News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
PROPOSED new questions for the next census in Scotland have been unveiled. The survey of Scotland's five million people will help decide how billions of pounds of future p
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Edinburgh flanker Alan MacDonald will earn his first cap against Argentina at Murrayfield.
Pyatshaw Papillons (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The above collage shows our very local River Earn, Perthshire, Scotland, in full flood mode. Bad as this looks, it is nothing compared to what some areas of Britain, viz. Cumbria and Dumfries have experienced over the past week of torrential rain, described in the newspapers as "of biblical proportions" and it is expected, now that the worst is over and the floods slowly recede, to be quite...
Rector's Ramblings (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
IT'LL be Fur-hill for Mo Bros next Saturday when The Scottish Sun and Partick Bristle team up to set a world record for the largest gathering of moustachioed men. Thousands of big-hearted blokes across Scotland have sacrificed their top lips for our Movember men's health crusade. The fun campaign - launched by cancer-stricken ex-Celtic hero John Hartson - has got the nation talking about men's health...
Cllr Fraser Macpherson (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Good for Tavish Scott in highlighting at last week's First Minister's questions the burgeoning cost of Scotland’s public bodies to the taxpayer, with the disclosure that at least 1 798 employees in the sector earn more than £100 000 a year. Six public sector executive board members are paid more than Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister (£197 000) or Alex Salmond, First Minister (£145...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Massive superiority in terms of winning the ball in the danger area should have given tourists a big win – but didn't Statistics can be fickle little beasties but there is one that normally says everything about a game: the number of times a side wins ball in the opposition 22. Scotland managed it nine times, which is a lowly number, and may explain why they only scored nine points. One point...
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Thursday High Noon and as usual Iain Gray was the first to step up to the plate at First Minister's Questions. This week he was concerned with the report that Scotland would have a deeper recession that the remainder of the UK and tried desperately to pin the blame on the First Minister. The FM, after graciously welcoming Willie Bain to the gallery, swept the allegations aside with the counterclaim...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
This, I suspect, is what Gordon feels is being generous to Susan Boyle: X FACTOR'S JEDWARD should be seen and not heard. The opposite could be said of SUSAN BOYLE. The Highland lassie with the big hits and the hairy chassis deserves to be heard - and by millions. Gordon's had an "exclusive" first listen to the new record, and runs a big, excited piece all over, which is in no way trying to...
A room of my own....... (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
When I was a girl, growing up in a small town in Lancashire, I was used to the sights and sounds of an industrial landscape. From my bedroom window, I could see a woollen-spinning mill complete with tall, mill chimney and the sound of churning machinery. On days when the industrial process began, the smell from the extraction of lanolin from the wool was appalling! This was just part of life... the...
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
DAVID MARSHALL is in line to win his fifth cap in Cardiff - but the keeper insists he is taking nothing for granted.
Late Availability, Holiday Cottage, Vacation Rental,... (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
See October blog article. Book now for a late availability , last minute booking at Little Briar our self catering holiday cottage in Perthshire , Scotland. Arrange between 2 and 4 consecutive nights from tomorrow 5th November 2009. Give us a call if you can only make the weekend. Little Briar Cottage, Lochearnhead for a romantic break plus use of the owners hot tub! 2 hotels/pubs within 200 metres,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Shay Given was Manchester City's hero as the goalkeeper produced several fine saves to earn Mark Hughes's men a point in their goalless Premier League draw away to Birmingham City. Sunday's stalemate here at St Andrews was enlivened by an impressive display from Republic of Ireland international Given, including a penalty save from Scotland's James McFadden. Manchester City's fourth straight draw...
Late Availability, Holiday Cottage, Vacation Rental,... (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Can you get away next week? Need a pre Christmas break? Book now to experience Little Briar holiday cottage in Lochearnhead. We have 3-4 nights available from Wednesday 4th November to the 7th or 8th 2009. Usual price £220.50 try it for just £199. Sleeps 4 plus 1 pet welcome. NB: There is only one full week left in the cottage from 12th December 2009 and 9 weeks already gone in 2010. For...
21st Century Housewife (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Hey how for Hallow e'en A' the witches tae be seen Some in black and some in green Hey how for Hallow e'en. Traditional rhyme Another event in the turning of the year, whatever name it goes by in your house, however you choose to mark it or not, it's still around! My children are older now, so we don't mark it as we used to, and have never gone in for it in a big way. I carve a pumpkin, and we usually...
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Two of the most popular and demanding historic rallies in Europe have formed a unique partnership, which will result in the winner of the Roger Albert Clark Rally having the chance to compete in the Boucles de Spa on 20 February 2010. In a reciprocal arrangement, the winner of the Boucles de Spa will be able to contest the 2010 Roger Albert Clark Rally . The organisers of the two events, both rightly...
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