News archive from 12 October 2014
Luis Suarez eyes Clasico return as Barcelona star whets appetite for competitive comeback vs Real Madrid
Luis Suarez’s countdown to the Clasico continues and all indications are that despite playing just four friendlies in four months he will be ready to start against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. Since the Spanish league computer decreed that...

Retired Bruce Forsyth is STRICTLY stylish
The 86-year-old seemed to be embracing retirement as he enjoyed some time with wife Wilnelia Merced on Friday. Brucie came out last week to criticise Strictly Come Dancing, saying that the judges are scoring too highly, too early. Eastenders star has...

Green spaces link to poorer mental health in women
MOVING to the countryside may be the dream of many stressed city-dwelling Scots - but new research shows that for women it may not be as beneficial as once believed. Health experts from Glasgow University have discovered that social isolation and...

Britain prepares for ‘handful’ of Ebola cases
THE Chief Medical Officer yesterday warned the UK should expect a "handful" of Ebola cases in the coming months. Defending airport screening, Dame Sally Davies said it was a “blunt instrument” but would save lives. She rejected criticism in...

Dani Garavelli: No room for racism in Ebola fight
THE limits to my liberalism became clear at 10.10pm on Thursday. The BBC news had just finished reporting on the Briton who may or may not have died of Ebola in Macedonia and my youngest son had dissolved into a blubbering heap on the sofa. "It's...

Derek Robertson: A cleaner Scotland is in the bag
RETAILERS all over Scotland will be making final plans this week before the introduction of a mandatory charge of 5p for every bag used at point of sale. Large and small, corner shop or out-of-town supermarket, they will have steps to put in place to...

Brown urges Tories to get radical on devolution
GORDON Brown yesterday urged the Conservatives to "radically improve" their offer for a stronger Holyrood when he called on them to embrace a raft of new powers. The former prime minister said the Tories should agree to devolve more control...

Funding for vital school building work crumbles
THE cash to be spent on rebuilding Scotland's crumbling schools has been reduced by £82 million, more than one-third, this year, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. An analysis of John Swinney’s budget shows the £226m ministers had intended to invest...

Don’t leave our future to Westminster - McLeish
FORMER Labour first minister Henry McLeish has said the legacy of the independence referendum was that Scotland's future should not be determined solely by Westminster. At the Scottish Green Party Conference in Edinburgh, the former MP and MSP also...

O’Leary: Scrap flight tax and we’ll double passengers
RYANAIR could double the size of its presence in Scotland within two years if the country abolished "penal" air passenger duty (APD), its chief executive has predicted. Michael O’Leary, who last week revealed the carrier would expand its...

Comment: We still hold some aces
ANOTHER week, and another tumultuous spasm - in markets and in politics. Just when you thought we were set for post-referendum calm, we have growing signs of a Eurozone plunge into recession, while here finance secretary John Swinney gave Scotland its...

Boost for workers as wage growth continues
BRITAIN'S long-suffering workers should get a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel this week as the gap between inflation and wage growth narrows. Official figures are expected to show consumer price inflation (CPI) dipped to a five-year low of...

Shepherd and Wedderburn still on takeover trail
LAW firm Shepherd and Wedderburn is set to unveil another deal before Christmas as its appetite for
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- 10:22 Australian author sees similar plot to his in trailer for new Danny...
- 10:21 Why is Honda closing its Swindon plant and how did the town vote in...
- 10:21 Great white sharks may have DNA mutations that can help us...
- 10:21 Man’s tattoo looks like ‘scribble’ after he got it ‘fixed’ by...
- 10:21 Planetarium plan for Doncaster as museum’s friends group boosts...
- 10:20 Marianne from Derbyshire is world’s first woman to win the Montane...
- 10:19 MSPs to back tax hikes for high earners in Scotland
- 10:19 Police car vandalised in Coventry while officers respond to call
- 10:18 Fundraising evening to be held in memory of Gareth Lacy
- 10:16 Derian House launches new charity shop in Chorley
- 10:15 Derbyshire pervert is jailed after he was found guilty of nine...
- 10:15 Selston mum 17 grieves for the loss of her five week old daughter
- 10:14 Police hunting burglars who set fire to Rotherham home
- 10:14 Police warning over teenagers' 'concerning behaviour'
- 10:13 In-Situ's launches new mobile art project inspired by Pendle Hill
- 10:13 Fundraising evening to be held in memory of Gareth Lacy
- 10:13 Showings to focus on Mile chariot find
- 10:13 IN PICTURES - Wigan dad-to-be Billy Livesley's funeral
- 10:12 Call for new footage of ugly mass brawl at Haydock racecourse
- 10:12 Derbyshire pervert is jailed after he was found guilty of nine...
- 10:12 Man taken to hospital with serious injuries after A46 collision
- 10:12 'End the scourge of late payments which is hurting business in...
- 10:12 Derbyshire pervert is jailed after he was found guilty of nine...
- 10:11 Conor McGregor vs Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone is a ‘done deal’ says...
- 10:11 Too old and porous? Bayern Munich face Liverpool amid serious doubts
- 10:11 VIDEO: Tributes to Taylor Tolley who died in road accident in...
- 10:11 The Labour party is not what the Independent Group says it is – now...
- 10:10 Pub bombings inquests may be boycotted by campaign group
- 10:10 Islamic centre rises from ashes of arson-hit mosque
- 10:10 VIDEO: Tributes to Taylor Tolley who died in road accident in...
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