Scotland on Sunday back issues from May 2009:
Success of specialist domestic abuse court sees cases double
May 03, 2009; ... THE number of cases going through Scotland's only domestic abusecourt has more than doubled in the last six months. Hundreds of extra abusers are being channelled through the fast-track justice system in Glasgow, prompting calls for similar schemesin other parts of the country ....
Heads held high in exit from Basra
May 03, 2009; ... THE Stars and Stripes has flown over Basra for two days. Although"flown" may not exactly be the right word. America's symbol hasbarely fluttered in the airless 38C Iraqi furnace of a city. Ithangs almost as limply as the British regimental colours itreplaced. US forces last week ...
20 per cent of criminal fines are unpaid
May 03, 2009; ... ONE in five fines imposed in Scotland on convicted offenders areunpaid, according to new figures released by the court system. Scotland on Sunday can reveal that many offenders are simplyignoring millions of pounds of financial penalties levied by thecourts, the police and ...
Patients warned over shortage of doctors due to EU rule to cut hours of work
May 03, 2009; ... SCOTLAND's junior doctors last night warned that patient servicescould be hit by a shortage of consultants if they are forced tocomply with EU rules that cut down their working hours. Medics said their new working week - which will be slashed fromup to 56 hours now to no more than ...
Speed cameras lose money, save lives
May 03, 2009; ... SPEED cameras are losing millions of pounds a year, Scotland onSunday can reveal. New figures released last night scotch the myth that the roadsidesnappers were only installed to make cash for the Government. The nationwide network of more than 500 cameras now costs ...
Medic at the forefront of crisis
May 03, 2009 ... AS SCOTLAND'S Chief Medical Officer, spearheading Scotland'sresponse to swine flu is the biggest challenge to have faced DrHarry Burns, right. He reassured the public over the bird flu crisis, when a swanwith the infection was found dead at the harbour in Cellardyke,Fife, in ...
Private clinics cashing in on antivirals
May 03, 2009; ... PRIVATE clinics in Scotland have been accused of cashing in onthe swine flu pandemic by charging patients almost GBP 140 forantiviral drugs to stockpile at home. Scotland on Sunday has uncovered evidence of private GPs inEdinburgh and Glasgow "profiteering" from the swine flu ...
Private clinics cashing in on antivirals
May 03, 2009; ... PRIVATE clinics in Scotland have been accused of cashing in onthe swine flu pandemic by charging patients almost GBP 140 forantiviral drugs to stockpile at home. Scotland on Sunday has uncovered evidence of private GPs inEdinburgh and Glasgow "profiteering" from the swine flu ...
Search for hundreds on flu plane
May 03, 2009; ... HEALTH officials are hunting for hundreds of airline passengerswho may have become infected with swine flu from a Scot returninghome from a trip to America. The man was last night revealed to be Scotland's latest"probable" case of H1N1 after falling ill with flu following a ...
Search for hundreds on flu plane
May 03, 2009; ... HEALTH officials are hunting for hundreds of airline passengerswho may have become infected with swine flu from a Scot returninghome from a trip to America. The man was last night revealed to be Scotland's latest"probable" case of H1N1 after falling ill with flu following a ...
Search for hundreds on flu plane
May 03, 2009; ... HEALTH officials are hunting for hundreds of airline passengerswho may have become infected with swine flu from a Scot returninghome from a trip to America. The man was last night revealed to be Scotland's latest"probable" case of H1N1 after falling ill with flu following a ...
Aberdeen forecast to reveal drop in profits
May 03, 2009; ... INVESTMENT group Aberdeen Asset Management is expected to reporta drop in profits and an outflow from its funds this week on theback of volatile markets. On Tuesday the firm reports interim results for the six months toMarch 31. Analyst Stuart Duncan at Royal Bank of Scotland ...
Ashley Davies
May 03, 2009; ... WHEN my primary school contemporaries were impersonating nursesand hoping passionately to one day become air hostesses, I used to pretend I was an architect. Admittedly, this was pretty underwhelming in thedressing up department (I still don't understand why women ...
