http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=6986 Top Stories en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk NS http://news.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=6986&format=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:28 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://news.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/NS_rss.gif http://news.scotsman.com 281 70 http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Scotland-stands-to-lose-800m.5901944.jp SCOTLAND will lose more than £800 million from its budget as a result of "Labour's spending squeeze", First Minister Alex Salmond claimed today. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Scotland-stands-to-lose-800m.5901944.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:39:23 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Prebudget-report-Broke-helpless-Alistair.5899049.jp IF THIS was the Famous Last Stand of Fiscal Prudence, avert your eyes. As a defence against the debt onslaught Britain now faces, Alistair Darling's performance was about http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Prebudget-report-Broke-helpless-Alistair.5899049.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/MPs39-expenses-Gordon-Brown-pays.5900975.jp GORDON Brown has paid back £500 he claimed in expenses for the painting of a second home summer house after deciding it could be "questionable", he said today. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/MPs39-expenses-Gordon-Brown-pays.5900975.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:04:39 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Iraq-inquiry-Black-Rod-blames.5899101.jp BRITAIN put "amateurs" into senior positions in Iraq during the occupation of the country, causing the deaths of local people and troops, a senior army officer claim http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Iraq-inquiry-Black-Rod-blames.5899101.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Woman-in-carjack-terror.5900100.jp A TERRIFIED woman was threatened and forced out of her Jaguar during a carjacking in Comiston. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Woman-in-carjack-terror.5900100.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Scotland39s-oldest-book-goes-on.5901810.jp SCOTLAND'S oldest book, which dates to the 11th century, is go on public display for the first time, it was announced today. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Scotland39s-oldest-book-goes-on.5901810.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:04:34 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Copenhagen-Flooding-crop--failures.5899070.jp THE most stringent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will still leave hundreds of millions of people suffering crop failures, flooding and water shortages by the end http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Copenhagen-Flooding-crop--failures.5899070.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Axed-tram-line-is-back.5900119.jp A TRAM line which was axed following Edinburgh's congestion charge vote is back on the agenda as part of plans to improve transport links in the south of the city, it has http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Axed-tram-line-is-back.5900119.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Peter-Irvine-breaks-11th-commandment.5899068.jp HE IS used to facing brickbats with his outspoken views on Scotland's tourism industry. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Peter-Irvine-breaks-11th-commandment.5899068.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Bank-of-England-leaves-interest.5901422.jp RATE-setters held back from further help to the economy today after monetary policy was left unchanged. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Bank-of-England-leaves-interest.5901422.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:07:54 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Diageo-workers-claim-victory-in.5902014.jp WORKERS facing the axe at drinks giant Diageo claimed today they had won their fight for fairer redundancy payments. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Diageo-workers-claim-victory-in.5902014.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:53:25 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Chancellor-39ducking-big-decisions39-as.5899106.jp CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has announced a pay squeeze for millions of public sector workers and a National Insurance hike as he tried to rebuild shattered public finances. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Chancellor-39ducking-big-decisions39-as.5899106.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Tiger-Woods39-alleged-mistress-Rachel.5901691.jp THE US socialite at the centre of the Tiger Woods affair allegations spoke out today to deny she was a "home-wrecker" or "tramp". http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Tiger-Woods39-alleged-mistress-Rachel.5901691.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:41:25 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/-Tax-rises-and-pay.5899035.jp WITH the UK drowning in debt, here are the Chancellors key proposals to get Britain back on road to recovery http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/-Tax-rises-and-pay.5899035.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Schools-bosses-39misled39-council-over.5900061.jp A SENIOR councillor has accused education bosses of "misleading" him and his colleagues by "hiding" a hike in charges for hiring school facilities and gym hall http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Schools-bosses-39misled39-council-over.5900061.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/City39s-affordable-homes-plans-scuppered.5900136.jp NEW projects to boost affordable housing in Edinburgh have been scuppered by Chancellor Alistair Darling's failure to bring forward more capital spending, the Scottish Gov http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/City39s-affordable-homes-plans-scuppered.5900136.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Woman39s-death-at-Glasgow-flat.5900955.jp POLICE are carrying out inquiries after a woman's body was found in a flat in the West End of Glasgow. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Woman39s-death-at-Glasgow-flat.5900955.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:02:02 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Windfall-tax-on-bankers39-bonuses.5899099.jp BANKERS and brokers yesterday attacked Alistair Darling's windfall tax proposal claiming that it would discourage foreign financial institutions from investing in Britain. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Windfall-tax-on-bankers39-bonuses.5899099.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Irish-PM-sets-an-example.5899046.jp IRELAND slashed pay for public sector workers, cut welfare provisions and imposed new environmental taxes on fuel yesterday as it unveiled a record 4 billion (£3.6bn) http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Irish-PM-sets-an-example.5899046.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/They39re-in-the-army-now.5899064.jp THE number of new recruits enlisting to join the army in Scotland has risen by 25 per cent in the past year, despite the rising death toll in Afghanistan. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/They39re-in-the-army-now.5899064.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Artworks-from-the-Royal-Bank.5899039.jp ARTWORKS from the Royal Bank of Scotland's collection are to go on show to the public, reports Tim Cornwell http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Artworks-from-the-Royal-Bank.5899039.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Diageo-fight-ends-as-axed.5899107.jp THE dispute over Diageo's decision to end Johnnie Walker whisky's historic link with Kilmarnock is over, after workers voted overwhelmingly to accept a redundancy pack http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Diageo-fight-ends-as-axed.5899107.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Patient-care-could-pay-the.5899066.jp THE NHS is facing significant financial pressures and will have to make £200 million in savings this year, according to a report published today. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Patient-care-could-pay-the.5899066.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Question-of-the-week-Has.5902638.jp WELCOME to Scotland on Sunday's online feature, Question of the Week. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Question-of-the-week-Has.5902638.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:24:49 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Family-left-in-shock-as.5899040.jp A YOUNG mother has died of swine flu just a month after giving birth to her second child. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Family-left-in-shock-as.5899040.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Cancerfight-family39s-eviction-fears-after.5899053.jp THE family of a woman battling cancer face eviction by the Ministry of Defence, because her navy husband took a desk job to look after her. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Cancerfight-family39s-eviction-fears-after.5899053.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Ten-years-on-80m-conference.5899096.jp WORK on an extension of Edinburgh's main conference centre is set to get under way – ten years after plans were unveiled. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Ten-years-on-80m-conference.5899096.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Dear-Santa-I39d-like-Christmas.5899050.jp CAMPAIGNERS fear that Precious Mhango, a ten-year-old Scots asylum seeker, may be forced to spend Christmas locked up at Yarl's Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Dear-Santa-I39d-like-Christmas.5899050.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Police-investigate-body-find-near.5900488.jp AN INVESTIGATION was launched after a body was discovered near a motorway sliproad, police said today. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Police-investigate-body-find-near.5900488.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:57:56 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Crofters-vote-for-takeover-of.5899112.jp A GROUP of island crofters will today vote on plans for Scotland's first hostile estate takeover, five years after agreeing to the move. http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Crofters-vote-for-takeover-of.5899112.jp Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT