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Minister honours Scots who died at the Somme

01.07.2008 23:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
SOLDIERS who lost their lives in one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War were honoured yesterday by the Scottish Government.


Labour MPs call halt to new rebellion on 10p tax band

01.07.2008 23:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
A MOVE by Labour rebels to help 1.1 million low-paid people who lost out from the scrapping of the 10p tax band and have not yet been compensated was dropped last night.

Defence chiefs 'are dragging heels' over plane safety

01.07.2008 23:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE Ministry of Defence was yesterday accused of dragging its heels over safety improvements to the ageing fleet of Nimrod spy-planes.

Labour set to delay vote on leadership to focus on vital by-election

01.07.2008 23:51    thescotsman.scotsman.com
LABOUR Party managers are so concerned at the prospect of losing the crucial Glasgow East by-election later this month that they are preparing to postpone the contest to repl

A less than towering start for Sarkozy

01.07.2008 23:51    thescotsman.scotsman.com
SHE sings in English and dreams in Italian, while his roots reach to Hungary and Greece. Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla, could be a metaphor for a harmonious, borderless

Tories split over plan to limit Scots MPs' say on English laws

01.07.2008 23:51    thescotsman.scotsman.com
A TORY task force's plans to restrict the ability of Scots MPs to vote on "English-only" laws have split senior Conservatives and drawn scorn from other political

Cherie reveals her knife-crime fears

01.07.2008 23:51    thescotsman.scotsman.com
CHERIE Blair said yesterday she feared for her children when they went out in the street and warned that knife and gun crime among teenagers could be more common than official

Nine held in ID card demo

01.07.2008 00:55    thescotsman.scotsman.com
NINE protesters were arrested in Edinburgh yesterday following a demonstration at government plans to introduce ID cards.

Civil servants' strike poll

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THOUSANDS of Scottish Government civil servants were yesterday balloted on proposed strike action.

'Chink of light' for hospital campaign

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE future of emergency admissions at a hospital will be scrutinised in an independent review, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday.

Contract to build £3.8bn carriers signed at last

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE eagerly awaited signing of a contract for the building of two aircraft super-carriers will take place today, securing thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry in

As bills spiral, Scots are told: 'You've never had it so good'

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
SCOTLAND's most senior UK cabinet minister has come under attack after claiming that Scots have "never had it so good" under more than a decade of Labour rule at W

Deportation of killers and sex offenders rises 22%

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
MORE than a dozen killers and nearly 140 sex offenders have been deported from Britain since the start of the year, the Home Office said yesterday.

Favourite Kerr 'yet to decide on Scottish Labour leadership bid'

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE race to succeed Wendy Alexander as Scottish Labour leader took a fresh twist last night when it emerged that the early favourite has not decided if he will contest the el

Scots MPs may lose right to vote on English bills

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE Conservatives' long-awaited response to the discrepancy between English and Scottish MPs' voting rights will be laid bare today, when Kenneth Clarke, the former c

£1bn energy institute inquiry hit by 'lack of paperwork'

01.07.2008 00:54    thescotsman.scotsman.com
MSPs yesterday said lax record-keeping in the Scottish Government had hindered investigations into a failed attempt to bring a £1 billion energy institute north of the Border.

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