The Scotsman back issues from August 2006:
Today's choice
Aug 01, 2006; ... THEATRE: DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, KING'S THEATRE, GLASGOW ALREADY seen by over 25 million people, one of the biggestmusicals of all time returns to the King's MUSIC: HORMIGAS, THE LOT, EDINBURGH FROM the very forefront of the NYC jazz scene, this trio ...
A month of mischief set to enliven Ingleby cloisters and toy with Festival visitors
Aug 01, 2006; ... THE Ingleby Gallery on Calton Terrace is one of the mostimpressive of Edinburgh's private art spaces. Situated on the groundfloor of an imposing Georgian townhouse and run by the formerjournalist Richard Ingleby and his wife Florence, it represents adazzling range of high-profile ...
Between the lines: Paradox at the heart of Scotland's economy
Aug 01, 2006; ... AT THE heart of Scotland's economy is a conundrum. How can thesame country have a trailing GDP performance against the UK since2000 and yet a labour employment rate higher than that for the UK? These two contrasting pictures of Scotland's economy aresummarised in the charts here ....
Need to know: Northern sale
Aug 01, 2006; ... NORTHERN Foods has started with the first of a series of assetsales aimed at raising as much as GBP 200 million and saving the costof 9,000 jobs. It has sold the NFT chilled distribution business forGBP 51.2m to a company backed by two directors and private equityfirm ...
Need to know: Brown sues
Aug 01, 2006; ... SOUL singer James Brown, 73, is reported to be suing US musicfinancier James Pullman for blocking his desire to pay off dollars 20million (GBP 10.7m) of so-called Bowie bonds with a loan from RoyalBank of Scotland. The bonds, which carry the rights to revenues earned by Brown ...
Need to know: Savings plan
Aug 01, 2006; ... Newly merged Alliance Boots said management was confident ofachieving annualised cost savings of GBP 60 ...
Need to know: New man
Aug 01, 2006; ... Damien Yeates will succeed Frank Pignatelli as chief executive ofthe Scottish University for ...
Consumers switch from credit cards to mortgages
Aug 01, 2006; ... CREDIT card borrowing has slowed to a near 12-year low, butmortgage approvals for house buying purposes have risen to a five-month high. According to figures released yesterday by the Bank of England,120,000 mortgages were approved in June - solely to fund housepurchases as ...
BT rings changes with price cuts
Aug 01, 2006; ... MORE than two million BT customers could get cheaper phone billsafter the telecoms company unveiled a range of price cuts yesterday. The main beneficiaries are those on Option 2 or Option 3 tariffs,who pay a monthly fee for a package including a certain number of UKcalls and ...
Timeshares offer 30 years of Butlins fun
Aug 01, 2006; ... HOLIDAYMAKERS are being offered the chance to buy timeshares atButlins. The company yesterday announced it was introducing a luxurytimeshare-style scheme at its holiday centre at Minehead in Somerset.For just GBP 6,000, holidaymakers can spend a week each year at thecamp for the ...
Chinese tonic is proved to help control type 2 diabetes
Aug 01, 2006; ... A TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine said to help patients with diabeteshas been given the backing of scientists. The natural plant product known as berberine has been documentedin Chinese literature as having a blood sugar lowering effect inpeople with type 2 diabetes, but it had not ...
Kremlin 'blocks' Clapton concert
Aug 01, 2006; ... ERIC Clapton, the guitar legend, yesterday called off a concert inMoscow's Red Square amid claims the Kremlin had abruptly withdrawnpermission to play. Thursday's show was intended to be the culmination of a Europeantour which has taken the musician through 30 cities ....
Three die as driver, 82, rams lorry
Aug 01, 2006; ... A PENSIONER and two Peruvian exchange students were killedyesterday when their vehicle crashed into the back of a lorry parkedin a lay-by. Police are investigating the possibility that the 82-year-olddriver suffered a heart attack seconds before his 4x4 collided withthe Tesco ...
Reviews: Albert Watson: Frozen; Toulouse-Lautrec And The Art Nouveau Poster; Anne Redpath And The Edinburgh School: The master of fashion, portrait and landscape
Aug 01, 2006; ... ALBERT WATSON: FROZEN ***** TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND THE ART NOUVEAUPOSTER **** ANNE REDPATH AND THE EDINBURGH SCHOOL **** ALL AT THECITY ART CENTRE, EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHER Albert Watson is a Scot. He is immensely successfulworldwide, but he is hardly known at all in Scotland. For ...
