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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Edinburgh News.net http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/cat/5ba58fd38447f467/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 00:57:18 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:57:18 -0400 30 Scotland's second One-Day International with Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday.Misbah Ul Haq's men were due to play the second of two warm-up games ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on June 6, but the game was called off after heavy rain forced the umpires to rule that no play would take place.The match had been due to start at 10.45 (British ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214621293/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:51 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214621293/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 An independent Scotland might find itself unable to guarantee the deposits of savers in the event of another financial crisis, the Treasury warns ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214620249/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:03:45 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214620249/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 By William James LONDON | Sun May 19, 2013 7:01pm EDT LONDON May 20 (Reuters) - The cost of protecting Scottish savers would prove difficult to bear if the country broke away from the rest of the UK, a study by Britain's finance ministry said on Monday. The findings come in the latest paper from the British government on how independence would impact the country. On Sunday the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214620829/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:01:00 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214620829/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Nick Lees, left, with cousin Donald Cameron, centre, and brother Jim Lees in Cape Leeuwin, where the Indian and Pacific Oceans meet off Western ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214618753/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:38:24 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214618753/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union . That's because the next British general election could conceivably not merely give the Scots yet another government they didn't vote for, but bring on a referendum that could take Britain out of the EU - something that is opposed, by all accounts, by a majority of Scots.Having the wrong government imposed on you can at ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214618592/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:54 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214618592/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 IT'S the one mystery which has remained unsolved over 18 Rebus books... but now author Ian Rankin has revealed the hard-drinking detective's home address for the first time.Rankin, 53, who is working on his 19th Rebus novel Saints of the Shadow Bible, had previously revealed his most famous character lived in Arden Street in Marchmont, Edinburgh.The location has been a source of ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214617247/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:09:22 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214617247/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Hearts and Hibs - under the umbrella of one Edinburgh club - would have the football and financial muscle to take on the Glasgow ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214617248/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:09:21 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214617248/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 PRESS RELEASE May 19, 2013 Contact: Lenny Ben-David NGO Monitor 054-216-8155 lenny.bendavid@ngo-monitor.org Church of Scotland's "revision" is no step forward Church should cut ties with religiously intolerant Sabeel organization Jerusalem - The Church of Scotland's "revision" of its April report "The Inheritance Of Abraham? A Report On The ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214615500/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:11:47 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214615500/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 SCOTLAND legend Gordon McQueen yesterday revealed how a specialist surgeon who lives two doors away saved his life in his battle with throat cancer.The star told how he has reluctantly quit Sky Sports because he has lost too much power in the voice that made him a telly favourite.But the popular pundit, nicknamed Go-Go during his playing career, says he just feels lucky to be alive.The former ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613986/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:15:00 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613986/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613331/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:33:29 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613331/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 THE new Great Scottish Run course will showcase Glasgow's most famous and new sights to thousand of viewers - when it is broadcast live on October ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613333/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:33:28 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613333/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613332/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:33:27 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214613332/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 TINY tots, politicians and even pets stepped out in their onesies on Friday to support our cause and help raise 1 million for our 17 ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612947/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:42:15 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612947/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 SHAMED Cardinal Keith O'Brien would be "broken" if he is banned from returning to Scotland, according to a friend.The Vatican last week announced O'Brien would leave the country for several months "for the purpose of spiritual renewal, prayer and penance".But a parish priest who has spoken on his behalf said he had become extremely depressed by his enforced ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612946/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:42:15 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612946/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Reuters © Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney gestures during his draft budget address in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland September 20, 2012. REUTERS/David ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612596/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:37 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612596/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 ANTOINETTE Mallon travelled from her home in Scotland to the square in Lloret De Mar where a single punch ended 26-year-old Craig's life exactly one year ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612222/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:35 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612222/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 A SUNDAY MAIL investigation last week revealed the number of killings, in the Strathclyde Police area, for which no one has been convicted is more than 500, dating back to ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612223/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:34 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214612223/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 BOSSES at Scotland's major new music venue yesterday insisted they will be ready on time to welcome a superstar opening act in September.Fears had been raised that an 8million wrangle over the construction bill would delay the opening of the Hydro in Glasgow.But the venue's operators yesterday insisted they would be open for business on schedule as sources suggested veteran rocker Rod ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214611766/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:09:07 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214611766/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 POLICE are refusing to confirm whether a mum and daughter died in a suicide pact.Margaret McDonough, 52, and her daughter Nicola, 23, were found with slash wounds to their arms in Greenock's Premier Inn nine days ago.Mum-of-four Margaret was dead in her room while Nicola was in the corridor outside.She died on Monday at Inverclyde Royal Hospital.It has been claimed they may have made a ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214611765/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:09:07 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214611765/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 /* SMA widget */ #sma-val-service{ text-align: center; /*margin-top:5px;*/ margin:5px auto 5px; width:230px;} #sma-val-service img{} #sma-val-service p{ float: left; width: 100%; display: block; text-align: left; } #sma-val-service p.valuation{ text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; color: Green; } #sma-val-service span{ font-weight: bold; display: block; text-align: left; ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214611275/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:33 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214611275/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 LONDON -- An independent Scotland could find its banks too big to rescue in the event of another crisis, according to a British government report that compares the Scottish financial sector to those of debt-laden Iceland and ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214606951/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:23:32 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214606951/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Treasury officials will tomorrow publish analysis suggesting that Scotland's banking system is so large relative to its economy that an independent government would be unable to rescue the sector in the event of a crisis.The pro-independence lobby will see this as the latest attempt by Whitehall to sway voters in the referendum on Scottish independence, scheduled for September 2014. The ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214607198/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:10:23 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214607198/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 LONDON ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214620585/scat/5ba58fd38447f467 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:01:00 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/214620585/scat/5ba58fd38447f467