Style Bible: Green rooftops, wondrous wallpaper and a design book reader offer
May 03, 2009; ... Beyond the grass ceiling IF you've ever been tempted to put a green, living roof on yourgarage, shed or extension but didn't know how to go about it, youmight be interested to know that one company can deliver the wholekit and caboodle to your house, complete with instructions ....
Give me Broomfield any day over modern flatpack stadiums
May 03, 2009; ... EVERY day on the walk to work I pass an architect's office fullof funky furniture and on the odd occasion I see architects, they'reusually casually-attired and laughing. I've started to think theyspend most of the day racing each other around the office onkiddies' trikes, just like the ...
Study reveals true extent of 'old boys network' between Government and banks
May 03, 2009; ... LINKS between Government and the banking sector have beencondemned in a new report that has uncovered the extent of the "oldboys network" at the top of British public life. Britain has a greater culture of cronyism than Europe or the US,according to the study, which identified key ...
Rugby star's GBP 100k pledge to Tories
May 03, 2009; ... THE businessman who captained the Scottish rugby team to the 1984Grand Slam has donated GBP 100,000 to the Scottish Conservatives. Jim Aitken's gift is the second largest single donation evergiven to the party in Scotland. News of Aitken's support comes a week after the ...
Couple pushed to brink by bank
May 03, 2009; ... BANKS have been attacked for persecuting hard-pressed familiesand small businesses by pushing up their charges, having alreadymade an "astonishing mess" of their own affairs. A report on the banking crisis by the influential Treasury SelectCommittee said: "We deplore the ...
Briefs: Car sales down
May 03, 2009 ... US car sales continued to fall in April as new figures revealedthat cash-conscious consumers remained reluctant to buy newvehicles. Sales fell 34.4 per cent in April as the industry held near thelowest ...
Briefs: Fiat in talks
May 03, 2009 ... THE head of Italian car giant Fiat will hold talks with Germangovernment ministers tomorrow about a possible takeover of Opel,according to local sources. Sergio Marchionne, who recently also secured a stake in Chrysler,is expected to present German economy minister Karl-Theodor ...
BenRiach targets Borat and the 'stans'
May 03, 2009; ... BENRIACH, the firm that recently paid GBP 15m for Pernod Ricard'sGlendronach distillery, is to embark on a major push into Kazakhstanin a bid to gain a foothold in Central Asia. The move into a country that is largely known not for whiskyconsumption but for its oil and the antics ...
Who's in charge of the banks
May 03, 2009; ... IF THE Government hoped the latest Treasury Select Committeereport would bring some closure to the Great British BankingCollapse, it has had a rude awakening. Far from "drawing a line"under the debacle, it is set to spark fierce debate and in the mostsensitive area of all: who is now ...
Doctors to treat alcoholics with taste of The Good Life
May 03, 2009; ... SUCCESSFULLY persuading chronic alcoholics of the virtues ofgardening and a good diet may appear like an impossible task, butdoctors are to start promoting The Good Life model in a bid to cureScotland's drink problem. Teaching problem drinkers how to grow and cook healthy food is ...
Briefs: Newhaven blow
May 03, 2009 ... THE Edinburgh-based advertising agency Newhaven has lost itsaccount with Bank of Scotland following its merger with Lloyds TSB.It is understood that Lloyds TSB has chosen to realign its marketingstrategy through Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe Y&R in London. The news comes two years ...
Brown given five weeks to save party or face challenge
May 03, 2009; ... GORDON Brown has been given a five-week deadline to transformLabour's fortunes or face a leadership challenge after the Europeanelections. Labour MPs are warning that the Prime Minister will face achallenge should the party do badly at the June 4 election. The warning came ...
Blears piles on pressure for Brown
May 03, 2009; ... GORDON Brown's grip on Downing Street was loosening last nightafter a Cabinet minister claimed the Government was guilty of a"lamentable failure" to get its message across. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears admitted that Labour'sreputation had suffered a "titanic battering" in ...
Irn-Bru plans assault on English pops chart
May 03, 2009; ... IT IS as Scottish as haggis and Hampden Park and has quenched thethirst of millions from Stornoway to St Petersburg. But the makersof Irn-Bru now want to persuade the Auld Enemy to take the rust-coloured elixir to their hearts. In recent years AG Barr has shied away from screening ...
