The Scotsman back issues from May 2007:
NIESR warns interest rates 'need to rise to 5.75 per cent'
May 01, 2007; ... THE Bank of England should raise interest rates to 5.75 per centby June in order to guard against wage-driven inflation, aninfluential think tank has warned. While rates are expected to go up from 5.25 to 5.5 per cent nextmonth, the National Institute for Economic and Social ...
Rise in number of children abducted by their parents
May 01, 2007; ... A GROWING number of Scots children are falling victim to parentalabduction, despite an international crackdown. The rate of international child-abduction cases is rising inScotland following the growth of family breakdowns and increasingease of travel, say legal experts ....
Election 2007: Ducking and weaving, but no knockout punch
May 01, 2007; ... IT WAS a chance for Alex Salmond or Jack McConnell to land theknock-out blow that would win them the election. For Annabel Goldie and the Nicol Stephen, the stakes were almostas high. They had to keep pace with the leaders of the two mainparties and pick off points where they ...
GBP 80m flats plan for city fruit market
May 01, 2007; ... MORE than 400 flats are to be built in Edinburgh under an GBP 80million masterplan devised by luxury housebuilder Applecross andIrish investment partner Blackrock International Land. The pair have established a new body which has entered into anunconditional contract to purchase ...
Simple asthma plan could cut emergency hospital trips
May 01, 2007; ... THOUSANDS of asthma hospital admissions could be avoided ifpatients were given personalised plans to manage their condition, itwas claimed yesterday. Almost 400,000 people in Scotland suffer from asthma and more than6,000 emergency trips to hospital each year are caused by ...
Broker Snaps: AB Foods
May 01, 2007; ... 926.5p +1p Broker says HOLD SHARES in Associated British Foods edged higher yesterday despitebeing downgraded to "hold" from "buy" by Citigroup. The brokerreckoned the aggregate earnings upside was relatively modest, whilesome ...
Broker Snaps: GlaxoSmithKline
May 01, 2007; ... 1,449p +9p Broker says HOLD DRUG major GlaxoSmithKline was on the up yesterday despite anegative assessment of prospects from JP Morgan, which kept thecompany at "underweight" with a 1,380p target ...
The Blairs at No 10
May 01, 2007; ... TONY and Cherie Blair today celebrate the milestone many thoughtthey might never make: a decade in 10 Downing Street. Few otherBritish couples have had their marriage subjected to such publicscrutiny and emerged after ten years with their relationshipunscathed. The Blairs' ...
Broker Snaps: InterContinental
May 01, 2007; ... 1,216p -7p Broker says HOLD HOTEL giant InterContinental eased yesterday as Credit Suisselowered the company's shares to "neutral" from "outperform" with a1,260p price target. The Swiss broker cited valuation ...
Could this bullfrog hold the answer to MRSA?
May 01, 2007; ... AMERICAN bullfrogs could help to solve the problem of the MRSAsuperbug blighting hospital wards, Scottish scientists revealedyesterday. A team from St Andrews University has been experimenting using amaterial discovered in the frogs, combining it with another compoundto fight ...
Dana unveils major drilling plan
May 01, 2007; ... DANA Petroleum, the Scottish oil and gas explorer, yesterday saidit was targeting reserves holding a potential one billion barrels ofoil through a two-year drilling programme as it unveiled a 27 percent rise in profits. Record production in 2006, up 13 per cent on the year ...
A spy in the house of love
May 01, 2007; ... Almost half of couples divorcing last year hired a privatedetective, despite the fact that separating is becoming easier,claims a new survey. Jim Gilchrist investigates DECEIT, suspicion, surveillance ...such is marriage la mode, atleast it is according to a new report published ...
Election Diary
May 01, 2007; ... Online activism is not attractive THIS is really the first Scottish election to be fought incyberspace. Not only have we witnessed the birth of some fantasticallyirreverent sites, such as The Daily Mash, which has done a wonderfuljob in gently taking the candidates down a ...
Labour stands alone on modulation
May 01, 2007; ... THE Scottish Labour Party held relatively few rural seats in thelast parliament at Holyrood. However, its manifesto makes it clear that it has a firmcommitment to rural issues, according to Sarah Boyack, who waspreviously the deputy rural affairs minister. She said: ...
Scots beef exports reach GBP 12m in year since ban was lifted
May 01, 2007; ... TWELVE months on from the lifting of the export ban, Quality MeatScotland has revealed that exports of Scottish beef have amounted to4,000 tonnes, worth at least GBP 12 million, since last May. Two-thirds of the trade has been in prime beef, with the balancecoming from cows. The ...
Business Gazetteer
May 01, 2007; ... TRANSATLANTIC DEAL Angela is now George W's best friend WAS it only four years ago that the US, highly piqued at thenChancellor Gerhard Shrder's opposition to the Iraq war, leaked itsintention to "ignore Germany"? (the rest of the line was "PunishFrance, forgive Russia"). Now it is ...
House-price boom may be stalling amid fear of higher interest rates
May 01, 2007; ... THE house-price boom may be slowing amid fears of rising interestrates, according to figures which show the number of mortgagesapproved last month was 12 per cent down on last year. The British Bankers' Association (BBA) said just over 198,000loans were agreed during March - ...
HQ leaseback a GBP 1.1bn record for HSBC
May 01, 2007; ... HSBC wrapped up the largest single property deal in UK historyyesterday after selling its iconic Canary Wharf headquarters foralmost GBP 1.1 billion, and agreeing to rent it back for GBP 43.5million a year. The deal dwarfed the sale of Swiss Re's Gherkin building for GBP600m in ...
Kate Moss range gives shoppers early call
May 01, 2007; ... SHOPPERS across Scotland are expected to queue from early thismorning to get their hands on the new clothing range by Kate Mosswhich goes on sale at Topshop. The collection, unveiled at the chain's store in London's OxfordStreet last night, is expected to prompt a fashion frenzy ...
Pornography on computer of Angelika's lover, murder trial told
May 01, 2007; ... THE prosecution finished its evidence in the Angelika Kluk murdertrial yesterday as the court heard pornography had been found on herlover's computer. Jurors were left to ponder overnight whether Peter Tobin, 60, theman accused of Ms Kluk's murder would go into the witness box ....
On The Rounds
May 01, 2007; ... NEWS ORDERING ambulances for hospital admission for GP patients shouldno longer mean delays after an agreement was reached between theBMA's Scottish General Practitioners Committee and the ScottishAmbulance Service (SAS). GPs who felt patients needed urgent admission to ...
Taking precautions against ticks helps in the prevention of Lyme disease
May 01, 2007; ... DOCTORS and the public are being warned to be aware the dangers ofdiseases being spread by ticks in the UK and abroad. The warmer weather is starting to tempt more people into thecountryside where they may find themselves prey for the tiny blood-sucking arachnids. Tick ...
More women and young people looking to career in oil industry
May 01, 2007; ... A LONG-HELD belief that Britain's oil and gas industry ispopulated by an ageing, male-dominated workforce has been dismissedby a study published today. Research by Oil and Gas UK, the industry's new trade body, foundthat more women and increasing numbers of young people are ...
Greens urge public to vote tactically
May 01, 2007; ... THE Scottish Greens yesterday set out a guide to "positive"tactical voting ahead of Thursday's election. They claim votes for other parties are often "wasted" and haveidentified areas of the country where this was the case in 2003. Mark Ruskell, the party's campaign chief, ...
Election 2007: Brown unveils celebrity backers and urges Labour voters to 'come home'
May 01, 2007; ... GORDON Brown yesterday unveiled a list of celebrity supporters heclaimed were backing Labour in its increasingly frantic fight to stopthe Nationalists winning the Holyrood election. Robbie Coltrane, the actor who plays Hagrid in the Harry Potterfilms, Archie McPherson, the ...
Lib Dems focus on children
May 01, 2007; ... NICOL Stephen, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has called onhis rivals to ditch the constitutional wrangling, and focus onchildren's future. The party yesterday launched its manifesto on children's health,along with its "fruit face" advert and campaign material. The ...
PSN unveils international expansion and 300 new jobs
May 01, 2007; ... PSN, the Aberdeen-based oil services giant, yesterday celebratedthe first anniversary of its dollars 280 million management buyout byannouncing plans to create at least three new internationalbusinesses within the next 12 months. The ambitious growth target is expected to generate ...
Jings, Cravens - don't let them in
May 01, 2007; ... MANY Scotsman readers have written in saying: "These elections area thundering nuisance. Thursday is my bingo night. Now, you soundlike an intelligent sort of person, at the cutting edge of wotsname,with your finger on the doo-dah. Well, get that finger out and tellus how to vote." ...
Army of advisers in GBP 137m free-for-all
May 01, 2007; ... AN ARRAY of advisers is expected to rake in up to dollars 275million (GBP 137m) from the free-for-all extravaganza envelopingDutch banking giant ABN Amro. Market sources say this would make the potential auction for ABNAmro the second-most lucrative deal for advisers in history ...
RBS musters the money for ABN assault
May 01, 2007; ... THE Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium trying to top Barclays'stakeover bid for ABN Amro is understood to have lined up the fundingsources for its as yet unspecified bidding structure. RBS, meanwhile, declined to comment on market talk that Bank ofAmerica has threatened to ...
Cairngorms authority to act on global warming
May 01, 2007; ... SCOTLAND'S largest national park is taking action to tackle thethreat posed by climate change. With the UK's biggest area of arctic mountain landscape and hometo 25 per cent of the country's threatened bird, animal and plantspecies, the Cairngorms is seen as an area with much to ...
Rumour Of The Day: Private equity firm stalks Tomkins
May 01, 2007; ... TOMKINS, the maker of car parts and building materials, advanced5.25p, or 1.3 per cent, to 267.5p yesterday on the rumour that thecompany may be a takeover target for a buyout company. An unidentified private equity firm is thought to be considering a350p-a-share offer. The ...
Scots Stocks: Drinks lose a little fizz as investors skim off profits from recent gains
May 01, 2007; ... THE drinks sector lost its allure yesterday as investors tookprofits on recent gains. Brewing giant and rumoured bid target Scottish & Newcastle fellafter last week's announcement that it had made an encouraging startto 2007 and expected the full year to meet expectations ....
Scrutineer: Oiling wheels of success
May 01, 2007; ... DANA 1,046p -23p APRIL has been a short but busy month for Dana Petroleum. Lessthan a fortnight ago, the Aberdeen group unveiled its biggest-everacquisition - spending a headline dollars 375 million (GBP 187m) tosecure the Egyptian assets of US giant Devon Energy ....
Small But Beautiful: Strong growth at both divisions for Connaught
May 01, 2007; ... CONNAUGHT, the support services firm for the property sector, sawinterim profits and turnover rise as it reported continued growth inboth its divisions. Pre-tax profits increased to GBP 8.1 million, compared with GBP5.9m last year on turnover that rose 24 per cent to GBP 165m ....
The secret financial affairs of 7.5 million lovers
May 01, 2007; ... WEDDING vows have long decreed that newlyweds stay together "forricher, for poorer, for better, for worse". But young couples are apparently now hedging their bets wheremoney is concerned, with a survey showing that millions of people arehiding the real state of their financial ...
Jessica Kiddle's Alternative Remedies: Raindrop Oils: It's Only Natural
May 01, 2007; ... TAKE a look inside your bathroom cabinet. There's probably somebubble bath, a moisturiser or three, and a glut of hair products.Fear not: I am not about to start waxing lyrical about the benefitsof de-cluttering, merely trying to illustrate a point. Becausewhether you're a supermarket ...
Shriver's choice
May 01, 2007; ... Award-winning author Lionel Shriver may be famous for her novelabout a high-school shooting, but her latest book, centred on awoman's decision to leave her dependable partner, is much closer tohome, hears Susan Mansfield. I MEET Lionel Shriver three days after Cho Seung-Hui has ...
Emma Cowing's Fitness Diary: Tantrums and Trainers: You're so right, my bum looks good in this...
May 01, 2007; ... ODD thing, a compliment. It's as if someone's handed you achinchilla. It's strange and exotic and interesting and sweet, butreally, you've no idea what to do with it. As everyone who has evermet me knows that I've been busy doing the fitness thing over thepast six months or so, it stands ...
