The Sunday Herald back issues from November 2003:
Young Adam star snaps up Scots oil painting but only just
Nov 02, 2003; ... ACTOR Ewan McGregor has snapped up a painting by a Cumbernauldartist after seeing it hanging above him in a Glasgow restaurant. But the star of Trainspotting and Star Wars nearly missed out onclinching the deal because he first had to consult his wife aboutwhether it would look ...
Why Prince William is an example to us all
Nov 02, 2003; ... Young people feel Prince William sets a better example of how tolive than either his father or the Queen, according to a pollpublished yesterday. Asked which royal set the best example, 88% of a random sample of16 to 24-year-olds said Prince William. Next nearest were the ...
Supermarkets to ban toxic detergent; Biocide in household products poses danger to health, environment and could breed 'superbugs'
Nov 02, 2003; ... A toxic chemical prevalent in household cleaning products is beingbanned by supermarkets because of fears that it could endanger humanhealth and wildlife. Triclosan, a biocide designed to kill bacteria, is widely used intoothpaste, detergents and plastic kitchen equipment such as ...
The local secondary via the sheriff court
Nov 02, 2003 ... MARGARET Cornwall was dumbfounded when West Lothian Council toldher that her daughter Eilidh couldn't attend her local secondaryschool, Linlithgow Academy. Winchburgh, where they live, had recentlybeen declared "dual catchment", meaning Eilidh was being allocated toBroxburn Academy ...
THE problems caused by parents' right to chose their child's school
Nov 02, 2003 ... Overcrowding CLASS sizes were one of the leading causes of concern amongparents and teachers when the Scottish Executive held its nationaleducation debate last year. Ministers pledged to cut class sizes, especially at crucialstages, such as the transition to secondary ...
Why parents' rights mean overcrowded schools ...; INVESTIGATION: They were meant to be about choice. But critics say that placing requests are bad for education, bad for communities and bad for our children
Nov 02, 2003; ... INTRODUCED in 1981 as part of the Thatcherite revolution, placingrequests were part of a view which saw education as a marketplace,and they were supposed to fly the banner for parental choice. Although they only gave parents the chance to express a preferenceas to where they ...
On the trail of that most elusive creature ... the Scottish Tory; Alive and kicking or just comatose? Vicky Allan visits the only Tory constituency north of the Border
Nov 02, 2003; ... THE medical records make morbid reading. For some time, it's beentempting to switch off the life support system and declare ScottishConservatism clinically dead, a flatliner. In intensive care since itlost half its seats in 1987, the Tory party declined further,reaching an all-time low, ...
It's too convenient to simply blame the dead guy; Holyrood Commentary: The mess wasn't just one man's fault, argues Iain Macwhirter
Nov 02, 2003; ... It was Donald wot done it. Such was the drift of the first week'sevidence to the Fraser Inquiry. A picture emerged of Donald Dewar asa headstrong personality, leading from the front, not sufferingfools, ignoring civil servants and deputies, determined to endowScotland with a landmark ...
holyrood: fast track to disaster; The Fraser Inquiry has revealed the speed with which the new parliament's site was decided, reports Political Correspondent Alan Crawford
Nov 02, 2003; ... "Choose in haste, repent at leisure" might be the motif of LordFraser's inquiry into the Holyrood parliament building. The firstweek of the investigation has scraped away even the foundations ofthe Miralles-designed building slowly emerging from behind thescaffolding at the foot of the ...
The return of Saddam; Why 'black week' could be the former leader's attack on the coalition. By Diplomatic Editor Trevor Royle
Nov 02, 2003; ... EXACTLY six months after President George W Bush declared that hostilities were over in Iraq, the US leader must rue the moment hedecided to make the announcement dressed as a triumphant fighter-jock on board an aircraft carrier. Yesterday saw the country rockedby further violence with ...
Law review after abortion for harelip
Nov 02, 2003; ... ABORTION laws could be tightened when the High Court considerswhether doctors broke the law when they terminated a pregnancy at sixmonths because the woman did not want to give birth to a baby with acleft lip and palate. Abortion beyond 24 weeks was made illegal in 1990 unless ...
Football drugs watchdog: dope more a problem with black players
Nov 02, 2003; ... THE man in charge of Scottish football's anti-doping programmeclaims more rigorous procedures were introduced in England purelybecause of the prevalence of marijuana use by black players. Stewart Hillis, who is a professor of cardiovascular and exercisemedicine at Glasgow ...
