By Paul Thornton A DEEP red scrap of felt hints at the bloody history behind this rare fragment of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s sword hilt. The tiny triangle, which once lined the Jacobite prince’s weapon holder, was displayed in Edinburgh ahead of its auction next month. Auctioneers have no idea whether the hilt was on the [...]
By Martin Graham POLICE are probing a mystery death after a man’s body was found in Fife over the weekend. Hedi Rhouma, 33, was found in a wooded area behind his family home in Inverkeithing on Sunday. Mr Rhouma was reported missing on Tuesday, July 13 after he disappeared from his home in the town’s [...]
By Paul Thornton A PERVERTED Sir who had seedy threesomes with two 16-year-old pupils faces being struck off and losing his career as a teacher after being placed on the sex offenders register. Art teacher Christopher Cunningham, 58, was already suspended from a West Lothian secondary school after it emerged he had instigated sexual relationships [...]
By Paul Thornton A 19-YEAR-OLD rock climber was rushed to hospital after falling four metres down a quarry in Fife. The teenage man was rescued by firefighters and paramedics after plunging into Rosyth Quarry on Wednesday night. He was raced to Queen Margaret’s Hospital in Dunfermline following the rescue at 9pm although there is no [...]
By Paul Thornton THE former face of Rangers TV has kicked off a bid to become Lord Alan Sugar’s new Apprentice in next year’s series of the award winning show. Lindsey Archibald, 30, lost her place on the Ibrox club’s television channel when Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports went bust last year. But the presenter is [...]
By Paul Thornton TAXPAYERS will be hit with an extra £20m legal aid bill every year after the Scottish Government agreed to pay lawyers to visit suspects during police interviews. The Law Society of Scotland confirmed that the government had agreed to an extra payment for lawyers called-out to provide legal advice. The Crown Office [...]
By Paul Thornton A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was airlifted to hospital earlier today(Tues) after a dramatic 60ft plunge down a cliff. The youngster was out walking with her gran when she slipped down the embankment at Ravenscraig Castle near Kirkcaldy in Fife at around 2pm. A member of the public alerted Fife Constabulary who in turn [...]
By Paul Thornton FEARS that sweeping defence cuts could force the closure of a Scottish RAF base have been met with defiance by the SNP. RAF Lossiemouth in Moray is thought to be included in a shortlist of operations which could face the axe under the new Westminster coalition government’s defence review. The base employs [...]
By Zoë Keown SOME of Scotland’s foulest sex offenders and murders will be feasting on burgers and ice-cream at a special summer barbecue later this month. The lavish menu for the convicts is to include Texas burgers, vegetarian burgers, chicken burgers, chips, salad, corn on the cob, cans of juice and choc ices. HMP Peterhead [...]
By Paul Thornton SENIOR police officers ignored a Scottish Government pledge to Europe to allow suspects access to legal representation during interviews for over four years, it can be revealed. The Scottish legal community has been rocked by a shift in policy by the Crown Office over solicitor access to people being interviewed by police. [...]
By Christine Lavelle AN OFFICE worker at a top private school broke down in tears yesterday as she claimed the headmaster forced her into a demotion after she went on maternity leave. Fiona Gordon, 41, works in the admissions department at £8,700 per-term boarding academy Loretto School in Musselburgh, East Lothian. But the mum-of-one said [...]
By Paul Thornton A MAN was recovering in hospital after a car fell crushing his hand while he was trying to change a wheel. The 57-year-old’s hand was trapped between the Mercedes Benz and a car jack for around 20 minutes after the accident in Kirkliston, West Lothian, yesterday morning. Emergency workers said the tool [...]
By Martin Graham A RADIOGRAPHER involved in a blunder which led to a cancer patient being given the wrong radiation treatment has been allowed to continue practising. Alison Russell was a senior radiographer at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre when a woman was given four doses of radiotherapy instead of three – because [...]
By Paul Thornton A KILLER soldier behind the death of a young holiday rep in Cyprus which led to British troops being banned from an island has appeared in court after breaking the terms of an order to inform police of his movements. Justin Fowler, 42, along with fellow former Royal Green Jackets Allan Ford [...]
By Christine Lavelle EMOTIONAL tributes have been paid to a mother-of-three killed in a horrific blaze which ripped through her family home – just a month after she moved in. Tragic Angela Campbell, 23, died in the ferocious fire at her three bedroom home in Livingston during the early hours of Saturday morning. Her children [...]
MAKING WAVES: Olympic swimmer Karen Pickering warns that levels of non-swimmers are “frightening” as she gives a water master class in Edinburgh.
By Michael MacLeod THE former boyfriend of missing Edinburgh office worker Suzanne Pilley has been released on bail charged with her murder. David Gilroy, 47, appeared in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. He spent just five minutes in the dock before being led away by Reliance staff. Ms Pilley, 38, was last seen on CCTV [...]
BABY wallaby Allora has been making her first hops around Edinburgh Zoo after venturing from her mother’s pouch. Allora – Aboriginal for ‘living in swamps’ – has spent the past nine months living inside mum Darri’s pouch.
By Cara Sulieman POLICE are searching for the owners of a stash of war medals found in a house full of suspected stolen goods. The four WWII medals were found after the house of two men arrested for alleged house breaking was searched. The two men were charged in connection with alleged housebreaking and thefts [...]
By Michael MacLeod A CHILD abuser who chopped his fiancee’s body into pieces and dumped her remains in three shopping bags has been jailed for life. Killer Alan Cameron, 56, was told he will serve a minimum of 25-years for murdering 44-year-old Heather Stacey at her Edinburgh home in December 2007. He kept her body [...]