A GRIEVING mother killed her son and then committed suicide just three months after marrying for the second time, shocked neighbours claimed today. Tragic Michelle Stephen is understood to have suffocated Leon, five, as she struggled to cope with the recent death of her father. The 31-year-old clerical assistant and her son were found dead [...]
A MAN who robbed an Edinburgh petrol station at knife point has been jailed. Salvatore Sivero entered the Shell garage on Glasgow Road in the early hours of Tuesday, July 19, 2011 and presented the weapon before demanding cash. A 22-year-old man who was working within the store at the time struggled with the suspect [...]
IT’S not every day an otter walks into a post office or restaurant, but two cubs were rescued by the Scottish SPCA after doing just that in Fort William. Male cub Roy, who is twelve weeks old, hid underneath the counter after wandering into a post office in the village of Caol on Thursday, February [...]
A YOUNG Scots mum lost her battle with cancer the day after she married her childhood sweetheart. Lisa Ruthven, 22, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in October 2011, just three months before she got engaged to her boyfriend Robbie, 21. The wedding was planned to take place this June but the young couple were forced [...]
BACK from the dead grandmother Lorna Baillie has spoken her first words since suffering a massive heart attack. The 49-year-old astonished her family and doctors by coming back to life 45 minutes after medics declared her “technically dead” and withdrew treatment. Mrs Baillie, who is making a remarkable recovery, told her family as they left [...]
A TEACHER at a troubled residential school has been struck off after being found guilty of assaulting pupils. During an earlier hearing against James McMenemy, it was alleged that he had lined up pupils against a wall and fired golf balls at them. The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) today recommended that the case [...]
ONE of Scotland’s most celebrated gardens is a blaze of colour as a result of unusually warm February weather. Rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, are among numerous species to flower a month earlier than last year. The Garden’s Alpine House has been filled with plants which have come into bloom as temperatures hit 14C [...]
A NURSE at the exclusive Priory rehab clinic has been struck off for having a ‘destructive’ four year relationship with a patient. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) barred Janet Wilma Toy from the profession after she admitted going for bikini waxes with a female patient who had been checked in to the £600-a-night clinic. [...]
A CAR thief got more than he bargained for when he stole David McAllister’s Land Rover. In the back was a £9,000 aluminium sculpture that artist David had hidden there – in a bid to stop it being stolen. The 3ft-high sculpture – called Apache Pilot – took the 31-year-old three months to create and [...]
LASER scanners have been used to capture the intricate detail of one of Edinburgh’s most famous landmarks – Robert Adam’s architectural masterpiece General Register House. The home of National Records of Scotland will be recorded by a team from Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art as part of a drive to use technology [...]
A bio-diesel production plant has been dismantled by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) following an operation in Kilmarnock. HMRC officers raided two storage facilities in Kilmarnock and Fenwick, where they uncovered the plants, last Friday (24 February). During the searches officers seized over 3,600 litres of illicit fuel, 600 litres of methanol, pumps, equipment and [...]
UNISON Scotland has called for direct Scottish Government intervention to stop over 100 jobs being cut at careers agency Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in the face of a mounting youth unemployment crisis. The union has reacted with shock and anger to the announcement of over 100 redundancies in the frontline Skills Development Scotland workforce. At [...]
SIX months after announcing the merger between Inverarity Vaults and Wm Morton, managing director Stephen Russell today (27th February 2012) laid out a new vision for the company; the first stage of a £400,000 planned investment in the business, which will see all operations move to the company’s Shawbridge (Glasgow) headquarters. Emerging after a full [...]
TWO men are to appear in court today in connection with the seizure of drugs with an estimated street value of £60,000. The drugs were seized last Friday following a successful intelligence-led policing operation in the Dunfermline area that resulted in the arrest of two men, aged 26 and 21 and involved one kilogramme of [...]
A DEAD cat discovered in a rucksack had died from suspicious injuries, according to experts. The male tabby and white animal was discovered by a member of the public in a wooded area of Summerhill, Aberdeen on Wednesday morning (22 February). A post-mortem revealed the cat had died as a result of blunt force trauma. [...]
BACK from the dead grandmother Lorna Baillie has spoken her first words since suffering a massive heart attack. The 49-year-old astonished her family and doctors by coming back to life 45 minutes after medics declared her “technically dead” and withdrew treatment. Mrs Baillie, who is making a remarkable recovery, told her family as they left [...]
CONTROVERSIAL Olympic rings set to be installed in Edinburgh are to be lit up at night, it has been revealed. Games bosses hope the move will be an impressive landmark on the Capital’s skyline during the London 2012 event. After the games, they will be replaced by the Paralympic logo on the city’s Mound. However [...]
A WOMAN who was left for dead by medics following a massive heart attack astonished her family and doctors when she came back to life 45 minutes later. Relatives of Lorna Baillie were told there was no hope of reviving her and gathered round to say goodbye as doctors removed all life support. The grieving [...]
A MAN who started stroking a teenage girl’s thigh during a bus ride is being hunted by police, The man, believed to be in his 50s, targeted the 17-year-old at around 1.45pm on Sunday. The girl and a friend had got onto the Number 3 Lothian Bus at Gorebridge, Midlothian. After her friend had left [...]