By Kirsty Topping The couple after their wedding rehearsal on Friday in Edinburgh DOZENS of well-wishers camped on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile on Saturday to ensure they had prime spot for the wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall. The couple married at the capital’s Canongate Kirk in a private ceremony. But hundreds offans filled the [...]
By Kevin Duguid EMPLOYMENT tribunal judges were “blinkered’ to let a police worker keep his job after he withheld information over the disappearance of his sex offender brother, a judge has ruled. Andrew Cusick successfully sued Strathclyde Joint Police Board last year after they claimed he was guilty of gross misconduct for failing to inform [...]
CHILDREN’S nurseries are charging more than the cost of some Scots private schools. In several Edinburgh nurseries the cost of full-time care for a child under the age of two is more than 11,000 a year. The cost is similar in Glasgow and Aberdeen. This compares with annual senior school fees of 9670 at George [...]
AROUND ten per cent of residents in Scotland’s old folks’ homes are disabled people under 50. Official statistics show 600 younger people believed to be in their 20s, 30s and 40s are forced to live in care homes for the elderly. Many of the young people have been left disabled in accidents or by illness. [...]
MILLIONS of trees have been cut down to make way for wind turbines in Scotland. And the revelation has sparked outrage among environmental campaigners and politicians who claim wind farms are ruining the countryside. Over the past decade 5000-10,000 hectares of Scotland’s woodland has been destroyed for wind farm development. This means that anywhere between [...]
BLACK pudding is getting a healthy steam treatment as a new boil-in-the-bag version launches on the market. Made by Macsween, it is claimed that microwavable dish is healthier than the traditional version. And it is ready in just 90 seconds making it one of the fastest fast foods available. Jo Macsween (left), owner and director [...]
By Lauren Gelling Zara and Mike leave after rehearsal ROYAL wedding fever hit Edinburgh this afternoon (Fri), as crowds of people gathered to catch a glimpse of the Royal Family at the wedding rehearsal of bride-and-groom-to-be Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall. Members of the public waited behind barriers outside the capital’s Canongate Kirk, whilst police [...]
By Kirsty Topping PRISONERS at a young offender’s institute are being given dogs with behavioural problems to stop them reoffending. It’s hoped that by training the animals youngsters at Polmont Young Offender’s Institution will help them learn transferrable skills to help them secure education, employment or training when they leave. Male inmates at the 700 [...]
A ONE-EYED dog suffering from a painful skin condition has been found tied to a gate near one of Scotland’s busiest motorways. An off-duty police officer found the springer spaniel bitch, which was suffering badly from mange, on Wednesday morning. She was tied up in a country lane not far from the Stirling junction of [...]
By Kirsty Topping CHINA believed to be from the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William is for sale on an internet auction site. Two pieces of Minton china have appeared on the US Ebay site and the seller claims they were smuggled out of Buckingham palace just before the April extravaganza. While they were [...]
By Kirsty Topping A COUNCIL leader punched another man in the face during a social club brawl, it has been claimed. Derek Milligan, who heads Midlothian Council, is alleged to have hit Allan Scott, 40, during an argument which left Mr Scott needing hospital treatment for a head wound. But Mr Milligan denied the claims, [...]
By Lauren Gelling Tootsie is now recovering at home with Eileen IF cats really do have nine lives, then this poor moggy only has seven left. After previously surviving four airgun shots, Tootsie the cat has been fired at for a second time. At the start of this week, owner Eileen Leckie, 35, from Whitburn, [...]
The couple after their wedding rehearsal in Edinburgh DOWN to earth royal Zara Phillips and husband-to-be Mike Tindall prepared for their big day – by downing cocktails and partying with pals at a top Scottish club. As Royal wedding fever gripped Edinburgh, the popular couple were joined by a dozen close friends for a pre-nuptials [...]
By Kirsty Topping EDINBURGH’S publicly-owned bus service could be sold off to plug the funding gap in the trams project, it is feared. Union bosses believe it could be one of the options put before councillors looking to raise money to fund the line to St Andrew’s Square. The project needs 170m to bring it [...]
Dad Mick is Still Spinning By Anna Gault A FATHER and son are combining forces to get “bums on seats’ for their respective Edinburgh Fringe and Festival shows. Mick and Michael Groves are each putting on a performance during the Fringe but have decidedly different target audiences. Instead of battling for ticket sales the Groves’ [...]
By Lauren Gelling The book contains a series of front pages from the imaginary newspaper The Scottish Scribe A TALENTED newspaper designer is publishing a book showing how 2000 years of Scottish history would have looked through the eyes of a modern tabloid. The tongue-in-cheek reworking of the nation’s touchpoint moments in time includes victory [...]
By Claire Cameron The National Museum of Scotland has over 8000 objects on display THE National Museum of Scotland will open its doors to the public this Friday after a multi-million pound refurbishment. With 16 new galleries and over 8000 objects on display, many for the first time, the museum is set to become a [...]
Toy and floral tributes have been left in memory of Liam By Kevin Duguid A WOMAN has appeared in court charged with stealing a teddy bear from a memorial to a six-year-old boy who was knocked down and killed outside a caravan park. Liam McDonald died after being struck by a car outside Seton Sands [...]
By Kirsty Topping Ketura St Louis A NURSE who said “Do unto others as they do to you” before throwing a cup of cold water over an elderly patient has been struck off. Ketura St Louis, 37, allegedly made the remark before soaking a patient who was in her 80s, after the patient had thrown [...]
By Anna Gault Maisie the cat MOGGY Maisie put one her nine lives to the test when she was ran over and clung to the side of the van for more than seven miles before being discovered. The 16-month rescue cat, was run over by a van in Kirkcaldy but when the driver got out [...]