Scotland to lead the way in tackling climate change

12:39am Wednesday 30th January 2008

Scotland can become a world leader in tackling climate change, ministers claimed yesterday as they launched the consultation on which they will base a bill in September.

Mourners unite across world in memory of Karen

12:59am Wednesday 30th January 2008

Mourners on both sides of the world were united in grief as they gathered to pay their respects to Scots backpacker Karen Aim.

Guilty verdict for wife who served up anti-freeze

12:53am Wednesday 30th January 2008

A housewife who left her husband blind and deaf by poisoning him with anti-freeze was found guilty of attempted murder yesterday.

Bar fire building in repairs dispute

12:35am Wednesday 30th January 2008

A Glasgow style bar badly damaged in a suspicious weekend fire has been at the centre of an 18-month dispute over a repair bill totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Wines of Australia set to pay price of drought

12:56am Wednesday 30th January 2008

Australian wine has long been the most popular plonk of choice for the British drinker, but its hold on the market may loosen following the country’s worst drought in more than a century.

Ferguson soon to become US citizen

12:57am Wednesday 30th January 2008

The Scottish comedian and successful chat show host Craig Ferguson is to finally become an official US citizen, after gathering more than 16,000 honorary titles in his new home across the Atlantic.

Assynt lodge gets £800,000 grant to secure future

12:54am Wednesday 30th January 2008

A lottery grant of almost £800,000 has been awarded to upgrade a Victorian hunting lodge built by the Duke of Sutherland.

Scots factories win bulk of £6.6m MoD order

12:46am Wednesday 30th January 2008

The Ministry of Defence yesterday placed the bulk of a £6.6m order for special protective clothing for the armed forces with four Scottish factories staffed by disabled workers.

Call for minimum prices to help curb drink problems

12:43am Wednesday 30th January 2008

Minimum pricing for drinks should be introduced across Scotland, the country’s largest licensing forum has claimed.

More Scots surviving heart attacks and strokes

12:54pm Tuesday 29th January 2008

The number of Scots surviving heart attacks and strokes has increased, figures showed today.

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