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 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:42:52 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/Former-Fife-headteacher-jailed-for.5865111.jp EX-HEAD teacher David Wilson has been jailed for two years after being caught with close to 3,000 child porn images on his computer. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Former-Fife-headteacher-jailed-for.5865111.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:58:41 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Row-erupts-over-falling-teacher.5865162.jp THE Scottish Government and local authority leaders today became embroiled in a sharp disagreement over a fall in Scotland's teaching numbers. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Row-erupts-over-falling-teacher.5865162.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:16:19 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Life-to--mean-life.5863411.jp KILLERS could have to spend the rest of their lives behind bars after a landmark ruling by appeal court judges that increased prison terms for murder in Scotland. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Life-to--mean-life.5863411.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scots-hacker-Gary-McKinnon39s-hopes.5863567.jp THE Home Secretary last night rejected a last-ditch appeal to block the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the United States on computer-hacking charges. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Scots-hacker-Gary-McKinnon39s-hopes.5863567.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Grandmother-of-Dundee-soldier-killed.5865360.jp THE grandmother of Dundee soldier Kevin Elliot, who died in Afghanistan, is to take a political stand against the war. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Grandmother-of-Dundee-soldier-killed.5865360.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:41:04 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Supermarket-shooting-Woman39s-body-found.5864394.jp A WOMAN'S body was found in a flat after officers shot an armed man during a stand-off in a supermarket, police said today. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Supermarket-shooting-Woman39s-body-found.5864394.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:01:14 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Son-killed-own-mother-after.5864974.jp A DIVORCED father of three stabbed his mother 21 times after becoming convinced that she was a witch and had put a curse on him, a court heard today. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Son-killed-own-mother-after.5864974.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:05:56 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Art-lovers-get-the-blues.5863402.jp A BOLD new look is officially unveiled at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art today, with 200 works rehung in a facelift reviewers say is long overdue. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Art-lovers-get-the-blues.5863402.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Designs-wanted-for-London-tartan.5865210.jp A competition to design the first tartan for London will be launched on St Andrew's Day, organisers said today. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Designs-wanted-for-London-tartan.5865210.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:47:36 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Men-of-God-who-let.5863403.jp PAEDOPHILE priests got away with decades of horrific child sex abuse because the Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted police immunity, a devastating report has revealed. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Men-of-God-who-let.5863403.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Mother-dies-in-A9-road.5864915.jp POLICE have confirmed that a mother-of-two died when her car was involved in a smash at one of Scotland's most notorious accident blackspots. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Mother-dies-in-A9-road.5864915.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:46:59 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Assault39-teacher-should-never-have.5863347.jp SCOTLAND's top judges have questioned why a former teacher, convicted of assaulting his pupils, was ever brought to court. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Assault39-teacher-should-never-have.5863347.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/John-Swinney39s-39same-again39-cash.5863387.jp ALEX Salmond is facing a rebellion in his own political backyard of north-east Scotland that could prompt an unravelling of his government's concordat with councils. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/John-Swinney39s-39same-again39-cash.5863387.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39While-Labour-talks--people.5863427.jp THE health secretary claimed yesterday that Labour's failure to back the SNP's flagship proposal on minimum alcohol pricing would cost Scottish lives. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39While-Labour-talks--people.5863427.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Bid-to-beat-floods-with.5863429.jp NEW laws to tackle flooding in Scotland came into effect yesterday as much of the country was still drying out from recent downpours. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Bid-to-beat-floods-with.5863429.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Signed-in-blood39--Bush.5863437.jp TONY Blair deliberately conflated the threats from Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda following the 9/11 attacks, the official inquiry into the Iraq war has heard. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Signed-in-blood39--Bush.5863437.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Ghostly-voices-of-911-that.5863405.jp THEY RANGE from the mundane to the heart-rending, an intimate portrait of a pivotal moment in modern history. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Ghostly-voices-of-911-that.5863405.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Jessica-McCagh-murder-trial-Door.5863423.jp A TEENAGE girl may have been deliberately trapped in her bedroom by her attacker after she was set on fire, a murder trial has heard. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Jessica-McCagh-murder-trial-Door.5863423.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/21-new-primary-schools-for.5863381.jp THE Scottish Government's plan to build 21 new schools has been unveiled, amid criticisms there are in fact hundreds in urgent need of repair. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/21-new-primary-schools-for.5863381.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Casino-gun-victim-tells-court.5863380.jp A BUSINESSMAN pointed to where a bullet remains lodged in his cheek as he described the night he was gunned down as he left an Edinburgh casino. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Casino-gun-victim-tells-court.5863380.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Crowd-crush-cramps-start-of.5863395.jp IT WAS billed as a morale-boosting celebration to mark the end of tramworks in Princes Street. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Crowd-crush-cramps-start-of.5863395.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39The-smoke-was-black-and.5863374.jp A NURSE on duty the night of a care home blaze which claimed the lives of 14 residents has described how he battled to evacuate people as fire swept through the building. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39The-smoke-was-black-and.5863374.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/How-seat-fit-for-a.5863394.jp THE first Pictish throne to be built for a millennium has been unveiled by researchers investigating the lives of Scotland's most mysterious tribal people. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/How-seat-fit-for-a.5863394.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/M8-ranked-among-UK39s-roads.5863392.jp DRIVERS have voted Scotland's busiest stretch of motorway as having some of the scariest junctions in Britain. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/M8-ranked-among-UK39s-roads.5863392.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/New-census-Tell-us-all.5863428.jp PROPOSED new questions for the next census in Scotland have been unveiled. The survey of Scotland's five million people will help decide how billions of pounds of future p http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/New-census-Tell-us-all.5863428.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/German-military-chief-falls-on.5863418.jp THE head of Germany's armed forces and a senior defence ministry official were forced to resign yesterday over reports the military withheld details about a deadly air http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/German-military-chief-falls-on.5863418.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Philistines39-threaten-Edinburgh-science-festival.5863435.jp ONE of Edinburgh's major festivals is threatened with the axe after organisers revealed they were faced with a huge funding cut. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/39Philistines39-threaten-Edinburgh-science-festival.5863435.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Fears-1550-jobs-as-for.5863359.jp BOOKSHOP chain Borders was placed into administration yesterday, raising fears that 1,550 jobs might be axed. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Fears-1550-jobs-as-for.5863359.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Demarco-tells-court-of-moment.5863986.jp A BUSINESSMAN has described the moment he was shot outside an Edinburgh casino, but he told a court he does know who pulled the trigger. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Demarco-tells-court-of-moment.5863986.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Capital39s-pothole-repair-team-on.5863981.jp IT is hard to believe, but Edinburgh's roads, or at least those who fix them, are award-winning. http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Capital39s-pothole-repair-team-on.5863981.jp Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT