http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=7042 breaking-scotland:Scotland 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=7042&format=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:38:34 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/scotland/Literary-giant--Gray-mixes.5845657.jp HE has designed album covers, murals and penned the eccentric and elaborate illustrations for his own books. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Literary-giant--Gray-mixes.5845657.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Send-Megrahi-back-to-Scotland39.5845653.jp A UNITED States senator has written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, demanding that the Lockerbie bomber should be returned to prison in Scotland. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Send-Megrahi-back-to-Scotland39.5845653.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Dram-shame-as-bosses-close.5845683.jp ONE OF Speyside's leading distilleries is to close with the loss of more than 30 jobs after a review by a major whisky producer. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Dram-shame-as-bosses-close.5845683.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Crackdown-on-drink-prices-39will.5845641.jp MINIMUM pricing for alcohol could harm non-alcohol retailers in the south of Scotland as consumers are lured across the Border to do their weekly shop, business leaders have w http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Crackdown-on-drink-prices-39will.5845641.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Stephen-McGinty-Sign-of-sad.5845631.jp IN 1973, Harlan Ellison, the science fiction writer with a voice like a ballpeen hammer on broken glass, wrote a disturbing short story called The Whimper of Whipped Dogs. It http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Stephen-McGinty-Sign-of-sad.5845631.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Touch-of-animal-magic-as.5845679.jp AN ANIMAL hospital has been named Scotland's best new building. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Touch-of-animal-magic-as.5845679.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Tramworks-to--hit-festive.5845882.jp THE launch of Edinburgh's pre-Christmas shopping celebrations will be hampered by tramworks in the city centre. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Tramworks-to--hit-festive.5845882.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Coming-soon-to-a-sky.5845676.jp UP to four times as many sea eagles will be soaring through Scotland's skies by the middle of the next decade compared with today, new research has revealed. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Coming-soon-to-a-sky.5845676.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Hugh-Reilly-You39d-think-staff.5845699.jp IF ONE were to believe the hype, a new breed of teacher is required to deliver the Curriculum for Excellence. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Hugh-Reilly-You39d-think-staff.5845699.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/An-ongoing-process-of-learning.5845689.jp PRIMARY &#149 Primary teachers can qualify through three different courses. &#149 A four-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree course is offered at six Scott http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/An-ongoing-process-of-learning.5845689.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Alerts-lifted-as-waters-recede.5845630.jp SWOLLEN rivers were beginning to recede across southern Scotland last night after record November rainfalls brought chaos to rail and road travel and flooded homes and busines http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Alerts-lifted-as-waters-recede.5845630.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/MP-is-accused-of-breaking.5845668.jp LIVINGSTON MP Jim Devine was criticised at a tribunal yesterday for "repeated failure to comply" with the hearing. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/MP-is-accused-of-breaking.5845668.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Barbarous39-attacker-jailed-for-12.5845645.jp A JEALOUS man who gouged out his former partner's eye and threw it over the balcony of a high-rise flat was jailed for 12 years yesterday for what a judge described as a c http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Barbarous39-attacker-jailed-for-12.5845645.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Plans-for-funding-care-in.5845659.jp THE SNP has warned that UK government proposals for free personal care in England could result in Scottish pensioners losing £70 a week benefit. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Plans-for-funding-care-in.5845659.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Forth-bridge-plans-likely-to.5845884.jp TRANSPORT leaders in Edinburgh are set to block the Scottish Government's controversial plans to create a second road bridge across the Forth. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Forth-bridge-plans-likely-to.5845884.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Professor-slams-games-consoles-as.5845642.jp CLAIMS that computer games consoles can improve pupils' maths ability have been dismissed by an Edinburgh University neuroscientist. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Professor-slams-games-consoles-as.5845642.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Nine-admit-violence-after-Rangers39.5845673.jp NINE football fans pleaded guilty yesterday to violence following Glasgow Rangers' Uefa Cup final defeat. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Nine-admit-violence-after-Rangers39.5845673.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Police-shocked-by-children39s-crimes.5845685.jp SHOCKED police are being called out to deal with crimes committed by children that include rape and attempted murder, it emerged yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Police-shocked-by-children39s-crimes.5845685.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Western-Isles-heads-league-of.5845687.jp THE number of vacant properties in Scotland has soared to a four-year high. More than 103,000 homes are lying empty – 4.2 per cent of the country's total. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Western-Isles-heads-league-of.5845687.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Mar-dh39ionnsaicheas-tu-seo-a.5845709.jp THA neartan móra aig Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks (Birlinn, £9.99), a sgrìobh Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh le cuideachadh Iain MhicAonghuis. Thàinig e a-mach an toiseach a http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Mar-dh39ionnsaicheas-tu-seo-a.5845709.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Sex-addicts39-caught-in-act.5845654.jp A COUPLE who appeared in court after being caught enjoying a mid-morning sex act in a public telephone box yesterday claimed: "We can't help ourselves – we're sex http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Sex-addicts39-caught-in-act.5845654.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Navy39s-most--powerful-sub.5845694.jp THE largest attack submarine in the Royal Navy arrived at its base in Scotland yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Navy39s-most--powerful-sub.5845694.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Last-pupil-gone-centuryold-school.5845656.jp A TINY village school closed yesterday after its last pupil moved to another primary. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Last-pupil-gone-centuryold-school.5845656.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Joining-the-ranks-of-.5845675.jp THE BEST-known artists' labels for wines and spirits have been produced for Château Mouton Rothschild, the classic French vintage wine. The tradition began with a 1945 bot http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Joining-the-ranks-of-.5845675.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Student-vote-keeps-cigarettes-on.5845632.jp STUDENTS at one of Scotland's oldest universities have voted to keep cigarettes on sale on campus. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Student-vote-keeps-cigarettes-on.5845632.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Statue-tribute-to-Jock-Stein.5845692.jp PROPOSALS have been submitted to erect a statue of legendary Celtic and Scotland manager Jock Stein in his hometown. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Statue-tribute-to-Jock-Stein.5845692.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/I-didn39t-know-of-jumping.5845680.jp THE man in charge of an outdoor centre involved in a fatal accident inquiry has said he did not know a pool where the accident happened was being used. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/I-didn39t-know-of-jumping.5845680.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/11m-Oyster-begins-pumping-power.5845696.jp THE world's largest hydro-electric wave energy device was switched on in Scottish waters by the First Minister yesterday. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/11m-Oyster-begins-pumping-power.5845696.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Recycling-on-rise-in-Scotland.5845648.jp RECYCLING rates in Scotland are continuing to rise. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Recycling-on-rise-in-Scotland.5845648.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/New-air-link-for-the.5845658.jp A NEW charter service linking the Highlands with Switzerland will begin flying to Inverness from next year. Falcontravel will run a once-weekly Zurich-Inverness service betwe http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/New-air-link-for-the.5845658.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT