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Glasgow Film Festival 2013: Banaz: A Love Story »

Fri 01 Mar 2013 by Connor Macgregor | Read more »

Better together — Security and defence »

As part of the United Kingdom, Scotland benefits from a comprehensive military defence system that ensured the UK’s safe passage throughout the turbulent 19th and 20th centuries. It was our soldiers in the Black Watch who spearheaded the invasion...

Tue 19 Feb 2013 by Willie Rennie | Read more »

Britain in Europe: privileged among equals? »

The English Channel is not the only thing that divides Britain from continental Europe; the UK has always had a difficult, if not awkward, relationship with the old continent. In a famous Yes Minister exchange, Jim Hacker, the minster for administrativ...

Sat 26 Jan 2013 by Jon Vrushi | Read more »

Scots are better off in the Union »

This referendum business has stirred up a lot of vitriol between unionist and nationalist factions among the Scottish. As one of many Anglo-Scots mongrels, I'd like to think I'm an independent outsider here. There is, no-one can disagree, quite a lot ...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Malaria on the rise in the UK »

New figures released by the Health Protection Agency have revealed that the number of malaria infections among UK residents has increased by 30 per cent over the last two years. The figures, released on 25 April to mark World Malaria Day, show that th...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Leighton Craig | Read more »

British students reluctant to study abroad »

The British Council has warned that the reluctance of UK students to study abroad may be damaging their career prospects and the future of the economy. The Erasmus programme was introduced to facilitate students wanting to take a year abroad as part o...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Kathryn Richardson | Read more »