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WILKO AND ROUT Stand-off inspires England to 42-20 win over Scotland

Feb 04, 2007; ... SCOTLAND lost their grip on the Calcutta Cup yesterday, going down42-20 to England in a match in which Jonny Wilkinson made asensational return to international rugby. The fly-half, playing hisfirst game for his country since he kicked England's winning droppedgoal in the 2003 World Cup ...

CLASS WINS OUT INTHE END Returning hero puts Hadden's men to the sword

Feb 04, 2007; ... England 42 Tries - Robinson 2, Wilkinson, Lund Penalties -Wilkinson 5 Conversions - Wilkinson 2 Drop Goal - Wilkinson Scotland 20 Tries - Taylor, Dewey Penalties - Paterson 2Conversions - Paterson 2 THE official word was that Jonny Wilkinson travelled to centralLondon on the ...

The Cabbage Patch kid returns to reopen psychological scar Michael Grant's day out at Twickers is spoiled as the golden boy wreaks revenge

Feb 04, 2007; ... THERE is only one graveyard in the world with seats for 82,000spectators and, in the ritual we can plan in the diary every twoyears, Scotland were freshly buried in it again last night. Twickenham: imperial, impressive, GBP80 million more expensive bythe time the South Stand is ...

JOY OF MAY SO FAR AWAY MATCH OF THE DAY

Feb 04, 2007; ... Dunfermline 1 Wilson 90 Hearts 0 WHAT a confusing, contrary season Dunfermline are enjoying. Orshould that be enduring? Relegation stalks their every move in the SPL, where they cannotfathom a way to win, yet the Scottish Cup continues to deliverparadoxical results; ...

Duncan dares to dream of Hampden

Feb 04, 2007; ... Inverness CT 1 Duncan 15 Dundee United 0 HAVING recently disclosed a rare talent for recounting evendistant match incidents in near-photographic detail, Russell Duncanproduced a moment few in yesterday's 3402 attendance will easilyforget. The former Aberdeen ...

Brown's rapprochement

Feb 04, 2007; ... Hibernian 3 Jones 27, Fleming 53 OG, Benjelloun 58 Gretna 1 Berkeley 80 IT was, as John Collins observed with considerable satisfaction, agood week for Hibs. Three wins, a place in the CIS Cup final, andyesterday the defeat of last season's Tennent's Scottish Cupfinalists ....

McDonald makes sure after transfer trauma

Feb 04, 2007; ... Motherwell 2 Kerr 10, McDonald 33 Morton 0 MOTHERWELL calculated during the week that selling Scott McDonaldcould cost them a decent cup run and maybe even their place in theSPL, and on yesterday's evidence they got their arithmetic right. Any worries that Maurice ...

CRUMBS OF COMFORT RANGERS RANGERS The Ibrox club's parsimony during the transfer window was understandable but many of the missed targets will appear in the summer in any case, says Natasha Woods

Feb 04, 2007; ... WHILE Walter Smith may have expressed disappointment at not addingone or two more players to his squad during the transfer window, theRangers manager will surely console himself in the knowledge that thegroundwork laid in January will deliver what he wants in the summer. Scott ...

Journey man LIVINGSTON LIVINGSTON Steven Tweed tells Natasha Woods of his move from Yokohama to Almondvale - and explains why his travels have given him broader horizons

Feb 04, 2007; ... PERCHED on a rocky outcrop overlooking the mouth of the Tay,Steven Tweed chats about distant lands. His own voyage of discoverystarted more than a decade ago, but here he is back home, sitting inthe shadow of Broughty Castle, a biting morning wind carrying hiswords off into the ...

STRACHAN DELIGHTED WITH CAPTURE OF HEART AND SOUL CELTIC CELTIC Some Hearts fans may be vociferous in declaring Paul Hartley and Steven Pressley spent forces, but as Alan Campbell reports, the Celtic manager has a different take on things

Feb 04, 2007; ... JUDGING by the number of Hearts fans who have convinced themselvesthat Steven Pressley and Paul Hartley are spent forces, some peoplecan spend a lifetime watching football and never understand whatmakes a player tick. The less blinkered of Pressley and Hartley's new-found ...

