Light-footed: two figures take centre stage at Kelburne's third Festival of Flight which also featured radio-controlled airships, balloons, and kites. Crowds gathered at Kelburne Castle and Country Park in Ayrshire to witness the high-flying antics
THE legendary Jimmy Shand is set to become the first person to be given the freedom of the Kingdom of Fife. The 90-year-old accordionist, who has achieved world wide fame, has been nominated as the Kingdom's first Freeman. Shand, who was born
IRISH Olympic swimming champion Michelle de Bruin may go to court over action by the sport's international body that could see her suspended for life. FINA, swimming's international governing body, said yesterday that Ms de Bruin's case
ANGRY war veterans will today ignore a plea from Tony Blair by staging a highly-public protest against the Japanese Emperor over Japan's mistreatment of British prisoners during the war. Last night around 20 camp survivors held a protest vigil outside
New face for old: The 4500-year-old Sphinx at the Great Pyramids of Giza is emblazoned with light in a gala celebration by Egypt to unveil a 10-year, #1.5m restoration project.
WHILE Scotland are enjoying praise after a 2-2 draw with Colombia at the weekend, one of their World Cup group opponents, Morocco, are suffering from a barrage of criticism after flopping against French club side Montpellier in a warm-up match. Montpellier
FEAR of being exploited by ''cowboy'' builders is stopping home-owners from carrying out essential repair work to their houses, writes Aine Harrington. A report published yesterday reveals worries about high costs and mistrust of
A ROLLING programme of strike action starting today will close Glasgow's Mitchell Library and threatens to deprive book borrowers throughout Glasgow. Representatives of around 300 librarians voted to take industrial action last week. The first five-day
WORK is due to begin next month on a #350,000 top security base in Perthshire for a state-of-the-art pig gene transfer centre. Selection of the site, at Mains of Murthly near Dunkeld, was based on ease of access to key production areas in Scotland and
A fish waste reprocessing company which is an industry leader in Norway is bidding to set up a processing facility in the Highlands. Scanbio ASA has set up a subsidiary in partnership with Norfab Products Ltd, a fish farming industry equipment manufacturer
The case of a former police constable who was a victim of racism within Scotland's biggest police force is to be debated in Parliament next week. Ayrshire MP Sandra Osborne vowed to raise the case of one of her constituents, Mr Lawrence Ramadas,
THE Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian was conceived at a time when Scotland had no discernible need of its additional capacity. It started feeding the grid when the rest of the industry was about to be privatised. In its first 10 years of
OVER the weekend four separate accidents killed three motor cyclists and one pillion passenger, but this was against the trend, writes Cameron Simpson. The RAC's public affairs manager in Scotland, Sue Nicholson, said fatalities had plummeted over
TV wildlife expert David Bellamy is backing a #200,000 appeal to buy one of the last botanical wildernesses in Europe. Munsary Peatlands - a peatbog and nature reserve covering just over three acres of the Caithness Flow Country has scarcely been touched
Wartime members of the Home Guard - famously portrayed in the TV comedy series Dad's Army - reacted with anger today to a new documentary which they claim ''slurs'' Britain's last line of defence. Viewers of Channel 4&apos
Rock millionaire, Celtic FC devotee, and now a key man in the welfare to work strategy: David Belcher on Jim Kerr's debut on political stage IN the 20 years since Simple Minds played their first live show, Jim Kerr has come a long way from his working-class
MANAGEMENT students at Heriot-Watt University are promoting a Norwegian-made tongue scraper to get rid of bacteria which can persist despite careful brushing of teeth and gums. Project leader Peter Musaeus said: ''Brushing without cleaning
LOOKING at the General Assembly on TV I was impressed by how suitable the Assembly Hall would be as a permanent home for the Scottish Parliament - right in the middle of the capital and far more dignified than any converted brewery downtown. Parliament
