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Recent News Headlines : Edinburgh

JIM RATCLIFFE, THE FOUNDER-CHAIRMAN OF ANGLO-SWISS FIRM INEOS, HAD CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED THE ARRIVAL OF THE COMPANY'S FIRST SHIPMENT OF SHALE GAS FROM THE US.

After days expensively moored awaiting party in its honour, Ineos ship carrying shale gas from US fails to make entrance...
28th September, 2016 1594

RATCLIFFE SAID GRANGEMOUTH, NEAR EDINBURGH, HAD BEEN ON ITS KNEES BEFORE INEOS DECIDED TO SPEND ?450M ON CONVERTING THE PLANT TO ACCEPT SHALE GAS IMPORTS.

As Ineos takes first shale gas shipment from US, its CEO Jim Ratcliffe says without fracking UK manufacturing's future is 'gloomy'...
27th September, 2016 250

A MAN CALLED WILLIAM WILLETT INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF BRITISH SUMMER TIME, ALSO KNOWN AS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, IN 1907.

When do the clocks go back, what is Daylight Saving Time?...
27th September, 2016 191

THE SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY SAID THAT BROUGHT OVERALL EMISSIONS DOWN BY 34% SINCE 2007.

Data published separately on Monday found that greenhouse gas emissions from Scottish industry had fallen again last year, by 10% for a group of six gases...
27th September, 2016 565

GREGG, KATHRYN AND LACHLAN BRAIN MEET SCOTLAND'S FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON IN MAY.

Kathryn Brain has now been offered a job at a hotel group which meets visa conditions, Britain 7Fs interior ministry said on Tuesday...
21st September, 2016 164

LATVIA SIX INCIDENTS OF ALLEGED XENOPHOBIC ABUSE AND HARASSMENT, IN NOTTINGHAM, LONDON, BRISTOL, WELLINGBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE AND SOUTH SHIELDS.

The Polish consular service in London, Manchester and Edinburgh has logged 31 incidents of reported hate crime since 23 June, including eight attacks in the past three weeks...
19th September, 2016 3916

"THE FACT IS THAT AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND'S MEMBERSHIP OF THE EU WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS," MUNDELL WAS DUE TO TELL AN AUDIENCE IN GLASGOW.

As a new member Scotland would be expected to join the euro, the EU's single currency, and leave the pound, the speech added...
17th September, 2016 10

ANNE WAS TREATED AT ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY LAST WEEK FOR A BAD CHEST INFECTION AND CANCELLED HER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS THIS WEEK AS SHE RECOVERS AT BALMORAL.

Prince of Wales involved in car crash with deer on Queen's estate...
15th September, 2016 1160

MARCHFOREUROPE THOUSANDS TAKE PART IN PRO-EU RALLIES BUT BREXITERS SAY IT'S SOUR GRAPES

Saturday's marches are backed by figures including the new co-leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, Labour's Chuka Umunna, writer Owen Jones and comedian Eddie Izzard...
3rd September, 2016 788

SOUTH AFRICAN OPERA HOUSE ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING BLACK SINGERS

Chorus members were dismissed after challenging discrepancies in pay for appearing abroad in opera set in colonial Africa...
1st September, 2016 8

AMONG THOSE WHO JOINED BEFORE MAY 2015, SUPPORT FOR SMITH IS AT 68 PERCENT COMPARED WITH 32 PERCENT FOR CORBYN, ACCORDING TO THE YOUGOV POLL.

That drops to 28 percent for Smith among those who joined between May and September...
31st August, 2016 0

IT WAS JUST A ONE NIGHT STAND, A FORMER PUPIL AT WHITBURN ACADEMY, WEST LOTHIAN, SAID.

Devout Christian teacher accused of 'sexual activity teenage pupil' found unfit to work with children despite husband's denials...
31st August, 2016 13

HEARTBREAKING PICTURE OF DOG WHO WON'T LEAVE MASTER'S COFFIN AFTER ITALY EARTHQUAKE

Coffins of some of the victims of the earthquake in central Italy are seen inside a gym in Ascoli Piceno...
27th August, 2016 96

AFTER A GLOBAL ONLINE CAMPAIGN AND DAYS OF SEARCHING THE PAIR HAVE BEEN REUNITED.

Dion Leonard and Gobi became inseparable during the 250km marathon, prompting the athlete to adopt him...
27th August, 2016 0

DION LEONARD FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DOG, NAMED HER GOBI AND PLANNED TO BRING HER BACK TO HIS HOME IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

Leonard can also be heard talking to the BBC's Phil Williams about finding Gobi here, about 4 minutes 50 seconds into the program...
25th August, 2016 21

FOLLOWING HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH YORKSHIRE, WATER WAS SENT GUSHING OUT ONTO NEARBY ROADS FROM WHITE SCAR CAVES IN INGLETON, IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK.

Flood defence schemes are also being used in Garstang, Catterall and Wigan - protecting 500 properties - after heavy rain saw river levels rise in parts of Lancashire and Cumbria...
23rd August, 2016 6

EDINBURGH ZOO'S KING PENGUIN INSPECTS NORWEGIAN ROYAL GUARD

Edinburgh Zoo's king penguin inspects Norwegian royal guard 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn...
23rd August, 2016 0

HAUNTING IMAGE CIRCULATES OF 5-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN BOY RESCUED FROM RUBBLE.

Canadian Andre De Grasse comfortably took silver with a time of 20.02...
20th August, 2016 0

HITTING THE PLASTIC SLOPES CLIMATE CHANGE PUSHES SKI RESORTS TO 'WEATHERPROOF'

You can slide on different surfaces with or without snow for activities such as roller skiing, sand skiing and grass skiing, he said...
13th August, 2016 236

HOW INQUIRY INTO CHILD ABUSE IN ENGLAND AND WALES LOST THREE CHAIRS - TIMELINE

Child abuse inquiry Alexis Jay to take over from Lowell Goddard...
11th August, 2016 285

TEENAGER HIT AND KILLED NURSE WHILE BEING CHASED BY POLICE IN A?40 CAR HE BOUGHT ONLINE

Dylan Jenkin, 18, was being pursued by a police car in Edinburgh when he hit 33-year-old mother of one Jill Pirrie on May 12...
8th August, 2016 3

MAN TRIES TO REUNITE WITH STRAY DOG THAT RAN WITH HIM DURING DESERT MARATHON

Extreme marathon runner Dion Leonard noticed the small stray dog on the first day of the 4 Deserts Race Series, the I ndependent reported...
6th August, 2016 187

GREGG AND KATHRYN BRAIN, WHO MOVED TO SCOTLAND FROM BRISBANE IN 2011 WITH THEIR SON LACHLAN, NOW SEVEN, FAILED TO MEET A MONDAY DEADLINE TO QUALIFY FOR A NEW VISA.

Kathryn Brain, who studied Scottish history and has been seeking work as a curator, was offered what appeared to be visa-compliant work at a Highlands distillery this year...
4th August, 2016 1

THAT SCHEME WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SCRAPPED TO ADDRESS BRITONS' IMMIGRATION CONCERNS, LEAVING THE BRAINS IN LIMBO.

Gregg Brain, a health and safety expert, told Reuters this week that local support for the family had been overwhelming...
4th August, 2016 4

HARRY WAS NOT YET A TEENAGER WHEN HIS MOTHER DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN PARIS IN 1997.

"The key message here today is that everyone can suffer from mental health," Harry said...
25th July, 2016 71

DAILY DOSES SUCCESSFULLY REDUCED SPERM COUNTS ENOUGH TO SATISFY RESEARCHERS, BUT SIDE-EFFECTS WERE A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

"'100% success' for male pill trial", trumpeted the BBC in 2000, reporting on the suppression of sperm production in 30 men - reportedly without side-effects - from a combined progestogen pill and testosterone-releasing implant...
24th July, 2016 114

AMONG THE LEADERS IN COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK CLONING IN THE U.S. ARE CYAGRA, BASED IN ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND VIAGEN, IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Faced with strong public opinion against cloning of any kind, the European Union does not allow the practice in animal husbandry...
23rd July, 2016 12

CAMERON ON HIS FINAL DAY AS PRIME MINISTER

Mr. Cameron said his government had reduced child poverty and cracked down on mistreatment of workers...
13th July, 2016 444

Trending News Headlines : Edinburgh

A SPOKESMAN SAID THAT BETWEEN 20 00 GMT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND 04 00 GMT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, HANDLERS RESPONDED TO 1,436,999 CALLS.

Some 100,000 revellers lined the River Thames in London for the first ticketed new year's display...
1st January, 2015 7017

REBELS INCLUDED LEADERSHIP HOPEFUL JEREMY CORBYN AND LONDON MAYORAL CANDIDATES SADIQ KHAN AND DAVID LAMMY.

As well as Labour MPs who did not support the bill, it was opposed by the SNP, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens...
21st July, 2015 3896

BEARING THIS IN MIND, I FINALLY FIND MYSELF RELUCTANTLY AGREEING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

When a lioness whelped in an ancient Roman street, Caesar thought something was up...
5th July, 2015 3873

ON 29 JULY 1981 HE MARRIED LADY DIANA SPENCER WHO BECAME THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

On 29 July 1981 he married Lady Diana Spencer, who became the Princess of Wales...
9th July, 2015 3687

GEORGE SQUARE CRASH THREE FAMILY MEMBERS KILLED IN GLASGOW

11 11 Political leaders visit scene First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson and Glasgow Lord Provost Sadie Docherty viewed the flowers at George Square...
23rd December, 2014 3515

A NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO A SCHEME PLEDGING TO TAKE IN 50 PEOPLE ACCORDING TO CITIZENS UK.

Citizens UK and Avaaz campaign opens way for public to urge local councils to offer sanctuary to Syrians under UNHCR scheme...
3rd September, 2015 3418

SHE AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL JOIN THE PRIME MINISTER AND FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR AT A REMEMBRANCE SERVICE AT ST MARTIN'S IN THE FIELD CHURCH IN LONDON.

Later, in Horse Guards Parade, there will be a fly-past of WW2 aircraft, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall...
14th August, 2015 3319

THERE ARE JUST FOUR KNOWN COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL MAGNA CARTA IN EXISTENCE TODAY, FROM AN ESTIMATED 13 THAT WERE MADE.

Artist Hew Locke said it was a great honour to be chosen to produce the piece. Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you?...
14th June, 2015 3125

THE QUEEN, PRIME MINISTER AND BEREAVED FAMILIES JOIN A MINUTE'S SILENCE ACROSS THE UK TO REMEMBER THOSE KILLED IN THE TUNISIA BEACH ATTACK A WEEK AGO.

Tourists and Tunisians gathered at the scene of the attack in Sousse where they linked arms to observe the pause...
3rd July, 2015 3020

GERMANY PEGIDA PROTEST LEADER QUITS AMID HITLER ROW

As always, Pegida supporters demonstrate for a variety of reasons...
22nd January, 2015 2832

IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION FROM CONSERVATIVE MP BILL CASH ON MS STURGEON'S COMMENTS, HE TOLD MPS WE ARE ONE UNITED KINGDOM.

Ms Sturgeon believes a referendum is inevitable regardless of who wins the next election ...
29th October, 2014 2795

KIM KARDASHIAN'S BESTIE JONATHAN CHEBAN SHOWS OFF HIS NEW SHOES FROM KANYE WEST AS HE STROLLS WITH A MODEL IN NYC HELLO LONDON!

Makeup free Riley Keough wraps her arms around stuntman husband Ben Smith-Petersen while out in New York Relaxed outing What a liber-tee!...
3rd June, 2016 2761

RAIL DISRUPTION NETWORK RAIL BOSS SAYS PASSENGERS LET DOWN

Finsbury Park station was temporarily closed following police advice, as significant crowds gathered on the platforms...
30th December, 2014 2272

NICOLA STURGEON TO CALL FOR NEW BBC FOR SCOTLAND

Ms Sturgeon will say she accepts the BBC will continue to serve the whole UK after Scotland voted against independence last year...
27th August, 2015 2086

CHANNEL 4 WATCH LIVE SERVICE HELD FOR GLASGOW LORRY CRASH VICTIMS 43 MINS AGO

08 16 Glasgow 'will recover' Historian Neil Baxter has said he believes the special strength of Glasgow's people will see the city recover from the George Square tragedy...
24th December, 2014 2008

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN MANY COUNTRIES FROM POLLUTION.

We know that in China, 4,000 people a day die of air pollution...
17th January, 2016 1991

MEANWHILE, MS STURGEON SAID HER TOUR OF SCOTLAND WOULD BEGIN ON 29 OCTOBER IN EDINBURGH AND END ON 7 DECEMBER IN ABERDEEN.

Ms Sturgeon, also set to become Scotland's first female first minister, pledged to ensure more powers were delivered to the Edinburgh parliament...
15th October, 2014 1920

SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN LEADERS STRESS VOTE WILL STAND

'Team Scotland' Mr Salmond told the Andrew Marr programme that if Yes won there would cease to be a 'Yes' campaign and a 'No' campaign...
14th September, 2014 1880

BUT MANY YOUNG VOTERS WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO EUROPEAN UNION FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND SCIENCES.

He worried that his plans to study in Romania on the European Union's student-exchange program, Erasmus, were in jeopardy...
25th June, 2016 1769

THE QUEEN HAS SHOWN OFF HER BEST SIDES IN A QUADRUPLE PORTRAIT PRODUCED BY PHOTOGRAPHER HUGO RITTSON-THOMAS.

The Queen shows off her best sides in a quadruple portrait produced by photographer Hugo Rittson-Thomas...
1st August, 2015 1768

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS WHEN DO US CLOCKS FALL BACK IN 2015?

Daylight Saving Time occurs in many states and territories except Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Island...
31st October, 2015 1709

SIGN JOINS UNION JACKS AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL HOURS AFTER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STAGE SOLIDARITY MARCH IN LONDON

A Refugees Welcome banner joined union jacks being waved during the Last Night Of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall...
13th September, 2015 1650

TO MARK WORLD POETRY DAY ON 21 MARCH, AN AUSTRIAN COFFEE ROASTING COMPANY IS OFFERING A SHOT OF CAFFEINE TO CUSTOMERS WHO HAND IN A POEM.

Poetry will become the new currency in coffee outlets around the world for a day as World Poetry Day campaign spreads to 34 countries...
18th March, 2016 1528

MANY WAVED FRENCH FLAGS WHILE OTHERS HELD SIGNS WITH SLOGANS SUCH AS 'LONDON STANDS WITH PARIS' AND 'PRAY FOR PARIS'.

World's iconic buildings are lit up in French colours...
15th November, 2015 1506

FOUR APPLIANCES - TWO FROM POLMADIE IN GLASGOW, ONE FROM KILMARNOCK AND ONE FROM NEWMILNS - WERE SENT TO THE SCENE.

Derek Penman assessed the way police in Fife approach rape investigations, and has praised their work...
22nd December, 2014 1468

RELATED STORIES TWO POWER GENERATION COMPANIES ARE TO PAY PENALTIES TOTALLING 39M AFTER FAILING TO MEET ENERGY SAVING TARGETS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

Yahoo! finance uk and ireland generators drax intergen fined for missing energy-saving targets 4 hrs ago...
28th November, 2014 1419

DANES FAMOUSLY WORK A 34-HOUR WEEK (THE SHORTEST IN EUROPE) IN ORDER TO SOCIALISE AND ENGAGE IN HOBBIES.

Helen Russell, who intends to spend another two years in Denmark, certainly believes so...
30th December, 2014 1394

GLADSTONE SAW IN 1886 THAT IRELAND'S DEMAND FOR HOME RULE WAS LEGITIMATE AND UNANSWERABLE.

Like us, most Irish are forward-looking, ambitious and determined...
27th March, 2016 1354

A GIANT STREET PARTY FOR THE QUEEN'S 90TH BIRTHDAY WILL CELEBRATE HER SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 600 ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES ORGANISERS SAY.

A giant street party for the Queen's 90th birthday will celebrate her support of more than 600 organisations and charities, organisers say...
9th July, 2015 1288

IN HER EARLY 20S SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A FELLOW SOCIAL WORKER, CHRIS JAY, WHO ALREADY HAD THREE CHILDREN.

In 2013 she stepped down from her role as Scotland's chief social work adviser shortly after being awarded an OBE...
14th July, 2015 1253

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EDINBURGH BRITAIN'S QUEEN ELIZABETH TOLD SCOTTISH LAWMAKERS ON SATURDAY THAT STAYING CALM IN A FAST-CHANGING WORLD CAN BE DIFFICULT.

Queen, in Scotland after Brexit vote, says staying calm can be hard...
2nd July, 2016 55

I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES A BORDER BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND, MS STURGEON SAID.

Scotland will do 'whatever it takes' to stay in EU, including veto Brexit Nicola Sturgeon...
27th June, 2016 47

SCOTLAND WOULD DO WHAT IT TAKES TO STAY IN EU, MAY TRY TO BLOCK BREXIT STURGEON

I certainly don't want to see in any circumstances a border between Scotland and England, Sturgeon said...
26th June, 2016 413

READ MORE WOULD A BREAK FROM BRUSSELS ALSO SPLINTER BRITAIN?

Political turmoil erupts in Britain as Brexit fallout intensifies...
26th June, 2016 168

'HI DONALD, WE'RE MUSLIMS!' SCOTTISH OFFER TO TEACH TRUMP IN VISIT

Trump's relationship with Scotland has been rocky since he contested a decision to build an offshore wind farm opposite his golf course in Aberdeenshire...
8th June, 2016 32

DONALD TRUMP IS DUE TO FLY INTO SCOTLAND LATER THIS MONTH TO RE-OPEN HIS TURNBERRY GOLF COURSE AND HOTEL, IN AYRSHIRE.

Scottish Muslim leaders invite 'ignorant' Trump to visit mosque...
8th June, 2016 44

DONALD TRUMP TO VISIT THE UK AS EU REFERENDUM RESULT REVEALED

Donald Trump Will Visit The UK On The Same Day As EU Referendum Result Revealed...
1st June, 2016 131

EDINBURGH WHEN SCOTLAND VOTED IN AN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM IN SEPTEMBER 2014, NATIONALIST LEADERS PITCHED IT AS A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION CHANCE TO BREAK A THREE-CENTURY-OLD BOND.

Scotland is not the only place in the United Kingdom where next month's referendum threatens to bring politically destabilising consequences...
31st May, 2016 8

DONALD TRUMP SAYS LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN EXEMPT FROM HIS POTENTIAL BAN ON MUSLIMS

Trump says he would exempt London's new mayor from ban on Muslims entering U.S...
10th May, 2016 34

DAVID CAMERON REFUSES TO APOLOGISE FOR CALLING DONALD TRUMP 'DIVISIVE, STUPID AND WRONG'

David Cameron Refuses To Apologise For Calling Donald Trump 'Stupid, Divisive And Wrong'...
4th May, 2016 184

MR TRUMP SAID I THINK THAT BRITAIN WILL SEPARATE FROM THE EU.

Mr Trump said the London Mayor looks like a good character and probably a nice guy...
24th March, 2016 23

DONALD TRUMP WORLD MEDIA, GLOBAL LEADERS DISTURBED BY RISE OF CONTROVERSIAL BUSINESSMAN

Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, attends the presentation of his latest novel, Five Corners, in Madrid, March 1, 2016...
2nd March, 2016 4

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