A BUILDER has been fined £15,000 after his work led to the death of 60-year-old woman. John Martin Riva, 49, pled guilty to breaking health and safety laws. He had been contracted to rebuild the chimney on a property in Gifford, East Lothian between 8 August 2009 and 26 October 2009.. Riva failed to ensure [...]
MORE than 30 firefighters battled a blaze in a recycling facility in Dundee. Crews were called at around 4.52am today to Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL). On arrival the fire, involving a large quantity of waste materials, was developing inside a waste storage and sorting room and was spreading through the conveyor and ducting system. [...]
TAYSIDE Police along with Tayside Fire and Rescue and Scottish Ambulance Service is hosting an event at Pitlochry Police Office at 9.30am on Friday, May 18, aimed at making young children aware of the ‘People Who Help Us’. Blair Atholl nursery and primary school children aged between three and seven years of age are being invited [...]
GRAMPIAN Police is investigating a theft by housebreaking in the Kildrummy area of Aberdeenshire. The incident occurred between 6pm on Sunday (May 13) and 7:45am on Monday (May 14) in the Kildrummy area of Alford. As a result of the incident money and household items valued at a combined low three-figure sum was stolen. Grampian Police are keen to [...]
Police are looking for a teenager who has been missing since Saturday. Liam Lyons, 16, was last seen at 12.30pm n Dundee’s North Wellington Street. Liam is described as being five feet seven inches tall, of slim build, with long brown hair and he has brown eyes. When last seen Liam was wearing a grey [...]
A WOMAN who was found dead in Alford, Grampian has been named by police. Patricia Lunn, 64, was discovered on Saturday. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
GRAMPIAN Police are anxious to trace William Lindsay Whyte who is 38 years of age and has been reported missing from the Forresterhill area of Aberdeen. He was last seen during the late afternoon of Monday 14 May 2012. He is described as being 5’10 tall, slim build, short ginger hair and ginger beard, wearing [...]
GRAMPIAN Fire and Rescue Service were called to a flat in Logie Avenue this morning after fire broke out in the kitchen. An overheated pan had burst into flames and set the kitchen alight. The smoke alarm worked as it should and alerted the occupants to the fire. One person made an attempt to extinguish the blaze [...]
POLICE are trying to trace a suspected dementia sufferer in Aberdeen. The male was last seen last seen wandering the streets in his pyjamas at 5.10am today in the Hilton area of Aberdeen. He is described as being around 70 years old, 5′ 8″ in height, stocky build, has grey hair and was wearing a striped polo shirt and [...]
CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver has tweeted an appeal for staff to work at his new Scottish eaterie. The chef and healthy eating campaigner is opening a branch of Jamie’s Italian in Edinburgh in the summer. Jamie tweeted: “Hands up who’s excited about our Edinburgh restaurant opening this July? You can apply to work with us now!” The [...]
FIFE Constabulary is appealing for witnesses to an incident which took place near Alexander Rise, Glenrothes, in the early hours of Wednesday, May 9 2012. The incident, which left a man with serious injuries, took place in the wooded area near to Alexander Rise. Police are appealing for information from anyone who was in the [...]
A GROUP of four men have been arrested and charged in connection with a series of alleged bogus workman offences that have happened in Edinburgh over the past two years. The men, aged 26, 19, and 28, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today (Thursday), while a fourth man, 32, is due to appear at court [...]
A HELICOPTER has ditched in the North Sea, coastguards have confirmed. The aircraft went down 30 miles east of Aberdeen. All 14 people on board are confirmed to be in a liferaft and rescuers have arrived on scene. A spokeswoman for the Maratime and Coastguard Agency said: “Aberdeen Coastguard was alerted at 12.15pm that a [...]
CANNABIS worth more than £10,000 has been seized from a flat in the Kittybrewster area of Aberdeen. The drugs were confiscated by officers after a drug search warrant was executed at the address yesterday. A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with the seizure and is due to appear from custody at Aberdeen Sheriff [...]
A FREE smartphone app celebrating The Queen’s reign in Scotland will be among a series of events and initiatives launched by the Scottish Government to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee this summer, First Minister Alex Salmond announced today. As the Jubilee was marked by a Royal military march in Edinburgh, attended by the Duke of Rothesay, [...]
FOUR wards at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Glasgow after a suspected outbreak of Norovirus. They are not admitting new patients due to an increase in the number of patients with diarrhoea and vomiting. Across the wards a total of 26 patients are showing symptoms of the virus. None of the patients affected are giving [...]
MEDICAL staff from Scotland’s University of Edinburgh have been selected for a UK government volunteering scheme that will provide training on life-saving healthcare to medical workers in some of the world’s poorest countries, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today. Skilled health professionals from across Britain will teach and offer practical assistance to their counterparts [...]
POLICE in West Lothian are appealing for witnesses following a robbery that happened in Livingston last night. The incident happened around 9.40pm, at the Scotmid in the Main Street of the Deans area. Two female members of staff were working when the suspect entered the store and brandished a knife. He then demanded cash before [...]
BOSSES at a Scottish school sent the entire sixth form home two days early – to stop them causing chaos with end-of-term pranks. Senior staff at Dalkeith High School, Midlothian, said they feared a threat to this year’s exams from high-spirited students. So all fifth- and sixth-year pupils were sent home with just five minutes’ [...]
AN annual book festival is offering a £100 top prize in an open poetry writing competition. Fife Bookfest is looking for entries from anyone living or working in the area. Poems may be on any subject, but must be no more than 40 lines and can be written in English or Scots. Lillian King, Fife [...]