By ANDREW DENHOLM EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT THE Scottish Government has ordered urgent changes to the country's new science curriculum after a damning assessment by leading scientists.

By ANDREW DENHOLM EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT LEADING scientists yesterday delivered a damning assessment of proposed changes to the ways maths and science is taught in Scottish schools.

By James Morgan and Anne Glover An introduction by Professor Anne Glover, the new Chief Scientific Adviser to the Scottish Executive, and a professor of microbiology at Aberdeen University.

By Rob Edwards Environment Editor PRIME Minister Tony Blair's bid to build new nuclear power stations will be backed by scientists in Scotland this week, the Sunday Herald can reveal.

By Andrew Picken A GROUP of leading scientists has backed plans to build a new nuclear reactor at Torness Power Station in a bid to halt Scotland's looming energy crisis.