Todays news on heraldscotland heraldscotland Thursday 7 August 2014 NEWS • Defiant Salmond fights back after bruising TV poll battle ALEX Salmond has mounted a robust defence of his under-fire currency proposals for an independent Scotland as he expressed satisfaction at the outcome of his historic TV referendum debate with Alistair Darling. • More floating voters opt for No than Yes after TV debate MORE undecided voters came out for No than Yes after the historic STV debate between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling, new poll figures have revealed. • Fans warn shares plan by Rangers is insufficient to improve club A RANGERS fan group has warned that a planned £4 million of fundraising will not do more than keep the lights on for a few more months and said it is another example of the short-term thinking that is hampering the club. • Race is on for top job at council as chief bows out SCOTLANDS most senior council official is to step down after seeing his authority through the Commonwealth Games and independence referendum. • Anger over councils plan to fly the Palestinian flag at the City Chambers. JEWISH leaders say they are horrified by Glasgow City Councils plan to fly the Palestinian flag at the City Chambers. BUSINESS • Retail sales growth weaker in Scotland SCOTTISH retail sales volumes grew 0.8 per cent in the second quarter but this was only half the rate of increase in Great Britain as a whole, official figures have revealed. • IndigoVision Group shares suffer setback CLOSED-circuit television provider IndigoVision Group has seen its shares dip two per cent in spite of signalling it is on course for a 17 per cent rise in annual profits. • Scot Heating buys dukes biomass energy operation • Johnston Press looks to the web to replace sales PUBLISHING group Johnston Press is nearing an online tipping point where the decline in print revenues will be more than offset by soaring digital sales, its chief executive has said. • Prostrakan deal completed PROSTRAKAN has formally completed its £230 million deal for European pharmaceutical rival Archimedes Pharma. SPORT • Spiers on Sport: A painful defeat for Celtic but what of it? Celtic have crashed off the Champions League highway, crumbling to Legia Warsaw in humiliating fashion. • Champions League dream over for Celtic Ronny Deila lamented a dark day for Celtic after the Scottish champions were knocked out of the Champions League in suffering the heaviest aggregate defeat of the clubs history. • Celtic 0 Legia Warsaw 2: Celtic face the music . . . just not Zadok the Priest ZADOK the Priest wont be at Celtic Park this season. • Johnston urges Rangers board to heed fanbase ALASTAIR JOHNSTON, the former chairman at Ibrox, has branded the size of the crowd at Rangers Petrofac Training Cup win over Hibernian as a warning sign that will be ignored by the current members of the board. • Triumph in adversity proves key to new Law THE warmth of summer seems to have brought Nicky Law back to Ibrox with a decidedly sunnier disposition. heraldscotland
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