The Sunday Herald back issues from January 2008:
Area by area . . .where we are failing victims of violence
Jan 06, 2008; ... THE Western Isles was the only area able to meet the demand fromvictims of domestic abuse, with most others able to accommodatefewer than one out of three women and their children. Some areas could only provide space for fewer than one in 10women who contacted them seeking ...
The scandal of Scotland's battered women One in three victims of abuse cannot get help
Jan 06, 2008; ... THOUSANDS of women who leave their abusive partners are beingturned away from the safety of refuges despite government pledges totackle domestic abuse, the Sunday Herald can reveal. Scottish Women's Aid has admitted turning away women and childrenfrom "safe houses" in more than ...
Scots nuns trapped in convent as machete gangs go on killing spree KENYA: CONFLICT KENYA: CONFLICT Missionaries sheltering 1500 men, women and children send urgent plea to Glasgow headquarters
Jan 06, 2008; ... TERRIFIED Scottish nuns were left trapped in their missionarycompound in Kenya yesterday, sheltering some 1500 men, women andchildren from the marauding machete gangs roaming the streets ofKericho. With St Mary's convent running out of food and water, SisterKelly, the Superior of ...
Myth of St Mungo made Glasgow a 12-century tourist hot spot TOURISM: PILGRIM POUND Copies of manuscript on saint's life gifted to city
Jan 06, 2008; ... TODAY, Glasgow spends millions on its Scotland with Stylecampaigns, but the city has the marketing genius of one 12th-century monk to thank for its first tourist boom. A manuscript detailing the exploits of St Mungo, which helpedmake the city a must-see pilgrimage destination ...
Move to screen all young athletes for heart defects HEALTH: TESTS HEALTH: TESTS Appeal follows death of Motherwell captain
Jan 06, 2008; ... A GENETIC test to screen for a heart condition which is the mostcommon cause of sudden death in young athletes could be availablewithin a decade. Leading expert Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director of theBritish Heart Foundation, said the screening method would soon ...
Football world's salute to 'a truly delightful individual' TRIBUTES: GRATITUDE
Jan 06, 2008; ... MOTHERWELL owner John Boyle yesterday paid an emotional tributeto the football community for their support shown to PhilO'Donnell's family after the "unspeakable tragedy" of his death. The businessman thanked supporters, club managers, staff andplayers who rallied round the ...
Alexander queried donation after sending thank-you note PARLIAMENT: RULES PARLIAMENT: RULES Personal message to tycoon reopens donations row as embattled leader stays silent
Jan 06, 2008; ... WENDY Alexander only questioned the illegal donation to herleadership campaign AFTER she personally thanked the Jersey tycoonat the centre of the row for his cheque. The Labour leader, who believes emails between herself and acampaign member will clear her of any "intentional ...
Revealed: How the 1970s Civil Service sought to bury devolution NATIONAL ARCHIVES: HOME RULE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: HOME RULE Documents newly released reveal how, in 1977, the heavyweights of the civil service rallied against Labour plans to give power to Scotland
Jan 06, 2008; ... CIVIL servants wanted Labour ministers to ditch their Scottishdevolution policy in the 1970s, as they feared the plan could breakup the United Kingdom, according to newly-declassified documents. Whitehall officials said home rule was "potentially destructiveof national unity" and ...
Healey feared giving tax control to 'pinkos'
Jan 06, 2008; ... FORMER Labour leader John Smith was rebuffed by the Treasury whenhe suggested devolving control of income tax to the ScottishAssembly. The late Labour leader, who was a junior minister in the 1970s,believed the government had "much to gain" from adding financiallevers to the home ...
Leaked report reveals council covered up allegations of illegal dumping ENVIRONMENT: WASTE AUDIT ENVIRONMENT: WASTE AUDIT But serious claims are cut from Aberdeenshire Council's final report
Jan 06, 2008; ... ALITANY of damning allegations about illegal waste dumping,pollution breaches and the mishandling of confidential data onchildren have been covered up by a Scottish local authority. Senior officials at Aberdeenshire Council doctored an internalwaste audit to cut out its most ...
Two Scots among five 'forgotten' hostages IRAQ: KIDNAPPING IRAQ: KIDNAPPING Families under pressure not to speak to press over men held captive
Jan 06, 2008; ... TWO of the "forgotten" five British hostages who have been heldcaptive in Iraq for more than six months are Scots, the SundayHerald has learned. The captives four security guards and a computer expert wereseized at the Iraqi Finance Ministry on May 29 by a crowd of about40 ...
