The Scotsman back issues from June 2004:
Backlash on yobs forecast
Jun 01, 2004; ... SOCIAL austerity and a return to Victorian family values inresponse to increasing anti-social behaviour will be predicted laterthis week by an expert on future trends. A backlash against yobs and bad manners will be tipped by aleading social forecaster at a lecture examining ten ...
Engine scare forces BA jet to turn back to Heathrow
Jun 01, 2004; ... A BRITISH Airways flight bound for Edinburgh returned to Heathrowmidway through its journey after a piece of metal was sucked into oneof the aircraft's engines. Passengers felt vibrations after part of the metal casing aroundthe engine became detached, the airline said yesterday ....
Icon Hepburn crowned top beauty as elegance outshines girl power
Jun 01, 2004; ... THE film legend Audrey Hepburn has been named the most beautifulwoman of all time. The star of Roman Holiday and Breakfast At Tiffany's topped thepoll of beauty editors, make-up artists, fashion editors, modelagencies and fashion photographers who were asked to choose their ...
Fall in bankruptcies may mask trend
Jun 01, 2004; ... FIGURES released yesterday show a sharp decline in the number ofScottish individuals being declared bankrupt in the first threemonths of 2004. Personal bankruptcies were down 9.9 per cent against the sameperiod in 2003, and 12.8 per cent on the last three months of ...
Capital Life
Jun 01, 2004 ... MUSIC Tonight sees a live performance at the Queen's Hall of ErikTruffaz and his jazz quartet. Truffaz joins an illustrious line oftrumpeters including Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and Donald Byrd inrecording for jazz's foremost label, Blue Note Records. His latestrelease, The ...
Campaigners call for review of care orders
Jun 01, 2004; ... CAMPAIGNERS are calling for an independent review of care ordersafter hundreds of parents were expected to have their childrenreturned following a landmark legal ruling. Parents diagnosed with Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy had hopedtheir families would be reunited following the ...
Edinburgh facing an office shortage A surge in inquiries sparks worries over lack of developments
Jun 01, 2004; ... DEMAND for Edinburgh office space has picked-up in the past 18months and could outweigh supply in 2005 - according to the world'sbiggest estate agent. Jones Lang LaSalle has told The Scotsman that 840,000sqft ofoffice space was taken up in new deals in 2003, about 37 per ...
Cash problems sour whisky project
Jun 01, 2004; ... IT WAS to be the first new distillery on Islay since 1883 andshould have opened its doors this week amid great fanfare at theheight of the island's annual whisky festival. The ambitious GBP 1 million plan to open Kilchoman Distillery,heralded as the only operation of its kind to ...
Driver who saved employer's bus quits job in disgust
Jun 01, 2004; ... A BUS driver who displayed outstanding courage in preventing thetheft of one of his employer's coaches has quit his job in disgustafter the company told him he would have to take a day off to receivea police bravery award. Gordon Smith, from Selkirk, will be presented with a ...
Quit call over CD details of children
Jun 01, 2004; ... A SENIOR education official was facing calls to resign last nightafter documents containing the personal details of primary-schoolchildren were accidentally distributed to the public. The youngsters' names and addresses were included on a CD-Romwhich was produced following a ...
Marchionne in pole for top Fiat job
Jun 01, 2004; ... SERGIO Marchionne, an independent member of Fiat's board and thechairman of Swiss chemicals group Lonza, is the front-runner to takeover as the car company's chief executive. Fiat's board will meet today to pick a new chief executive afterGiuseppe Morchio resigned late on Sunday ...
Too many products carry chemical danger to children
Jun 01, 2004; ... LEADING high street stores are still stocking a range of everydayproducts on their shelves containing chemicals which pose a healthrisk to millions, according to a new report. Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoE) said more must be done toremove and phase out the risky chemicals as ...
Scots split over bid to woo immigrants
Jun 01, 2004; ... SCOTS are deeply divided on Jack McConnell's high-profile strategyto attract thousands of new immigrants to the country, it emergedlast night. A survey showed that though one in three does not want to welcomenew migrants, 51 per cent believe Scotland should encourage them toits ...
Traffic shake-up as cars are set to be banned from centre of capital
Jun 01, 2004; ... CAR-OWNERS face being banned from Edinburgh's Princes Street inless than a year's time as part of a major traffic shake-up of thecity centre, The Scotsman has learned. Private vehicles are expected to be prohibited from the gardensside of Princes Street from next May - nine years ...
