THE family of Peter Tobin victim Vicky Hamilton are locked in a bitter feud over her personal belongings. Vicky’s father and sister are battling over who keeps the items of jewellery found when her body was discovered. Michael Hamilton visited the Crown Office today (Tuesday) expecting to receive Vicky’s purse, rings, and other items in [...]
THE boss of beer firm Tennent’s says the new trend for “sofalising” is keeping Scots away from the nation’s pubs. Mike Lees, chief executive of the brewing giant, says reality television shows such as The X Factor are encouraging Scots to drink at home rather than go out. And he warned that the trend is [...]
TWO people were taken to hospital when their cars collided at a roundabout in Dalkeith. A 29-year-old man was freed from his vehicle by firemen who used hydraulic cutting equipment, before he was placed on a spinal board by paramedics to safely remove him. He was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, [...]
SCOTS families are being offered the chance to ring a law firm’s Christmas hotline– set up to deal with Yuletide marriage splits. Edinburgh-based Gibson Kerr say they will be on hand to take urgent enquiries over the festive weeks from couples who are desperate for professional advice about divorce and separation. They say that Christmas [...]
TICKETS for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Concert in the Gardens and Keilidh events have sold out over a week before the celebrations. Scots rockers Biffy Clyro are set to headline the Concert in the Gardens, despite struggling to get back from Singapore following their Australian tour because of widespread snow across the UK. Performances will also come [...]
An Edinburgh wine bar is offering an exclusive range of stock it says makes it the first in Scotland to serve the brand by the glass. During the month of December, Divino Enoteca will offer a selection from the famous Italian winery Angelo Gaja. As one of the world’s greatest winemakers, the Gaja name has [...]
Synergy Bureau is to open new offices at Kittle Yards on the south side of Edinburgh. The company, which provides digital print services, has signed a five year deal with landlord Aviva. Synergy Bureau has existing offices in Livingston and is opening the new office in the Capital to accommodate the expansion of the company. [...]
In the latest of our Guest Blog series, Martin Keane from OneKind tells about a year of change for the Edinburgh based charity. 2010 has represented a year of monumental change for OneKind. The organisation began this year as Advocates for Animals, but it was clear that something unique was being born. The charity was [...]
SCIENTISTS are using smart phone technology to track and predict the spread of infectious diseases. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have been working with Imperial College London with the aim of figuring out how quickly a pandemic might occur. They are using geo information available in handheld devices like smart phones to record the nature [...]
Emmy award-winning actor Brian Cox visited Edinburgh today to urge people to donate 50 pence to the ’50p Life Change Appeal’. Each 50p will enable a new Scots-based medical charity – Developing World Health – to treat a child for a year against the scourge of ‘forgotten’ neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). It is estimated 1.4 [...]
Emmy Award-winning Shakespearian actor and Dundee-born Hollywood Star, Brian Cox is urging people to donate 50 pence piece to the ’50p Life Change Appeal’. For the equivalent cost of a pint of milk, each 50p will enable a new Scots-based medical charity to treat a child for a year against the scourge of ‘forgotten’ neglected [...]
EDINBURGH’S Hogmanay headliners Biffy Clyro have been stranded abroad after the weekend’s heavy snowfall in the UK. Airports across the country – including Heathrow – have been closed or disrupted as the big freeze returned with a vengeance. The Ayrshire rock trio finished their tour of Australia on Sunday and used their Twitter page to [...]
AN adventurer who raced 160 miles across the Sahara desert and spent 49 days rowing in the Atlantic Ocean has failed his toughest mission yet – to make his way from London to Edinburgh. Heavy snowfall over the weekend meant that Ben Fogle – who presented the BBC’s Animal Park and Wild In Africa – [...]
