By Kirsty Topping Laurel looks at Togo over the barrier… A DETERMINED seal was so desperate to meet her new pool mate she scaled a fence to get to him. Laurel, a harbour seal, had been separated from new arrival Togo to allow the new addition to St Andrews Aquarium to get used to [...]
By Kirsty Topping Kris spend 1200 on the bike – only to have it given back to the original owner A MAN who bought a motorbike from a police auction was astounded when they seized it just weeks later, telling him it had been stolen. Kris Lech, 29, bought the Yamaha 125DT for 500 [...]
By Kirsty Topping Workers carefully take the Unicorn from the ship THE FIGUREHEAD of Scotland’s only preserved warship is to make a special appearance at this year’s Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The carved unicorn from the prow of the 187-year-old HMS Unicorn has been carefully removed from the Dundee-based frigate and transported to the capital. [...]
By Kirsty Topping Satanic: The pentagram was burned into the grass near Jack Anderson’s grave SICK vandals trashed the gravesite of a ten-year-old hit-and-run victim before burning a satanic symbol into the grass nearby. The thugs targeted the grave of Jack Anderson, who died in 2006, and smashed a wooden memorial bench left by [...]
A POLAR bear with a recurring tooth problem had to make his second visit to the dentist this year. Walker, a two year old polar bear from the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, had dental surgery in February to remove an infected tooth.? ” But his problems didn’t end there as veterinary staff at the [...]
By Kirsty Topping A SCOTTISH man has told how he escaped death in the Oslo bomb blast – because his bike lock was broken. Jamie Mackenzie, 45, was caught up in the carnage which hit the Norwegian capital on Friday. The explosion ripped apart a government building and shattered glass in buildings several streets away. [...]
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl with diabetes is taking on the Scottish Parliament to raise awareness of her illness. Amalia Holman was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged three and is now lobbying MSPs after being invited along to Holyrood. She was joined by medical research charity Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and her mum, Triinu. Amalia, [...]
The thermal image shows the unborn baby appearing as green inside the womb AN EDINBURGH tourist attraction gave a mother-to-be an unexpected look at her unborn baby. Camera Obscura and World of Illusions features the Heat Cam thermal imaging camera where the pregnant woman, a visitor from France, was surprised to see her baby show [...]
By Anna Gault Wearing a heart on your sleeve for Zara and Mike SOUVENIR hunters hoping to snatch up mementos of Zara Phillips’ wedding have to look online as Edinburgh shops fail to meet the Royal demand. Stores in the Canongate area of the city, where the wedding is to take place, are lacking in [...]
By Lauren Gelling Walker had an infected bone removed A POLAR bear with a recurring tooth problem had to make his second visit to the dentist this year. Walker, a two year old polar bear from the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, had dental surgery in February to remove an infected tooth. But his problems [...]
By Kevin Duguid GANGSTERS conned pensioners out of 80,000 by claiming they were working for the Canadian lottery. A 91-year-old man from Edinburgh and an 84-year-old woman from East Lothian each lost around 40,000 after they were tricked by the fraudsters. The crooks contacted their victims claiming to be agents from a Californian-based company called [...]
By Kevin Duguid PRISON chiefs have settled a 20,000 legal action lodged by a delivery driver who injured himself shipping crates of methadone into a Scottish jail. George Lennon was transporting the drugs from the gate of HM Prison Glenochil when he hurt his back. Construction work was taking place at the Clackmannanshire jail and [...]
By Kevin Duguid FORMER death row inmate Kenny Richey has entered a rehab clinic in a bid to tackle his heavy drinking. The 46-year-old Scot was admitted to a five week programme at a mental health centre in Tupelo, Mississippi, after his drinking spiralled out of control. He entered the rehab clinic the day after [...]
By Kirsty Topping Picturesque: Lunan Bay is a well-known beauty spot A SCOTTISH council left the rotting carcass of a decapitated seal at a popular beauty spot for more than three weeks. Angus council failed to remove the body, along with another that was rotting alongside it, from Lunan Bay despite complaints from local residents. [...]
By Kirsty Topping Comrades carried Highlander McLaren’s body into the crematorium HUNDREDS of mourners turned out to pay tribute to a soldier who was killed after disappearing from his post in Afghanistan. Scott McLaren, 20, is believed to have left his checkpoint though the reasons why remain unknown. His body was found five hours after [...]
By Kirsty Topping The feast features food from the time of the Robert the Bruce FOOD-lovers looking for a meal fit for a king will be able to sample the kind of food served to Robert the Bruce at a Scottish festival next month. Diners will be treated a starter of barley risotto flavoured with [...]
Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News Hundreds of mourners turned out to pay tribute to an Edinburgh soldier who was killed after disappearing from his post in Afghanistan. Scott McLaren, 20, from 4th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, died after he disappeared from his army checkpoint in central Helmand. The rifleman, from Sighthill, was found dead [...]
Boris is 4kg lighter than he should be and has skin and ear infections AN underweight dog has been found abandoned tied up in a car park. The black male spaniel, named Boris by Scottish SPCA staff, is also suffering from a “chronic’ skin condition and an ear infection. He was discovered by a member [...]
A CROOKED IT boss used some of the 500,000 he swindled from the National Library of Scotland to go to Australia for the weekend.Chief information officer David Dinham was today jailed for two years after he secretly awarded his own IT company library contracts worth more than 240,000 during a sophisticated scam.And in fits of [...]
By Lauren Gelling The economic slump could hit Edinburgh festival ticket sales this year, a venue boss has warned. William Burdett- Coutts, director of Assembly, one of the biggest Fringe venues, said indications from shows touring the UK suggest that ticket sales could be slow when the world’s biggest arts festival begins in the capital [...]