THE Duke of Edinburgh is again to compete at the Drumlanrig Castle Horse Driving Trials at Thornhill, near Dumfries, this year. He heads an impressive national and international entry including world silver medallist George Bowman, from Penrith, and
A DRIVER puts his Model T Ford in the viewfinder before setting off on Britain's 90th anniversary Model T tour from Moness Country Club, near Aberfeldy. In all, 40 preserved and restored Model T Fords embarked on the tour, which is being held in
MORE than ever before, football is seen as a squad game. In an age when physical capacity takes precedence over skill, team rotation and tactical reshuffling are becoming commonplace in a rising number of dressing rooms. The 22 players selected by Craig
LONDON'S blue-chip FTSE-100 index was up more than 50 points at one stage yesterday, but its gains were eroded in the afternoon by uninspired trading on Wall Street. The Footsie, which took some strength from a steadier picture in global stock markets
Savers should not rely on building society claims that mutual organisations are offering customers a better deal, according to a new survey. ''Contrary to popular belief the top savings rates are not always offered by building societies,&apos
folk THE DARK GIFT OF TIME, CHRISTINE COLLISTER (FLEDG'LING) Dark being the operative word as, with stellar accompaniment including Richard Thompson's guitar and John Surman's baritone sax, Collister wraps her husky, lived-in soulfulness
PAUL Walker yesterday vowed not to be cannon-fodder for Britain's fastest 800 metres runners. ''I towed the two guys who finished ahead of me in the rankings to their best times last season, but I won't make that mistake again,&apos
CHINESE sports authorities suggest Western suspicions at their methods are unfair, but the catalogue of statistics and incidents does little to silence the sceptics: q DURING the 1990s, 27 Chinese swimmers have tested positive for banned drugs - more
London brewery Fuller Smith & Turner bucked the market trend against traditional beers as sales of its cask conditioned beers rose 11%. The group, which also takes in Fuller's Inns and Hotels, announced pre-tax profits for the year to March 28 up
GLASGOW City Council, organisers of the Great Scottish Run which is to have live TV coverage for the first time in more than a decade, hope that the junior event, announced yesterday, will break all records, writes Doug Gillon. The Bank of Scotland Junior
INTERNATIONAL confidence in Latin America received a knock last year as the region was hit by shockwaves from the Asian economic crisis, and Edinburgh Inca Trust suffered accordingly. The #29.9m investment trust lost 14% of its net asset value during
WHEN this utterly fascinating, febrile collaboration between Lindsay Kemp and Christopher Bruce first appeared in 1977, there was nothing quite like it in any of the other dance company repertoires. Twenty-one years on and this still holds true: no-one
BRITISH Energy yesterday outlined its plans to achieve control all 20 nuclear reactors in the Canadian province of Ontario as part of a ''public-private partnership'' embracing the provincial government, the US electricity generator
THREE people were injured, one seriously, in a two-car smash on the A889 Dalwhinnie-Laggan road, Inverness-shire yesterday. The driver of one car was flown by air ambulance to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness with severe injuries. Occupants of the second
POLICE were stunned when a driver who was three times over the drink driving limit asked them why he had stopped him. Police had watched Stuart Carle, 24, leave skidmarks of more than 100ft after he smashed into a lamp-post before driving off. Carle,
THE scientists who created Pakistan's programme to acquire enriched plutonium and harness it for military use were trained at British universities. For the last two decades, as Pakistan strove to match its larger neighbour in the threat stakes,
DESCENDANTS of 12 Scottish fishermen lost at sea 61 years ago set off yesterday to Iceland to visit the graves for the first time. The Aberdeen trawler Loch Morar was wrecked in 1937, leaving 12 widows and 36 children without fathers. Margaret Patrone
THOUGHT is dangerous, especially in a game like golf when a stray item rattling around the brainbox can surface uncannily at the precise moment of execution of a crucial four-foot sidehiller or a delicate floater over a bunker. Suddenly remembering that
A teacher friend told me recently about a seminar on bullying which highlighted the complaints of a boy who had been the victim of a tirade of personal abuse. I'll spare you the lurid details but it seems the boy had aroused the ire of his team-mates
DUTCH-based airline KLM uk yesterday announced one-way fares of #69 from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen to Amsterdam. Flights via London Stansted to Paris, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Milan will also be available at the same price from June
Parents of pupils at the Nicolson Institute, in Stornoway - where the entire school board has resigned - have told their councillor there is a lack of management at the school. Stornoway councillor Norman L Macdonald said yesterday he had received numerous
With his thirtieth birthday looming in July, Barry Sutherland reckoned it was time for a change of direction. So, after several years of unprecedented success with Scotland's top club, Newlands, he will be dropping down to play for the Scottish
