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Orange News
56 min. ago

Oddie Confronts HSBC Over Forest Desecration

Bill Oddie has accused HSBC of funding the desecration of forests in a passionate speech at the bank's annual general meeting in London. The naturalist used his position as shareholder to challenge the bank's bosses...

 
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Scotsman
today, 04:37

‘Spy in the sky’ warning to growers

Growers of horticultural crops who are not paying a levy to the Horticultural Development Council (HDC) were warned this week that a "spy in the sky" will be used to track them down. Speaking in Dundee, Dr...

 
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Scotsman
today, 04:37

Farming: Questions over £6m weather support

THE Scottish Government's announcement earlier this week of details of its £6 million weather aid aimed at sheep and cattle farmers was yesterday viewed with a degree of scepticism by the chairman of the Scottish...

 
key government projects 'at risk of failure'
Orange News
today, 04:11

Key Government Projects 'At Risk Of Failure'

Dozens of major Government projects including the High Speed 2 rail line, Universal Credit welfare reform and the rollout of high-speed broadband are at serious risk of failure, Whitehall documents reveal. There are...

 
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Scotsman
today, 03:53

Profit taking prolongs FTSE’s retreat

THE FTSE 100 continued its retreat from near-record highs after a previous session that saw the London market's biggest fall in a year. Traders continued to take profits from the significant rises so far this year,...

 
youtube users turning clicks into cash
Orange News
today, 03:36

YouTube Users Turning Clicks Into Cash

Not long ago, a Top 10 hit on iTunes wouldn't have been possible without the backing of a major record company, but social media has changed the rules. Lanzarote-based Irish singer-songwriter Rory Gallagher embraced...

 

Politics

 
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The Independent
today, 09:09

HS2, benefit cap and broadband roll-out: Government flagship projects are 'unachievable'

More than 30 of the Government's flagship projects are at serious risk of failure with some classed as unachievable, Whitehall documents have revealed. High-profile schemes including High Speed 2, the benefit cap, a...

 
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The Independent
today, 01:26

Outspoken fund manager Andy Brough joins the ranks of UKIP

One of the City’s best-known fund managers has joined UKIP as the business world continues to pick sides over Europe. Andy Brough, who manages Schroders’ £1.4 billion mid-cap fund, is understood to have joined Nigel...

 
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The Independent
today, 00:15

The Conversation: Natalie Bennett, Green Party leader

You were born, raised and schooled in Australia and worked in Thailand – how did you find yourself leading the Green Party of England and Wales? If you'd told me five years ago that this was where I'd be now I would...

 
the scotsman cartoon - 25/05/13
Scotsman
today, 00:13

The Scotsman cartoon - 25/05/13

The EDL is the subject of today's cartoon Illustration by Brian Adcock

 
gerry hassan: not social justice paradise we claim
Scotsman
today, 00:13

Gerry Hassan: Not social justice paradise we claim

THERE was a revealing exchange on Newsnight Scotland this week which got to the heart of the matter of the substance (or lack of) in much of the independence debate. Asked to elucidate on what social justice measures...

 
alf young: power about more than mechanics
Scotsman
today, 00:13

Alf Young: Power about more than mechanics

WHEN Scotland's First Minister stood before a group of workers in a Falkirk factory on Tuesday to launch his government's economic case for independence, Alex Salmond used a well-worn phrase. To realise Scotland’s...

 

World News

 
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Reuters
9 min. ago

Sixth night of violence in Sweden, but police say capital calmer

The rioting in Stockholm abated after a week of masked youths vandalising schools and police stations, setting cars alight and hurling stones at firefighters, police said. "It was much calmer - rocks weren't...

 
attacks on muslims soar in wake of woolwich murder
Guardian
33 min. ago

Attacks on Muslims soar in wake of Woolwich murder

Habeeb Ali, from the Muslim Council of Coventry, hands out flowers at the site were Lee Rigby was murdered. Photograph: Thabo Jaiyesimi/Corbis Anti-Muslim attacks in Britain have soared since Wednesday's murder of...

 
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The Independent
today, 10:13

16 children and one teacher 'burned to death' on Pakistan school bus

Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. Police earlier said that all 17 who died in this morning's blaze in Gujrat,...

 
sou fujimoto and building with nature
Guardian
today, 10:05

Sou Fujimoto and building with nature

Sou Fujimoto in his wooden house in Kumamoto, Japan. Photograph: Edmund Sumner/View The fantasy of life without boundaries was popular in modern architecture: in the 1960s, for example, Yona Friedman of France, and...

 
the secret lives of north koreans
Guardian
today, 10:05

The secret lives of North Koreans

Teenagers during their induction to the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photograph: Eric Lafforgue/Barcroft Media To Japanese citizens like me, the people of North Korea, though geographically close,...

 
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The Independent
today, 10:00

16 children and one teacher dead in Pakistan school bus fire

Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. Police earlier said that all 17 who died in this morning's blaze in Gujrat,...

 

Sport

 
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Daily Mirror
27 min. ago

Same again? Petr Cech is confident Jose Mourinho will return to repeat his Chelsea success

By David McDonnell in New York Petr Cech is relishing Jose Mourinho's return to Chelsea and believes the Special One can repeat the success he enjoyed at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho won two Premier League titles, one FA...

 
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Daily Mirror
39 min. ago

Luka Modric to join Jose Mourinho at Chelsea? Transfer gossip and news from Saturday's papers

The transfer window may be shut but gossip never sleeps. Here are the latest rumours from the papers and beyond. Transfer stories and gossip from today's Daily MirrorWayne Rooney is an Arsenal target with Arsene...

 
collum relishes biggest match of his career on the domestic stage
The Herald
today, 10:15

Collum relishes biggest match of his career on the domestic stage

Collum has been refereeing for 20 years now but this will be his first time as the man in the middle at Scottish football's showpiece event. The 34-year-old has not always been the most popular match official....

 
for nicky law and jon daly, rangers offers the thrill of the chase
The Herald
today, 09:56

For Nicky Law and Jon Daly, Rangers offers the thrill of the chase

Nicky Law has discovered as much in the past week or so since it first became apparent that he could leave Motherwell to move to Ibrox, with Jon Daly another who had been considering the step down from the Clydesdale...

 
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The Herald
today, 03:08

Surface tension as world No.1 refuses to discuss the draw

Beaten in the final by Rafael Nadal last year, Djokovic was drawn in the same half as the seven-times champion and promptly refused to talk about the prospect of playing the Spaniard in the semi-finals, or anyone...

 
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The Herald
today, 03:08

Who's the daddy? Warren right in Wentworth mix

Now the Scot is in a prime position to earn a family fortune. A winner's cheque of almost €800,000 is on offer here at Wentworth and Warren manoeuvred himself into a share of second place at the halfway stage of the...

 
 
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