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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Scotland News.net http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/cat/5ba58fd38447f467/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 07:29:18 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:29:18 -0400 30 The hybrid ferry, named MV Lochinvar, is one of only two passenger and vehicle roll-on, roll-off ferries in the world to incorporate a low-carbon hybrid system of diesel electric and lithium ion battery ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733974/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:18 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733974/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 But he is also heading into a storm, coming under fire from rival politicians after airline Flybe blamed the UK Government for its decision yesterday to sell 25 slots at Gatwick Airport to rival ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733977/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:18 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733977/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Ferry operator CalMac said nine services had been disrupted and three were cancelled. Two snow gates were closed for a time yesterday on the A939 between the Lecht ski centre at Tomintoul and Corgarff after the stretch was badly affected by ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733976/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:18 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733976/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 THE wife of a former Moray politician has been charged in connection with an alleged hate-mail campaign that forced the resignation of an SNP ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733975/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:18 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733975/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Former Manchester United and Dons manager Sir Alex Ferguson is the proud owner of Aberdeen golfer Paul Lawrie's Ryder Cup-winning clubs, but the former Open champion is in no rush to hand them over after an excellent finish to his first round in the PGA championship at Wentworth ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733983/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:17 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733983/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Commonwealth Games athlete Kathryn Evans hopes to have shrugged off a bad cold in time to take her place in the 200m and 400m in tomorrow's Scottish North District track and field championships at Queen's Park, ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733981/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:17 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733981/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Hays would love to finish his 18-year senior career with another title triumph as Aberdeenshire take on Carlton at home in their second Eastern Premier Division game of the season ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733980/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:17 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733980/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Highland heavyweight Gary Cornish will fight for a title vacated by Audley Harrison and is ready to take on the former Olympic gold medallist if he wants the championship ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733979/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:17 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733979/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 First Division clubs are set to break away from the Scottish Football League to create a second tier of the Scottish Premier League after the SFL clubs were split on merger plans at their annual general meeting ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733978/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:17 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733978/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 A row about a derby being played on a Sunday has led the Camanachd Association reluctantly to accept that the Premiership match between Lochaber and Fort William will not take place this ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733982/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:16 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733982/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Copyright © 2013 NPR. 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As well as the snow, there were 75mph gales and temperatures as low as -4C. The Cairngorms were blitzed with snow during Wednesday night and yesterday morning, while snow gates were shut on the A939 between Corgarff and Tomintoul in the Highlands. A tweet from the ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733988/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:04:17 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214733988/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 FRESH-FACED Ronnie Lees looks like any other nine-year-old in his school photo. But the smile for the camera masked his secret agony - he was being sexually abused by a woman. Now 50, Ronnie wants to dispel the commonly held assumption that paedophiles are always men. He said his life was destroyed after he was targeted by a female friend of his family. Ronnie, from Dundee, said the woman ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732844/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:13:38 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732844/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732845/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:13:36 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732845/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 LICENSING bosses are to call time on a "sleazy and degrading" two-way mirror at a nightclub which allows revellers to leer at women in the toilets. Police are investigating the stunt at The Shimmy Club in Glasgow, which has been condemned around the world. And now city council leader Gordon Matheson wants the strongest action to be taken against the venue. Clubbers who hire out one ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732846/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:13:25 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732846/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 A FAMILY funeral at a quiet pub turned into a full-scale riot as drunken mourners hurled rocks at police and battered officers on the ground.The mob's fury was so intense that 120 cops in 52 vehicles had to be called out to stop the mayhem.They hit back with batons and CS spray and made 11 arrests.The normally peaceful Stewart Inn at Stepps, near Glasgow, turned into a battleground after ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732357/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:21:22 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732357/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 DR Rosslyn Rankin was giving evidence in the trial of Johnathan MacKinnon and Stefan Millar at the High Court in Glasgow and said Liam, 16, had been subjected to "serious ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732356/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:21:22 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214732356/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 The Scottish government on Thursday announced that the International Conference on Climate Justice will take place in Edinburgh in October ahead of crucial global talks later this year. To be held at Dynamic Earth on Oct. 9, the Conference will bring together international businesses, civic society and leading thinkers from across the globe to collaborate on climate justice, complementing the ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214730393/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:53:49 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214730393/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Scotland