TV Row FOOTBALL Task Force chairman David Mellor yesterday welcomed the decision by Premier League chiefs to reject Sky TV's plans for pay-per-view television. The move was surprisingly booted out following a two-day meeting in Leicester yesterday
ONE of my roles in life today appears to be that of favourite (frequently with Alan Taylor) whipping boy for Scottish publishers. Collectively and individually they apparently need to kick against the pricks, and for understandable reasons I'm a
The world awaits. With bated breath, nay palpitating intensity, we sweat out the seconds in pop limbo. We cannot bear it. Will they or won't they? Is our planet to be one pop phenomenon richer or poorer? To rejoice or commiserate? Five fickle floozies
Atlantic Power Northern Open English tour professional Lee James was ''down to my last buck'' until he won the Atlantic Power Northern Open championship at Royal Aberdeen yesterday. James shot rounds of 68 and 72 on the final day
Jim Criner never thought it would be like this. Even when he left training camp in Georgia in early Spring, the Scottish Claymores' head coach felt it was with a team capable of repeating the World Bowl success of 1996. Nothing from the first match
IME for Meall nan Tarmachan (1043m) and a hike along the mountain ridge which guards Killin at the west end of Loch Tay. Whilst walking her dog, the ''manager'' had checked out the weather report on a board in the window of the Outdoor
THE social work chief ultimately responsible for supervising paedophile Steven Leisk who murdered Aberdeen schoolboy Scott Simpson is taking early retirement. Alex Hamilton, assistant director of social work, controlled the criminal justice team within
A young mother yesterday admitted posing as a qualified nurse to spend more than three years working in hospitals and nursing homes. Nicola Oldmeadow, 27, pleaded guilty at Gloucester Crown Court to two charges of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception
Barings, the bank that bore the rogue trader, has now unleashed the rogue writer - a Glaswegian with a devilish sense of humour. In an exclusive interview, he reveals all to Cameron Simpson Looking at Mark Cohen you would never guess he has just killed
Kay Carmichael writes: Keith Wardrop had a gift for working with all kinds of people, from the most disturbed to the socially inadequate, from the most unresponsive civil servants to the most aggressive prison officers, but he loved best working with
Gordon Simpson, the latest recruit to Scotland's growing regiment of Kilted Kiwis, is a man well aware that he has a great deal to prove to his comrades in arms as he pulls on a navy blue jersey for the first time today. When Cammie Mather, flatmate
AN investor called his broker one day and placed an order for 10,000 shares of a penny stock. The order was filled and the price rose 10%. A week later the investor bought more shares. The price rose again. After a few months the investor had accumulated
Gerard Seenan and photographer Stewart Attwood The First Glorious Mystery (Revised): The Cynical Journalist Takes the Waters of Lourdes. IN front of the steel crash barriers more commonly associated with rock concerts and festivals, the Italians
THIS month sees the end of an era as four Scottish businessmen who dominated their fiefdoms bow out as chairmen, writes Andrew Wilson. Departing are Sir Bruce Patullo at the Bank of Scotland, Lords Macfarlane and Weir from their packaging and engineering
travellers' checks l Just opened in India is a brand new luxury hotel which offers its guests multiple incentives for making the trip there. Set in 30 acres of orchards, decorative pools and fountains in Jaipur, the Rajvilas is India's first
With grounds extending to around nine acres - including excellent grazing in three enclosures (two of which are bounded by a river) and with ample scope for a substantial stable block, Borland House in Kilmarnock is particularly likely to appeal to
Frances Horsburgh Scottish Political Writer FORMER Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley yesterday launched a blistering attack on the present Labour Government, accusing it of being prepared to abandon the most disadvantaged 15% of the population to
Like a rhinestone cowgirl . . . black jet-fringed bikini set by Warehouse, #25 at Warehouse, Argyle Street, Glasgow and Waverley Centre, Edinburgh; Frasers, Buchanan Street, Glasgow and Princes Street, Edinburgh. Diamante bracelet, #225 and bangles,
WHILE most of Scotland's top swimmers face a nerve-racking bid for Commonwealth Games selection at the British Grand Prix Finals in Sheffield today and tomorrow, triple Olympian Alison Sheppard is staying at home to chase a first world record. The
What makes the scientists tick? Dr David Weeks investigates I once thought that inventing was a practical, very ''hands on'' preoccupation. I also thought fully-qualified scientists were usually right, and amateur scientists were
Scotland's bumper domestic summer regatta season continues today, when Lochwinnoch club Castle Semple play host to an event that sets new entry records, with 222 crews taking part. The Clyde Muirshiel Castle Semple Regatta breaks further new ground
AN improvement in the trade figures in March masked an underlying deterioration in the trend as the strength of sterling continued to eat into export volumes. The drop in the export orders balance in Thursday's CBI survey points to a continued decline
A FRANTIC mother had to watch as her four young children and their father died when fire swept through their top-floor tenement flat yesterday morning. The remains of a smoke detector were found in the flat, but there was no sign of a battery. Mr John
