CITIZENSHIP. Everywhere you turn these days it seems the word is staring you in the face. It is undoubtedly one of the buzzwords in Scottish education at the moment and unlike

FINALLY, the long-sought truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has become a reality. Reaching this uneasy state has not been simple. For months, wise and responsib

THE last day of a school session is affectionately known as the teachers' new year. On this day, I normally retire to a teacher-free hostelry and enjoy a pint of Guinness

NOWADAYS, in country after country, policymakers have become obsessed with the need to strengthen science education. But what about the humanities - all those disciplines &#40

YesKENNETH CLARKE, Chairman, Conservative Democracy Task Force

YOUR report (30 June) suggested a Labour loss in the upcoming Glasgow East by-election could bring Gordon Brown's premiership to an abrupt end.

NEVER before in modern history have the essential differences between the two major American parties stood out in such striking contrast as they do today.

FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY IN LEBANON, FROM UK AMBASSADOR

IN BRITAIN, the American stretch limo has become the new "must have" wedding symbol.

HEALTH authorities in Dundee, charged with getting smokers to stop, have come up with a carrot policy after years of failing with the stick approach.

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ACCORDING to a triumphant CBI, in its February 2008 Industrial Trends Survey: "Manufacturers are enjoying the longest run of sustained demand for 12 years, bucking the slo

Andy Murray's fightback in the face of certain defeat revealed a man of true courage, writes Allan Massie

HERE'S the choice, then: council tax bills frozen for a year or £34 million for disabled children to provide them with wheelchairs and weekend breaks. Council tax bills ma

The threat of divided communities in the wake of terrorist attacks in the UK has failed to materialise, says Bashir Ahmad

What could be more American than blowing your finger off with a firecracker?

Why is the president of the United States entertaining Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince at Camp David when his own State Department has singled out his homeland for its continuing violations of human rights?

Supreme Court's D.C. gun ruling was significant but has limited practical effect.

N o money had been stolen. That pretty much sums up the "good" news in the long-awaited audit of the Dallas Independent School District. Unfortunately, the report's 100-plus pages of financial deficiencies temper any celebration of the absence of thievery.

MOSCOW. (Igor Zonn for RIA Novosti) - The Caspian Sea is becoming a hub of the world's economy. Western corporations are increasingly tapping its oil and gas resources and pumping them to the rest of the world. They pump them