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Calls for action over dirty money flowing

Edinburgh - Muslimchronicle

Dirty money from eastern Europe is flowing through companies registered to nondescript properties across Scotland in a practice that has alarmed global campaigners and policymakers, experts say. The first Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) were set up a century ago when they were widely used to register contracts for tenant farmers, but today organised crime gangs and corrupt politicians are exploiting theRead more

No Brexit deal would cost Scotland £12.7bn: study

Edinburgh - Muslimchronicle

Scotland's economy would shrink by 8.5 percent if Britain leaves the EU without a deal, Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon warned Monday as she pushed for Britain to stay in the European single market. "There is no option short of EU membership that is as good as being in the EU," First Minister Sturgeon said as she presented an analysis of the economicRead more

More than half of Britons now want to stay in EU, latest poll shows

EDINBURGH - Muslimchronicle

A poll has found that 51 percent of Britons would now keep European Union membership while 41 percent want to leave the bloc, a near reversal of last year’s referendum result. The BMG poll of 1,400 people for The Independent published on the newspaper’s website on Saturday came as Britain moves into a second phase of negotiations on exiting theRead more

Scotland could suffer if more players leave - Townsend

Edinburgh - Muslimchronicle

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend said Wednesday that the national side could suffer if players continue to move abroad following Finn Russell's decision to leave Glasgow. Fly-half Russell, expected to join Racing 92 -- will join Greig Laidlaw and Richie Gray in France, while players such as Sean Maitland and John Barclay play elsewhere in Britain -- though Barclay isRead more

Hooker Taylor comes in for Scotland clash

Edinburgh - Muslimchronicle

Codie Taylor is the only change to world champions New Zealand's starting XV to play Scotland on Saturday (kick-off 1715GMT) from the one that eased past France last weekend. The 26-year-old hooker -- who will win his 27th cap -- comes in for the injured Dane Coles who went off in the 24th minute of the 38-18 triumph in Paris.Read more

'We are Catalans': Scots voice referendum solidarity

Edinburgh - Muslimchronicle

Sympathy with Catalonia's bid to hold an independence referendum next week is running high in Scotland, where lawmakers are increasingly vocal in condemning Spain's actions and a group of volunteers is heading out to help. Veterans from Scotland's failed bid for independence in its own referendum in 2014 said they were travelling to Barcelona next week to offer their supportRead more

Lawmakers debate new independence referendum

Edinburgh - Arab Today

Scottish lawmakers on Tuesday begin a two-day debate on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's call for an independence referendum -- a major headache for Prime Minister Theresa May as she prepares to launch Brexit. The Scottish parliament's vote on Wednesday is widely expected to endorse Sturgeon's campaign to get the British government to agree to a second vote after a 2014Read more

Crop of the pots: Land reform in Scotland

Edinburgh - Arab today

On a two acre patch of land in north Edinburgh’s Leith neighborhood, Evie Murray walks with pride between plots of carefully tended flowers and vegetables. “This area used to be used by drug addicts or prostitutes,” she said. “It was full of rubbish: syringes, condom wrappers.” This is ‘Crops in Pots’, a community initiative in the Scottish capital which hasRead more

RBS plans more than $1 billion in cost cuts

London - Arab Today

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is preparing to cut more than 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) of annual operating costs by eliminating jobs and closing branches as it seeks to bolster profitability, said a person with knowledge of the plans. While the Edinburgh-based lender probably won’t reveal a headline figure for role reductions, senior executives believe RBS has more staffRead more

RBS hikes charges for US mis-selling claims

London - AFP

Britain's troubled Royal Bank of Scotland on Thursday almost doubled provisions for its role in the 2008 US subprime crisis, placing it on course for yet another annual loss. The state-rescued lender said in a statement that it had set aside an additional Â£3.1 billion ($3.9 billion, 3.6 billion euros) to cover potential US fines over the alleged mis-selling ofRead more