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GMC plans to check up on doctors' competence - Scotsman
But a Scottish GP, who asked not to be named, warned doctors were unlikely to be honest in their assessments, which will see them collecting feedback from at least 15 colleagues and 34 patients. He said: “It will be easy enough to withhold information.
Ministers attending General Assembly told to 'clock in' or lose expenses - Scotsman
One Edinburgh minister, who asked not to be named, said there could be little argument about the new checks and the threat of refusing expenses. He said: “There may be a few people squirming, but no-one can object. If we're going to criticise bankers' ...
Streets in Banff closed off by police due to 'bomb' alert - Scotsman
One local, who did not wish to be identified, told the Scotsman: “There are lots of police in the area. The bomb disposal people are here. The building at the centre of the alert is a house in the Water Lane area of the town.
Attacks force Scots ambulance crews to compile 'no-go' list - Scotsman
One paramedic, who asked to remain anonymous, said most ambulance staff faced attacks three or four times a year. Scottish Conservative justice spokesman David McLetchie said: “It is a disgraceful state of affairs when ambulance workers who dedicate ...
Pupils sent home early amid fears of planned pranks - Scotsman
A 16-year-old fifth year pupil, who asked not to be named, said: “The sixth years always pull off pranks before going on exam leave. In previous years they've been quite bad, but this year they weren't going to be too extravagant.
Analysis: Tragic death has hallmarks of ransom going wrong - Scotsman
We never give them everything they ask for. The ICRC has its own negotiators and crisis management teams. • The author is the head of a UK-based crisis management company specialising in kidnap and hijack situations. He asked to remain anonymous.
US embassy offered 'refuge' to Chinese official in Bo row - Scotsman
“He was not tossed out,” a senior administration official said. Consular officials contacted Washington, with the diplomatic considerations reaching as far as the White House. The incident occurred just one week before China's likely future leader, ...
Thomas Cook close to deal with its banks - Scotsman
A source close to the lenders said: “Securing its banking facilities will give stability and confidence to the firm.” Thomas Cook shares tumbled below 10p at the end of last year but have recovered to 20.5p since then. It recently announced a 2 per ...
Interview: Jim Jefferies, manager of Dunfermline - Scotsman
Another smile, conspiratorial this time, and he asks to speak off the record. I should respect this because I'm bound to annoy him later by bringing up 7-0, but suffice to say that he seems to have had more going for him than the recommendation of an ...
Analysis: We underestimate this 'Well from Hell' at our peril, warns ... - Scotsman
He has asked to remain anonymous to avoid compromising his future dealings with Total. This is the hottest, deepest leak in the world and involves highly explosive and toxic gases. It could prove much harder to seal than BP's Deepsea incident,” he said ...
Taleban suicide bomb kills five - Scotsman
It is the second such bombing this month, a government official said. Clashes among insurgents are common along the Afghan border, where tribal loyalties hold sway and the government has little or no control. Please sign in to be able to comment on ...
Left propelled to power in Slovakia - Scotsman
The “Gorilla” files – posted online by an anonymous source in December and said to be based on wiretaps – have rocked Slovak politics. One former economy minister is said to have received the equivalent of £8.3 million for his assistance.
China stifles Tibetan Buddhist unrest - Scotsman
If you keep quiet, they will also be unhappy,” said a Tibetan who teaches in Aba but did not wish to be identified. Teachers are also banned from making any mention of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. On a visit this week, ...
Rangers administration: Craig Whyte due to return to UK – but not to Ibrox - Scotsman
A source close to the businessman said he planned to return home within the next two days to assist administrators Duff & Phelps with their inquiries. It is understood that swingeing cuts expected at the club by the administrators to make it more ...
Rangers administration: Key witness says Rangers can still win £50m tax case - Scotsman
The source, who asked not to be named with a judgment still possibly two weeks away, called into question owner Craig Whyte's implication of the so-called “big tax case” in the Ibrox club's plunge into administration last week.
'Big man' will not be prosecuted over train incident - Scotsman
Another local man, who asked not to be named, said: “I'm glad the charges have been dropped against the Big Man. He did what many people like to think they would do in that situation, and because of that there was a lot of support for him in Riverside.
You're Not The One say Communist party censors in crackdown on TV - Scotsman
“The whole point here is that Sarft is trying to get TV station presidents back to the roots,” said a person once involved with If You Are the One, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “What are the roots? TV is supposed to be the mouthpiece of the ...
Police probe hospital patient privacy breach - Scotsman
The woman, who has asked not to be named, received five messages in all from the cleaner, who admitted using hospital computers to look up her personal details and track her down online. She said she was shocked and scared after receiving the messages ...
Edinburgh: city that lost its way for want of leadership - Scotsman
One senior business figure, who asked not to be named, said: “The big issue in Edinburgh is a general lack of confidence. “People look to the council to take the lead and it has just not been happening. There is a real lack of forward planning and ...
Calls for inquiry into 999 delay as dead man named - Scotsman
One local resident, who asked not to be named, blasted the error as inexcusable. He said: "The ambulance station is less than half a mile away. You could walk it in under 12 minutes, let alone 17. This delay is inexcusable, and may have cost the man ...
Vandals trash plumbing firm - Scotsman
The plumbing firm relocated to the former Bank of Scotland building after 20 successful years in Lasswade but its owner, who did not wish to be identified, said he was clueless about what motivated the vandalism. It is estimated the total cost of the ...
Party ends in violence as man suffers head injuries - Scotsman
... be seen lying at a street bin near the property the day after the disturbance and may have been temporarily replaced with steel shutters. One nearby resident, who asked not to be named, said: "At about 1am we heard a lot of banging over and over again.
Robbers foiled as chef seizes blade with bare hands - Scotsman
Picture: IAN RUTHERFORD The Chinese restaurateur, who asked not to be identified, had been chopping vegetables in the kitchen of the Sunrise takeaway on Niddrie Mains Road when two masked raiders leapt the counter and began jabbing a foot-long knife ...
Drug charge mum on suicide watch after losing bid to stop extradition - Scotsman
A friend of the family, who asked not to be named, said she was caring for the six children after Friday's court decision. She said: "I've spoken to Kerry Anne twice every day by phone since Friday. She's completely distraught about being separated ...
Gaddafi Scud missile attack on civilians was foiled by Nato - Scotsman
They couldn't do it; the threat of Nato bombing stopped them," he said. officer, a colonel who asked not to be named to protect his family from reprisals, was working in a weapons factory in a government town in the plains below the country's Western ...