by Otis Shaw As I sat in the Senso-ji Temple gardens in Tokyo, desperately trying to find a plausible connection between the colonial adventures of Lord Jim and the `inconvenience` of Japan`s homeless. I was startled by the sounds of reindeer bells. I closed the chapter on Lord Jim and looked up to see a [...]
By Lucy Harvey We spoke to the kids in Edinburgh and Santa to find out what everyone is wanting for Christmas. Listen here:
Edinburgh councillors are deciding today whether to close Princes Street for most of next year. Under the proposals, the capitals main shopping street will close to all traffic from the middle of February until the end of November 2009 to allow all the tram tracks to be laid. Many people fear though that closure will [...]
By Graeme Macleod The Football League in England has voted to introduce a ‘home-grown players’ rule from the start of next season. At an extraordinary general meeting in Derby, the majority of league clubs voted in favour of the rule’s introduction. The new legislation will mean that a minimum of four players in a club’s 16-man matchday [...]
By Gary Philp The Christian Institute have hit out at Scottish Government plans which will legalise oral sex for 13 year olds. On their website they make it clear they are against the plans. If it goes ahead, it will legalise over ten types of oral sex scenarios involving teenagers aged between 13 and 16 [...]
By Craig Hamilton ON this day in 1997, a bill was unveiled to give Scotland her first parliament in over three centuries. Eleven years later, we talk to political parties and the public about the impact of devolution. Listen To Ian Mckee: Ian Mckee website; http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/MSP/MembersPages/ian_mckee/index.htm Listen To Michael McMahon: Michael McMahon website; http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/MSP/MembersPages/michael_mcmahon/index.htm Public [...]
Chase Hoffman bought himself an early Christmas present yesterday – the chance to slap a chief executive repeatedly in the face with a 7kg Scottish salmon. Hoffman, from Austin, Texas was the top bidder to ‘fish-slap’ Jay Nguyen, boss of Sweemo.com, as part of a stunt to show that anyone can buy a ‘unique moment’ [...]
Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini told the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday that Scotland’s worst criminals should get ‘whole life’ sentences. In what has been called a controversial intervention, Ms Angiolini stated that the minimum term served before being eligible for parole was too short. Judges use a range of between 12 and 30 years as [...]
By Greg Lorraine BAA, the owners of Edinburgh Airport, may be forced by the Competition Commission to sell the operation. The Spanish-owned company, which runs seven airports in the UK, have been told the decision is necessary in order to improve airport services. BAA also face losing their Gatwick and Stansted airports. It is hoped [...]
COMMENT by Graeme Macleod Aiden McGeady’s recent spat with Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has confirmed one of football’s unwritten rules – don’t cross the boss. The Republic of Ireland international has been fined two weeks wages and banned from all first team activities for a fortnight. That will rule the winger out of next week’s [...]
BY Sven R. Houston Every year millions of children ask the same question: Just how does Santa do it? Well the answer may be less magical, and more scientific than you think. According to American professor Larry Silverberg, Santa Claus delivers presents to every child in the world on Christmas Eve by simply exploiting the [...]
Labour MEPs have voted against Gordon Brown over the scrapping of Britain’s opt-out from the maximum 48 hour working week. The European Parliament voted to remove Britain’s opt-out meaning the new resolution could be in place by 2011. Labour MPs and MEPs disagreed on the move, with MEPs voting down the opt-out by 421 to [...]
Ipswich Town defender David Wright has revealed on the club’s official website that he would jump at the chance to play for Scotland despite being born in England. Ipswich Town Official Website’s story. Scottish supporters have reacted to the news. 21 year old Andrew Crawford, who regularly goes to Scotland games, told Dundedin Napier News: “It [...]
By Dionne Abolghassem A host of celebrities and performers alike came together for the 80th anniversary of The Royal Variety Performance, held in the iconic London Palladium last night. Headlining for this year’s show were pop heart-throbs Take That, who have enjoyed a comeback success with their new album and gave a terrific performance. The [...]
By Nichole Guthrie Troops out of Iraq by summer On a visit to Basra yesterday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated that British troops will end combat operations on May 31 2009, although they will provide a two month stay of grace before the majority of the 4,100 troops will withdraw from Iraq. Dentists overcharging patients [...]
By Greg Lorraine Searches for flights to the US are down by 15 per cent in the run-up to Christmas, according to flight search engine Skyscanner. It is a time when us Brits usually make the trip to places like New York and Los Angeles to pick up holiday bargains. The current economic climate and [...]
Graeme Macleod looks ahead to the weekend’s action Football: Scottish Premier League It’s derby time in Lanarkshire as Hamilton Academical welcome local rivals Motherwell to New Douglas Park in Saturday’s early kick off. It is sure to be a feisty encounter between the SPL’s bottom club and Mark McGhee’s men. Both clubs are looking to bounce [...]
BY Sven R. Houston Up to two thousand Scottish fishermen could lose their livelihood under a new EU proposal. An annual summit is to be held in Brussels to determine the fishing restrictions for 2009, which aims to ban the fishing of cod, haddock and whiting off Scotland’s West coast. Fishermen in the region agree that stock levels [...]
By Dionne Abolghassem THE closure of the retail giant Woolworths is just the beginning of the struggle for Britain’s retail sector in the economic downfall. Over 27,000 employees of Woolies are set to lose their jobs after the company announced they would have all 807 outlets shut down by January 5th. The failure to find [...]
By Ashleigh Morris Recent pictures have revealed Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan looking svelte after her various stints in rehab. But could her weight loss be down to more than healthy eating and exercise? A picture featured in Grazia magazine shows Lohan clutching a bottle of VPX RedLine Fat Incinerator – a product designed to help bodybuilders [...]
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