Plaudits for GBP70,000 plan to make city schemes safer POLICING: STRATHCLYDE
Jan 06, 2008; ... SCOTLAND'S largest police force has launched a GBP70,000initiative involving higher visibility patrols and a raft ofanticrime measures designed to reassure the public in the east endof Glasgow. The Enhanced Policing Plan sees Strathclyde officers specificallytarget areas such as ...
Parents to sue police chief over son's detention CUSTODY: COMPLAINT CUSTODY: COMPLAINT Strathclyde force's apology not enough, says mother
Jan 06, 2008; ... THE parents of a 14-year-old boy, who claim he was assaultedafter being locked up in custody for 59 hours, are threatening tosue the chief constable of Scotland's largest police force afterclaiming he failed to apologise properly for the alleged incident. Strathclyde Police's new ...
New calls for polling power POLITICS: ELECTIONS
Jan 06, 2008; ... FIRST minister Alex Salmond will this week repeat calls for theorganisation of Holyrood elections to be devolved to the Scottishparliament. The SNP government will use a debate in the chamber to back"exploratory talks" on transferring the power from Westminster. The Liberal ...
Vomiting bug shuts wards across the country HEALTH: VIRUS HEALTH: VIRUS More than 20 hospitals in Scotland forced to make closures as patients and staff hit by illness
Jan 06, 2008; ... CASES of the highly virulent winter vomiting bug which issweeping the country rose by nearly 20-per cent in Scotland lastyear, the Sunday Herald can reveal. Statistics obtained from Health Protection Scotland (HPS) showthat 2756 reports of the disease were recorded in 2007, ...
'Take tobacco off shelves, ' says Ash ANTI-SMOKING: CAMPAIGN ANTI- SMOKING: CAMPAIGN Call for cigarettes to be sold under the counter
Jan 06, 2008; ... THE new head of Scotland's leading anti-smoking charity hascalled for cigarettes to be taken off shop shelves as part ofefforts to dissuade the next generation from taking up the habit. In her first interview as chief executive of Ash Scotland, SheilaDuffy also warned plans to ...
Nuclear plants see production drop ENVIRONMENT: ENERGY
Jan 06, 2008; ... THE amount of electricity produced by nuclear power stations inScotland has dropped dramatically because of technical and safetyproblems, according to a new analysis by the UK government. The number of units generated fell 24-per cent from 18,681 in2005 to 14,141 in 2006, pushing ...
Criticism and praise as Highland 2007 ends CULTURE: FESTIVAL CULTURE: FESTIVAL Organisers are positive, but others criticise event as being 'very nebulous'
Jan 06, 2008; ... HIGHLAND 2007 finishes with a bang on Saturday as a massivefireworks display illuminates Inverness, but behind the scenes,praise for the yearlong celebration of the region's culture has beenmore muted. Criticism over a lack of focus, low awareness levels among thepopulation and ...
Forecast unsettled, despite Darling's upbeat demeanour OPINION & DEBATE OPINION & DEBATE JAMES CUSICK ON THE ECONOMY
Jan 06, 2008; ... THIS week, the chancellor will re-launch the government's claimthat it is economically competent when he will try to cure thecatastrophe of 2007 by ensuring it won't happen in 2008. This isn't routine economics: normally you either prevent acrisis by seeing it coming and taking ...
SNOW sundayherald briefing sundayherald briefing A BRIEF HISTORY
Jan 06, 2008; ... IN many parts of the world, snow is only an occasional annualevent, and its fleeting nature seems to capture the imagination morethan any other type of weather. It forms when water vapour in nearfreezing temperatures condensesdirectly into ice crystals and these crystals join to ...
Belief without question UNDERCURRENT
Jan 06, 2008; ... WHAT does it take to shoot your credibility to hell? Forinstance, what university would want to take the cash and build theGeorge W Bush Institute of Climate Change Research or the Osama binLaden School of Inter-governmental Peace Studies? Down at the Kelvingrove Museum, would it ...
A Clinton dynasty? Please no! ABOUT . . . THE CAREERIST COUPLE
Jan 06, 2008; ... BEST event of the week bar none: Hillary Clinton's loss to BarackObama in the Iowa primary. One of the great mysteries of the 21stcentury politics is why she and her awful husband are reveredamongst progressive opinionformers in the US and beyond. Speak to normally sane Labour ...