Hornby steps immediately into the spotlight
Aug 01, 2006; ... AFTER months of shadowing James Crosby, Andy Hornby becomes theyoungest chief executive of a major UK bank today as he revealsHBOS's half-year results. The 39-year-old joined Halifax as head of UK retail in 1999 andtook the same position when the bank merged with Bank of Scotland ...
July was hottest month since records began - and heat's still on for August
Aug 01, 2006; ... JULY was the hottest month ever in Scotland, with the highestaverage temperature since records began more than 90 years ago. The Met Office said the average temperature in Scotland in Julywas 15.5C (59.9F) - ranging from 15C (59F) in the north to 15.8(60.4F) in the south ....
HSBC's dollars 12.5bn profit despite bad debt hike
Aug 01, 2006; ... BANKING giant HSBC yesterday boosted its first-half profits 18 percent to dollars 12.5 billion (GBP 6.7bn), despite a sharp rise in baddebt charges. The bank said worldwide bad debts reached dollars 3.89bn (GBP2.09bn) in the six months to end-June - up 19 per cent ....
Investors see sales double
Aug 01, 2006; ... INVESTORS poured back into the markets in June, with sales morethan doubling the previous month's takings. And investments for the year as a whole are likely to far exceedthe amount taken in 2005. Net retail sales of unit trusts and open-ended investmentcompanies (OEICs) ...
Legal update
Aug 01, 2006; ... PEOPLE KIRSTY Martin has joined specialist commercial property firm Bell& Scott as a senior solicitor in its property dispute resolutionteam. She joins from Eversheds LLP in Birmingham, where shespecialised in real-estate litigation. She advises on all landlordand tenant issues, ...
UN shelves plan for Lebanon peacekeeping force
Aug 01, 2006; ... HOPES of a swift end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollahwere dealt a serious blow yesterday as the United Nationsindefinitely postponed a crucial meeting to plan a new peace-keepingforce for Lebanon. UN officials said it would not go ahead "until there is morepolitical ...
Top QC's nose broken during attack in cell by convicted rapist
Aug 01, 2006; ... ONE of Scotland's top lawyers was yesterday taken to hospitalafter he was attacked by a convicted rapist inside a cell at the HighCourt in Glasgow. Paul McBride, 41, the UK's youngest QC, suffered a broken nosewhen he was punched by 24-year-old David Callaghan minutes before ...
Time to come off the fence on nuclear Scotland, First Minister told
Aug 01, 2006; ... JACK McConnell yesterday resisted calls to "come off the fence"over the building of new nuclear power stations in Scotland,following the publication of a report which suggested that dangerousradioactive waste can be safely stored underground. The First Minister has previously said ...
Enough to make you swim with your mouth closed
Aug 01, 2006; ... SWIMMERS taking a single mouthful of seawater could be swallowingas many as 1,000 kinds of bacteria, according to new research. Scientists believe there are far more species than previouslythought, raising fundamental questions about evolution and the futureof life on Earth ....
Sketch: No further questions, m'love. You've brought tears to my eyes
Aug 01, 2006; ... SMOKE may not have actually risen from the keyboard, but afterGail Sheridan's day in court, it would not be surprising if thestenographer spent last night with her fingers in a bowl of icedwater. While Mr Sheridan advised his wife to "keep to a tempo that wouldallow the ...
Police appeal after Scot is killed by mob
Aug 01, 2006; ... UP TO 30 people may have witnessed the brutal murder of a Scotsmanwho was beaten up by a mob outside a football club in NorthernIreland before being pushed in front of a car. Police said last night five men were being questioned over thekilling of Ronald Mackie, 36, of Kippen, ...
Firms go head to head in battle for ferry routes
Aug 01, 2006; ... THE contest for the first of Caledonian MacBrayne's west coastferry routes started in earnest yesterday with two firms invited tobid against the operator for the Gourock-Dunoon commuter link. Western Ferries, which already competes on the route, V.Ships andCalMac will have until ...
