AILEEN Campbell, Scotland’s Minister for Children and Young People, today welcomes the launch of Foster Care Fortnight 2012, praising the role fostering plays in helping vulnerable children and young people. Ms Campbell said: “The Scottish Government supports Foster Care fortnight and its aim of encouraging more people to take up fostering and improve the lives [...]
POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a teenage girl who has been missing since April 18. 15 year-old Samantha McConnell is from the Sighthill area of Edinburgh, Samantha is described as 5ft 5ins tall, with dark hair. When last seen she was wearing black leggings, a black long-sleeved top, and white trainers. The teenager [...]
AN INCIDENT has occurred at a house in Inverness involving between 15 and 20 officers. Police were called to a residence in the Madras Street area of Merkinch at about 0400 hours this morning following information that a man was threatening self harm. Trained negotiators were deployed to the scene and continued to negotiate with [...]
AN EDINBURGH Primary School pupil has won the title of Junior Burnsian. Annie Bowes from Balerno performed an extract from the poem ‘Tam O’Shanter’ at the 2012 Robert Burns World Federation Primary Schools Festival, winning first place for recitation and naming her the overall winner. The P7 pupil at Deanpark Primary travelled to Aberdeen with [...]
The award-winning Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick has joined forces with the National Museum of Flight in East Fortune to champion environmentally-friendly travel. Tourists who travel by train to East Lothian are being offered a discount of 20% at the museum and centre when they present their ScotRail ticket at either admissions desk. Locals [...]
TAYSIDE police are searching for a Staffordshire Terrier dog that has been stolen. The theft occurred on Monday, May 1 at 11.10am outside Barclays Bank in Dundee High Street. The brindle coloured dog had been secured to a bench and was wearing a pink harness at the time it was taken. The man thought to [...]
Police are appealing for witnesses after 16 year-old boy was threatened at knifepoint. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 2 between 0530 hrs and 0600hrs in Newbattle Road close to Newbattle Abbey College, Dalkeith. The victim was walking alone when a man pulled up in a white Honda car and threatened him at knifepoint. He [...]
Drugs have been recovered at a house after police received a tip-off from a member of the public. The house in Glenkindie, Alford was searched by officers from Aberdeenshire Proactive Unit who found that cannabis plants were being grown. The recovered drugs would have been worth in excess of £20,000 had they been sold on. [...]
Police are keen to trace a team of bogus workmen who are believed to have scammed an elderly woman out of a substantial amount of money. The woman was approached by two males at her property on Rossway Road, Kirkcudbright on Tuesday May 1 at lunchtime The men were posing as building contractors and claimed [...]
A ROAD traffic collision has killed a local man. The incident occurred this morning at around 0700hrs just off Grant Court in Thornhill. The local 59 year-old man was driving a grey coloured ford focus when the collision happened. No other vehicles were involved. Emergency services staff attended however the man was pronounced dead at [...]
A 19 year-old female has been assaulted while walking with a friend. The incident happened at around 2200hrs on Wednesday, May 2 in Bogwood Road, Mayfield. The victim was approached in Mayfield Road by a man driving a dark coloured Subaru Impreza. Following a short conversation he drove off, only to return a short time [...]
POLICE are appealing for information following a spate of housebreakings. Three homes in Baillielands, Oatlands Park and Deanburn Road, Linlithgow, were broken into between 1900hrs and 2100hrs on Tuesday, May 1. Various items were taken from the properties, including money and jewellery. Officers believe these incidents are linked and those responsible may also have been [...]
SCOTS brewers have come up with a unique new beer to celebrate the return of a food festival in Fife. Just 300 bottles of the Crail Ale have been made to mark the three day food festival in the Fife town. The ale, which is described as ‘full of citrus and floral flavours’ will be [...]
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a scrapyard was deliberately set alight by vandals. Approximately 35 cars were set on fire and 100 sets of windows smashed at Campbell’s Auto Salvage in Collinshiel Road in Armadale between 6pm and 7pm last night. Firefighters were called and spent approximately four hours dealing with the blaze, which [...]
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a spate of reckless behaviour incidents. Local residents in Newtongrange, Midlothian, have witnessed an increase in youths throwing items of the Lothian Bridge Viaduct onto the caravans and buildings below. The incidents are reported to be happening between 3pm and 5pm on weekdays, as well as various times over [...]
GRAMPIAN Police are investigating an assault that occurred on Skene Terrace, Aberdeen, that left the victim with a minor scalp injury. The incident occurred between 0300hrs and 0315hrs on Sunday 29th April 2012, when a 20 year-old female was assaulted by a male throwing a bottle at her. The assailant is described as wearing a [...]
EDINBURGH’S Lord Provost has written to the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to invite her to visit Scotland’s Capital city as part of her stay in Britain this June. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh (in absentia) in June 2005. In his letter, Lord Provost [...]
A LOTHIAN and Borders Police campaign to tackle doorstep crime in West Lothian last month has been hailed a success by officers. Between the March 19 and 30 police and various partner agencies provided a visible presence across the county to identify bogus callers and rogue traders and provide safety information to the public. Road [...]
SPORTS pitches and pavilions across Edinburgh are set to benefit from a £600,000 cash injection towards maintenance, new grounds equipment and sporting equipment. A sum of £725,000 for additional revenue investment in pitches, pavilions, play areas and allotments was approved by the City of Edinburgh Council on 9 February 2012. This sum was split into [...]
SUN worshippers flocking to a city beach are being caught short after council jobsworths refused to open the toilets. Thousands of people have descended on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, as temperatures hit an amazing 22 degrees centigrade. But the local council have decided nearby public toilets have to remain shut because they are not scheduled to [...]