Diana still most wanted
May 01, 2007; ... ITEMS connected with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, still topthe trade in royal memorabilia. The internet auction website ebay.comoffers such innocent items as a card signed by the princess. Also onoffer, however, is what claims to be a lock of her hair, a "royalrelic" selling for ...
When a royal wedding was not to be sniffed at
May 01, 2007; ... WHEN Queen Victoria married her beloved Prince Albert in 1840,commemorative plates were the respectable way for loyal Britishhouseholds to mark the royal wedding. But in 1947, it has emerged, the impending wedding of PrincessElizabeth and Prince Philip saw royal courtiers fight a ...
Two terror cells, five meetings - but MI5 didn't see 7/7 danger: How the bombers' paths crossed
May 01, 2007; ... AT A number of crucial points, the stories of the London bombersand the fertiliser bombers collide, in the form of meetings betweenOmar Khyam, the leader of the fertiliser plot, and Mohammad SidiqueKhan, ringleader of the London plot. When Operation Crevice ended in April 2004 ...
Theatre Review: The Patriot
May 01, 2007; ... THE PATRIOT ** TRON, GLASGOW IF BOLDNESS in tackling themes from contemporary politics wasenough to create great theatre, then Grae Cleugh's new play ThePatriot - which opens Gregory Thompson's account as artistic directorat the Tron - might be one of the finest shows of the year ....
Blair successes and failures after ten years at No 10
May 01, 2007; ... HOPES for Britain under a fresh-faced Tony Blair were high when,ten years ago, he was elected prime minister in a Labour landslide. A decade on, it would be difficult for any leader to live up tothat optimistic vision of a "new dawn". He has led the country to five wars, but ...
Television Review: An unusual way to feather your nest
May 01, 2007; ... Million Dollar Pigeon, BBC2 Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, BBC3 Woody Allen once memorably described pigeons as "rats with wings".But try and tell that to the millions of devoted pigeon fanciersaround the world. These men - women don't fancy pigeons, apparently -spend most of ...
FTSE advances as solid results keep the market happy
May 01, 2007; ... LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 6,449.2 +30.5 A STRONG run for company results helped London's blue-chips gainground yesterday although downbeat economic news from the US took thegloss off the day. The FTSE 100 index closed the session up 30.5 points at 6,449.2 asit gave back some of ...
Woman of the Week: Kate Moss, supermodel
May 01, 2007; ... MISS MOSS is a new name on the annual Rich List, thanks to herestimated earnings of GBP 45 million. She may have lost lucrativecontracts with both Chanel and H&M last year after that unfortunatephoto appeared in the red-tops - oops - yet in spite of an apparentfondness for antisocial ...
Leader: Is MI5 able to do the business?
May 01, 2007; ... FIVE men linked to al-Qaeda were jailed for life yesterday forplotting major terrorist attacks in Britain. The security agenciesare to be congratulated for foiling this evil plot. It is a sad factof life that MI5 cannot guarantee to stop every terrorist attack, andthe terrorists have ...
Iberian heat spices up all-England fare
May 01, 2007; ... TWO years ago the critical match in the on-going Champions Leagueseries between Liverpool and Chelsea, the latest installment of whichunfolds at Anfield this evening, was preceded by a remarkable show ofcompanionship between Rafael Benitez and Jose Mourinho. Therespective managers of ...
White on schedule to return for World Cup warm-ups
May 01, 2007; ... JASON White admitted that missing out on the Churchill Cup was thefirst real disappointment in his recovery from a serious knee injury,but the Scotland captain is confident that three weeks spent in theUSA will help to ensure he is in peak condition for the Rugby WorldCup. The ...
More parents kidnapping own children
May 01, 2007; ... A GROWING number of Scots children are falling victim to parentalabduction, despite an international crackdown. The rate of international child-abduction cases is rising inScotland following the growth of family breakdowns and increasingease of travel, say legal experts ....
Over 1,000 shoppers zoom in for Kate Moss collection
May 01, 2007; ... MORE than 1,000 shoppers thronged to Topshop's flagship branchlast night for the launch of the Kate Moss collection. The supermodel posed alongside mannequins wearing a red dress shedesigned before the doors opened. Paparazzi and fans rushed tophotograph her fleeting appearance in ...
