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GRAY and BAILLIE PUT PARTY POLITICS BEFORE PUBLIC HEALTH

SCOTLAND NEWS INFORMATION BLOG. (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

GRAY & BAILLIE PUT PARTY POLITICS BEFORE PUBLIC HEALTH LABOUR WILL PAY HEAVY PRICE FOR BOOZE BLUNDER Commenting on reports that Labour has decided to vote against minimum pricing of alcohol before the Scottish Government's alcohol bill is even published, and even before hearing expert evidence, Dr Ian McKee - a member of the Scottish Parliament's Health Committee - said: "Iain Gray and Jackie...

Major bridge works coming soon

My Nairn (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

A heads up of potential major traffic disruption to the Kessock and Cromaty bridges early next year: Bridge repairs ‘will not clash’ Repairs to two major road bridges in the Highlands will not happen at the same time, Transport Scotland has said. Preparatory work ahead of full-scale refurbishment could be carried out on the Cromarty Bridge next [...]

Water, water everywhere.......so random pics for fun!

Martha & Bailey's Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Martha here to tell you the rain in Scotland is torrential! Bailey submerged yesterday whilst out for her walk! Not to worry we fished her out and dried her off - she is sleeping after her ordeal! Ammy where were you with the weather warning - especially for short legged dogs? This is me with no paws! What do you think of that Khyra - tidy? Here are some random fun things instead of bassets! We saw...

Western Isles heads league of unoccupied Scots homes

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

THE number of vacant properties in Scotland has soared to a four-year high. More than 103,000 homes are lying empty – 4.2 per cent of the country's total.

• Western Isles heads league of unoccupied Scots homes - News Scotsman

LINKWOOD - System (3LP Edition)

Boomkat: Just arrived (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

LINKWOOD System (3LP Edition) PRIME NUMBERS TECHNO / HOUSE 3LP *DELUXE TRIPLE VINYL EDITION FINALLY IN STOCK* Yet another product of Scotland's incredibly fertile dance music scene, Linkwood and the Firecracker crew have been causing international waves of appreciation for their skewed view of real authentic house and deep disco. Everyone from Echospace's Steve Hitchell to Derrick May, Carl Craig and...

Scotland stars too thick and arrogant - says Burley!

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

CRAIG Burley has told Scotland's " thick or arrogant players " they should hang their heads in shame following the sacking of his uncle George from the international job.

Food Security in America: a comment on Hullabaloo

The Bruce Web (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

There is a lot of discussion in the blogosphere around this NYT article and the response to it from the right: Hunger in U.S. at a 14-Year High which includes this response from Robert Rectum, er Rector at Heritage “Very few of these people are hungry,” said Robert Rector, an analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation. “When they lose jobs, they constrain the kind of food they...

Mr Hain ,he says NO

Valleys Mam (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

There is bad blood after Peter Hain stood fast and vetoed Edinburgh as the seat of the permanent secretariat of the British and Irish council. Hain was representing the UK Government at the meeting. Why I wonder! Hain claimed there had to be a total consensus on the decision and simply refused to agree to it. In the first round of voting, Edinburgh received 5 votes, the Isle of Man 2 and Cardiff 1....

Major Row Between Westminster and Holyrood

SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

British-Irish council representatives of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all voted for the permanent secretariat of the council to be based in Edinburgh. Guess who vetoed the move? You're right, the Welsh Secretary Peter Hain ( pictured above ), who was representing the UK, at a meeting of the BIC on Friday in Jersey. Listen to this for an excuse...

A washout

PATOU ALPACAS - You don't have to be big to be mighty (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

Yesterday saw some of the worst weather of the year down here in the South West, torrential, horizontal rain all day and all night. A bit like living in Scotland for the day I suppose! Trees down everywhere and any leaves that were hanging on have been reminded that the wind is in charge. The alpacas seemed hardly to notice and just carried on regardless, heads down munching. As a result I was forced...

Storm batters southern England, bringing floods and 100mph winds

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

Gale warning for Scotland as heavy rain heads north Gale-force winds of up to 100mph battered Britain yesterday as one of the worst storms of the year swept across the country. Wales, southern and eastern England bore the brunt of the weather. Winds reaching speeds of 70mph were recorded in parts of London and the home counties, strong enough to cause property damage and bring down trees and branches....

Cave targets decent finish on Rally of Scotland

Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

Tom Cave heads for 2009 swansong in Scotland.

Poly grad heads Scots university

BBC News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

A Northern Ireland academic has been appointed as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Stirling in Scotland.

As Scottish schools lag should we try a more radical approach?

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

WHY are Scotland's schools found to be lagging behind the rest of the UK, despite huge investment? Would the creation of arms-length trusts to run schools give heads more

Townsend backs two captains’ strategy

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

GREGOR Townsend believes two heads are better than one as far as the Scotland captaincy is concerned. The attack coach is fully behind Andy Robinson’s decision for Mike Blair