A DISGRACED teacher who had sex with a teenage pupil during a two year affair has been struck off. Shamed Thomas Docherty, 51, preyed upon the vulnerable schoolgirl when she was just 16 years old. The religious education teacher, from Innerleithan in Peebleshire, even had sex with her on school trips – despite his wife [...]
Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News A giant, snow-shooting robot will be unleashed on Christmas shoppers next week. The towering Snow-bot which was receiving some last minute tune ups last night will take up residence in Edinburgh next week as part of the city’s Edinburgh Sparkles campaign. Two graduates from the Edinburgh College of Art modelled the 3.9 metre [...]
Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News An unusual silver cup valued at £1,500, made from a coconut shell that was used by Captain Bligh when he was set adrift, after the mutiny on the Bounty, is to be sold at auction by Lyon & Turnbull on the 30th November 2010 in Edinburgh. The deep coconut shell bowl [...]
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond opened new offices of a renewable energy developer in Edinburgh today (Wed) after the announcement of a new £11 million investment in the company. Aquamarine Power, a leading Scottish company in wave energy, have opened new offices in Elder Street and have taken a major step towards the commercialisation of their [...]
ANDY Murray’s formidable mum has fired a volley over a Scottish airport’s £1 drop-off charge, branding the fee a “disgrace”. Judy Murray lashed out after Edinburgh Airport became the first north of the border to scrap free dropping off at the terminal. She complained on her Twitter feed today: “Watching Rip Off Britain…What about the [...]
A giant, snow-shooting robot will be unleashed on Christmas shoppers next week. The towering Snow-bot – which was receiving some last minute tune ups last night – will take up residence in Edinburgh next week as part of the city’s Edinburgh Sparkles campaign. Two graduates from the Edinburgh College of Art modelled the 3.9 metre [...]
ROAD safety chiefs last night issued a weather warning to drivers – over sat navs. The AA say it is too dangerous for motorists to trust the equipment not to lead them into ice or snow which is predicted to hit with a vengeances. Andrew Howard, Head of Road Safety for the AA, said: “Do [...]
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond showed his support for renewable energy yesterday as he opened the new offices of a energy developer in Edinburgh after the announcement of a new £11 million investment in the company. Aquamarine Power, a leading Scottish company in wave energy, have opened new offices in Elder Street in the capital and [...]
A SCOTS based soldier who asked teenage girls to send him pictures of themselves in their underwear has been sentenced to 225 hours of community service and put on probation for three years. Gavin Booth, 30, based at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh with 3 Rifles, kept more than 500 indecent images of children on his [...]
EDINBURGH CAPITALS 3 v 5 CARDIFF DEVILS Match Report: Andrew Reeves The Cardiff Devils were welcomed to Edinburgh on Sunday evening following a 5 – 2 victory over the Edinburgh Capitals in Cardiff on the previous evening. Would the Scots be able to make a comeback? The Devils fell behind after just two minutes with [...]
There are few things in life that can stop me in my tracks. But there is one which fells me every time. Coldness. I hate it. It debilitates me more than anything. So when I cast my watery eyes towards the clouds lurking above and breathe in an icy sbap of air, my heart sinks [...]
Airdrie Savings Bank claims it has secured “a wave” of new business interest after venturing out of its Lanarkshire stronghold for the first time. It said both personal and business customers approached its first roadshow held in Edinburgh earlier this month in conjunction with the city’s Chamber of Commerce as part of its wider plans [...]
SOME of Scotland’s top athletes have thrown their backing behind a major rebranding of the country’s leading children’s sport support service. Eilidh Child, who won silver in the 400m hurdles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and former Scotland and British Lions rugby international Scott Hastings have spoken out about their support of the [...]
After the pain off missing out on one of my favourite bands at all of the summer festivals, I’m beginning to feel pretty excited about seeing the wonderful Biffy Clyro at the end of this week at the SECC in Glasgow. It’s been a while – almost a year if I’m thinking straight – but [...]
A BENEFIT cheat swindled £25,000 over three years by lying to the authorities about her living situation. Patricia Sullivan, 53, from Newtongrange, told officers of the Department of Work and Pensions and officials at the City of Edinburgh Council that she lived alone with her one dependent child during the period of July 2005 and [...]
LOOKING more like a seaside holiday camp than a high-security jail, this is what prison chiefs are planning for some of Scotland’s most dangerous sex offenders. Rapists and murderers will be free to enjoy their choice of football pitches, open green spaces, and sea breezes at newly-rebuilt Peterhead prison. The notorious jail’s 300 inmates have [...]
A SICK swinger who invented a baby daughter to fantasise about on an internet chat room and was found with hundreds of indecent images of children on his computer has been sentences to 12 months in prison. Simon Black, 37, from Cardenden, Fife, and his ex-partner used chat rooms to find “like-minded couples” to have [...]
