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The Herald (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Energy researchers from around the world will bid to win the £10m Saltire Prize by harnessing the power of Scotland's waters and helping establish the country at the forefront of marine energy.First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday announced details of the challenge, to produce enough electricity to power several thousand homes over two years using tidal or wave energy, as organisers revealed...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Alex Salmond addressed a celebration mass in honour of St Andrew and in so doing officially launched the beginning of what has come to be called Scotland's 'winter festival'.
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The Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
A flagship Scottish Government prize of £10m to boost green energy came under Labour fire yesterday for not going far enough.First Minister Alex Salmond will today announce details of the Saltire Prize Challenge, which is intended to encourage fresh breakthroughs in the renewable energy field.But Labour leader Iain Gray said the prize fell well short of recommendations by the Institution of...
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Justified Spinner (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Iain Gray would be on much firmer ground when asking questions of Alex Salmond, if he had some policies of his own. So when he had a go yesterday over the LIT, and took great pleasure in outlining who evidently opposed it, he really didn’t touch on the facts that: Iain doesn’t like the Council Tax either and has promised to ‘amend’ it. He hasn’t yet come up with what he’s going to do to make...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Alex Salmond has signalled the start of the 2011 Holyrood election campaign and has even given Labour notice of the issue with which he intends to bash them.. Indeed he'll probably use it to try to increase his allocation of Westminster seats too whenever Gordon Brown calls a general election almost certainly next year.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Alex Salmond's risks leading the SNP to defeat in an independence referendum unless he changes tactics influential party members have claimed.
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
SOCIAL workers should not face general attack in the aftermath of the Baby P case, Alex Salmond said yesterday.
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
SOCIAL workers should not face general attack in the aftermath of the Baby P case, Alex Salmond said yesterday.
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
The First Minister returned to action yesterday after a nasty attack of something or other. Possibly a virulent case of Alistair Darling's recession flu. A severe downturn is not supposed to make anyone feel chirpy.Alex Salmond seemed to manage. We may be grateful, though, that he was not suffering a leg-related strain ailment.According to opposition parties, he did not have such a limb to stand...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
A poll has found 42% of Scots would be less likely to vote for independence as a result of the banking crisis.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
So Alex Salmond is unwell. The apparently indefatigable Scottish first minister and SNP leader has been ill since last Wednesday, with a chest infection serious enough to keep him homebound and on antibiotics. That forced him to chair today's Scottish cabinet meeting by phone from his home in Strichen, north of Aberdeen. Last week's first minister's questions was taken by Nicola Sturgeon. He...
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Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond will tonight unveil details of the £10 million Saltire Prize Challenge, the world's biggest competition for marine energy innovation.
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond will tonight unveil details of the £10 million Saltire Prize Challenge, the world's biggest competition for marine energy innovation.