CIS HERO TIPPED FOR TOP KILMARNOCK

Feb 04, 2007; ... SIMON FORD has tipped Steven Naismith to make as much of an impactin the Premiership as his old pal and former Charlton teammateJermain Defoe. Ford and Defoe played together as youngsters at TheValley before their careers diverged: Ford went to Grimsby thenRedbridge before pitching up at ...

CELTIC SUPPORT GROWS FOR RETURN OF THE HOME INTERNATIONALS HOME NATIONS HOME NATIONS Only England are unconvinced about worth of a revamped tournament, Stewart Fisher reports

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have been sounded outabout the possibility of taking part in a reheated version of theHome International Championships. A spokesman for the FAI last night revealed that the matter hadbeen raised with chief executive John Delaney during last ...

NEW REALITY GOOD NEWS FOR McLEISH SCOTLAND SCOTLAND Alex McLeish will be the beneficiary as the Old Firm seek out home-grown talent rather than expensive foreigners, reports Michael Grant

Feb 04, 2007; ... SCOTLAND and the Old Firm tend not to be natural bedfellows.Celtic and, to a lesser extent, Rangers are conspicuously under-represented among the club supporters who make up the Tartan Army,and there has never been a Scotland squad or team that did notprovoke an accusation of bias or ...

RISING SON Aged 11, Jonny O'Mara is the best of British with dreams of one day being world No 1. But for now he just wants to have fun, finds Alan Campbell

Feb 04, 2007; ... LET'S get this clear. Britain's best under-12 tennis player doesnot regard himself as the next Andy Murray. The youngster from LethamGrange prefers to be known as the first Jonny O'Mara. So his father informs me. But Dave O'Mara is not your stereotypepushy parent, while his ...

MIGHTY MOUSE LEAGUE SCOTTISH PREMIERLEAGUE SCOTTISH PREMIERLEAGUE Natasha Woods hears SPL chairman Lex Gold laugh off Jeremy Clement's claims and mount a stirring defence of Scotland's top flight

Feb 04, 2007; ... AS Jeremy Clement left Ibrox to head back to France, his partingshot echoed all the way to the SPL offices at Hampden. The midfielderleft no-one in any doubt he considered Scotland's top flight abackwater with little appeal once Paul Le Guen, his mentor, hadreturned to his ...

STAYING ON TRACK PEAK PRACTICE: BEINN A' BHA 'ACH ARD PEAK PRACTICE: BEINN A' BHA 'ACH ARD Cameron McNeish ends up with wet feet but at least gets to enjoy some fine views

Feb 04, 2007; ... GLEN Affric, Glen Cannich, Glen Strathfarrar, Glen Orrin andStrath Conan are five east highland glens that compare with anythingin the west, and of them all I think Strathfarrar is the finest. Access to Strathfarrar is by Struy, at the north end ofStrathglass in Easter Ross, and ...

LETTERS

Feb 04, 2007 ... ALAN Campbell's piece in your paper last Sunday on the "Lauding ofLosers" is thoughtprovoking and overdue. It is encouraging to seedebate stimulated on the importance of Scotland demonstrating aCulture of Winning in sport. The Scottish Institute of Sport Foundation believes ...

THE OUTBREAK WE KNEW WAS COMING . . . EYEWITNESS: As a 2000 square kilometre restriction zone was imposed yesterday, Torcuil Crichton visited the centre of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in Holton, Suffolk

Feb 04, 2007; ... AN outbreak of the lethal H5N1 strain of avian flu was confirmedat a turkey farm in Suffolk yesterday bringing the deadly virus toBritish shores. The virus killed 2600 young birds in one shed on a BernardMatthews farm near Holton over a period of four days last week beforeit was ...

Are we ready to combat the spread of bird flu?

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE discovery of the H5N1 virus in poultry in the UK is a starkreminder of the threat of a flu pandemic in humans. Experts believe a mutated form of this strain of the virus is themost likely candidate to trigger a flu outbreak that could claimmillions of lives across the ...

THE FIRM: Bad publicity strikes Bernard Matthews . . . again.

Feb 04, 2007; ... BERNARD MATTHEWS is no stranger to controversy. The foodmanufacturer found itself on the ropes when chef Jamie Oliverfulminated against its turkey twizzlers during a national debate onschool meals, and now the firm has been hit again, this time by thelatest outbreak of bird ...