The games are a bogey for poor old Dalmarnock TOM SHIELDS ON EAST END WOES
Jan 06, 2008; ... DALMARNOCK is to have its own tropical rainforest. This is goodnews for the barrio in the east end of Glasgow which is better knownfor being a desert. Dalmarnock was Glasgow's industrial heartland, then it became awasteland. With a bit of help from the 2014 Commonwealth ...
Overfed? Overweight? Just don't overdo faddy diets ROXANNE SOROOSHIAN ON FESTIVE FLAB
Jan 06, 2008; ... CAKE: check. Trifle: check. Sausage rolls: check. Selection box:nearly finished. Check. Stretchy trousers located: check. It'll be January then. Check. Christmas comes but once a year; sadly, the effects of the foodhang around a little longer. It would be much better, ...
No comfort in the bleak midwinter REALPOLITIK
Jan 06, 2008; ... WORDS of comfort are a rare commodity in the bleak midwinter andthis season seems to be no different. The old year only had a fewdays to run when an American friend called to offer his views onwhere we're going and what lies ahead for all of us. Being a veteranof years of diplomatic ...
Alan Taylor's Diary
Jan 06, 2008; ... I SHARE the pain of my dear friend John Byrne who, when asked bythe Sun to explain his current living arrangements with his partnerTilda Swinton, said: "I hate to be discourteous but I think that'sour business." Interestingly, the Currant Bun, in describing how MsSwinton has acquired "a ...
EVERYTHING NEW UNDER THE SON? 2008 PREVIEW: WITH JAMES MURDOCH POISED TO LEAD A NEWSPAPER REVOLUTION, TELEVISION FACING REGULATORY WRANGLES AND RADIO IN REHAB, THE MEDIA INDUSTRY WON'T BE DULL
Jan 06, 2008; ... AS the dust settles on News Corporation's Dow Jones takeover,2008 will be the year we see what James Murdoch is really made of.The son of Rupert and heir apparent to his father's empire silencedhis critics during his four years at BSkyB, but will be even morestiffly tested in his new ...
Big guns battle to cash in on internet TV on demand 2008 PREVIEW: A BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY IS UP FOR GRABS AS TECHIES TACKLE THE TELLY
Jan 06, 2008; ... THE time for talking is over. After almost a decade of promises,predictions and premature promotion, 2008 will be the year thattelevision finally comes to terms with the internet age. IPTV the black art of distributing television programming acrossthe internet has been with us ...
HAVING A TOP TIME
Jan 06, 2008; ... Rangers 2 Naismith 9, Ferguson 39 Dundee United 0 RANGERS delivered the sort of methodical victory and performancewhich allowed Walter Smith to sit back and have some fun when he washit by a dose of transfer speculation. What did he think of Daniel Cousin's agent, ...
Thom: Celtic will see best of Hinkel
Jan 06, 2008; ... FORMER Celtic midfielder Andreas Thom last night insisted theParkhead club can provide his countryman Andreas Hinkel with theideal platform to seal a place at the Euro 2008 finals. The former Stuttgart player concluded a GBP2.1 million move fromSeville to Parkhead on Friday ...
No excuses for the visitors
Jan 06, 2008; ... Inverness CT 3 Niculae 34, 42, Rankin 40 PEN Gretna 0 THIS was a nightmare in more ways than one for Gretna, flattenedby three first-half goals from a sparkling Inverness CaledonianThistle side eager to put behind them a midweek defeat at Aberdeen. But the visitors ...
At last, reason for hope down Gorgie way
Jan 06, 2008; ... Hearts 1 Velicka 63 Kilmarnock 1 Di Giacomo 45 NEWS of Hearts' demise is greatly exaggerated. Despite a fourthred card in four days, and slipping to 11th place in the league,there was enough spirit shown in the second 45 minutes to suggestall is far from lost at ...
Much for managers to moan about
Jan 06, 2008; ... Falkirk 0 Aberdeen 0 JIMMY Calderwood appeared in the newspapers during the weeksuggesting that John Hughes should use his holiday home in Magalufto relax away from all the pressures of football; this match willhave done nothing to ease the Falkirk manager's blood ...
SONS OF ALBION SCOTTISH CUP, FOURTH ROUND SCOTTISH CUP, FOURTH ROUND Mark McNally's team are now a different prospect for Celtic, writes Stewart Fisher
Jan 06, 2008; ... LOWER division teams like to play down expectations ahead ofmeetings against the Old Firm, but Stirling Albion are taking thingsto new extremes. Having left with their tails between their legs onthe wrong end of an 8-0 hiding the last time they travelled to theEast End of Glasgow, in a ...