THE Wardlaw Mausoleum, the historical resting place of the Lovat Fraser family will be dedicated and officially opened this afternoon after its #320,000 restoration, writes David Ross, Highland Correspondent. The Grade A listed building lies in the graveyard
AS an All Black, he won Test matches in South Africa, France, each of the four Home Unions in Graham Mourie's 1978 Grand Slam-winning side, and was part of the 1977 New Zealand squad that swept the British Lions aside. Yet, Brad Johnstone doesn&
Mark Fisher reports from Amsterdam on Toneelgroep, who are en route for the Tron TITUS Muizelaar is aghast. Why does the Tron Theatre have to print a warning on its tickets about his performance being unsuitable for the under-16s? And why do audiences
Only one of the two ticketholders sharing Saturday night's #20m National Lottery jackpot has come forward, organiser Camelot said. One winner came forward yesterday morning after matching all six balls - 24, 20, 47, 8, 43, and 35. The bonus ball
WE are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of self, according to the British critic Cyril Connolly. However, men appear to have been up against the hanging judge, writes Cameron Simpson. If a report published today is to be believed, then men
RAISED levels of a particular protein in the blood could give advance warning of a heart attack in people not thought to be at risk, doctors said yesterday, writes Alan MacDermid, Medical Correspondent. Measuring the protein - known as C-reactive protein
THE families of a couple killed in a crash spoke of their devastation yesterday after a 60-year-old woman admitted responsibility for the accident. John Lynch and Kirsteen Mulford were riding a motor cycle through Fife to visit friends when Lauretta
SCOTTISH beef producers will have to become much more cost conscious, Dr Basil Lowman, senior beef specialist with the Scottish Agricultural College said yesterday. Speaking at a preview day for the Beef '98 event to be held on John Cameron&apos
Thomas Symington Halliday MBE, artist; born April 11, 1902, died May 22, 1998 Fife-based T S Halliday was Scotland's oldest working artist, sculptor, and stained glass expert, until his death at the age of 96. Only last month he had two of his
For a city whose prosperity was built on the Clyde, Glasgow has, in recent years, failed dismally to exploit its waterfront. While other cities throughout Britain and Europe have forged ahead with imaginative development schemes, the Clydeside has been
Tottenham Hotspur utility player Colin Calderwood, described last week as the ''model professional'' by the England No.2 John Gorman, and singled out for a measure of praise from the Colombian striker Faustino Asprilla after the weekend
RUSSIA'S failure to deliver supplies of palladium to the West this year threatens to inflict permanent damage on the market for the rare metal, and has sent consumers scrambling for alternatives, according to European analysts. ''The palladium
ENGINEERING and manufacturing group Glynwed International - best known for its Aga and Rayburn cookers - has sold off a clutch of businesses to a US-owned company in a #100m deal. The deal was a major milestone for Birmingham-based Glynwed, which has
More than a quarter of adults have not heard of digital TV which is being launched in less than six months' time and will mean many new channels, according to a survey released yesterday. Some 28% of the population are ignorant of the development
THE education committee of Western Isles Council will next month consider a proposal to begin public consultation over a merger between Stornoway's senior secondary and the school at the centre of bullying claims in 1995, writes David Ross, Highland
THE multi-millionaire boss of the Government jobs agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise, last night called for an end to poor pay and conditions for workers in the North of Scotland's key tourism industry. Fraser Morrison, chairman of the agency
Don't panic, advises Jeannette Davidson, as she examines the conflicting health reports that have us all so confused. >NEWS has been bad for the worried well. Time was when free-floating anxieties used to feed on stories about reds under our beds
A man died and another was injured in a shooting in Catford, London, yesterday. Police were also guarding the hospital beds of two men who were shot through the window of their home in Southend.