Why Kylie's gold lame pants are the hottest ticket in town FASHION: EXHIBITION London show will feature costumes worn by the Australian pop star

Feb 04, 2007; ... THOUSANDS of tickets have been pre-ordered for a major Londonexhibition featuring costumes worn by Kylie Minogue including the50p gold lame hotpants that resurrected her career when she wore themin a music video in 2000. The blockbuster show, which opens at London's Victoria and ...

Italian football suspended 'indefinitely' after policeman killed during riots SPORT: VIOLENCE Incident holds up mirror to ugly face of beautiful game

Feb 04, 2007; ... MILAN'S San Siro was silent yesterday. In Turin, no crowds werebaying at Juventus this weekend, nor were fans permitted to turn outat Rome's Stadio Olimpico for Lazio. For the first time in Italian history, football is cancelled, withpoliticians warning yesterday that the beautiful ...

McConnell snubs honours row aide POLITICS: LABOUR TENSIONS POLITICS: LABOUR TENSIONS First minister refuses to support embattled adviser

Feb 04, 2007; ... JACK McConnell has refused to support a key election campaignstrategist who is at the centre of the cash-for-peerages row. Thefirst minister repeatedly declined to back John McTernan when askedif he still had confidence in the controversial Labour aide. The snub is further evidence ...

Blair's farewell tour is scaled down POLITICS: CHANGE OF PLAN POLITICS: CHANGE OF PLAN Fears high-profile 'celebrations' will backfire on PM

Feb 04, 2007; ... TONY Blair's planned "farewell festival" tour that would mark his10 years in office this May and begin the countdown to leaving Number10 in July has been radically revamped and scaled down, according togovernment sources. The redesign is said to reflect a recognition among ...

School PPP scheme a 'catastrophe' for pupils EDUCATION: PRIVATE FUNDING EDUCATION: PRIVATE FUNDING Architect resigns from Executive panel, arguing buildings 'blight' learning

Feb 04, 2007; ... LEADING architect Malcolm Fraser has resigned from a ScottishExecutive advisory panel over concerns that schools built usingprivate finance could be damaging children. Fraser, who has been deputy chairman of Architecture and DesignScotland (A+DS) for two years, said some schools ...

Experts quit over coronary care advice HEALTH: NHS GUIDELINES

Feb 04, 2007; ... THREE experts, including a leading specialist in coronary care,have resigned from a group that draws up guidelines for the NHS,after disagreeing with new recommendations on the treatment of heartdisease. The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (Sign) will thisweek publish ...

Children's bad teeth 'the fault of parents' HEALTH: DENTAL CARE HEALTH: DENTAL CARE New research shows Scottish 'fatalistic' attitude

Feb 04, 2007; ... SCOTS parents are to be the target of a new dental healthcampaign, after new research revealed that most have a "fatalistic"attitude towards the state of their children's teeth. A study found that the majority of mothers and fathers did notexpect their children to have perfectly ...

Protests spread over Burberry job losses FASHION: FACTORY CLOSURE FASHION: FACTORY CLOSURE Demonstrations planned in New York and Paris

Feb 04, 2007; ... GLOBAL protests are being held over the closure of Burberry'ssouth Wales factory, with campaigners claiming protests will have a"major impact" on the company. Co-ordinated demonstrations are planned for Valentine's Dayoutside the Burberry shops in New York, Los Angeles, Las ...

ALAN TAYLOR'S DIARY

Feb 04, 2007; ... Blair wakes up to his full party potential I DARE say that you, like me, are already addicted to the BBC'slatest drama, Party Animals, which purports to show what life isreally like in the Westminster hothouse, where MPs and others indulgein an orgy of drugs, drink, dirty tricks, ...

CRISIS ON CAMPUS When Holyrood rejected tuition fees , it was heralded as a triumph ofdevolution, a move to protect the ability of all to afford to study at university. But now the lack of cash is beginning to bite, jobs are being cut andbuildings are crumbling .Jenifer Johnston reports on the deepening funding crisis at the heart ofour university education system

Feb 04, 2007; ... WHEN MSPs split from Westminster in 1999 and voted to rejectstudent tuition fees in Scotland, the policy was presented as atriumph of devolution. Scottish politicians promised that not only would the move meanthat a university education would continue to be accessible toeveryone ...