Gold medal winners, in official Government bonuses and other rewards, received #100,000 each after Atlanta. That is like a Briton, who earns a modest #20,000 per year, collecting #4m RECENT sporting performances in China have provoked furious debate,
Basil Holden, Rector of Glasgow Academy, 1959-1974; born November 10, 1913, died May 24, 1998 BASIL Holden, a very unusual and delightful man, was Rector of Glasgow Academy for 15 years which spanned the difficult years of the 1960s. His style of headmastering
Even if you are not a Brookie buff, or only an occasional viewer of the Liverpudlian soap, chances are you'll have heard of the famous Body Under the Patio storyline. However, you may not be familiar with the Behind the Scenes scenario which comes
BANK of Scotland's new Governor, Sir Alistair Grant, emphasised yesterday how crucial it was for the bank to remain independent in a devolved Scotland. Speaking minutes after he succeeded Sir Bruce Pattullo at the conclusion of Bank of Scotland&
pop THE FRANK SINATRA STORY, FRANK SINATRA (CARLTON) Released with what you can either hail as perfect timing or decry as gross insensitivity, this two-CD collection doesn't give you the whole story. Rather it focuses on a couple of Frank's
SCOTLAND'S newest literary prize has attracted so many entries its organisers fear they will be forced to delay announcing the winner by three months. Today is the deadline for the Dundee Book Prize, and already the organisers have taken delivery
MIGHTY mouth John McCririck is best known as the unacceptable face of Channel 4 racing. Perched on his seat in the corner of the studio, he enlivens the ''Morning Line'' every Saturday by pontificating on a variety of subjects
Cricket: County Championship Dominic Cork staked his claim for a Test recall against his cannon-fodder country South Africa after claiming his first five-wicket County Championship haul since September 1995 on the opening day against Leicestershire at
I love my husband to bits, and we have been happily married for 24 years, but the one area we fall out about constantly is holidays, and it is that time of year again. He loves nothing better than for us to go up to the North of Scotland, and for him
The military phrase ''kit inspection'' took on a new meaning at Sandhurst recently when officer cadet Tristan Gooley went naked on parade to demonstrate that, in the sentiments of Isaiah, he wouldn't study war any more. As a
Conference B Drumpellier today face a decisive afternoon which could shape the remainder of their season. For an accurate definition of ''Unpredictable,'' look no further than the Coatbridge side's record to date. As skipper
Angus Fitchet, fiddler; born July 12, 1910, died May 15, 1998 WITH no formal tuition on the instrument, Angus Fitchet not only became one of Scotland's foremost fiddlers and band leaders but was an authority on all types of music. Having started
Duncan, 34, from Dundee, furnishes this extremely revealing dream. Duncan says that he is ambitious and determined to reach the top of his profession - he works in sales. Duncan's dream I found myself crouching down in a thicket in a field in
Upfront on Saturday DEFENDING the erasure of the traditional dating term BC (Before Christ) and its replacement with the more politically correct BCE (''before the common era'') to avoid insensitivity to the non-Christian religious
Irishman Leslie Kee, 47, and Michelle Barnes, 37, from Yorkshire, who marry in August, become re-acquainted with a Prestwick station bench on which they met last year, a gift from ScotRail.
AA MUSEUM technician hangs one of Robert Capa's most famous photographs, the Death of a Loyalist Militiaman, in preparation for an exhibition of the war photographer's work which opens at the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh today
NEIL Hewitt's life turned upside down in a split second. From being one of Britain's brightest speedway prospects, the 24-year-old is now consigned to a wheelchair for the rest of his life following a crash 12 months ago. Neil is convinced
BRITAIN yesterday ordered home its envoy to Pakistan as the country's nuclear stand-off with India moved a step closer to military confrontation. Pakistan's foreign minister confirmed that it had targeted missiles at India to repel what it
ROCKER Fish is hosting a giant party today in his adopted home town. The former Marillion frontman - real name Derek Dick - is celebrating his tenth anniversary as a solo performer with a massive musical party in Haddington. Fans from America, Holland
SCOTTISH Health Minister Sam Galbraith yesterday admitted the Government had fallen down on its pledges on waiting lists, but promised that they would improve, writes Chris Holme. He told the annual NHS in Scotland conference at Peebles that an additional
DARRYLL Holland experienced mixed fortunes at Ayr yesterday when he rode a 66-1 hat trick and received a four-day suspension for excessive use of the whip. The jockey was banned from June 8 to 11 inclusive for the number of times he hit third race runner-up
Tour Diary WHEN it comes to dealing with a spiralling overdraft, Fiji's rugby adminstrators may have a useful tip for their counterparts at Murrayfield, who have a multi-million pound debt to deal with. Speaking on the day the Fijian RU finally
l Colour has the power to influence our wellbeing, explains Tessa Simpson The effect of colour on our lives is so subtle that we seldom think about it - therefore, recognising that colour can have a healing effect comes as a surprise to many people.
