The Scotsman back issues from July 2002:
Coasting to success
Jul 01, 2002; ... FESTIVALS require more than simply artists and a programme. Theyneed a sense of place. Take the example of the recent St MagnusFestival, where the bleak isolation of the Orkney Islands, theimposing historic presence of St Magnus Cathedral, the unshakeableself-belief of the locals and the ...
Review St Germain
Jul 01, 2002; ... SECC, Glasgow JAZZ, by its very nature, is a pretty broad church;experimentation its gospel. Which makes it all the more painful thatso much jazz-house is stultifying. A looped sax sample and a bit ofsyncopated percussion over a thumping beat does not a great recordmake, and ...
Review RSNO ScottishPower Proms: West End Gala
Jul 01, 2002; ... Glasgow Royal Concert Hall AS far as musicals compendium shows go, the Royal ScottishNational Orchestra's West End Gala was far glitzier than most. But however gutsy the closing numbers from Cats, Mamma Mia and LesMiserables were, much of the rest was all fur coat and no ...
Fifties females proud of their age
Jul 01, 2002; ... IT SEEMS that not only are today's fiftysomethings more fit andyouthful than ever, they are also more comfortable with their age. In a new survey published today, most women, far from lying abouttheir date of birth, are proud they look younger than they actuallyare. As a ...
Big Brother Diary The housemates are all revolting
Jul 01, 2002; ... REBELLION - seldom far from the surface in this series of ChannelFour's Big Brother - is simmering again. In what may prove to be thebest news yet for the millions who can't stand the programme, thecontestants have gone down with a collective case of "I'm gonna walk"syndrome ....
Watch with granny
Jul 01, 2002; ... The loss of a clich, especially one associated with television, isa tragedy. No more can we comment, with a slow and mournful shake ofthe head: "Aye, they don't make kid's programmes like they used to."For today it appears that television companies are doing little elsebut making kids' ...
Patients willing to travel for treatment
Jul 01, 2002; ... MORE than four in ten people would be prepared to travel abroadbecause of unacceptable delays in the National Health Service, a pollrevealed yesterday. A total of 41 per cent told the British Medical Association (BMA)they would be willing to go outside the UK for an operation if ...
BoS to expand Irish presence
Jul 01, 2002; ... BANK of Scotland is planning to open a new front in its battle tograb market share in Ireland, with an aggressive move to capturebusiness banking customers. It is believed that BoS is in late-stage talks with An Post - theIrish post office - and Banque Nationale de Paris to offer ...
Ronaldo's redemption as Brazil triumph
Jul 01, 2002; ... BRAZIL were acclaimed champions of the world for the fifth timeyesterday in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, due mainly to aplayer who has just re-applied for the post of best footballer on theplanet. Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima, or, as the world knows him, Ronaldo,scored ...
Night the minister dropped his guard
Jul 01, 2002; ... STEPHEN Byers was a wanted man when he stepped off the train atCardiff station on 2 February to attend Labour's spring conference.The Jo Moore saga was still raging - the press was baying for hisblood. He had travelled there with Ms Moore herself. She had attempted tosneak out ...
Byers on holiday with partner as affair puts him back in spotlight
Jul 01, 2002; ... STEPHEN Byers was holidaying with his partner, Jan Cookson, lastnight after admitting he cheated on her with a Labour councillor. Barbara Corish told how she went to the then transport secretary'shotel room for sex at a recent party conference. But events weresoured when Mr Byers ...
Doctors begin cannabis trials on the NHS
Jul 01, 2002; ... HOSPITAL trials have begun on a cannabis spray intended to relievethe symptoms of multiple sclerosis sufferers and of other NationalHealth Service patients in need of long-term pain-relief treatment. Doctors began prescribing the drug and a capsule version to NHSpatients at nine ...
TWO COUNTRIES DIFFERENT PRIORITIES
Jul 01, 2002 ... THE needs of pensioners north and south of the Border may be thesame, but from today, the help given to them by the state will changecompletely. Here, we examine the position of two elderly people, onewhom lives in Scotland and one whom lives just a few miles south inEngland ....
