News archive from 16 October 2014
Tweedie to take reins at Brewin Edinburgh
Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin has promoted a former major in the British Army to head up its Edinburgh office. Jonathan Tweedie takes over from previous boss Marc Wilkinson, who will now concentrate on his role as regional director for Scotland and...
Weir mining expansion with Trio acquisition
Engineering group Weir has flexed its takeover muscle with a $220 million (£137.8m) deal to expand its mining services
Farmers to have a say on further devolution hopes
Scotland's farmers will have their views fed into the special commission chaired by Lord Smith of Kelvin which will oversee the devolution of further powers to Scotland promised during the run-up to the independence referendum. And with just over a...
US takeover of Shire put in doubt by tax clampdown
The £32 billion takeover of UK pharmaceuticals firm Shire is in danger of collapse as a result of a tax crackdown announced by the White House. AbbVie said that its board will meet on Monday to reconsider the purchase of Basingstoke-based Shire, which...
Comment: Car sales motoring but for how much longer?
Things seem to be motoring along just fine for Britain's car dealers. Low interest rates are underpinning some very generous finance deals, new models are drawing in curious punters and fuel costs are easing. Vertu added to that feel-good factor...
Find out what the celebrities and their professional dance partners will be performing on this weekend's...
An unforgettable Movie Week truly brought out some star-studded performances last time out and this weekend Strictly Come Dancing returns with the remaining 13 pairs vying for your votes. So from 6.30pm on Saturday, October 18, the following routines...
Doncaster teen wins the Foyle Young Poets of the Year award
Anne Widdowson, age 17 from Doncaster, has won The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2014. Anne was at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on National Poetry Day, Thursday October 2, at a special ceremony introduced by children’s author Julia Donaldson...
Pep Guardiola: all I do is look at opponents and try to demolish them
In the summer of 2013 Pep Guardiola, recently appointed as the manager of Bayern Munich, granted Martí Perarnau, a friend and journalist, full behind-the-scenes access to his new club for a year. He shadowed the Spaniard on and off the pitch through...
Delay in diagnosing babies with cleft palate ‘unacceptable’
One in six babies born with a cleft palate is not diagnosed with the condition when they are first examined within 72 hours of their birth, paediatricians reveal. Failure to spot that they have a cleft palate can lead to newborns suffering impaired...
Mistakes cost NHS up to £2.5bn a year, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt
Hospitals are wasting up to £2.5bn a year of the NHS’s budget through poor care and medical errors, such as giving patients the wrong drug, the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will claim on Thursday. Hunt will renew his criticism of inadequate patient...
Exercise three times a week ‘can beat depression’
ADULTS who are physically active three times a week cut their risk of depression significantly, according to a major new report. Researchers found that people in their twenties, thirties and forties who were not active and then took up some form of...
British jihad suspect ‘sang about slitting throats’
A BRITISH man accused of plotting a terrorist attack was caught on a bugging device laughing and singing along to violent jihadist videos in his car, the 
partly secret trial has heard. Erol Incedal, 26, is on trial at the Old Bailey on...
Ebola ‘running faster than us and winning the race’
THE United Nations' Ebola mission chief believes the world is falling behind in the race to contain the virus. Anthony Banbury, speaking by video-link from West Africa to the UN Security Council, said: “It is running faster than us, and it is winning...
Data processor sparks governance row at U.S. exchanges
A lobby for the brokerage industry late Tuesday urged that the conflict, in which stock exchanges can both bid to operate a "securities information processor" (SIP) and vote for themselves, be resolved before a scheduled conference call on...
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- 02:56 Lana Del Rey: 'I got jolted into the real world'
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- 02:20 A new type of camouflage for the battlefield? Scientists create...
- 02:20 Oldest evidence of septic arthritis is found in the remains of a...
- 02:20 Memories could be RE-AWOKEN in Alzheimer's sufferers: Scientists...
- 02:20 15.2 million texts and 69,444 hours of Netflix: How much data the...
- 02:20 Stanford researchers reveal first-of-its-kind 4D camera that will...
- 02:20 Google's DeepMind researchers create AI with an ‘imagination’
- 02:10 Model behavior! Make-up free Bella Hadid showcases toned tummy as...
- 02:10 'I knew he'd fancy her!' Love Island's Chris reveals his DAD eyed...
- 02:10 'I felt sick when I was reading it': 'Horrified' Emma Willis...
- 02:10 Love Island runner-up Camilla Thurlow confesses she's happy her...
- 01:58 Liam Fox vows NOT to reduce food standards amid chlorine chicken...
- 01:52 Real Madrid ready to sell Gareth Bale to Manchester United to fund...
- 01:52 Doctor Who season 11: Will Missy face the 13th Time Lord?
- 01:39 Mel Giedroyc despairs over contestants’ game show fail as they just...
- 01:36 Glamorgan go top of T20 table after victory over Gloucestershire at...
- 01:27 Brendan Rodgers tells Green Brigade to drop politics after Celtic...
- 01:27 Neymar would be 'more than welcome' at PSG, says Edinson Cavani as...
- 01:16 Newcastle goalkeeper Rob Elliot had to watch Republic of Ireland at...
- 01:11 Jose Mourinho reveals emotional wrench of Wayne Rooney leaving...
- 01:06 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Stoke: Arsenal ace’s agent in talks over...
- 01:04 Disciplinary panel revokes Elizabeth Wettlaufer's nursing licence
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