Whyte & Mackay Scottish Cup Penicuik and Kelso have more in common than meets the eye. Both Border League minnows face daunting opposition in the second round of Whyte & Mackay Scottish Cup group matches tomorrow, and, of more interest, in a week when
JEZ is a loner; hopelessly drawn into phone sex and one-night stands, he loses the affections and ultimately friendship of his flatmate and turns back to what he knows best - instant self-gratification. Sounds familiar? Well, yes, and that's not
It's time for action if you want to see your colours flying timely tasks l Now is a good time to treat problem weeds in the lawn, such as the lesser yellow trefoil, with a suitable selective lawn weedkiller l Don't forget to shade the greenhouse
A TIME bomb of ill health and mortality could go off in 2030, warned a study published in the British Medical Journal yesterday. The research - conducted among 6000 West of Scotland men over a 20-year period - has uncovered a strong link between childhood
If you go down to the woods tomorrow, you're sure of a big surprise. That is the Frankfurt Waldstadion - the stadium in the woods - where, 24 years ago, Scotland's World Cup hopes were extinguished by a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia. Tomorrow evening
GREATNESS marches to a different beat. As composer Julie Styne said of Frank Sinatra: ''Frank figured it out. He sings the words. The other fellers sing the notes.'' So it is with South American football. A continent's love affair
MORE than half of us become deaf with age, part of the ''sans everything'' syndrome which affects the over-60s. Loss of hearing does not happen, however, simply because our ears wear out, even though many married men would maintain
The Emperor of Japan's state visit ended yesterday with a declaration by his official spokesman that it had been ''a successful celebration'' - despite being dogged by bitter protests. Emperor Akihito himself looked highly pleased
Nicely captured by the image on this year's programme of a kilted knee, with secateurs substituted for sgian dhu, the throng in Strathclyde Park for Scotland's National Gardening Show yesterday ranged from the Barbour brigade to wee wifies
President Boris Yeltsin attacked Russia's stubborn tax-collection problem yesterday, firing the country's leading tax official and announcing the government's strategy to spur revenue growth. The plan won immediate praise from the International
IF ever there was a perfect illustration of the great divide between Flat and jumps racing, it surely hits us smack between the eyes today. Having witnessed man and beast risk life and limb on ridiculously firm ground at Hexham earlier this week for
THE most bitter boxing battle of the year seems destined to be a dirty fight outside the ring after the Scottish Sports Council yesterday announced they are establishing an independent commission to look at the future of the sport. In the red corner
GREAT North Eastern Railways says it will introduce up to 30 tilting trains between London and Edinburgh, provided that it can negotiate an extension to its franchise. GNER has put in a provisional order for two tilting trains with the GEC-Alsthom
Marcella Evaristi THERE was a time when theatrical agents would sniffily protect their clients from the reputation-damaging world of advertising. This sensitive protection from the vulgar voice-over could come expensive - in The Voice Squad (R4) I heard
GRAHAM Robertson has used his slow, methodical approach to bowls to become Scotland's most prolific winner of titles in recent years. The 40-year-old tax inspector is still the only Scot to have won both the British indoor and outdoor singles titles
aA ''table of death'' theory at a church lunch was investigated by a team fighting the E-coli food poisoning epidemic. It was believed eight elderly lunch guests sitting at the same table died after eating E-coli 0157-contamined steak
I understand that parents will in future no longer be able to reclaim dividend tax credits on a child's behalf - so what alternatives are there? There is a specific National Savings product designed for those who wish to invest on behalf of children
Gayle Campbell and Gemma Watson will have a chance to convince selectors they deserve a place in the Commonwealth Games when they line up for Scotland in the Welsh Open next weekend. At present, seven tickets have been earmarked for gymnastics, and they
HOW are Scotland going to play for 0-0 against Brazil now that our top goalie has jumped ship? Despite the promising draw with Colombia last weekend, Scotland have an enormous task to escape Group A. Coral are the least hopeful, assessing Scotland at
I have about 200 or so cricket ties and one of my earliest is almost my favourite, bought from a little shop near the Embankment in London. It is the R S P tie - Rain Stopped Play - and it's device is a crease, stumps and bails all surmounted by
Flower power: the cliched ideology behind the long-haired, funny fag smoking, Volkswagen driving, badly dressed late sixties generation. After 30 years, this line of thinking has become a joke. But perhaps we should take a step back and consider the
Formula One motor racing is full of ruthless, driven people, few of them over concerned about being liked, let alone loved. Frank Williams, founder of Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is one of that case-hardened elite and his superficial public persona
STEVE REDGRAVE, Britain's four-time Olympic champion, continued his winning ways yesterday in the opening round of the World Cup in Munich. Along with Olympic pairs partner Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell, and enforced substitute Luka Grober, Redgrave
Ian Martin: broke off Hillsdown talks. UNIGATE called off its proposed takeover of the Hillsdown food-to-housebuilding conglomerate early yesterday morning, and immediately precipitated a war of recrimination. On Thursday morning, both companies issued
MORE than 70 workers were made redundant yesterday at the threatened Sweater Shop factory in Cumnock, Ayrshire, writes Craig Watson. However, the plant should remain open for at least a further three weeks, it was claimed. Mr John Steele, district secretary
A couple of weeks ago, Nancy Lopez finished joint second in an event in Tennessee. Back home with her #33,410 cheque, she settled down in front of the television to watch Tiger Woods win #202,500 for his victory in the Bellsouth Classic. ''
Thirty-five years after 16 boats started the first ever Two Handed Round Britain and Ireland Race, Sunday, June 7 will see 46 entrants start from Plymouth embarking on the 1865-mile race which takes place every four years. By tomorrow, the whole fleet
trying to make people behave better by legal compulsion is the perfect recipe for making them behave worse PROHIBITION: The 13 Years That Changed America (Penguin; #7.99) No nation more than the United States is founded on the principle of letting
THE Scottish Office has commissioned research to establish the extent of drug-related crime in Fife, where offences rose by 22% last year. The object is improved targeting of police resources. Fife Constabulary is also entering a partnership with Fife
PRUDENTIAL is introducing a ''baby-break'' facility into its mortgages, allowing customers to apply for a six-month break from repayments. The Pru says it is intended to help women cope with the financial pressure to go back to work
Surprise, surprise, the Isa has arrived 10 months early. The Individual Savings Account does not come into operation until April 1, 1999, and it is designed to create simple, no-nonsense products that we can all understand. But that is far too straightforward
