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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/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:15:40 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:15:40 -0500 30 Two men have admitted stealing diggers from a building site and causing up to £6,000 of damage as they raced them through an area of Glasgow.Kevin Barr, 21, and Garry Rooney, 18, stole the vehic... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986915&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:54 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986915&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Police investigating a gangland murder in Glasgow want to trace the driver of a van which was seen in the area where the getaway vehicle was set on fire.Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll, 29, was shot ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986917&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:52 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986917&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A murder accused admitted stabbing a man because he did not want his girlfriend working as a prostitute, a trial has heard.Paul Balgowan, 24, is alleged to have stabbed Alan Bennett, 56, to death in A... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986916&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:50 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986916&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A carbon capture and storage "roadmap" was published detailing aspirations to develop demonstration projects, attract outside support and identify skills and training.The process takes carbon emission... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32985486&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:06 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32985486&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A carbon capture and storage "roadmap" was published detailing aspirations to develop demonstration projects, attract outside support and identify skills and training.The process takes carbon emission... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32985478&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:03 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32985478&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 But he insisted that progress is being made across the country after an SNP pledge to cut all classes for P1-3 pupils to 18 or less.This has been scaled back to 20% of classes by August this year and ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986921&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:38:01 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986921&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 te.But judges had come prepared to rule on whether Mitchell – who has already lost an appeal against conviction – should be allowed to re-open the question of DNA evidence.Four similar attempts to... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986920&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:37:43 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986920&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 te.But judges had come prepared to rule on whether Mitchell – who has already lost an appeal against conviction – should be allowed to re-open the question of DNA evidence.Four similar attempts to... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986919&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:23:00 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986919&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Manager Walter Smith has backed Andy Webster to play a significant role for Rangers when he returns from his season-long loan at Dundee United.The 27-year-old has turned in a number of impressive disp... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986918&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:03:06 -0500 BBC Sport http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32986918&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dougie Hall and Calum Forrester on Wednesday became the latest players to sign new contracts with Glasgow. Scotland hooker Hall and Scotland A flank Forrester have both penned two-year deals, follo... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984044&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:15:01 -0500 Planet Rugby http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984044&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Taipei - Taiwan on Wednesday approved the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's (ANZ) acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland's business in Taiwan. ANZ will take over the retail, commercial and ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32982543&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:02:28 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32982543&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 '); } writeAuthHeader(111, true, 'http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/registration/index.cfm', null, false, '', 2 ); //]]> http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984046&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:38 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984046&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 THE new logo for the 2014 Commonwealth Games resembles a design produced for an arts organisation several years ago, it emerged today. Brand consultants Marque Creative is behind both ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984047&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:36 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984047&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A man who admitted causing the death of another motorist by dangerous driving has been jailed for three years.Patrick McFadden, 52, from Inverness, overtook a car in his van and tried to pass a lorry ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984039&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:37 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984039&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Scottish government will adopt the same approach as the UK government by instigating a pay freeze for top-earning public sector workers.The plan follows Gordon Brown's decision to implement a free... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984040&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:35 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984040&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party (SNP) claim the BBC's live Prime Minsterial TV debates could "endanger the conduct of a free election".The claim was made in a joint letter from t... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984041&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:33 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984041&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 An Edinburgh petrol station has been fined after admitting selling petrol to a customer under the age of 16.BP Oil UK Limited was fined £200 after petrol was sold to an under-age volunteer in So... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984042&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:32 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984042&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Glasgow-based company's managing director John Beard will face questions from Holyrood's Health committee today. His submission to the panel warns that the proposal would "decimate" the Scottish w... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32982590&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:47:46 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32982590&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 TEENAGE Olympic curler Eve Muirhead is set to swap the ice rink for the catwalk after being named as one of the models at this year's Dressed to Kilt event in New York. http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32983810&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:47:43 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32983810&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 ANIMAL rights campaigners have called for the live post-mortem examination of a cow to be dropped from Edinburgh's Science Festival programme – claiming it would be like "going back to the Dark Ages... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984045&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:47:41 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984045&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dundee United are desperate to make amends for their 7-1 thrashing by Rangers when the sides meet for the first time since on Sunday.With a Scottish Cup semi-final place up for grabs, United hope to a... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984043&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:14:42 -0500 BBC Sport http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32984043&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Pharmacy's increasing contribution to the NHS and easing health inequalities in Scotland was high on the agenda at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference in Perth (5 - 7 March 2010). The 'Pharmacy... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32980493&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:32:32 -0500 Medical News Today http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32980493&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Men with wider faces, such as TV mogul Simon Cowell, are deemed less trustworthy than thinner-faced men, a study has suggested.St Andrews University experts had 285 men play a computerised game for mo... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981202&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:12 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981202&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Hawick wants to become the first town in Scotland to launch its own currency in an attempt to boost the local economy.A pilot scheme for the "Hawick Pound" is being launched this month to tr... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32980030&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:10 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32980030&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dundee United are desperate to make amends for their 7-1 thrashing by Rangers when the sides meet for the first time since on Sunday.With a Scottish Cup semi-final place up for grabs, United hope to a... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981203&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:09 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981203&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 An 89-year-old man has been injured in a two car crash in Argyll and Bute.The man's Fiat Punto struck a Mazda car during an overtaking manoeuvre on the A815, near the Whistlefield Inn at Loch Eck, at ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981204&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:08 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981204&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Police in central Scotland are to use the wireless technology built into many mobile phones to warn pub-goers and clubbers that thieves are in the area.Officers will send the messages to all phones in... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981205&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:02 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981205&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tom Campbell, chief executive of Essential Edinburgh, said the so-called "chuggers" that operate along the length of Princes Street trying to get shoppers to sign up to direct debits had become a blig... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32979852&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:16 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32979852&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ex-squaddie Douglas McNaught is banned for life from speaking to children having served a six-year jail term for a sex attack on a young girl. But the 61-year-old has admitted breaking the terms of a ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981251&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:14 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981251&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A NIGHTCLUB doorman left blinded after being stamped on by a reveller with a stiletto heel today called on her to be jailed for "as long as possible". http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981250&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:13 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981250&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 As she waited to hear whether party bosses have given the go-ahead for an all-member meeting which could deselect her, she said she would welcome a vote as a way of settling the issue "once and for al... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981252&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:12 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981252&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tom Campbell, chief executive of Essential Edinburgh, said the so-called "chuggers" that operate along the length of Princes Street trying to get shoppers to sign up to direct debits had become a blig... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981237&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:08 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981237&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ex-squaddie Douglas McNaught is banned for life from speaking to children having served a six-year jail term for a sex attack on a young girl. But the 61-year-old has admitted breaking the terms of a ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981236&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:07 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981236&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A NIGHTCLUB doorman left blinded after being stamped on by a reveller with a stiletto heel today called on her to be jailed for "as long as possible". http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981235&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:06 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981235&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 As she waited to hear whether party bosses have given the go-ahead for an all-member meeting which could deselect her, she said she would welcome a vote as a way of settling the issue "once and for al... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981234&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:05 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981234&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 ANIMAL rights campaigners have called for the live post-mortem examination of a cow to be dropped from Edinburgh's Science Festival programme – claiming it would be like "going back to the Dark Ages... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981233&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:03 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981233&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 ANIMAL rights campaigners have called for the live post-mortem examination of a cow to be dropped from Edinburgh's Science Festival programme – claiming it would be like "going back to the Dark Ages... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981253&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:03 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981253&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 At 2am today the first 100 soldiers from the Edinburgh-based 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland were due to set off for Afghanistan.The rest of the 400 troops will be flying out over the nex... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981240&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:02 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981240&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 HEATHER Mitchell knows only too well the devastation a cancer diagnosis brings – she has painfully battled the condition on and off for eight years. http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981239&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:09:01 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981239&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Bosses at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW), who have already secured £4.2 million in funding to help create the International Centre of Excellence for Sculpture, today said they were "extremely... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981238&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:59 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981238&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 nfirmed that the overall cost of the Usher Hall revamp is set to exceed the current estimate of £38.7 million after a number of hitches.Initial estimates indicated the Commonwealth Pool revamp – wh... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981245&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:58 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981245&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 ne of Edinburgh's best-known Italian figures is leading calls for official recognition of their plight and a government apology.Arts impresario Richard Demarco wants the Scottish Parliament to take a ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981243&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:57 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981243&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 City leaders said they would create new public open space when they unveiled plans to build a £41.5 million new high school in Portobello Park.But they now say that rather than turn the old school si... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981244&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:57 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981244&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Louise Mackenzie, 34, alleged she lost her "prestigious" matchday role because she was off ill following maternity leave, and claimed that the club would have acted differently if she had been a man.T... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981242&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:56 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981242&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Council-owned tram firm TIE is said to be considering an acceleration of work on the track from Haymarket to the airport so pro-tram councillors have something to show for the disruption and delays wh... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981241&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:54 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981241&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 That was the largest number of places on the final shortlist for any evening or regional newspaper in the country - and more than many national newspapers received.Tom Little, editor of the News, said... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981246&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:52 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981246&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 itted what he had done.Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday heard McDougal had carried out opportunistic thefts to fund his heroin addiction.He admitted stealing money from homes at Pittville Street and ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981247&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:50 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981247&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dr Lorraine Sheridan, a forensic psychologist at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, carried out a major study into the crime.Several thousand victims from 47 countries across the world completed a su... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981249&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:48 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981249&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The victim had just left the Fauldhouse Masonic Club in Bridge Street, where she works at the bar, at 9:30am on Monday with a four-figure sum of money.The men smashed the windows of her car before mak... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981248&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:08:47 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981248&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tom Campbell, chief executive of Essential Edinburgh, said the so-called "chuggers" that operate along the length of Princes Street trying to get shoppers to sign up to direct debits had become a blig... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981207&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:16 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981207&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ex-squaddie Douglas McNaught is banned for life from speaking to children having served a six-year jail term for a sex attack on a young girl. But the 61-year-old has admitted breaking the terms of a ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981208&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:15 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981208&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A NIGHTCLUB doorman left blinded after being stamped on by a reveller with a stiletto heel today called on her to be jailed for "as long as possible". http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981209&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:14 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981209&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 As she waited to hear whether party bosses have given the go-ahead for an all-member meeting which could deselect her, she said she would welcome a vote as a way of settling the issue "once and for al... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981210&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:13 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981210&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 HEATHER Mitchell knows only too well the devastation a cancer diagnosis brings – she has painfully battled the condition on and off for eight years. http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981211&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:12 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981211&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 nfirmed that the overall cost of the Usher Hall revamp is set to exceed the current estimate of £38.7 million after a number of hitches.Initial estimates indicated the Commonwealth Pool revamp – wh... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981215&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:10 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981215&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 ne of Edinburgh's best-known Italian figures is leading calls for official recognition of their plight and a government apology.Arts impresario Richard Demarco wants the Scottish Parliament to take a ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981213&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:09 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981213&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Louise Mackenzie, 34, alleged she lost her "prestigious" matchday role because she was off ill following maternity leave, and claimed that the club would have acted differently if she had been a man.T... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981223&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:08 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981223&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Council-owned tram firm TIE is said to be considering an acceleration of work on the track from Haymarket to the airport so pro-tram councillors have something to show for the disruption and delays wh... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981222&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:07 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981222&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 That was the largest number of places on the final shortlist for any evening or regional newspaper in the country - and more than many national newspapers received.Tom Little, editor of the News, said... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981221&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:06 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981221&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dr Lorraine Sheridan, a forensic psychologist at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, carried out a major study into the crime.Several thousand victims from 47 countries across the world completed a su... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981219&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:05 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981219&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 itted what he had done.Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday heard McDougal had carried out opportunistic thefts to fund his heroin addiction.He admitted stealing money from homes at Pittville Street and ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981220&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:05 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981220&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The victim had just left the Fauldhouse Masonic Club in Bridge Street, where she works at the bar, at 9:30am on Monday with a four-figure sum of money.The men smashed the windows of her car before mak... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981218&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:04 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981218&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Evening News revealed yesterday that city council officials want to spend up to £10,400 on sending separate delegations to the United States to greet the arrival of the Edinburgh Inspiring Capita... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981224&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:03 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981224&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 He was speaking at a conference on internet safety at Edinburgh's Grosvenor Hotel.Last month, the government unveiled an action plan including training for teachers in keeping children safe online.And... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981226&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:57:00 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981226&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The cannabis cultivation was found in a flat in the Newington area of the Capital. A quantity of herbal cannabis was recovered from the flat in Blacket Place, along with 260 cannabis plants and growin... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981227&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:59 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981227&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A RETIRED teacher is putting his bus pass to good use by replicating an epic 1,000 mile tour of Scotland made one of the great figures of English literature over 200 years ago. http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981228&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:58 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981228&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Blain Murphy, 23, from Portobello, was voted Student Union President by 200 votes alongside co-electee Christine McMonagle at Queen Margaret University.The pair will take up their post on 10 June.As r... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981229&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:57 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981229&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dr Jackson Katz, author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, will be speaking about men's role in preventing domestic abuse at today's event organised by the Violenc... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981230&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:56 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981230&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Gurkha Nepalese restaurant, on Morningside Road, first applied to expand into a neighbouring shop in late 2001. The vacant unit had permission for retail use only. The council rejected repeated ap... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981231&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:55 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981231&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Eight fire engines, three paramedic cars and two ambulances attended the airport just after 9am yesterday, but were not required.A spokeswoman for the fire service said: "An aircraft coming into the a... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981232&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:56:54 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32981232&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Scottish & Southern Energy PLC (SSE.LN) said Wednesday that Scottish and Southern Energy Telecommunications, or SSET, has entered into an agreement with Scottish Enterprise to acquire the ATLAS ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32980534&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:39:21 -0500 Morning Star http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32980534&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 By Michael McLeod A WOMAN blinded a bouncer by stamping her stiletto heel through his eyeball after she was asked to leave a nightclub. Sarah Marsden, 37, had agreed to leave after a ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978783&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:50:25 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978783&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 By David Taylor PROTESTERS yesterday held a two-minute silence for three members of a family who plunged to their deaths from a Glasgow flat. Yesterday's demonstration, organised by c... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978782&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:50:23 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978782&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 By Wilma Riley A YOUNG mum sobbed yesterday as she told a court how her baby girl died in her arms. Nichola Haddock, 29, was giving evidence at the trial of her former partner Craig J... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978781&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:50:21 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978781&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 By Scott Mullen A TEENAGER who escaped death by hours has met the family of the tragic schoolboy whose liver saved her. Cara Hearst, 18, tracked down the family of her donor Daryl Tur... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978780&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:50:19 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978780&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 SCOTLAND'S biggest police force dealt with 70 domestic abuse incidents a day in a two-month crackdown. Strathclyde officers also arrested more than 1700 thugs and another 350 on warran... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978779&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:50:17 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978779&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Kinross-based textile company Dawson International has reported its pension liabilities have almost trebled in the past year to £19.3m.In a statement, Dawson said that the increase in liabilitie... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978261&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:37:52 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978261&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The family of a Church of Scotland missionary who died in the Nazi gas chambers has received a posthumous award in her honour at Downing Street.Dumfriesshire-born Jane Haining worked at a Jewish orpha... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978777&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:37:49 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978777&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ms Bowman joined Anna Boyle, who is recovering from cancer, at the Western General for the launch.Ms Bowman said: "Every teenager in the area who needs access to one of these units should have that ri... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978778&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:26:05 -0500 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32978778&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 By Chris Musson SHAMED council boss Steven Purcell is poring over messages of support from internet pals at his mystery bolthole. The Glasgow politician is thought to have fled overse... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32976475&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:19:27 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32976475&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 By Paul Thornton ICE cream men brought wads of cash into a school for a head who rented them space in the playground, it was claimed yesterday. Office manager Maureen Purves said head... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32976476&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:19:26 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32976476&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A trumpet which was once played at dances at Balmoral Castle in the 1940s and 1950s is set to be auctioned off.Bonhams said the distinctive Hawkes and Son Bach trumpet belonged to the late leader of t... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32976473&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:06:40 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32976473&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mar 10 2010 Ben Archibald A VIOLENT lesbian rammed a man with her car in a feud over her lover, a court heard yesterday. Serial offender Cheryl Henderson, 23, drove at speed at 30-year-old Andr... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32974085&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:48:49 -0500 Daily Record http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32974085&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 During the keynote speech at its annual conference, the Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) also said a radical change to the rating system would close the gap between its members and the large... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32969247&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:51:00 -0500 The Herald http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32969247&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Kirk has been left facing the loss after its tenant, religious book publisher Wesley Owen, went into administration last year. Although most of Wesley Owen’s 40 UK stores were sold, its flag... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32969248&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:59 -0500 The Herald http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32969248&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 St Mirren boss Gus MacPherson lamented the lack of a decisive finishing in his side's scoreless draw with Motherwell.Asked if he thought his side should have won, MacPherson told BBC Scotland: "W... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32967116&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:37 -0500 BBC Sport http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32967116&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Despite extending their unbeaten run in the Scottish Premier League to 11 games, Motherwell manager Craig Brown was unhappy at their form at St Mirren."We were very poor tonight. I take responsib... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32967117&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:37 -0500 BBC Sport http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32967117&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Edinburgh City Council is considering taking a more proactive approach in deciding the tenants of its 35 shops on the Royal Mile. The move comes after pressure from community and retail groups and a n... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964571&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:32 -0500 The Herald http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964571&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Rangers Supporters Trust, which has more than £50,000 in shares in the club, is concerned that as calls to have a place on the board appeared to have fallen on deaf ears, they will have no sa... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964573&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:31 -0500 The Herald http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964573&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Chief reporter Lucy Adams is listed in Scoop of the Year for her exclusive interview in Tripoli with the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, published under the h... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964572&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:30 -0500 The Herald http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964572&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 BBC presenter Libby Purves has criticised the corporation, claiming it spends too much time and effort trying to get “an extra million idiots” to watch a trivial makeover show. http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964574&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:40:29 -0500 The Herald http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964574&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Demands for a public inquiry into the deaths of three failed asylum-seekers who leapt from a high-rise tower block in Glasgow grew yesterday as charities called for urgent changes to the Government's ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964003&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:26:20 -0500 The Independent http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964003&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 More than a third of Scottish women and a quarter of men aged over 55 have lost all of their teeth, government figures have revealed.The statistic was branded a "depressing indictment" of th... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32963316&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:17 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32963316&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 One of the world's leading Scotch whisky suppliers has warned it might have to cut hundreds of Scottish jobs, under plans for minimum drink pricing.Whyte & Mackay said the government- proposed mov... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964534&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:14 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964534&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Children who develop behavioural problems at school are more than twice as likely to suffer chronic pain in adulthood, research has suggested.Experts believe the finding could signal a biological link... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964533&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:12 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964533&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 More than 13 million farmed salmon were exported from Scotland last year, according to the Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation (SSPO).It said the figure represented a 24% increase in exported fish... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964535&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:11 -0500 BBC http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964535&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Yet five members of the Scottish Parliament have found time in their busy schedule to praise the "progressive" achievements of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and to urge Scotland to forge closer li... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964555&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:45 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964555&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A LARGE section of Edinburgh's controversial new tram line could be open as early as next year in order to prove to voters that the disruption felt by residents and businesses during the construction ... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32963470&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:44 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32963470&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 GORDON Brown will today be urged to improve the way asylum seekers with mental health issues are handled by authorities in the wake of the "exceptional tragedy" in which a Russian family took their ow... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964552&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:43 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964552&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 All Holyrood committees were cancelled after it was decided that it was pointless to hold them, given that many Labour members were not prepared to breach the line of strikers protesting outside the p... http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964554&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:42 -0500 The Scotsman http://feeds.scotlandnews.net/?rid=32964554&cat=5ba58fd38447f467