Tag: national
3 months ago
derbyshiretimes.co.uk

Peak District mountain rescue team set to feature in Channel 5 TV series – spotlighting efforts t...

A mountain rescue team based in the Peak District will appear on our TV screens later this week – as part of a Channe...

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4 months ago
scotsman.com

Strictly complaints sound like whingeing – dance training is supposed to be intense

Aidan Smith suggests many people may find themselves in the unusual position of agreeing with Ann Widdecombe on the S...

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6 months ago
scotsman.com

Quangos Scotland: The merry-go-round of non-executive directors on quango boards - Scottish Polic...

The Scotsman’s series on quangos looks at the figures helming the boards – and how much they are paid

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6 months ago
scotsman.com

‘Eye-watering’ Scotland quango chief salaries in breach of public pay rules - Scottish Water, Sco...

Scrutiny of chief executive salaries attached to Scotland’s quangos has kick-started The Scotsman’s week-long series

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6 months ago
scotsman.com

Quangos Scotland: What is a quango? What Scottish organisations can be called a quango?

The Scotsman has launched an investigative series into quangos – but just what are these quasi-autonomous organisations?

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6 months ago
scotsman.com

Police Scotland: Fears for rural policing over 'disgraceful' housing levies

Concerns over exodus of police officers from fragile communities in Scotland

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7 months ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

National Pub and Bar Awards 2024: Yorkshire pubs The Old Star, The Harrogate Inn, Public and Call...

The National Pub and Bar Award county winners for 2024 have been announced - and four of the pubs are based in Yorksh...

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7 months ago
yorkshirepost.co.uk

Train strikes 2024: Yorkshire travellers warned to plan ahead next week during Northern and LNER ...

With Northern and LNER train strikes continuing next week, people travelling to and from the North of England - inclu...

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7 months ago
scotsman.com

Analysis: For all its couthy tropes, Tartan Day is a welcome celebration

UK and Scottish Government ministers to take part

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7 months ago
scotsman.com

Roxy Music could teach today's musicians how to write songs with meaning – Aidan Smith

Bryan Ferry took fans to a place ‘far beyond the pale horizon’. Today’s acts are less weird, less daring and much mor...

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8 months ago
scotsman.com

Police officers could face sanctions for challenging hate crime complaints, senior figure warns

Former superintendent points to “obvious” risk of vexatious complaints under new law

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8 months ago
scotsman.com

Glastonbury line-up suggests rock is dead. Who's even heard of SZA (Sunak's Zorbing Atrocity)? – ...

Aidan Smith finds himself in the shoes of an elderly 1970s judge asking the court: “What is a… Sex Pistol?”

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8 months ago
scotsman.com

Son of foreign fugitive billionaire buys one of Scotland's largest land estates

Near 30,000 acre landholding in Scotland is ultimately owned by Hong Kong firm

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8 months ago
scotsman.com

Rishi Sunak's dishwasher revelations just made him seem like Alan Partridge – Aidan Smith

Keir Starmer’s ‘dad bod’ may prove to be less of a political problem than Rishi Sunak’s discussion of his domestic ch...

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8 months ago
scotsman.com

Why Kensington Palace must throw open the curtains after Princess of Wales photo controversy

Conspiracy theories will continue to spread despite apology

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8 months ago
scotsman.com

US Secret Service investigate Scotland firm over multi-million pound cyberattack fraud

Around £2.1 million has been stolen from the housing agency as the US Secret Service is investigating

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8 months ago
scotsman.com

School smartphone crackdown: Tory and SNP gesture politics isn't going to end children's obsessio...

Enforcing a smartphone ban in schools will be a tough, perhaps even impossible, job

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

North Sea: Exasperation and dire warnings in wake of Labour's oil and gas tax plans

Growing discontent with the political response to the North Sea oil and gas sector leads to calls for a new independe...

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

Post Office Horizon scandal: Former sub-postmaster condemns 'posturing between different parliame...

Solicitor advocate says Holyrood wants ‘hee-haw’ to do with the Post Office Horizon legislation

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

Rockstar North: Grand Theft Auto producers claim over a third of a billion pounds in tax relief, ...

Scottish firm’s use of tax break condemned amid calls for reform of UK government’s relief system following Scotsman ...

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

UK Covid Inquiry: Alister Jack's attack on Nicola Sturgeon's tears was cynical and crass – Aidan ...

When Nicola Sturgeon became emotional at the Covid Inquiry, she showed that, like the rest of us, she’s a human being

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

UK Covid Inquiry: The questions yet to be answered after evidence from Nicola Sturgeon and senior...

Confusion and doubt surrounds fundamental issues despite slew of revelations

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

Nicola Sturgeon: Why evidence at UK Covid Inquiry will not have changed entrenched public percept...

Former first minister defends intentions but deflects key questions

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Post Office Horizon IT scandal: Key questions for Crown Office remain unanswered – Martyn McLaughlin

Role of Scotland’s public prosecution service in the wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters demands scrutiny

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland to be remodelled in pursuit of The Open prize, but R&...

Former US president Donald Trump’s firm enlists prominent architect to revamp links at Turnberry

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Yemen bombings: Former British ambassador to Yemen warns of 'many dangers' in UK and US strikes a...

Questions over effectiveness of air strikes in Yemen against Houthi rebels amid fears of wider escalation

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Donald Trump: Mixed fortunes for former US president's Scottish resorts with Aberdeenshire proper...

Turnberry operating firm posts modest profit but parent firm’s accounts still overdue

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Keir Starmer vs Rishi Sunak: Get ready for a long year of cringe-worthy photo-ops and attempts to...

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer can seem a touch robotic when compared to their predecessors so this election year may s...

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

The forgotten Scots shipping merchant who rubbed shoulders with Abraham Lincoln

New book charts remarkable success of Victorian orphan who ran off to sea

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Scots whose lives were ruined by Post Office Horizon IT scandal call for further investigation in...

Upsurge of public support for action in the wake of Mr Bates vs the Post Office

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

New book tells story of 'hero of the poor' who raged against Highland Clearances

Donald Ross documented ‘savage butchery’ of police attacking women

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Legal move to introduce video and telephone links for Lockerbie bombing trial

Politicians in US say move would bring ‘transparency’ for those impacted by terrorist atrocity

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Reform of 'archaic' land ownership crucial to Scotland's economic future, claims new report

Calls for tighter threshold around public interest tests for large land sales

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10 months ago
scotsman.com

Minister accused of being 'all at sea' over flooding prevention as Storm Gerrit clean up continues

Thousands still without power after flooding, blizzards and gales batter country

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11 months ago
scotsman.com

Gary Lineker should stop sniping from sidelines and take up a challenge to stand as an MP – Aidan...

Gary Lineker’s heart may be in the right place but that sense is diminished by smug enjoyment of his notoriety

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11 months ago
scotsman.com

Calls for Taser ban after Police Scotland statistics show weapons used 131 times against children

Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland ‘very concerned’ by figures

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11 months ago
scotsman.com

Rizz named word of the year by leading lexicographers

Word popularised by Generation Z hailed by Oxford dictionary publishers

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11 months ago
northantstelegraph.co.uk

Protestors gather at Northampton Crown Court in silent support of 'jury equity'

Nine protestors were outside the court in Lady’s Lane this morning

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11 months ago
scotsman.com

Attacks on Police Scotland officers could be ‘sign of things to come’ without adequate funding, s...

New president of Association of Scottish Police Superintendents says business case for single nationwide force is ‘at...

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