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Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
That perhaps wasn't the title you expected to see on my little blog, well, it is something I am concerned about and for those that doubt it ask my colleagues in the office, who once they had got over the initial laughter and shock, well sort of just accept it now. Honeybees are continually under threat of being wiped out from a range of diseases, which strange as this may seem they have no natural...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The number of corporate and personal insolvencies in Scotland fell in the third quarter of this year, latest figures reveal.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
How much have the insolvency figures gone up by? The full data The recession is hitting home, according to the latest figures from the Insolvency Service : The number of people in England and Wales becoming insolvent rose to a record 35,242 in the third quarter of this year, figures from the Insolvency Service showed today, and experts warned it could reach 130,000 by the end of the year. The figure,...
Perth FM news (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Pedestrian has died in collision on A9 A pedestrian has died following a collision with a van last night on the A9. The 17 year old has now been formally identified as Ross Robert Murray from Aberfeldy. He had been on foot when he collided with white Mercedes Van at around 5.30 yesterday evening. Emergency services were quick to attend, but found him with extensive head injuries and declared him dead...
Arts Alerts (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
News Alert 3 November 2009 Company: Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS:LSE) Frequency: Immediately November 03, 2:00pm Lloyds Banking Group The worst is behind us. Lloyds chief executive Eric Daniels' mantra sums up his take on almost every aspect of the bank's ill-fated acquisition of Halifax Bank of Scotland. Now for the latest journey: leading Lloyds to independence from the government that bailed...
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The state pays the rent for one in five homes in Britain, and in some parts of the country, four in ten households have their rent paid for by the state, the Daily Mail reports. In London, the figures revealed nearly a quarter of households are now reliant on the benefit. The figures, disclosed in the Department of Work and Pensions’ spending tables, also show that in the North-East, the North-West...
Weather & Earth Science News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A nice autumnal day on Sunday with a bit of rain and some nice strong winds - as usual Evesham missed out on anything really exciting though. Some parts did see over 2 inches of rain. We had something more like a quarter inch.... Britain's Indian Summer ends in downpours and gales In Wales, 13 rescued after flooding and in Scotland there were hundreds rescued as heavy rain and high winds cause flood...
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Most of us will remember the furore connected with the takeover of HBOS by Lloyds TSB just about a year ago. The anger that was caused by the government brokering the marriage by allowing the competition rule book to be rewritten; by ensuring the deal was cleared by the competition authorities and using taxpayers' money to buy a 40% investment in both banks , came not only from the public but shareholders....
Some People Are On The Pitch (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
For some reason, it feels like Denmark has been one of the world's best footballing teams since the dawn of time. The truth of the matter is they've only ever reached three World Cups (two of them being as recent as 1998 and 2002) while their first (in 1986) was where they finally achieved any real prominence on the global stage. The Danes, it's true to say, have only been taken seriously for some...
Perth FM news (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Firefighters from Palestine will train in Perth Eight Firefighters from Palestine have arrived in Scotland for 3 weeks of Fire Service Training, some of which will take place at Perth Fire Station. The aim of the project is to enhance the skills of the firefighters and to enable them to impart what they have learned to their colleagues back home. The project was initiated after Ken Ross of the Fire...
Two Doctors (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
A Comres poll for the Independent today shows a pleasingly tiny proportion of BNP voters despite the BBC giving them the biggest publicity spree in their history. As Mike Smithson puts it, " The mid-October poll had 8 respondees saying BNP - tonight's survey has that at 13 ". That's out of 1004 respondents. The same poll shows the Greens on 5% nationally (the actual final results are on...
Some People Are On The Pitch (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Another week, another World Cup tournament - this time FIFA's top competition for Under-17 players currently going on in Nigeria until November 15th. As with the Under-20 World Cup, Eurosport UK are covering the tournament so check their website for programme information. We'll pay closer attention ourselves when it gets to the latter stages, but for now we're concentrating on... Monday 26th October...
Tour Scotland (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Tour Scotland Old School House Applecross Wester Ross Holiday Cottage This secluded and spacious cottage with its own walled garden, enjoys a gloriously sunny position on the seashore with spectacular views towards the islands of Raasay, Rona and Skye . Reached via a quarter-mile track, this former school house has been tastefully converted, whilst retaining interesting original features; formerly...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Rab has a good bit on sleaze an jobs for the party members in Scotland: Glasgow City Council have given it's former head of education, Margaret Doran, a pay off of £278,000 after she 'unexpectedly stepped down' from her post. Let's re-phrase that. The council tax payers of Glasgow have been screwed over and have coughed up over a quarter of a million quid hush money/troughing money to Margaret...
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Scotland's economy shrunk for the fourth successive quarter figures revealed today. But the decline - 0.8% - is smaller than in the last two quarters, according to today's official figures for gross domestic product. The latest figure, covering the period from April to June, is however, slightly worse than the UK decline of 0.6% for the same period. On today's statistics, the economy shrunk by 3.2%...
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