INternational Markets: Nokia shines on quiet day
Jun 01, 2004; ... INTERNATIONAL MARKETS WITH the markets on London and New York enjoying a day offyesterday, there was thin trading across the handful of Europeanmarkets that were open. Mobile phone maker Nokia was driving higher amid reportssuggesting that it has clawed back its market ...
Death driver was high on drugs and drink
Jun 01, 2004; ... A DRIVER who was "out of it" on drugs and drink hit a group ofpedestrians at about 70mph and killed three people, including twochildren, a court heard yesterday. Dean Martin, 23, did not stop after the Sunday morning tragedy butabandoned the car a short distance away, its tyres ...
Investigation launched over claims solicitors' insurance scheme breaks OFT rules
Jun 01, 2004; ... AN INSURANCE scheme for solicitors which is also lauded as aninvaluable piece of consumer protection is to be subjected to arigorous investigation and could be outlawed. The Law Society of Scotland's master policy covers all firmsagainst claims for professional negligence. The ...
M&S opts for Rose to head off Green bid
Jun 01, 2004; ... MARKS & Spencer removed its chief executive and chairman lastnight as it moved to shore up its defences against the GBP 10 billionhostile takeover of retail tycoon Philip Green. It has brought in Stuart Rose, the former head of clothes storegroup Arcadia, to replace under-fire ...
King Midas returns to rule the roost once more
Jun 01, 2004; ... STUART Rose, 55, was already considered the City favourite to headthe troubled marks & Spencer and his name was one of the first toutedby analysts and rival retailers when it announced chairman LucVandevelde's resignation on 10 May. As chief executive of the Arcadia fashion group, ...
Analysis: Ten problems for the world - but which one to fix first?
Jun 01, 2004; ... SO BJORN Lomborg has done it again. It's three short years sincehis famous book The Skeptical Environmentalist first had his enemiesin the Green lobby choking on their cucumber soup - rubbishing theirdoomsday predictions of melting ice caps and sinking islands. Nowhe's returned to the ...
Michelangelo may have suffered Asperger's syndrome
Jun 01, 2004; ... AS AN artist, he was unmatched, an icon of tortured genius whosename became synonymous with the word "masterpiece". But new evidence has shed fresh light on Michelangelo's artisticachievements, suggesting that the Renaissance artist might havesuffered from Asperger's syndrome, a ...
Terrorism's shadow over world oil prices
Jun 01, 2004; ... OIL prices look set to charge higher again this week as the latestterrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia - the world's largest single oilproducer - further stoke fears for the security of world supplies. Although the major markets were closed yesterday for holidays,crude oil futures on ...
Religious leaders unite to oppose BNP
Jun 01, 2004; ... RELIGIOUS leaders gathered in Glasgow yesterday to urge the publicnot to vote for the British National Party in next week's Europeanelections. The Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders met to highlight theirconcerns about the BNP's racist views and, in particular, theirattempts ...
Council urged to appoint culture officer for schools
Jun 01, 2004; ... FRANK McAveety, the culture minister, yesterday urged a Scottishcouncil to sign up to a nationwide project aimed at encouragingschool pupils to develop an interest in the arts and culture. Argyll and Bute Council is the only local authority in the countrynot to have appointed a ...
Stars use 20th anniversary of Live Aid to highlight Africa's need
Jun 01, 2004; ... THE 20th anniversary of Live Aid will draw the public's attentionback to African issues and encourage western governments to takeurgent action, campaigners believe. They are hoping that the UK will be a focal point throughout nextyear, with Britain's chairmanship of the G8 and the ...
Polar flyers meet the airmen who rescued them from 9,000 miles away
Jun 01, 2004; ... STRANDED and badly injured in the wastes of Antarctica after theirhelicopter crashed, Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill thought they hadjust minutes to live. But 9,000 miles away in northern Scotland arescue mission was already being plotted to pluck the adventurers tosafety ....
Scots' welcoming image suffers a blow
Jun 01, 2004; ... THE long-held image of Scotland as a welcoming nation has beendealt a severe blow by a new study which examines attitudes towardsimmigration. The survey found that 60 per cent of Scots are concerned that toomany incomers from the EU's ten new member states will arrive ...
