THE public will be able to experience life on board HMS Edinburgh this weekend for the first time since its £17.5 million overhaul. The Type 42 destroyer is welcoming families and potential Royal Navy recruits on board before it goes back on operations later this year. Known as the Fortress of the Sea because of [...]
By Julie Diamond A 42-YEAR-OLD diver is feared dead more than a day after he went missing in the Firth of Forth. The man, from Glenrothes in Fife, who was described as an “experienced” diver, disappeared after asking two friends for more weights when he was searching for shellfish off the coast of Leven. The [...]
By Kevin Duguid A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a senior lecturer. Academic Roger Gray was found dead in his home in Merchiston Crescent after a neighbour smelled gas coming from the property. His body was discovered after the police broke into his flat at about 8am on Saturday [...]
DETECTIVES probing the murder of lecturer Roger Gray are urging two “potential witnesses” to come forward. A man and woman were seen cycling on Merchiston Crescent – where Mr Gray lived – at the corner of West Castle Road, at around 1.30am last Saturday. It is believed the maths and statistics lecturer was stabbed to [...]
AN adventurous ferret from Edinburgh who managed to fool rail staff into believing he had made a 300-mile-trip from London to the Scottish capital has been reunited with his owner. The ferret, nicknamed ‘Mickey’ by Scottish SPCA staff, was spotted by workers on a platform at the city’s Haymarket station on Monday evening, moments [...]
A GIANT monkey sparked alarm outside a high school after approaching pupils and getting pictures taken with them. Police were called to Lasswade High School in Midlothian to investigate what the cheeky monkey was up to. But when they arrived at the school on Tuesday they discovered that there was no monkey business and instead [...]
TWO young children and two women had to be taken to hospital after a car crash outside a high school. One of the women had to be cut free from her vehicle after the two car crash outside Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline. She has been taken to hospital with possible fractures and a [...]
SCOTS searching for new homes are opting to find them at auction houses rather than the sales market. Market experts at G1 Property Group say they have noticed increasing numbers of house hunters across the country heading to auctions to find their new home, rather than relying on estate agents and traditional sales. Wilsons Auctions, [...]
By Kirsty Topping SIR Fred Goodwin is under fire from neighbours after workmen dug a trench to connect his new mansion to the internet. The disgraced former RBS boss spent an estimated £25,000 getting the latest fibre optic cables laid to his posh new pad in Edinburgh. But neighbours are angry that part of the [...]
THE BOSS of Edinburgh Zoo has been suspended after “serious” allegations were made against him. A probe has been launched following what are described as “anonymous allegations” against chief operating officer Gary Wilson. The allegations against Mr Wilson, who has also been acting as chief executive have been described as “extremely serious”. Mr Wilson’s shock [...]
A DIVER has gone missing after asking for more weights to go deeper underwater. The 30-year-old had surfaced during the dive at Largo Bay in Fife and requested more weights but he did not resurface. Forth Coastguard was alerted to the incident at around 1pm today (Thur) after a member of the public reported someone [...]
THE former managing director of Edinburgh Airport said an emotional goodbye to his “resilient” 17-year-old daughter who died three months after a road accident in Bahrain. Gordon Dewar spoke at her funeral and told the congregation about some happy memories he had shared with Olivia, who had “bags of kindness”. Olivia was critically injured when [...]
By Kevin Duguid A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a senior lecturer at his home. Roger Gray was found dead in the hallway of his Edinburgh flat at the weekend. Police have now revealed that a 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing at his property [...]
A NIGHTCLUB owner claimed today (Thu) that a blaze at his nightspot was started by gangsters trying to drive him out of business. Franco Cortellessa is offering a £5,000 reward after fire and smoke badly damaged his nightclub in Livingston, West Lothian. Police confirmed the fire at the Grand Central Club was being treated as [...]
By Kevin Duguid A FUNERAL home is battling plans to set up a nusery next door because the noise of kids playing will upset grieving relatives. The funeral directors have formally objected to plans to convert run-down buildings in Dunfermline, Fife, in to a nursery for 40 children. Callum Robertson Funeral Directors claimed the sight [...]
By Julie Diamond EIGHT firefighters and an axe were needed to rescue a student who was trapped by a falling kitchen cabinet. Kirsty Ireland was washing up in her Edinburgh flat when the unit fell off the wall, pinning her by the legs. The falling cabinet also managed to jam the door to the tiny [...]
AN undertaker enjoying a walk in the park sparked a £2,000 air rescue when she was bowled over by her enthusiastic dogs. Heather Bisset, 40, from Dunbar in East Lothian, was on her way back to her car when her two playful cocker spaniels Rollo and Thorn came flying into her, dislocating her knee. She [...]
This year’s Edinburgh International Festival is to showcase the cultures of Asia. The programme for the three-week arts event was launched in the capital on Wednesday. Artists will be coming to Scotland countries including Japan, Korea, Indonesia and India. Every type of performance will be represented, with music, dance, theatre and visual arts coming together [...]
EDINBURGH Zoo has axed more than one in 12 staff in a bid to save money. The zoo layed off 16 of its 200 employees at the end of last year after being dogged by financial problems. Visitor numbers were lower than hoped for in 2010 and many popular attractions have been axed. But the institution said it [...]
A SCHOOL’S fundraising banner has been ordered to be removed for “fanciful” road safety rules. St John’s primary school in Edinburgh was told to take down a banner promoting school equipment vouchers by council planning chiefs who said the banner would be distracting to drivers. Fuming parents are fighting against the ruling made by the [...]