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Jobs Fear in Secret Mod Plan to Close Shipyard Plan to Reduce Capacity Revealed

THE future of thousands of jobs on the Clyde is in fresh doubt after secret plans emerged to reduce warship building in the UK to a single yard. The fight for survival will be between warship builder BVT's combined Govan and Scotstoun yards on the Clyde, which employ 3500 workers, and its Portsmouth facility on the south coast, with the bad news being revealed as early as next year.

Ac/Dc Are Just Rockin'

Departing Chief Says Divided Council Is Parochial

THE head of a Scottish local authority seeking to quit amid allegations he is being undermined by councillors has said resistance to the need for urgent reform in the face of economic meltdown is the reason he feels the need to go. David McMillan, chief executive of West Dunbartonshire Council, has said the authority suffers from parochialism, with too many inexperienced councillors reluctant to take "tough decisions" He said proposals to work with the NHS to provide community healthcare had...

Eight Deaths a Day - the Price Scots Pay for Love Affair with Drink

NEW figures showing twice as many Scots dying from alcoholrelated diseases as previously thought have prompted calls for all politicians to back minimum pricing as a way of tackling the problem. Alcohol kills someone in Scotland every three hours, according to the new figures.

Man Dies in Road Crash Horror

University Honour for Bbc Reporter

AWARD-winning BBC war correspondent Allan Little will be given an honorary degree at Edinburgh University, where he studied, today. Mr Little will receive the honorary doctor of letters in the McEwan Hall.

Swine Flu Fear at Scots Nursery

Runrig Guitarist Leaves Hospital

New Deal to Help Housing Projects

Brown Forced to Backpedal On Spending and Id Cards Proof of Identity Will Be Voluntary

GORDON Brown's authority took a double blow yesterday after his cabinet colleagues forced a rethink on his key "cuts versus spending" strategy against the Tories and Home Secretary Alan Johnson signalled a major climbdown on ID cards, ruling out making them compulsory. The cabinet met as new figures painted a bleaker picture of recession-hit Britain, showing the economy shrank at its fastest rate for more than 50 years in the first three months of this year.

Public Can View Jackson at Neverland

MICHAEL Jackson's body will return to his Neverland ranch on Friday and a funeral will take place on Sunday, according to reports . Once the body is back at the singer's ranch, there will be a public viewing, CNNS reported. Sunday's funeral will be in private, the US network said. The family have yet to confirm the details.

Unions Fear More Job Cuts and a Pay Freeze at Troubled British Airways

BRITISH Airways wants to cut 5000 jobs and subject staff to a two- year pay freeze, union sources said last night. Talks between staff and BA managers broke down yesterday without agreement, breaching the airline's deadline for reaching a deal.

City Council Lifts Ban On Classic Monty Python Satire After 30 Years

MONTY Python's Life of Brian is to be screened in Glasgow for the first time - overturning a 30-year ban on showing the controversial satire in the city. Members of the cast and crew are to be invited to attend a special screening at the Glasgow Film Theatre.

June Was the Hottest, Driest and Sunniest in Three Years More Sunlight Hours North of the Border

SCOTLAND basked last month in its hottest June for three years, according to new figures released yesterday, and the country also recorded more sunlight than southern parts of the UK. With temperatures climbing to a sweltering 30C and above, ast month was the hottest, driest and sunniest since July 2006.

Woman, 42, Dies After Accident in Car Park at Sainsbury's

A WOMAN was killed while carrying a child across a supermarket car park yesterday. She had a three-yearold girl in her arms when a blue Citroen Picasso collided with her outside Sainsbury's at Straiton Retail Park in Loanhead, Midlothian.

National Express Chief to Resign

RICHARD Bowker, the chief executive of transport group National Express, is to resign, it was being reported. Mr Bowker's departure, which is expected to be confirmed in a trading update today, comes at a torrid time for the company which is renegotiating terms for its rail operations with the government.

4000 Sets of Roadworks in Progress Traffic Jams in Scotland for Every Eight Miles of Road

MOTORISTS are facing a headache of disruption on Scotland's roads with more than 4300 sets of roadworks now under way. The figures from Scotland's roadworks commissioner equate to one set of roadworks for every eight miles of public road.

Community Wardens Slashed by Masked Man in Unprovoked Attack

TWO community wardens were slashed by a masked knifeman while carrying out their duties. The violent attacked happened as the workers attended a derelict school building in Castlemilk area of Glasgow.

'Noddy Box' Housing Would Be Banned in Wayne's World Designer Hits Out at Development 'Disasters'

IF fashion designer Wayne Hemingway has his way, Scotland's ''Noddy box'' housing would become a thing of the past. The former owner of high street chain Red Or Dead, who will speak at The Future Scotland Debate on Housing in Glasgow tonight, is determined there will never be another repeat of the housing "disaster" at Leith Docks, or what he describes as the mistakes at the Glasgow Harbour luxury development on Clydeside.

Number of Scots 100 and Older On the Rise

FORGET the baby-boomers - centenarians are Scotland's fastest- growing age group, figures showed today. The number of Scots aged 100 and older is now estimated to be 720, compared with just 570 in 2002.