By Martin Graham POLICE are probing a mystery death after a man’s body was found in Fife over the weekend. Hedi Rhouma, 33, was found in a wooded area behind his family home in Inverkeithing on Sunday. Mr Rhouma was reported missing on Tuesday, July 13 after he disappeared from his home in the town’s [...]
By Michael MacLeod RUGBY and running stars Gavin Hastings and Sally Gunnell have unveiled their plans to run a 120km relay duathlon around Loch Ness. The sporting icons will each do a 10km run and 20km cycle when they team up for the annual Monster Challenge in September. The Highland event will be former Scotland [...]
By Michael MacLeod A GANG punched a teenager to the floor of a train before chasing him onto a station platform and continuing their attack. The 19 year-old victim was left bloodied and bruised by three men and a woman on a train travelling from Fife to Edinburgh last month. The running battle ended at [...]
By Michael MacLeod THE world’s only all-female formation wing-walking team are getting set to jet into Scotland this weekend. The death defying ladies of Team Breitling will strut their stuff on the wings of a Boeing Stearman plane at up to 150mph. They will be joined by a Supermarine Spitfire in the skies above East [...]
By Michael MacLeod A TEENAGE climber who suffered double back and neck fractures has vowed to return and conquer the quarry wall he fell off. Plucky Thomas Hurst, 19, claims he was to blame for a horror plunge which left him hospitalised for a week while friends and family members feared for his life. A [...]
By Michael MacLeod SIR Nick Faldo’s 84 year-old dad was left bunkered at The Open when he lost an expensive watch on the St Andrews course. Pensioner George Faldo enlisted the help of his golfing son to hunt high and low for the sentimental watch, which was given to him as an 80th birthday present. [...]
By Michael MacLeod A DAD who had his face slashed in an unprovoked attack says he despairs his young daughter having to see his 10cm scar every day. Handyman Alexander DeVires took a shortcut through an Edinburgh park on his way home from his sisters’ house when he was violently knifed. The 34 year-old was [...]
By Cara Sulieman COMEDIAN Greg Hemphill has spoken about his split from comedy partner Ford Kiernan, saying it was the logical next step for the duo. The pair co-wrote hit sketch show Chewin’s the Fat and sitcom Still Game before Greg walked away from the partnership in 2008. The 40-year-old explained how they now hardly [...]
By Michael MacLeod FORMER chancellor Alistair Darling has called on officials to fast-track a gallantry award for tragic fireman Ewan Williamson. The Labour MP filed a nomination for the 35 year-old to be honoured with a Queen’s Gallantry Medal last November after a public petition gathered thousands of signatures. But the nomination has been delayed [...]
By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH ministers have backed down in their bid to stop the country’s information commissioner from accessing their files. Lawyers for the government were due to appear in court to challenge the powers of Kevin Dunion. They wanted to stop him from accessing their files, which in an important part of his job. [...]
By Cara Sulieman POLICE in Scotland will start collecting and storing the genetic information of children as young as eight under new powers granted by the government. Under the new Criminal Justice and Licensing Act the DNA and fingerprints of anyone under-17 can be kept for up to three years if they are found guilty [...]
By Cara Sulieman THE NHS should PAY people for their organs, according to new proposals from a think tank. The controversial plan comes from a fellow at The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) who believes it would speed up the waiting list for transplants. Tim Worstall – a fellow with the group – is floating the [...]
By MARTIN GRAHAM A ROAD worker was battling for his life in hospital today after being struck by a car in an alleged hit and run. The man, a contractor for Bear Scotland, had been painting road markings on the A92 Kirkcaldy to Dundee road just after Midnight when he and a colleague were hit [...]
By Paul Thornton & Lorenzo Dalberto THE Italian driver who mowed down a Scots honeymoon couple leaving the groom fighting for his life has been banned from the roads. Police in Sorrento said a 22-year-old local man was detained and questioned following the horror 1am crash last Friday which hospitalised newlyweds John and Nicola Tams [...]
By Paul Thornton, Christine Lavelle, Cara Sulieman & Martin Graham 8PM UPDATE: A CAR ploughed into a newly-wed Scots couple just days into their romantic Italian honeymoon. John and Nicola Tams, both 31, from Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, were leaving a restaurant in Sorrento when a driver appears to have lost control of his car and [...]
By Paul Thornton A THIEF who stole over £10,000 from the firm he worked for has been given a chance to repay the cash – after landing a job scaling buildings. Photobooth worker Colin Smith, 35, worked for Snap Digital Imaging and travelled around Scotland collecting the takings from the passport picture booths. But instead [...]
By MARTIN GRAHAM  SUPER-RICH golf fans are getting the chance to own their own castle, complete with helipad, 10 bedrooms and walled garden all within 20 miles of this year’s Open at St Andrews.  Myres Castle, set in 45 acres, also features five reception rooms, a billiard room and a Victorian kitchen. If the [...]
By Paul Thornton POLICE in Fife are hunting for a white van man who terrorised a woman on the roads. The dangerous driver tailgated the 43-year-old woman before overtaking her and almost forcing her off the road. Officers said the man then “dabbed his brakes”, causing the woman to brake and leaving her “extremely distressed”. [...]
By Martin Graham A SCOTS council has been forced to issue safety notices to OAPs because of the number of incidents involving mobility scooters. East Lothian Council acted to put the brakes on the motorised pensioners with a leaflet warning about safety on the pavements. But two more OAPs have already come a cropper this [...]
By Christine Lavelle A BID to bring the world famous Clipper Race to Edinburgh for the first time has been backed by one of Britain’s top yachtsmen. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to sail solo around the world without stopping, in 1969, said that hosting the event would put a global focus on Edinburgh. [...]