With tuition fees in England at GBP3000 and set to rise, what does the future hold for cash-strapped students . . . and the taxpayer?Torcuil Crichton reports

Feb 04, 2007; ... IN England, where students have started paying an eyewateringGBP3000-a-year for tuition since last autumn, everyone acceptscharges will rise again further widening the funding gap betweenScottish universities and English institutions. Almost all universities in England charge the ...

Clearances 'merit a tourist attraction' TOURISM: NEW IDEAS TOURISM: NEW IDEAS Chief of successful Eden Project believes the global effect of diaspora of Scots should be celebrated

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE founder of the Eden Project in Cornwall wants Scotland to turnthe story of the Highland clearances into a tourist attraction. Chief executive Tim Smit said that Scotland should be more proudof the global effects that the clearances and subsequent diaspora ofScots had on the ...

KILLER TURNS HIMSELF IN

Feb 04, 2007 ... Convicted murderer James Cowan has handed himself in to a ...

POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES

Feb 04, 2007 ... Police are calling for witnesses to an assault on an 18year-old at7pm on ...

NHS defiant on publishing child leukaemia figures NUCLEAR POWER: HEALTH Appeal to Lords to keep statistics secret despite FoI ruling

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE NHS is set to appeal to the House of Lords in a last-ditchattempt to stop the publication of child leukaemia statistics. Officials in the NHS Common Services Agency (CSA) have opted notto accept a court of session ruling which ordered the body to handover the secret ...

SSP manifesto bid to embarrass Sheridan POLITICS: SPAT POLITICS: SPAT Former colleagues target men using call girls

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE bitterness between the SSP and their former leader TommySheridan has taken a new twist after the left-wing party unveiled araft of measures to punish men who use sexual services. The policies are a response to last summer's high-profile courtbattle between Sheridan and the News ...

MSP calls for Simclar investigation CLOSURE: JOB LOSSES

Feb 04, 2007; ... A LABOUR politician has called for the Scottish Executive tolaunch a full investigation into the sacking of 420 employees and thesubsequent closure of two Ayrshire electronics plants. Irene Oldfather will meet with deputy enterprise minister AllanWilson tomorrow, urging him to ...

Jack backs 'green' council tax rebates ENVIRONMENT: PLAN

Feb 04, 2007; ... HOUSEHOLDERS would be given council tax discounts as a reward forsaving energy and recycling their waste, under plans approved byScottish Labour. First minister Jack McConnell has backed moves to incentivise"green" behaviour by handing out council tax rebates to goodenvironmental ...

Call for clearer guidelines as young people hit the bottle DRINKING: EDUCATION DRINKING: EDUCATION Only 2-per cent of female students know daily recommended limits for alcohol

Feb 04, 2007; ... EXPERTS have called for a major rethink of current drinkingguidelines after a new study revealed the majority of young peopledon't know the recommended limits for alcohol. Research among Scottish female university students found that just2-per cent of drinkers could quote the ...

Executive queries legality of new culture trust ARTS: TRANSFER PLAN ARTS: TRANSFER PLAN Glasgow council's bid to hand over libraries and museums hits legal snag

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE Scottish Executive has questioned the legality of Glasgow CityCouncil's bid to transfer its cultural facilities over to acontroversial new company. A senior official working for culture minister Patricia Fergusonhas asked the local authority for reassurances on plans to ...

Hells Angels to hit police with new legal claim after Manhattan HQ assault AMERICA: BIKERS Latest lawsuit follows NYPD raid on outlawed gang's downtown base

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE long-running turf war between the Hells Angels and New YorkPolice Department (NYPD) is set to escalate over the next two weeksas the outlaw motorcycle club seek to take its legal victories overthe city's finest past the million dollar mark. The latest move in an increasingly ...

As Blair's ship starts to sink, mutiny may be the only way to save Labour LEADERSHIP

Feb 04, 2007 ... IT'S been said that the only safe ship in a storm is one where thecaptain is endowed with leadership and authority. A severe stormrages around Tony Blair at the moment. He admitted to Labour's policyforum yesterday that in these severe conditions it will be "difficultto stay calm", but ...

Who pays for no tuition fees? UNIVERSITIES

Feb 04, 2007 ... LET'S be clear: the Scottish parliament was morally correct inkicking out the idea of tuition fees for university students.Charging for higher education sits uncomfortably with the notion thateducation should be open to all, regardless of income, and flies inthe face of parliament's ...

