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Saturday, 7th November 2009
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Patience – castle is nearly ready for Take That star's Highland wedding
Elton John out of hospital after flu
Rihanna describes attack horror
Star Ryan Thomas in drink-drive probe
Comment
Scotsman Archive: Conservative housing proposals 7 November, 1950
Terry Murden: Royal Bank chief sees light at end of tunnel
Isla Traquair: 'We aren't doing enough to help these young men'
Cartoon
Brian Monteith: Local solution to Scotland's spending crisis
Stephen McGinty: The great outdoors poses a challenge – but I won't rise to it
Joyce McMillan: New expenses rules return us to an era when women's work was undervalued
Afghanistan fighting makes sure poppy is still a potent symbol
Analysis: Time should solve world views still at odds in Europe
Edinburgh, East & Fife
Health chiefs say sorry for 'failings'
Couple tie the knot 30 years after saying 'I do'
Gas works spark misery on Edinburgh's roads
Student block operates for two months without licence
Edinburgh homes are targeted in energy scheme
Swimmer hurt as glass panel falls into pool
Hotel in line for a revamp
Fundraisers brew up charity cash
Festive sale to raise funds for cancer care
Man cut free after crash
Education
Student death is sixth in seven years
Racism is endemic, say minority teachers
Afghanistan fighting makes sure poppy is still a potent symbol
Village school with two pupils to close
Scotsman Archive: Conservative housing proposals 7 November, 1950
Spy headhunters set sights on Scots students
Parents to get their say on education in Edinburgh
Pupil wins exam medal
Health academy will address global illnesses
It's top billing for Napier's model student
Entertainment
Taggart's returning to our screens … but it could be shown on BBC
Strictly storms into Blackpool
Patience – castle is nearly ready for Take That star's Highland wedding
Elton John out of hospital after flu
Warts and all, the gruffalo is favourite
Slumdog director to focus on climber's arm ordeal
Star Ryan Thomas in drink-drive probe
Rihanna describes attack horror
Environment
Rain floods homes of 200,000
Edinburgh homes are targeted in energy scheme
Poor nations 'must stop blaming rich for emissions'
Gaelic
Trì diofar dhòighean air a' Ghàidhlig a làimhseachadh
Boinne ann am beul na gaoithe
Games
Cryptic crossword
Compact crossword
Bridge
Chess
Glasgow and West
Taggart's returning to our screens … but it could be shown on BBC
Rooftop garden, cinema and private rooms in Scotland's £840m hospital
Stalker who wrote love letters in blood to doctor given life
Woman assaulted by 'taxi driver'
Pensioner dies when hit crossing road
Health
Mother bled to death as doctor refused to leave bed
Rooftop garden, cinema and private rooms in Scotland's £840m hospital
Health chiefs say sorry for 'failings'
Santas limbering up for Christmas park challenge
Make a splash with free pass
Health academy will address global illnesses
Minister says Nutt sacking caused 'serious concern'
Lethal danger of purchasing prescription drugs online
100-mile trip in store for new dental patients
Schools must teach skills that saved my life, says 999 woman
International
'God is great' shouted before massacre
Analysis: US Muslims fear reprisals in wake of Fort Hood attack
Court scraps order to pay for mosques in Bosnia
Ukraine's Russian gas bill paid on time
Three wounded by gangster gunman
'Drugs for sale' at Goa death beach
Spain refuses to bow to pirate threat to kill fishermen
Chavez troops sent to Colombia border
Long, winding road to driving licence
Cowards will go to hell, says under-fire Taleban chief
Inverness and Highlands
Jail for crash at 'crazy' speed that ended with two deaths
100-mile trip in store for new dental patients
Patience – castle is nearly ready for Take That star's Highland wedding
Causeway drowning to go before accident inquiry
Leaders
Oooh, missus – what a carry-on at Westminster
We must not jump to conclusions
Darling arrives at the table with no cards left to play
Letters
A line too far
Flawed inquiry
Different rules
Flu confusion
Party politics
Gold will stay
Point of view: Religion
Party politics
Sense of balance lost in rush to condemn
Hegel's beliefs
Nature
US gunman still in coma
News
Darling: No tax cuts and no more money