Scotland's new Edinburgh-based professional team could play their first competitive matches in Glasgow, at the City of Glasgow International Tournament on August 29 and 30. With the season due to tip off in early September, getting quality warm-up
LAMENESS in dairy cattle - the subject of a stinging rebuke to the industry from the Farm Animal Welfare Council last year - can and should be tackled by selective breeding, according to scientists. A five-year research programme carried out by Wye College
''ANYONE for a Rotterdam,'' enquired Paddy as we wandered wearily into the bar of The Boat Hotel in Boat of Garten after a day's salmon fishing on the Spey. ''Or maybe a Grimsby instead?'' The baffled Scotsman
THE Challenge Cup has been axed because of financial cutbacks in Scottish football. And that means the trophy which has been played for by clubs in the first, second and third divisions is the first major tournament victim of the lack of sponsorship
Hockey RHONA Simpson has taken a long time to produce her undoubted class at the women's World Cup in Utrecht, but the wait has been well worthwhile. She hit the target to seal Scotland's 5-3 triumph against India to put them through to a play
WHEN he was manager of Kilmarnock, Jim Fleeting was blessed with the gift of irrational optimism that is a pre-requisite of those daft enough to become top league managers, but even he did not take his team into a major contest hoping they could win
WE live in strange times. A couple of weeks ago, the Prime Minister invited a group of academics, politicians and journalists to Downing Street and asked them to help him make up his mind what he believed. In the past, party leaders have been inclined
The future of Dutch investment bank ING Barings - part of ING Groep NV - was in doubt yesterday, following the resignation of chief executive Arjun Mathrani after only five months at the firm. The Amsterdam-based bank said that Mathrani had left because
Scotland v Spain Scotland made it third time lucky at rain-lashed Glasgow Gailes yesterday when they trounced Spain 14 1/2-9 1/2 in their biennial international friendly. Two years ago the Spaniards won the corresponding fixture in Valderrama and last
A CIVIL liberties group last night backed calls for children to be used as ''honey traps'' to catch shopkeepers who continually flout the law. The move followed what is understood to be the first prosecution of its kind in the UK
AN upbeat valedictory chairman's statement from Sir William Purves sent shares in HSBC rocketing up 57p to 1600p yesterday. He told the annual meeting in London that the multi-national bank had performed according to plan in the first quarter of
The time, the place: ITV, Saturday teatime, 1974-1978. But really: A brave new world in which science would soon make spare-part surgery as simple as scavenging a starter motor for an old Ford Cortina. The $6 Million set-up: Astronaut Steve Austin
SCOTLAND on the eve of the World Cup was not a good place to be watching My Summer With Des (BBC1, Monday). Not that any place was particularly good, but we had extra reasons for finding it objectionable. It was an orgy of anglocentrism, featuring clips
HIBERNIAN manager Alex McLeish is set to get tough with his players, by cancelling their summer holidays and calling them back in for training. The Easter Road boss yesterday revealed that players will have to report in for light work-outs once a week
IT is perhaps indicative of the shortcomings of publishing in Scotland that it took the publisher Hunter Steele (Herald Essay, May 23) more than six months to reply to my column in the Scotsman. Mr Steele says that my view is partial, unfair, and unconstructive
The Jury Room IT is seminar night in The Jury Room. It is probably always seminar night in The Jury Room but this night the seminar is taking a more official form. It is the turn of O.U.Wilson's wife, Samantha Very Sapiens, to choose the bar
STUNNED animal welfare workers discovered a pair of boa snakes crammed into a fish tank after the owner left home. A neighbour contacted the SSPCA when no-one visited for almost two weeks. Officers discovered the 6ft Burmese pythons spilling out of
A trial against a doctor facing a series of charges of improper conduct against female patients was dramatically halted yesterday after counsel defending the GP revealed he wished to interview people who had come forward to give statements which might
in england Chelsea insisted Mark Hughes still has a future at Stamford Bridge yesterday, despite breaking their club transfer record with the signing of Pierluigi Casiraghi. The European Cup Winners' Cup holders splashed out #5.4m on the Italian
GLASGOW Govan MP Mohammed Sarwar has lost a crucial round in his #750,000 defamation action against the News of the World. The paper ran an article stating that Mr Sarwar handed over a #5000 ''bung'' in a carrier bag as an inducement
Play-offs provide the focus of attention on today's shinty card, even if neither of the two big games involved is in fact a play-off. And come this afternoon, shinty pundits and fans far and wide could be reaching for the calculators to establish
The north schools say they have been plunged into a rugby crisis because of the SRU. Now, there are good and bad people in the world. One of the good ones is Colin Baillie, a teacher at Millburn Academy in Inverness, and when he says he is '&apos
Stewart Lamont IMAGINE the Marx Brothers had done a biblical epic, or the radio show Round the Horne went religious, then you've got an idea of what the Reduced Shakespeare Company is trying to do with its show which opens at the Royal Lyceum in
THOSE with a healthy liking for the outdoors, a keen sense of adventure, competent map-reading skills and a good grounding in endurance techniques, will be attracted to the Lowe Alpine mountain marathon which is scheduled to be held ''somewhere
SCOTLAND'S two major cities were warned yesterday that if they tried to ''cut each others throats'' competing for conferences and investment then both would lose, and so would Scotland, writes John MacCalman, Municipal Correspondent
Conference A NOT since the first day of the season have Dunfermline played away from home and today they entertain a very ambitious Kelburne side who have started their campaign pretty convincingly. The Fifers are unique in having lost every one of their
KIRSTY SCOTT'S review (May 29) of Scottish transport policy suggests that policy-makers have difficulty grasping the concept of an ''integrated transport policy''. In particular that the Channel Tunnel offers an alternative to
I READ with mounting concern and incredulity your newspaper's assertions that Mr Brian Dempsey is the true voice of Celtic supporters and the saviour of the club. As all are no doubt aware, Mr Dempsey has the backing of the likes of Mr Peter Rafferty
When Scotland meet the United States in Washington, the international team manager, Craig Brown, may not be able to field exactly the team which he hopes to field against Brazil in Paris. However, he has admitted that he now knows the preferred 11 he
The Government is facing another barrage of opposition from the financial services industry over its CAT-mark for the new Individual Savings Accounts (Isas). The groundswell of concern over the proposed CAT - a guaranteed standard of cost, access and
Juliet Clough takes to the high seas on a mariner's flight of fancy Clinging to the ratlines - in a doomed attempt to reach the futtock shrouds - I decide that there are times when a man's reach is daft to even think of exceeding his grasp.
