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Haggis expert says serving whisky with the Scots dish is “culinary catastrophe”

News January 22, 2013 0

SERVING whisky with haggis is a culinary catastrophe, according to one of Scotland's top authorities on the national dish. "Haggis Queen" Jo Macsween claims in a...

After school club manager struck off for embezzlement

News January 22, 2013 0

AN after school club manager has been struck off after she embezzled almost £4,500. Andrena McCue took the cash from the Squids day care centre in...

Chinese Buddhist lost thousands of pounds in sophisticated Edinburgh scam

News January 22, 2013 0

A CHINESE Buddhist lost thousands of pounds after falling victim to a sophisticated scam pulled off in one of Scotland’s top hotels. The female victim was...

Scottish brewery wins contract to sell ales throughout UK

Business January 22, 2013 0

A SCOTTISH brewery has won a contract to sell two of its ales in supermarkets across the whole of the UK. Traditional Scottish Ales Co, a...

Supermarkets blamed for traditional term “Burns Nicht” being axed

News January 22, 2013 0

SUPERMARKETS are being blamed for the vast majority of Scots dropping the traditional term “Burns Nicht” in favour “Burns Night”. The Scots Language Centre complained firms...

World’s toughest cross-country adventure back after four years

News January 22, 2013 0

ONE of world's toughest cross-country adventure races is being revived four years after it last took place. The Hebridean Challenge is a gruelling 260-mile, three-day endurance...

Hundreds of skinny dippers take to Scottish beach to smash world record

In Brief January 22, 2013 0

OVER 400 skinny dippers will descend on an East Lothian beach this summer to try and smash a Guinness world record. The naked swimmers will take...

Edinburgh’s 40 mph zones to be reduced to 30 mph under new plan

In Brief January 21, 2013 0

ALMOST all of Edinburgh’s 40mph zones will be reduced to 30mph under a plan by council chiefs. Around 25 major routes will see the 10mph reduction...

Script for Robert Burns movie still unfinished a decade after first announced

News January 21, 2013 0

A LONG-awaited big-budget movie about the life of Robert Burns is still short of a finished script – almost a decade after the project was...

Scots girl on trip to US for operation to reverse effects of cerebral palsy

Scottish News January 17, 2013 0

A YOUNG girl who was left severely disabled after chatting midwives bungled her birth is jetting to the US on Friday this week in a...

Mental health nurse told patient to go to Switzerland so she could kill herself

In Brief January 17, 2013 0

A MENTAL health nurse told a patient with "suicidal thoughts" to travel to Switzerland so she could kill herself, it is alleged. Cornelius O'Brien, 38, is...

Scots woman, 97, in world-record bid as world’s oldest yoga teacher

Scottish News January 17, 2013 0

A 97-year-old Scottish pensioner is challenging a Canadian OAP for the title of the world’s oldest yoga teacher. Three years off celebrating her 100th birthday, Connie...

Tiny otter cub recovering after being found close to death in car park

News January 15, 2013 0

A TINY otter cub is making a remarkable recovery in Scottish SPCA care after being found close to death in a car park on New...

Superfit Scot plans to bag Scotland’s 282 Munros in 37 days

News January 15, 2013 0

A SUPERFIT Scot is putting the finishing touches to a plan to bag all of Scotland’s 282 Munros in just 37 days. Paul Wilson will also...

Free fruit taken away from primary school children

News January 15, 2013 0

PRIMARY school children will have free fruit withdrawn under a council’s plan to save cash. Midlothian is stopping the daily handout to 2000 P1 and P2...

Former US president Bill Clinton to give speech at Scottish awards ceremony

News January 15, 2013 0

FORMER US president Bill Clinton will give a speech at a Scottish awards ceremony – after accepting an invitation from an Edinburgh sandwich shop owner. Clinton...

Scots comedian Greg Hemphill helps fans after HMV collapse

Entertainment January 15, 2013 0

SCOTS comedian Greg Hemphill has stepped in to help fans left high and dry by the collapse of HMV. The 42-year-old offered to send out Still...

Nurse who gave home residents “grotesque” nicknames struck off

News January 15, 2013 0

A NURSE who gave care home residents "grotesque" nicknames such as "crap" and "fag ash" has been struck off. Susan Helen Sharp also slapped an elderly...

Parliamentary officials baffled by accents of Scottish MPs

News January 15, 2013 0

HILARIOUS evidence has emerged showing how parliamentary officials in London are baffled by the accents of Scottish MPs. One Hansard reporter sent a note to a...

Law degrees in Scotland dominated by privileged elite

News January 15, 2013 0

SCOTLAND’S legal profession is still dominated by a privileged elite, according to the latest figures on admission to university law courses. Fewer that one in 12...

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