Articles Written by:    KIRSTY SCOTT     

Clegg calls for Speaker to resign over expenses storm

Clegg abandoned Westminster convention that party leaders avoid criticism of the Speaker by saying Martin had been "dragging his feet on transparency" "I do not think the Speaker should be made a scapegoat ... for the individual failings of many MPs, ...

From TOBY HELM, GABY HINSLIFF, KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  17 May 2009
Related Topics: Michael Martin,  Andrew Marr,  Douglas Carswell,  Frank Field,  David Davis

Villagers stun developers by demanding extra turbine

Musicians play at the opening of the Earlsburn windfarm in Stirlingshire Photograph: Fintry Development Trust When residents of the village of Fintry in Stirlingshire first heard about plans for a wind farm in the hills above them, their reaction took ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  9 May 2009
Related Topics: National Grid

JK Rowling leaves MS charity amid rows

JK Rowling lost her mother to multiple sclerosis. Photograph: Murdo Macleod The author JK Rowling has announced she is standing down as patron of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland, claiming the charity is being split by an internal row. The Harry ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Harry Potter

Parents stage sit-ins over primary school closures

Children from Wyndford primary at the Save Our Schools protest. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA In the gym hall of Wyndford primary school in Maryhill, Glasgow, Donna McKenzie is settling in for her fifth day of civic unrest. The school shut for the ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Apr 2009

Scotland's female young offenders living in 'offensive' conditions

The recreation facilities at Cornton Vale are 'practically non-existent', according to the Scottish prisons inspector. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA Female young offenders in Scotland are living in dismal and damaging conditions, often having to urinate ...

From SEVERIN CARRELL, KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  10 Mar 2009

Still top of the class?

The mock Higher exams have just finished at Deans Community high school in Livingston and 17-year-old Scott James is quietly confident. He has a conditional offer from Edinburgh University to study medicine and needs to do well in his Higher human ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Queen Elizabeth II,  Fiona Hyslop

Scotland's reputation for educational excellence in jeopardy

Scotland risks losing its reputation for educational excellence, according to a landmark study published today. The three-year study by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) found that too many pupils were underachieving in the country's ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Queen Elizabeth II,  Fiona Hyslop

Brother of nurse found in car boot says he clung to hope

The brother of a nurse who was found in the boot of her car after being missing for more than a week said he had clung to the hope that she was alive, despite his family fearing the worst. Magdeline Makola, 38, was discovered on Boxing Day, dehydrated ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  2 Jan 2009

Scottish MP calls for ban on shooting common seals

An immediate ban on the shooting of common seals in Scotland is needed to stem the "alarming" decline in their numbers, a Green MSP warned today. Robin Harper, of the Scottish Green party, said a ban was needed because the number of common seals in UK ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  29 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Robin Harper

Man held over nurse found in her car boot

A 35-year-old man will appear in court today charged in connection with the abduction of a nurse, who was found in the boot of her own car, after being missing for more than a week. Magdeline Makola, 38, was discovered on Boxing Day, dehydrated and ...

From KIRSTY SCOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  28 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Vauxhall

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