will vote in 2014 whether to split off from England and the rest of the United Kingdom. Scottish nationalists argue that Scotland would be better off ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214730251/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:43 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214730251/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, is visiting Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214726711/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:35 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214726711/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 The charity Help For Heroes has been swamped with donations, leading to its website crashing, after Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered while wearing one of its ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214724882/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:18:30 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214724882/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Woolwich terror attack: Police raid house in Lincolnshire as it emerges killers are 'British born with Nigerian ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214721833/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:10 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214721833/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214720227/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:15 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214720227/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 JERUSALEM, Israel -- The Church of Scotland removed an online report posted earlier this month claiming Jews have no biblical claim to the land of Israel. The move came following meetings with Jewish leaders last Thursday. The Jewish people and millions of Christians around the world believe that present-day Israel is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, giving this particular area of the ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214720228/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:35:03 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214720228/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Woolwich attack were on their files; the men had apparently been "on their radar" for up to eight years, having cropped up as peripheral figures in different counter-terrorist investigations, with at least one of them involved with the now outlawed group, al-Muhajiroun.The question investigators will be asking themselves - as they prepare for scrutiny from the ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214720253/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:54 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214720253/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 AMONG Christian denominations, the Presbyterians stand out for being democratic, decentralised, and hence prone to splits on points of principle. That applies both to America (where a liberal Presbyterian church barely speaks to a conservative one) and to the Scottish heartland. The latest argument among Scots Presbyterians is over gay clergy. In 2009 a church in Aberdeen appointed a minister, ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214717091/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:07:34 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214717091/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214717092/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:36 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214717092/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 SIMON Fraser told the court he met accused Scott Snowden for dinner and was shocked to hear him say Thomas Sharkey deserved what had happened to ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214714156/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:41:13 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214714156/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Scotland Yard has hit back after questions were raised about how long it took officers to reach the scene of the terrorist murder in ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214712358/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:13 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214712358/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 AGRICULTURAL workers' wages in Scotland are set to increase from October 1. The basic rate of pay foragriculturalworkers with more than 26 weeks continuous employment will increase by 13p per hour to 6.99, bringing the minimumwagefor a 39 hour week to 272.61.The basic rate of pay foragriculturalworkers with less than 26 weeks continuous employment will increase by 10p per hour to 6.32 ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214712849/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:32:42 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214712849/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 This website uses 'cookies' to give you the best, most relevant experience. Using this website means you're Ok with this. 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You can change which cookies are set at any time - and find out more about them - by following ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710699/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:12:10 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710699/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710701/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:12:10 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710701/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 ANNE KENNY, 79, and Agnes Reville, 77, were cleared of the assault charges at Paisley Sheriff Court after a five-year battle to clear their ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710700/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:12:08 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710700/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 A POSH golf club want to build a 13ft wall of sand to blot out the caravans on the holiday park next door. Royal Troon want the 500ft-long dune in place in time for the Open championship on the course in three years' time. Donald Trump built similar mountains of sand to screen off homes around his Menie golf estate in Aberdeenshire. And the Ayrshire club's move was whipped up a ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710702/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:12:06 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710702/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Scotland Yard confirmed that counterterrorism officers were leading an investigation into the attack. Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said the two men had been arrested and urged Londoners to remain calm. Both men were admitted to hospital, one in serious ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710703/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:01:07 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214710703/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 A YOUNG Army widow said a poignant last goodbye to her hero husband yesterday - just weeks before she is due to give birth to their son.Corporal William "Sav" Savage's wife Lyndsey, 27, remembered the 30-year-old Royal Highland Fusilier as a "secret romantic", her soulmate.And she told mourners at his funeral: "We had so much to look forward to, with the birth of our ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709551/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:12 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709551/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 THE astronaut, who is preparing for a six-month tour in space, says a visit to see the in-laws in Comrie is first on his list when he ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709553/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:11 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709553/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 ABERDEEN'S first food bank has been swamped with starving people since it opened its doors for the first time six weeks ago. City pastor and Aberdeen FC