Confusion mars launch of flagship policy
Jul 01, 2002; ... THE success of free personal care for the elderly is the keypolicy on which this Executive will be judged. Originally the former first minister Henry McLeish's baby, theradical initiative has become the central plank of Jack McConnell'sadministration. The introduction of ...
The rocky road to free care
Jul 01, 2002 ... 24 October 2000: Health minister Susan Deacon announcesimprovements in nursing and personal care for the elderly, but fallsshort of Sir Stewart Sutherland's committee's recommendation for fullfunding for nursing and personal care. 28 November 2000: Scottish Parliament's health and ...
Scrutineer
Jul 01, 2002; ... BR or Network Rail: so long as priorities are right this time THE government's protestations that Britain's railway has not beenre-nationalised ring only half-true. The privatised train operators remain in existence, maintainingthe separation of responsibility for wheel and ...
Body of crash girl to return home
Jul 01, 2002; ... FINAL arrangements are being made today to fly the body ofKatherine Fish, 15, home from France, four days after the coach crashwhich claimed her life. George Maxwell, the headteacher of Largs Academy, returned fromFrance late on Friday where he had been visiting pupils and ...
Glasgow 'puts on the smile more than Edinburgh'
Jul 01, 2002; ... THE competition between them is legendary, and new research is setto rekindle the rivalry by revealing that Glaswegians may indeed bemore friendly than Edinburgh folk. But the academic study, which was carried out by sociologists atthe University of Glasgow, suggests the west ...
Celebrity boost to Scotland's bid for culture title
Jul 01, 2002; ... A FULL supporting cast will this week put Scotland's sole bid towin the coveted European Capital of Culture title in 2008 on centrestage and try to secure crucial government support. Tony and Cherie Blair will learn first hand of the bid byInverness and the Highlands tonight, when ...
Tyred but not weary
Jul 01, 2002; ... Hey, a free new clothing, or even building material. It'slightweight, totally waterproof, impact-resistant and stylishlyblack. And the country will soon have a massive surplus. What's thedrawback? None. OK, so it's old car tyres, but before you scoff and say: "Wear acar tyre? ...
No 10 denies make-over will cost 850,000 pounds
Jul 01, 2002; ... DOWNING Street yesterday dismissed reports that it has authoriseda lavish GBP 850,000 refurbishment of No10 - saying that its onlyplans are for "routine maintenance". The Prime Minister's spokesman said that the figure had been"plucked out of the air" - but conceded that the work ...
Rented house sets new record at 36,000 pounds
Jul 01, 2002; ... A FOUR bedroom house in Edinburgh has been let for a massive GBP36,000 a year, challenging suggestions that the buy-to-let market inScotland is overheating. The house, in the city's Murrayfield area, was rented within sevendays of going on the market after two families vied to ...
Royal Mail used to deliver class A drugs
Jul 01, 2002; ... DRUGS cartels are using the Royal Mail as one of their maintrafficking routes for smuggling class A substances including cocaineand heroin into Scotland from cities such as London and Liverpool. The Scotsman has learned that Customs and Excise and the ScottishDrug Enforcement ...
Drugs delivered by post
Jul 01, 2002; ... DRUGS cartels are using the Royal Mail as one of their maintrafficking routes for smuggling class A substances including cocaineand heroin into Scotland from cities such as London and Liverpool. The Scotsman has learned that Customs and Excise and the ScottishDrug Enforcement ...
VCs issue ultimatum to Energis over buyout offer
Jul 01, 2002; ... VENTURE capital companies have warned beleaguered telecoms companyEnergis that it has until Friday to accept a buyout offer of up toGBP 600 million or they will walk away. Energis' shares collapsed in January after plummeting sales forcedit to issue a profit warning and breach ...
Brazil begins its World Cup carnival
Jul 01, 2002; ... HUNDREDS of thousands of ecstatic Brazilians took to the streetsyesterday in a blaze of firecrackers and samba to celebrate theirunprecedented fifth World Cup win. People of all ages and all colours converged on beaches, citycentres, streets and parks to celebrate their resounding ...
Despair of losing fails to dampen Germany's pride in the flag
Jul 01, 2002; ... A WAVE of patriotic fervour swept Germany despite their team's 2-0 defeat in the World Cup final. Tens of thousands of Germany fans waved their black, red and goldflags on streets and squares in an outburst of national pride in acountry where displays of patriotism were long ...
