A MAN has been taken to hospital suffering serious head injuries after falling down steps outside a gay nightclub. The 40-year-old fell from the pavement outside GHQ in Edinburgh and tumbled down steps into the basement area directly outside the entrance to the club. He suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the Edinburgh [...]
A MAN had to be cut from his car by fire fighters after crashing into two lorries. Two trucks collided with each other and the car then crashed into them on the busy Edinburgh bypass. Fire crews had to cut a 61-year-old man from the car and he was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary [...]
AN ELDERLY man is in a life-threatening condition after being hit by a motorcyclist. Both the man and the 125cc motorbike driver, who is also believed to be male, were rushed to hospital following the collision in Lochgelly, Fife, at around 7.30am today (Mon). Emergency services were called to the scene on the B981 Lochgelly/Cardenen [...]
KATE Middleton was “furious” that she had to convince a social media giant she was real after they suspended her account. Facebook disabled her account because they thought it was a fake. The 19 year old Edinburgh had to prove that she shared the same name as the future Queen and that it was pure [...]
FORMER Bay City Roller Pat McGlynn has hit out at the “soft treatment” of a bus driver he accused of attacking him in the street. McGlynn, who had suffered a heart attack days before the incident, reported to police that a complete stranger had punched him in the face as he was stopped in his [...]
THE head teacher of a private school has called for exams in Scotland to be done on iPads, declaring that handwriting is a “dead art”. Alison Speirs attacked an “old-fashioned” insistence on handwritten exams, which she blamed on the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). The head of Cedars School of Excellence, Greenock, has issued all pupils [...]
A HIGH-powered US lawyer has given his young Scots niece an amazing, life-saving gift – one of his kidneys. Roxan Buys walked down the aisle on Friday thanks to the remarkable act of kindness by a relative on the other side of the Atlantic. Johan Buys, 54, took six weeks off work from his busy [...]
INVENTORS of the television, penicillin and the telephone, Scots may now also be able to claim the comic book too. The billion dollar comic book industry has been traced back to an early 19th century Glasgow publication, The Glasgow Looking Glass. According to a documentary due to be broadcast later this year, Scotland’s Amazing Comic [...]
SCOTTISH violinist Nicola Benedetti has warned that government funding cuts are preventing talented young artists getting to university. The star said it was “frightening” that some “promising and exciting” students from poorer backgrounds were being denied a proper education. She spoke out at the launch of the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund, which will help fund [...]
SCOTTISH violinist Nicola Benedetti has warned that government funding cuts are preventing talented young artists getting to university. The star said it was “frightening” that some “promising and exciting” students from poorer backgrounds were being denied a proper education. She spoke out at the launch of the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund, which will help fund [...]
PRINCE William has been dragged into the row over saving Scotland’s RAF bases after campaigners wrote asking for his support. Campaigners trying to save RAF Leuchars in Fife have asked the heir to the throne to intervene to spare the base where he learned to fly. The 4,000-strong campaign group also point out Leuchars is [...]
SCOTTISH rugby legend, Gregor Townsend jumped in the sack with TV’s The Apprentice star, James McQuillan to promote and raise money for Comic Relief in Edinburgh. Gregor Townsend said: “This is a great charity, since it’s been set up it’s been something in the diary every year. ‘Do something funny for money’ is the slogan [...]
SCOTTISH rugby legend, Gregor Townsend jumped in the sack with TV’s The Apprentice star, James McQuillan to promote and raise money for Comic Relief in Edinburgh. Families were invited to Edinburgh’s Sacred Heart Church yesterday for retro fete events such as the sack race. Gregor Townsend said: “This is a great charity, since it’s been [...]
A COWARDLY thief apologised to an elderly couple after threatening them with a knife in their own home and demanding cash. The couple, who are both in their 70s, were in bed when the man – who is believed to be around 30-years-old – entered their room brandishing a knife. The elderly man protested and [...]
VIOLIN virtuoso, Nicola Benedetti has said that Government cuts and the rising expense of university study is “frightening” and could pose a threat to Scotland’s cultural future. The world renowned 23 year old musician spoke out at Edinburgh University where she was launching the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund, which is to offer opportunities to those [...]
SCOTTISH rugby legend, Gregor Townsend jumped in the sack with TV’s The Apprentice star, James McQuillan to promote and raise money for Comic Relief in Edinburgh. Families were invited to Edinburgh’s Sacred Heart Church yesterday (Thurs) for retro fete events such as the sack race. The event was organised by Cafédirect, the ethical drinks company, [...]
A SCOTTISH brewery which employs just seven people has been named as one of the UK’s most effective brands – putting it ahead of some of the world’s largest companies. Fyne Ales, a cottage brewery in Argyllshire, beat off the likes of Cadbury, Guinness and Fairy Liquid to scoop a design industry “Oscar”. The award [...]
“Soulfillapopkilla is a re-release of my first record. I wrote most of the songs and co-produced it with Madonna/Seal maestro Marcus Brown. “We met during a songwriting session in Los Angeles while he was working on her ‘Drowned’ world tour and we clicked. “We got to writing and sketching out tracks and ideas and before [...]
IF not for brave fire fighters they would have been dead parrots. Three parrots were plucked from a burning building yesterday (Wed) after a fire broke out in a first-floor bedroom. Fire crews were called to the blaze in Broxburn, West Lothian, at around 6.15pm and said the semi-detached house was “well alight” when they [...]
THE disappearance of a dog walker whose pets were found roaming free in a Scottish town is causing deep concern to police.