A SCOTS woman travelling home from Singapore for Christmas has had to wait FIVE WEEKS for her lost luggage to be returned – made all the worse by the fact it contained festive presents for all her family. Claire McDonald, 36, and her husband, Colin McDonald, 37, flew from Singapore on December 18 into Charles [...]
THE Royal Mile in Edinburgh will be invaded by female runners and walkers on Saturday as they complete a half marathon relay to raise funds for injured soldiers and their families. The race will be entirely made up of the wives of serving soldiers in The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland [...]
THE FAMILY of a man beaten to death in his home said they will be ‘haunted’ forever by his death as the murderers were sentenced yesterday (Wed). Aleksandr Podgornoi, 25, and Vladimir Jakovlev, 24, both received life sentences at the High Court in Livingston yesterday (Wed) for the murder of 41 year old Christopher McColm [...]
A GUN-TOTING female robber is being hunted by detectives following a “terrifying” raid on a newsagent. The young woman used a handgun to threaten a worker at a branch of RS McColl in Danderhall, Midlothian, yesterday (Tue). The raider ordered the shop assistant to put cash and cigarettes into a dark-coloured rucksack she was carrying. [...]
2010 saw total office take-up in Edinburgh reach its highest level for three years, according to figures released by Jones Lang LaSalle. Last year’s occupier take-up amounted to approximately 730,000 sq ft in 183 deals throughout the City, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s research, representing a 38 per cent uplift on 2009. Office take-up figures [...]
Violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy is coming to Scotland later this year. He will play the SECC Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on September 19. Kennedy, who has combined classical music with contemporary in a 25 year career, will be accompanied by the Orchestra of Life and The Nigel Kennedy Band. Tickets priced £35 are available from [...]
A COUNCIL has been fined £80,000 after a horrific blunder by workmen resulted in the death of a 90-year-old woman. Catherine Walker died after she fell into a hole in the hallway of her home which had been left open by workers from West Lothian Council. The staff had been working on a new heating [...]
HERO firefighters plucked a man to safety from a window of his blazing home early today. The rescue crew scrambled up a ladder to save the life of the 35-year-old, who was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and burns. The dramatic incident happened in Edinburgh at 2am after a chip pan burst into [...]
RABBIE Burns was honoured in song in a very modern, flashy way when a bunch of strangers got together to sing one of his most popular tunes. The Scottish Poetry Library, in partnership with Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature, organised a mass rendition of ‘A Man’s a man for a’ That’ in Edinburgh’s city centre [...]
AN iconic painting by Spanish artist Salvador Dali has been returned to Scotland after spending six months on-loan in the US. The Christ of St John Cross, which was voted Scotland’s favourite painting in 2005, is back in Glasgow. In February it will be moved back to its permanent place at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery [...]
CONTRACTORS brought in to build the capital’s tram network are demanding £12 million – six times the original estimate. BSC consortium is taking fresh legal action against tram firm TIE, claiming it owes £3 million for work carried out in 2009, which was only expected to cost £2 million. It is the latest in a [...]
A MAN was attacked by a group of youths hanging around a park in Edinburgh. The 48-year-old was walking through Redbraes Park, near Broughton Road, when a group of five boys aged between 10 and 15 approached him. He was pushed to the ground and the thugs snatched a bottle of vodka he had been [...]
A WOMAN was rushed to hospital after being hit by a car as she crossed a road in Edinburgh. The incident happened at around 12.30pm yesterday, outside Morrison’s supermarket on West Granton Road. The 30-year-old was conscious when emergency workers arrived, but was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with a suspected head injury. [...]
A MAN was robbed at knifepoint as he walked along a street in Edinburgh. The 27-year-old was on a footpath on Calder Road, close to the corner of Cultins Road, when a man came up behind him and threatening him with a knife. He handed over his rucksack which contained a few personal items and [...]
The Scottish Poetry Library arranged for a public rendition of one of Robert Burns’ most famous works to be sung in public. Peggy Hughes, the communications and events officer for the Scottish Poetry Library led the singers through fiver verses of ‘A Man’s a Man for a’ That’ outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal [...]
Former Tory MP and MSP Phil Gallie had died aged 71. The popular politician was born in Portsmouth in 1939, but attended Dunfermline High School before becoming an apprentice electrical fitter at Rosyth Dockyard. He worked for both the Merchant Navy and Ben Line Power Industry. Phil began his political career on Cunninghame District Council [...]
