Olympic star Freya Ross unveils new Great Scottish Run route which takes in Commonwealth Games venues

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Black market sells Stone Roses gig tickets for 40 times their face value

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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Scotland gets behind first ever National Onesie Day to raise cash for charity as part of Sunday Mail Centenary Fund

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Friend of Keith OBrien says the shamed cardinal would be broken if he is banned from returning to Scotland

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks says Britain

West Australian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Mum of Craig Mallon who was killed on stag do travels to Spain one year on in hope of piecing together beloved sons final moments

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Murdered schoolboys mum hits out at police as we revealed sons death is one of over 500 unresolved killings

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Hydro bosses insist new music venue will open for business on schedule as sources tip Rod Stewart as opening act

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Greenock hotel horror Police refuse to confirm whether mother and daughter died in suicide pact

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Royal Regiment of Scotland top military league of shame by failing more drug tests than any other

Daily Record - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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British Study Raises Warning on Scottish Banks

International Herald Tribune - Saturday 18th May, 2013

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 ...

Scotland could become another Cyprus if it becomes independent

The Independent - Saturday 18th May, 2013

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 ...

Hibernian 1-0 Dundee | Scottish Premier League match report

The Guardian - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Scottish Premier League season but with eyes on next week, and the potential ending of an infamous barren run.Griffiths left the field to a standing ovation in the 73rd minute of this dire encounter. Before the striker, who has emerged as a talisman in green and white, returns to his parent club in Wolverhampton he has one final and significant ...

Scotland Yard sifts Maddie case clues

New Zealand Herald - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Madeleine McCann at 3 and as she may look now, aged 9. Photo / AP Kate and Gerry McCann have welcomed news that Scotland Yard detectives have identified a number of suspects who could be responsible for their daughter's abduction six years ago. Madeleine McCann, who disappeared aged 3 while on holiday with her British family in Portugal, "could be alive" say detectives. They have ...

Church of Scotland Rethinking Report

CBN News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

JERUSALEM, Israel -- The Church of Scotland removed an online report posted earlier this month claiming Jews have no biblical claim to the land of Israel. The move came following meetings with Jewish leaders last Thursday. The Jewish people and millions of Christians around the world believe that present-day Israel is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, giving this particular area of the ...

Scotland Yard announces new suspects in Madeleine McCann case

Christian Science Monitor - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Six years after 3-year-old Madeleine McCann went missing from her parents' hotel room in Portugal, British investigators say they have a new list of people they would like to ...

The new Moderator of the Church of Scotland describes her appointment as a privilege and honour

Daily Record - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Originally from Kilmarnock, she began her church career as a probationer assistant at St Ninian's Corstorphine Church in Edinburgh where she was ordained in ...

Italians unveil long-lost tomb medallion of Scottish MP

The Guardian - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Amid rampant weeds and crumbling stones, Matteo Giunti makes his way to the tomb of Francis Horner MP, a Scottish Whig who co-founded the Edinburgh Review and died, in 1817, in what he would have known as the prosperous Tuscan port of Leghorn.But, as he reaches the once imposing grave, Giunti stops first at the Nike trainer and plastic bottle that have been left there overnight - not, ...