Mad life in the bus lane's just the ticket
May 03, 2009; ... BLAKEY, the cantankerous conductor from On The Buses, woulddefinitely not be amused. A controversial blog, written by an anonymous Glasgow bus driver,is to be turned into a BBC comedy show. Lurid accounts from theBloodbus website, which describes passengers as ...
Mad life in bus lane's just the ticket
May 03, 2009; ... BLAKEY, the cantankerous conductor from On The Buses, woulddefinitely not be amused. A controversial blog, written by an anonymous Glasgow bus driver,is to be turned into a BBC comedy show. Lurid accounts from theBloodbus website, which describes passengers as ...
Tourism drive will see castles restored
May 03, 2009; ... A MAJOR project to identify castles and tower-houses suitable forfuture restoration and development is to be launched today to boostinvestment and tourism in Scotland. The Scottish Government believes that with the right financialbacking some historic buildings facing an uncertain ...
Slash public sector to save UK, says CBI
May 03, 2009; ... BUSINESS leaders have this weekend launched a two-pronged attackon the burgeoning public sector, warning political leaders they willhave to make serious cutbacks to public services and civil servicepensions to keep spiralling costs under control. CBI director-general Richard ...
Cycling Interview: David Millar: Millar making up for lost time
May 03, 2009; ... Happy with a new team role, ethos and perspective, Scot explainsto Richard Bath how he rebounded from his nadir in Edinburgh DAVID MILLAR remembers it now as his "lost period", the days thatturned into weeks, that morphed into months, a time when his lifeconsisted of doing nothing ...
Blow for Barclays as Weir quits amid speculation of move to Lloyds
May 03, 2009; ... BARCLAYS has been dealt a blow with the loss of Derek Weir, oneof the country's most senior corporate bankers, who it poached fromrival Royal Bank of Scotland in 2007. Weir, managing director of the Scotland team at BarclaysCommercial Bank, last week resigned from the firm. It is ...
Title charge comes to a head
May 03, 2009; ... Aberdeen 1 Celtic 3 Considine's own goal gifts Celtic leveller as they capitalise andpick up three vital points THE numbers all added up for Celtic yesterday. Eventually. Atsixes and sevens in the opening stages, Gordon Strachan's menprevailed in his 200th game in charge ...
Drumlanrig
May 03, 2009 ... ALEX WITH NICE CHIANTI Ears pricked up at First Minister's Questions last week when AlexSalmond appeared to raise the unlikely possibility of cannibalismbecoming a feature of the swine flu crisis. Tory leader Annabel Goldie asked the First Minister to "separatemyth from ...
Dunfermline plans to pump new life into mortgage market
May 03, 2009; ... THE Dunfermline Building Society has launched a market-leadingone-year fixed rate savings bond in a bid to reassure customers thatit is back in business after the takeover by the Nationwide. At the same time it has promised that some attractive newmortgage deals are in the ...
Savers left without profits
May 03, 2009; ... INVESTORS who have with-profits endowment and savings plans arebeing hit hard by cuts to bonuses imposed in the wake of the stockmarket crash. Some investors have been left speechless by anapparent overnight slashing of terminal bonuses, which sliced theirinvestments by up to 20 per ...
The fear
May 03, 2009; ... A couple of newlyweds from Polmont have plunged Scotland into thecentre of the global swine flu outbreak. Jeremy Watson finds out howit all began on the 'plague' plane home and follows the spread ofthe virus IT WAS just an ordinary night out with his buddies. Iain Askhamwas ...
Falkirk find what the fans want
May 03, 2009; ... Falkirk 2 Motherwell 1 Finnigan 9; Scobbie 55 Clarkson pen 70 Resolute performance from team reduced to 10 men gives Bairns amodicum of hope IF SHEER desire were enough to save Falkirk from the drop, theycould crack open their cigars and warm their slippers ...
