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The musician who broke code of Rosslyn Chapel’s roof dies at 85
The intricate chiselled symbols and curious carvings had left scholars perplexed for 500 years, while Rosslyn Chapel’s tangled mysteries even inspired a bestselling book...
Scots comic aims to boost understanding of menstruation among men
It was a television advert for sanitary towels featuring blue ink instead of red that inspired musician Kev Sherry to create a new Scottish...
Lower drink drive limit ‘did not cut crashes’ – or reduce alcohol intake
CUTTING the drink drive limit in Scotland did not reduce road traffic crashes and had virtually no impact on the nation’s alcohol consumption,...
Analysis: why has Scotland’s lower drink-drive limit failure to cut crashes?
IT is four years since Scotland lowered the legal drink drive limit from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol per 1000 ml of blood,...
French police name Strasbourg killer and the first of his victims
The man who opened fire near a Christmas market in the historic French town of Strasbourg, killing two people and leaving another person...
Another fault with ScotRail’s flagship new trains contributes to third day of cancellations and complaints
SCOTRAIL’S flagship new Class 385 trains caused further disruption for travellers during a third working day of train cancellations, overcrowded carriages and delays....
Children admitted to adult mental health wards 98 times last year
Young people with mental health problems were admitted more than 100 times last year to wards which were not designed to treat them,...
May survives coup attempt by Brexiteers but over one third of MPs say they have no confidence in her
BELEAGUERED Theresa May has seen off a coup attempt by Brexiteer Tories but more than a third of Conservative MPs made clear it did not...
Ministers hit out as they learn of closure of historic Glasgow rail repair plant through the media
MINISTERS have raised concerns that they learned of plans through the media to close one of Scotland’s key heavy rail repair factories which...
Theresa May wins Tory MPs’ confidence vote
THERESA May has staved off a leadership challenge after she won a vote by Conservative MPs on whether they want to keep her...
