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Scotland

Type: Country

Name: Scotland

population: 5,003,909

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 16 Documents

Ioane to miss Scotland match

Australia centre Digby Ioane has been ruled out of Saturday's autumn international against Scotland.The 24-year-old Queensland star has suffered a shoulder injury and is replaced in the starting line-up by Western Force's Ryan Cross.The injury is to Ioane's ... [Irish Times - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Digby Ioane, Scotland, Ryan Cross, Lachlan Turner

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 6 Documents (in Environment)

Flood alert over threatened rains

Council staff remain on standby in Dumfries and Galloway with more rain forecast after flooding hit the region on Friday The south west of Scotland remains on flood standby with more rain forecast to hit the region over the weekend.The wettest November ... [BBC - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Flooding, Scotland, Met Office

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 5 Documents

Scotland: 40 deaths

Via BBC News: Swine flu deaths in Scotland rise to 40. Excerpt:The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland has risen to 40. The Scottish government announced that an adult from the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, with underlying health problems, ... [H5N1 - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Scotland, Swine Flu, Nicola Sturgeon

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 29 Documents (in Environment)

UK Royal Air Force

Evacuations underway as floods hit towns (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) Rescuers were working on Friday to evacuate about 200 people by helicopter from a town after storms triggered flooding across parts of the country, police said.Hundreds of homes were flooded after torrential rain battered parts of northern ... [Yahoo! News - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Flooding, UK Royal Air Force, Scotland, Steve Johnson

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 3 Documents

"Organisers better negotiators than venues," says Greenhill

Statistics in the British Meetings & Events Industry Survey (BMEIS) show that organisers are better at negotiating a deal than their counterparts in the venues. Sally Greenhill of The Right Solution, the company that carried out the research, says there ... [Meetpie - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Tourism

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 20 Documents (in Environment)

UK weather: North braced for more flooding

Northern Britain was braced for further flooding on Friday after a month's rain fell in 24 hours in places.Hundreds of properties across north west England, Wales and southern Scotland flooded on Thursday as water surged down rivers after extremely heavy ... [Telegraph - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Flooding, Environment Agency, Met Office, Wales, England

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents

Jim Murphy

Scottish tax raising powers talks near

Yesterday in the last Queen's Speech before the general election the UK government gave a commitment to "take forward" proposals in the Calman Commission report into the future of devolution. Although no action will be taken before the country goes to ... [The Courier - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Scotland, Jim Murphy, The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 7 Documents

Ryanair increase planes and routes at UK airports

Ryanair has announced that it plans to invest an additional $210m in UK tourism as it bases a total of 3 new aircraft in Bristol and Liverpool from 28th March and opens ten new routes from Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow (Prestwick) and Liverpool Airports, ... [Irish Independent - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Ryanair Holdings plc, Bristol, Liverpool (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Regeneration in the newspapers: Glasgow Games up to three years behind schedule

News that somes Glasgow Commonwealth Games venues are up to three years behind schedule and reports that wages in Wales have slipped further behind earnings in the rest of the UK feature in today's newspaper round-up.Contractors have fallen behind schedule ... [Regeneration and Renewal - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Glasgow, Wales, United Kingdom

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 Documents

Funding pledge to launch hovercraft service on Forth

MILLIONS of pounds of funding has been pledged to launch a hovercraft service across the Forth.Transport giant Stagecoach has set up a joint venture with hovercraft makers, the Bland Group, for the new service between Edinburgh and Fife. They now have ... [Edinburgh Evening News - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Stagecoach Holdings, BLand Group, Hovertravel, Lothian Buses

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents (in Environment)

Newcastle 'most sustainable city'

Newcastle has beaten places with 'greener' reputations to come top in an annual league of Britain's most sustainable cities.The league table produced by sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future showed Newcastle outperformed previous winners ... [Virgin Media - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Forum for the Future, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom), Sustainability

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Energy)

GE Oil & Gas Supports European Growth with New Global Services Facility

(BusinessWire) GE Oil & Gas has enhanced its European drilling and production equipment repair, maintenance and refurbishment capabilities with the official opening of a new global services facility in Montrose, Scotland. $5 million... ... [Individual.com - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Scotland

Quotes

Firms run from home are estimated to generate 18billion for the Scottish economy. BT Scotland director Brendan Dick said: "This report confirms the increasingly important role played by communications in the success of our vital home business sector."

City's home firms boost [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]

..." Mark Strudwick, chief executive of the PSYBT, said: "I would like to congratulate all the young entrepreneurs who were successful in being nominated for the award this year."

Skerryvore finds right note to win big [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]

Douglas Scott, chief executive of the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders, said: "Simon's shops have become a real point of reference for butchery in Scotland."

Howie butchers are a cut above [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]

"As an organisation, we continue to nurturethe spirit of entrepreneurship for the good of Scotland and as Scotland's commerce shows sign of recovery, we are in an ideal position to take advantage of the increasing number of opportunities that present themselves."

Bosses battle for top business gong [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]

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Meaning of 'well-rounded' [Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]
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Science - Well, lay your eyes on this [Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]
Is this the moment Salmond loses his sparkle? [Times Online - 2 hours ago]
Rogue clampers face five years in jail [Times Online - 2 hours ago]
Farming out the safety message to students [News Distribution Service - 2 hours ago]
Jobs saved at Corus plant [GoYocal News - 2 hours ago]
Occupancy rates soar [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
Experts warn of double dip [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
Ryanair adds aircraft and new routes [Supply Chain Digital UK - 2 hours ago]
Salon firm makes cut with website restyle [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
Scotland's Supplier Gathering Conference announced [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
City's home firms boost [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
Expansion in store for data storage firm [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
New regional director at Clydesdale [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
Skerryvore finds right note to win big [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
Howie butchers are a cut above [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]
Bosses battle for top business gong [Business 7 - 2 hours ago]

Blogs

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High-end audio maker Linn declares death of the... [Technology: Technology blog \| guardian.co.uk - 7 hours ago] The British maker of stuff for audiophiles says digital streaming is the way forward for its music productsThe CD player is dead. So says Linn Products, the high-end ...
Flooding information. [BBC Audio & Music \| Radio 4 \| PM - 8 hours ago] The Environment Agency covers England and Wales. There's the Scottish Environment Protecting Agency. This is where you'll find the Northern Ireland Environment ...
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Named Greenest City in the ... [Treehugger - 8 hours ago] Newcastle-upon-Tyne has been named the greenest city in the U.K. in a sustainability audit conducted by . Photo by Draco2008 via Flickr.com.Shrouded in smoke and ...
Scotland: 40 deaths [H5N1 - 9 hours ago] Via BBC News: Swine flu deaths in Scotland rise to 40. Excerpt:The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland has risen to 40. The Scottish government announced ...
The next chapter in devolution \| Gerry Hassan [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 13 hours ago] The UK's constitutional jigsaw still needs to be completed, and politics looks set to become increasingly territorialIt has probably escaped the attention of all ...

Audio/Video

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UK hit by 'record' floods [Reuters Video: Top News - 12 hours ago]
Beating Braveheart? [ABC News Video: Nightline - 11/19/2009]
40 years of innovation [Edinburgh University - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Scotland test unique green project - 16 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
How to fund the next bank bailout? [Slate Magazine - 11/09/2009]

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