A WORKMAN scooped up an injured cat with a shovel and tossed it into bushes at the side of the road. The injured moggie, named Beezer by veterinary staff who treated her, was thought to have been previously thrown from a car. The cat was left virtually unconscious and had a massive haemorrhage on one [...]
TWO members of far-right party the Scottish National Front are to target West Lothian constituencies in the upcoming election with the hope they will win a seat in the Scottish Parliament. The party has put Mike Coyle and Neil McIvor up to battle for Linlithgow and the newly created Almond Valley seats. The National Front, [...]
By Lalita Augustine and Anna Gault HOLLYWOOD actor Dougray Scott has lashed out at “tragic” plans to axe the college course that made him an international star. Ewan McGregor also studied theatre at Adam Smith College, Fife, but the course faces being scrapped in favour of money-spinning “growth areas” such as engineering and business. Mission [...]
TWO guinea pigs have been found dumped in cardboard boxes. The Scottish SPCA has appealed for information after the animals were found abandoned in separate cardboard boxes on Giles Street in Leith. They were discovered by a member of the public on Monday. Scottish SPCA ambulance driver Mairi Stewart, said: “Whoever dumped these guinea pigs [...]
A MAN had to have 48 stitches after he was beaten and repeatedly slashed on the face for refusing to hand over a cigarette. Robert Grant, 51, was attacked in broad daylight outside a church in Edinburgh – while a service was going on. Two schoolboys have been charged with attempted murder following the assault, [...]
SCOTLAND is to get a taste of the Far East this summer when a new charity boat race inspired by a Chinese holiday to celebrate the dragon launches. Leith Rotary Club, based in Edinburgh, will host their first Dragon Boat Challenge this summer on the water at the city’s Western Harbour. Cron Mackay, president of [...]
SCOTLAND is to get a taste of the Far East this summer when a new charity boat race inspired by a Chinese holiday to celebrate the dragon launches. Leith Rotary Club, based in Edinburgh, will host their first Dragon Boat Challenge this summer on the water at the city’s Western Harbour. Cron Mackay, president of [...]
A GAP-toothed robber is being hunted after pulling a knife on a shop worker and grabbing cash from the till. The robber, who also has a scar on the left side of his face, struck at a store in Bathgate, West Lothian, on Monday afternoon. Despite being threatened with a blade, the shop assistant refused [...]
A DOZEN ambulances were sent to an accident – which resulted in a 12-year-old having a plaster put on his finger. The Scottish Ambulance Service responded to calls that a lorry had collided with a bus carrying 40 school children in Cupar, Fife. But – on arrival – the first emergency team called off the 11 [...]
THOUSANDS of female Facebook fans will today (Wed) post names of fruit in a bid to baffle men and raise cancer awareness. Many male users of the social networking site were bemused last year when women suddenly started posting the names of colours. It turned out the colours were of their bras and the whole [...]
TROUBLED Edinburgh Zoo has lost another senior member of its management team, it emerged today (Wed). Max Gaunt stepped down from his role as the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s treasurer last month after four years in the position. Mr Gaunt was involved in securing the loan of two giant pandas from China to the [...]
THE father of Rangers and Scotland goalkeeper Allan McGregor was today (Wed) acquitted of breach of the peace charges. Alexander McGregor faced charges he followed a 12-year-old boy and was shouting, swearing and making threats. But he denied the offence and the Sheriff in the case commented that “none” of the evidence from three witnesses [...]
SOCIAL networking giant Facebook has upset hundreds of residents living in a Scottish town with a slip-up which lists their location on the wrong side of the Forth Road Bridge. When users from Broxburn, West Lothian, choose their location to display on their profiles, it lists them as living in ‘Broxburn, Fife’. Almost 500 people [...]
A WOMAN has died after being struck by a train at a level crossing. The incident happened shortly after 9am today (Wed) at the crossing in the village of Markle, near East Linton in East Lothian. The woman, who is believed to have been in her mid-40s, was hit by the Doncaster to Glasgow service [...]
A STASH of drugs was found at the home of a school janitor, just yards from the primary where he worked. The amphetamines, worth £3,000, were discovered during a police raid on Colin Park’s home, close to St Ninian’s Roman Catholic Primary, Edinburgh. Park’s partner, Corina King, 37, yesterday pled guilty to being concerned in [...]
A BITTER Twitter feud has erupted between Scots DJ Calvin Harris and Katy Perry after he pulled out of her UK shows. The 27-year-old DJ from Dumfries was set to open for the American singer on her current tour but he cancelled last minute because of stage arrangements. And now the pair are having it [...]
THE former home of Simple Minds’ front man Jim Kerr has gone up for sale. The double upper flat at Bridge House, in South Queensferry, is the flat that he lived with Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde in the late 80s and is also the floor above Stephen Hendry’s old flat. In the 1980s Bridge House, [...]
By Kevin Duguid A PENSIONER may have lain dead in her sheltered housing complex for up to five weeks, it was revealed today (Tue). The body of 66-year-old Margaret McLean was finally discovered inside her Edinburgh flat after neighbours reported a terrible smell. Newsagent Mohamad Afzal said today he raised concerns about the pensioner more [...]
AN abandoned dog has been found weighing almost half what she should. The female black and white border collie was found in Falkirk on Wednesday 23 March by a member of the public. The emaciated dog, named Teil by Scottish SPCA staff, is between eight and 18 months old and is small for her age [...]
A HIT and run motorist knocked down a cyclist leaving him with a broken shoulder blade. The accident took place in Winchburgh, West Lothian on Thursday 24 March. The blue hatchback with roof rails turned into Niddry Road at around 2pm and knocked down the 42-year-old cyclist. The driver then took off without checking that [...]