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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- 00:59 Northern agrees to compensate non-season ticket holders
- 00:59 Northern agrees to compensate non-season ticket holders
- 00:58 Judith Blake: Why towns and cities need each other
- 00:58 Jayne Dowle: Long live new-look high street as world moves on
- 00:51 Judith Blake: Why towns and cities need each other
- 00:51 Tiger Woods holds back tears before claiming Tour Championship
- 00:50 Northern agrees to compensate non-season ticket holders
- 00:48 Glenn Close on playing The Wife and being a mother
- 00:45 Green Carpet awards sprinkle stardust on Milan fashion week
- 00:45 Pret a Manger and BA face questions over girl’s allergy death on plane
- 00:35 The truth behind Kim Jong-un's 'cute' K-pop sign
- 00:34 Graduates of Imperial College beat Oxbridge on earnings
- 00:34 Labour to offer private sector employee ownership plan
- 00:33 'They were not comfortable about hiring a woman'
- 00:23 UN agency's U-turn after unpaid internships row
- 00:19 Obesity to eclipse smoking as biggest cause of cancer in UK women...
- 00:17 Obesity could overtake smoking as biggest preventable cause of...
- 00:14 Richard Leonard: Labour will deliver federal UK and oppose Indyref2
- 00:13 Fentanyl crisis: Is China a major source of illegal drugs?
- 00:08 Fears over uptake of free NHS eye tests
- 00:07 Steve Bruce reacts to the growing pressure at Aston Villa
- 00:07 Watchdog warns Scotland must slash transport and agriculture emissions
- 00:07 Sudoku 4,173 easy
- 00:02 Super quick 4 ingredient dinners to make this evening
- 00:02 5 common myths about nutrition (and the truths)
- 00:00 Police search for man after alleged sexual assault at St Kilda...
- 23:49 Labour conference: John McDonnell unveils £500 workers share plan
- 23:41 Paul Pogba explains why Alexis Sanchez is struggling for...
- 23:40 Serena Williams says she doesn't understand coach's claim he...
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