The families of heroin and crack users lose an average of £9,741 each year due to theft, lost pay and clearing the user's debts, according to research by the UK Drug Policy Commission Heroin and crack users are costing their families and partners more than £9,741 a year in lost pay, theft and financial support, a report claims today. They also spend an extra £450 a year on extra...
The Eyeball Collector by F.E. Higgins (Feiwel & Friends 2009) : a recommendation by Greg Leitich Smith from GregLSBlog. Seven Characteristics You Need to Get Published by Carolyn Kaufman from QueryTracker.net. Peek: "The first thing every real writer needs is a willingness to learn and grow. All agents or editors—no matter how busy—are interested in quality work." 2009 Cybils...
John Fardell, Lari Don and Keith Gray have been named as this year's winners for the 2009 Royal Mail Awards, Scotland's largest children's Book Prize which is voted for exclusively by Scottish children themselves. Author/Illustrator John Fardell won the Early...
• Head coach sticks with his starting XV • Ireland make eight changes to face Fiji Andy Robinson has named an unchanged squad for Saturday's match against Australia at Murrayfield. The Scotland head coach has kept faith with the starting XV and substitutes who helped to get his reign off to a winning start in last weekend's opening autumn international against Fiji. The former Edinburgh...
East Dunbartonshire Scottish Socialist Party (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Monday 16th Nov 7pm - note earlier time - 7pm The Piper on the Square (upstairs), George Sq, Glasgow UNITE against racism and fascism UNITE against poverty and inequality UNITE for an inclusive, independent socialist Scotland Speakers:- A Polish anti-fascist Liam Turbett - Scottish Socialist Youth Carolina Perez - whose Chilean socialist family were persecuted by Pinochet Keith Baldassara - veteran...
The magnificent Brian O'Driscoll will win his 100th Test cap when he captains Ireland in their opening autumn international against Australia at Croke Park today: the reigning Grand Slam champions hosting the Wallabies, who are on the second leg of their own Slam hunt after defeating England 18-9 at Twickenham. "Australia are a very smart team, the smartest in world rugby," said O'Driscoll....
A little bit of music I've been listening to lately: ~ The Celtic Album by Keith Lockhart with the Boston Pops Orchestra Today I had to run some errands, and although yesterday it was very warm and sunny, today was very cold and grey. When I got in the car (which is when I realized how COLD it was out there), I had a sudden craving to listen to Christmas music, something like Mannheim Steamroller....
Friday’s meeting of the Wiltshire Assembly seemed to go well; there was a good spirit about the place. Several people from the voluntary sector and the Economic Partnership spoke about our ‘Action for Wiltshire’ in response to the recession, and this showed what we can achieve through the Assembly by working together. Our keynote speaker was Roger Levett, who gave a provocative talk...
Hundreds evacuated, motorists stranded and coastguard called in as heavy rain strikes north-east Several hundred people, including residents of a care home, have been evacuated from their homes after torrential rain caused heavy flooding across north-east Scotland. The downpours yesterday forced emergency services to rescue scores of residents in the worst-affected towns of Stonehaven and Huntly,...
The recent heavy rain, especially yesterday where in Aberdeen 39mm and in Edinburgh 32mm fell in the 12 hours from 6am to 6pm yesterday has caused havoc in the North East of Scotland with the main rail line between Edinburgh and Aberdeen has now closed. The centre of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire (where the Edinburgh to Aberdeen rail line goes through) is underwater after the rivers Cowie and Carron...
The wave of arrests in Iran that followed the presidential election of 12 June 2009 means that many more Iranians are now experiencing the brutal treatment already endured by thousands of their fellow citizens. For the repressive response to the civic uprising that followed the shocking declaration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide victory has many precedents in the thirty-year history of the Islamic...
A hogshead-matured Glen Keith 1989 bottled at an easy-drinking 46% by The Single Malts of Scotland after twenty years in the wood. Price: £47.99 Inc. VAT
Perth restaurant robbery - three men being sought by Police A Perth family restaurant was robbed in the early hours of Sunday morning. Three men are now being sought by Tayside Police after assaulting two members of staff and taking a sum of money from the Maltings Restaurant on Dunkeld Road. The robbers, who had their faces masked, escaped on foot behind the Holiday Inn and following the Perth to...
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