... Speaking of the future THE people of Midlothian were today urged to speak up and shape their new council. A new all-purpose authority will take over all council services in Midlothian from 1996. Meetings to find out what people want from the new authority ...

... Plain speaking CHRISTMAS cards? One plain, white card received, explanation inside: “Edinburgh after heavy snowfall, Damien Hirst school of art.” Another with a cute selection of birds and animals - rabbit, badger, squirrel, rat, fox, owl — from a rabbit ...

... Plain speaking RE the reference by my esteemed award-winning colleague, Kenneth Roy, to La Mancha in West Lothian. Could this, asks'A Reader, in any way be related to Lamancha in Peeblesshire, so named because of its resemblance to the hot, dry Span ish ...

... Speaking in tongues LANGUAGE difficulties (contd): A Reader writes of her move to Fife and a small boy in her class anxious to describe his- exploits which involved spelling: “meedies.” Baffled, the new teacher asked another member of staff who spelt ...

... - Speaking out AMID the strident Euro-sceptical tones ‘coming from certain quarters of the Conservative Party, the voices of the ‘pro-Europeans have been rather buried. It has taken Michael Heseltine, in his ‘most dramatic intervention yet, to try to ...

... s Speaking up INDUSTRIALISTS, exporters in particular, tend to be decidedly pro- Europe. They have good, sensible reasons for being so. The European Union is by far Britain’s biggest eéxport market, and its economic worth will grow as the barriers to ...

... Action speaks louder . . . Maggie Lennon learns how we can help ring the changes in Third World countries | ...

... SPEAKING UP: KEVIN ‘McCarra is to be congratulated (?pon,v]uly 30) for being one of the few Scottish sports journalists prepared to comment — albeit briefly — on the controversial nature of Paul Gascoigne’s conduct at [brox .the previous day. =~ It is ...

... speaking your language - @ 9 & Y a® 13 14 Waeather SAM TODAY: A = Waew | e ORKNEY ...

... Speaking from experience THE Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd, visited her South African opposite number, Frene Ginwala, in Ca:gz Town yesterday and invited country’s parliament to draw on Westminster’'s 617 years of experience. ‘Ms Boothroyd ...

... The courage to speak out 4 EOPLE who work with : Prapists say that they plan ‘2 their attack. Looking back [ can see how he did, how he gained my confidenee, and | wonder how | could have been so stupid. But you're always going to think why didn’t you ...

... Morgan speaks of hut by Bill Lothian RUGBY REPOR COTLAND coach, Dougie Morgan, eager for the win that tfiuded him as an international captain, has revealed how much it hurts to be trapped ina . win-less rugby wilderness and peculated on the prospects ...