RESILIENCE SHOULD PAY OFF FOR FRAIL Hearts caretaker has earned his place at Tynecastle, says Alan Campbell
Jan 06, 2008; ... THERE are many admirable aspects to Stephen Frail's characterwhich, whatever his future at Tynecastle, should serve him well incoaching. Despite his spell as Hearts' caretaker manager havingstarted ignominiously at Tannadice last week, Frail is a manrelishing the opportunity afforded to ...
WALT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES Like all good builders, Walter Smith has used time-served methods to turn Rangers from a shambles to title challengers, says Michael Grant
Jan 06, 2008; ... ON Thursday it will be one year since Walter Smith returned toRangers. As far as he is concerned the time has "flown in", althoughif he gets his way 2008 will be the actual year of take off. It is 12 months since Smith succeeded Paul Le Guen but Rangersare perilously close to a ...
Coyle springs FA CUP, THIRD ROUND FA CUP, THIRD ROUND Burnley manager makes no apologies for moving up in station, finds Stewart Fisher
Jan 06, 2008; ... THE prospect of taking on an inform Arsenal side in the FA Cupthird round in a live TV game would be enough to put the fear of Godinto most young managers, but even a small amount of exposure to thepositive energy emitted by Owen Coyle should be sufficient toconvince anyone that perhaps ...
Captain of industry HEINEKEN CUP: VIADANA V GLASGOW HEINEKEN CUP: VIADANA V GLASGOW In their first clash his side won despite a comedy of errors but Alastair Kellock wants more and is calling on his team to finally live up to their potential. Alasdair Reid reports
Jan 06, 2008; ... GLASGOW coach Sean Lineen still shudders when he recalls thecutting assessment of the Irish commentator who once described hisside as "nice to watch, but even nicer to play against". Those wordsmay have lost a lot of their relevance as a consequence of theharder edge Glasgow have added ...
Leaders made to dig deep PREMIER DIVISION ONE
Jan 06, 2008; ... Hawick 16 Try: Graham. Penalties: Neish (3).Conversion: Neish Boroughmuir 17 Tries: Keenan, Crombie. Penalty:O'Donnell.Conversions: O'Donnell (2) BOROUGHMUIR may have enjoyed the lusty support of the TeenageTonsils from Hell a pair of young followers whose ...
Talk of a reprieve is telling for Strachan ON THE SPOT
Jan 06, 2008; ... SINCE when did we need an actual football match to let us knowthe state of play in Glasgow? Without an Old Firm game theopportunity for point-scoring, literal and metaphorical, was put onhold for a while. Would that stem the endless flow of conversationin pubs or offices? No ...
Track queen speeds from hero to zero SIDENETTING
Jan 06, 2008; ... IN a week when the image of Joey Barton leaving Walton Prison wascirculated to a salivating public, one of the iconic sportingfigures of the decade may soon find herself being led in the otherdirection. Marion Jones is due for sentencing on Friday. The former Americansprinter, ...
SILENT KILLER COVER STORY COVER STORY DESPITE BEING THE FIRST SPANIARD TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR, IT HAS TAKEN YEARS FOR JAVIER BARDEM'S STAR TO RISE. NOW, PLAYING EVIL INCARNATE FOR THE COEN BROTHERS, HE IS POISED TO CONQUER HOLLYWOOD.JUST DON'T EXPECT HIM TO ENJOY TALKING ABOUT IT
Jan 06, 2008; ... JAVIER Bardem would rather be elsewhere. It's warm in this room in central London. He has coffee and cigarettes. Yet the Spanish actor's heavy eyesfollow a trail of blue-grey smoke from the ashtray and out throughthe window. Given the chance, he would probably make a run for ...
SOFTLY SOFTLY FASHION EASE YOURSELF INTO THE NEW YEAR WRAPPED IN LUXURIOUS CASHMERE, COTTON AND DELICATELY SHADED UNDERWEAR
Jan 06, 2008; ... Soft grey cashmere cable and rib wrap, GBP285, White Label byBelinda Robertson at Belinda Robertson; white non wired sports bra,GBP12; white cotton rich high leg pant, GBP4, both Marks & Spencer;white opaque tights (cut into knee highs), GBP5.99, Jonathan Astonat www. tightsplease. com ...
