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The downfall of the Scottish banks 'PRUDENT, cautious, responsible" and "stable, reliable, solid" – the characteristics of three centuries of Scottish banking all seemed instantly vaporised the moment it was announced that RBS and HBOS had been forced to collapse into government ownership.

Airport 'bomb' jury sees film of panicking passengers CCTV footage recorded during an alleged terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport showed dozens of passengers running in terror as a Jeep crashed into a doorway of the main terminal building, a court heard yesterday.

Brought to their knees in £31.5bn rescue deal - but Wall Street enjoys record bounce SCOTLAND'S once-great banking industry was left denuded and humbled yesterday, after being forced to accept the biggest financial rescue package in British history.

Shareholders count cost of bail-out deal THE merger of HBOS and Lloyds TSB was dealt a blow yesterday after shareholders were told that they would receive less for their shares as the government announced plans to take about a 40 per cent stake in the new "superbank".

Fred Goodwin: The 'boy from Paisley' who found himself at centre of a global storm

Chimps decimated in the jungle

Hi-tech signs to tell motorway drivers exact journey times

Menezes officer doctored key evidence

Cigars, champagne and caviar – the gifts our leaders love (oh, then there's the toy rat and 24 tins of curried mackerel)

Shape of things to come: Scotland in 2050 will be flooded but friendlier

Crime gangs from England target cash deliveries in £700,000 spree

Royal National Mod: Parents have 'a duty' to pass on their Gaelic culture

Obama sitting pretty as poll share breaks the 50% barrier

Tories say they're 'safe choice' for Glenrothes

The grate cheese robbery

US joins battle to destroy poppies

Miliband heads EU attack on Mugabe's power grab

Slideshow: Tate Modern show predicts an apocalyptic London in 2058

Analysis: Government's rescue plan cloaks what will be a financial Culloden

Inside universities: Silence may signal a not-so-golden future

Brown calls for new Bretton Woods pact as his global reputation soars amid crisis

Foreign briefing

Speaker vows probe on 'misleading' Blair

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