Cairngorms park body to measure its carbon footprint
May 01, 2007; ... SCOTLAND'S largest national park is taking action to tackle thethreat posed by climate change. With the UK's biggest area of arctic mountain landscape and hometo 25 per cent of the country's threatened bird, animal and plantspecies, the Cairngorms is seen as an area with much to ...
How a good night's sleep escapes 28 million
May 01, 2007; ... A SLEEP deprivation "epidemic" is spreading through the Britishworkforce, with few people getting a good night's rest, a new reporthas revealed. Police officers, doctors, nurses and tradesmen are among the worstaffected, sleeping for only around six hours a night. It is now ...
Two terror cells, five meetings - but MI5 didn't see 7/7 danger
May 01, 2007; ... MI5 filmed two of the London suicide bombers meeting a knownterrorism mastermind more than a year before the 7 July attacks, butdid not identify them as a potential threat, it was revealedyesterday. Mohammad Sidique Khan, the leader of the 7/7 bombers and hisaccomplice, Shezhad ...
McManus the hero as Fifers take spoils in survival battle
May 01, 2007; ... DUNFERMLINE Athletic remain at the bottom of the Premierleaguethis morning, but you will struggle to find a bookmaker who does notmake St Mirren the warm favourites to fall through the relegationtrapdoor at the end of the season. The Paisley club are still a point ahead of their ...
Kenny tells Dunfermline to keep up momentum
May 01, 2007; ... STEPHEN KENNY, the Dunfermline Athletic manager, has urged hisplayers to complete a great escape from relegation and allow him tobuild a side capable of making an impact in Europe next season. Last night's 1-0 win over St Mirren saw Kenny's side close the gapbetween the teams at ...
Glasgow bid is best for athletes, argues Murray-Mooney
May 01, 2007; ... YVONNE Murray-Mooney, a Commonwealth Games champion in 1994,yesterday hailed Glasgow's plans to host the 2014 event. Murray-Mooney, who has been named as an ambassador for the Clydesdale Bank'ssponsorship of the bid alongside swimmers Kirsty Balfour and AndrewLindsay, said that ...
Ten Ways To Improve World Cup
May 01, 2007; ... 1 DURATION The one just finished began in mid-March and was way too long. 2 FORMAT The Super Eights is a formula for meaningless matches. The cup hasto become knockout before the semis. 3 LOCATION Yes, the West Indies is a hotbed of cricket, but it's ...
Tireless Torrance predicts bright future for his Scots proteges
May 01, 2007; ... AS THE godfather of Scottish golf, Bob Torrance has a simplemessage for his young disciples. "If you want to succeed," hereflected yesterday, "you have to give it everything you've got forat least five years. "That's the only way you're going to find out if you have what ...
US Ranger gets green light for Guineas bid
May 01, 2007; ... THERE was only one word yesterday on the lips of all those whohave taken part in the sustained and massive gamble on US Ranger forthe 2,000 Guineas . . . phew. After weeks of waiting, the colt's legions of supporters werefinally allowed to breath a huge sigh of relief when it was ...
Burgess plan in race against time
May 01, 2007; ... THE hive of rugby industry around Bridgehaugh on Saturdayunderlined why now is the time the SRU has to act to saveprofessional rugby in Scotland. On the pitch Kenny Logan's All Star team and some talented youngsevens stars from his old club Wasps were giving the local sides ...
White gives backing to SNP policy on sport
May 01, 2007; ... JASON White, the Scotland rugby captain, has backed the ScottishNational Party's policy on sport. White appeared in an interview on the SNP's website last nightwhere he spoke of Scotland's World Cup hopes and how he backs AlexSalmond's call for greater sporting opportunity for ...
It may be called independence, but it's not quite as we know it
May 01, 2007; ... ALL change this Thursday? If only. Unfortunately for whoever winsthe Holyrood election this week, and whichever combination of partiesforms the ruling coalition, some things never change. When it comesto Scotland's public spending to GDP ratio, there will be little movetowards ...
Two Royals - London and Liver - in talks
May 01, 2007; ... SCOTTISH Life owner Royal London yesterday confirmed it was intalks with friendly society Royal Liver Assurance regarding apossible merger of the businesses. Royal London's approach to Royal Liver, the fourth-largestinsurance mutual, would create a group with nearly five ...