Five Israelis were seen filming from the van on the right as jet liners ploughed into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Were they part of a massive spy ring which shadowed the 9/11 hijackers and knew that al-Qaeda planned a devastating terrorist attack on the USA?
Nov 02, 2003; ... THERE was ruin and terror in Manhattan, but, over the Hudson Riverin New Jersey, a handful of men were dancing. As the World TradeCentre burned and crumpled, the five men celebrated and filmed theworst atrocity ever committed on American soil as it played outbefore their eyes ....
What a difference a decade makes: Prince Charles back in india
Nov 02, 2003 ... Prince Charles sits with Gauravi Kumari, left, the grand-daughterof the Maharaja of Jaipur, and Principal Alka Tej Singh whilevisiting a ...
McConnell tells private schools: open your doors to less well-off or lose charity status
Nov 02, 2003; ... First Minister Jack McConnell will challenge private schools toprove their worth to their local communities or face being strippedof their tax-exempt charitable status. McConnell will introduce a "public benefit" test for privateschools. To pass it they will have to show that they ...
As the fires burn on, an ironic threat: drowning; Wildfires continue to scorch California, but a freak twist may bring mudslides and floods, as Ros Davidson reports from Los Angeles
Nov 02, 2003; ... AT this time of year California is dry as a bone, oppressive and,to the uninitiated, haphazard as hell. It's fire season, a fact ofnature that seems to surprise so many in this disaster-prone stateyear after year. A dreary damp is now settling over the region, where ...
Putin crushes the new Russia; It may have been driving the Russian economy, but Putin had no qualms impounding oil giant Yukos. Why? Angus Roxburgh explains
Nov 02, 2003; ... President Vladimir Putin of Russia faced a growing crisisyesterday as the Americans and Germans joined members of his owngovernment in criticising his crackdown on the country's biggest oilcompany and its billionaire chief executive. The authorities have impounded 40% of shares in ...
Earth Bound; Aesthetic yet authoritative, there are few books more beautiful and important than an atlas. Alan Taylor charts the map- making tradition and explains why Bishopbriggs is the centre of the cartographic universe
Nov 02, 2003; ... IT started with a map. So said Robert Louis Stevenson of hisclassic yarn Treasure Island. Once he'd drawn the map of the fabledisland the whole novel began to swim in his consciousness;characters, scene, plot, the lot. "The next thing I know," he wrote,"I had some paper before me and was ...
Postal strike deadlocked
Nov 02, 2003; ... Frantic talks to end the wildcat postal strike continued lastnight as the head of Royal Mail pledged to take a more "hands-on"role in the dispute. Bosses and union leaders remained deadlocked going into the fifthday of negotiations aimed at resolving the unofficial ...
School segregation branded 'insane'; Local minister fears division of youngsters at new Midlothian super-campus school will create sectarian divide
Nov 02, 2003; ... PARENTS last night accused Midlothian Council of 'insanity' forimposing an invisible dividing line between Catholic St David's Highand non-denominational Dalkeith High on the schools' new sharedcampus. Pupils have been prevented from sitting together in the communaldining hall, ...
Sunday Herald first with the news in Australia
Nov 02, 2003; ... The Sunday Herald has made the most of the Rugby World Cup inAustralia - by bringing the paper to readers in Oz. Last week's and today's edition have been packaged, printed andsold in their thousands to the legions of Scottish sports fans inSydney. Because of the time difference ...
Kennedy: Tories on margins of British politics
Nov 02, 2003; ... Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy yesterday dismissed theConservatives' show of unity around their prospective new leader,saying that installing Michael Howard would serve only to consign theTories to the margins of British politics. He told the Scottish Liberal Democrat ...
Millionaires, mountaineers and marines; 10 of the best groundbreaking women
Nov 02, 2003 ... Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) In 1928, Amelia Earhart was the firstwoman to fly across the Atlantic. She later set records for soloflights over the Atlantic and Pacific before mysteriouslydisappearing during a round-the-world attempt. Lady Nancy Astor (1879-1964) While Virginian-born ...
'Screamers' dance for last chance to win MTV tickets
Nov 02, 2003; ... They came from all over the country to dance, scream and generallymake an exhibition of themselves. Their mission: to win front rowtickets for the party of the year, the MTV Europe Awards in Edinburghlater this week. Around 1500 music fans answered MTV's appeal for "screamers" ...
Rangers warns singing fans: drop bigot tunes
Nov 02, 2003; ... Rangers Football Club have warned sectarian troublemakers at theirIbrox stadium that crowd capacity of the ground may be cut if racist,sectarian and anti-social songs and behaviour continues. As part of an on-going campaign to change the image of the Glasgowclub, directors wrote ...
