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Shetland chief calls for independence »

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The Shetland Chief Sandy Cluness has called for autonomy from Scotland for the North Atlantic archipelago and its 22,000 population, at a time when Scottish independence from Westminster is being debated. Mr Cluness, the figurehead of the Shetland Isl...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Tron revamp faces funding shortage »

Tron Kirk

Council chiefs have confirmed that the project to redevelop the Royal Mile’s Tron Kirk are facing financial problems, and that plans may have to be scaled back if new revenue is not found soon. The development, announced in 2004, was originally ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

£800,000 cocaine stash seized at Edinburgh Airport »

Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh police have hailed an operation at Edinburgh airport which resulted in the seizure of 16 kilograms of internationally trafficked cocaine, with an estimated street value of £800,000. The find on 11 November is the largest single recover...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Francesco Cirillo | Read more »

Edinburgh tram boss resigns »

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The resignation of Transport Initiative Edinburgh’s (TIE) executive chairman, Willie Gallagher, has prompted rumours that mounting pressure and criticism of his handling of the city tram project has led to the transport boss calling it a day. On...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Lidija Liegis | Read more »

Israeli ambassador draws vocal protest »

protest leaflet

Over 100 people rallied outside Edinburgh University in protest about a lecture given by the Israeli ambassador earlier this month. The protest, organised by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), demonstrated against the controversial app...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Obama could draw students away from UK »

Obama

The election of Barack Obama as US president could threaten British universities' intake of foreign students, education experts claim. Leading analysts have said that as the negative perceptions of America diminish and US visa restrictions are relaxed...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

Haymarket hotel development on hold »

Haymarket

Scottish planning minister Stewart Steveson has ordered a public enquiry into the £200 million development project at Haymarket junction. The decision from the Scottish government is likely to cause significant delay to the scheduled plans for t...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Francesco Cirillo | Read more »

Financial backers get on board high-speed rail plan »

Train station

Proposals for a high-speed rail link between Scotland and England have been tabled at a meeting between members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), local authorities, business groups and transport bodies. MSPs have been advised as to the economic benef...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Kevin Guyan | Read more »

FIFA eases Scots concerns over 2012 British football team »

FIFA

In a bid to ease nationalist worries, the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) has claimed the international image of the home nations will not be threatened by a British Olympic team. FIFA has assured Scottish secretary of state Ji...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Elisabeth Evans | Read more »

Dying Lockerbie bomber denied bail »

Lockerbie bomber

The Libyan man imprisoned for the Lockerbie bombing has been refused bail, despite having incurable and fatal cancer. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, 56, was convicted in 2001 for the hijacking and bombing of Pan Am flight 103 which killed 270 peopl...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Breaking the silence, rewriting history »

Climbing to the tomb

20 November marked the 33rd anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco. It also marks a year since the Spanish Parliament approved the Law of Historic Memory, condemning the actions of the Spanish dictator and attempting to redress the ambiguity of h...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Laura Robertson | Read more »

Child abuse on the rise in Scotland »

Russel Institute

The number of children suffering from neglect and physical and emotional abuse has steadily increased in Scotland over the last eight years, new research shows. On Tuesday 11 November 2008, new figures from the Scottish Children’s Reporter Admin...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Robyn Keystone | Read more »

Activist cleared as Oxford opens animal testing facility »

Oxford

As Oxford's controversial testing centre opened this month, an animal rights activist accused of carrying out arson attacks against an animal research laboratory, as it was being constructed, has been acquitted. Mel Broughton, 48, a leading figure of ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Academic feedback "copied & pasted," claim students »

Feedback

Tutors at Edinburgh University are once again in the spotlight after allegations of copy and paste feedback were exposed in an online forum. The forum, accessible to students at the university via MyEd, is the latest attempt by the vice principals to ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Katie Oakes | Read more »

'Smart pill' to digitally medicate patients »

iPill

On Sunday 16 November, Dutch electronics giant Philips announced its new intelligent technology "iPill" at the opening of the annual American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). The "iPill", once swallowed, is designed to release the corr...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

"War in Iraq ends" »

NY Times

A fake edition of The New York Times was distributed free to unsuspecting commuters in New York and other major US cities, under a slightly altered version of newspaper's motto – "all the news we hope to print," revised from "all the news that's ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Elise Carter | Read more »

Reform or ruin as NUS approves new constitution »

National Union of Students

The National Union of Students (NUS) is a step closer to adopting a new constitution following a vote at the extraordinary conference requested by over 25 separate universities and colleges. After over six hours of heated debate, elected delegates fro...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Megan Taylor | Read more »

News Shorts »

How much for the grassy knoll? A Dallas man has recently offered up the 6th floor window shot through by Lee Harvey Oswald during the 1963 John F. Kennedy assassination on eBay. Carth Byrd, whose father owned the Texas School Book Depository Building...

Fri 21 Nov 2008 | Read more »

Students take to the streets in support of fees cap »

Thousands of students from English universities took to the streets last Wednesday to protest against the removal of a cap on university tuition fees costs. Students from across various universities joined the campaign which sought to brand the higher...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Hiran Balasuriya | Read more »

Skye 'leopard' hermit rejoins society »

After 20 years as a hermit, the "Leopard Man of Skye" has swapped his isolated island bothy for the less savage conditions of a sheltered housing apartment on the mainland. Known until two years ago as the most tattooed man in the world, Tom Leppard s...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Corinne Redfern | Read more »

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