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News archive from 21 May 2014

A third of first-time mothers suffer depressive symptoms, research finds

The women's depressive symptoms are often short-lived episodes and do not mean that the women were diagnosed with postnatal depression. Photograph: Alamy One in three first-time mothers suffers symptoms of depression linked to their baby's birth...

Guardian, 00:05 in Health

 

Gap site project buoys property recovery

A DERELICT site close to Edinburgh city centre is to be redeveloped in the latest sign of a pick-up in the property market. 34b-40 Haddington Place on Leith Walk, adjacent to the McDonald Road library, has been sold to Yorkshire development company S...

Scotsman, 00:05 in Business

 

Comment: Office space race helping city mind gaps

LAND supply remains the big issue for commercial property developers, so much so that they are using every seminar and workshop to press the authorities to release more of it to meet demand for offices and other accommodation. The property market is...

Scotsman, 00:05 in Business

 

First inflation rise in nearly a year

Inflation rose for the first time in almost a year last month, stalling hopes for a pick-up in real term wages. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation ticked up to 1.8 per cent in April after hitting a four-year low of 1.6 per cent the...

Scotsman, 00:05 in Business

 

Ortak to regain its sparkle after deal for assets

Ortak, the Orcadian jewellery business that hit hard times last year, is to be revived after a sale of its assets was agreed. The new owners are preparing to relaunch the brand and resume manufacturing in Orkney just over a year after the business...

Scotsman, 00:05 in Business

 

Independence: SNP invited to summit on devolution

A summit on new powers for the Scottish Parliament will be held within weeks of a No vote in the Scottish independence referendum, it was confirmed last night. Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael is to invite all of the country’s...

Scotsman, 00:09 in Politics

 

Voting SNP keeps Ukip out of Scotland, urges Ewing

The veteran Nationalist Winnie Ewing yesterday joined the SNP's drive to keep Scotland a Ukip-free zone. The matriarch of the SNP’s best-known dynasty made her first intervention in the European parliamentary election campaign when she urged voters to...

Scotsman, 00:09 in Politics

 

Scots children among least active in world

Video game-obsessed children in Scotland are among the least active in the world, research suggests. A study ranking 15 countries on indicators of physical activity found Scotland came bottom in both overall exercise levels and also performed badly...

Scotsman, 00:11 in Health

 

Farage backs out as Ukip ‘carnival’ turns to farce

Ukip leader Nigel Farage, below, ducked out of a street rally organised by his party in south London, after the event descended into farce. The eurosceptic party had promised to bring a “strong and positive message” to the streets of south London...

Scotsman, 00:12 in Hot News

 

Australia herds profits from feral goat meat

Hooves pound on metal slats as wild goats are loaded on to a lorry at an outback yard more than 700km (435 miles) west of Sydney. No-one knows just how many goats are roaming the rugged expanses of the Australian outback, but feral herds have become...

BBC, 00:13 in Business

 

Why it pays to complain via Twitter

There was a time when a strongly worded letter was the only means of having your complaint heard by a company, but is tweeting now the best way to get your gripe to the front of the queue? When Angie Konrad tweeted that the heating was switched off on...

BBC, 00:13 in Business

 

People power plants seeds for forest regeneration

A MAJOR new plan to restore Scotland's ancient woodlands has been unveiled after a landmark community buyout of "surplus" forests in the Highlands was agreed. The regeneration project got the go-ahead after Forestry Commission Scotland...

Scotsman, 00:14 in Environment

 

Exclusive, Jack O'Connell: I'm delighted the Rams have proved me wrong this season

ACCLAIMED international actor and avid Derby County fan Jack O'Connell gives his views on the Rams - and why he is delighted they have proved him wrong this season: IN my opinion, Derby - home - is a footballing city and this becomes very obvious when...

Derby Telegraph, 00:15 in Regional East

 

Scottish independence: Love thy neighbour, says MP

THE Christian covenant of "love thy neighbour' is an argument for Scotland staying in the UK, senior Labour politician Douglas Alexander has said. The shadow cabinet minister yesterday addressed 700 senior Church of Scotland officials during a...

Scotsman, 00:18 in Politics

 

Time to back pioneering Yorkshire technology, MPs tell Government

MINISTERs should end a decade of delay and back developing technology which could deliver thousands of jobs and a £1.3bn boost for the economy, according to a new report. The Government is urged by MPs to end years of deliberation and invest in the...

Yorkshire Post, 00:19 in Yorkshire & Humber

 

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