By Kirsty Topping A DISABLED teenager has hit out at Edinburgh Zoo after it cancelled a planned birthday sleepover just a day before the event. Jessie Csere, who is wheelchair-bound, had planned to celebrate her 18th birthday on Saturday by attending the sleepover at the zoo, an event organised as part of the Edinburgh International [...]
By Kirsty Topping A BRAVE neighbour told how he desperately tried to rescue a woman who died after a fire at her home on Sunday night. The 45-year-old, named by police as Julie Fergus, suffered serious burns in the “severe” blaze, which broke out at around 5pm at the flat in Granton, Edinburgh. She was [...]
BEACH revellers enjoying the hottest weekend of the year so far had a shock yesterday (Sun) when it appeared as though a mother and baby whale had washed up on the sand. But it was only a drill being carried out by volunteers from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue group, who were on an [...]
SCOTTISH scientists have successfully created kidneys – giving new hope to the shortage of organs for transplant patients. Researchers at the Univeristy of Edinburgh grew the kidneys in a laboratory by manipulating early stem cells which are the building blocks of the body. The kidneys measure just half a centimetre in length, which is the [...]
GROWING numbers of do-it-yourself tattoo kits being sold to youngsters could lead to health risks in the future, experts have warned. The kits are being sold for as little as £30 online and ‘tattoo parties’ are being held across Scotland where teens and young adults are branding themselves for life. The Chartered Institute of Environmental [...]
By Kevin Duguid POLICE were called to a major disturbance after a man was alleged to have threatened to blow himself up. The 28-year-old was arrested and taken into custody after sparking a huge emergency in Leith, Edinburgh, on Saturday evening. He is believed to have taken someone hostage at a flat on Buchanan Street [...]
SINGLE Christian women across the country are putting their love lives in Gods hands – by praying for a husband. Prayer groups have been formed in churches and homes where women gather together once a month to ask for a partner to be sent to them. The groups have been set up as unattached ladies [...]
A LOST badger cub has been rescued after mysteriously landing itself down a rabbit hole. The five-week-old orphan, named Bracken by Scottish SPCA staff, was found by a member of the public in the burrow in Torphicen, Bathgate, West Lothian. She was taken to the charity’s Wildlife Rescue Centre, where she is being cared for [...]
A SCOTS lawn bowler who turned 100 this week has been invited by the Guinness World Records to apply for the title of ‘world’s oldest bowler’. John Wishart celebrated his century milestone at his sheltered housing home in Fife on Monday, and despite his poor eyesight, still makes it to his local bowling club at [...]
A TEENAGE boy was left with a broken leg after being hit by a driver who then failed to stop. The 13-year-old was crossing the road with a group of friends when the hit-and-run incident happened at around 7.40pm on Wednesday in Newburgh, Fife. The male driver – believed to have been in a silver [...]
THE University of St Andrews has thrown its backing behind the under-threat RAF base in neighbouring Leuchars. The 600-year-old university, which was attended by Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton, says the loss of the base could have a “damaging effect” on the local economy and on the wider Scottish and UK national interests. [...]
A NINE-YEAR-OLD who had 3,000 Glaswegians on their feet during her audition for Britain’s Got Talent has been tipped for stardom by none other than The Hoff. Saskia Eng, from Balgreen in Edinburgh, wowed the crowd at her recent audition at Glasgow’s SECC, and fought off competition from 100,000 other hopefuls to make it to [...]
HUMAN remains found on a river embankment are those of an older man, it was revealed today The body, which is “badly decomposed”, is believed to have been on the bank of the River Almond in Livingston, West Lothian, for a number of years. Officers from Lothian and Borders Police had been searching for missing [...]
HUMAN remains found by detectives on a river bank may not be those of missing pensioner Mary Ferns. Police insiders suggested initial examinations showed the bones had “distinctive male aspects”. The family of MrsFerns had hoped the discovery would finally put an end to the mystery surrounding her disappearance almost three years ago. The remains [...]
A PIZZA Hut employee was stabbed less than 100 metres from his workplace in one of Edinburgh’s wealthiest areas. The 25-year-old was attacked on Raeburn Place in Stockbridge at around 8.40pm on Sunday. His attacker ran off down Dean Park Street and the victim was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment. He [...]
NOTORIOUS killer Luke Mitchell has cost taxpayers more than £112,000 in legal aid bills since his conviction, official figures show. One of his court appeals cost almost £80,000, an incredible 40 times the average for such cases in Scotland, according to a freedom of information request. Mitchell, who murdered his girlfriend Jodi Jones in Dalkeith, [...]
TWO members of far-right party the Scottish National Front are to target West Lothian constituencies in the upcoming election with the hope they will win a seat in the Scottish Parliament. The party has put Mike Coyle and Neil McIvor up to battle for Linlithgow and the newly created Almond Valley seats. The National Front, [...]
A MAN had to have 48 stitches after he was beaten and repeatedly slashed on the face for refusing to hand over a cigarette. Robert Grant, 51, was attacked in broad daylight outside a church in Edinburgh – while a service was going on. Two schoolboys have been charged with attempted murder following the assault, [...]
SCOTLAND is to get a taste of the Far East this summer when a new charity boat race inspired by a Chinese holiday to celebrate the dragon launches. Leith Rotary Club, based in Edinburgh, will host their first Dragon Boat Challenge this summer on the water at the city’s Western Harbour. Cron Mackay, president of [...]
SCOTLAND is to get a taste of the Far East this summer when a new charity boat race inspired by a Chinese holiday to celebrate the dragon launches. Leith Rotary Club, based in Edinburgh, will host their first Dragon Boat Challenge this summer on the water at the city’s Western Harbour. Cron Mackay, president of [...]