By Kirsty Topping TWO golf-mad youngsters scored an unique double when they both hit their first hole-in-one – on the same day, at the hole with consecutive shots. Friends Ross Roger and John Downie, both 13, hit the fairways to celebrate the start of the summer holidays – and were “stunned’ by their one-in-a-million [...]
By Kirsty Topping Bon Fest organisers would love to see the musical brought to Bon Scott’s hometown MORE than 30 years after his death, a musical based on the life of AC/DC’s frontman could be on its way to Scotland. Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be – The Bon Scott Story opened in [...]
By Kirsty Topping A MAN who has proclaimed himself First Minister of a tiny island off the coast of Shetland is to be hauled before the court charged with road traffic offences. Suffolk-Born Stuart Hall, 68, is due to be taken before a justice system he refused to recognise for failing to register his [...]
By Kirsty Topping A NATIONWIDE search has been launched to find a new mate for a seal who’s former partner was swept away during a storm. Laurel, a common or harbour seal, spent nearly 20 years with partner Hardy at St Andrews Aquarium until he vanished last March. Now staff are hoping they can [...]
By Kirsty Topping Jim Hume owns a flat on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile AN MSP has sparked fury after spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers money on hotel stays in Edinburgh – despite owning a property empire in the city. Jim Hume spent 13,000 on hotel accommodation, even though he has five flats in the [...]
By Kirsty Topping The pants will protect the soldiers’ groins from bomb blasts SCOTS soldiers fighting against the Taliban in Afghanistan are being issued with the latest protective gear – bombproof pants. The troops have taken delivery of 45,000 pairs of the underwear, which is designed to protect the soldiers’ groins from IED blasts, [...]
By Kirsty Topping AN ELDERLY man has died after being found in a city river today (Sun). The 84-year-old man, who has not been named, was rescued from the Water of Leith in Edinburgh but was pronounced dead in hospital. It is unknown how the man came to be in the water but police said [...]
Catherine Scott’s husband William died in 2009 A WIDOW has told how she aims to fight for justice for her husband and other soldiers used as “guinea pigs’ during British nuclear bomb tests. Catherine Scott’s late husband William was one of thousands of servicemen showered with radiation during atomic testing off Christmas Island in the [...]
Edinburgh’s tram work has come in for fresh criticism. EDINBURGH’S trams project has come under fresh criticism after it emerged more work is needed to move underground pipes and cables in the city centre. It has been claimed TIE, the city’s tram firm, were having to re-do work carried out since 2008 which has subsequently [...]
Nicholson street Oxfam manager David Hendrie with some of the comics A COLLECTION of 5000 comic books spanning four decades has been donated to a charity shop in Edinburgh. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, left staff at an Oxfam bookshop stunned when they turned up at his flat to pick up the donation [...]
Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News An ex-floor manager with STV and his wife have been unveiled as Europe’s biggest ever winners of the EuroMillions lottery Colin and Chris Weir, a husband and wife from Largs, won 161m in Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw. The winning numbers were 17, 19, 38, 42 and 45, and the Lucky Stars were [...]
Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News Territorial Army recruits drawn from 13 different units from across the UK have descended on Edinburgh this summer to undergo an intensive five-week basic training course as participants in “Exercise Summer Challenge 2011.” The exercise is taking place at Redford Cavalry Barracks in Edinburgh, with further training on nearby Castlelaw Ranges, [...]
Police search the Quartermile areafor clues to the killing of Lee Duncan POLICE have mounted fresh searches around the scene of an Edinburgh man’s death to find the weapon which killed him five months ago. The body of former heroin addict Lee Duncan, 31, was discovered his flat in the city’s Lauriston Place by his [...]
Brave divers from Deep Sea World in North Queensferry will enjoy a coffee and cake underwater – as sharks and giant stingrays loom in the background. The daredevil divers will enjoy a cuppa at a picnic table in the aquarium’s giant 4.5 million litre Underwater Safari display, surrounded by three-metre-long sand tiger sharks, giant stingrays [...]
Residents and tourists alike have been getting up close and personal with the art works By Claire Cameron A SPECTACULAR work of “guerrilla’ art that appeared overnight on the streets of Edinburgh is being removed on health and safety grounds. The 40ft portrait of a hooded man was approved by celebrated French street artist JR [...]
By Kevin Duguid The trams have been a thorn in the side for many in the capital EDINBURGH’S tram project could increase air pollution by encouraging lorries and trucks onto the roads of the capital, a senior official has claimed. Robbie Beattie, Edinburgh City Council’s scientific and environmental services manager, said the expected reduction in [...]
Unidentified dogs have been causing Fife owners grief By Anna Gault A SCOTS council has started seizing the pay of dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets. In the first known cases in Scotland, at least four dog owners who failed to pay fouling fines had the money taken directly from their [...]
‘God Calling’: Rev. Steele used Clash hit to explain his religious predicament By Kevin Duguid REBELIOUS rockers The Clash have been dragged in to the row over gay clergy in the Church of Scotland. The Rev Leslie Steele is threatening to quit his church, complaining that people have been “brainwashed’ into accepting homosexuality. But the [...]
Police seized 30 litres from the underage revellers By Claire Cameron POLICE seized 30 litres of alcohol from schoolchildren – some as young as 13 – celebrating the end of term on a Scottish beach. The party turned to mayhem as youngsters got drunk on a Blue Flag beach in Fife. Around 300 teenagers descended [...]
Houston: We have a problem By Kirsty Topping AN exasperated council boss has slapped a school-style toilet ban on elected members who keep leaving the chamber. Jock Houston has already been checking his watch and banning councillors who take more than two minutes for a “comfort break.” But the planning chairman of Scottish Borders Council [...]