Tag: SNP

Battle to save Johnnie Walker plant goes to Holyrood

Shaun Milne - September 2, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond THE BATTLE to save hundreds of jobs at one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries entered was stepped up tonight as MSPs backed by...

Scottish Government would ‘fully co-operate’ with Megrahi-backed inquiry

Deadline News Journalist - August 31, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond UNDER-fire Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill yesterday declared that the Scottish Government would be “relaxed” about any full inquiry launched into the Lockerbie...

ATMs could soon be talking Scots

Deadline News Journalist - August 30, 2009

By Cara Sulieman CASH machines could soon be dispensing money in the Scots language following the introduction of Cockney ATMs in London. Manufacturer Bank Machine is...

Pampered Scottish prisoners claiming for luxury items

Deadline News Journalist - August 24, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond PAMPERED prisoners at high-security Saughton jail in Edinburgh are claiming hundreds of pounds in compensation for goods going missing behind bars –...

Rise in Scottish drug deaths blamed on Trainspotting generation

Deadline News Journalist - August 12, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A MASSIVE hike in the number of drugs related deaths across Scotland is being blamed on the nation’s Trainspotting generation – addicts...

Fire chiefs back fire safe cigarettes

Deadline News Journalist - August 3, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie FIRE chiefs have given their full-backing to a move to introduce a new safer brand of cigarettes. Fire safe cigarettes are designed to...

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