Move to limit right to choose school; Overcrowding leads council to ask for opt out on legislation on parental choice
Nov 02, 2003; ... TOUGHER restrictions should be placed on parents' ability tochoose which school their child attends, because the current law isin disarray, according to a Scottish council seeking a change in thelaw. Representatives of West Lothian's planning and educationdepartments have been ...
Gibraltar to welcome bug cruiser
Nov 02, 2003; ... A disease-stricken cruise ship containing hundreds of sick Britonswas last night steaming towards Gibraltar after being turned away byGreece. More than 500 people - 494 passengers and 17 crew - have sufferedthe symptoms of Norovirus, which include diarrhoea, nausea andvomiting ....
Gay bishop splinters Anglican Church; Williams accepts split as traditionalists rail against historic consecration of homosexual man in US
Nov 02, 2003; ... THE bitter dispute over the consecration of a gay bishop lookscertain to tear apart the Anglican Church today but the Archbishop ofCanterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said he believed the split would behealed "one day". Dr Williams yesterday said that he accepts a split in the ...
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Nov 02, 2003; ... Aquabells water-filled weights, (pounds) 49.95, fromwww.totallyfitness.com. The new water-filled weights system flatpacks when ...
New Moderator backing union of Scots churches; Shrinking congregations revive drive for radical move
Nov 02, 2003; ... The Moderator-elect of the Church of Scotland, Dr Alison Elliot,has told the Sunday Herald she would have "no worries" if the Kirkwere to establish a union with other denominations in Scotland. A merger between, principally, the Kirk and the Episcopalianchurch has been under ...
Top doctor calls for single vaccinations as Highland parents boycott MMR jabs; Health board member warns of outbreak
Nov 02, 2003; ... A LEADING doctor has called for the introduction of singlevaccines for measles, mumps and rubella on the NHS as the number ofparents in the Highlands shunning the controversial MMR injectionrises to dangerous levels. Dr Iain Johnston, chairman of Highland Local Health Care ...
'Obscene' exhibition splits John Muir Trust; Nature charity riven as anger mounts over Cairngorm National Park display
Nov 02, 2003; ... An advertisement promoting an exhibition about the great Scottishconservationist, John Muir, at the site of the controversialCairngorm railway, has been withdrawn in embarrassment in the wake ofan internecine row. Deep divisions have opened within the John Muir Trust, the ...
Castle's sale online finds top bidder in the US
Nov 02, 2003; ... The online sale of a Scottish castle closed yesterday after itswebsite attracted more than two million hits. The auction of Lee Castle in South Lanarkshire had drawn worldwideinterest and 39 formal offers have been made, officials said. Organisers of the auction confirmed an ...
Advice clinics 'increase sexual diseases'; Teenage family planning sessions linked to a rise in sexually transmitted infections
Nov 02, 2003; ... Family planning clinics are encouraging the spread of sexuallytransmitted diseases, according to new, in-depth research. The research into the government's sexual health policy has shownthat, in areas where contraception and advice on sex is made morewidely available, rates of ...
Mock chemical attack staged
Nov 02, 2003; ... Soldiers teamed up with emergency services to deal with a mockchemical attack yesterday in possibly the biggest exercise of itskind in Britain. Nearly 900 troops, police, firefighters and paramedics took partin the simulated incident at Dalton Barracks, near ...
Short-life DVDs branded 'Dopey'
Nov 02, 2003; ... The Disney corporation is being taken to task by environmentalistsfor marketing movies on throwaway DVDs that self-destruct in 48hours. The most famous children's entertainment empire has begun sellingdisposable DVDs in the US. One of the firms behind the new discs, GEPlastics, ...
Producers told: dump arthouse movie flops
Nov 02, 2003; ... SCOTLAND must abandon its policy of funding gloomy box officeflops and instead aim to release feature films that will make aprofit if the film industry is to survive. Senior figures from the nation's film industry will hear tomorrowthat wealthy private investors are turning their ...
Prince's Trust warning over youth crime bill; Executive's antisocial policy under fire as poll finds majority of young Scots feel let down by services
Nov 02, 2003; ... The Prince's Trust has warned that attempts to crack down onyoungsters who persist in hanging around street corners couldirresponsibly demonise them and aggravate their sense of isolation. The statement by Scotland's trust director Euan Davidson comesjust days after the Scottish ...
