THE FIRST Minister announced he hopes to raise £15,000 for four charities from the sale of the painting and signed prints which featured on his 2009 Christmas cards when he visited an Edinburgh auction house today (Tues). Alex Salmond asked Scottish artist, Gerard Burns to create and donate a piece of work that would be [...]
THE singer and judge of the celebrity television competion Strictly Come Dancing, Alesha Dixon speaks to Deadline’s Amanda MacMillan after performing to Edinburgh crowds. Alesha Dixon appeared at the Radio Forth Awards at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms, a ceremony that acknowledges the hard work of local Edinburgh and Lothian people.
POLICE are searching for an elderly man who came to the aid of a pregnant woman when she was allegedly assaulted in Edinburgh. The man bravely intervened to stop the alleged assault in the Leith area of the Capital last Sunday (November 14). Both the woman and her alleged assailant were within the Tam O’ [...]
A 999 operator gave an elderly man life-saving advice as fire crews rushed to a blaze which which left him trapped in his home. The 83-year-old and a 54-year old woman were trapped inside the house in Birniehill Terrace, Bathgate after a fire started at his front door on Monday night. Control staff at Lothian and [...]
A NEW crisis centre for women who have been the victim of rape and sexual assault officially opened today (Mon) in the Scottish Borders. The Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre launched after the Scottish Borders Council and Rape Crisis Scotland identified a lack of a dedicated service for victims. It aims to offer emotional and [...]
ONE of Scotland’s leading horse-jump trainers has died after an apparent suicide bid. Peter Monteith, 61, was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Sunday evening but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Police and an ambulance crew responded to an emergency call to the trainer’s yard in Rosewell, Midlothian. Earlier that day, Mr [...]
A STUNNED dog owner has ended up with 14 bloodhound puppies after being told by a vet to expect just “two or three”. Judy Jenkinson is being eaten out of her East Lothian house and home after the huge litter was delivered by two-year-old Corrente. Two pups sadly died but the remaining 14 are thriving, [...]
A STUNNED dog owner has ended up with 14 bloodhound puppies after being told by a vet to expect just “two or three”. Judy Jenkinson is being eaten out of her East Lothian house and home after the huge litter was delivered by two-year-old Corrente. Two pups sadly died but the remaining 14 are thriving, [...]
A HERO neighbour came to the rescue of a family after a chip pan caught fire in the kitchen of their flat. The flames broke out just after Midnight on Monday at in the flat on Craiagentinny Road in Edinburgh. A 43-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son were taken to hospital to be treated for [...]
A 22-YEAR-OLD man was left unconscious after two thugs kicked his head in during a racially motivated attack. The incident happened at around 1am today (Mon) on George Street in Edinburgh’s city centre. The victim – who is Chinese – had just left Lulu nightclub and was walking with friends when two men approached them. [...]
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was indecently assaulted in East Lothian at the weekend. The 35-year-old victim was assaulted at around 11.45pm on Saturday in King Street, Musselburgh. The attacker is described as a white male of average height, with fair or blonde hair who was wearing jeans and a dark top. [...]
A MAN brandished an axe at two employees in a bookmakers in Livingston before making off with a three-figure sum of cash. The man, described as being in his 20s, entered the Ladbrokes in Fernbank at around 6pm on Sunday. He threatened two members of staff with an axe and jumped over the counter to [...]
A SCUBA Santa Claus is braving shark-infested waters to prove that there isn’t any length he won’t go to deliver presents. The intrepid Father Christmas is taking to the water at Deep Sea World in North Queensferry, Fife to deliver presents to the aquarium’s team of divers and also hand out some treats to the [...]
A DEVOTED dog owner was shocked and delighted by the arrival of 14 puppies the day after the vet said: “expect two or three”. Four weeks ago, Judy Jenkinson’s beloved dog, Corrente gave birth to 16 pedigree Bloodhound puppies at their East Lothian farm during a 12 hour labour. Two have since died but the [...]
SCOTLAND could be facing a shortage of Christmas trees this festive period with imports and homegrown foliage hitting a slump. Last year’s harsh winter is believed to have killed off 30 per cent of stock in parts of Europe, while imports of the Nordmann fir – a popular tree – are down by 80 per [...]
A LUCKY pooch who survived a 250ft free fall after leaping off a cliff into mid-air is awaiting an emergency operation to save his life. Two-year-old German Pointer Rover was on his way back from a trip in Northern Ireland with owners Roxanne Peggie, 23, and Barry Blyther, 43, when they stopped their car to [...]
