http://news.scotland.org.uk news & views about Scotland Fri, 16 May 2008 07:02:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en May 16: As an after effect of growing competition posed by London based media groups the newspapers in Scotland are struggling to survive. An investigative study conducted by BBC Scotland has found that there is a decline in the circulation rate of Scotland’s newspaper. The Daily Mail has more circulation ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/16/declining-circulation-of-scottish-newspapers/ May, 15 After a long of wait of 40 years the rail service between stirling, Alloa and Kincardine is all set to start off again. This 13 mile stretch of track reopens on Monday by the Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson. This announcement has given the people of the region something to ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/15/rail-service-reopens-after-40years/ Scotland, May 14: On the backdrop of concerns raised against the skin cancer threat raised by sunbeds the sunbed parlours began to raise their voice in an attempt to register their opinion to lift the ban. They are of opinion that most of the sunbed parlours do not use coin operated ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/14/sunbed-association-try-to-lift-ban/   April, 13 Obesity has become one of the scariest things for people of Scotland; this rich country holds a huge number of obese population which has put Scotland in the second spot for being the second obese nation in the world. Many programmes and campaigns have been so far implemented to ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/13/nutritional-programmes-to-cut-obesity-rate/ Scotland, May 9: Scotland has huge number of tourist inflow every year. It boasts several impressive landmarks that attract hoards of tourists, according to VisitScotland Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Scotland was found to be the busiest visitor attraction last year. In the year 2007 above 45 million visitors came ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/09/scotland-attracts-more-tourists/ May, 7 The number of flyers operating in and out of highlands has gone up to a record high last year. This rapid increase in the number of flyers has been remarkable over last year. If we look at the overall figures we can clearly see that about 1270023 passengers used ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/08/highland-flyers-touch-a-record-high/ Scotland, May 7: The Health Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government in its report said that the misuse of alcohol in Scotland amounts to £2.25bn per year. The amount is more than double when compared with previous statistics. The study considered cost to business, police, court service and the ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/07/misuse-of-alcohol-reaches-all-time-high/ May, 6 It is very well known that breastfeeding is the main and very essential diet for young ones as it protects the child from various diseases and allergies. But recently a new study has found that breastfeeding helps the child to have a higher IQ level. This research has ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/06/breastfeeding-enhances-child%e2%80%99s-iq/ Scotland, May 5: In an interesting move the dreams of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde who was the creator of Robert Louis Stevenson will be given focus at the Ullapool Book Festival. The event’s lecture titled Robert Louis Stevenson will be delivered by author Louise Welsh, will deal focus on ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/05/dreams-of-robert-louis-stevenson-will-be-interpreted/ May, 3 The bustling Edinburgh city is all set for the charity run in which thousands of runners will take part for raising funds for a noble cause. In this charity run along with huge number of runners many known athletes will also going to pound the streets of Edinburgh. This ... http://news.scotland.org.uk/2008/05/03/great-edinburgh-run-is-all-set-to-add-buzz-to-the-city/