Free care divide splits the nation
Jul 01, 2002; ... THE government was last night accused of creating the biggest everpost-code lottery in health as it came under renewed pressure toextend Scotland's scheme for free personal care of the elderly southof the Border. From today, thousands of the elderly in Scotland will qualify ...
MPC to keep rates on hold
Jul 01, 2002; ... THE Bank of England is widely expected to ignore the boominghousing market and leave interest rates on hold at 4 per cent whenits Monetary Policy Committee meets this week. Despite increasing fears among MPC hawks that the housing boom isbecoming uncontrollable, uncertainty ...
Review ROCK & POP David Byrne
Jul 01, 2002; ... Barrowland, Glasgow IT'S no wonder people love playing the Barrowland - the audiencethemselves often provide the gig's best moments. Friday's came just after Byrne played the old Talking Headsfavourite This Must Be The Place. He wasn't even half way through hisset, but ...
New Releases
Jul 01, 2002; ... CLASSICAL MUSIC Atterberg: Symphonies Nos 2 & 5 Mendelssohn:String Quartets Op 44, Nos 1 & 2 Bach: Alto Arias JAZZ Yaya: YayaWORLD The Yemen Tihama CPO, GBP 12.99 DESPITE being a full-time employee of the Stockholm Patent Office,and founder of Sweden's principal music ...
Review GLASGOW JAZZ FESTIVAL Isaac Hayes
Jul 01, 2002; ... Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow AS FAR as icons go, they don't come much cooler than Isaac Hayes,who, as part of the Glasgow Jazz Festival, was gracing Scotland forthe first time in his illustrious career. Despite this, the Clyde Auditorium had pockets of empty seats. Butthose ...
Review Out with a bang CLASSICAL MUSIC Last Night of the RSNO Proms
Jul 01, 2002; ... Glasgow Royal Concert Hall ANY actor will tell you that the last night is the one in whichyou must go for broke. The Glaswegian interpretation of this is totry to break everything - from balloons to eardrums. The RSNOScottishPower proms series went off with more than a few bangs ...
Pick of the day LIE
Jul 01, 2002; ... FIRST seen in Scotland at last year's Edinburgh International FilmFestival, LIE has not yet been granted a proper UK release, despitecritical acclaim both here and in America (the title is short forLong Island Expressway, which is where it is set). There are, ofcourse, lots of reasons ...
Going out ,staying in JAZZ Glasgow Jazz Festival THEATRE Nightflights
Jul 01, 2002 ... Various venues TONIGHT is one of the Glasgow Jazz Festival's quieter nights afterthe opening star salvo of St Germain, Isaac Hayes and BB King, butthere is still lots to enjoy across the city, much of which you won'thave to pay for. Free concerts throughout today include ...
Don't be fooled by these 'entitlement' cards
Jul 01, 2002; ... IMAGINE the scene: you are walking home one night through astrange neighbourhood when a policeman looms up and asks you for yourID. By that he means your official identity card. "Sorry, constable,"you mutter, fumbling with your wallet or purse. "I've left it athome." Twenty minutes ...
Labour to quiz voters on policy
Jul 01, 2002; ... LABOUR has denied it is bereft of policy initiatives after itemerged the party is to seek the views of voters on ideas for its2003 Holyrood election manifesto. Rival parties were quick to seize on Labour's plan to hand out100,000 pre-paid postcards inviting suggestions on what ...
Review Jeremy Hardy Traverse, Edinburgh
Jul 01, 2002; ... IT HAS been 14 years since Jeremy Hardy broke on to the scene,winning a Perrier Award at the Fringe. These days, though, he prefersto boycott Edinburgh in August - he thinks it's more of a comedy"trade show" - preferring instead to fire early shots across fellowcomedians' bows ....
Leader Free(ish) care for the elderly has arrived
Jul 01, 2002 ... FREE personal care the elderly, or at least one version of it,comes into operation in Scotland today. Originally, the proposalstemmed from an independent Royal Commission chaired by Sir Stewart(now Lord) Sutherland, Principal of Edinburgh University. It was seenas a way of addressing the ...