First duck houses … now it's Goosegate
Ex-defence chiefs' verdict on Brown: dithering and failing British troops
'God is great' shouted before massacre
Taggart's returning to our screens … but it could be shown on BBC
Double standards row as Cameron says 'yes' to Welsh referendum – but 'no' to Scots one
Mother bled to death as doctor refused to leave bed
'Jobs for all' pledge in poll hustings
Rooftop garden, cinema and private rooms in Scotland's £840m hospital
Highest in Europe – one in ten Scots used cannabis last year
North East
Train services back on track after flooding
Opinion
Party politics
Flu confusion
Joyce McMillan: New expenses rules return us to an era when women's work was undervalued
Afghanistan fighting makes sure poppy is still a potent symbol
Darling arrives at the table with no cards left to play
A line too far
Analysis: Time should solve world views still at odds in Europe
Different rules
Flawed inquiry
Terry Murden: Royal Bank chief sees light at end of tunnel
Politics
First duck houses … now it's Goosegate
Double standards row as Cameron says 'yes' to Welsh referendum – but 'no' to Scots one
'Jobs for all' pledge in poll hustings
Financial crisis to take Britain's national debt to £2,300,000,000,000
Poor nations 'must stop blaming rich for emissions'
David Cameron: Man of faith
Bomb blast soldier the 'toughest of men'
Expenses MP reconsiders
Fine fare at the G20
Families of soldiers killed by rogue policeman divided on war policy
Reviews
Theatre review: Hair I am
Classical review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Gig review: Sweet Billy Pilgrim and Portico Quartet
Book reviews: Trotsky | Fiesta
Interview: Michael Morpurgo, author
Book review: Trust: How we lost it and how to get it back
Book review: A Wilder Vein
Book review: Ransom
Book review: Blood's a Rover
Book review: The Leper's Bell
Scotland
Taggart's returning to our screens … but it could be shown on BBC
'Jobs for all' pledge in poll hustings
Rooftop garden, cinema and private rooms in Scotland's £840m hospital
Highest in Europe – one in ten Scots used cannabis last year
Jail for crash at 'crazy' speed that ended with two deaths
Health chiefs say sorry for 'failings'
Couple tie the knot 30 years after saying 'I do'
Gas works spark misery on Edinburgh's roads
Student block operates for two months without licence
Edinburgh homes are targeted in energy scheme
Tayside and Central
Schools must teach skills that saved my life, says 999 woman
Village school with two pupils to close
Top Stories
Darling: No tax cuts and no more money
First duck houses … now it's Goosegate
Ex-defence chiefs' verdict on Brown: dithering and failing British troops
'God is great' shouted before massacre
Taggart's returning to our screens … but it could be shown on BBC
Double standards row as Cameron says 'yes' to Welsh referendum – but 'no' to Scots one
Mother bled to death as doctor refused to leave bed
'Jobs for all' pledge in poll hustings
Rooftop garden, cinema and private rooms in Scotland's £840m hospital
Highest in Europe – one in ten Scots used cannabis last year
Transport
Gas works spark misery on Edinburgh's roads
East Coast Main Line 'should be nationalised permanently'
Nine killed in plane crash
BA to cut 1,200
Train services back on track after flooding
UK
Ex-defence chiefs' verdict on Brown: dithering and failing British troops
Double standards row as Cameron says 'yes' to Welsh referendum – but 'no' to Scots one
Mother bled to death as doctor refused to leave bed
Financial crisis to take Britain's national debt to £2,300,000,000,000
Sentences delayed for child abusers
Police followed leads from psychics in death inquiry
BA to cut 1,200
David Cameron: Man of faith
Elton John out of hospital after flu
Coffee chains still thirsty for space
World
'God is great' shouted before massacre
Analysis: US Muslims fear reprisals in wake of Fort Hood attack
Court scraps order to pay for mosques in Bosnia
Ukraine's Russian gas bill paid on time
He challenged Iran's supreme leader in public … could he be the bravest man in the world?
Maths whizz whose challenge wrong-footed the Ayatollah
Security driver is 10m theft suspect
Thief to get more than a ticking off
You Kazakhs are so virile, Berlusconi tells visiting president
Long, winding road to driving licence
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