A MAN whose body was found in the Forth and Clyde Canal, Kirkintilloch, on Friday was named last night as Christopher Campbell, 18, of Lithgow Avenue, Kirkintilloch. There were no suspicious circumstances and a police spokesman said a report would be
A joint operation involving police and bird lovers in Scotland and the Continent led to three Dutch nationals appearing in court yesterday on charges relating to trading in endangered birds of prey. The two men and a woman appeared in private at Inverness
SHARES in Mirror Group are expected to climb today as the City digests takeover speculation surrounding the company. Investors and dealers are waiting for further news about a possible bid by German media group Axel Springer Verlag On Friday, when trading
THE Government's commitment to an ethical foreign policy was given a small boost yesterday when European Union Foreign Ministers adopted a code of conduct regulating weapons exports. The agreement may also restore some of Foreign Secretary Robin
JAKARTA: Indonesia today freed two high-profile political prisoners, the first releases under a planned large-scale amnesty for political prisoners. Sri Bintang Pamungkas, a former member of the opposition United Development Party, was jailed for 34
TEMPERATURE changes in the North Atlantic could be the cause of the disastrous drop in salmon and trout stocks in Scotland, a Government Minister warned yesterday. Scottish Office Minister Lord Sewel was commenting on reports that salmon could be wiped
May 26, 1954 n THE Herald reported: ''If the question whether MPs should receive a #500 increase in salary had been left to Scottish MPs to decide, the decision in its favour would have been even more emphatic than it was. Of the Scottish MPs
A REPORT from the Church of Scotland's General Assembly has been nominated for an award by a language group - for being the worst example of gobbledegook ever read. The Plain Language Commission says last week's Kirk report, about simplifying
Moves to create a Scottish Hollywood on the back of films such as Trainspotting and The Full Monty have come under attack. Despite the international acclaim of Mrs Brown and most recently, My Name is Joe, critics believe attempts to expand the industry
Graeme Smith hears a storm warning from North Sea industry leaders. Sid Fudge can quote statistic after statistic to highlight the damage an oil tax rise will cause, not just to the North Sea oil and gas industries, but to companies across the UK which
Pat Mitchell, pioneering breast cancer counsellor; born August 22, 1940, died May 15, 1998 PAT MITCHELL, who set up a breast cancer counselling service in Fife when there was no other help available to sufferers, has died, aged 57, after a 13-year
SCOTLAND'S leading computer games companies are targeting a burgeoning #10bn global market as they set up stall in Atlanta, Georgia today for E3, the world's premier multimedia show. Scottish Enterprise is again supporting a 12-company mission
IT was inevitable, really, that when, in the wake of last year's wash-out, director Tony Reekie took the brave decision to abandon the kids' festival's tented village for Edinburgh's theatres the weather would be glorious. Dafter
IT WAS the fourth or perhaps the fifth huge mug of tea within the space of two hours on a Sunday evening a month ago that did it. I stood back and calculated the amount of tea and coffee I was drinking and knew it had to stop. It seems laughable; cosy
TELEVISION producer Desmond Wilcox was recovering yesterday after being taken to hospital in an air ambulance after a heart attack. Mr Wilcox, 67, who had a heart bypass operation in 1986, was taken ill with severe chest pain early on Saturday at the
THE Government unveiled a national network of vehicle-testing centres in a crackdown on air pollution yesterday - but forgot to tell all the cities involved. Transport Minister Gavin Strang announced that, starting in July, free emission testing and
TWO thousand jobs could be lost to Scotland because six major oil companies have decided to shelve plans for the Clair oilfield development west of Shetland. The Herald has learned that it has become the first casualty of uncertainty in the oil industry
THE IRA's refusal to hand over any of its arms is overshadowing the cautious optimism in Northern Ireland since last weekend's popular backing for the Good Friday Agreement. Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing, indicated again yesterday
PORTENCROSS is alive; only the castle is a ruin. Nola Crewe of Toronto (May 22) has a nice romantic view of Portencross Castle as a restored home - restored to its original glory? But this is nonsense - Portencross was built as a defensive keep and was