Leader The football party is over
Jul 01, 2002 ... A DEEP depression has settled over the Far East, where Japan andSouth Korea are reporting multiple incidences of a new illness whichhas been termed "World-Cup-is-over" syndrome. After a 31-day carnival of football, the party is over and thehosts are left with the empty feeling ...
Leader Older and bolder
Jul 01, 2002 ... ONCE upon a time, husbands used to plead with their wives to havebirthdays so they didn't grow old by themselves. But no longer are awoman's best years the decade between 39 and 40. Women in Britainhave stopped lying about their age, at least according to a newopinion poll. The reason ...
Scottish Widows jobs under threat
Jul 01, 2002; ... A TOTAL of 2,000 jobs at Scottish Widows could be under threatafter it emerged Lloyds TSB is considering shifting work abroad in abid to slash costs. Lloyds TSB Union general secretary, Ian Partridge, whichrepresents 40,000 workers at the bank, said last night that as manyas ...
Abbey not a merger target, claims NAB
Jul 01, 2002; ... ABBEY National and National Bank of Australia yesterday playeddown reports that they are plotting a merger. NAB has been searching for a UK acquisition for the last twoyears, and Abbey chief executive Ian Harley is coming underincreasing pressure from shareholders to improve the ...
What lies beneath
Jul 01, 2002; ... Not since the last years of the 18th century, when two millioncart-loads of earth were wheeled in to create the great man-madeMound has there been such a kerfuffle at the heart of Edinburgh. Under a jokey banner of Sir Walter Scott, tied to the parapet ofthe Royal Scottish ...
Blair's 'last chance' in Ireland
Jul 01, 2002; ... TONY Blair was under pressure from unionists last night to facedown republicans over street violence after a rural police station inNorthern Ireland came under attack from masked youths. About 40 to 50 youths threw stones and bottles at the station inRosslea, Co Fermanagh around ...
Can the confidence of investors be rebuilt?
Jul 01, 2002; ... WORLDCOM'S revelation last week that it pulled off one of thebiggest accounting shams in history underscores a key obstacle to thestock market's recovery: investors' shattered confidence. Improving corporate profits are the ultimate driver of the stockmarket, but if there's a ...
What the Sunday papers said US equities sell-off threatens to push the dollar to new lows
Jul 01, 2002 ... The Business THE US's leading money managers and institutionalinvestors are aggressively slashing their exposure to US equities andbonds, a fresh survey by Reuters shows. The move threatens a furtherwave of selling in US markets and threatens to push the dollar everlower. BT, ...
Labour back-benchers challenge Blunkett over identity card plans
Jul 01, 2002; ... DAVID Blunkett is facing a backbench revolt over his plans tointroduce identity cards as part of his plans for a tougher asylumregime. Some 27 Labour MPs have signed a motion laying down theiropposition to the scheme, which the Home Secretary is expected tooutline this week ....
Parliamentary spotlight on MSP's secrecy deal
Jul 01, 2002; ... PARLIAMENTARY officials are to approach the US-based drugs firm,Pfizer, later this week to discuss the "terms and conditions"surrounding a confidentiality agreement signed by a Labour MSP aspart of a business exchange scheme. Margaret Jamieson, the deputy convener of the ...
Salmond had 'no say in spending Connery cash'
Jul 01, 2002; ... ALEX Salmond insisted yesterday he had no say in how donations tothe SNP from Sir Sean Connery were spent in spite of the disclosureof a document showing the actor wanted him to endorse projects. The former SNP leader issued a statement saying he had not beenpresent at a meeting ...
Trains run behind time as normal service resumes
Jul 01, 2002; ... TRAIN punctuality slumped with the return of near-normal ScotRailservices last month, following the resolution of the drivers' paydispute. Services ran later in the month to 22 June than in May in all butthe Glasgow area and ScotRail failed to hit performance targets infour of ...
When the managers become the bosses
Jul 01, 2002; ... MANAGEMENT buyouts (MBOs) had a high profile in the 1980s and1990s as more management teams decided to take the plunge and takeover businesses they had usually been involved in running for years. It seems an attractive proposition, given that the individualsshould have a sound ...