After all this time, New Labour's love of money just looks cheap POWERPLAY POWERPLAY IAIN MACWHIRTER ON A PARTY THAT HAVE LOST THEIR WAY . . . AND HOW SCOTLAND COULD HELP SAVE THE WORLD

Feb 04, 2007; ... 'I WON'T beg for my character before anyone, " Tony Blair'sdefiant words in last week's Today interview could stand as hisepitaph. His party are now begging him to go. These are the last days of New Labour. The "project" has been reduced to a prime minister in his ...

'Scotland could play lead role on global warming' HOLYROOD COMMENTARY

Feb 04, 2007; ... CLIMATE change may represent the greatest challenge faced byhumanity since the Black Death. That is an emotive way of putting it,but the consequences of global warming, as set out by theInternational Panel on Climate Change, suggest nothing less. If thereare to be heatwaves, hurricanes, ...

READERS' VIEWS

Feb 04, 2007 ... McLeish should look at Labour's legacy WHERE has Henry McLeish been when he claims that Jack McConnell'sScottish parliament campaign is unduly negative? (News, January 28) Certainly not at the Scottish Labour Partyconference in Oban where the first minister started laying out ...

The King is dead Scotland Yard's investigation into cash for honours will not go away. Perhaps it's time the PM did. By Westminster Editor James Cusick

Feb 04, 2007; ... WAVING flags, cheering crowds, carefully chosen faces lit withbroad smiles - the well-planned political choreography that welcomedTony Blair and New Labour to Downing Street in 1997 was no accidentaloutbreak of national joy. Ten years on, similar plans are said toexist for his departure, ...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Feb 04, 2007; ... ONE of the most shocking childhood moments I remember was whenJohn Noakes unbuckled his corduroys on Blue Peter to reveal to theenthralled, if slightly disturbed, youngsters watching, the hugebruise he had accomplished when he fell off the bobsleigh while on asnowbound adventure ...

'Grief is like openheart surgery without the anaesthetic. What happened after was utterly life changing' FOR STARTERS... FOR STARTERS... THIS LIFE THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER IN A CAR CRASH WAS THE BEGINNING OF A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY FOR INTERFAITH MINISTER CATHERINE LUCAS, WHO NOW USES HER EXPERIENCE TO TRY TO BRING PEACE TO OTHERS

Feb 04, 2007; ... "I don't wake up thinking about the crash any more, which is anindication of how I've healed. For 10 years following the death of mymother, I thought about it all the time. In the summer of 1982, I wasinvolved in a horrific crash. My mother, Tate, was giving me adriving lesson when we ...

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY INTERVIEW INTERVIEW From a Beirut war zone to the top of the UK charts, pop sensation Mika has taken an unconventional route to musical stardom. He tells Peter Ross about his childhood, inspirations and why he's determined to remain an international man of mystery

Feb 04, 2007; ... IF ever an artist seemed tailor-made for pop success, cut from thegaudy cloth of the mainstream, it is Mika. So it feels right that Imeet him in Savile Row, London, where his publicist has an office. At the start of the year, within the media and entertainmentindustry, a consensus ...

Alpaca trunk TRAVEL Trekking, or indeed just strolling, around the the world's highest navigable body of water is exhausting, but the dramatic scenery rewards are well worth the effort

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE water is an incredible blue, the sun scorching and a neatcircle of stone blocks invites picnickers to enjoy the perfectholiday setting. But these stones form the Mesa Ceremonial, the remnants of what isbelieved to be a sacrificial table from the bloodthirsty ancientculture of ...

The small operator getting a game with Microsoft VISTA EXTRA: FREE TRIAL

Feb 04, 2007; ... BILL Gates was at Holyrood last week to share his vision of thenext wave of technological change with government leaders from aroundthe world. Among the wellwishers was a small Scottish gaming companyhoping to catch a lift on the coat tails of the Microsoft founder'snew operating ...

NORTH SEA LICENCES GIVEN

Feb 04, 2007 ... The long-awaited 24th licensing round awards for the North Sea saw150 oil and gas exploration and production licences issued to 104companies covering 246 blocks. The latest figures from the government show that an estimated halfa billion barrels ...

CITYIS HAS RECORD YEAR

Feb 04, 2007 ... Videoconferencing company CityIS celebrated its 10th year with arecord GBP11m turnover. The Livingston-based company has become oneof the leaders in its field with offices in Europe, Asia ...