Final Statement: Be ready for your wallet to take a pounding on holiday
May 03, 2009; ... IN LAST week's battle for the hearts of the British publicbetween Joanna Lumley and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, guess whowon? Having difficulties? Let's try this one. They faced down the Nazis, hacked their waythrough the Burmese jungle, brought terror to the Taliban. Who ...
Fleming: from jute mills to dry martinis
May 03, 2009; ... IT MAY not boast the opulent casinos of Monte Carlo or the palmtrees of Jamaica, but 007's roots have been traced back to Dundee. Genealogists have examined Sir Ian Fleming's family history anddiscovered that his ancestors hailed from the City of Discovery. While the ...
Planning for worst with 'bouncy castle morgues'
May 03, 2009; ... IT IS one of the biggest urban areas in the world - a sprawlinghome to more than 17 million people - but this weekend it is at aneerie standstill. In Mexico City, restaurants, factories and shopsare closed, public events cancelled and citizens told to stayindoors for five days ....
'Brown needs to look more emotional'
May 03, 2009; ... IT WOULD be uncharitable to suggest that one place in Britainwhere the swine flu crisis was welcomed with open arms was Number 10Downing Street, but there is little doubt Gordon Brown could makepolitical capital from the outbreak as he struggles to containrebellious MPs. He has ...
Shares battered by pandemic worries
May 03, 2009 ... A flu epidemic could wipe 7 per cent off Britain's economicperformance, according to the Bank of England, triggering a collapsein output. However, this is based on one in four of us getting ill, whichfew expect to be the case. Nevertheless, shares in travel firms took a ...
Travellers face bill for flu fears
May 03, 2009; ... IF WORRIES of a pending flu pandemic turn out to be an over-hyped scare, it could prove expensive for travellers whose holidayplans are now in tatters, as well as investors whose shares havetaken a bashing. The Foreign Office has advised against travel to Mexico and isalso ...
Global Monitor: Buffett on the spot as shareholders seek answers
May 03, 2009; ... MORE than 30,000 people are expected in Omaha this weekend tolisten to the company's top two executives, Warren Buffett andCharlie Munger, answer questions about the recession and Berkshire'slargely unrealised investment losses. Shareholders will also vote ona proposal that would require ...
Bank urged to print money more quickly
May 03, 2009; ... THE Bank of England is under pressure to accelerate the pace atwhich it is printing money as interest rates are expected to be heldat 0.5 per cent this week. David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce,issued a stark call to Monetary Policy Committee members ...
Rich home in on 'bargain' houses
May 03, 2009; ... IT'S the housing sale of the century. Well-heeled Scots aresnapping up multi-million-pound homes for as much as GBP 800,000less than they would have been sold for a year ago. Cash-rich buyers are taking advantage of steep drops in houseprices caused by the credit crunch to ...
Tigers singing the Blues
May 03, 2009; ... But Cardiff must ignore the flattery from Welford Road, warnsIain Morrison IT WAS the American politician Adlai Stevenson who famouslyquipped that "flattery was harmless provided you don't inhale" inwhich case you have to hope that the Cardiff Blues have the goodsense to follow ...
Nippy Sweetie: 'It's not just men who get extra confidence from an additional three and a half inches'
May 03, 2009; ... IT'S not often that I can say this, but I felt terribly sorry forpoor aul' Carla Bruni last week. Yeah, that's right - I often feelpity for tall, willowy ex-supermodels with cheekbones that couldslice stone. No, my sympathy lay entirely with her feet. Since shemarried the small in ...
Shouting for attention
May 03, 2009; ... Laryea Kingston wants to be a big noise in England, but mustfirst attract notice here, writes Tom English LARYEA KINGSTON once apologised to all of Ghana for baring hisbuttocks in a testimonial match in Accra. Not the brightest periodin his career it's safe to say. Not with all ...
Leader: A healthy caution
May 03, 2009; ... THE message from public health specialists this weekend is thatScotland may - fingers crossed - escape the worst of the effects ofthe swine flu outbreak. In time this may become a cause forsatisfaction at a prevention job well done, but while the level ofthreat envisaged by the World ...