Godzilla, the cinema monster from the deep that destroys New York, is no match for the Teletubbies. According to Variety magazine, Teletubby merchandise is outselling Godzilla's three-to-one in the US. Toys R Us chairman Michael Goldstein declared
jazz GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET, ZURICH 1962 (SWISS RADIO DAYS JAZZ SERIES) Aficionados of the great, late, baritone saxophonist, Gerry Mulligan should check out this hugely enjoyable recording of a 1962 set by his ace quartet featuring trombonist Bob Brookmeyer
Faldo may not require wild card Memorial Tournament Nick Faldo plans to play his way onto next year's European Ryder Cup team, rather than rely on a wild card. Faldo intends to contest 11 European Tour events between this September and the Ryder
FARMERS and landowners across South-west Scotland have given a cautious welcome to plans for an access strategy being prepared in Dumfries and Galloway. The draft proposals will be published by the end of June. A series of workshops attended by more
Plastic loyalty cards for customers from outlets up and down the High Street are all the rage. Chances are you've got a wallet or purse full. Sainsbury, Tesco, the Co-op, and Safeway, not to mention Boots and W H Smith, all have loyalty cards for
Back from success in the Harvester's Relay Trophy, last weekend Interlopers narrowly beat city rivals Edinburgh Southern in the first Scottish semi-final of the Compass Sport Cup. At Douglas Forest, Tobias Andersson led Interlopers' domination
Conference C Ayr officials last night ruled out any chance of former World Cup keeper Andy Goram donning white flannels this afternoon. But even without Scotland's most controversial sportsman, this afternoon's clash with Ferguslie will have
We have a problem in this country and at its core is the unprecedented dominance of the philosophy of New Labour. Any functioning, healthy democracy requires an energetic critique of the views and actions of the party of government. That is the role
THE National Lottery's oldest jackpot winner celebrated with his family over a pint of beer yesterday after scooping #1.6m in Wednesday's draw. Jack Hewitt, 79, said of the moment when he watched the television screen and realised he had won
PAKISTAN'S testing of nuclear weapons was inevitable once India gatecrashed the world's atomic club. But ironically, by going public on the fact that both states have warheads and the means to deliver them at long range, the risk of all-out
WHERE are the banner headlines? Where are the apologies? Why has the recent admission of the Department of Social Security this month not made front-page news? The Benefits Integrity Project was established in a blaze of publicity designed to clearly
Did he stop the Germans from producing their own nuclear bomb - or was he a Nazi sympathiser? Michael Frayn's fascinating, scintillating philosophical teaser about the German physicist Werner Heisenberg's visit in 1941 to his Danish mentor,
Indignation is rising once more furth of the Forth. Northern hostility towards a perceived southern domination of Scottish affairs was fully aired during the last, failed devolution debate more than 20 years ago. It was particularly vehemently articulated
NORMALLY football matches between Scotland and Holland provide a fair degree of entertainment, such as the Scots' 3-2 win in the World Cup finals of 1978. But when the countries met at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam on this day 30 years ago both
Deutsche Bank Open Perfectionist Colin Montgomerie blamed his putting again for failing to lead the field at the Deutsche Bank SAP Open in Hamburg yesterday. The Scot, brilliant winner of the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth on Monday, finished his
WE ARE told that size does not matter, but numbers certainly do. Human beings are more appalled by a plane crash involving more than 500 people, such as the horrifying collision of two jumbo jets in Tenerife in 1977, than by, say, 90 passengers lost
TALKS on a new four-year contract for Dunfermline striker Andy Smith are on hold until the player, who scored 26 goals last season returns from a holiday in Spain. Smith is unhappy with the club's first offer, but manager Bert Paton said: '
FIRE crews were early today trying to dig out a youth trapped under 12ft of earth. He is only alive because a clay boulder which is pinning him down kept the full force of a landslide off his body. The teenager, who has not been named by West Yorkshire
froghopper Find a plant that has globules of white frothy liquid on it at this time of year and you'll know you have froghoppers or spittlebugs in the garden. We tend to refer to this secreted material as ''cuckoo spit''; it
n Snow White: A Tale of Terror (15) (PolyGram, to rent from Monday) The original tales by the brothers Grimm are notoriously nasty and bloody, so the idea of making a faithful version of Snow White is an interesting one; unfortunately, this gruesome
BP, which this week put its Shetland oil frontier on hold and threatened to scrap hundreds of new jobs, is risking a far more serious outrage - it is backing England for the World Cup. Scottish motorists returning from south of the Border bring word
AN attempt to name and shame Glasgow as one of Britain's most polluted cities backfired on environmentalists yesterday, writes Ron MacKenna. Friends of the Earth claimed the Government's air quality standards are being broken once a week in
May 30, 1967 n MR COLM Brogan, 28 Ridgmont Gardens, London WC1, wrote to the editor of The Herald, continuing a debate about ''Red Clydeside''. ''It is not a moot point whether John MacLean suffered from delusions of persecution
For the past six years he has helped guide the Glasgow-based multi-utility through its expansion and diversification into water, gas and telecommunications. Yet, just 12 years ago, Stuart made a decision that was to change his life and set his career
