Darling in warning to UK banks on interest rate cuts
Chancellor Alistair Darling last night issued his toughest warning yet to banks, telling them that they must treat their customers fairly and threatening fresh action if they fail to do so. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
Matthews branded ‘evil’ after being found guilty of kidnap
The mother of Shannon Matthews was told she faces a substantial jail sentence after being found guilty of kidnapping her own daughter. (With video) Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
Gap in funding means Scottish universities ‘lag behind’
Universities in Scotland are increasingly falling behind those south of the border in teaching and research because of funding differences, according to a new report. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
British Christian missionary couple arrested
A British missionary couple have been charged with sedition in The Gambia. The Foreign Office confirmed that two British nationals had been arrested but could not give more details. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
Time for tea and tales for 200 fans of JK Rowling
It was a children’s tea party with a very special guest of honour. JK Rowling yesterday joined 200 primary school children in Edinburgh to launch her latest book. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
Tears in the valley of the dolls
Barbie makers Mattel have been awarded ownership of her arch rival Bratz dolls in a landmark case in California. Cate Devine looks at our children’s changing taste in toys Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
How to shoot the light fantastic
The Talbot Rice Gallery's exhibition of films and animations by Langlands & Bell serves well, among other things, as a history of the technology of film, from Super 8's flickering black and white to the polygons and textures of computer simulation. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
Hibernation with efficient insulation
Ethical Living: Brrr, it’s cold out there. Straight through the trousers, time-for-the-ski-socks cold. Anywhere with heating is a blessed haven – home, the office, even the 24-hour garage. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
Do the locomotion with me, son
Last Night's TV: As life-threatening expeditions go, co-piloting a vintage steam-driven train 18 miles across the north Yorkshire moors wasn't especially perilous. It did prove a curiously involving and heartwarming pastime, however. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
Celebrating Scotland’s other national theatre
It can combine fable, philosophy and satire in one big camp, colourful package. As an exhibition celebrating Scottish panto prepares to tour, lifelong fan Sandy Nelson reflects. Oh yes he does! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:50 +0100
