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Love’s labour

... back among kith and kin? For, if its luck doesn’t change soon, the poor &ing will be about past it anyway. Following the Easter Rising of 1916, continued political ferment in Ireland resulted in the formation of the Irish Free State in December 1921. ED ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 386 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Strangeways ‘rising from ashes’

... Strangeways ‘rising from ashes’ THE GOVERNOR of Strangeways Prison, Brendan O'Friel, yesterday gave the clearest indication so far that he was overruled from above after seeking to storm the jail at the beginning of the flefi. Speaking publicly for the ...

Published: Saturday 28 April 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 753 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Anger at potato board pay rise

... Anger at potato board pay rise POTATO Marketing Board members yesterday came under strong attacks from producers for - accepting a handsome pay rise. The board greed in accepting what was effectively an increase of some 40 per cent to 50 per cent was ...

Published: Thursday 06 December 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 734 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

Hibs hit back at Mercer as debts rise to £5.9m

... potential development succeeds, Hearts will dis- value of Easter Road — parmember Hibs. The assets will ticularly if the stadium and be sold; Hibs players will be its car park could be sold; and Easter Road developed along with other stadimfn t:ziallll t:e ...

Published: Saturday 30 June 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 754 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Joys of celebrating a moveable Easter

... moveable Easter I HAD a schoolmaster who expressed dismay at a boy’s inability to absorb facts gripping the culprit’s ear and giving it tugs of increasing severity. “Some facts just don’t sink in, do they, 1ad?” he would say, the decibel level rising with ...

Published: Tuesday 17 April 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1194 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

General Situation: A weakening cold front will move southcastward across England into the North Sea today. ..

... General Situation: A weakening cold front will move southcastward across England into the North Sea today. Pressure will rise temporarily behind this cold front, and clearer, brighter weather with some showers will spread from the north-west. Tomorrow ...

Published: Wednesday 19 December 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 372 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ESPC chairman George Clark: First-time buyers “s very much in the market.”

... December lastfl{ear and now standing at £89,778, rise over the year of 17.10 per cent. The fact that semis do vary in size ma'i help to explain what is, in the current economic climate, a remarkable percentage rise. But apgzrently there is no doubt about the ...

Published: Thursday 05 April 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 305 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

By KEN HOUSTON

... and Stockbridge/Comely Bank — properties and areas which consistently led the field during the recent, seemingly inexorable, rise in prices — have actuall{e fallen back in percentage terms over the {Beear. Whereas the price of average Marchmont/ Bruntsfield ...

Published: Thursday 11 October 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

By RICHARD SHACKLETON

... By RICHARD SHACKLETON more remarkable in that the period under review does not include a school Easter holida{, traditionally a busy time for Marks & Spencer, owing to the fall of the compaw' s March year-end. hile clothing chains such as Next and BhS ...

Published: Tuesday 15 May 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

WEATHER IN SCOTLAND

... Highlands snd. easter Grampians. Generally fine weather should push up from the SW early next week. 24-hour forecast ( 6am-6am) by wm-wmmm}nm range shows general min, max, min, for area. - Noon tod oon today @?’ o > @ T *1 ?o q’ SUN — Rises 6:08 am; Sets ...

Published: Friday 23 March 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 450 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

Cars hard hit as retailing stays buoyant

... RICHARD SHACKLETON record Easter sales while its High Street ron.(olio of shoe sholfs should also have done well from rebounding sales of summer footwear. Grocery sales in supermarkets have shown a 25 g; cent increase. Some of thi rise is accounted for by the ...

Published: Monday 14 May 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 310 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

WEATHER IN SCOTLAND

... cold spells looks likely for the Easter weekend. 24-hour forecast (mm 6am-6am) by Weather-Watchers, le-Douglas. Temp range shows general min, max, min, for area Noon tod@:y i % S o 2] i °l3 LIGHTING-UP — 8:11 pm SUN — Rises 6.18 am. Sets 811 pm MOON — (Last ...

Published: Wednesday 11 April 1990
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 684 | Page: 26 | Tags: none