NURSES will be encouraged to blow the whistle on inadequate care of patients. Today, (Mon) all registered nurses and preregistration nurses in the UK will receive information from the Nursing and Midwifery Council on how to raise any concerns they may have regarding a patient’s care. The aim of this initiative is to set out [...]
By Clare Carswell A SCOTTISH cyber crime expert has urged online users to lie about personal details to prevent identity theft. Dr Ian Ferguson a digital forensics expert based at the University of Abertay has warned people to be careful about the information they provide online. Giving out personal details such as date of birth [...]
By Clare Carswell The lead role in a film about Scotland’s most notorious witch will hopefully be played by Doctor Who’s, Karen Gillan, if screenwriter, David Ness has his way. Ness who lives in Nairn, has worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest names and has had his most recent screenplay about Scottish witch, Isobel Gowdie [...]
By Clare Carswell SCOTTISH Universities have shelled out £100,000 for celebrities and other notable people such as American business tycoon, Donald Trump to receive honorary degrees. Over the past three years, Scottish universities have spent vast amounts of money on travel, accommodation and hospitality for various people they want to award an honorary degree to. [...]
By Clare Carswell THE Scottish adoption system is to be revamped in a bid to increase the number of vulnerable children in permanent homes and make the process more straight-forward for potential parents. The introduction of a National Adoption Register is to be announced this week as the Scottish Government continue discussions ahead of a [...]
Facebook’s great, no doubt about it. And as someone easily old enough to remember Blue Peter before the scandals struck, that is not as trite an observation as it might first seem. A few weeks ago, it enabled one of my oldest friends from school to get back in touch. We hadn’t heard from each [...]
Earlier this year I was engrossed with coverage of the winter Olympics in Vancouver, specifically the curling. Part of the reason was because there was a family member in the men’s team (Pete Smith is married to my cousin). But the main reason was because the game is addictive. I once interviewed one-time world champion [...]
By Cara Sulieman A SCOTS university has unveiled a “green” supercomputer that can process data more than 1000 times faster than the average PC. Eddie – the main supercomputer at University of Edinburgh – has been upgraded to make him more environmentally friendly. The system – based at the Edinburgh Compute and Data Facility – [...]
By Cara Sulieman A PROSTITUTE who gave a customer oral sex in a cemetery has had her conviction for public indecency quashed because there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she had meant to be caught. Donna Fearn was originally found guilty of an act of public indecency after a trial at Dundee Sheriff Court. It [...]
By Cara Sulieman FOOTBALLER Craig Thomson appeared in court today charged with lewd and libidinous behaviour towards girls between 12 and 16. The Hearts defender appeared in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court and made no plea nor declaration. The 19-year-old faces three charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour under the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act [...]
EDINBURGH played host to military climbing teams from across Europe this week for the European Military Climbing Competition. The British team consisting of service men and woman from the Royal Navy, the RAF and the Army, made their final preparations for the competition at Edinburgh Castle. There were more than 100 participants at the Edinburgh [...]
by Clare Carswell TWO BOYS aged just 12 have been charged over an alleged attack which left an 11-year-old unconscious outside a school. Lothian and Borders Police who investigated the incident which was claimed to have been filmed by pupils using mobile phones, confirmed today (fri) that the pair will be referred to the Children’s [...]
by Peter Laing A drink drive sheriff took to the wheel while over the limit because he was depressed over the traumatic death of his father. Robert Anthony, 48, was banned from driving for two years and fined £650 pounds after he admitted drink driving on September 30 this year. Livingston Sheriff Court heard that [...]
By Christine Lavelle POLICE probing a shooting in Edinburgh warned they will not tolerate any “gangland” style feud in the city. Detectives today tried to play down such a possibility after Robert Kelbie, 27, a controversial property developer, was gunned down outside Bannatyne’s Health Club last Wednesday. A grey or silver Vauxhall Vectra was seen [...]
By Christine Lavelle A PUB where a former boxing champion was gunned down and killed is to become a supermarket. In 2006, 31-year-old Alex McKinnon was shot by Jamie Bain at The Marmion in Gracemount, Edinburgh. Bain then turned the gun on Mr McKinnon’s brother-in-law, James Hendry, who was left badly wounded after the attack. [...]
The Fife Free Press: GUNNED DOWN Police continue their manhunt following the murder of Kirkaldy landlord, Mohammed Nadeem Siddique (38) at the weekend. The father of three, known locally as Toby, was found dead in a Glenrothes flat on Sunday by police who were called following reports of gunshots. Dunfermline Press: New buyer for Hyundai Plans of [...]
By Cara Sulieman A MAN who embezzled more than £5,000 from the shop he was in left in charge of by faking cashback transactions has escaped jail. Richard Humphries, 32, put £50 cashback through the company’s system on credit card payments then pocketed the cash to feed his gambling addiction. He managed to steal £5,500 [...]
By Cara Sulieman & Christine Lavelle TRADE union workers have hit out at a cash-strapped Scots council’s plan to spend £23,000 on a replacement car for their Provost. Inverclyde Council have published a public contract looking for a replacement for their current car – a classic 16-year-old Ford Granada Ghia. The budget is large enough [...]
By Clare Carswell TAXI drivers will be forced to bear the brunt of a new drop-off charge at Edinburgh Airport being introduced from today (Fri). While disabled passengers will also find their journeys made more complicated by changes to the system. Airport bosses will start charging £1 for every car and taxi to drop passengers [...]
A CHILDREN’S play park is being forced to add signs to a medieval fortress giving a historical explanation of why gypsies used to be put in the stocks – after a member of the public took offence at one of its props. Grant Bell, managing director of East Links Family Park in Dunbar, East Lothian, [...]