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The Business Matrix: Tuesday 30 July 2013
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Flu brings healthy profits for Lemsip
Vatican announces Monsignor Leo Cushley as replacement for disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien
Wednesday 24 July 2013
The 52-year-old will be ordained as Archbishop of St Andrews & Edinburgh in September
Government 'massively underestimating' UK’s digital economy
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Government’s ‘outdated’ system underestimated the size of the sector by as much as 40 per cent
Paul Lawrie’s excess mileage after mistaking the cut
Saturday 20 July 2013
He was eight over, so the Scot went home – but then had to return
Rising rents price poorer working families out of a third of Britain
Monday 15 July 2013
Average cost of renting a home in the UK reaches new high
'You could only call the scene apocalyptic': The Piper Alpha disaster 25 years on
Sunday 07 July 2013
On the 25th anniversary of the oil rig explosion, a witness talks publicly about the fire for the first time
Babies given antibiotics are 40 per cent more likely to suffer with eczema, study reveals
Thursday 20 June 2013
Babies who are treated with antibiotics before they reach 12 months old are 40 per cent more likely to develop eczema, a new study has revealed.
'There's something quite unpleasant going on': Nigel Farage confronted for second time on visit to Scotland ahead of Donside by-election
Thursday 20 June 2013
Protester sprays Ukip leader with fizzy drink in Aberdeen a month after he was forced to take refuge in a Glasgow pub
Dundee, Hull, Leicester or Swansea Bay? Dylan Thomas takes on Philip Larkin in a battle to become City of Culture
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay have been named as the four cities left in the running to become the UK’s next City Of Culture. They are competing to receive the title for 2017, following this year’s chosen city, Londonderry.
'A feral mob of subsidised students': Ukip leader Nigel Farage hits out at protesters as he prepares for return to Scotland despite hostile reception last month
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Demonstrators in Edinburgh branded him 'racist, Nazi scum'
Ukip leader Nigel Farage plans return to campaign trail in Scotland - despite hostile reception
Friday 31 May 2013
Ukip leader Nigel Farage intends to return to campaign in Scotland, undaunted by his recent hostile reception in an Edinburgh pub.
The Business Matrix: Thursday 23 May 2013
Thursday 23 May 2013
Shares up as profits pour in for Britvic
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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