Drowned youth dragged under by weeds, says mother
Aug 01, 2006; ... A TEENAGER drowned after being dragged down by weeds during afamily outing, it emerged yesterday. Sean Chatham, 18, of Harthill, Lanarkshire, had been swimming inMorton Castle Loch near Carronbridge in Dumfries and Galloway onSunday. His mother, Linda Whitson, 43, said: "He ...
Penguin flies as first-half profits please
Aug 01, 2006; ... PEARSON, owner of Penguin and the Financial Times, saw its sharesedge higher yesterday after producing better-than-expected resultsthat swung the group into the black. The company, which makes most of its money from educationalpublishing, said a first-half loss of GBP 6 million ...
It's time to bring back hair and banish the baldies
Aug 01, 2006; ... WHAT is going on in this country? Not so long ago, baldie men werea despised minority, shunned by society at large and often refusedentry to pubs and shops. Now they're everywhere. What has happened tomen? Have the authorities been putting something in the water?Everywhere you look there ...
Secret of healthier middle-class living
Aug 01, 2006; ... AT LAST, Scotland does better at something. It seems our middleclass is healthier than England's. No-one is sure why this is, thoughit could be to do with diet: England is one of the few countries inthe world where hospitals have special wards for people who haveoverdosed on salad. Some ...
Happy smell? Don't make me laugh
Aug 01, 2006; ... HAPPINESS is overrated. Yet books about it are everywhere. Look inany big Communist-style monopoly bookshop such as Waterstone's: notone book on the joys of misery. Happiness is becoming an obsession.Yet no-one knows what really makes them happy. They talk about sex orfood or having ...
Do we really want to be carefree Mediterranean types ... with moustaches?
Aug 01, 2006; ... AW AND this is no word of a lie, naw. Scorpions are heading north.It's all part of this tiresome global warming business. Apparently,the scorpions believe this deluded nonsense that Scotland is now awarm country. Oh, is it? Look at this summer. Folk bang on about howtropical it's been ....
The Green House effect
Aug 01, 2006; ... WITH the decision of the high-street electrical chain Curry's tostart selling solar panels for domestic use, it would appear that"micro-renewables" are about to become mainstream. So, while the Government seems set on a major new programme ofbuilding nuclear power stations to ...
Scot on US death row has operation after third heart attack
Aug 01, 2006; ... FEARS have been raised over the health of Kenny Richey, the Scoton death row in Ohio, after it emerged that he has undergone heartsurgery. It is understood Edinburgh-born Richey, 41, had the operation onFriday after suffering a heart attack, his third in five years ....
Saints goes marching on to defy markets
Aug 01, 2006; ... SAINTS, the GBP 430 million Scottish American investment trustmanaged by Baillie Gifford in Edinburgh, has delivered a strong setof interims, despite the background of volatile markets in recentmonths. The trust - at 133 years old, one of Scotland's oldest - produceda total ...
Tattooed screwdriver attacker may strike again, police warn
Aug 01, 2006; ... A MAN with a spider's web tattoo on his neck who sexuallyassaulted a woman after threatening her with a screwdriver may strikeagain, police warned yesterday. The alert was issued as officers gave details of the attack on the33-year-old as she returned to her car after using a cash ...
Scrutineer: HSBC views bad debts in global perspective
Aug 01, 2006; ... RISING consumer bad debts met generally benign macro-economicconditions in the first six months of this year. Result for bankinggiant HSBC: Bad Debts 1 Benign Economy 3. The bank's sheer global sprawl meant that, despite overall baddebt charges up 19 per cent and UK personal ...
If what they said about Tommy was true, he'd be in the Clyde and I'd be on trial for murder
Aug 01, 2006; ... AN EMOTIONAL Gail Sheridan stood by her man yesterday, dismissingallegations against her husband as "total, utter rot" and questioningwhy none of his accusers had mentioned his most notable physicalcharacteristic - his gorilla-like all-over body hair. Mrs Sheridan said that if the ...
Headhunters look set to seek out external candidate to head up SMG
Aug 01, 2006; ... SMG is set to appoint headhunters to search for a new chiefexecutive early this month, but shareholders are believed to havebeen told not to expect a swift appointment. It had been rumouredthat the Glasgow-based owner of STV and Virgin Radio could replacethe recently departed Andrew ...
