THE former Royal Yacht Britannia will reopen tomorrow after essential repairs were carried out. She was moved back to her berth outside Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal after being was moved to a dry dock earlier this month for maintenance. The ship served the Queen for 44 years and was taken out of service in 1997. Around [...]
BEST-SELLING author Stuart MacBride is offering a murder tour of his hometown of Aberdeen to one lucky winner of the latest competition offered by the University of Dundee’s `Million For A Morgue’ campaign. Stuart, currently riding high in the charts with his latest novel `Birthdays For The Dead’, is one of ten leading crime writers [...]
A WOMAN has been left with cuts and bruises after a thief stole her bag in Edinburgh. The 59-year-old woman was walking east in Blackford Road about 11.30pm when someone grabbed her from behind and tried to take her bag, which was strapped over her shoulder. In the struggle the victim was struck in the [...]
A PERVERT hid a camera in a bathroom so he could spy on a naked women in the shower, a court heard. Vile Derek Robert Bathgate installed the digital camera disguised as an alarm clock at a flat in Edinburgh. But when suspicious residents took a closer look, they spotted a camera lens in the [...]
THE Saltire which flies from “the birthplace of the Scottish flag” was ripped away by gales – and replacing it is proving a nightmare. As the debate over independence for Scotland gathers pace, it has emerged that recent strong winds damaged the Saltire Memorial in the grounds of Athelstaneford Kirk, East Lothian. The current Saltire [...]
A SCOTTISH council is calling time on new off licences in a bid to help beat the nation’s drinking culture. Edinburgh City Council wants to limit the number of off-licences in the capital, which is currently home to 412 stores – around one for every 1,000 residents. The “radical” move is being considered as part [...]
A CHIMP hailed as Edinburgh Zoo’s oldest resident has died. Ricky, who was thought to be around 50, died in his sleep following a vet check-up. Staff have been left devastated by the death of the animal, which first arrived at the zoo in February 1963. While the zoo does not know exactly when the [...]
A HOARD of treasure worth at least £12bn could be buried in the sands of a Scottish firth, a world-renowned marine expert claimed today. Historians have argued for centuries about the fate of the fleet of Roundhead general Monck, whose troops sacked Monarchist Dundee in 1651 and are thought to have filled several ships with [...]
SCIENTISTS have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria. These molecules – known as restriction enzymes – control the speed at which bacteria can acquire resistance to drugs and [...]
SEVENTIES rock icon Alex Harvey is set to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the revered establishment adds a photobook about his life to its collection. The move comes just days before fans gather in the singer’s native Glasgow, Scotland, to mark the 30th anniversary of his death. Harvey, leader of the [...]
By Emma Hamilton A YOUNG boy has been seriously injured after being hit by a car while crossing the road. The 10-year-old was running across the High Street, Lochee in Dundee when he was struck by a white BMW car near the junction with Loon’s Road. He was taken to Ninewells Hospital where he [...]
By Emma Hamilton THIEVES have made off with money and cigarettes after threatening a city shopkeeper with knives. Two men walked into the Premier Stores in Broomhouse area of Edinburgh at around 5.15pm on Saturday. They demanded the cash and cigarettes from the shopkeeper. A police spokesman said: “Thankfully the victim wasn’t injured, however [...]
AN £80,000 JCB has been stolen from a farm in Midlothian. The yellow and grey digger was stolen sometime between 4.30pm on Friday and 7.30am on Monday from a compound at Campend Farm, Dalkeith. A Lothian and Borders Police spokesman said: “Anyone who was in the area over the weekend, who noticed any suspicious activity, [...]
By Emma Hamilton Residential letting site Citylets has proved to be the UK’s most visted residential site according to recent figures released by the company in its quarterly data report. The figures have shown that visitor traffic on Citylets.co.uk is up 22% on 2010 and enquiries to agents up by 21%. The performance cements the [...]
MORE than one in five children in Scotland have accessed inappropriate web content on their mobile phones, a new survey says. Around 25% of children inScotlandalso reported being a victim of bullying on their mobile phones in the survey, well above the UK average of 12%. The study, carried out by YouGov for the Carphone [...]
ANTI-capitalist protesters have moved their tents, placards and guitars in to one of Scotland’s most genteel open spaces. The Meadows is a 60-acre playground for Edinburgh’s middle classes, surrounded on all sides by homes worth £500,000-plus. So eyebrows have been raised by the arrival of Occupy Edinburgh protesters who recently agreed to leave the city’s [...]
AN Olympic team ring has been returned to its Scots owner a month after it was stolen at a New Year’s Party. The ring was presented to Bill Law, manager of the British diving team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, who gave it to his daughter. Suzanne Ireland was inconsolable after the ring went missing [...]
A D-DAY veteran was thrown to the ground and robbed in his own home after opening the door to strangers John Lambert, 91, who bravely stormed the beaches of Normandy, was left lying on the floor of his flat when a couple forced their way into his flat on Friday afternoon. The Royal Scots veteran was left [...]
MOBILE phone users are parking in a lay-by on Scotland’s most deadly road to make calls after a transmitter mast was blown down. Residents of Dunkeld, Perthshire, have not been able to get a Vodafone signal for more than a week since gales knocked over the mast. So some have taken to driving a few [...]
A CHILDREN’S ward at a Scots hospital is at “breaking point”, health chiefs have warned. A severe staff shortage means that doctors fear they will not be able to keep the department at St John’s Hospital, Livingston, West Lothian, running. In a leaked letter to NHS Lothian medical director David Farquharson, six paediatric consultants wrote: [...]