IN DETAIL SOFTLY SOFTLY
Jan 06, 2008; ... JANUARY. Time to put the spangly dresses to the back of thewardrobe, dust off the gym membership card and cut back on theridiculous amounts of food and drink we've all being consuming. Timeto sort out our bodies, minds, and that dissolute-looking skin. Hand creams can seem a little ...
TODAY I'M WEARING . . . Jen Noble, sales manager for Home House, Edinburgh
Jan 06, 2008; ... I've had this dress for about six months. It's from JaneDavidson, my favourite Edinburgh boutique, and is by a New Yorkdesigner called Leila Rose. It's quite a classic, tailored piece,but still contemporary. Although made of wool, it's silk-lined, sofeels really nice to wear. I wear a ...
CATCH OF THE TAY RESTAURANT REVIEW RESTAURANT REVIEW ANGLERS BY JOANNA BLYTHMAN
Jan 06, 2008; ... THERE were many unhappy people in Perth when Sixty-Three TayStreet, the restaurant set up by Shona and Jeremy Wares, went on themarket. This handsome restaurant, which overlooks the Tay, continues tobe quite good, despite its change of ownership, but the Wares hadbuilt up an ...
MONKEY MAN THE ARTS: BOOKS THE ARTS: BOOKS FROM APES TO IMMORTALITY, DESMOND MORRIS IS STILL FASCINATED BY THE HUMAN CONDITION
Jan 06, 2008; ... DESMOND Morris is clambering across a time-weathered sofa in hisOxford studio. His knees sink heavily into the pliable brown fabricand nearly give way under the shifting gravity of his paunch. He steadies himself on the back of the couch and reaches out to abookshelf, wheezing, his ...
TOTALLY TROPICAL TASTES TRAVEL TRAVEL GRAEME VIRTUE VENTURES BEYOND THE REGGAE BEAT FOR A FLAVOUR OF JAMAICA'S SOUL
Jan 06, 2008; ... MAYBE it's because everything tastes better in the sunshine, butJamaica is a food-lover's paradise. Partly, this is down to theplentiful harvest of fresh seafood, juicy fruit, exotic vegetablesand peppy spices, but it's also because of the sheer number ofculinary influences that have ...
Nuclear waste stores planned for Scotland Salmond and Westminster head for more confrontation
Jan 13, 2008; ... UP TO six new stores for nuclear waste are planned for Scotlandin a move which will create a new confrontation between the Scottishgovernment and Westminster. Scottish ministers who have already effectively blockedWestminster plans for new nuclear power stations north of the ...
Obesity threat to children's joints HEALTH: HIP CONDITION HEALTH: HIP CONDITION New study shows leap in cases of painful disorder
Jan 13, 2008; ... SCOTLAND'S obesity crisis has led to the number of childrensuffering from a painful hip disorder almost trebling in the pasttwo decades. A new study has revealed that cases of slipped capital femoralepiphysis (SCFE) which is normally treated by major surgery haverisen over the ...
Westminster plans assault on Salmond's nuclear 'block'
Jan 13, 2008; ... THE Westminster government is planning an imminent assault onFirst Minister Alex Salmond's claim to be able to turn Scotland intothe ''Saudi Arabia of wind generation''. It will challenge Salmond on how Scotland can avoid the nuclearoption adopted in the rest of the UK and yet fill ...
Scots nun in Kenya: 'We just want to be like John Smeaton' KENYA: CONFLICT KENYA: CONFLICT Heroine saved hundreds of refugees from violence that has killed 500 people
Jan 13, 2008; ... THE Scottish missionaries sheltering 1500 people from the stormof civil violence in Kenya have helped hundreds flee from furtherharm. As revealed in the Sunday Herald last week, St Mary's convent inthe Motobo slums of Kericho has provided sanctuary to many peoplewhose homes were ...
Gaelic teaching model inspires Afghan education chiefs LANGUAGES: VISITORS
Jan 13, 2008; ... MEMBERS of Afghanistan's ministry of education are keen to adoptScotland's model for teaching Gaelic in a bid to revive their ownnative languages. A delegation from the country visited Scotland last week to seehow schools combine teaching English and Gaelic Afghanistan has ...
Edinburgh and Western Isles test for 2011 census
Jan 13, 2008 ... PEOPLE in the Western Isles and west Edinburgh are to be guineapigs for Scotland's next census, the General Register Office forScotland (GROS) has announced. About 50,000 households will receive a questionnaire as part of arehearsal in spring 2009. Responses will help GROS assess ...