Bank of Scotland boosts high-street branch concept HBOS: NEW FOCUS HBOS: NEW FOCUS Flagship Glasgow 'department store' opens tomorrow

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE bank branch is back, this time as a department store. Bank of Scotland tomorrow opens its new flagship Glasgow branchwhich, it is believed, will be the biggest of any bank in the UK. The 8000sqft branch on a site previously occupied by the retailerGap is over three floors ...

Scottish legal boss heads to top post in China LAW: LOOK EAST LAW: LOOK EAST Scotland chief of Pinsent Masons to head firm's operation in Asia-Pacific

Feb 04, 2007; ... VINCENT Connor, the head of the Scottish operation of leading lawfirm Pinsent Masons, is to move to China to take up a senior role inthe firm's expanding Asia-Pacific operation. Connor's move to China is said by the firm to be a recognition ofthe part he played in building up the ...

Globalscots count boost to business CONFERENCE: DIVIDEND

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE Globalscot conference which brought leading Scottishbusinesspeople from around the world to Edinburgh in September couldboost Scottish business by up to GBP7.9 million. However, research for the Scottish Enterprise board found asignificant disparity between the higher estimate, ...

Zero-carbon calls cause confusion for builders CONSTRUCTION: CO

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE Scottish housebuilding sector has hit out at confusion overdemands by the chancellor, Gordon Brown, for the sector to becomegreener by building zero or low-carbon emission homes. Michael Levack, head of trade association Scottish Building, saidthe ideas were unrealistic and ...

Energy industry fears UK will miss out on clean coal technology POWER: EMISSIONS POWER: EMISSIONS Ambitious projects face damaging delays

Feb 04, 2007; ... THE government is missing out on clean coal technology as animportant energy generator for the future, according to leadingfigures in the sector. UK generators already have advanced plans for demonstration plantsin order to give the country a lead in this new clean form of ...

Maverick plans to work his magic on wealth of the nation BOSS OF THE WEEK: MARK LITTLE BOSS OF THE WEEK: MARK LITTLE A year in, Barclays private banking head is older and wiser about the task ahead

Feb 04, 2007; ... JUST over a year ago, Mark Little had a full head of dark, fluffyhair. Now it is distinctly turning in the salt and pepper direction.Given the frantic pace of his life, it is surprising that the greyhair hasn't arrived sooner. Fund manager, investment analyst, globetrotter, angel ...

Broadcasters cast doubt on mass relocation to 'media village' TELEVISION: HUB Channel 4 and major independents take cold feet over Pacific Quay, jeopardising Soho-like creative cluster

Feb 04, 2007; ... CHANNEL 4 has dealt a blow to the long-held plan to develop a"media village" at Glasgow's Pacific Quay by deciding not to relocatethere. The broadcaster, which previously said it expected to join BBCScotland and STV on the south side of the Clyde, has instead signed anew 10-year ...

Macdonald to share his Oscar secrets with festival goers in Skye CELTIC MEDIA: CELEBRATION

Feb 04, 2007; ... LAST King Of Scotland director Kevin Macdonald and culturesecretary Tessa Jowell head the list of industry leaders coming toSkye in March for this year's Celtic Media Festival. Scots-born Macdonald will be talking about the making of hisOscarnominated film, telling the story of ...

Rumours abound over Independent future NEWSPAPERS: CHANGES

Feb 04, 2007; ... ALL change at The Independent On Sunday as John Mullin arrives totake over the role of deputy editor following the departure of MikeWilliams. Mullin was previously executive editor, number three, at sisterpaper The Independent. The announcement of Williams's departure had ...

Scotland's parliament was host to some of the world's best minds last week. Their message? The future is digital . . . and we all must play a part

Feb 04, 2007; ... THEY came from the four corners of Europe with the future on theirminds. Jetting in from California, Koblensk and all destinations beyond,some of the world's most influential men and women flew into Scotlandlast week in an attempt to come to terms with what will be the ...

Why Scotland's dirty past puts it in pole position for a greener future ENERGY

Feb 04, 2007 ... THE release of the report on climate change from theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) brings into starkrelief the threat facing the world through its use of fossil fuels. Temperatures are set to rise by between 1.8infinityC and 4C by theend of the century, according ...