Candles burn for child born of white heat CONCEIVED by Tony Benn and delivered by Margaret Thatcher, it was always going to be an unusual baby. However, Torness, Britain's showpiece nuclear power station, yesterday celebrated its 10th birthday
WALK into the centre of a volcano and see the lava flow - all within cappuccino distance of the Royal Mile. The volcano in question has of course been out of action for 350 million years and is more commonly known now as Holyrood Park. But geologist
YOUNGSTERS charged with vandalism could avoid a criminal record under a new scheme to be piloted in Scotland. It will bring juveniles face to face with their victims and allow them to make amends. The initiative was announced by Lothian and Borders
Anyone who has been to a personal development seminar or workshop will know the value of positive thinking and self belief in helping to make things happen. As a city Glasgow, recently voted the ''coolest'' city in Cool Britannia
NO-ONE was quite sure, afterwards, what John Wilkes Boothe cried as he leapt from the box, his gun discharged, that fateful night Abraham and Mary Lincoln decided to take in a show. Some insisted he shouted, ''The South is avenged!'&apos
I HAVE just seen an assignment completed by a third-year student from one of the ''newer'' universities. It contains the following spelling errors: really - rely personal - personnel smoother organisation - smother organisation rehearsal
COMPANIES have turned up their noses at the prospect of changes in tax on company car use, according to business advisers KPMG. An overhaul of the company car tax regime is expected in next month's Government's Transport White Paper, switching
REET Songs is the name given to the latest touring concert from this exciting collaboration between leading percussionist Evelyn Glennie and the eclectic voices of the Kings Singers. The name derives from Steve Martland's new collection of songs
The Government was urged yesterday to create an alternative to baptism for non-religious families. Labour peer Lord Young of Dartington, chairman of the Baby Naming Society, has submitted the plan to the Government committee on the family. He warned
THE CURE FOR LOVE by Jonathan Bate Picador , #15.99 This is a most rewarding read of a book; indeed, of a variety of books. Jonathan Bate, the scholar, defrosted academically-iced Shakespeare in his exhilarating The Genius of Shakespeare. His literary
ON May 22 you reported how the Rev Dan Bryant, from Springfield, Oregon, told a hushed General Assembly of the tragedy which had hit his home town. That day he spoke through tear-stained eyes of the awful pain and grief caused by a 15-year-old boy, brought
RUNNING in the red of Motherwell made famous by Tom McKean, and coached by the Bellshill Bullet's former mentor, Tom Boyle, Grant Graham proved himself a chip off a raw old Lanarkshire block yesterday as he won the 800 metres - one of four Scots
EVIDENCE is growing that a mighty comet smashed into the earth just a few thousand years ago, impacting on the myths and religion of early civilisations. Numerous ancient writings, including prophecies such as the Book of Revelation in the Bible, appear
EDINBURGH City Council's chief executive has offered a councillor who seriously breached a national code of conduct one month to give his side of the story. Councillor David Brown was instrumental in securing a council tenancy for the mother of
CRITICISM of the first part of the official inquiry report into the Harris superquarry was growing yesterday, just a week before all responses are due to be submitted to the Scottish Office. The Herald has learned that there is serious concern within
BRIAN Wilson has every right to air his Unionist views, which he does frequently and strenuously. What he has much less right to do, as Scottish Education Minister, it seems to me, is to cast doubt on the value of Scottish four-year degrees as you report
CARL Stottor was scarcely more than a teenager when he met Dennis Nilsen in a gay bar in 1982. They talked for some time and then the older man, a civil servant, invited him back for coffee. There, in the North London flat that would become so notorious
Bigotry NO momentous party-going followed the Northern Ireland vote last Saturday. For lots of folk that soaring cheer had reached the rafters on too many sobs, and no-one is fooling themselves now. The easy part is over; the people's imperative
