GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, PART 1: The US taxpayers’ $700 billion will not end the meltdown by itself. Only time will tell if that is enough to allow international banks to start lending again. Meanwhile, in Europe, the efforts remain very much behind the scenes. Westminster Editor James Cusick reports
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, PART 2: Economist Tony Mackay seeks answers to the wildfire of banking
collapse and government bailouts spreading across the continent
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, PART 4: How we got here -Iain Macwhirter traces the history of financial mismanagement, fraud and complex mathematics that combined to culminate in a run on – and the collapse of – some of the world’s biggest banks
Environment Editor Rob Edwards discovers that many stretches of Scotland’s roads, including key arterial routes, are suffering from the consequences of extreme weather
