THE battle colours of one of Scotland’s most famous regiments is to be moved to a new home – in England. The colours of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) will be placed in their regimental museum in Berwick-upon-tweed, Northumberland. Edinburgh Castle and the city’s Canongate Kirk were also considered as permanent homes for the [...]
SCOTTISH women are being forced to endure the pain of three stillbirths or miscarriages before being allowed a potentially life-saving blood test costing £35. Around one in every 100 Scots are affected by the blood clotting disease Hughes Syndrome – which can cause the placenta to clot leading to the loss of an unborn baby. [...]
A SIGNED Beatles concert programme from their 1963 tour of Scotland is expected to fetch up to £6,000 when it goes under the hammer next month. The programme belongs to a mystery female fan from Kirkcaldy who met the Fab Four backstage after winning a national newspaper competition to meet John, Paul, Ringo and George. [...]
A SCOTTISH marathon has caused red faces all round – and not because of the physical exertion involved. All 23,000 runners in the Edinburgh Marathon were rewarded for their 26-mile effort with an official medal that looked alarmingly like…six inches. The phallic-shaped awards have become a laughing stock on social networking sites where dozens of [...]
ASPIRIN kills cancer cells by controlling two key processes that influence energy use in cells and could explain how aspirin can prevent bowel cancer. Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have found that aspirin switches off mTOR, a protein that is overactive in bowel cancer cells. mTOR plays a part in allowing cancer cells to produce excess [...]
A BILL aimed at paving the way for more information to be made public, while significantly strengthening the deterrent against the deliberate destruction or concealment of information was introduced to the Scottish Parliament today. Key elements of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill include greater flexibility in reducing the lifetime of exemptions and paving [...]
A MAN has been left with a broken jaw following an assault in the early hours of this morning. Police in East Lothian are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously assaulted in Prestonpans High Street. The 35-year-old victim suffered a fractured jaw and cheekbone in the attack, which happened around 1.30am, and was [...]
TWO people have been killed in separate accidents just 26 miles and eight hours apart. A teenage girl died following a one car crash on the road from Penicuik, Midlothian to Peebles in the Scottish Borders on Wednesday night. Lisa Anne Laurie was killed after her black Renault Clio careered into a field on a [...]
SCOTTISH university researchers inflicted severe pain and distress on animals while investigating non-deadly human conditions, it was claimed today. In one experiment at Dundee University into human obesity, rats were drip-fed lard for weeks and then forced to swim before having their brains dissected. An MSP responded to the claims by calling today for an [...]
ONE of the largest junior golfing events in the UK’s sporting calendar is set to bring a bumper economic boom to East Lothian when it tees off its biggest ever event this summer. The 2012 U.S. Kids Golf European Championship has attracted a record number of competitors – who, together with their families, are predicted [...]
THE SCOTTISH Government has announced funding to tackle bigotry in Scotland. Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs Roseanna Cunningham said the money would go to four organisations working to eradicate the problem. Sense Over Sectarianism, Nil by Mouth, Show Bigotry the Red Card, and the Iona Community will all receive a share of £272,000 [...]
SCOTTISH police have spent at least £25,000 over the past four years – calling the speaking clock and directory enquiries. Officers apparently struggling to tell the time spent £5000 making 9,000 calls to the speaking clock since 2007, despite the 31p per minute charge for the service. And despite having access to some of the most sophisticated [...]
TOP author Alexander McCall Smith is to cut the sod at the building of a new hospice today. The man behind The No1 Ladies Detective Agency books will kick-start the construction of create a new state-of-the-art St Columba’s Hospice. The hospice will replace a now-demolished building overlooking the Firth of Forth. Alexander McCall Smith said: [...]
A TORTOISE which tried to cross a busy road in Dumfries and Galloway has been rescued by an animal charity. The Scottish SPCA was called to help the exotic pet after a motorist spotted it crossing the B722 between Annan and Ecclefechan. Now named Whizz, the tortoise is recovering from its adventurous ordeal at Dunragit [...]
LIFEBOAT crews have hit out at hoaxers who sparked a rescue attempt after setting off flares. The crew of Berwick lifeboat were scrambled at around 10pm last Thursday after red distress lights were spotted in the sky off Fidra Island in the Firth of Forth. But a police investigation has been launched after flare debris [...]
A TRAGIC terminally ill groom died while taking his wedding vows. Iain Chandler (39), from Lochgelly in Fife told friends his dying wish was to marry long term partner Kerryanne McMurray. The taxi driver had planned to marry fiancée, and mother of his two young children, at his local community club on Saturday evening, months [...]
A CLASSROOM assistant was today jailed for hoarding indecent images of children while he worked at a primary school where his mother taught. Moray Kent Nicholson was sent to prison for 20 months and placed on the sex offenders’ register for life. The 22-year-old from Edinburgh committed the offences while he was working at the [...]
WHEN they walk on to the pitch they are met with cries of mockery- “they’ve got girls on their team!” But their opponents’ laughter soon turns to dismay, as the Fernieside Colts Under-14 squad have won match after match to top their league this year. The team took on four girls last year, when they [...]
A FORMER captain of St Andrews University rugby team was killed within days by a horrifying disease which destroyed almost all the platelets in his blood. Steven Sims , 23, passed away at the weekend after arriving at his family home earlier in the week complaining that he was feeling unwell. The fit sportsman and musician from Edinburgh is understood [...]