HELENSBURGH is to get a new children's home. Argyll and Bute Council has set aside #250,000 and is looking for a site in the town. Councillor Danny Kelly, housing and social work vice-convener, revealed that the first stage of the development will
A Fife pensioner has been hit by the E-coli 0157 bacteria, the second confirmed case in the Kingdom in four days. The 78-year-old man from West Fife, who is not being named by Fife Health Board, became unwell last week. However, a board spokesman said
BRITTEN's Cantata Misericordium is a beautiful and moving work, compressing into 20 minutes much of what is said more dramatically, and at greater length, in the War Requiem and the three church parables of the same period. But its brevity and subtlety
Lesbian and gay rights campaigners yesterday took a 25,000-signature petition calling for the repeal of the ban on local authorities promoting homosexuality to No 10 Downing Street. The petition, collected in one month by YouthSpeak, a gay rights organisation
Scotland's political debate is not exactly edifying. John Reid, the Armed Forces Minister, launched the latest Labour attempt yesterday to put his party on the front foot when he accused the SNP of being wreckers. This is a bit rich given that the
Baptism of fire: GRAEME SMITH explores the renaissance of Deeside's Mar Lodge. There is new life in Mar Lodge, one of Royal Deeside's most stunning buildings, and the green shoots of recovery are literally appearing throughout the 77,000-
LOTHIAN Health Board yesterday announced it was spending #16m on new services for patients. Most of the money will go towards general practice in the community. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary will receive an additional #400,000 to run the new dental hospital
Pupils have been banned from visiting farms on school trips because of fears that they could catch a disease from the animals. Renfrewshire Council ordered a stop last week on all organised trips to farms throughout the region after an increase in cases
Cumbrian Cadet, an early candidate for unluckiest horse of the season, can enjoy a welcome change of fortune in the Tote Sprint Handicap today at Redcar. An advantageous high draw is likely to help Tim Easterby's three-year-old strike at the third
Marian Pallister reports on a campaign to scrap a law perceived as homophobic. IN 1988, Margaret Thatcher was deeply into her ''family values'' period. The Victorian myth of a capitalist Papa, a nurturing Mama, and several clean,
House dust mites - the minute creatures which spark asthma attacks - are found in very high levels in two thirds of homes, according to a survey by the Building Research Establishment. The findings explode the myth that mites, invisible to the naked
John Derek, film director; born August 12, 1926, died May 22, 1998 John Derek, the actor-director who was the force behind the meteoric career of his wife, Bo Derek, has died, aged 71. Derek, who had a history of heart trouble, was found unconscious
YOUNG Scottish rock musicians who dream of becoming the Primal Scream, Simple Minds, or Wet Wet Wet of tomorrow can breathe easy. The Government is not going to take away your dole money and make you swop your band rehearsals for a dull day-job after
Addiction to caffeine is no storm in a teacup. Ben West looks at the dangers. PEOPLE may at present be arguing passionately about the merits and dangers of cannabis, but an Army court martial last year vividly illustrated the possible hazards of using
JAPANESE Emperor Akihito arrived in Britain on a State visit last night, with protests awaiting him today from veterans over the wartime treatment of British prisoners. There was an early indication of the public mood when about 20 survivors of the internment
The Perth Festival tested the water with the inclusion of Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Band in its programme, and was rewarded not only with a full house, but - judging by the acclaim which greeted the encore - a well-satisfied audience. If
SCOTS are being asked to vote in three separate elections next year under three different voting systems. The elections for the Scottish Parliament, to be conducted under the additional member system, are to be held on the same day as the council elections
HIGHLANDS farmer Duncan MacDonald was so impressed by the good looks of a 28-month-old Aberdeen Angus heifer in a sale-ring that he bought it for more than #1500 as a birthday present for his wife. The all-black heifer, dubbed Mo by Anne MacDonald, joined
YOUNG film fans may be thrilled by big budget special effects movies - but their first love is golden oldies, according to a survey today. A poll of 16 to 25-year-olds placed the romantic blockbuster Gone With The Wind at the top of the all-time top