chaplain Barry Douglas, who is leading the project, said the demand for handouts highlights the two very different sides to the city. He warned that Aberdeen is seen by many as the oil capital of Europe with money to burn when, in ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709552/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:11 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709552/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 WALKING the 96-mile West Highland Way is a tough enough challenge without donning army kit and blister-inducing World War I boots.But that's what living history group, the Gordon Highlanders 1914-1918, will embark upon on Saturday, June 8, to raise money for Erskine veterans' hospital.The regiment took the name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709554/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:09 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709554/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 THE Ensign Ewart pub refused to serve uniformed Admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson, just days after barring HMS Edinburgh sailors due to their military ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709557/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:07 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709557/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 A MUM of four has died on her 43rd birthday after suffering a stroke in Tenerife.Julie Howarth collapsed while on holiday with her family. She had emergency brain surgery but never regained consciousness and died 11 days later.Her mum Betty, who was with her on the island, said: "I've lost my best friend as well as my daughter."I was only 17 when Julie was born and we grew up ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709555/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:07 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709555/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709556/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:06 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214709556/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 The alert was sounded by director of public health Dr Margaret Somerville as Highland councillors approved a "lifesaving" programme to protect children against flu and a strain of ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708506/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:11 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708506/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 The heartbroken family of an eight-year-old boy who was killed while out playing hide and seek with friends described him last night as a "ray of ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708505/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:11 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708505/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power, was granted consent from the Scottish Government for a 40MW wavefarm, enough capacity to power nearly 30,000 homes. And there are hopes that the offshore development could be a spur for energy company SHE Transmission to press ahead earlier with the sub-sea grid connector cable to take Outer Hebrides renewable power to ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708508/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:11 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708508/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 And McInnes hopes other young players who pushed themselves into Aberdeen's first-team squad last season - Nicky Low, Clark Robertson, Cammy Smith, Jamie Masson and Declan McManus - can follow the lead of Jack, who has been an international player from under-16s to ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708509/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:10 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708509/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Former grand slam champion Boris Becker believes the injury which has forced Andy Murray's withdrawal from the French Open may be a blessing in disguise for the world number two ahead of ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708510/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:10 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708510/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Peter Bruce, of the Peterhead-registered Budding Rose, embarked Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his camera crew at Lerwick while they filmed the latest series of his Fish Fight ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708507/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:10 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708507/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 The former Elgin City and Caley Thistle player becomes a free agent at the end of this month and said after the final day Highland derby win against Inverness he has not been offered a new contract to stay at Victoria ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708513/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:09 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708513/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Butcher, who is also on the trail of Kidderminster Harriers midfielder James Vincent, 23, believes re-signing Doran would be a massive step forward for Caley ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708511/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:09 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708511/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Lee Westwood has called on the European Tour to co-ordinate its schedule with the PGA Tour to ensure more players do not stay in the comfort zone of the United ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708512/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:09 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708512/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Let's hope Aberdeen hasn't missed the boat, especially now Swedish Government-owned Vattenfall has pulled out of the Aberdeen project on grounds of ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708514/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:20 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708514/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 SCOTLAND'S struggling coal industry could be completely wiped out by a planned hike in the cost of transporting the vital fuel.There are "grave concerns" an increase in freight charges being lined up by train bosses could be the blow that finally kills the nation's proud mining tradition.The Scottish coal industry is particularly dependent on rail network subsidies as more ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708515/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:18 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708515/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 I'VE said it before and I'll say it again: I don't deal with too many good news stories.Sadly it's the nature of the job. We offer advice and support to workers who feel they have been treated unfairly or who have been injured in the course of their employment. None of that normally makes for good news.In providing this service we need to confront employers.In the first ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708516/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:18 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214708516/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 (1 hr 1 min ago) Disgraced Scottish lawmaker Eric Joyce, who was arrested but not charged in March for a brawl in the bar at the British parliament, has once again found trouble in public. The Scotsman has been charged with breach of the peace after an alleged disturbance at Edinburgh airport on Sunday night, media report said. Joyce, 52, MP for Falkirk who sits as an independent, is alleged ... http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214706526/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:23:15 -0400 http://www.scotlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214706526/scat/5ba58fd38447f467