By Paul Thornton A WOMAN was has been found guilty of shooting her boyfriend in the head, killing him on his doorstep. Wannabe model Caroline Igoe today (Friday) was convicted of the murder of Martyn Barclay. Her brother Paul was cleared of the killing but found guilty of trying to cover up the slaying. A [...]
By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND’S oldest political activist is back out chapping doors on the campaign trail – just a few months shy of his 100th birthday. Leslie Spoor got his first taste of politics when he was caught up in the Battle of Cable Street in East London in 1936 when the local communities united [...]
By Rory Reynolds A DISGRACED police constable is to cash in on thousands of pounds of taxpayer’s money after being told he can keep his police pension despite being convicted of drug dealing. Christopher McGinn, 30, from Pathhead in Midlothian, was jailed for more than two years last October after he was caught supplying cocaine [...]
By Rory Reynolds ONE of Hollywood’s top make-up artists is setting up shop in Scotland. Graham Johnston is used to touching-up the looks of the Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta Jones and Russell Crowe. But now ordinary Scots will be able to benefit from his A-list techniques for a short time only at his temporary berth [...]
By Michael MacLeod SCOTTISH stunt biking king of the castle Danny MacAskill is planning a surprise move to Spain. The fearless rider became an internet sensation last year when a video of him leaping over Edinburgh’s landmarks racked up over 17 million hits on YouTube. But now the 23 year-old says he has conquered all [...]
By Rory Reynolds ORGANISERS of the UK’s biggest golf tournament of the year are preparing to stage the huge event this summer – and it isn’t the St Andrews Open. The US Kids Golf European Championship is to attract almost 500 budding young golf stars from across the globe. The three-day tournament, held in four [...]
By Rory Reynolds TV singing sensation Jenny Douglas has revealed she was subjected to torment by cruel bullies over her weight at school. The stunning Scots beauty – who is set to become a West End star if she wins the final of TV talent contest Over the Rainbow – said she had a “tough [...]
By Rory Reynolds CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has attacked the Tories economic strategy for recovery, warning that it will lead to cuts in jobs, living standards and public services if they win the general election. Speaking in Edinburgh yesterday Darling dubbed the Tory and Lib Dem treasury spokesmen “Boy George” and “Karma Chameleon”, saying that only [...]
By Michael MacLeod A COSTCUTTER boss duped the Royal Bank of Scotland into paying £93,000 into his account after he exploited their cash envelope deposit scheme. Sri Lanka-born Senthuran Gopalakrishnan, 31, wrote that there was £155,000 on the front of the bank’s Fast Cash business deposit wallets. In fact he had actually only deposited £62,000, [...]
By Rory Reynolds and Oliver Farrimond DRUGS cops swooped to seize a number of cannabis plants growing in a luxury apartment complex in Edinburgh yesterday. Officers raided the plush balconied pad in the Bonnington area of the city as part of an ongoing drugs operation. Ten fully matured cannabis plants were removed by detectives after [...]
By Rory Reynolds A TORY candidate suspended by the party for a homophobic attack on gays will still appear to be standing for the party on ballot papers on May 6 – because it is too late to have his name removed. Philip Lardner was axed by the party as their candidate for North Ayrshire [...]
By Rory Reynolds A WHEELCHAIR bound pensioner died after catching fire while trapped in a blaze at a sheltered housing complex. Firefighters found helpless John Steele still ablaze after bursting into his home in Edinburgh’s Queen’s Bay Crescent. The 63-year-old was doused by fire crews and rushed to hospital but died later from his injuries. [...]
By Cara Sulieman A TEACHER at a school once attended by the Prince of Wales has been struck off for helping pupils cheat in preparations for their oral French exam. Eric Tessier-Lavigne admitted he sent 11 pupils at Gordonstoun School emails about a conversation topic in their GCSE exam, containing phrases “destroy after reading” and [...]
By Rory Reynolds POLICE are hunting for a gang of thieves who stole more than £10,000 from a pensioner in broad daylight. Three men raided the home of an elderly man while he was gardening in front of the block of flats where he lives. The theft happened at around 2pm on Saturday in the [...]
By Rory Reynolds POLICE are hunting for three men after a young man was attacked outside a nightclub over the weekend. The 20-year-old man suffered a broken tooth out after arguing with the group, who were all wearing chino shirts and red ties. The group fled in a white Ford Fiesta after the attack took [...]
By Cara Sulieman A SERVING soldier’s wife has launched an appeal after being told the NHS won’t pay for a special helmet for their baby son. Tyler Rees – whose dad Stefan is currently in Afghanistan – has two types of flat head syndrome, leaving both the back and the side of his head misshapen. [...]
By Cara Sulieman A LASTING tribute to remember tragic Scots firefighter Ewan Williamson was unveiled by his mother Linda yesterday (Mon). The 35-year-old had been with Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service for seven years when he died rescuing people from a blaze at the Balmoral Bar on Dalry Road in Edinburgh last July. [...]
By Paul Thornton A DEVASTATED father has paid tribute to his “happy and laid back” son after he was stabbed to death on Thursday. Alan Hunter, 25, was found bleeding in the streets of Whitburn after an incident in the West Lothian town’s Townhead Gardens. The dad-of-one was raced to Wishaw General Hospital and underwent [...]
By Michael MacLeod THE abused daughters of a vindictive millionaire paedophile who disinherited them in favour of the Girl Guides have told of how they “jumped for joy” when he died. Sisters Tori Dante and Dianne Paul endured nearly 20 years of nightly rapes at the hands of their late father Reginald Forester-Smith, a celebrity [...]
By Rory Reynolds A TEACHER who survived the Dunblane massacre has revealed she was scared by killer Thomas Hamilton when she met him two decades before the tragedy. Eileen Harrild, who was hit in the chest and arms during the 1996 school shooting, said she had an “uncomfortable feeling” when she met the former Scout [...]