A KNIFE-wielding thief threatened two female shop workers and made away with over £1000. The man, in his 30s, robbed the Spar on West Main Street in Armadale, Bathgate at around 7pm on Wednesday night (23 February). He herded both the women into the back of the shop where a four-figure sum of money was [...]
POLICE have named a man who was found unconscious in a service lift in the early hours of yesterday morning (Sun). John Carter was discovered in the lift at a block of flats in Salamander Court, in the Leith area of Edinburgh at around 3.30am. The 44-year-old of Cables Wynd House in Edinburgh was rushed [...]
PRISONERS are being used as “cheap labour” to safety-check DIY and construction tools. Inmates at high-security Glenochil Prison in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, are responsible for testing equipment for the country’s largest tool-hire chain. The work is done on behalf of Speedy, which rents out drills, chainsaws, welding machines and other items to the public. Construction industry [...]
A WRISTWATCH has been designed to let parents track their children and allow them to make contact at the press of a button. A former paratrooper thought-up the device, which allows parents to use a GPS system to monitor their children’s whereabouts within two to three metres through a computer or mobile phone application. The [...]
TEXAS guitarist Ally McErlaine is ready to tour again despite being given a one per cent chance of survival when he was struck with a brain haemorrhage in 2009. Doctors believed the aneurysm would kill the Glasgow-born musician, and his family was told five times to say their final goodbyes. McErlaine’s wife Shelly was told [...]
MAD Men seductress Christina Hendricks is leading a resurgence in demand for curvy girls in Scotland’s fashion industry. Some of the country’s top modeling agencies say their clients are crying out for their girls to promote the perfect hourglass silhouette made famous by the fiery-haired actress. Hendricks, 35, who plays Joan Holloway in the US [...]
SCOTS parking wardens are suffering a epidemic of abuse from enraged motorists, including dog attacks, egg-throwing, spitting, and even water balloon ambushes. New figures show there were at least 1,240 serious verbal and physical attacks on parking attendants in the past five years. And the problem is getting worse – reaching almost 300 incidents last [...]
INCREASING numbers of elderly Scots being charged with criminal offences has been blamed on high poverty levels. The pensioner ‘crime wave’ was revealed in figures from Scotland’s police forces, which show the most common offences are theft and fraud. But the charges have even included crimes such as attempted murder, rape and serious assaults. The [...]
SUSAN Boyle has landed herself a role on The Simpsons – as fellow Scot Groundskeeper Willie’s new girlfriend. Show bosses were on the look-out for a love interest for the fiery-haired janitor from Glasgow, and the West Lothian singing sensation came out top. Details of the episode are yet to be finalised, but it could [...]
A 45-YEAR-OLD man was found dead by fire fighters tackling a blaze at a second floor flat in Edinburgh. Fire crews were called to the three-storey block of flats in Pilton Drive North at around 2.30am today (Sunday), where they made the grim discovery. Police are treating the death as “suspicious” and believe there may [...]
PRINCE William admitted to being “nerve-racked” on his visit to St Andrews. The heir to the throne and Kate Middleton, who will marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29, visited their old university to join in with 600 year anniversary celebrations. Retired couple Mike and Marlene Jones were among those who turned out to meet [...]
SCOTS stunt bike star Danny MacAskill speaks to reporter Clare Carswell about his movie premiere. For the movie, the daredevil from Dunvegan, Skye, spent almost three months on the road filming tricks amid stunning Scottish scenery.
THOUSANDS flooded to St Andrews in Fife to sneek a peek at Prince William and his bride to be (Fri) in the seaside town where they met. HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton, who are to be married at Westminster Abbey on April 29, visited their old university to join in with 600 year anniversary [...]
PRINCE William admitted to being “nerve-racked” on his visit to St Andrews today (Fri). The heir to the throne and Kate Middleton, who will marry at Westminster Abbey on April 29, visited their old university to join in with 600 year anniversary celebrations. Retired couple Mike and Marlene Jones were among those who turned out [...]
DETECTIVES are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was discovered in a flat today (Fri). The man, named locally as 31-year-old Lee Duncan, was found dead in his flat in Lauriston Place this morning. John Farquar, 45, who lives in a hostel on Bruntsfield Place, said he and Mr Duncan had been [...]
???????? A TEENAGE girl told today how she had to be rescued by firefighters after slam-dunking herself through a basketball hoop. Red-faced Ceilidh Howie found herself stuck fast 10ft above the ground following the bizarre accident. Ceilidh, from Wallyford, East Lothian, was at the local community centre on Wednesday night when she decided to climb [...]
AS Scotland’s oldest university launches its 600th anniversary campaign today (Fri), tributes have been pouring in from supporters across the globe. Louise Richardson, the principal and vice chancellor of the University of St Andrews, received messages from the likes of Bill Clinton, Sean Connery and Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust. The former president of [...]
A NURSE has been cautioned after she admitted persuading a dementia patient to loan her thousands of pounds for a relative’s operation. Dulcesima Tait told the patient that she needed £2,500 to pay for a spinal operation for her sister. The 38-year-old, originally from the Phillipines, told the female patient the money was needed because [...]
LUKE Mitchell has launched a fresh appeal to overturn his conviction for murdering his girlfriend Jodi Jones. The 22-year-old is using a ruling by the Supreme Court that suspects must have the right to have a lawyer present when being questioned by police. Papers lodged in court note that when Mitchell was interviewed following Jodi’s [...]
A TEENAGE girl told today how she had to be rescued by firefighters after slam-dunking herself through a basketball hoop. Red-faced Ceilidh Howie found herself stuck fast 10ft above the ground following the bizarre accident. Ceilidh, from Wallyford, East Lothian, was at the local community centre on Wednesday night when she decided to climb on [...]