Nigel Farages Scottish hounding was an antidote to fawning media treatment | Mike Small

The Guardian - Friday 17th May, 2013

Thursday's confrontation between Nigel Farage and Scottish protesters has led people to question just why Ukip is so unpopular in Scotland. However, it is the wrong question to ask. Instead we should be asking just what has happened to English culture that a party with a loathsome agenda of homophobia, barely masked racism and a litany of other far-right notions has made such headway in the ...

Tributes paid to thoughtful and humorous soldier Robert Hetherington who was killed by bomb blast in Afghanistan

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

THE funeral of one of three soldiers recently killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has taken place. Mourners paid their last respects to Private Robert Hetherington at a ceremony in Edinburgh. The 25-year-old died with Corporal William Savage and Fusilier Samuel Flint when their Mastiff armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device on a routine patrol in Helmand on April 30. Their ...

Dead childrens named used as aliases by undercover police at Scotland Yard

The Independent - Friday 17th May, 2013

The use of dead children's identities by Scotland Yard undercover police officers was "common practice", a chief constable investigating the matter has ...

Flagship Scottish hospital under review after being found to have third highest mortality rate for heart surgery in UK

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

A LEADING heart hospital found to have the third highest mortality rate in the UK says it has reviewed its practices.Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank, near Glasgow, had a 4.14 per cent "risk-adjusted" death rate, according to a recently published audit by the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) between 2008 and 2011.Almost 4,000 heart operations were performed at the hospital ...

Cyclist dies in rural road accident in Inverness-shire

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

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Slow progress made on Scottish roads upgrades reveals report

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

THE Audit Scotland report shows that the proportion of roads are still below 2005 levels, when 69.9 per cent of local roads were classified as ...

Scottish Education Awards TV presenter Cat Cubie looks back at school days as she prepares to host prestigious bash

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

THE glamorous TV presenter followed in her academic family's footsteps by gaining a university degree - but she couldn't resist the lure of a career in ...

Northern Nights CRANES

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

A CHARITYlunch was held at the Marcliffe Hotel in Aberdeento raise funds for CRANES, cancer research Aberdeen & north-east Scotland, which supports locally-based research into the causes and prevention of all forms of ...

Record View Royal Banks latest job cuts are cruel and contemptuous

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

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STV presenter Anne Smith and workmates will abseil cliffs to raise cancer charity cash

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

YOU must be something special if your workmates will jump off a cliff for you. This weekend two television presenters and five journalists from STV in Aberdeen will abseil down cliffs at Cove alongside their colleague Anne Smith. It's the latest in a series of charity ventures by the TV reporter who was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago. The Aberdeen news team are raising ...

Ukips Nigel Farage mobbed by protesters in Edinburgh – video

The Guardian - Friday 17th May, 2013

The leader of the UK Independence party, Nigel Farage, is hounded by protesters in Edinburgh on Thursday. The crowd, chanting 'Ukip scum, off our streets', encircles a taxi Farage attempts to get away in. The politician is followed to a pub where he planned to hold a news conference, with police forced to barricade him inside to keep him apart from the ...

Revealed Man found dead on waste ground may have been in Edinburgh hospital soon before he died

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

A MAN whose body was found on waste ground yards from a busy bypass is believed to have discharged himself from hospital just hours before he died. Andrew Chalklin, 45, still had the tube from a drip in his arm when he was discovered by rail workers carrying out maintenance duties. The Record understands Mr Chalklin discharged himself from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary - where he was being treated ...

Glasgow Boys works of art go on show ahead of going under the hammer in Edinburgh

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

A COLLECTION of paintings by the Glasgow Boys will go under the hammer later this month. More than 20 watercolours, oil paintings and pastels by the influential group of artists will be sold by Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on May 30. It's one of the largest collections of their work to come up for auction in years. One of the paintings, The Schoolmates by Edward Arthur Walton, is ...

Scots soldier tells of long battle to recovery after being shot in head while on patrol in Afghanistan

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

CRAIG PATERSON, 23, had to have part of his skull replaced with a titanium plate after a bullet pierced through his helmet while on ...

I want to become a Scot.. Englishman who has lived in Scotland for 20 years makes plea to Alex Salmond

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

AN Englishman has turned his back on the St George's Cross and is trying to declare himself officially Scottish. David Hingston, originally from Devon, is ready to honour the Saltire after living north of the Border for more than 20 years. The 70-year-old, who has no Scottish relatives, says being a Scot is not about blood but love of country. He reckons he would pass a Scottishness test ...

Scots gran reveals agony after shamed surgeon Colin Mainds inserted implant into her spine without permission

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

A HEARTBROKEN gran has claimed shamed surgeon Colin Mainds didn't consult her before he inserted an implant into her spine.Margaret Geddes said she lost her business and has been robbed of time with her grandchildren after a botched operation by the spinal surgeon.The 57-year-old alleges Mainds inserted a Wallis ligament during surgery on a prolapsed disc.But she did not learn of the ...

Remploy workers warned their redundancy pay will be halved if they take on new work

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

AXED Remploy workers are being held hostage in their jobs after being told their redundancies will be slashed if they take on other work. Several staff at a threatened textiles factory in Dundee - who were told to find new work - are now being warned if they take up other positions their severance pay will be halved. As a result, many have had to turn down job offers or face losing ...

Brave schoolboy who survived horror crash which killed his mum and sister attends their funeral in wheelchair

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

CORIN MacDonald, 10, said goodbye to his mum Emma and big sister Becky, 19, despite suffering serious arm and leg injuries in the smash near ...

Friends mourn offshore worker who was found dead aboard diving ship

Daily Record - Friday 17th May, 2013

SHINTY star Drew Ferguson, who played for Fort William Shinty Club and Fort William FC, is understood to have taken his own life on board the vessel in the Cromarty ...

Trump claims his human rights have been breached

Evening Express - Friday 17th May, 2013

In a legal challenge lodged yesterday, the Trump Organisation has called on judges at the Court of Session to reverse the planning permission granted in ...

Health chief warns of Scots measles threat

Evening Express - Friday 17th May, 2013

Scotland's chief medical officer, Sir Harry Burns, has written to NHS boards around the country telling them to get all staff vaccinated ...

Savile cottage to go up for auction this month

Evening Express - Friday 17th May, 2013

The move comes after frequent incidents of vandalism led to several prominent local figures, including a Highland councillor, calling for the cottage to be ...