A MAN was repeatedly stabbed in a car park after an argument with a group of people. The 35-year-old was walking along the Water of Leith walkway near to Sandport in Edinburgh when he got into a fight with the group of three men and a woman. He was then followed by the group into [...]
By Kirsty Topping Yobs posed brazenly for the cameras HOOLIGANS set fire to a derelict building then continued to loot the place for scrap metal while the building burned. Firefighters were called to tackle the blaze at a four-storey block of flats on Tuesday evening, while police chased the suspects through the surrounding streets. Crews [...]
BOSSES at a threatened RAF base want to announce the fate of the station on a social networking site. RAF Lossiemouth aims to set up a dedicated Facebook page with the intention of communicating “accurate and updated’ information about the future of the at risk base. The plan is revealed in a leaked confidential email, [...]
Members of the transplant ambassadors’ team. A YACHTING team of transplant patients are to represent Edinburgh in a race around the world. Ten patients have entered the Edinburgh yacht in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race putting the capital in the running for a second time. The relay team of transplant patients from across [...]
A RARE Celtic football shirt is expected to receive bids up to 5000 at auction. The shirt is from the 1931 tour of America and is believed to be the third oldest Celtic shirt in existence. It was previewed along with other sporting memorabilia dating back to 1840 at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston, [...]
By Lewis Notarangelo and Lalita Augustine FIREFIGHTERS saved the life of a man after battering down the door to his blazing home as he slept upstairs. Former accountant Ronald Hay is believed to have been minutes from death as smoke filled his detached home in an upmarket suburb of Edinburgh. The fire broke out at [...]
FIREFIGHTERS saved the life of a man after battering down the door to his blazing home as he slept upstairs. Former accountant Ronald Hay is believed to have been minutes from death as smoke filled his detached home in an upmarket suburb of Edinburgh. The fire broke out at around 4.30am today (Wed) in the [...]
By Kirsty Topping AN elderly driver has been taken to hospital after taking ill at the wheel and crashing into a bus. Police believe the pensioner’s health caused him to career into the path of the bus on the outskirts of Cupar in Fife. The bus left the road and came to a rest in [...]
A 13-year-old boy had to be taken to hospital after getting his leg skewered through a spike on railings at his school. It is thought that the second year pupil slipped while trying to jump the fence at Drummond Community High School in Edinburgh. The metal spike went through the back of the boy’s leg [...]
STRICTLY Come Dancing Stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have said that their new stage show is the “ultimate” for them. The pair have dazzled TV audiences for six series of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. But now they are taking their live show Midnight Tango to Scotland and are hoping that audiences will be impressed. [...]
Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News Protesters brought Grangemouth docks to a standstill in a demonstration against plans for a wood-burning power station. Members of Action Against Agrofuels chained themselves to a tripod, which they had constructed themselves, blocking one of two entrances to the Forth Port docks. A human chain was formed by protesters at the [...]
By Kirsty Topping Remek Stepien (left) and Dariusz Stepniak in the attic where the device was found A CITY street was cordoned off for more than two hours – because of a vintage fire extinguisher. The Second World War device was discovered in the attic of a former nursing home in Edinburgh last Friday. Police [...]
By Kirsty Topping FIREFIGHTERS had to cut apart a metal gate that stopped them getting in to tackle a blaze at massive block of car-free, eco-friendly flats. According to witnesses, a fire engine with a long ladder attachment was unable to get past the barrier at the development in Slateford Green, Edinburgh. Firefighters were forced [...]
By Kirsty Topping Robert Chalmers was found guilty on Thursday of murdering Samantha Wright Police are investigating whether “body in the bin’ double murderer Robert Chalmers could be behind other unsolved murders. The 59-year-old was found guilty on Thursday of murdering Samantha Wright and dumping her body in his wheelie bin. Following the verdict, it [...]
A horse recieves treatment from a massage specialist. HORSES are lining up to get pampered by equine massage specialists. At least eight masseurs have now turned professional and are offering their services in paddocks the length and breadth of Scotland. For around 50 an hour, top race horses and retired ponies alike can have treatment [...]
By Kirsty Topping and Hannah Ewen The eco-flats are believed to be insulated by old newspapers FIREFIGHTERS had to cut apart a metal gate that stopped them getting in to tackle a blaze at massive block of car-free, eco-friendly flats. According to witnesses, a fire engine with a long ladder attachment was unable to get [...]
Charles Ingle claims he was confronted in the street by Provost Sheena Richardson after he made a freedom of information request about her expenses. THE Provost of one of Scotland’s most affluent areas confronted a voter in the street after he dared to question her expenses. Sheena Richardson, the head of East Lothian Council, is [...]
By Kirsty Topping The bollard caused the car to flip onto its roof A councillor has told how his daughter was carjacked in broad daylight by a man who escaped from Reliance officers. Catriona Perry was forced out of her can by the man, who then proceeded to drive it at a security officer then [...]
Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News FIREFIGHTERS had to cut apart a metal gate that stopped them getting in to tackle a blaze at massive block of car-free, eco-friendly flats. According to witnesses, a fire engine with a long ladder attachment was unable to get past the barrier at the development in Slateford Green, Edinburgh. Firefighters were [...]
JUDY Murray is in talks about setting up a national tennis academy in Edinburgh. Edinburgh-based housing developer AMA has already unveiled plans for a new international cricket pitch and pavilion at Cramond that would become the new home of Cricket Scotland. The company also wants to create either a tennis academy or football academy on [...]