Edinburgh News

MSPs that it was "finished" as a separate entity ahead of its takeover last year...Mr Kane said: "It just wasn't operating because it basically ran out of liquidity and funds." The banking chief, who presides over Lloyds' insurance business and...

Double jeopardy to be overhauled after 800 years Published Date: 03 December 2009 THE centuries-old law which prevents anyone being tried twice for the same offence is to be changed, justice secretary Kenny MacAskill said yesterday. He pledged to legislate...

SNP's Mike Russell championed Tory-style voucher system for Scots education Published Date: 02 December 2009 NEW education secretary Mike Russell has been urged to initiate a radical agenda for Scotland's schools – after it emerged he promoted the introduction of...

Buses and taxis have returned to Princes Street, Edinburgh, in time for the busy Christmas shopping period...However, retailers and transport groups were delighted shoppers could once again easily access the street, which has been blocked off by large barriers since...

The home side blew a 6-0 half-time lead as the South Americans extended their 19-year winning streak at the venue and inflicted Andy Robinson's first defeat in charge. The home side had put themselves on course to complete a clean...

MMR jab after the world's only single mumps vaccine manufacturer stopped production, it was revealed yesterday. Supplies of the single jab Mumpsvax ran dry earlier this year but Scottish clinics were assured that production by US firm Merck would resume...

Tailor-made microbes could save thousands of lives a year in poor nations, but not in the way you would think. A new breed of bioengineered bacteria can spot buried explosives. A group of students at the University of Edinburgh have...

Ball-and-all tactics … Wallabies coach Robbie Deans, centre, takes a hands-on approach at training in Edinburgh this week in preparation for Australia's Test against Scotland. Photo: AP November 21, 2009 When the Wallabies headed north a month ago, they would...