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THE FUTURE stars of Italian football put their skills to the test when they visited Holy Rood High School. Ten members of the under-21 Italian team will took centre stage to answer questions about their life on and off the pitch by members of the school football team and Italian language pupils. The squad [...]
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 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 SCOTS inventor has developed a new labeling system which shows when food is unsafe to eat. It’s hoped that the new technology, dubbed the UWI label, could help reduce the amount of wasted food, as well as help consumers save money and preventing them falling ill. Pete Higgins came up with the idea after [...]
BRITAIN’S Got Talent held their auditions in Scotland’s capital today. Hosted at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, thousands cued outside before being allowed in to watch this year’s auditions. The shows hosts, Ant and Dec, were cheered on as they introduced the show to the cameras. The cheers got louder as the judges appeared from their cars. [...]
AN ICE cream shop offering unique custom made ice cream has recently opened in the capital. The ice cream parlour, named Afterz, is the only parlour in Scotland to use a cold stone to create personalised ice cream. Afterz offers customers 24 unique ice cream flavours, including irn bru and bubblegum, made using award-winning Hamilton [...]
A SCOTS curry house has promised next Wednesday will be a third degree Burns night – after creating the world’s hottest haggis. Kismot in Edinburgh, whose ‘killer’ curry put two over-ambitious eaters in hospital last year, has created the unique blend of curry and haggis for the Bard’s birthday. On Burns Night next week, diners [...]
The National Galleries of Scotland is delighted to annouce a major new acquistion, Rome from Monte Mario by J.M.W.
Scotland may already be notorious for “unhealthy” food options (I refer of course, to the infamous Deep Fried Mar Bar) but one Edinburgh chef has taken Scottish dessert to a whole new level. Simon Robertson – head chef at Edinburgh hotel and pub The Fiddler’s Elbow – has created “Braveheart Butter Balls” – frozen balls [...]
The Pandas at Edinburgh Zoo are enjoying their stay so far but in different ways. Yang Guang, the male, who is also known as Sunshine, has been exploring his enclosure and spending hours in full view of the zoo’s keepers. Tian Tian (Sweetie) has been more reticent and remains out of sight much of the [...]
Hundreds of shoppers braved freezing conditions to welcome the arrival of the first Primark store in Edinburgh. Queues began forming at 6am as people from across Scotland jostled to be among the first inside the eagerly awaited store. The Right Honourable, George Grubb, Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, carried out the opening ceremony [...]
POLICE are cracking down on heartless mail scammers who trick vulnerable Scots out of an estimated £3.5m every year. Victims of the con artists are bombarded with up to 70 letters a day enticing them to send money. The cruel tricks range from requesting £25 for a clairvoyant’s advice to demanding £25,000 for a bogus [...]
ASHRITA FURMAN, the man famous for having broken the most records in the Guiness Book of Records today broke a new record for the number of hits of a person by a water balloon in one minute. The Edinburgh attempt is a new record category: number of hits of a person by a water balloon [...]
The author J K Rowling today buried a time capsule to mark the start of building work on a research clinic for patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. The clinic at the University of Edinburgh is being set up following a £10 million donation from Ms Rowling and is named after the Harry [...]
SHOPPERS will receive an early Christmas present this December when fashion retailer Primark opens its Scottish flagship store on Edinburgh’s Princes Street. Primark can confirm that the opening date for its showpiece six-storey, 75,000 sq ft store will be Saturday, December 10, bringing some additional festive cheer to the Capital’s main shopping thoroughfare. The building [...]
AN original copy of the 1611 King James Bible has gone on display to mark the 400th anniversary of its publication. The book – widely regarded as one of the most influential books in the English language – will be the centrepiece of a display which opens today (Wed) at the National Library of Scotland. [...]
A diary written 140 years Scots explorer David Livingstone with makeshift ink on old newspaper can be read today for the first time. Left – Right Project Director Dr. Adrian S. Wisnicki, Kate Simpson, research assistant, Keith Knox, scientist and Mike Toth of R.B Toth Associates, expert in technical studies of cultural objects for museums. [...]
KEEPERS at Edinburgh Zoo have prepared the perfect Halloween-themed enrichment for sun bear brothers Somnang and Rotana. From bear-friendly pumpkins, to spooky coconuts bats, the bears will have plenty of treats in store this Halloween. Senior carnivore keeper Sharon Hatton explained why enrichment is so important for these young brothers. She said: “These bears are [...]
Pic by Lorenzo Dalberto/Deadline A selection of undergarments belonging to Queen Victoria, including a large pair of silk bloomers valued at £3,000, are to be sold at Lyon & Turnbull’s auction of the Forbes Collection on the 1st November in Edinburgh. Included in the sale are the pair of bloomers, three pairs of her silk [...]
Pic by Lorenzo Dalberto/Deadline Performers from Scottish Opera’s pocket-sized version of The Barber of Seville will rehearse for a series of free shows at unusual venues across the capital by serenading the specimens at Surgeons’ Hall Museums. A Little Bit of Barber uses a cellist, guitarist, storyteller, singer and series of colourful illustrations to condense [...]