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Former Chancellor of the Exchequer blasts Edinburgh tram loan plans

By Kevin Duguid ALISTAIR Darling has branded Edinburgh City Council's plans to borrow £231m to extend the city’s tram route as “absolute madness”. The former Chancellor...

Pix: WWF Earth Hour

All five main political party leaders show their support for WWF's Earth Hour by gathering together outside the Scottish Parliament beside a giant Earth...

More cracks show in Edinburgh tram project

TRAM chiefs are facing a potentially massive bill for repairing tracks in Edinburgh before the troubled project even opens. Serious cracking has appeared...

Scraping tax discs could save millions says Scottish MP

A SCOTTISH MP has claimed that tax discs are ‘obsolete’ and scraping the ‘circles of paper’ could save tens of millions of pounds. The Central...

Transport Minister held to task as hundreds spend the night trapped on Scottish roads

OPPOSITION parties rounded on Scotland’s Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson today (tues) demanding he explain why the country was not better prepared for...

Scottish Enterprise spent £100,000 on hiring celebrities

SCOTTISH Enterprise has splashed out more than £100,000 to hire celebrities such as Fred MacAulay, Jackie Bird and Sally Magnusson to attend business events. The...

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