By Michael MacLeod BATTLEFIELD medics who risk life and limb daily to save the lives of wounded soldiers have been honoured for their skill and bravery on the front line. Scotland’s military health heroes swept the board at the Military and Civilian Health Partnership Awards. Among them was Stirling-born Major Moira Kane, a mum of [...]
By Cara Sulieman SCOTS are more likely to die in a fatal car crash involving a Vauxhall than any motor, according to official statistics. More Astra, Corsa and Vectra models are involved in deadly smashes on Scotland’s roads than any other make. The data – obtained under the Freedom of Information Act – shows the [...]
By Cara Sulieman THE parents of a tragic teenage cancer sufferer who was blasted with 19 massive overdoses of radiation while being treated for a brain tumour has described a decision to allow the doctor responsible to keep working as a “travesty” and vowed to sue health chiefs. Dr Stuart McNee bungled treatment plans which saw [...]
By Cara Sulieman FIREFIGHTERS rushed to save thousands of books from flames after yobs started a fire in a library toilet. Staff had to evacuate the McDonald Road library in Edinburgh after the blaze was discovered today (thurs) afternoon. Toilet paper had been stuffed into a pipe duct in an out of order cubicle before [...]
By Cara Sulieman INTERNET giants Google have found themselves at a dead loss in Fife after mixing up a crematorium in Dunfermline with one located miles away in Kirkcaldy. Grief stricken mourners heading there to say their last goodbyes to their loved ones could be left 11 miles off target by relying on directions from [...]
By Cara Sulieman THE mother of hero Scots soldier Tam Mason who died six weeks after being injured in Afghanistan has paid tribute to her son, saying he told her: “Don’t worry about me – I’ve got God on my side”. Linda Buchanan described how her “wonderful son” used to tell her it would be [...]
By Oliver Farrimond DEATH-DEFYING YouTube biker Danny MacAskill faces an eight-week layoff after finally meeting his match – an Edinburgh kerbstone. 23-year-old Danny, whose incredible leaps and somersaults in Scotland’s capital saw him shoot to virtual fame in April this year, smashed his collar-bone after falling in the street. He first damaged the bone in [...]
By Cara Sulieman SICKENED detectives last night warned Scotland’s secret paedophiles: We’re coming to get you. Cops launched a new crackdown – codenamed Operation Alba – which will for the first time see specialist teams hunt out vile perverts rather than having to wait and react to child sex crimes that have already happened. Police [...]
by Rory Reynolds STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon is backing a major new Scottish campaign to promote the well-being of pets and animals. Former Mis-Teeq star and Strictly winner Alesha will be featured on billboards and adverts around the country, with her face pictured next to a cat’s. She is joined by ITV chat [...]
By Oliver Farrimond GRIEVING colleagues of fallen firefighter Ewan Williamson took part in a marathon of climbing and abseiling in Edinburgh yesterday. Firefighters from Tollcross Station, where Ewan was based, were scaling the combined equivalent of Snowdon, Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike on the face of Edinburgh’s Sheraton Hotel Spa. The three peaks feat, which [...]
By Cara Sulieman A HUNGRY Scot got a crunchy surprise in a bag of salad she bought from her local shop – when she found a creepy crawly on her plate. Helen Dixon, 27, found a live cockroach after she tipped out the Italian-style salad from budget supermarket chain Lidl. Having already munched on the [...]
By Cara Sulieman EDINBURGH faces a nightmare before Christmas – the threat of overrunning tram works ruining its planned festive party. Council chiefs have unveiled a glitzy four day extravaganza for the city centre next month to feature giant snow globes, elves and musical fountains to boost trade hit by disruption. But even before [...]
by Shaun Milne THE wife of a Scots soldier who died after a brave six week battle to overcome injuries suffered in Afghanistan tonight described him as being her “best friend”. Kylie Mason said she knew she had “struck gold” when she met and later married Corporal Tam Mason, 27, who passed away on Sunday. Last [...]
by Michael MacLeod A FORMER Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion lured young boys into having “cyber sex” over the internet. Eight-time European weight lifting champion and four-time Commonwealth Games medallist Alan Ogilvie was a Scottish sporting hero in the late 1980s. But in court today the 41 year-old admitted a sordid fascination for young boys.
By Rory Reynolds THE FORMER presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament Lord Steel paid a touching tribute to the Queen’s former press secretary Michael Shea as he was laid to rest yesterday. Lord Steel, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, described how his life-long friend had touched the lives of everyone he met with [...]
By Cara Sulieman TWO top Scots hotels have been blasted over an “anti-Scottish” article in a luxury magazine supplied to their guests. The Scotsman and Glasshouse hotel’s in Edinburgh supply a free a copy of “Lusso” in every room for their customers to read during their stays at their five-star venues. But in an article [...]
by Cara Sulieman SHOCK new figures released by the Scottish government today (Tues) show that one in five people are likely to be a victim of crime. More than half of violent offences in Scotland is alcohol related, sparking calls from opposition parties for the government to crack down on “drink fuelled” crime. But most [...]