Ever think you’re surrounded, that there’s no way out? Do you go to bed at night frightened for the future, wondering if the money coming in will be enough to pay the bills, whether your job will even be there when you wake up next morning? What kind of future lies in store for your [...]
By Amanda MacMillan SHIPYARD workers at Rosyth are gearing up for strike action – just three days after being spared the axe. A walk-out has already been planned at the Fife yard for next week with a full strike to follow in a bitter row over pay. But they kept quiet about the planned action [...]
By Amanda MacMillan SCOTLAND’S Housing Minister Alex Neil cut a sod of earth as work on the first new council houses to be built in Edinburgh for a generation finally got underway yesterday (tues). The city will see an addition of 215 new homes built as work on the site of three former high rises [...]
By Amanda MacMillan JOHN Lewis workers swapped their uniforms for high fashion yesterday (Tue) as they replaced mannequins in the shop window of the store in Edinburgh to promote a ÂŁ2.6 million refurbishment. Claire Matthews and Rebecca Gibb turned heads as passers-by witnessed the window display come to life. The girls posed among the fallen [...]
By Clare Carswell EDINBURGH Zoo bosses have come under fire from animal welfare campaigners after it was discovered that bosses ordered the destruction of two rare hogs. The organisation agreed to kill piglets Sammi and Becca after being told by a worldwide breeding programme that they were “surplus to requirements”. The birth of the pair [...]
By Amanda MacMillan A TEENAGER suffered a broken jaw during a horrific attack in Edinburgh on Monday morning. The 18-year-old left the Lava and Ignite nightclub with his friend when they were attacked by a group of males on the Capital’s Ponton Street. Both victims suffered facial injuries and were taken by ambulance to Edinburgh [...]
By Amanda MacMillan AFTER all the waiting and choppy waters of uncertainty, it was a huge sense of relief finally beginning to dawn across the grey skies of Rosyth on Monday. Yet until the words utter from Chancellor George Osborne’s mouth that he really has sanctioned the go ahead for the two £5.2b aircraft carriers [...]
By Clare Carswell A SCOTS police force has set up a crack five-strong team of detectives devoted to cracking rape cases and serious sexual assaults. The team – based with Lothian and Borders Police – is thought to be the first of its kind in Scotland and if proven a success, could be rolled out [...]
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By Amanda MacMillan SCOTLAND’S Housing Minister Alex Neil cut a sod of earth as work on the first new council houses to be built in Edinburgh for a generation finally got underway yesterday (tues). The city will see an addition of 215 new homes built as work on the site of three former high rises [...]
By Amanda MacMillan JOHN Lewis workers swapped their uniforms for high fashion yesterday (Tue) as they replaced mannequins in the shop window of the store in Edinburgh to promote a ÂŁ2.6 million refurbishment. Claire Matthews and Rebecca Gibb turned heads as passers-by witnessed the window display come to life. The girls posed among the fallen [...]
WORLD record breaking Scots cyclist Mark Beaumont swung from the walls of Edinburgh International Climbing Arena suspended on his bike to help launch this week’s Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival. The EMFF runs from October 21-24 at the city’s George Square lecture theatre, with special events at EICA at Ratho including a talk from the Fife [...]
By Christine Lavelle A SCOTS based soldier asked teenage girls to send him pictures of themselves in their underwear and kept more than 500 indecent images of children on his computer. Corporal Gavin Booth, 30, based at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh with 3 Rifles, admitted possessing and distributing images of children, sending text messages to [...]
by Shaun Milne A NEW website aimed specifically at helping adults and children with learning numeracy skills launched in Scotland yesterday (mon). Harnessing video to show clips of techniques in actions, it also provides a ranage of support materials available online including 165 movie clips and some 700 practice sheets. Developed in Scotland the business [...]
By Shaun Milne SCOTLAND’S eco industry received a boost of 650 new training places today (tues). Education Secretary Michael Russell pledged the new support for employers working to support a low carbon economy. The training, to be delivered through Skills Development Scotland, is being funded with the support of the European Social Fund. The Scottish [...]