DUNDEE United last night described their meeting with the action group calling for major changes at Tannadice as ''a disappointment.'' Three directors of the club held 90-minute talks with a trio of delegates from United for Change
Barry Goldwater, former US Senator; born January 1, 1909, died May 29, 1998 Barry Goldwater, the sharp-tongued, uncompromising defender of conservatism whose fierce but futile campaign for the presidency in 1964 began the philosophical reshaping of
The countdown continues, 11 days to the World Cup and the telly's gone fitbonkers. Early last week, somewhere between Gary Lineker's Golden Boots, My Summer With Des, The Truth About Footballers, Faith, Hope and Calamity and Planet Football
Scotland will be represented for the first time in a European Tennis Association junior ranking tournament following the acceptance of four players into the main draw of the 16-and-under Cadet Masters in LaBaule, France from June 16 to 22. Mhairi Brown
RUSSIAN Slava Ekimov, riding for the US Postal team, won the 91-mile sixth stage of the Round-Britain Prutour race from Bristol to Reading when he broke clear of a group of 13 riders with one kilometre to go. Race leader Stuart O'Grady, of Australia
It is back to ''business as usual'' this weekend for Britain's most successful athlete of the modern era. Oarsman Steve Redgrave emerges from another winter of gruelling preparation to take his place in the boiler-room of the
It's an innovative idea based on an age-old principle - that of sharing Amelia Hill finds out about Lets schemes There are groats in Glasgow, tweeds in the Borders and reekies in Edinburgh. These are the currencies gaining strength throughout
TODAY, May 26, the broadcast media were reporting ''Scotland's worst-ever traffic jam'' on the A80 in the Cumbernauld area, with tailbacks at times between nine and 12 miles, and delays of up to three hours, apparently caused
THE sheer scale of the intensive hunt for the missing Aberfoyle couple, Roddy and Annemarie Aitken, was a key factor in a fall in the detection rate and a rise in the overall crime rate of Central Scotland Police in the last year, writes James Freeman
Scottish Widows Bank receives an honourable mention in the Moneyfacts survey, along with the Coventry building society, for its consistent appearance in the top savings tables over the past three years since it was launched. The bank, which has this
DONALD Dewar was discussing his visit to Paris for the World Cup opener between Scotland and Brazil. What would he wear? His press aide explained that the normal Tartan Army uniform comprised a football jersey and kilt. Mr Dewar, our most senior politician
album of the week classical/soundtrack Viva Zapata! (VARESE SARABANDE) This latest addition to the RSNO's growing catalogue of film score recordings is a particularly important one. It is the band's first contribution to the Los Angeles label
Welcome to The Herald Magazine's unique Readers' Photograph page. Each week, courtesy of Fujifilm UK Ltd, we will send 10 x 36-exposure rolls of colour film to the amateur photographer whose picture appears on this page. Any of the standard
Fleming century puts his team on top in first Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming battled oppressive heat to complete a century and put his side on top in the first Test against Sri Lanka yesterday. Fleming, who scored
A restaurant worker who held a schoolgirl captive and subjected her to a sex ordeal, while he faced a court appearance for making obscene phone calls, was jailed for five years yesterday. The victim told her attacker she was only 12-years-old and pleaded
A PLUMBER working for a council which has discovered a #4.8m deficit in its building and roads accounts earned #54,000 in one year, it emerged yesterday. The figure was #4000 more than his department head, Ken McLeod, who has been suspended from his
US stocks slid yesterday as investors turned cautious following this week's shake-out in Asian markets and the rumbling financial crisis in Russia. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 70.25 points at 8899.95. The loss for the week was the
I NOTED with some interest your small piece on the ''half-day request'', referring to a proposal that members of one of Glasgow Council's unions take a half-day on June 10. Has anyone asked what our dear councillors will be doing
SCOTTISH Secretary Donald Dewar was forced off the stage last night by chanting anti-poverty demonstrators just five minutes into a speech on the future of Scotland, write Benedict Brogan and Robbie Dinwoodie. Members of the National Petition Against
Bill Bruford is talking about recording with Eddie Gomez, about shaking hands with the great American double-bass player for the first time at 10am, spreading one of his own compositions in front of him half an hour later, and preserving the piece for
THE Edinburgh International Conference Centre lost nearly #4m during its first full year of trading, depriving shareholders of their yearly dividend, it was revealed yesterday. But the centre's chief executive, Hans Rissmann, insisted that the scale
Janet Hassan, child psychologist; born January 21, 1915, died April 14, 1998 JANET W M HASSAN, who died recently aged 83, was a teacher, psychologist, and child psychotherapist who played a key role in the post-war evolution of Scotland's childcare
AMBULANCE staff have returned to work at the station they abandoned because of an invasion of rats. A crew at the Kyleakin base on Skye were in the middle of a meal when they were called to an emergency. When they returned, they found teeth marks on
A MAN who died last night after a two-car collision in Harthill, Lanarkshire, was named as Mr Colin Bridges, 37, of Tarbothie Road, Shotts. Police said he was travelling alone when his vehicle was involved in the crash in West Benhar Road. The 32-year-old
