News archive from 3 April 2013
Radar weekly: The latest from the Scottish music scene
IN THIS week's new music digest: Quickbeam reveal debut album plans, festival updates from Comlongon Rocks, The Insider and A Quiet Night In, new music from Nevada Base, Father Sculptor and S-Type, plus this week's gig picks. Quickbeam album...
44 Scotland Street: Materialism, belief, etcetera
The sixty-third installment of Alexander McCall Smith's daily novel 44 Scotland Street: Materialism, belief, etcetera Volume 9 Episode 63 While Antonia made her way off to George IV Bridge to pursue her research in the National Library, Angus helped...
Images of Scotland: Glen Rosa
This weather might be bad for one's extremities but it does make for interesting photographs, such as this one of Glen Rosa with Cir Mhor in the background, taken by John Dewar View more images of Scotland on our Facebook page • To submit your picture...
Capercaillie confirmed for Tiree Music Festival
GAELIC supergroup Capercaillie have been confirmed for an award-winning musical festival on a Hebridean island dubbed the "Hawaii of the North." The long-running band, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, will be topping the...
Signed poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to go on sale
HE IS better known for Sherlock Holmes than his poetry, but a signed manuscript of a patriotic poem by Scots author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is going on sale. The rare document, written in 1915 and entitled Ypres, is estimated to fetch up to £8,000 when...
Architects RMJM sold for £11m to investment firm
THE beleaguered architectural practice RMJM, which finally slid into receivership six months ago following years of financial trouble, is to be bought out by an investment firm. Edinburgh-based RMJM Architecture, the registered company that bought...
Historian clears clouds over spying and shot-down bomber
It was one of the mysteries of the Cold War, but now Steven Taylor reports on the new evidence which may put an East Yorkshire air base in the clear. FOR 60 years it has remained one of the Cold War’s most mysterious incidents, which plunged...
Osborne defends welfare reform in face of attacks
GEORGE Osborne yesterday attacked critics of the UK government's welfare reform claiming they were talking "ill-informed rubbish" as he defended his controversial policies. The Chancellor said the welfare system was “fundamentally broken”...
Dread over plans to privatise search and rescue service
From: Keith Bagot, The Terrace, Honley, Holmfirth. I READ with dread (Yorkshire Post, March 27) that the Government is to privatise the RAF and Royal Navy search and rescue services. These men are so highly trained, and yes the Sea King helicopters...
HIV self-testing could stem spread of virus
SELF-testing for HIV could help stem the global epidemic, experts have claimed. Half of HIV sufferers are unaware they have the virus, and a further 2.5 million become infected each year. However, screenings, while effective, are not always taken up...
Infection prevention methods are not fail safe
Hospital patients continue to transmit infections between each other despite strict control measures, new research suggests. Using DNA tracking of an outbreak among cystic fibrosis patients at a treatment centre in Britain, experts identified frequent...
Those who are playing God with our climate
From: Jacqui Butterworth, Lady Lane, Dalton, Huddersfield. WHAT is going on with the weather? Our weather has become extreme and unpredictable leading many to cite prophecies of the end of time as an explanation. But are these weather events natural,...
Bundle Qatada on next aircraft
From: John Rookes, Rotherham. I SEE that the Abu Qatada circus rumbles on and on, once again the Government is humiliated by human rights lawyers and judges in the face of public opinion (Yorkshire Post, March 28). Who appoints these judges? Qatada...
Name-change fee by airline was a rip off
From: MEH Brown, Main Street, Thorganby, York. THE huge advertisement poster at Leeds Bradford Airport by Jet 2.com states flights from £22. I recently made a reservation for my wife and I to fly to Alicante. We flew out on a Monday and back on a...
Kelvingrove nominated for UK best museum award
ONE of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions is in the running to be named the UK's best museum. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, in Glasgow, has been named as a finalist for the annual Art Fund Prize. It will be competing with the likes of...
Realtime News
- 01:35 Jetstar cuts 10% of January domestic flights amid strikes over pay...
- 01:28 'No benefit' in meeting murderer Jeremy Bamber says ITV crime drama...
- 01:09 General election 2019: Johnson to welcome new MPs to Westminster
- 00:59 Christmas tree lights bought online could pose fire hazard
- 00:59 House prices predicted to rise by 2% in UK – with the north leading...
- 00:46 Argentina's 'dirty war': France approves extradition of suspected...
- 00:45 Christmas lights from online sellers 'can be fire risk'
- 00:45 What does business want from Boris?
- 00:42 Poorest countries facing both obesity and malnutrition
- 00:41 Anak Krakatau: Giant blocks of rock litter ocean floor
- 00:33 Tiffany Haddish's Black Mitzvah and her journey of Jewish discovery
- 00:33 How a university dropout built a toy empire
- 00:30 Jewellery 'worth £50m' stolen from Tamara Ecclestone's home
- 00:26 Tim Paine says Australia 'can still get better' after demolition of...
- 00:24 Young suicides in Wales due to 'complex' reasons, says study
- 00:24 Murder investigation launched after Earls Barton ‘incident’
- 00:19 Sudoku 4,644 easy
- 00:18 Sheku Bayoh family meet chief constable 'for answers'
- 00:17 Minoan disposable cup shows ancients were not green either
- 00:17 YouTuber PewDiePie to take break from platform as 'very tired'
- 23:36 UK not 'match fit' for Brexit talks, says former May aide
- 23:36 Johnson to tell new Tory MPs they have to change party for good
- 23:24 Angel Gomes hints at Manchester United exit by deleting traces of...
- 23:19 Ten years of terror and tragedy: A look at the events that defined...
- 23:18 New Zealand volcano: Minute's silence to mark one week after eruption
- 23:07 Call to vaccinate children against flu amid 'super spreaders' warning
- 22:52 Father Christmas ‘attacked in Tesco grotto by shoplifter’
- 22:26 ‘Perfect day’ for St Johnstone, says boss Tommy Wright
- 22:24 Arsenal defence is perfect audience for De Bruyne’s one-man show
- 22:16 Marise Payne travels to New Zealand in wake of volcano disaster...
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