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 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:39:26 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/latestnews/SNP-threat-to-take-control.5866405.jp CONTROL of Scotland's schools could be wrested from councils after it emerged that teacher numbers are in freefall and class sizes have not come down. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/SNP-threat-to-take-control.5866405.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sentencing-row-erupts-after-Scottish.5866450.jp SCOTLAND'S prison population has increased by almost 2,000 in a decade, fuelling a debate over sentencing in Holyrood. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sentencing-row-erupts-after-Scottish.5866450.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Doctor-and-wife-fined-5000.5866435.jp A DOCTOR and his wife have been fined £5,000 for what a sheriff described as "the most outrageous breach of the peace" he had seen in 20 years in the job. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Doctor-and-wife-fined-5000.5866435.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Police-probe-mystery-death.5866873.jp POLICE were today probing the mystery death of a woman whose body was found in a house. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Police-probe-mystery-death.5866873.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Iraq-inquiry-Britain39s-man-at.5866478.jp THE invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Iraq-inquiry-Britain39s-man-at.5866478.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Top-golfer-Tiger-Woods-injured.5866472.jp TIGER Woods was facing possible police charges last night after being injured in a car crash outside his Florida home. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Top-golfer-Tiger-Woods-injured.5866472.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/What-have-you-never-seen.5866935.jp IT'S A godsend for students too drunk to avoid a signpost. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/What-have-you-never-seen.5866935.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Gordon-Brown-tables-10bn-fund.5866398.jp A £10 billion fund to help halt climate change has been proposed by Gordon Brown at a meeting of heads of Commonwealth governments. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Gordon-Brown-tables-10bn-fund.5866398.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Developers-ready-to-take-city.5866880.jp TWO of Scotland's biggest housing developers have threatened the city council with legal action over its refusal to allow them to build on a controversial site. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Developers-ready-to-take-city.5866880.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/The-last-picture-show-for.5866415.jp THE cinema industry may be going through a renaissance, but there is one Scottish filmhouse where the latest blockbusters are being screened to a completely empty hall. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/The-last-picture-show-for.5866415.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Teenager-held-over-man39s-death.5867130.jp A TEENAGER has been arrested following the death of a man, police said today. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Teenager-held-over-man39s-death.5867130.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:40:30 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scottish-history-and-culture-will.5866392.jp A SENIOR academic has argued that Scotland lacks an understanding of its own history and culture – and believes that centres of Scottish studies should be created across the w http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scottish-history-and-culture-will.5866392.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/My-son-will-never-survive.5866431.jp THE mother of the Scots-born computer hacker facing extradition to the United States has revealed that psychiatrists fear her son is now more likely to take his own life. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/My-son-will-never-survive.5866431.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/700-Scots-jobs-face-axe.5866479.jp NEARLY 700 Scottish job losses were announced yesterday by troubled off-licence group First Quench as part of a third round of store closures. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/700-Scots-jobs-face-axe.5866479.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scotland39s-free-care-is-39too.5866476.jp SCOTLAND may not be able to afford to continue offering free personal care for the elderly, according to the nation's top social worker. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scotland39s-free-care-is-39too.5866476.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Hundreds-pay-tribute-to-police.5866423.jp A POLICEMAN who was swept to his death in the Cumbrian floods had devoted himself to helping others cope with tragedy, mourners were told yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Hundreds-pay-tribute-to-police.5866423.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Bomb-theory-after--.5866643.jp A PASSENGER train derailed between Moscow and St Petersburg yesterday, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens of others. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Bomb-theory-after--.5866643.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/STUC-calls-on-Celtic-fans.5866448.jp CELTIC fans are being asked to wave Palestinian flags during a football match against Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv in protest at the invasion of Gaza last year. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/STUC-calls-on-Celtic-fans.5866448.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/UN--nuclear-body-.5866411.jp The United Nations' nuclear watchdog's board censured Iran yesterday, with 25 nations backing a resolution demanding that Tehran immediately freeze construction of its http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/UN--nuclear-body-.5866411.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Holyrood-could-get-new-powers.5866391.jp ONE of the leading members of David Cameron's front-bench team has said he sees no reason why proposals to increase the Scottish Parliament's powers should not be brou http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Holyrood-could-get-new-powers.5866391.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Two-children-orphaned--as.5866409.jp TWO children aged two and six have been orphaned following a three-car crash on the A9 in which their mother died. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Two-children-orphaned--as.5866409.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Shock-of-the-new-at.5866426.jp A BLOCK of frozen blue ink slowly melting on to the stone floor, modernist metallic five-metre-tall trees, and an exploded cello caught in clear plastic. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Shock-of-the-new-at.5866426.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Exschool-head-jailed-for-four.5866451.jp A FORMER headmaster who had nearly 3,000 child porn images has been jailed for two years. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Exschool-head-jailed-for-four.5866451.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Euro-windfall-could-be-spent.5866447.jp THE Scottish Government is being urged to allocate part of a European windfall to improve broadband in rural areas. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Euro-windfall-could-be-spent.5866447.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Have-we-got-trews-for.5866466.jp LONDON mayor Boris Johnson certainly has the stature to carry off wearing a kilt. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Have-we-got-trews-for.5866466.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Former-Scottish-secretary-Des-Browne.5866436.jp FORMER Scottish secretary Des Browne has announced he will step down at the next election. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Former-Scottish-secretary-Des-Browne.5866436.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Murky-history-of--.5866484.jp THE publicity-hungry couple who gate-crashed a state dinner at the White House on a mission to become television stars are no strangers to controversy, it has been revealed. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Murky-history-of--.5866484.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Care-service-chaos-as-.5866393.jp CARE for vulnerable adults in Edinburgh is in chaos after hundreds of those affected by proposed changes have chosen to opt out of city council control. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Care-service-chaos-as-.5866393.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sturgeon-pledge-as-man39s-death.5866442.jp THERE was another swine flu-related death in Scotland yesterday, taking the death toll this week to seven. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Sturgeon-pledge-as-man39s-death.5866442.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Man-charged-with-killing-father.5866428.jp AUSTRALIAN detectives investigating the deaths of British art curator Nick Waterlow and his daughter Chloe have charged his 42-year-old son with their murders. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Man-charged-with-killing-father.5866428.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT