By Suzanne Mackie IRISH boy band Boyzone arrived in Scotland with a bang yesterday – quite literally. The 90’s pop group, who are in the country as part of their comeback tour Back Again – No Matter What, joined Jamie ‘The Cannon’ Shannon as he fired the world-famous One O’clock Gun at Edinburgh [...]
By Alexander Lawrie A three-year-old boy was killed after apparently pulling concrete bollard on top of himself as he played at the Royal Highland Show. Onlookers said Ben Craggs was beside the 2ft pillars in the car park when one fell in and landed on him at around 1.30pm yesterday. It is thought the tot [...]
By Douglas Walker PATRIOTIC Andy Murray has been given the all clear to wear Scottish sweatbands at this year’s Wimbledon championship. Stuffy officials were forced to consult their code of conduct after learning the proud Scot was planning to don saltire-design wristbands. The traditional All England Club has a strict dress code where players have [...]
By Lauren Crooks Prince Harry marched through Edinburgh to attend a church service in memory of his hero comrades killed in Afghanistan. The Prince joined 200 servicemen and women during the memorial parade as it was announced that four more troops – including the first woman – had been killed in the war-torn country, taking [...]
By Karrie Gillett SHOWBIZ A-listers Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller shared the red carpet with Hollywood legend Sir Sean Connery for the world premiere of The Edge of Love. The movie – which charts the tangled love life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas – marks the opening of the Edinburgh International Film Festival which Connery [...]
By Alexander Lawrie A TEENAGE jam-making entrepreneur is launching a new charity venture – Super Jam Tea Parties for the elderly. Fraser Doherty, 19, kicked off the first Tea Party in Edinburgh yesterday, and the young businessman has big plans to roll the events out across Scotland. The fresh-faced teen has struck [...]
By Karrie Gillett KEIRA Knightley and Sienna Miller brought a touch of glamour to Edinburgh Castle ahead of the world premiere of their new movie The Edge of Love. The A-list pair were joined by Keira’s Glasgow-born mother Sharman MacDonald – who penned the script focusing on the tangled private life of Welsh poet Dylan [...]
By Karrie Gillett A SMALL Scots art gallery has been picked to showcase an extremely rare collection of graphics from rock legend Bob Dylan. The exhibition of the star’s paintings – entitled The Drawn Blank Series – is giving fans in the Scottish Borders a unique chance to own some of the singer-songwriter’s visual art. [...]
By Karrie Gillett SIR Sean Connery is to return to Scotland this summer to launch his much-anticipated autobiography. The Bond superstar will jet in from his luxury home on the Bahamas for the Edinburgh International Book Festival where he will read selections from his book called Being a Scot. And Connery will be celebrating [...]
By Michael MacLeod A DISTRAUGHT family are calling for Staffordshire bull terriers to be banned after their beloved pet dog was killed in a savage attack. Catherine Falconer, 52, was walking her four-year-old Toby and eight-month-old puppy Milo when a stray dog came towards them. The beast bit tiny Toby – a miniature dachshund who [...]
By Alexander Lawrie DOZENS of truckers descended on Edinburgh city centre yesterday in a protest over the rising cost of fuel. Around 130 trucks from all over Scotland congregated at Strathclyde Park before the large convoy moved slowly along the M8 to the capital. The protest was co-organised by trade magazine Courier [...]
By Alexander Lawrie JARS of baby bottom cream have been flying off the shelves – after vain mums discovered its botox-like effect. Staff at Waitrose supermarkets were mystified when their own brand of baby cream kept selling out, but quickly realised the cream is the answer to middle age wrinkles. Now the [...]
By Alexander Lawrie A SIX hour-old kitten was saved from certain death after getting stuck in a kitchen pipe – when firemen used a vacuum cleaner to suck it to safety. The newly-born puss quickly used up one of its nine lives after it had dropped down a drain, sending owner Claire Coutts [...]
A record turnout of 8500 helped turn the annual Ladies Day fixture at Musselburgh Race Course into a runaway success. The event was odds on to dazzle with the range of fashion, glamour and chic on show – but only the most optimistic punter would have bet on such a day of brilliant sunshine. Bookies [...]
By Douglas Walker A MUM has been banned from her local baths for wearing a pair of shorts over her swimming costume. Attendants told Jacqueline Innes, 37, that only males could wear swimming shorts and she wasn’t allowed. The nurse, who is teaching her two-year-old son to swim, says the policy is like something [...]
By Karrie Gillett THE line-up of more than 2,000 acts performing at this summer’s festival fringe has been announced. Among the mix of stars to visit Edinburgh will be Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy – aka Mr Spock – who has written a play about Vincent Van Gogh. And hoping to capitalise on an infamous [...]
By Lauren Crooks A MAN has been gunned down in the street outside a popular casino. The 62-year-old was shot in the head by an unknown gunman after leaving the Maybury Casino in Edinburgh on Tuesday night. After leaving his victim in a pool of blood, the attacker fled the scene and although he was [...]
by Lauren Crooks A TEAM of volunteers made a bizarre discovery at the top of Britain’s tallest mountain – a wheelchair. Puzzled workers found the rusting chair near the top of the 4,406ft summit of Ben Nevis on Saturday as they cleaned up the site. But rather than leave it up there, the group from [...]
By Karrie Gillett THE GRIEVING mother of a Swedish woman found dead on a Scottish beach has urged the First Minister to launch an official murder hunt into her daughter’s death. Guje Borjesson has always maintained that her 30-year-old daughter Annie was murdered and yesterday she visited Alex Salmond’s official residence to hand over a [...]
By Douglas Walker A CHARITABLE mum who disappeared just days after completing a parachute jump had been burdened by ‘a mountain of debt’ following her husband’s death. Elizabeth Ledgerwood, 46, was last seen almost a week ago and there has been no trace of her since. The former nurse has struggled to cope since her [...]