Tag: mortonhall

Thieves strike bereavement charity which exposed Mortonhall scandal

Deadline News Journalist - February 19, 2013

CALLOUS thieves struck a bereavement charity which exposed the Mortonhall ashes scandal, taking a laptop which contained crucial correspondence around the issue. Sands Lothian uncovered...

Experts begin excavation of WWI trenches

Scottish News

Guest - February 8, 2013

ARCHAEOLOGISTS fighting to save trenches where young Scots trained for the horrors of the Great War began work on the historic site yesterday (fri). The...

Diplomat’s former wife tells of grief over crematorium ashes scandal

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 15, 2013

A US diplomat and his former wife are demanding answers from the Scottish Government after they were denied their baby's ashes at the scandal-hit...

Parents demand public inquiry into baby ashes scandal

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 14, 2012

FURIOUS bereaved parents last night demanded a public inquiry into the secret disposal of ashes from stillborn and neonatal deaths at a crematorium in...

Girlfriend fights for life after boyfriend killed in car horror

Shaun Milne - July 22, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie A PROMISING young student has been killed and his girlfriend left fighting for her life after a horror car-crash. Besotted couple Jack Chan...