A body found in Cumbria may be that of missing Edinburgh woman, Elizabeth Brown. The 55 year old grandmother better known to friends as Betty has been missing for eight months. She was last seen on CCTV on May 28 getting off a number three bus on Nicholson Street in the city centre. The Gorgie [...]
A MAN has admitted following a five-year-old schoolgirl around a supermarket and taking pictures of her on his mobile phone. Alan Forrest, 36, from Edinburgh, took the pictures in August last year while the girl was shopping with her father at an Asda store. Forrest appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty [...]
BLACK Watch troops have lashed out at “idiots” who keep mistaking their charity trip to the battlefield at Monte Cassino as a gambling junket. The soldiers said they were “disgusted” that people had not heard of the Second World War battle, which left 45,000 allied troops dead or wounded. Seven members of the battalion hope [...]
SCOTLAND’S newly appointed Makar will complete her first official engagement today (Fri) – at the home of Scotland’s most famous poet. Liz Lochhead, 63, will help open the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway which will be home to 5000 related manuscripts, artefacts and other memorabilia related to the Bard. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond [...]
A 72-YEAR-OLD woman was taken to hospital after the car she was traveling in collided with a minibus. The crash happened at around 4pm yesterday (Thur) on the A702 near Flotterstone, Penicuik. The woman, who was not driving the car, was checked over by ambulance staff at the scene before being taken to the Royal [...]
A TEACHER claims she suffered years of racial discrimination from colleagues at one of Scotland’s biggest councils. Kamaljit Kaur is taking Edinburgh council to an employment tribunal, making 61 allegations against 15 members of staff. The 48-year-old claims she has been victimised because of her Indian origins for the past five years. Mrs Kaur, from [...]
The City Art Centre will showcase works by some of Edinburgh’s finest artists and craft makers when it hosts a special exhibition later this year. Submissions are currently being invited for the exhibition, which will run at the famous Market Street gallery from November 2011 to February 2012. Councillor Deidre Brock, Culture and Leisure Convenor, [...]
The next generation of students at the University of Edinburgh Business School are to benefit from £74,000 of new scholarships. Three Director’s Scholarships worth £10,000 each and five Leadership Scholarships worth £4,000 each will be available from September. The scholarships are available to students applying for a full-time MBA or MBA in International Business. Both [...]
TWO men appeared in court today (Thurs) in connection with £1.5 million of cocaine that was seized by detectives in Fife. Gillies Wright Brown, 27, and Terry Reynolds, 28, both from Lochgelly were allegedly found with large quantities of the Class A drug and appeared from custody at Dunfermline Sheriff Court in connection with a series [...]
A MAN has been charged in connection with an alleged assault and robbery of an elderly man at an Edinburgh ATM last year. The 74-year-old victim was allegedly thrown to the ground and was robbed of his money. The incident happened at the Santander cash point on Morningside Road on Tuesday 7 December. The 27-year-old [...]
A MAN has been cautioned for causing unnecessary suffering to a dog. Following a Scottish SPCA investigation, the 26-year-old from the Stenhouse area of Edinburgh has been cautioned under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. He is accused of causing unnecessary suffering to a male Staffordshire bull terrier. The dog was found dead [...]
A MICHAEL Myers masked robber made off with a four-figure sum of cash after threatening a member of staff in a West Lothian shop with a knife. The man wore the terrifying distinctive Halloween-style mask with only his eyes visible when he raided the SR Supermarket in South Street, Armadale at around 7.30pm on Wednesday night. When he [...]
Celtic Connections – Thursday 20th January There’s much, much more from Celtic Connections today, but if you can’t make it through to the events in Glasgow, then you could try on the radio instead, with tonight’s live recording on BBC Radio Scotland of the ever popular travelling folk. Bruce MacGregor presents a special live show [...]
A MAN has died in a horror accident at an abattoir in the Borders. Emergency services raced to the scene after the alarm was raised by the man’s shocked colleagues just after 11am today (Tues). David Barker was crushed to death by a falling metal partition as he cleared a room at the Scottish Borders [...]
AN employment judge recused himself from Presiding over a race claim against City of Edinburgh Council today (Wed) – because his wife works for the same law firm representing the local authority. After some deliberation, Joseph d’Inverno excused himself on the grounds that the situation could cause a “potential perception of bias”. The tribunal was [...]
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses after a lorry failed to stop after its trailer smashed into a car on Monday. The white curtain sided articulated lorry struck a blue Audi car at about 2pm on the A7 at the junction to the A720 Sheriffhall roundabout heading westbound. Officers said despite the car being [...]