THE Methodist Church yesterday defended its decision to consider abandoning teetotalism at its national HQ in favour of cashing in with a drinks licence. Trustees of Westminster Central Hall in London are discussing whether to apply for a licence for
A Scots family was coming to terms with its third tragedy in eight years yesterday after an angler drowned in western Australia. Mr Kenny Ross, 26, a fisherman, from Burghead, Moray, was angling from a pier when his line hooked a very large fish, which
Railtrack is accused of creating a North/South divide by stopping all significant rail investment at the Forth in a document which will go before Aberdeen councillors next week. Director of planning Peter Cockhead suggests the council should be questioning
Catherine Brown goes in search of the best oils to pep up your summer salads and gets some expert advice on how to taste test the slippery stuff Pouring oil in a thin stream over mixed salad leaves has become a mealtime ritual these days. But which oil
Parents of children who died or were severely injured after undergoing heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary yesterday called for a public inquiry after the General Medical Council ruled that the cases against three doctors at the hospital were proven
BANK of Scotland faced protests at its annual meeting yesterday over funding controversial new owners of Knoydart Estate. Jute company Titaghur recently sold the company which owns the 17,000-acre estate, Knoydart Peninsula Ltd, to a consortium which
RAIL staff working for Richard Branson have been told tattoos are taboo. Also on the banned list are body-piercing, badge-wearing, over-colourful make-up and long nails. The instructions to staff come in a brochure to coincide with the introduction of
ACCOUNTANTS are known for their thoroughness, but not always for their creativity. Perhaps that is why Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand have come up with the long, pretentious and boring name of PricewaterhouseCoopers for the global organisation
WHAT World Cup? Blase as they are, most Parisians are behaving as if no particular sporting event of planetary dimensions was actually going to take place here at all. Organisers of the event have been worried that the local population, never the warmest
Peter Mullen and I were in Cannes last week although we never actually met, for while he was enjoying his cinematic triumph and dodging, profound questions like ''What do you wear under your kilt?'' I had to watch a football match
Ever since the end of the cold war between the communist world and the west we were meant to be intent on peace. The purpose of the so-called peace dividend was to bring us, not only a reduction in defence spending but a decrease in our pre-occupation
AMONG the founding fathers of the Otago colony of Free Church pioneers in the middle years of last century was captain William Cargill - a puritanical character who might have stepped straight from the pages of the Old Testament. This year, the people
IN the euphoria of the final year of Peps we are likely to see millions salted away before April 1999 in tracker funds. This week it emerged that a new monthly record of #1700m was poured into Peps in April. And now the Government plans to give only
There is no disguising the fact, no matter what anyone says, that Scotland could have done without Andy Goram walking out before the biggest game in our history against Brazil. At such a belated stage in our preparations, all that would have been on
It's got to be perfect, Some people take second best, But I won't take anything less, It's got to be, perfect. And so the chorus goes of one of Fairground Attraction's best known songs. We may all have our conception of perfection
Facing a side only just beginning to get properly organised, with great ambitions, but who are struggling to find the resources to become professional, Scotland could be forgiven for thinking they have heard it all before. As they bid to inject some
''Too much is not enough,'' proclaims the sign above the Cyber Cafe in Times Square, New York City. Next to it is Hansen's shiny new Brewery Restaurant, with its own on-site brewery. The area is all new, scrubbed, upmarket. It
ARGYLL and Bute Council has won extra cash to fund rural West coast transport links. Transport Minister Henry McLeish pledged to direct #280,000 for the area after talks with councillors and officials yesterday. He also indicated that #600,000 has been
ASTON Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich will be put up for sale before the start of next season unless he agrees a new long-term contract. The 26-year-old Australian international still has a year left on his current agreement, but manager John Gregory
IT is difficult not to sound rhetorical when discussing a decent minimum wage for our people, including the young. But listening to the ''haves'' of the CBI telling the rest of us that increasing wages will enhance job insecurity
IF Bruckner's symphonies are majestic cathedrals, then his F major String Quintet is a side chapel which tends to pass unnoticed yet is unmistakably the handiwork of the great master of Austrian musical architecture. To hear it in Battleby House
Professor James Spreull, veterinary surgeon; born May 2, 1908, died May 16, 1998 PROFESSOR James Spreull, who has died in his native Dundee at the age of 90, was for decades one of the veterinary world's best-known figures, and played a pioneering
Retirement plan o I am 50 years old and in non-pensionable employment. I would appreciate your advice as to how I may make more adequate provision for my retirement in five or 10 years time. Over the past 15 years I have contributed #1846 per year to
Alan Warner is going home. The decision has been made, houses have been looked at, and later this year, he and his half-Irish, half-Spanish wife, Holly, will decamp from Edinburgh to Oban. In truth it's a homecoming more in body than spirit,