Incorporating offers a chance to expand your firm's horizons
Jul 01, 2002; ... INCORPORATING a business is often the first sign that the owner isexpanding his horizons and moving from a small scale to somethinglarger. When you incorporate a business it means that you are giving thatbusiness a separate legal identity. Generally speaking, in the eyesof the ...
Buyout market slows as global economy falters
Jul 01, 2002 ... THE UK buyout market in 2001 was GBP 19.4 billion, a fall ofalmost 20 per cent on the 2000 figure . The total volume of buyoutsincreased in 2001 from 597 to 617 after three years of decreasingdeal numbers. The number of GBP 100 million-plus deals fell from 45 to 36 lastyear, ...
S&N aiming to raise GBP 1.5bn via bond issue
Jul 01, 2002; ... SCOTTISH & Newcastle, the UK's biggest brewer, is set to announceprogress on the sale or securitisation of 1,000 pubs tomorrow,raising up to GBP 1.5 billion. Sir Brian Stewart, executive chairman of Edinburgh-based S&N, islikely to announce a plan for securitisation, through a ...
Pensioner attacked and robbed in church
Jul 01, 2002 ... AN ELDERLY man was pushed to the ground and robbed while attendingMass in Glasgow. The 72-year-old was taking part in a service at St Helen's RomanCatholic Church on Saturday when the incident took place. The man, a volunteer at the church, was standing at the back of ...
Jails job frontrunner
Jul 01, 2002 ... DR ANDREW McLellan, a former moderator of the Church of Scotland,has emerged as the front-runner to take over as the prisons watchdog. A Scottish Executive spokesman said: "No appointment has yet beenmade and when it is, we will announce it. It has not been finalisedand, ...
Genetic riddle solved
Jul 01, 2002 ... SCIENTISTS believe they may have solved the riddle of why humanshave fewer genes than simpler organisms such as rice, according toresearch published today. Dr Andrew George, at Imperial College, told the journal Trends inImmunology that he believes the limited number of ...
Intruder in palace
Jul 01, 2002 ... A MAN was arrested after being discovered within the grounds ofthe Prince of Wales's London residence, St James's Palace. The man was discovered at 6:15am on Wednesday in Lancaster Houseby a cleaner, Scotland Yard confirmed. Lancaster House is within the environs of St ...
Secret life of the virus
Jul 01, 2002 ... COMPUTER viruses mirror their biological equivalents in the waythey behave, are structured and even in the threat they pose,according to new research. Jack Clark, an anti-virus technology consultant, and Dr RodDaniels, of the National Institute of ...
Culinary contretemps
Jul 01, 2002 ... FIFTEEN teachers were locked inside a Glasgow restaurant run bycelebrity chef John Quigley because they refused to pay the bill. The teachers, from a Catholic secondary, claimed they were over-charged by GBP 200 as they celebrated the end of term. The bill forthe group came to GBP ...
The Sunday Papers
Jul 01, 2002; ... UNDER the headline, "William is losing his heir", the SundayPeople revealed another supposed exclusive yesterday. Based on a rather grainy black and white photograph of the back ofsomebody's head, the paper claimed: "Prince William is astonishinglygetting a bald patch in the Royal ...
Tracker
Jul 01, 2002 ... Vivendi set to oust chief executive VIVENDI Universal, the huge, debt-ridden French media group, couldfinally lose its colourful chief executive Jean-Marie Messier if hisfellow directors have their way. Board members are understood to beputting the finishing touches to a plan to ...
Focus on S&N's bid to be global player
Jul 01, 2002; ... BREWING giant Scottish & Newcastle takes centre stage this week inthe City with full-year results after a busy year, notable for itsacquisition of Finnish drinks business Hartwall. Otherwise, there are few major companies due to report results,the exceptions being supermarkets ...
Week in politics Cabinet members look for alternatives to Barnett formula
Jul 01, 2002; ... SCOTLAND's financial future is being redrawn in the minds ofLondon ministers, although they will deny it vehemently during nextsummer's Holyrood election. Several Cabinet members are now firmly in favour of scrapping theBarnett formula, and are looking around for alternatives. So ...