Howard targeting UKIP in bid to shore up Eurosceptic vote
Jun 01, 2004; ... THE Tories will launch a major bid to win back the Euroscepticvote over the next ten days in an attempt to head off theincreasingly strong challenge from the UK Independence Party, itemerged last night. Michael Howard, the Tory leader, will make a keynote speech today,setting ...
Maverick MSP splits Lib Dems with call to ditch coalition
Jun 01, 2004; ... A MAVERICK Liberal Democrat MSP dealt a body blow to anyimpression of party unity yesterday by criticising the efforts of hisparty leaders. Mike Rumbles, the MSP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, spokeout about the lack of ambition among the senior members of his partyand ...
Postal voting 'catching up'
Jun 01, 2004; ... THE government yesterday tried to damp down fears that its postalvoting experiment was on the verge of collapse. It claimed that, as of lunchtime yesterday, more than 90 per centof all the "Super Thursday" postal ballot papers had been printed andwere ...
Full-speed ahead for the roads revolution
Jun 01, 2004; ... DRIVERS face a major new round of traffic restrictions acrosscentral Edinburgh under measures to be brought in from early nextyear. Work on banning cars from Princes Street and closing several keyjunctions will start in January, the city council told The Scotsmanyesterday ....
RM wants to pass Scottish exam on school software
Jun 01, 2004; ... EDUCATIONAL software firm RM is planning to pitch its on-linemarking system to Scotland's examination board. Following the exam fiascos of recent years, the company believesit can help the Scottish Qualifications Authority eradicateadministrative errors, while also speeding up the ...
Standard Life puts for sale sign over four properties
Jun 01, 2004; ... STANDARD Life has streamlined its office portfolio as part of itsplans to demutualise and make about 1,000 staff redundant. The financial giant occupies 1 million square feet of office spaceacross Edinburgh, but has put up four buildings for sale in anattempt to centralise ...
Tracker: 100 jobs lost as Curtis closes Dalmore Mill
Jun 01, 2004 ... CURTIS Fine Papers is to close its Dalmore Mill in Midlothian nextmonth, leading to at least 100 redundancies. Confirming plans firsttabled five weeks ago, the speciality papermaker said it is set tomove all its operations to its headquarters site at Guardbridge,Fife. Only 30 of the 130 ...
So, gentle prince, why would you want to be a soldier?
Jun 01, 2004; ... DIANA, Princess of Wales, once said of her son William: "Justbecause he looks like me doesn't mean he is like me." At the weekend,as Prince William announced his intention to join the armed forces hewill one day head, her words came true. For while William has shownhimself to be a chip ...
Leader: Worries on immigration
Jun 01, 2004 ... SCOTLAND needs a net extra 8,000 to 10,000 new citizens every yearfor the next decade to keep its population from declining. Of course,we can survive with a smaller population, but if it is an ageingcommunity that lacks modern skills, it will not necessarily be such aprosperous one. As a ...
TV Review: Murphy's Law BBC 1 D-Day: Time Team Special Channel 4 Hell's Kitchen ITV
Jun 01, 2004; ... In Murphy's Law, the last thing to go through the mind of a fatherof two was a bullet. He opened the front door - and BANG. No time toconsider the origins of the law to which he had fallen victim. Edward A Murphy, Jr, a United States Air Force engineer, neveractually said: ...
Triple-death-crash driver high on drugs and drink faces ten years in jail
Jun 01, 2004; ... A DRIVER who was "out of it" on drugs and drink hit a group ofpedestrians at about 70mph and killed three people, including twochildren, a court heard yesterday. Dean Martin, 23, did not stop after the Sunday morning tragedy butabandoned the car a short distance away, its tyres ...
Gaddafi's nephew, the Aberdeen link and hopes for a billion pound oil bonanza
Jun 01, 2004; ... FOR a man whose family was once dedicated to trouble, Naser al-Gaddafi seemed entranced by the sheer harmony of the Aberdeenshirecountryside. The Rivers Dee and Don - and the Granite City - were particularlyfavoured by Mr Gaddafi, who came bearing gifts to Scotlandpotentially ...