Residential rents fall as landlords hit
May 03, 2009; ... RENTS for residential property are falling across Scotland as thebalance of power shifts from landlords to tenants due to anoversupply of flats, according to a survey. Citylets, an online letting service, is warning investors thattoo much property on the market is forcing rents ...
Vulnerable M&S faces pressure for Sainsbury's merger
May 03, 2009; ... RETAIL analysts are warning that a weak set of trading figuresfrom Marks & Spencer later this month will increase pressure onexecutive chairman Stuart Rose to forge a merger with supermarketgiant Sainsbury's. With the high street chain expected to reveal a slump in ...
MSP orders Iron Lady to say sorry to Scots
May 03, 2009; ... MARGARET Thatcher showed last night she had not lost any of herability to polarise political opinion when she was urged toapologise for the destruction her policies had wrought on Scotland. The call came from Labour a few hours before Baroness Thatcherwas made a rare visit north ...
Spelling out the magic
May 03, 2009; ... Salford 16 Harlequins 24 A BRILLIANT sunny day saw Murrayfield at its best for the visitof the Superleague's Magic Weekend and whatever reservations anyonehas about rugby league, no-one can argue with the concept of summerrugby. Any worries about the condition of the pitch were ...
Money Help Desk: Invest some time to shop around
May 03, 2009 ... I HAVE around GBP 2,000 to invest. I was thinking about investingit in the Government's Guaranteed Equity Bond No 17. Would this be a worthwhile investment at this particular time? PB Danny Cox at Hargreaves Lansdown writes: BY INVESTING in this plan you hope ...
Catch up on the Week
May 03, 2009 ... MONDAY General Motors told lenders to back a debt-for-equity swap,warning that it would go bankrupt by June 1 if the proposal failed. Insurer Aviva quelled concerns over a capital crisis, revealingit boosted its coffers by GBP 500m in the first quarter ....
Catch up on the week
May 03, 2009 ... GOOD WEEK Elise Tan Roberts The two-year-old who can name 35 capital cities has become theyoungest member of high-IQ society Mensa. Elise Tan Roberts, who canalso recite the phonetic alphabet, has an IQ of 156, making hersmarter than Countdown maths whiz Carol Vorderman, ...
Row over Faslane future casts shadow on partnership with Babcock Marine
May 03, 2009; ... A ROW over the future of the Clyde Naval Base has emerged justdays after it published its first ever joint business plan withBabcock Marine, which will lead to more than GBP 120m of savings inoperating costs over 10 years. Conservative party leader David Cameron has raised ...
Oil services feel the squeeze as majors rein in spending
May 03, 2009; ... PETER Voser will make a cautious transition into the top job atShell in July knowing that he has to build an investment strategy ina period of low oil prices that he expects to last for up to 18months. He won't be alone. The oil majors are trying to maintain their capital ...
Nine, Nine, Nine: other Old Firm league deciders
May 03, 2009 ... 1979: CELTIC 4 RANGERS 2 AFTER the winter of discontent and horrendous weather that wipedout fixtures for three months, the Old Firm were forced to meet on aMonday night in May. Rangers only had to avoid defeat to be all butbe sure of the title. It seemed in the bag after 55 ...
Dragon boat comes in again for women rowers
May 03, 2009; ... THE dragon boat came first in the procession, all 75 feet of it,carried by a tractor past the Buddhist temple and a grove oftowering coconut palm trees. Then came two tractors crowded with the rowers: dozens of womendressed in white blouses and turquoise skirts, laughing and ...
Peter Ross at large: AC/DC disciples electrified in the town that made Bon
May 03, 2009; ... He was a bit silly at the end right enough, but he's still aKirrie boy for all that 'LOOK at this," says Hynsey, turning to show the AC/DC logo inkedinto his right bicep. "My first tattoo, it was done on Wednesday.See the pain of getting that done? It was no problem. You know ...
'I'd be proud of Boyd's record,' says 50-goal McDonald
May 03, 2009; ... COMPARISONS between Old Firm goalscorers are inevitable.Yesterday, Scott McDonald chose to make them himself. On theoccasion of his 50th goal for Celtic, 23 months on from his GBP650,000 move from Motherwell, he couldn't help but mention a certainRangers striker who has just hit the ...