Students 'too poor' to fix deathtrap cars
Nov 02, 2003; ... Scottish students are driving deathtrap cars because they cannotafford to get them fixed. A survey of nearly 1000 students from eight universities foundthat one in four never services their car, and 43% are driving a carthat is more than five years old. More than a third (37%) ...
'Pre-nup' scheme to save bands from facing the music in court; Lawyers urge groups to sign up to deals after a string of acrimonious celebrity break-ups
Nov 02, 2003; ... THEY penned the hit Don't Look Back In Anger but found themselvesat the centre of a bitter legal battle with drummer Tony McCarroll.Now the Musicians' Union is to try to prevent Oasis-style break-upsby having young bands sign "prenuptial" agreements before they becomestars ....
The view from Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Nov 02, 2003 ... According to a recent survey, around 1300 people are injured eachyear during the bonfire season. Last year, Scottish police dealt withalmost 2000 firework-related incidents. A bill currently going through the Westminster parliament isseeking to impose tougher curbs on the sale and ...
Tattie Scorn; Actor Brian Cox tells Vicky Allan why he has chucked the fry-ups and ditched the potato, but still retains a passion for his Scottish roots and is looking forward to the flowering of a national theatre
Nov 02, 2003; ... THE potato, according to Brian Cox, was one of "the first bigconspiracies". Chipped, mashed, baked, roasted, boiled, it is, hesays, "one of the most horrendous things ever". "You know, WalterRaleigh had the right idea. How do we solve the problem of the Irish?Let them eat potatoes. Not ...
Readers' views
Nov 02, 2003 ... In his article attacking private schools, Iain Macwhirter saysadmiringly of his children's state school: "I am constantly amazedand inspired that so much can be achieved with so little by so few"(Seven Days, October 26). At one level, this is heartening. But why should it be a ...
Bringing back balance of rights over school choice
Nov 02, 2003 ... A PARENT's right to choose the school they want their children toattend was a key plank of the Thatcherite revolution built on themantra of "choice" and used as a Trojan Horse to undermine statedelivered services, especially comprehensive education. But, giventhat the policy of ...
Don't underestimate Tories' new zeal to re-enter politics
Nov 02, 2003 ... JUST because the night once belonged to Michael Howard should notpreclude him from having his day. Whatever else may have happenedlast week, what is now undisputed is that last Wednesday was the daycombative politics returned to Westminster. It was ushered in atbreath-taking speed by a ...
7; daysin thelife of; John McLaughlin, Westlife songwriter and subject of a BBC documentary tonight
Nov 02, 2003; ... Monday WAKE up back in ex-homeland that is the Milton, at my parents'house after a great weekend in Glasgow. Celtic won and I did somedisco dancing at the Maggie's Ball, hosted by my old mate ChrisGorman. Some of the Fame Academy kids were performing at it (I wasthe song coach ...
Howard: ANightmare Before Christmas?; Iain Macwhirter; argues that tory attempts to rally around a new leader could soon backfire
Nov 02, 2003; ... ONE person with good reason to welcome Michael Howard's returnfrom the political graveyard is Chancellor Gordon Brown. Not onlywill he no longer have to face this rather effective former shadow inthe Commons - assuming Howard's coronation proceeds as planned -Brown has also been made to ...
The abc of home cinema; Big screens are the latest technology trend to make the leap into our houses. It's a lot simpler than purchasing a PC, explains Iain S Bruce
Nov 02, 2003; ... You've bought the dream house, that flash car and your annualholiday in the sun, so where do you go from here? The answer issimple: if you're looking for thrills, spills and all-action fun,next on the agenda has to be a home cinema system capable of beamingthe magic of Hollywood direct ...
Cutting up rough over Cardhu : Single malt lobby demand action from Scottish Whisky Association as drinks giant Diageo 'blends' famous brand
Nov 02, 2003; ... DIAGEO is facing a civil action from other leading distillersbecause of a "deliberately deceptive" approach to the packaging andmarketing of its Cardhu Scotch whisky brand. Driven by short-term revenue pressures and a failure to lay downadequate stocks of 12-year-old Cardhu - a ...
First bid for ScotRail faces objections
Nov 02, 2003; ... First Group's bid to take over the ScotRail franchise could facepotential problems with the competition authorities because of theextent of its bus interests in the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas. It is understood that the Office of Fair Trading received a numberof objections to the ...
Headhunters to aid search for new chair at Enterprise
Nov 02, 2003; ... THE search for a new chairman of Scottish Enterprise is to beextended. Scottish Executive ministers will announce early this weekthat headhunters have been called in to review the existingapplicants and seek more candidates. The exercise will aim to ensure no well qualified ...
