RECKLESS Scots schoolchildren have shocked fishermen by playing “chicken” with their boats. The youngsters leap off the harbour wall at North Berwick, East Lothian, into the path of fishing vessels. Officials fear it is only a matter of time before a teenager is killed as a result of the craze. Children have already had [...]
A POLICE force is facing criticism after it looks to fit new intruder alarms to more than a dozen stations. Officials at Strathclyde Police are also asking if there is someone else who can “operate and maintain a 24 hour emergency response facility” for police stations. The force will spend nearly £105,000 to have the [...]
Southampton will be in the global spotlight today (Tuesday April 10) as the world commemorates 100 years since the Titanic tragedy. Titanic sailed from Southampton on April 10 1912 and events in the city will be dominated by the opening of the iconic SeaCity Museum by Olympic rowing hero James Cracknell. The events in Southampton [...]
IN CELEBRATION of the life and works of Charles Dickens, the Royal Mail today revealed a sneak preview of two stamps – officially launching in June – to celebrate the bicentenary of the novelist’s birth. The two stamps feature illustrations from his first novel, The Pickwick Papers (originally serialised and entitled The Posthumous Papers of [...]
By Naomi Mills Scientists have developed pioneering testing to identify environmentally unfriendly leaks of CO2. The team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh have created a technique which detects leakages from carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites. The testing is able to detect tiny traces of inactive natural gases, knows a noble gases that [...]
THE Nelson Mandela Foundation has been forced to deny the former South African president had died after rumours swept the internet. State-owned broadcaster SABC reported the denial after users of micro-blogging site Twitter said the 93-year-old Mandela was dead. The Foundation said Mandela was doing fine. Nelson Mandela was voted South Africa’s first black president [...]
A SCOTS mother has spoken of her “petrifying” fear for her young children trapped in the horror of the Libyan revolution. Lisa Stark is fighting to get her children out of Benghazi where their father is keeping them. The 30-year-old said she feared the worst as the country descended into civil war and she could [...]
By Kirsty Topping LANDMARK wedding anniversaries could die out as more people choose to marry later. Couples are choosing to tie the knot ten years later than they did 30 years ago, according to the General Register Office of Scotland, leading to fears that golden and diamond wedding anniversaries could become a thing of [...]