A WOMAN was found seriously injured in a city street today after she fell from a window at a block of flats. The 23-year-old was scrambled to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with “traumatic” injuries after the incident in the city’s Bonnington area. It was understood that officers from Lothian and Borders Police were investigating the possibility [...]
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott joined candidate for Edinburgh Central Alex Cole-Hamilton to unveil the party’s Science Action Plan. The Lib Dems want to make Scotland a science nation, by investing in science and research through a Science Nation Fund.
A six-foot fox campaigns for the ban on snares outside the Scottish Parliament to highlight The League Against Cruel Sports manifesto for animal welfare.
By Kirsty Topping A DISABLED teenager has hit out at Edinburgh Zoo after it cancelled a planned birthday sleepover just a day before the event. Jessie Csere, who is wheelchair-bound, had planned to celebrate her 18th birthday on Saturday by attending the sleepover at the zoo, an event organised as part of the Edinburgh International [...]
By Kirsty Topping A BRAVE neighbour told how he desperately tried to rescue a woman who died after a fire at her home on Sunday night. The 45-year-old, named by police as Julie Fergus, suffered serious burns in the “severe” blaze, which broke out at around 5pm at the flat in Granton, Edinburgh. She was [...]
BEACH revellers enjoying the hottest weekend of the year so far had a shock yesterday (Sun) when it appeared as though a mother and baby whale had washed up on the sand. But it was only a drill being carried out by volunteers from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue group, who were on an [...]
SCOTTISH scientists have successfully created kidneys – giving new hope to the shortage of organs for transplant patients. Researchers at the Univeristy of Edinburgh grew the kidneys in a laboratory by manipulating early stem cells which are the building blocks of the body. The kidneys measure just half a centimetre in length, which is the [...]
GROWING numbers of do-it-yourself tattoo kits being sold to youngsters could lead to health risks in the future, experts have warned. The kits are being sold for as little as £30 online and ‘tattoo parties’ are being held across Scotland where teens and young adults are branding themselves for life. The Chartered Institute of Environmental [...]
By Kevin Duguid POLICE were called to a major disturbance after a man was alleged to have threatened to blow himself up. The 28-year-old was arrested and taken into custody after sparking a huge emergency in Leith, Edinburgh, on Saturday evening. He is believed to have taken someone hostage at a flat on Buchanan Street [...]
SINGLE Christian women across the country are putting their love lives in Gods hands – by praying for a husband. Prayer groups have been formed in churches and homes where women gather together once a month to ask for a partner to be sent to them. The groups have been set up as unattached ladies [...]
By Kevin Duguid IT COULD have been a scene from a gangster film set in south central LA. Cops armed to the teeth with machine guns and wearing protective jackets paraded in front of a tower block ready to swoop. And police sniffer dogs could be heard barking as young families looked on during the [...]
A LOST badger cub has been rescued after mysteriously landing itself down a rabbit hole. The five-week-old orphan, named Bracken by Scottish SPCA staff, was found by a member of the public in the burrow in Torphicen, Bathgate, West Lothian. She was taken to the charity’s Wildlife Rescue Centre, where she is being cared for [...]
A SCOTS lawn bowler who turned 100 this week has been invited by the Guinness World Records to apply for the title of ‘world’s oldest bowler’. John Wishart celebrated his century milestone at his sheltered housing home in Fife on Monday, and despite his poor eyesight, still makes it to his local bowling club at [...]
A LOST badger cub has been rescued after mysteriously landing itself down a rabbit hole. Te five-week-old orphan, named Bracken by Scottish SPCA staff, was found by a member of the public in the burrow in Torphicen, Bathgate, West Lothian. She was taken to the charity’s Wildlife Rescue Centre, where she is being cared for [...]
IT COULD have been a scene from a gangster film set in South Central LA. Cops armed to the teeth with machine guns and wearing protective jackets paraded in front of a tower block ready to swoop. And police sniffer dogs could be heard barking as young families looked on during the armed operation. But [...]
A TEENAGE boy was left with a broken leg after being hit by a driver who then failed to stop. The 13-year-old was crossing the road with a group of friends when the hit-and-run incident happened at around 7.40pm on Wednesday in Newburgh, Fife. The male driver – believed to have been in a silver [...]
THE University of St Andrews has thrown its backing behind the under-threat RAF base in neighbouring Leuchars. The 600-year-old university, which was attended by Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton, says the loss of the base could have a “damaging effect” on the local economy and on the wider Scottish and UK national interests. [...]
A NINE-YEAR-OLD who had 3,000 Glaswegians on their feet during her audition for Britain’s Got Talent has been tipped for stardom by none other than The Hoff. Saskia Eng, from Balgreen in Edinburgh, wowed the crowd at her recent audition at Glasgow’s SECC, and fought off competition from 100,000 other hopefuls to make it to [...]
Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray joins 5th and 6th year pupils in their music class at Musselburgh Grammar as they perform a jazz session. Iain Gray highlights Labour’s manifesto commitment to delivering a new music policy for schools including a musical instrument fund.
A REALITY TV contestant failed to appear at court on Wednesday on an assault charge because she did not want to miss a modelling job interview. Harleen Nottay could now be remanded in custody after Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard she was worried about damaging her career if she missed the interview. The 20-year-old former contestant [...]