A 10-YEAR-OLD Scots dancing sensation is one step closer to her dream of winning a £250,000 fortune on a television talent show. Tamara Robertson, from Musselburgh, East Lothian, beat off competition from around 2,300 applicants to compete on Sky 1’s Got to Dance. She is set to perform live in her semi-final on Sunday evening [...]
EX-SUPERMODEL Twiggy is backing a campaign by a Scots charity to urgently re-home nearly 1,000 retired greyhounds.
New ice patrol vehicles are being deployed to improve Scotland’s resilience said Transport Minister Keith Brown today. The vehicles will be fully equipped with mobile ice sensors and if they are deemed successful after a pilot phase, they will be used by all Transport Scotland’s operating companies’ winter fleet. The pilot to determine [...]
A SCOTS squaddie has been skewered through the brain by a branch in a horrific road accident – but is expected to make a miraculous recovery.
SCOTLAND’S most famous haggis maker, Jo Macsween, is mired in a bizarre court battle involving allegations of racism and sabotage. A former Polish employee of Macsween has taken the legendary firm to an employment tribunal, claiming he was dismissed because of his race. Bartek Graas, 31, claims he lost his job at [...]
THE parents of a murdered Scots teenager have called on the local community not to seek revenge for his death.
THE more Facebook ‘friends’ you have the more likely you are to feel stressed out, according to a new study by Scottish researchers.
A MAN has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after being caught with 4,000 counterfeit CDs and DVDs. Paul McPhillips, 41, pled guilty to the crime and was sentenced at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday (Tue). McPhillips had previously pled guilty to making, offering and supplying counterfeit and unauthorised music goods under the Copyright,Designs and [...]
A 27-year-old man has appeared in court connection with an alleged attempted murder in East Lothian. A 28-year-old man suffered numerous injuries to his head arm and abdomen following the incident in Fishers Wynd on Saturday 5 February. George Thomson, from Musselburgh, appeared on petition at Haddington Sheriff Court today (Wednesday). He made no plea or declaration and was [...]
TWELVE people had to be rescued after a fire broke out in the basement of a five-storey tenement. All residents were treated by the ambulance service but did not need to go to hospital. The Red Cross were also on scene helping residents Around 30 firefighters attended to the blaze which broke out at around 7.50pm [...]
FIVE people and a dog had to be rescued from a burning block of flats. A 69-year-old woman and 57-year-old man were rescued from the blaze by firefighters and given oxygen on scene. They were both taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh suffering from smoke inhalation. A Labrador Collie cross also had to be [...]
SCOTLAND’S most famous haggis maker is mired in a bizarre court battle involving allegations of racism and sabotage. A former Polish employee of Macsween has taken the legendary firm to an employment tribunal, claiming he was dismissed because of his race. Bartek Graas, 31, claims he lost his job at the Macsween factory in Edinburgh [...]
A MAN has appeared in court in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old who was said to be assaulted at an address in East Lothian. Paul Jared Scott died at an address in Toll House Gardens having been the victim of a serious assault on Monday, February 7. James Purves, 29, appeared on petition at Haddington Sheriff Court today [...]
A PEDESTRIAN has died after being knocked down during rush hour traffic. Alan Wilson, 35, from the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, stepped out from behind a G4 Security van to cross the road when he was struck by a grey FIAT Punto. The vehicle immediately stopped and police and paramedics were called but the man [...]
ONLY three Scottish councils out of 19 contacted in a survey are prepared to guarantee the provision of free school milk. Moray Council has revealed that it stopped free milk altogether last year, while Stirling, Angus and Scottish Borders councils only provide free milk to nursery-age youngsters. It emerged earlier this week that West Lothian [...]
SOLDIERS were being put through their paces by children last week with some bootcamp training at Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat. The troops were training for the Alliance Trust Cateran Yomp which is Scotland’s new big annual walk. The walk is set to lead Yompers across Perthshire in an epic 54-mile trek on 25-26 June. Money from [...]
Charity Calls for Heroes presented a batch of phone cards to 2 Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland at Glencorse Barracks in Penicuik. The Phone cards will enable families to keep in touch with their loved ones currently serving in Afghanistan
Author Alexander McCall Smith helped the launch of an appeal to parliament for founds to help interpret the Battle of Prestonpans. The launch concides with an exhibition at teh Scottish storytelling centre this week of sections of the battle of prestonpans tapestry created by 200 volunteers and telling the story of the jacobite rising.
NHS Lothian has become the first health board in Scotland to create an iPhone app. The “Sign up to Save a Life” app is aimed at encouraging organ donation and makes it easy for potential donors to join the national register while on the go. And the app has been given the thumbs-up by Anna [...]
A WOMAN is suffering from serious facial injuries after she was attacked on her own doorstep. The 25-year-old was inside her flat in Niddrie House Park in Edinburgh at around 3am on Saturday morning when she heard a group of men and women arguing on the street. The group entered the common stair of her [...]