Plea for study on benefits of migration
Nov 02, 2003; ... Scotland should have a special centre to study ways of attractingeconomic migrants to boost the economy. The Scottish Council Development and Industry (SCDI) has calledfor the Executive to set up a centre for economic migration studies. Its call came as research conducted for ...
Are America's big numbers really as good as they look?; Alf Young young; on the US's fat growth figures
Nov 02, 2003; ... IN the event even the most bullish forecasters undershot thetarget. Growth in America, the world's largest economy, in the July-September quarter was generally expected to hit an annualised 6%. AsI mentioned last week, some bulls were even contemplating 7%. The red-hot 7.2% ...
Sun will continue to shine in Silicon Glen
Nov 02, 2003 ... CYNICISM runs deep in Silicon Glen where the landscape is scarredby abandoned electronics plants and optimism defeated by brokenpromises. Given this legacy, and in the light of tumbling earnings at ITgiant Sun Microsystems, Scots have been understandably jittery overthe future ...
Why research is no longer a luxury for Scotland
Nov 02, 2003 ... Amid a clutch of contradictory indicators on the Scottish economythere is one particularly worrying trend for the longer term. Therecent CBI Scotland quarterly survey reported that 78% ofmanufacturers intend either to suspend or cut their spending onresearch and development in the next ...
Clyde closes pension plan
Nov 02, 2003; ... Clyde Bergemann, producer of soot-blowing equipment for powerplants, is the latest engineering business to close its final salarypension scheme to new entrants Accounts for the Glasgow-basedsubsidiary of the Global Power Solutions group run by entrepreneurJim McColl show that the net ...
Coming up this week
Nov 02, 2003 ... Glasgow University's Centre for Supply Chain Management holds its5th annual ...
HSBC wins New back office
Nov 02, 2003; ... The Edinburgh-based outsourcing operation HSBC Global FundServices has landed a mandate to manage the back-office for (pounds)900 million of retail funds from London-based New Star AssetManagement. The funds were recently bought by John Duffield's New Star fromAberdeen Asset ...
Scottish business targets Poland
Nov 02, 2003 ... FOSTERING stronger business links with Poland in advance of itsentry into the European Union is behind Scotland's largest ever trademission to the country. The mission leaves today and has been organised by ScottishEnterprise's Business Gateway International Trade representatives ...
Solar power's new dawn; ScottishPower launches green energy drive with eco-friendly systems in 60 Scottish homes
Nov 02, 2003; ... SCOTTISHPOWER is piloting solar power systems for domestic userswhich supply electricity and could allow householders to sell sparecapacity to the national grid. The project, which involves 60 houses in Troon, South Ayrshire,Berwickshire and Glasgow, is being funded through a ...
Speedy builders dominate top 10
Nov 02, 2003 ... construction-related and property companies have dominated the top10 list of Scotland's fastest growing small businesses. Rutland (Scotland), an Edinburgh property agency and managementcompany, topped a new Sprint 100 league compiled by magazine BusinessInsider. The survey ...
Walkers profits take the biscuit
Nov 02, 2003 ... ABERLOUR-based Walkers Shortbread, a key employer in theHighlands, achieved a 30% rise in pre-tax profits to (pounds) 7million in 2002 and the family-owned firm said its staff total hasbroken through 1000 for the first time. Walkers said the company bounced back from a difficult ...
Still thrilled by deals 10 years down the line; Forsaking cruises for corporate finance added up to a shrewd move, as Valerie Darroch discovers
Nov 02, 2003; ... IT should have been a dream holiday for a hard-working financier -a relaxing Caribbean cruise. But Linda Eadie, head of corporatefinance for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Scotland, spent much of thetrip pouring over accountancy books in her cabin while her husbandsunbathed on deck ....
Seller on the threshold; After the BBC secretly filmed mortgage brokers inciting borrowers to lie about their income, Teresa Hunter looks to the potential aftermath of the alarming expose
Nov 02, 2003; ... The latest figures for house prices make sobering reading. Pricessoared again in September according to Britain's biggest buildingsociety, leaving the cost of a typical home 16% higher than a yearago. But the figures come as leading institutions are accused ofdeliberately ramping up ...
ITALIAN JOB WRIT LARGE ALAN TAYLOR'S DIARY
Nov 02, 2003; ... COULD it be curtains for the Hootsmon on Sunday? We certainly hopenot because everyone needs some competition. There is, though, thesmall matter of the threat of a whopping (euros)19 million writ fromGiovanni di Stefano, a director of Dundee football club. Signor diStefano is molto upset ...