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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- 07:48 Not enough fish: woman successfully sues dating agency over lack of...
- 07:46 Couple's wedding ring returned after detectorist's find on...
- 07:43 Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic weigh in on best-of-five debate
- 07:43 Police probe into Sheffield stabbing continues
- 07:40 Dramatic images show tractor blocking train line causing major...
- 07:40 Amazing view from tree tops
- 07:39 'Violent' man tasered in Blackpool
- 07:39 Quit your job and get paid to drink gin while travelling around...
- 07:39 Housing plans opponents outraged
- 07:38 What to do if you didn’t get the A level results you wanted
- 07:38 Man decides sleeping on trampoline is better than waking up...
- 07:37 Train passengers in Tayside and Fife facing annual season ticket...
- 07:36 Sheffield pupils celebrate another year of impressive A-Level results
- 07:36 Ullswater's Another Place celebrates first anniversary
- 07:36 Leading councillor calls for Cumbria LEP to merge with neighbour
- 07:36 Dramatic images show tractor blocking train line causing major...
- 07:36 Dramatic images show tractor blocking train line causing major...
- 07:33 Sheffield pupils celebrate another year of impressive A-Level results
- 07:32 Danny Cipriani arrested: England rugby star charged with assault
- 07:32 Arsenal transfer news: David Ospina, Danny Welbeck, Catalin Carjan
- 07:31 Former Aston Villa man mocks Tottenham Hotspur’s failed attempt to...
- 07:30 East Bierley produce stunning display to topple Bingley
- 07:28 A level 2018 grade boundaries are here from OCR and Edexcel, AQA...
- 07:28 Teenager attacked by acid in London
- 07:25 Banbury Food Fair has a lot on its plate
- 07:24 Cleckheaton seal derby win over Scholes
- 07:23 Chesterfield Scarsdale Rotarians back cancer screening work at...
- 07:22 Steelbacks eager to give supporters something to shout about
- 07:21 ‘It feels impossible to beat’: how I was floored by menopause
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