Montgomerie vows to qualify for Troon Open
Jun 01, 2004; ... ALTHOUGH he will miss out on what would be his 50th majorchampionship in a row when the US Open takes place on Long Islandlater this month, Colin Montgomerie will strain every sinew in hisattempt to make sure he tees up at his home town course of RoyalTroon for the Open in July ....
Let's stop the rot, says Smith
Jun 01, 2004; ... TOM Smith does not agree that positives can be gleaned fromScotland losing, but the experienced forward spoke honestly yesterdayabout how he feels the current national side is paying for a slidebegun in previous years. The British and Irish Lion finds it impossible to be anything ...
Countdown to D-Day: Phantom army fooled the Nazis, saving lives in France
Jun 01, 2004; ... JACK Tully-Jackson marched with a "phantom army" in 1944, but hisunit was probably the fittest in Scotland. A Leading Aircraftman with2737 Squadron of the RAF Regiment, stationed at Macmerry Airfield,East Lothian, Mr Tully-Jackson and comrades were dispatched into theCairngorms for ...
Simon Pia's Diary: Eric's MP of the Match
Jun 01, 2004; ... ANOTHER whipping for the Parliament, and no-one from the media formiles. This time it was Dukla Pumpherston handing out the punishmentas the former pros beat a team of Scottish politicos 8-1 atTynecastle on Sunday. All in a good cause, of course, in the HeartsFirst charity football match ...
My weakest link - and why I could never be boss of the BBC There is something pasteurised about US sit-com characters which makes me feel queasy
Jun 01, 2004; ... HERE's a true confession. One of the many reasons why I could notbe BBC director general is that I don't know enough about television. As a viewer, I will watch anything from news and arts anddocumentaries to movies and any sport which does not involve thethrowing of darts. But my ...
Hearts settle into new home
Jun 01, 2004; ... AS HEARTS officially opened their football academy at Riccartonyesterday, Craig Levein hailed the facility as vital to thedevelopment of his present players and potentially decisive inattracting new signings to the club. The academy, a partnership with Heriot-Watt University, cost ...
Montgomerie prepares to play Open qualifying
Jun 01, 2004; ... ALTHOUGH he will miss out on what would be his 50th majorchampionship in a row when the US Open takes place on Long Islandlater this month, Colin Montgomerie will strain every sinew in hisattempt to make sure he tees up at his home town course of RoyalTroon for the Open in July ....
Gatwick checks in for Derby
Jun 01, 2004; ... A NOTION existed in racing that Sir Alex Ferguson's hopes of beingassociated with a Classic winner evaporated when he took on Coolmoreover Rock Of Gibraltar. Like he has proved so often in the past,however, the Manchester United manager can never be written off. That's why he will ...
Mather waits to fly home as tour injury list lengthens
Jun 01, 2004; ... SCOTLAND suffered another tour casualty yesterday when CammyMather was forced to accept defeat in his battle to recover from atwisted ankle. The loss of the 31-year-old flanker is a major blow as Mather wasexpected to start in Friday night's first Test match, against Samoain New ...
How to survive without oil
Jun 02, 2004; ... PICK UP A TOYOTA PRIUS The celebrity antithesis of Arnold Schwarzenegger's gas-guzzlingHumvee is Sting in his Toyota Prius. No vehicle in recent memory hasenjoyed such celebrity endorsement. At the Academy Awards, RobinWilliams, Sting, Charlize Theron, Tim Robbins and Susan ...
Plans for demolition of Southside 'mistakes' due to get green light
Jun 02, 2004; ... A VISION for the shake-up of Edinburgh's Southside, which couldinclude the demolition of the 1960s Potterrow flyover and thecreation of new public spaces linking the university with nearbydevelopments, is set for approval tomorrow. The multi-million-pound plan, formed between the ...
Research team calls for helmets to be made compulsory for all cyclists under 16
Jun 02, 2004; ... THE controversy over whether cyclists should be forced to wearhelmets was re-ignited yesterday by new research which showed thatthey could dramatically cut serious head injuries. Researchers from Edinburgh University and Imperial College Londoncalled for helmets to be made ...
Siege mentality does Vogts no good
Jun 01, 2004; ... FOR someone so sensitive to even the merest hint of criticism,Berti Vogts has proved himself remarkably adept at dishing it out.The Scotland coach, who made a habit of falling out with a string ofmedia analysts in his homeland during his time in charge of Germany,has adopted a similar ...