Standard Life prepares for exit payments
Aug 01, 2006; ... STANDARD Life yesterday confirmed it has started to see a numberof its with-profits policyholders cash in their plans after receivingwindfalls from the group's flotation. But the Edinburgh-based insurance giant refused to be drawn on thenumber of policyholders involved or the ...
TV review: A Bird's Eye view of resurrection
Aug 01, 2006; ... Death in the Deep Freeze, Five Cutting Edge: Wedding Days, Channel4 OOPS, I did it again. I committed myself to an hour of gut-wrenchingly explicit medical procedures despite having theconstitution of a gnat. This week's mistake was perhaps justified, inthat Death in the Deep ...
Severn surge fails to prevent Footsie fall as profit-takers move in
Aug 01, 2006; ... SHARES in water utility Severn Trent stormed up more than 6 percent in the first hour of trade yesterday after weekend reportssuggested it might be the subject of a GBP 5 billion private-equitybid. US firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Apollo Management, arethought to be the ...
All about Yves
Aug 01, 2006; ... HE IS AN international superstar who has dressed some of theworld's most famous and most beautiful women, but Yves Saint Laurent,who celebrates his 70th birthday today, will always be remembered asthe man who put women into trouser suits. His 'Le Smoking' jacket isnot only an icon but ...
Leader: Nuclear issue still unresolved
Aug 01, 2006; ... FEW reasonable observers would have expected the First Minister,Jack McConnell, to jump off the fence the instant that theindependent Committee on Radioactive Waste Management produced itslong-awaited report. This is a sensitive issue for the Executive, andthe First Minister's opponents ...
Online amateurs beginning to put 'Britannica' under pressure The encyclopaedia war is growing more intense
Aug 01, 2006; ... GARSCADDEN train station may enjoy the distinction of featuring ina short story by AL Kennedy, but its neighbour, Jordanhill, hasearned an even greater honour. Yes, Jordanhill Station, which first opened on 1 August, 1887, andhad its name changed on 15 January, 1898, in memory of ...
Transparency needed to prevent bogus security claims
Aug 01, 2006; ... BRITAIN's intelligence agencies should be more open andaccountable to prevent ministers making bogus claims about terrorismand security measures, MPs and peers say today. A report from the joint committee on human rights raises fearsthat because parliament has only limited ...
UN shelves plan for Lebanon peacekeeping force
Aug 01, 2006; ... HOPES of a swift end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollahwere dealt a serious blow yesterday as the United Nationsindefinitely postponed a crucial meeting to plan a new peace-keepingforce for Lebanon. Ehud Olmert, the Israeli premier, yesterday told Tony Blair, thePrime ...
Post-midnight trains to extend range of festival audiences
Aug 01, 2006; ... TRAINS will run after midnight every night during Edinburgh'sfestival time to enable more people from outside the city to seelater shows. First ScotRail is extending its late festival services on the mainGlasgow line from weekends to nightly. Trains will leave Edinburgh at ...
Screwdriver attacker 'could strike again'
Aug 01, 2006; ... A MAN with a spider's web tattoo on his neck who sexuallyassaulted a woman after threatening her with a screwdriver may strikeagain, police warned yesterday. The alert was issued as officers gave details of the attack on the33-year-old as she returned to her car after using a cash ...
Hearts look ready to cut losses on record signing Beslija
Aug 01, 2006; ... HEARTS appear ready to off-load record signing Mirsad Beslija justeight months after he arrived in an GBP 850,000 deal from Racing ClubGenk. Injury has hampered his progress at Tynecastle and after onlythree starts in a maroon jersey, reports in Brussels suggest themidfielder is ...
Bid to lure back missing thousands to Murrayfield
Aug 01, 2006; ... THE Scottish Rugby Union has frozen Six Nations ticket prices in abid to arrest dwindling crowds and restore Murrayfield's feelgoodfactor. Gordon McKie, who took over as chief executive at the SRU a yearago, publicly attacked the pricing structure he inherited and vowedto cut ...
Old Chinese remedy set to be new tool in battle against diabetes
Aug 01, 2006; ... A TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine said to help patients with diabeteshas been given the backing of scientists. The natural plant product known as berberine has been documentedin Chinese literature as having a blood sugar lowering effect inpeople with type 2 diabetes, but it was not ...
