By Rory Reynolds A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with a serious assault that left a teenager blind in one eye. Eddie Watt was left with horrific facial and head injuries after an alleged assault late last Friday night. The 19-year-old had been walking with friends in the Oxgangs area when the [...]
By Rory Reynolds MEDICS were last night battling to save a young man’s arm after it was nearly torn off in a horrific crash. The 30-year-old’s arm was caught outside of his silver Vauxhall Corsa after the car flipped over on a slip road near Glenrothes, Fife. It is believed the car overturned onto its [...]
By Rory Reynolds TESTS are to be carried out to determine whether three former industrial sites could pose a risk to their local populations. The former sites of Portobello Power Station, the Northfield chemical works and the chemical plant at Abbeyhill in Edinburgh are to be examined under legislation that ensures the areas are safe [...]
By Cara Sulieman AROUND half of Scots men admit that they always look at a woman’s breasts before they look at her face. Those living in Edinburgh are most likely to cop an eyeful with city women boasting an average bra size of 36D. In Aberdeen women are more petite, with 32A as the average. [...]
By Cara Sulieman POLICE are on stand-by for possible violent clashes between thousands of right wing extremists and anti fascist protesters this weekend. Anti racist campaigners are expected to march in numbers through the streets of Edinburgh on Saturday in protest against the Scottish Defence League (SDL). The SDL plans to hold a gathering in [...]
By Rory Reynolds THE signature works of a Scots artist who tragically died in a car crash are to be auctioned at a special sale to honour his life. Alastair Flattely and his wife of more than 50 years, Sheila, were killed last May near Dorchester. He was 86. Tomorrow more than 200 of Flattely’s [...]
By Rory Reynolds THEY are famous for their huge lunchtime cues, cheap and cheerful service and cut-price sausage rolls. But now new Greggs bakeries across the UK are to be fitted with polished wood fittings, soft lighting and gourmet coffee. The revamped look is part of a marketing blitz to take the discount chain upmarket [...]
By Rory Reynolds THE website of one of Scotland’s top distilleries crashed after it was bombarded by a horde of whisky fans. Staff at the Ardbeg distillery on Islay had to man the phones after 25,000 of its club members crashed the online shop in an attempt to buy a bottle of its latest release [...]
By Cara Sulieman AN occupational therapist faces being struck off after having a sexual relationship with a “vulnerable and complex” ex-patient. Lynn Cameron was working at the South West Bridging Service in Glasgow when she admitted the relationship to her supervisor in 2007. Although she wasn’t treating Patient A at the time, he had been [...]
By Andrea McCallum POLICE have launched a fresh appeal for information on the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of a well-known busker. Matthew Dyet has not been traced since he was last seen in his home town of Eyemouth on February 17 last year. The 58-year-old was captured on CCTV leaving Costcutters on High Street [...]
By Andrea McCallum A LUCKY black cat managed to find an animal rescue centre with its head wedged in a can of food. The disorientated moggy was discovered by Scottish SPCA staff in Middlebank, Fife, on Sunday morning. And the hungry female feline – who had tried its luck with an empty can of cat [...]
By Cara Sulieman SCIENTISTS at a Scottish university have developed a quick, cheap way of testing for inherited diseases that could mean an earlier diagnosis for patients. The team, based at the University of Edinburgh, have cut testing times down to around half an hour, and are hoping to develop the product for commercial release [...]
By Rory Reynolds A TEENAGE builder who was brutally beaten in a late night assault which saw him lose an eye has blasted the thugs who attacked him, saying: “They’ve just taken my eyesight away from me.” Eddie Watt was heading home from a night out with friends in Edinburgh when he was set upon [...]
By Shaun Milne FORMER Death Row Scot Kenny Richey has told relatives he fears he is dying – and will never get the chance to re-marry his sweetheart back in Scotland as planned. The Edinburgh-born 45-year-old – who was released from jail two years ago – has a history of heart problems and says he [...]
By Rory Reynolds BILLY Connolly has revealed that he “hated” filming his latest blockbuster flick, Gulliver’s Travels. The 67-year-old comedian has described his battle with green-screen technology for his role as the King of Lilliput, adding that his experience on-set was “rubbish”. Connolly, who has also starred in Mrs Brown and the Last Samurai, said [...]
By Andrea McCallum HARDCORE dance music has been blamed for violence in Scotland’s nightclubs. A study of city centre nightclubs found that more fights took place where there were pumping dance tunes. Researchers spent four months secretly monitoring punch-ups at eight late-night venues. And two venues playing hardcore dance tracks had more violent incidents than [...]
By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND’S police forces and courts have failed to ban a single paedophile from travelling abroad to engage in child sex tourism. An investigation by Strathclyde University has revealed that no Foreign Travel Orders were issued last year, which prevent predators from visiting countries plagued by the child sex trade. However police and [...]
By Rory Reynolds NHS boards in Scotland are paying nursing agencies a higher hourly rate than the First Minister in a desperate bid to cover for staff shortages. Health authorities across Scotland are throwing up to £4,500 per nurse per week at firms supplying temporary nurses in an attempt to keep staffing levels up. And [...]
By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND’S environmental watchdog has come under fire after it emerged that staff took nearly three flights a day last year. The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency used planes for 536 work-related journeys last year – the vast majority of them return flights – with 389 of those being short domestic trips within the [...]
By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND saw a massive increase in UFO sightings in the year the Ministry of Defence axed their supernatural investigations department. New figures released under Freedom of Information Act have shown that reported sightings increased three-fold in the year that the MoD shut down its UFO hotline. Last year 28 were reported to [...]