The next big move in interest rates will be downwards as the UK economy slows, a report from Barclays Bank predicts today. The tightness of the labour market and the prospect of wage rises pushing up inflation mean it is too early to be certain that
After a Saturday afternoon with no football - if you don't count England's magnificent 0-0 draw with Saudi Arabia - the withdrawal symptoms are beginning to bite. The World Cup is looming, with much delights to savour for those of us lucky
William Russell talks to John Boorman, who is stalking controversy with his latest Cannes prize-winning film It is 30 years since John Boorman made his Hollywood debut with the stylish thriller, Point Blank. In the intervening years this prolific, hard-to-categorise
No smoke without ire: Kevin Dunion considers the efficiency of international environmental agreements for industry. Industry is playing a new role on the international environmental stage - that of nature's saviour. ''We are no longer
A SCOTS professor is to use her retirement to undertake a round-the-world trip with a difference in an effort to unlock the secrets of hundreds of plants so they can be used to help feed the people of developing nations. Instead of taking it easy and
EXCLUSIVE A SCOTS scientist will fly to Las Vegas later this year to attempt to talk his colleagues out of what he sees as gambling with people's lives. Professor John Govan, of Edinburgh University, is urging caution over the development of
JUNE is National Osteoporosis Month, when the National Osteoporosis Society will raise awareness of the disease which affects all generations, and not only, as is so commonly thought, the post-menopausal woman. The society is working with Boots the Chemist
Ernie Els, the world's No.1, yesterday stepped into the controversy over the Callaway metal woods by backing the R & A and the USGA in their attempts to halt new technology. Considering that the South African is paid to play Taylormade clubs, a
CHICAGO: An explosion which tore a hole in the side of a church and injured 33 people in Danville, Illinois, was caused by a bomb, federal authorities said. It was the second church bombing in the area in five months. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
CLAIMS that a #5.4m deal with SKY TV for coverage of the league cup next season had been scuppered by members of the embryo Scottish Premier League were vigorously denied last night. The first, second, and third -division clubs had hoped to push
A senior officer with a Government development agency was jailed for 60 days and his name placed on the sex offenders register yesterday for an indecent assault on a nine-year-old boy in his Loch Ness-side home. Johnathan Poore, 40, admitted removing
YOUR headline on your latest poll (Scotland says No, May 21) fails to do justice to the great majority of Scots who consistently reject separatism. Your poll surely was a signal of the endorsement of the majority of our people of the benefits for Scotland
ABERDEEN seems certain to lose one of its traditional open air markets, and the Castlegate is the site likely to disappear. The warning came yesterday from Councillor Yvonne Allan, convener of environmental and consumer protection: ''We are
Police yesterday appealed for help in tracing Miss Shona Bradley, 48, not seen since Friday. Also missing from her home at Port Dunbar, Wick is her red Peugeot 106, registration R384 WSK. Miss Bradley - 5ft 7in, of medium-to-large build, with short,
Please bear with me while I rant on about a property development adjacent to the Diary Towers in the West End of Glasgow. Honest it is not a case of Nimby - Not in My Back Yard. It is a case of Nimfy - Not in My Front yard. Glasgow City Council are anxious
Alistair Mackenzie Clark, retired police officer; born August 12, 1920, died May 15, 1998 RETIRED Chief Superintendent Alistair Clark of Strathclyde Police has died peacefully in hospital after a long illness. He was born in Glasgow of Highland parents
THE MANAGEMENT of Celtic Football club was criticised last night after the club tried to interfere with a play about its history. The row broke out a week after the producers turned to former club director Brian Dempsey for #200,000 backing to allow
THE legacy of Argentina, it seems, will never cease to haunt the people who follow football in this country. On the international scene we can be sure that every time there is a glimpse of silver lining, the terror of failure makes sure the view is
