Posts Tagged ‘ Scotland ’

Clinton Cards in administration

May 9, 2012
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Clinton Cards in administration

9 May 2012 Last updated at 11:00 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Founded in 1968, Clinton Cards is the UK’s biggest greetings card retailer Troubled retailer Clinton Cards has been placed in adminstration, after its largest supplier took steps to begin the process earlier on Wednesday. Clinton had already...

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The Apprentice: live blogged

April 25, 2012
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The Apprentice: live blogged

This week the teams head to Scotland to create gourmet mobile food outlets. But who will appeal to Lord Sugar’s palate? Good evening, and welcome to The Apprentice Week 6 Liveblog! Tonight our teams are selling gourmet street food in Edinburgh. This requires some level of understanding of “gourmet”,...

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Lawyer named in bomb trial dies

March 4, 2012
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4 March 2012 Last updated at 13:50 ET The leading Scottish lawyer and QC Paul McBride has died suddenly while on a visit to Pakistan. He was reported to have died in his sleep in a hotel room. He was 46. Mr McBride had a high public profile. Two men are currently on trial...

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PM makes referendum powers offer

February 16, 2012
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PM makes referendum powers offer

16 February 2012 Last updated at 12:52 ET Prime Minister David Cameron has offered to consider more powers for Scotland, in the event of a vote against independence. Ahead of a referendum expected in 2014, Mr Cameron admitted Scotland could go it alone, but said he believed in the United Kingdom “head, heart and...

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Rangers FC enters administration

February 14, 2012
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Rangers FC enters administration

14 February 2012 Last updated at 14:54 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Rangers fans give their reaction to the news the club is in administration Rangers Football Club has entered administration – meaning it has been docked 10 points, effectively ending its Scottish Premier League challenge. The club appointed...

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Two killed as high winds hit UK

January 3, 2012
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Two killed as high winds hit UK

3 January 2012 Last updated at 13:26 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Footage showed the extent of the damage caused by the high winds Storms have caused damage across many parts of the UK, with gusts of up to 100mph in Scotland. A man in his 50s was killed...

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UK fishing fleet quotas increased

December 17, 2011
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17 December 2011 Last updated at 09:32 ET British fishing fleets will be able to land more fish, but face fewer days at sea, following EU talks in Brussels. The British government says it achieved victory for the UK fishing industry in the annual Common Fisheries Policy negotiations, which ended at 04:00 GMT. The...

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Storm blackout hitting thousands

December 8, 2011
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Storm blackout hitting thousands

8 December 2011 Last updated at 14:51 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Andrew Anderson reports on the problems facing commuters in Scotland caused by the stormy weather Police have told people in Scotland not to travel, as winds of up to 165mph (264km/h) affected the country, leaving...

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Killer guilty of child’s murder

October 27, 2011
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Killer guilty of child’s murder

27 October 2011 Last updated at 08:36 ET Convicted child killer Robert Black has been found guilty of murdering Jennifer Cardy in Ballinderry, County Antrim, 30 years ago. The nine-year-old was abducted from the roadside near her home on 12 August 1981. It emerged during the trial that the 64-year-old was a predatory paedophile...

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The Field of Blood is a classy crime adaptation

September 5, 2011
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The Field of Blood is a classy crime adaptation

The Field of Blood: Peter Capaldi and Jayd Johnson. Photograph: Neil Davidson/BBC It can sometimes seem as though the standard answer to the question “What shall we put on television?” is “an adaptation of a crime novel”. In the past few years, among others, we’ve seen a bland but well-acted version of Ann Cleeves’...

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