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• Scotland’s Oyster - world’s biggest operational wave energy device starts generating

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 488
  Scotland is delivering on its settled target to be a leading European country in renewable energy generation.Marking this key development yesterday in a ceremony at Aquamarine Power’s site at Billia Croo near Stromness in Orkney, First Minister Alex Salmond pressed the button connecting the floating yellow unit to ...
  15 hours ago

• Aquamarine launches Oyster wave machine that could power 1400 homes by 2011

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 444
  Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, yesterday launched Aquamarine Power ’s Oyster, which has already been hailed as the biggest hydroelectric wave-energy machine. Various tests conducted at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney near Stromness suggest that the machine, after it’s linked with ...
  1 day ago

• Tavish Scott back on the money with attack on quangoland

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  Mr Scott hit the nail on the head with a withering attack on the salaries being paid in Scotlands public sector writes Alan Cochrane.
  2 days ago

• Skerryvore bring back PSYBT Young Entrepreneurs of the Year Award to Tiree and Argyll

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 488
  They must put something in the water in Tiree. Skerryvore - winners last night (18th November) of the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust’s (PSYBT) award of Young Entrepreneurs of the Year and the second band for the island to be recognised for their business savvy.Back in 2003 it was Skipinnish whose ...
  3 days ago

• SNP angered by lack of Holyrood bill

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Plans to increase the Scottish parliaments remit in doubt after Queen makes only fleeting reference to the proposals Alex Salmond will make Scottish devolution a key battleground in the general election after Labour resisted pressure to bring forward legislation to strengthen Holyroods powers. Plans backed by ...
  4 days ago

• Scotland: Human Rights Campaigner Calls on Administration to Legalize Gay Marriage

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  VETERAN human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Alex Salmond and the SNP administration to legalise same-sex civil marriage in Scotland. He also condemned the “disproportionate influence” of the Catholic Church on the Scottish Government, saying that church leaders were “out of touch” with ...
  5 days ago

• Veteran human rights campaigner calls for same-sex marriage in Scotland

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Oliver Farrimond VETERAN human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on Alex Salmond and the SNP administration to legalise same-sex civil marriage in Scotland. He also condemned the “disproportionate influence” of the Catholic Church on the Scottish Government, saying that church leaders were “out ...
  6 days ago

• If Anyone Can Salmond Can

  
  SUBROSA — Authority: 546
  Its not often these days I read the Scotsman in detail, mainly because I have no enthusiasm for labour press releases, but this story is interesting: Salmond fights to restore faith in banking . During FMQs recently Alex Salmond (Scotlands First Minister) was chided for not paying enough attention to Scotlands ...
  6 days ago

• Major Row Between Westminster and Holyrood

  
  SUBROSA — Authority: 546
  British-Irish council representatives of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all voted for the permanent secretariat of the council to be based in Edinburgh. Guess who vetoed the move? Youre right, the Welsh Secretary Peter Hain ( pictured above ), who was ...
  6 days ago

• Minature book of Robert Burns’ poetry to be launched into orbit

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Oliver Farrimond A TINY book of Robert Burns’ poems is set to be blasted into SPACE. The miniature book will dock with the International Space Station next year after being carried into orbit by an American astronaut. A distant relative of Scotland’s Bard, Alan Archibald, donated the book to a space school ...
  1 week ago

• The SNP suddenly looks vulnerable

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Labours byelection win was a blow to Alex Salmonds party ahead of the 2011 election An icy breeze is making the Scottish National party shiver and gather its cloak more tightly about itself. A question is being asked that previously no one dared whisper: has Alex Salmond lost his mojo? When he has tapped his ...
  1 week ago

• Glasgow North East by-election - the aftermath and analysis

  
  Andrew Reeves' Running Blog - but what am I running for..... — Authority: 516
  So, finally the Labour Government have gained a seat in a parliamentary by-election in this Parliamentary term. Labour have finally turned the corner in campaigning terms in Scotland in my opinion. Watching them in three consecutive by-elections in just over 12 months has been really interesting. In Glasgow East ...
  1 week ago

• Labour hails thumping victory

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Party increases share of vote to 60%, pushing Scottish National party into distant second place Ministers today hailed Labours win in the Glasgow North East byelection as evidence that the party could defy poor UK-wide poll ratings and pull off a fourth consecutive election victory. Labour increased its share of the ...
  1 week ago

• Labour win demolishes SNP hopes

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Scottish secretary Jim Murphy says 60% of vote gives Labour shot of confidence for general election The SNPs claims that it could win 20 seats at the general election have been demolished by Labours "thumping" victory in Glasgow North East, the Scottish secretary, Jim Murphy, claimed today. Murphy said the landslide ...
  1 week ago

• Brown gets a popularity ratings boost with Labour by-poll win Glasgow North East

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov.13 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has got a much needed popularity ratings boost with his Labour Party securing a huge victory in the Glasgow North East by-election on Thursday.Willie Bain, the Labour candidate, won the seat by more than 8,000 votes from David Kerr, the Scottish National Party ...
  1 week ago

• Sir Sean Connery chooses an award-winning personal piper

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Oliver Farrimond A TALENTED young Scot has seen his bagpipe dreams realised after impressing both First Minister Alex Salmond AND screen legend Sir Sean Connery. Connor Sinclair, 13, has been appointed the official piper to the First Minister after winning a host of top awards for his piping skills . And ...
  1 week ago

• Glasgow North East byelection – live

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Minute-by-minute coverage throughout the day as Labour and SNP clash in key byelection 12.16pm: Heres a good picture of Kerr visiting a polling station at Scaraway nursery school in the north of the city. Nice car. 12.11pm: LabourLists Alex Smith is also following events on a blog throughout the day. He ...
  1 week ago

• Alex Salmond accused of abusing official hospitality

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Labour and Tories round on Scottish first minister after it emerges he twice entertained his dentist and his wife at public expense The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, was today accused of abusing official hospitality after it emerged that he had twice entertained his dentist and his wife at public expense. ...
  1 week ago

• Time for your cheque-up, Alex

  
  And another thing... — Authority: 580
  MAN OF the people, that’s Scotland’s First Minister. But only if by “the people” you mean his personal dentist and the owner of his favourite restaurant, both of whom have been wined and dined by Eck at the public’s great expense. The Herald ’s Tom Gordon dishes the dirt here .
  1 week ago

• Salmond on crash course with voters over new Forth Road Bridge

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 571
  By Michael MacLeod ONLY a third of Scots support a £2billion project to build a new bridge over the River Forth, according to a new survey. And more than half would rather a fraction of the cash was used to repair the existing bridge, which has long-term weakness issues. The Scottish Greens said their poll ...
  2 weeks ago

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