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histo http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/JM-Barrie-and-Captain-Scott.6508127.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair-memoirs-39I-was.6508131.jp TONY Blair has admitted he was "never a passionate believer" in devolution and that he always thought creating a Scottish parliament was a dangerous path to follow. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair-memoirs-39I-was.6508131.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Is-this-missing-Betty-last.6508646.jp POLICE searching for a missing mother-of-three who vanished three months ago are investigating a possible sighting from last week. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Is-this-missing-Betty-last.6508646.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair-memoirs-Blackmail-and.6508138.jp THE depth of the hatred that grew between the two central figures in Labour's 13 years in power has been exposed with the publication of Tony Blair's memoirs, in which http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Tony-Blair-memoirs-Blackmail-and.6508138.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/111m-Futures-Trust-savings-claim.6508124.jp A CONTROVERSIAL body established to raise funds for civic building projects has delivered £111 million in savings and benefits, it has been claimed. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/111m-Futures-Trust-savings-claim.6508124.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/RBS-to-axe-another-3500.6508583.jp ROYAL Bank of Scotland is axing another 3,500 jobs under plans to more than halve the bank's administration centres across the UK, it was announced today. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/RBS-to-axe-another-3500.6508583.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Exsports-boss-left-with-180k.6508637.jp THE former boss of the cash-strapped firm that plans to close four of Edinburgh's sports facilities collected a £180,000 "golden goodbye" when he took early retire http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Exsports-boss-left-with-180k.6508637.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Alex-Salmond-announces-300000-Scottish.6509484.jp THE Scottish Government today pledged an extra £300,000 to help the relief effort in Pakistan, where devastating floods have claimed more than 1,600 lives. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Alex-Salmond-announces-300000-Scottish.6509484.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:59:37 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Capital-gets-prepared-to-flaunt.6508632.jp Today marks the launch of Edinburgh's Got Talent 2010, with the search for a new star now officially under way. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Capital-gets-prepared-to-flaunt.6508632.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Woman-airlifted-to-hospital-after.6509340.jp A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital today after plunging 50ft down a cliff. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Woman-airlifted-to-hospital-after.6509340.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:35:41 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Children-in-care-39being-let.6507932.jp VULNERABLE children in residential care are being failed by the Scottish Government and councils, leading to lives of unemployment, homelessness and prison, Audit Scotland has http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Children-in-care-39being-let.6507932.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/John-Knox39s-blasts-from-the.6507942.jp A COLLECTION of historic manuscripts marking the establishment of the Protestant church in Scotland and its formal break with the Papacy have gone on display in Edinburgh. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/John-Knox39s-blasts-from-the.6507942.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Labour-rules-out-any-.6508148.jp SCOTTISH Labour leader Iain Gray has ruled out any additional funding for Edinburgh's beleaguered trams scheme if his party returns to power after next year's Holyrood http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Labour-rules-out-any-.6508148.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Kenneth-Walton-More-than-enough.6504997.jp All this talk of merging the Edinburgh International Festival with the Fringe is perennial bluster. Why on earth would anyone want to kill the sparring dynamic that is Edinbur http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Kenneth-Walton-More-than-enough.6504997.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Coach-who-stripped-in-front.6507941.jp A "HARD-man" football manager who stripped in front of a young female physiotherapist and made offensive remarks about her has won a legal action for wrongful dismissa http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Coach-who-stripped-in-front.6507941.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Orchestras39-holidays-39mean-we-can39t.6507905.jp MAJOR European orchestras, dance and performance companies must offer their staff more flexible holiday dates before the Edinburgh Festival can explore moving its schedule clo http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Orchestras39-holidays-39mean-we-can39t.6507905.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Energy-firms-face-inquiry-over.6507901.jp TWO Scottish power companies are to be investigated by the energy watchdog amid concerns of mis-selling of contracts to consumers, it was announced yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Energy-firms-face-inquiry-over.6507901.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/CalMac-staff-come-on-board.6508151.jp FERRY staff have not missed the boat if they want to learn Gaelic. All 1,200 employees of state-owned Caledonian MacBrayne are being offered help to learn useful phrases in th http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/CalMac-staff-come-on-board.6508151.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Parents39-3500-bill-for-student.6507949.jp First year students need £3,500 of "essential" kit including a laptop and smartphone before embarking on their university career, according to new research. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Parents39-3500-bill-for-student.6507949.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Women-who-refuse-to-face.6508163.jp Most women having cosmetic surgery believe it is only other people - never themselves - who are motivated by vanity when they choose to go under the knife, according to resea http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Women-who-refuse-to-face.6508163.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Images-of-Scotland-Kenmore-and.6509507.jp Andrew Lorimer took this photo of Kenmore reflected in the waters of Loch Tay. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Images-of-Scotland-Kenmore-and.6509507.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:06:02 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Dealers-jailed-in-crackdown-.6508621.jp A POLICE crackdown on organised drug gangs in the Lothians has seen eight dealers jailed for a total of 12 years after a series of raids. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Dealers-jailed-in-crackdown-.6508621.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Pupils-ditch-school-menus.6508631.jp A NATIONAL ban on junk food in schools is having a "detrimental" impact on the number of pupils taking school dinners in the Capital. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Pupils-ditch-school-menus.6508631.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/The-ring-I-found-had.6508655.jp IT seemed like an almost impossible quest, tracing the owner of a 94-year-old wedding ring with nothing but a few initials to go on. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/The-ring-I-found-had.6508655.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Stray-snakes-slither-on-to.6508644.jp THEY are the last thing you would expect to have to avoid on the streets of Edinburgh. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Stray-snakes-slither-on-to.6508644.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Parkinson39s-sufferer-backs-Margo-Bill.6508615.jp A WOMAN suffering from Parkinson's Disease today spoke out in favour of Independent Lothians MSP Margo MacDonald's Bill to allow assisted dying. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Parkinson39s-sufferer-backs-Margo-Bill.6508615.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Record-crowds-flock-to-Capital.6508604.jp RECORD crowds of festival-goers filled Edinburgh's city centre during the last month, new figures have revealed. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Record-crowds-flock-to-Capital.6508604.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/School39s-film-lays-red-carpet.6508594.jp HE will be greeted by tens of thousands, has had a street spruced up in his honour and will have the traffic literally stopped for him. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/School39s-film-lays-red-carpet.6508594.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Minimum-price-for-alcohol-will.6508657.jp HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon today announced the Scottish Government's proposed minimum price for alcohol would be 45p per unit. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Minimum-price-for-alcohol-will.6508657.jp Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT