By Christine Lavelle Police seized more than £500,000 worth of heroin and cocaine during a series of planned drugs raids in Fife. A 26-year-old man from Kirkcaldy is expected to appear at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court tomorrow (Fri), in connection to the discovery of the class A drugs. Fife Constabulary confirmed it was part of an [...]
By Christine Lavelle A SECURITY guard at Heriot-Watt University who saved a toddler from choking to death on a hot dog has been hailed a hero. Two-year-old Jess Shearer had fallen unconscious at the nursery she attends on the university’s campus in Edinburgh, when Dave Love rushed to the scene and dislodged the piece of [...]
By Cara Sulieman A MAN who can’t remember how he ended up at hospital told a Polish security guard to “go home” because he woke him up. Security staff were called to the A&E department of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary because Stuart Clarke has been acting aggressively. They arrived to find the 17-year-old fast asleep and [...]
By Cara Sulieman A MAN embezzled more than £5,000 from the shop he was in left in charge of by faking cashback transactions. Richard Humphries, 32, put £50 cashback through the company’s system on credit card payments then pocketed the cash to feed his gambling addiction. He managed to steal £5,500 before being caught by [...]
By Christine Lavelle HEALTH experts are warning that Edinburgh could be facing a HIV ticking time-bomb, as more than 100 new cases a year are expected over the coming decade. The number of new infections could jump by 10 per cent, bringing the city back up to the shocking levels seen during the 1980s. It [...]
By Amanda MacMillan THE SCOTTISH Government launched a crackdown on forced marriages today (Thurs) – warning offenders they could be jailed under strict new laws. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the new legislation which gives courts the power to issue Forced Marriage Protection Orders aimed at keeping those most at risk safe and also helping those [...]
By Christine Lavelle BOSSES at Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children hope to use ideas from families of loved ones who owe their lives to the miracle staff there to make improvements at the campus. A new family forum has been set up, inviting parents and carers who have spent time at the hospital to [...]
By Christine Lavelle FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze for almost four hours, which started at an Indian restaurant in Dunfermline. Emergency services were called to Khushis Restaurant on Canmore Street at around 12.15pm today. Six appliances from Fife Fire and Rescue were used to tackle the flames, which led to local road closures in and around [...]
By Christine Lavelle A FIFE policeman with more than 27 years experience is to be appointed Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland. Andrew Laing, Deputy Chief Constable of Fife Constabulary, will take on the role in December this year, replacing Bill Skelly. The three-year post can be extended by mutual agreement, and as HMIC [...]
By Christine Lavelle DAMNING new evidence was unveiled yesterday showing that not enough effort is being put into helping women escaped Scotland’s sex trade. Fears have also been raised about the affect prostitution, sex theme bars and magazines are having on the nation’s children. A new project launched yesterday which aims to highlight the problems [...]
By Christine Lavelle SCOTS rockers Biffy Clyro are set to headline the Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh this year. The Ayrshire trio will bring in 2011 at the capital’s Concert in the Gardens event on Princes Street. Previous acts have included fellow Scots KT Tunstall, The Proclaimers and Calvin Harris. The band, comprising of lead singer [...]
By Christine Lavelle THE BROTHER of Scottish X Factor hopeful Storm Lee Gardner thinks he and judge Simon Cowell are bound to get along soon because they are “so alike”. Cowell previously dubbed the 37-year-old singer “so annoying” and has been caught on camera repeatedly rolling his eyes and making fun of Storm Lee’s name. [...]
By Christine Lavelle FORMER Rangers chairman Sir David Murray has submitted a watered-down plan for a new housing development in one of Edinburgh’s suburbs. The proposal – which includes 121 homes and a residential care home – is Murray Estates’ third attempt in a year to develop the site next to Ratho Station. Last year, [...]
By Cara Sulieman A MAN has appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting young girls in his own shop. Mohammed Asghar, 56, faces four charges of assault and one of breach of the peace for his alleged behaviour towards three girls on various dates between October 2006 and June this year. At Edinburgh Sheriff Court [...]
By Christine Lavelle POLICE believe they are searching for the same two men following two separate attempted robberies in Edinburgh on the same night. The first incident took place at around 12.35am on Saturday, when a 45-year-old man was approached by the pair after leaving a pub in the Leith area of the city. He [...]
By Christine Lavelle EIGHT people were rescued from a burning building after a blaze broke out in the basement area of their block of flats in Edinburgh. An elderly woman was treated for smoke inhalation, and a 22-year-old female resident was given oxygen therapy by ambulance staff at the scene at Croall Place, in the [...]
By Christine Lavelle A BRAVE woman shopkeeper fought off a gang of armed robbers – using a box of chocolate bars to chase them away. Rabiaa Yakoob, 35, was alone in the corner shop she runs in Edinburgh’s Broomhall Road when a man and a woman covering their face burst in brandishing a handgun at [...]
By Christine Lavelle A WALKING stick used to bludgeon its late 19th century British spy and explorer owner to death is to be auctioned off on Wednesday. William Gill’s intricately carved stick was used to bludgeon him to death in 1883 in the Sinai desert, on the border of Egypt and Israel, when he was [...]
By Christine Lavelle AN investigation has revealed that tens of thousands of tonnes of toxic waste from Scotland are being illegally dumped in Africa and Asia each year. According the Scottish Government’s environmental watchdog, the offloading on developing countries has been aided by organised crime groups. It includes broken televisions, microwaves, tyres and contaminated paper [...]
By Christine Lavelle EDINBURGH Airport has been accused of “ripping off” its passengers, after one man was charged £26 to park his car for 27 minutes. John Hamilton, from Kelty in Fife, said the airport is confusing customers with a confusing new parking system. The airport brought in a new elite service in July this [...]