A MAN has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after murdering his friend at a flat in Edinburgh. David Nairn (26) was convicted of the murder of the murder of Alan Ross (46), at the High Court in Livingston. Nairn attacked Mr Ross at a flat in Pilton Drive North in the early hours [...]
STUDENTS from across Scotland marched in Edinburgh today (wed) to defend education and to protest against increases to tuition fees across the UK. Three hundred students attended the march which was organised by Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) and part of their RUKidding campaign against fee increases for students from the rest of the UK [...]
BOGUS workmen tried to con a pensioner out of £3000 by offering to fix solar panels. The man from Lockerbie was approached today (wed). After they were unable to provide identification he sent them away. In another incident police were alerted by bank staff after elderly man attempted to withdraw a large sum of money [...]
TRANSPORT chiefs were today accused of “breathtaking” secrecy over Edinburgh’s trams project after documents released under transparency laws were almost completely censored. Officials from Transport Scotland used a thick black marker pen to blot out papers released after a freedom of information request was submitted by Scottish Labour. The Government agency released 17 pages of [...]
TWO Scottish schools have received a once-in-a-lifetime experience after winning the opportunity to meet and attend a master-class with award winning chef Tom Kitchin at his Michelin starred restaurant in Edinburgh’s Leith area. Lesmahagow High School and Leith Primary, who took part in a nationwide Eco-Schools initiative ‘One Planet Picnic’ beat off competition from across [...]
HISTORIC Scotland has banned Games organisers from hanging the Olympic rings from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle. The guardians of Scotland’s ancient monuments claim the scheme to display the famous logo would have an impact on the “successful operation” of the castle. But bosses from the government agency say there are other potential “suitable sites” [...]
A FAMILY claim their pedigree pet has been “dognapped” by a Scottish council. Kevin Woodward and his wife returned from a trip to the United States to discover their beloved pooch no longer legally belonged to them. Lilly, a Lhasa Apso worth £500, had been picked up off the street as a stray and after seven [...]
A SCANDAL-HIT Scots council is pressing ahead with plans to spend up to £30,000 on portraits of provosts. Edinburgh Council caused outrage earlier this year when it announced it would spend the cash on a stained glass window of a former Lady Provost and an oil painting of the current Lord Provost. The scheme was [...]
A TINY kitten was abandoned on a doorstep in Dalkeith. The resident, of the town’s Woodburn Drive, opened his door to find the eleven-week-old female cat on Sunday afternoon. The kitten, who has been named Emma, is now being cared for at The SSPCA’s Edinburgh and Lothians Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre. Animal Rescue Officer [...]
THE PLAN to bring two Chinese pandas to Edinburgh Zoo has been hit by mysterious travel delays. Zoo bosses had anticipated a rush of visitors flocking to see Tian Tian and Yang Guang over the festive period. But it is now unlikely they will go on display until next year. Their expected public debut was [...]
A TEENAGER has been arrested for allegedly harassing fire crews in West Lothian. Crews were called to a bonfire outside Whitburn Community Centre in West Lothian on November 5. As they fought the flames they received verbal abuse from a gang of teenagers and one spat in the direction of a firefighter. The boy has [...]
Susan Boyle has said she wants to give up the spinster lifestyle and find love. But the Scots singer said her beau would be unlikely to be a looker – joking “he’ll probably have one eye, one foot in the grave and be deaf as a post.” Subo made the comments while promoting her third [...]
HE has been lauded asIndia’s Robert Burns and the Bengali Shakespeare. And now Scottish University has moved closer to establishing Scotland’s first centre celebrating the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore. Today (Wed) Edinburgh Napier University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), which will see a Visiting Chair [...]
GREY seals have different types of personality that affect the extent to which they guard and care for their young, according to new research. Looking at seal colonies in Scotland, researchers from the Universities of St Andrews and Durham, found that seal mothers are often unpredictable and adopt a wide variation of mothering styles when [...]
AN AWARD winning Scots skier has been killed by an alleged drunk driver while cycling in the USA. Craig Macfie, 24, collided with a 4×4 while cycling inEugene,Oregon, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Craig – who had skied with the Full Alpine Skiing GB team – was rushed to hospital but died from [...]
AN HIV positive couple demanded a refund after they were asked to leave a public swimming pool for engaging in a sex act, a court has heard. Lukasz Rutkowski, 23, was spotted fondling Tanya Kalonga’s breast and then simulating oral sex on her while children and adults were swimming nearby. But when pool staff and [...]
AN elderly man was conned out of tens of thousands of pounds by a conman who called at his house claiming to be a bank worker. The 78-year-old was targeted at his home in Alyth, Perthshire on November 16 and had £20,000 taken from his account. At about 11am the bogus bank employee called at [...]
THOUSANDS of pounds of stock has been destroyed in a fire in a Fife chemists. Police and Fife Fire and Rescue Service were called to a blaze at the rear of Semi-Chem, High Street, Cowdenbeath, around 10.50pm. Three commercial bins had been pushed against a metal container and set ablaze. Due to the heat of [...]
SCAMMERS are targeting the public with a new con. In Edinburgh a 64-year-old man received a call from a male claiming to be from the Ministry of Justice Department in London. The caller told him he was due a refund on credit card insurance, which he could collect after wiring an administration fee to a [...]