By Rory Reynolds POLICE are investigating after a passer-by found a body which was washed-up on a beach in East Lothian yesterday morning. The remains – which have not been identified – were found by a member of the public on a beach in North Berwick at around 10.15am. Coast guards and police officers retrieved [...]
By Michael MacLeod A BEGGAR was arrested for clashing with a fellow tramp over a turf-war for a plum begging spot. Gary Patience, and Colin McLeod clashed over the patch in front of Edinburgh’s Playhouse theatre. The spat turned nasty when Mr McLeod set his dog on 51 year-old Patience. Police had to be called [...]
By Cara Sulieman A CANCER beating martial arts teacher has clinched a European title after fighting testicular cancer that threatened to ruin his taekwondo career. Former Hearts FC and Dunfermline Athletic player Peter Pryde became the European veteran champion at finals in Italy earlier this month. He celebrated the win on his 42nd birthday earlier [...]
By Cara Sulieman LOVE IS in the air at Edinburgh Zoo as the penguin mating season gets under way. The female gentoo penguins have taken their place on the nesting rings scattered around the enclosure and are waiting for male penguins to offer them a token of love in the shape of a pebble. This [...]
By Cara Sulieman THE FAMILY of missing Scottish mum Elizabeth McVey spoke about the pain her disappearance has caused them for the first time today (Tues). Michael and Lynsey McVey have been tirelessly joining police and other members of the community in the search for the avid church-goer – known to her friends as Libby. [...]
By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND’S tiny players failed to make a big win at the Subbuteo championships in Edinburgh last weekend. More than 60 players from across Europe took part in this year’s Scottish Table Soccer Grand Prix at Easter Road. Three Scots sides took on teams from Austria, Italy, Belgium, Malta, Holland, as well as [...]
By Cara Sulieman FRIENDS of a nightclub manager who has been missing for a week after leaving for work have set up a Facebook page to try and track him down. Martin Gordon left for work at Edinburgh club Cabaret Voltaire last Wednesday (March 24) but never turned up. His flatmate and friend Richard Duff [...]
By Michael MacLeod A SHAMELESS bank manager took over £36,000 from customers including a dead man, a disabled elderly couple and one of her own neighbours. Former Lloyds TSB boss Arlene Wales, 42, told her victims she would help them with their finances, only to embezzle massive sums of cash behind their backs. She used [...]
By Rory Reynolds THREE women have been charged with traffic-related offences after the car they were travelling in careered off a road and landed in a field. The Fiat Punto went though a fence and came to a standstill in a field 30 metres from Gilmerton Station Road in Edinburgh. All three women were thrown [...]
By Rory Reynolds and Ruairi Creaney THE LATEST detachment of Scots Guards spent a precious afternoon with their loved ones yesterday as they prepared to leave rainy Scotland for the baking heat of Afghanistan. Six soldiers from the now Yorkshire-based Scots Guards visited Edinburgh Castle with their families before they fly out to join the [...]
By Cara Sulieman POLICE are renewing their appeal for information in the search for a missing Scots mum who was last seen a week ago in her pyjamas. Elizabeth McVey – known as Libby – was reported missing from her home in Musselburgh in the early hours of last Monday (March 22) morning by her [...]
By Cara Sulieman THE LOCKERBIE bomber has banned his health reports from becoming public. After being released with just three months to live last August, Abdelbaset al Megrahi has to provide East Renfrewshire Council with a monthly update on his health. But his lawyers have been asked to prevent the public from getting their hands [...]
By Cara Sulieman THE GOVERNMENT has come under fire for only handing out employment funding to TWO Scottish firms. The job creation fund has splashed £30 million on grants in Scotland but private firms has received just a fraction of that cost – with most going to local authorities. They have been criticised for handing [...]
By Rory Reynolds UP to 20,000 homes in Scotland are at risk from gas explosions because of work carried out by “cowboy” gas fitters. An investigation by Gas Safe Register found that three-quarters of installations fitted by unregistered workmen were “immediately dangerous”. The watchdog, which replaced Corgi last year, said that the figure in Scotland [...]
By Rory Reynolds THE Scottish Parliament has spent £1.25m on designer anti-terror barriers to fit in with the ornate style of the building. New figures have revealed that parliament bosses spent £52,000 on each concrete block, which resemble the building’s boat and leaf motifs. The Scottish Parliament Corporate Body, which manages the site, has said [...]
By Rory Reynolds TWO top Scots chefs have shunned the nation’s finest beef, salmon and venison, in favour of the humble Scotch pie for this year’s Great British Menu. Tony Singh and Michael Smith have created their own gourmet versions of the football terrace favourite to represent Scotland at the yearly cooking contest. The pair [...]
By Cara Sulieman A SCOTTISH artist has slammed the traditional village crafts fair for dumbing down the industry. Georgina Follett said that they focus too much on the skill of making the object and not enough on the thought process behind it. Her criticism comes after the announcement of Craft Festival Scotland – the country’s [...]
By Rory Reynolds RUGBY star Thom Evans has spoken for the first time about the horrific tackle that threatened to leave him paralysed. The 24-year-old said he “felt like a shot” had gone through his body as he collided with Wales full-back Lee Byrne during Scotland’s Six Nations fixture. It was feared that the Scotland [...]
By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH police forces could soon be using unmanned spy planes to keep tabs on citizens in a bid to crack down on crime. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have already been trialled by Strathclyde Police who used one in rescue operations in rural Argyll. And Scotland’s largest police force is keen to be at [...]
By Cara Sulieman HARRODS boss Mohamed Al Fayed has caused outrage in a remote Highland community by winning the right to build luxury housing on his estate. He was given the go ahead earlier this month to build stables and eight houses on the land, despite worries from the nearest inhabitants in the hamlet of [...]