BRITAIN'S supermarket giants are gearing up for a loyalty scheme price war over the new Individual Savings Accounts, a leading banker warned yesterday. Mervyn Pedelty, chief executive of the fast-growing Co-operative Bank, said the assault on the
Colonel C G F Mitchinson, MBE, late Royal Scots; born January 28, 1945, died May 10, 1998 COLONEL Christopher Gordon Fleet Mitchinson, who has died in Glasgow aged 53, was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Gallantry in 1971 while serving as
Lead role for an unknowing undertaker: Sasha was captured at the wheel when her owner, Gill Spencer, 35, from Kennoway, Fife, and friend Wendy Rodger, 45, set up Pets At Rest recently to give four-legged friends funerals fit for humans. The company has
I CONFESS it was an exciting prospect to see Ms Bassey at the Armadillo (aka Clyde Auditorium), which probably coloured my judgment of ''very special guests'', the Vibrations. A cross between the Gypsy Kings and the Shadows, these
A survey of women after a nutrition plan claimed to achieve weight loss without dieting has shown an 82% success rate, it was claimed yesterday. The programme is also said to banish aches and pains, headaches, insomnia, and depression in the vast majority
A MANAGERESS who quit her job because she was not given sick pay has been awarded more than #2000 compensation. Mrs Catherine McFarlane, of Lochern Crescent, Paisley, told an industrial tribunal that her employers said they could not afford to give her
n In football today there's many a young pretender intent on matching on-the-park prowess with a healthy score in the nightclubs. But there can be only one, undisputed champion - George Best remains the king, on and off the field. n Born in Belfast
ANOTHER cruise run by a beleaguered Glasgow-based holiday company has been cancelled, this time just five hours after 1000 passengers had boarded the ship. Last month the same vessel, the 32,000-ton SS Edinburgh Castle, was delayed, due to technical
LEADING companies were today accused of double standards over childcare as a survey revealed that most recognised the need to help staff with children, but few provided practical help such as nurseries. Timed to coincide with National Childcare Week,
Wentworth In a setting reminiscent of Bannockburn, Colin Montgomerie led the Scottish charge which routed the English challenge to capture the Volvo PGA Championship for the first time yesterday. Throughout the never-ending drama, four Scots had the
DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry investigators closed down 72 companies last year, double the number the previous year, and the number of directors disqualified also doubled. Complaints to the department's investigation branch rose by 11%. Inquiries
Left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn yesterday hit out at proposals to change the way Labour's parliamentary candidates are selected, warning that they would stop ''radical voices'' emerging in future. The Islington North MP is described
The yen lurched to its lowest in nearly seven years against the dollar yesterday and was seen sliding further, amid speculation the US may be forced to tolerate the loss of competitiveness due to its strong currency. Main European bourses extended gains
New Jersey The expected recovery of Kevin Gallacher from the stomach virus which struck him on the first day of Scotland's World Cup preparations in the USA has not yet taken place. Yesterday at the team's hotel, manager Craig Brown admitted
It's easy to be cynical, writes Alan Sinclair, who argues that the Government's New Deal to tackle unemployment must be given a chance to work. OUT went the Russian czars, in came the communists and with them perhaps this cen-tury's most
A NEWLY discovered group of toxic proteins believed to trigger Alzheimer's disease might be an important step towards effective treatment for the disease, scientists said yesterday. The proteins are thought to interfere with the brain signalling
ARMED Forces Minister John Reid yesterday denied that he was being used by the Labour leadership as part of a blunt campaign against the SNP, claiming that a speech was intended as a low-key intellectual analysis of national identity. He told Edinburgh
THE lawyer acting for freed nurse Lucille McLauchlan said last night that he had authorised the release of #700,000 ''blood money'' to the brother of murder victim Yvonne Gilford. The money, which will go to Frank Gilford, has lain
SCOTS yesterday read the Riot Act to researchers who claimed in a survey that reading is a closed book to many north of the Border. The survey suggests that Scots read the fewest books in Britain, with classics written by our own literary greats such
