By Cara Sulieman HIBS player Darren McCormack has been charged with allegedly attacking Hearts striker Calum Elliot outside a top Edinburgh nightclub. Elliot, 21, suffered an injury to his jaw in the incident which happened on Saturday night. Officers from Lothian and Borders Police were called to George Street late on Saturday evening as the [...]
By Paul ThorntonA POLICEWOMAN has been charged with illegally accessing personal data using the cops’ own information system. Anna Wong, 26, faces 54 charges in breach of the Data Protection Act and has been suspended from duty by Lothian and Borders Police. It is alleged she used the Scottish Intelligence Database and the Lothian and [...]
Michael MacLeod AN RBS plan to fly their fat cat executives around in a £31 million luxury jet has crash landed. Sir Fred Goodwin was behind the plan for bankers to live the jet-set lifestyle, ordering custom-stitched seats and on-board drinks machines. But the order was cancelled when the Government was forced to bail the [...]
By Paul Thornton A SEX-CRAZED squaddie who burst into a single mum’s home before indecently assaulting her will be thrown out the army after he was jailed. The terrified 36-year-old was subjected to an hour-long ordeal before she managed to force Grant Cartwright out of her home. Cartwright, 19, threw his victim on her own [...]
By Oliver Farrimond GLAMMED-UP fashionistas came out in droves to support the Boobytrap Boutique’s racy fashion show, in aid of charity Cash For Kids. Student models strutted their stuff in George Street’s Tempus restaurant, modelling the latest range of designer threads and boutique lingerie. Tracy Dobby, owner of the Boobytrap Boutique, said: “We’re delighted with [...]
Michael MacLeod DESPERATE measures are being taken in a bid to fix Scotland’s “chronic shortage” of affordable homes. Knock-down rental rates are being offered in Edinburgh after the council bought 19 brand new homes in a new £200 million estate. The houses are being offered to those struggling to get a mortgage as the credit [...]
By Alexander Lawrie A PEDESTRIAN has died after being struck by a car in Fife last night. (Thurs 19/03) The accident happened around 8pm last night on a country road outside Kinglassie in Fife. Local man Richard Harvey, 55, was walking on the B921 Kinglassie to Glenrothes road when he was struck by the [...]
By MICHAEL MacLEOD & OLIVER FARRIMOND ANGRY firms claiming to be owed thousands of pounds in unpaid bills by cash-strapped Livingston FC last night demanded Italian chief Angelo Massone shown them some respect. No-one from the Scottish Division One club showed in court yesterday where they were ordered to stump out thousands for an outstanding [...]
By Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND has been lined up to be the last place that a legendary masterpiece is shown outside of its home country. The Hunterian Art Gallery in Glasgow is getting ready to host a loan exhibition of Edvard Munch’s lithographs – including a black and white print of his most famous work [...]
By Alexander Lawrie A GRIEVING family have slammed callous nursing home bosses after a final demand for the care of a relative landed on their doorstep – on the day if his funeral. William Hillhouse, 96, passed away in February after spending his last few months in a hospital and had not stayed at the [...]
By Cara Sulieman A WOOD PIGEON got a roasting when a well-meaning rescuer tried to release it from a chimney – by smoking it out. The bird was found stuck halfway up a chimney in a house in Crombie, Fife. The hapless householder called a family member for help and was told to burn [...]
By Cara Sulieman A PUBLICAN got a shock when his lucky leprechaun went missing – and he received a ransom note in return. Mike Stuart, 25, runs the Black Bull Inn in Inverurie and always makes an effort to spruce the place up for St Patrick’s Day. It was only a few days before the [...]
By Alexander Lawrie FIRST MINISTER Alex Salmond has accused his beloved Hearts of striking a “devil’s bargain” with its controversial owner Vladimir Romanov. The lifelong Hearts supporter claims the club is in “unsafe hands” after succumbing to the “Chelsea syndrome”. And the politician has riled the Hearts loyal support by comparing Romanov to [...]
By Alexander Lawrie THE PET detective leading the hunt for Scots pop star Sandi Thom’s beloved cat has admitted the chances of finding her are fading fast. But the star is still clinging to hope that her pet will show, ringing up a potentially huge phone bill calling from Texas for daily updates. Sandi’s black [...]
By Paul Thornton A STUDENT has been jailed after he slashed his brother’s throat with a tea-cup during a family reunion, scarring him for life. Gary Stringer, 23, was meeting up with his estranged sibling, David McGill, following seven years without speaking. But the 19-year-old was left soaked in his own blood and the massive [...]
By Oliver Farrimond THE SCOTTISH Conservatives took to the streets yesterday, targeting members of the public with leaflets demanding answers to Edinburgh’s tramworks fiasco. The leaflets – distributed by Scottish Conservative MSP David McLetchie and Councillor Iain Whyte – raise questions over how the tramworks will continue to be funded, and whether Princes Street will [...]
By Alexander Lawrie SCOTLAND’S richest Asian has been announced as the latest millionaire businessman to join the Dragon’s Den. The popular BBC programme is expanding its concept by introducing two new online Dragons. Shaf Rasul, an Edinburgh-based millionaire, will be joined by female Dragon Julie Meyer, and the two highly successful entrepreneurs [...]
By Cara Sulieman THESE lovely lemurs were given an extra cool breakfast special to tuck into when they were served with a birthday cake made of yoghurt smeared ice at Edinburgh Zoo yesterday. The cute creatures lapped up the tasty treat as a part of the centenary celebrations behind held at the city Zoo. Yesterday [...]
By Cara SuliemanTALKS are under way in an attempt to save trips by Chernobyl children to Scotland for their annual summer respite holiday after they were banned by their country’s President. Alexander Lukashenko stopped all recuperative trips overseas after a teenage girl refused to leave the US after her time there last summer. Now back [...]
By Michael MacLeod A THIEVING nursery worker who stole more than £7000 forcing her work to shut down and two colleagues to lose their jobs blamed an addiction to shopping for her crime. Lyn Ann McCann, 39, stole a chequebook from Stepping Stones Nursery in Cumbernauld before she “spiralled out of control” on a six [...]