By Cara Sulieman A THEATRE group is looking for 150 women to dance naked on stage as part of the festival this August. The produces of Trilogy want to find females of all shapes and sizes to dance to music by the Pixies for the month-long run. Being held at St Stephen’s Church in the [...]
By Michael MacLeod A HELPLESS young cat was pinned down and brutally shot 11 times by yobs – and survived. It was the first time nine-month-old Willow had ever ventured out of his owners’ garden near Edinburgh. But the terrified family tabby was dragged seven miles from his home and peppered with metal pellets. Heartless [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE LOVE-SPLIT model Katie Price looks to be going into meltdown after putting on a seedy strip routine for onlookers on holiday. But she has pulled the same kind of stunt before during troubled times in her life. Six years ago – before finding a degree of apparent normality with Aussie hubbie Peter [...]
By Cara Sulieman POT HOLES in Edinburgh city-centre are finally to meet their match when the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards drive a Challenger 2 main battle tank along the city’s famous Royal Mile. The monster vehicle will be part of their July 4 homecoming parade through the city joined by the Brit award winning Pipes [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE TRIBUTES have been paid to a globetrotting Scot who has died after a fall in Vietnam. Charlie Gallagher, 39, from Inverkeithing, Fife, is thought to have tripped and fallen while at home in Ho Chi Min City on June 7. He was rushed to the city’s main hospital but died the following [...]
By Paul Thornton A WOMAN suffered a stroke after a police driver ploughed into her as he made his way to work. Nicola Sloan, 38, was also on her way to work when Alasdair Sharp was driving the police custody van and smashed into her. The 43-year-old had crossed over into oncoming traffic and collided [...]
By Paul Thornton A THUG who bit off part of a man’s ear because he bumped into him in a queue at a petrol station has been ordered to pay £2000 compensation to his victim. Farm worker, Christopher Deans, 24, was on his way to work and had stopped to buy cigarettes when he nudged [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE FED-UP school kids have taken to the streets to campaign against careless motorists speeding past their school. The young road safety campaigners have been forced to act after a series of near-misses outside St Margaret’s School in Edinburgh. The well-heeled private school is situated on one of the capital’s main arterial routes [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A SCOTS grandmother-of-eight has vanished in Mexico – just 12 hours after landing at the dream holiday destination. Julia Howard, 77, from Edinburgh, was on holiday with her son and daughter when she disappeared after going to fetch a sun hat from her hotel room. The widow had jetted into the luxury [...]
By Oliver Farrimond SECRETARY of State for Scotland Jim Murphy MP lent a hand with Hibs‘ pre-season preparations yesterday. The MP for East Renfrewshire helped to cut grass at Easter Road stadium to promote jobs for out-of-work Scots with football teams. His appearance follows the announcement that unemployment in Scotland has risen to 176,000 – [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A POPULAR Scots farmer who helped set up the Countryside Commission for Scotland has left over £1.7 million in his will. Alistair Campbell OBE passed away in June last year and his recently published estate has revealed the true extent of the Perthshire farmer’s wealth. Included in his legacy is the family [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A SCOTTISH hospital has been found wasting thousands of pounds on food wastage. Around 32,000 portions of leftover sausages, bacon and cakes are being thrown into the rubbish bin every year by staff at Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary. Documents revealing the waste have recently been released under the Freedom of Information Act. And [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A SCOTTISH health body has been forced to apologise to the family of a teenager with learning difficulties after dentists removed eight of his teeth without permission. The trauma was so bad the unnamed 19 year-old screamed the words “dentist – sore” over a year and a half after the treatment was [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A SCOTS schoolboy dubbed “the next Bill Gates” has invented an iPhone application which could make him an instant millionaire. Angus Ireland, 15, from Edinburgh, and three pals have come up with an application which could be the next big thing on Apple’s must-have accessory. The four boys have created an “app” [...]
By Michael MacLeod TRIBUTES have been pouring in from residents mourning the loss of their beloved local POSTIE – days after he plunged to his death off a Scots mountain. A carpet of flowers, cards and football strips of his favourite club Dunfermline have been laid at local sorting office in Fife from devastated locals. [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE POLICE are hunting the owners of two dogs who savaged innocent bystanders in separate attacks just yards apart. The horrific attacks took place at the Westside Plaza complex in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon. Both attacks left their victims covered in blood with at least one of the casualties requiring medical [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE SCOTLAND’S most famous twins are helping to raise cash for a charity – by having their faces portrayed on a bra. The 500 Miles stars have given their full backing to this year’s 26-mile Moon Walk marathon and have even prepared a special video message for all the participants to be screened [...]
By Cara Sulieman A BABY badger narrowly escaped death after falling down a storm drain and getting stuck. With eight-foot high walls the badger would either have starved or drowned if a passer-by hadn’t heard it struggling to get out. Seeing that the animal was stuck, they called the Scottish SPCA out to the scene [...]
By Cara Sulieman THREE little piggies destined for the chop after being sold to a Scots hotel so customers could enjoy home reared bacon have had a surprise stay of execution – after becoming firm favourites of staff and guests. The Dryburgh Abbey Hotel in St Boswell’s, Melrose, bought the pigs – nicknamed ‘The Girls’ [...]
By ALEXANDER LAWRIE BRIT-POP rockers Oasis spent the day before their sell-out Edinburgh gig finding out how to cook a HAGGIS. Members of the world-famous band were spotted drinking in an exclusive capital bar for around seven hours on Tuesday before heading into the kitchens to see the Scottish culinary delicacy being served up. And [...]