Reviews: Kings: Lords of the Railway: Cloudland
Jun 01, 2004; ... KING A **** LORDS OF THE RAILWAY **** CLOUDLAND ** CHILDREN'S INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, EDINBURGH GIVEN the trashy quality of most of the sexual imagery thatchildren absorb from the media, there's a lot to be said for the newwillingness of theatre for ...
Reviews: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Jun 01, 2004; ... A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM ***** CITY HALL, PERTH BENJAMIN Britten's Shakespeare opera A Midsummer Night's Dreamplays itself perfectly well. Just let the fairy tale, with all itslove-match confusion, comedic cameos and Britten's supernaturalmusical effects evolve in a forest ...
Scottish cities sitting pretty in motorists' safety league
Jun 02, 2004; ... EDINBURGH and Aberdeen have emerged as two of the safest cities inwhich to own a car, as they have some of the lowest vehicle accidentand theft levels in the United Kingdom. Nearly one in five policy- holders in London made an accidentclaim on their car insurance in each of the ...
Protest at Chinese Tattoo invitation
Jun 02, 2004; ... ITS website promises that the 55th Edinburgh Military Tattoo willbe the most spectacular ever - a 1,000-strong line-up from fivecontinents. But, just two months from its official opening on the 6 August,the Tattoo's organiser, Brigadier Melville Jameson, has found himselfat the ...
Stroke victim, 89, wins court order to ban wife from abusing him
Jun 02, 2004; ... A MAN aged 89 won a court order yesterday to ban his wife fromverbally and physically abusing him. A judge was told that Eileen Reekie, 55, began to behaveirrationally after visiting her mother in hospital, and that herhusband's family had "rescued" him and moved him into a ...
22 Scottish child death convictions reviewed by Crown Office
Jun 02, 2004; ... THE cases of 22 child killers in Scotland, including the killingof Edinburgh baby Caleb Ness, have been investigated by the CrownOffice in an unprecedented review of prosecutions. It comes after a wide-ranging inquiry into child deaths in Englandwhere defendants, usually mothers, ...
Capital Life
Jun 02, 2004 ... FAMILY Visitors to Deep Sea World should watch out this weekend as theycould be in danger of being hijacked by Black Beard and hisswashbuckling crew. Pirate pranks will take place throughout theweekend and visitors can participate in activities including walkingthe plank, ...
Countdown To D-Day: The date is set, the armies are ready, now the word goes out - the hour of combat is coming Part Three: Thursday and Friday 1 and 2 June, 1944
Jun 02, 2004; ... ON Thursday 1 June, schoolteacher Andre Heintz in Caen put on theearphones of his crystal set. It was just before 9:15pm. He tunedinto the BBC, wondering whether tonight the message he'd been waitingfor would finally come. If it did, it would be the first of twoalerting him that D-Day ...
Road charge 'would be a drain on city's police service'
Jun 02, 2004; ... CONGESTION charging could cut police numbers in Edinburgh bydraining cash from the force and driving staff to work elsewhere, asenior officer warned yesterday. Assistant Chief Constable Ian Dickinson told a city councilinquiry into the scheme that he had "serious concern" about ...
Strike threat over schools shake-up
Jun 02, 2004; ... THE risk of redundancies among the Borders teaching workforce as aresult of the current round of school closures and amalgamationscannot be completely ruled out, according to a staff protocol drawnup by the local education authority. But officials of the Educational Institute of ...
Eircom earnings hit right numbers
Jun 02, 2004; ... EIRCOM, Ireland's leading telecoms operator which floated on AIMearlier this year, has revealed a steady rise in annual core earningsas cost-cutting offset declining revenues from telephone calls. Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisationin the 12 months to ...
Record turnout for Scotsheep
Jun 02, 2004; ... IT HAS been confirmed that attendance at last week's Scotsheep2004 was a record in the event's 25-year history. More than 8,000 visitors were at Poldean farm near Moffat lastFriday where Willie and Jennifer Davidson are still rebuilding theirbusiness after 2,000 animals were ...
Demand rising for mobile phone masts
Jun 02, 2004; ... DEMAND for more mobile phone masts is increasing, but only if theyare in the right place and get planning permission, according to thelatest survey by rural business advisers Strutt & Parker. Results of the survey of more than 1,000 site negotiations alsoindicate that remote sites ...