making an offer for Mirror Group Newspapers. MGN, which has a near-20% stake in Scottish Media
A SINGLE interpretation of the Scriptures need not be held by all members of the Church of Scotland, a leading theologian claimed yesterday. Presenting the report of the panel on doctrine to the General Assembly, Professor George Newlands said the committee
LEADING environmental health officials dealing with the E-coli outbreak feared taking compulsory action against Wishaw butcher John Barr in case they were later sued by the business, the inquiry into the 21 deaths heard yesterday. Mr Jeffery Tonner,
HIBERNIAN will have the most expensive season tickets in the first division next season after the club agreed to keep ticket prices the same as they were for their games in the Premier league. That will mean supporters will pay #260 for a centre-stand
New Jersey THE plan which Scotland manager Craig Brown had in mind to reunite the strike partnership of Kevin Gallacher and Darren Jackson was wrecked yesterday when the Blackburn Rovers front man was confined to bed at the team's New Jersey hotel
Dr David Weeks salutes the indomitable spirit of hope shown by true eccentrics. One question I found myself asking early on in my international search for eccentrics was how they actually put their unusual ideas into practice. What did they have to
IN 1800, Gilbert, younger brother of Robert Burns, moved with his wife and children from Dinning in Dumfriesshire to East Lothian to take up the job of farm manager for Captain John Dunlop. Within five years he had become factor of Lord Blantyre&apos
