http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=6985 The latest breaking Scottish news including UK and world news updates plus videos 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=6985&format=rss Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:35:10 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/news/SNP-to-shelve-plans-for.6514143.jp THE Scottish Government has confirmed it is poised to drop its flagship plan for an independence referendum in this parliament, despite spending three and a half years prepari http://news.scotsman.com/news/SNP-to-shelve-plans-for.6514143.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/30-years-on-professor-fell.6514073.jp EXPOSURE to asbestos in "grim" Glasgow hospitals killed a Scottish medical professor 30 years later, an inquest has found. http://news.scotsman.com/news/30-years-on-professor-fell.6514073.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/One-in-three-students-have.6514076.jp MORE than a third of Scotland's students have considered dropping out from their studies because of financial pressures, according to a new report. http://news.scotsman.com/news/One-in-three-students-have.6514076.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Parking-fees-hike-slammed-as.6514058.jp Road tolls and higher parking charges being considered by Scottish Government officials would "discriminate" against drivers north of the Border, a leading motoring bo http://news.scotsman.com/news/Parking-fees-hike-slammed-as.6514058.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/39Lacking-moral-courage39-and-39malign39.6514021.jp The former head of the army has accused Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of letting down British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://news.scotsman.com/news/39Lacking-moral-courage39-and-39malign39.6514021.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Eta-declares-ceasefire-and-vows.6514061.jp The Basque separatist militant group Eta declared a ceasefire in a video statement issued yesterday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for an indepe http://news.scotsman.com/news/Eta-declares-ceasefire-and-vows.6514061.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Girl-2-suffers-face-wounds.6514018.jp A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl needed hospital treatment after being been bitten on the face by a dog while playing in a garden. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Girl-2-suffers-face-wounds.6514018.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/28-years-on-a-more.6513973.jp STANDING on the back of a Leyland truck specially converted with bullet-proof glass into the 'Pope-mobile' John Paul II looked out at the largest gathering of Scots in http://news.scotsman.com/news/28-years-on-a-more.6513973.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Suicide-bomb-attack-on-base.6513978.jp A SUICIDE car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic yesterday, officials said. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Suicide-bomb-attack-on-base.6513978.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Fiery-end-to-recordbreaking-.6514290.jp THE capital's skyline lit up in a spectacular riot of colour last night as the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert brought a record-breaking Edinburgh International Festiva http://news.scotsman.com/news/Fiery-end-to-recordbreaking-.6514290.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Record-Festival-ends-on-note.6514069.jp THE Edinburgh International Festival drew to a spectacular close this weekend with record-breaking ticket sales, sell-out classical audiences in the Usher Hall and Queen's http://news.scotsman.com/news/Record-Festival-ends-on-note.6514069.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/New-Zealand-earthquake-39has-ripped.6513982.jp The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new fault line in the Earth' http://news.scotsman.com/news/New-Zealand-earthquake-39has-ripped.6513982.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/We-all-fell-sick-and.6514103.jp A BEST-SELLING novelist who accidentally served potentially lethal wild mushrooms to his wife, sister and brother-in-law has spoken for the first time of his ordeal. http://news.scotsman.com/news/We-all-fell-sick-and.6514103.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Doctors-still-prescribe-diabetes-drug.6513883.jp A POPULAR diabetes drug is still being prescribed, two months after a safety body recommended its withdrawal amid concerns the drug can increase the risk of heart attacks. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Doctors-still-prescribe-diabetes-drug.6513883.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Headteacher-who-said-short-skirts.6514108.jp THE headteacher at a Scottish secondary school is facing calls by parents to resign for warning female pupils to stop dressing "provocatively" and distracting boys fro http://news.scotsman.com/news/Headteacher-who-said-short-skirts.6514108.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Crisis-at-Kabul-Bank-deepens.6513993.jp Machine guns and razor wire were used to guard Kabul Bank yesterday as sealed boxes of documents were carried out of the head office amid ongoing fears of its imminent collaps http://news.scotsman.com/news/Crisis-at-Kabul-Bank-deepens.6513993.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Scotland39s-day-but-Botham-got.6513974.jp IT was the day that Scotland did more than beat England at their own game, they hit them for six. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Scotland39s-day-but-Botham-got.6513974.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Lack-of-support-means-Last.6513942.jp THE last remaining armed forces cadet group at a Scottish state school has marched for the final time, as about 100 former cadets and their supporters carried their flags in a http://news.scotsman.com/news/Lack-of-support-means-Last.6513942.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Call-for-festival-arts-and.6513975.jp Empty shops in Scotland's capital should be opened up to showcase the best of the nation's arts and crafts during the festival season as an antidote to tartan tat, acc http://news.scotsman.com/news/Call-for-festival-arts-and.6513975.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/It-must-be-made-clear.6513835.jp Someone - Mr or Ms X - has been charged with a criminal offence. He or she has stood trial and has not been convicted. How do the news bulletins report it? http://news.scotsman.com/news/It-must-be-made-clear.6513835.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Law-and-legal-affairs-legal.6513856.jp People The Queen has approved the appointment of seven new Queen's Counsel, each one recommended by First Minister Alex Salmond following a nomination by the Lord Just http://news.scotsman.com/news/Law-and-legal-affairs-legal.6513856.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Posting-to-social-media-sites.6513833.jp The recent outcry over companies "spying" on their customers via social media raises a number of interesting points about individuals' growing power to make their http://news.scotsman.com/news/Posting-to-social-media-sites.6513833.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Law-and-legal-affairs-lightbulb.6513858.jp Argyll Arcade trade mark registered'in bad faith' LEWIS Grant and Laing the Jewellers (Glasgow) Limited, well-known jewellers operating from the Argyll Arca http://news.scotsman.com/news/Law-and-legal-affairs-lightbulb.6513858.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Elaine-Ganley-Lifting-the-veil.6513995.jp Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaeda warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burka-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Elaine-Ganley-Lifting-the-veil.6513995.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Musical-highlights-few-and-far.6514071.jp Classical On PAPER, this year's classical music programme looked the strongest of any Jonathan Mills has produced. But exceptional highlights - in some cases, audiences http://news.scotsman.com/news/Musical-highlights-few-and-far.6514071.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Glasgow39s-legal-community-still-aiming.6513836.jp THE Glasgow Bar Association has set up a working group to examine the implications of the recent Cadder case that threatens to leave the Scottish justice system open to thousa http://news.scotsman.com/news/Glasgow39s-legal-community-still-aiming.6513836.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Swinney-warns-of-37bn-cuts.6514165.jp SCOTLAND faces £3.7 billion of cuts over the next four years, finance secretary John Swinney has warned. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Swinney-warns-of-37bn-cuts.6514165.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Hamish-Macdonell-Last-desperate-throw.6514162.jp IT IS unlikely that any decision Alex Salmond has taken as First Minister hurt as much as the expected ditching of his plans to get a bill through this parliament paving the w http://news.scotsman.com/news/Hamish-Macdonell-Last-desperate-throw.6514162.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Thanks-for-the-memory-as.6514291.jp BANK OF SCOTLAND FIREWORKS CONCERT **** Scottish Chamber Orchestra Princes Street Gardens http://news.scotsman.com/news/Thanks-for-the-memory-as.6514291.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/news/Wayne-Rooney-39paid-for-sex.6514072.jp WAYNE Rooney is facing claims in a Sunday newspaper that he paid more than £1,000 a time to have sex with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant with their son. http://news.scotsman.com/news/Wayne-Rooney-39paid-for-sex.6514072.jp Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT