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Interview: Ellen MacArthur - Voyage of self-discovery
Ellen MacArthur is famed as a round-the-world yachtswoman but having revisited her Scottish roots, she aims to make a difference for the whole planet
'Most wanted' paedophile arrested in Ireland after tip-off via website
An ON-THE-RUN Scottish paedophile has been arrested in the Irish Republic.
Festival ticket sales boom? It's all show
ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have admitted inflating its box office numbers by including thousands of free shows in the ticket sales figures.
Museum to celebrate 'black gold'
ONE of Scotland's leading museums is to be redeveloped to chart the history of Britain's oil and gas industry, it was revealed yesterday.
Mass disruption warning on Pope day
DRIVERS face widespread chaos across central Scotland during Pope Benedict XVI's visit in two weeks' time.
Scots give £300k more in flood aid
Alex Salmond has announced an extra £300,000 for the flood victims in Pakistan and praised the aid efforts of the Scottish people so far.
45p-per-unit drink prices are attacked as a tax on the poor
PLANS to impose a 45p a unit minimum alcoholic drink price would be a "tax on the poor" and cost customers hundreds of millions of pounds, it has been claimed.
Island talk of CCTV after hero's watch goes missing
With a population of 150 and no resident police officer, the island of Eday is not a place regularly visited by crime.
Cash-strapped council gives bosses £13m in pay-off deal
A CULL of senior managers at Scotland's biggest city council will result in 103 executives each receiving £128,000 in pay-offs and payments to their pension funds, it emer
Veteran recalls 'great' day war was declared
AN RAF veteran recounted how he cheered when Britain declared war on Germany on the 71st anniversary of the Second World War announcement.