Asylum seeker gets six As in exams despite fears of deportation from Scotland
A teenage asylum seeker who lives in fear of deportation to Pakistan has excelled in his exams. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16404215.asylum-seeker-somer-umeed-bakhsh-gets-six-as-in-exams-despite-fears-of-deportation-from-scotland/
Robert McNeil: Independence as a religious belief? Whatever next…
OUR sermon today concerns the legal judgement that support for Scottish independence is a philosophical belief that has “sufficiently similar cogency to a...
Network Rail to create 200 jobs in Scotland
Network Rail Scotland will be creating around 200 jobs this summer in one of the biggest recruitment drives in its history. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16404035.network-rail-to-create-200-jobs-in-scotland/
Police pull machine guns on public after ‘malicious’ calls
POLICE pulled machine guns on innocent people following a string of “malicious” calls falsely claiming there were armed black men in an Edinburgh...
Council to assess lock change asylum seekers
ALL asylum seekers embroiled in the lock change row are to be individually assessed by Glasgow City Council. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16404044.council-to-assess-serco-lock-change-asylum-seekers/
NHS Tayside chairman writes to Jenny Marra amid £300k pay-off row
THE chairman of NHS Tayside has written to Labour MSP Jenny Marra after she sparked a row by claiming the health board’s former...
Murder probe launched after boy dies in arson attack
A murder probe has been launched after a seven-year-old boy was killed in a deliberate arson attack on his family’s house. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16404108.murder-probe-launched-after-boy-dies-in-arson-attack/
Police investigate “completely unacceptable” destruction of child’s sandcastle by Rangers fan
It is a fans’ incident that has been described as “completely unacceptable" in the wake of Steven Gerrard’s first Scottish Premiership match in charge...
Scots teenager given one in ten chance of recovery after ski accident gets seven As in exams
He had a one in 100 chance of a full recovery from a horrific ski crash which left him in a coma for...
Scottish exams pass rate ‘stable’, says Swinney
THE pass rate for this year’s Higher exams was “broadly stable", education secretary John Swinney has said. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16403646.scottish-exams-pass-rate-stable-says-swinney/
