A SCOTS dad has spoken of his relief after a routine eye exam discovered a tumour which could have left him blind. Thomas Vasvary, 47, was attending a routine two year check up at a Specsavers in Edinburgh when his optometrist noticed troubling irregularities in his peripheral vision. Optometrist Ciara Nixon, 24, referred Mr Vasvary [...]
A cash-strapped Scottish council spent £17,500 to recruit a ‘Transformational Change Manager’ – who was then paid more than £70,000 a year. The “extraordinary” payment was part of almost £53,000 spent by Edinburgh Council on head-hunting fees in order to fill four management roles. Recent budget cuts at the council include reducing funding for dozens [...]
RANGERS legend Willie Henderson has finished a gruelling trek through the jungle to the top of an active volcano – saying he fulfilled a promise to his dying daughter. The ex-Scotland player led a team of 22 volunteer fundraisers 100km through rugged Indonesian terrain in aid of his daughter’s charity, the Michelle Henderson Cervical Cancer [...]
THE family of a two-year-old who has died from a rare form of kidney cancer have paid tribute to their “bubbly” little girl. Tragic Evie Byrne was diagnosed with the disease after doctors discovered a Stage 4 Wilm’s tumour last June. Despite bravely battling the cancer and undergoing scans, biopsies, chemotherapy and surgery to remove [...]
SICK and injured patients face a 40-mile round trip for accident and emergency treatment as a result of “disgraceful” staff shortages. Patients who would normally be rushed to A&E at St John’s Hospital, Livingston, face an extra journey of 20 miles to the already-overstretched emergency department in Edinburgh. NHS Lothian is planning to transfer some [...]
A FOUR-week-old lamb is lucky to be alive after being hit by a car and then carried 25 miles stuck in the radiator grille. The lamb – named Larry by vets – was struck by a Renault Clio late on Friday night as he gambolled near the busy A70 near Carnwath, South Lanarkshire. [...]
AN 11-year-old tennis prodigy following the footsteps of Andy Murray has become the first Scot to be invited to a prestigious Paris tournament. Jacob Fearnley, from Edinburgh, is the first Scot to be selected as the UK representative for the Longines Future Tennis Aces Competition. The Merchiston Castle School pupil is currently top under-12 in [...]
MEN can now buy left- or right-fitting pants thanks to a Scots entrepreneur working with one of the country’s top universities. Simon Phillips, from Edinburgh, has already received £5,000 worth of pre-orders for his Cahoonas supportive underwear. Phillips spent a-year-and-a-half working alongside experts from the textile department of Heriot-Watt University to design the £27 pants, [...]
A BABY said to be the heaviest born in Edinburgh in 15 years was delivered earlier this month, weighing a huge 11 pounds and eight ounces. Stuart George Turnbull Pearson, born on 7 May to Hibs-mad parents Fiona and Stuart, was a late arrival at 11 days after his due date. The youngster is already [...]
A RARE perfume bottle stand is expected to sell for around £8,000 when it goes under the hammer. The stand was made by acclaimed French designer Henri Hamm, and will be auctioned in Edinburgh on Wednesday. The piece was made by Hamm as a display for the perfume bottles he designed. Lydia Stoker, fine antiques [...]
AFTER mixing with showbusiness royalty in London, Scots singer Colin Chisholm faced a more mundane job in Edinburgh yesterday: grocery shopping. And Colin, 60, went about his chores at Morrisons in the city’s Portobello Road completely unnoticed by fellow shoppers. His rendition of ‘I Drove All Night’ by Cyndi Lauper, won him the support of [...]
A GROUP of Scottish OAPs have vowed to “barricade” themselves in rather than leave their threatened sheltered housing. The pensioners say managers of the complex in Edinburgh will have to “forcibly remove” them from their home and are planning a legal challenge to the move. Jo Hopkin, 87, a resident of Cairn Housing Asscociation’s property [...]
A RESTAURANT is offering credit crunching lunches by going back to 1998 pricing. Maison Bleue, in Edinburgh, is marking its 15th anniversary by offering customers lunch time meals for only a fiver – pricing that was last seen when the restaurant first opened its doors in August 1998. Dean Gassabi, who owns the restaurant in [...]
A BABY found abandoned next to a block of Edinburgh flats has been named Charlotte after the police officer who rushed her into hospital. Midwives say the newborn, weighing a relatively small 5lbs 7oz, is “feeding well, sleeping well” and appears to be healthy. Doctors have given baby Charlotte antibiotics as a precaution after her [...]
POLICE are appealing for information after a newborn baby was found abandoned on a park bench. Officers in Edinburgh are concerned for the wellbeing of the mother of the baby girl, who was found on a park bench in Hailesland Park today (Thur). The baby girl was discovered on the bench behind Kilncroft Stair, at [...]
A BUSY Scottish hospital could soon be getting its heating by burning potato peelings. Fife Council has lodged plans for Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline to join the town’s community energy scheme, where buildings are powered by gases produced by residents waste. The £2.5million plans would see the hospital the sheriff court, police and fire [...]
EXPERTS fixing a 50-year-old aircraft have come up with a novel way of covering its windows during repairs – filling them with space hoppers. The bouncy toys have been used to plug the windows of an iconic Comet jet airliner at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian. Conservation experts had been trying to figure [...]
A BOY as young as 10 posed as a charity collector to steal a £1000 ring from an elderly widow. The 79-year-old victim said the thief came to her door in Silverknowes, Edinburgh on Thursday last week asking for sponsorship money. The woman, who did not wish to be named, gave the boy £3 but [...]
A BOOK showing pictures of Hearts fans’ cheeky “5 – 1″ celebrations of their Scottish Cup win has sold out. Jambos have been posting pictures of them flashing “5 -1″ hand signs ever since their victory over rivals Hibs in May last year. Often posed up with celebrities or in front of famous locations, the [...]
A DELIVERY driver who ferries panda urine samples to laboratories has spoken of his pride in helping the bears successfully mate. Each day Steven Bruce, from Fairmilehead, journeys a 360 mile round trip to transport panda urine samples from Edinburgh Zoo to Chester Zoo’s Endocrine Laboratory. The journey is essential for panda experts to analyse when female [...]