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 [...]
A LONDON opera boss has caused a storm after suggesting highlanders are seen as hairy, smelly savages. An opera based on Sir Walter Scott’s The Lady of the Lake opened at The Royal Opera House at the weekend to strong reviews. But comments from director John Fulljames about Scott’s views on highlanders have provoked outrage [...]
A DEVOTED couple died within 48 hours of each other after 60 years of marriage. Bob Kinnon, 82, died following a long battle with dementia and his wife, Marion, also 82, suffered a fatal heart attack as she arranged his funeral. Nephew Geoff Thompson said yesterday he believed his aunt had died of a broken [...]
RETIRED Olympian Sir Chris Hoy has joked with comedian Frankie Boyle about a new career as a bank robber. Sir Chris jested that he could join the comic on a tandem bike as a getaway cyclist. The six-times gold medal winner, who this week announced he was ending his cycling career, said he would consider [...]
THE police officer who took abandoned baby Charlotte to hospital has bought her a special present – the same cuddly toy she played with as a child. PC Charlotte Work accompanied the newborn baby to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after a member of the public found her lying on a park bench in the city. The [...]
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 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 [...]
DOCTORS in Scotland are campaigning for a new initiative to treat stroke patients. The new initiative aims to discover when the patient actually suffered their attack which is one of the main concerns of a sufferer when first arriving in hospital. This new method gives doctors four and a half hours to administer the treatment [...]
THIEVES ransacked the home of an eight-year-old Hibs mascot as he led his team out against Celtic, making off with his Christmas presents and leaving his family devastated. Hibs-mad Ryan Borthwick, from Edinburgh, was delighted to walk out with the team before their 1-0 win on December 29 as part of a Christmas present. He [...]
COUPLES who smoke are to be denied IVF treatment by Scottish health chiefs. NHS Fife will be the first health board in Scotland to refuse fertility treatment on the grounds of smoking when the ban comes in this October. The move will apply when both partners smoke and the woman is overweight. NHS [...]
A CANDID family snap helped shock a Scottish snackaholic into shedding almost two thirds of her bodyweight. Gail was a serial snacker. Gail Watson from West Lothian, says she munched on crisps and chocolate day and night until her weight ballooned to a massive 25 stone. But a rare photograph of her taken by partner [...]
MADNESS frontman Suggs discovered his heroin addict Scottish father had died – by reading his own Wikipedia page. Suggs – real name Graham McPherson – has spent years searching for his father, William Rutherford McPherson. Scots-born McPherson Snr father walked out on him and his family shortly after he was born in Hastings, East Sussex, [...]
A TOP Government health spokesman has accused Scottish hospitals of failing to care for elderly patients. Duncan McNeil, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s health committee. said problems including failing to screen for dementia and failing to ensure that elderly patients are fed and hydrated are commonplace in hospital wards across the country. McNeil condemned standards [...]
BY MELISSA CLARK SEVEN SOLDIERS slowly raised from the ground, rifles in hand, ready to fire. This first group, heavily camouflaged, walked cautiously across the field towards the dense woods. Approximately three minutes later, a further seven soldiers rose from their hiding spots and took up their defence positions behind the group. Defending shots [...]
EDINBURGH Zoo are planning panda parties next month as the famous bears celebrate their ninth birthdays. Staff at the zoo are spoiling the pair with gifts including bamboo boxes, bamboo candles and a special hammock where the bears, who can sleep for up to 14 hours a day, can lie back and relax. Zoo keepers [...]
RESIDENTS of a tiny Scottish village were celebrating yesterday after being voted the friendliest community in Britain. In a nationwide competition, locals from Gateside in Fife, which has a miniscule population of 200 people, were commended for lending their teenagers out as babysitters, sharing baby clothes and running a free taxi service for locals. Tesco [...]