UN shelves plan for Lebanon peacekeeping force
Aug 01, 2006; ... HOPES of a swift end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollahwere dealt a serious blow yesterday as the United Nationsindefinitely postponed a crucial meeting to plan a new peace-keepingforce for Lebanon. Israel's Security Cabinet was last night reported to have ...
Roxburgh calls on under-19s to bridge gap
Aug 01, 2006; ... ANDY Roxburgh, the former Scotland coach, warned yesterday thatthe hard work is about to begin for the under-19 team who reached theEuropean Championship final at the weekend. Roxburgh, whose under-18 team were European champions in 1982, wasamong the spectators at Saturday's ...
Roberts and Pavin give US hopefuls a timely reminder
Aug 01, 2006; ... WHEN Tom Lehman, the US Ryder Cup captain, urged his men to winmore tournaments in the run-up to the match against Europe at the KClub next month, it's safe to assume he didn't have either LorenRoberts or Corey Pavin in mind. On Sunday, however, it was Lehman'sbackroom assistants who ...
Dettori can grab Goodwood double
Aug 01, 2006; ... IF THE reason behind his absence had been different, Kieren Fallonmight not have been too fussed about missing out on Glorious Goodwoodthis week. Although he ended up as the meeting's leading jockey 12 monthsago, the Sussex track hasn't always been a happy hunting ground forthe ...
Falkirk in frame as SRU homes in on new ground for Glasgow
Aug 01, 2006; ... THE SRU is considering moving the Glasgow pro side to Falkirk'sCommunity Stadium this season as it struggles to find a suitablehome. Glasgow have played at Anniesland, Firhill and Hughenden in thelast two years, but currently, a month from the start of the newMagners League, ...
SRU freezes ticket prices in bid to entice fans
Aug 01, 2006; ... THE Scottish Rugby Union has frozen Six Nations ticket prices in abid to arrest dwindling crowds and restore Murrayfield's feelgoodfactor. Gordon McKie, who took over as chief executive at the SRU a yearago, publicly attacked the pricing structure he inherited and vowedto cut ...
Reviews: Tales From The Arabian Nights
Aug 02, 2006; ... THEATRE TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, CITIZENS' THEATRE, GLASGOW *** THIS jolly version of the Arabian Nights, adapted by GerryMulgrew, is a shrewd and life-enhancing choice for this year'sScottish Youth Theatre festival. It's not only that the tales arefamously rowdy and ...
Today's choice
Aug 02, 2006; ... MUSIC: THE MANHATTEN TRANSFER, QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH FOUR-part harmony singing simply doesn't come any better than this- one of the highlights of this year's Edinburgh Jazz festival MUSIC: REID ANDERSON QUINTET, THE HUB, EDINBURGH THE bassist plays with Bill ...
Between the lines: Don't underestimate the pulling power of ITV1 and its possible boost to SMG
Aug 02, 2006; ... LAST week there were rumours of a bid for SMG by Ulster television(UTV), touched off by a story in the Observer newspaper. SMG owns theScottish and Grampian ITV1 franchises, Virgin Radio and the Pearl &Dean advertising business. The company's share price has fallen by 40per cent in two ...
Need to know: Halladale turns attention to retail
Aug 02, 2006; ... HALLADALE, the Glasgow-based property investment company, hassnapped up a shopping centre complex in Eastbourne for GBP 26.25million - bucking its recent penchant for office space. The AIM-listed group made its name with canny investments in retail sites,but has recently identified ...
Need to know: Still flying
Aug 02, 2006; ... Ryanair's first-quarter net profit jumped a stronger-than-expected 80 per cent, but shares in Europe's biggest budget airlinefell ...
Need to know: Equities loss
Aug 02, 2006; ... Deutsche Bank, the German-based banking group, disappointedinvestors yesterday with a near 100 million (GBP 68.4m) loss on ...
So would you heckle a lawyer?
Aug 01, 2006; ... JUST about everyone knows the joke about the lawyer who sees athief fleeing a bank robbery and shouts "Stop thief!" before hislegal training kicks in and he changes his entreaty to "Stop, allegedthief!". Susan Calman, who quit her GBP 50,000-a-year career as a corporatelawyer ...