Fly from Stornoway to Benbecula . . . for GBP1m!
Jan 13, 2008 ... SHOCKED customers were faced with the most expensive fares inhistory yesterday GBP1 million each way for a flight from Stornowayto Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides! And the fare included a big discount paid for by taxpayers. The blunder arose on Highland Airways's online ...
Justice reforms 'sideline courts' LEGISLATION: CIVIL LIBERTIES LEGISLATION: CIVIL LIBERTIES Lawyers concerned over fair hearings for accused
Jan 13, 2008; ... THE time-honoured civil liberties of the court system in Scotlandare under threat, lawyers fear, claiming reforms introduced lastmonth have handed too much power to the police and procurator fiscalservice. The changes to criminal law stem from legislation passed lastyear under ...
Wendy's team knew law had been broken POLITICS: DONATIONS
Jan 13, 2008; ... WENDY Alexander's campaign team registered an illegal donation inthe name of a Glasgow-based company at the eleventh hour afterrealising they might have already broken electoral law. The Labour leader's team had been under the impression thatdonations under GBP1000, regardless of ...
Stolen Glasgow Boys paintings turn up in attic after five years ART: CRIME ART: CRIME Canvases valued at GBP246,000 in 2002 to be returned to owner
Jan 13, 2008; ... PAINTINGS by two of Scotland's leading 19th-century artists stolen five years ago have been found by a pensioner in thecommunal attic of his tenement. Three Robert Gemmell Hutchison paintings, along with two pastelsby Sir James Guthrie, were handed over to police last week after ...
ARE WE LOSING AFGHANISTAN? PART ONE: THE EXPERT'S WARNING
Jan 13, 2008; ... A LEADING military analyst with the Ministry of Defence's ownthink tank warned that Nato was on the "precipice of failure" inAfghanistan unless it swaps throwing "money and troops" at thecountry's problems for a more coherent approach. Dr Michael Williams, head of the transatlantic ...
Greens set to block budget over road plans GOVERNMENT: FINANCE GOVERNMENT: FINANCE MSP threatens rough ride for SNP budget unless significant changes are made on transport
Jan 13, 2008; ... THE SNP government's first budget has suffered a setback afterthe Greens made it clear they could not support the Nationalists'plan. The Greens believe funding for the M74 extension and a lack ofresources for public transport projects make it impossible for themto support the ...
Callaghan vetoed referendum on UK break-up POLITICS: INDEPENDENCE
Jan 13, 2008; ... JIM Callaghan's Labour government considered a referendum onScottish independence as part of its constitutional reform packagein the 1970s. Ministers were urged to "meet the SNP challenge head on" byoffering, and defeating, separation in a poll that included theoption of ...
255 survivors of July 7 attacks treated for stress HEALTH: NHS INITIATIVE HEALTH: NHS INITIATIVE 'Good recovery' for patients
Jan 13, 2008; ... A PIONEERING mental health screening programme set up in the wakeof the London bombings has treated more than 200 people for problemssuch as post-traumatic stress disorder. The NHS initiative set up a team dedicated to identifying andoffering specialist treatment to those suffering ...
Ancient port for Scottish poems LIBRARY: ALEXANDRIA
Jan 13, 2008; ... IN ancient times, Ptolemy III of Egypt ruled that everyoneentering the port of Alexandria must hand over any scrolls and booksthey carried to be copied and placed in the ancient library. Twothousand years later a delegation from the Scottish Poetry Librarywill be placing their texts in ...
Punjabi fears as exams dropped EDUCATION: CUTBACKS EDUCATION: CUTBACKS Sikhs say language barrier causing generation gap
Jan 13, 2008; ... THE Sikh community in Glasgow has launched a campaign to preventgovernment cutbacks forcing youngsters to stop studying for GCSE andA-level examinations in Punjabi at a city school. Leaders of the city's 14,000-strong community claim plans to dropthe exams in the subject at ...
Taskforce aims to boost transplants ORGANS: CONSENT ORGANS: CONSENT Call to hire more co-ordinators to guide families
Jan 13, 2008; ... THE number of specialist staff to help bereaved families throughthe process of organ donation is set to be doubled in a bid toincrease transplant rates in the UK. The Organ Donation Taskforce is due to publish a report this weekwhich will call for an extra 100 donor transplant ...