Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from February 2008:
Lady killers.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Extraordinary photograph that shows 14 of the 15 women lifers in Scotland enjoying a pampering party and barbecue in the grounds of their jail ...
Passengers rescued from stricken ferry.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FOUR passengers were winched off a stricken ferry last night. The Riverdance tilted to 60 degrees when it was hit by a huge wave in appalling weather in the Irish Sea. Three helicopters were scrambled to rescue those on board. After the passengers were ...
NATS FORCED TO KEEP 1000 NEW COPS VOW; pounds 40monpolice jobs Climate change vow Cuts to jails and NHS.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Magnus Gardham THE SNP last night caved in to pressure and agreed to fund an extra 1000 police. Finance secretary John Swinney changed his budget in an attempt to get it through parliament next week. The move is expected to secure the support of ...
I'll be backing McCain.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... CALIFORNIA governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday backed senator John McCain in the race for the White House. The Terminator star praised the Republican front runner as "an extraordinary leader". He added: "He can reach across the political aisle to get things ...
Cold blast for Salmond on OAP heating.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... PENSIONERS' waiting times for new central heating have doubled, it was claimed yesterday. Scots Labour leader Wendy Alexander said they had increased from 114 to 229 days since the SNP took power. And she demanded that First Minister Alex Salmond apologise to ...
Free care cost gap.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE government's flagship free personal care policy needs to be better planned, managed and funded, watchdogs have said. Audit Scotland found the policy was launched without detailed information on its likely cost. It was brought in during 2002 and 72,000 older people ...
Talks over beer jobs.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ALEX Salmond is to meet the new owners of brewery firm Scottish and Newcastle to get assurances over jobs. He said a "question mark" hung over the future of 100 workers at the Edinburgh HQ after a pounds 7.8billion bid by Carlsberg and Heineken was accepted last week. ...
Waiting list U-turn.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... HEALTH secretary Nicola Sturgeon last night apologised to a patient who was told she could not be treated because of government targets. The woman patient, who has not been named, was thrown off the waiting list last December. Her consultant at Dundee's Ninewells ...
CHELSEA 0 HEARTS 1; Love cheat Ashley's ex in hols romp with Scots star.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Ferguson A GLAMOUR model who claims she bedded Chelsea love rat Ashley Cole has been enjoying a romantic beach holiday with a Scottish football star. Brooke Healey, 23, says England ace Cole had sex with her at a friend's house following a boozy night ...
BIG SMILES ..DARK SECRETS; EXCLUSIVE The most exclusive party in Scotland.. you must be a killer to get on guest list.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Keith McLeod THEY look like any other group of friends enjoying a summer day out. But the 14 women smiling happily in this picture are killers responsible for the deaths of 13 people and two unborn babies. The photograph was taken on a "barbecue ...
GALE FORTH; STORM-FORCE WINDS AND BLIZZARDS WREAK HAVOC ACROSS COUNTRY Drivers' misery as bridges and main roads hit by wild weather.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Charlie Gall ARCTIC blizzards and storm-force winds blasted Scotland yesterday with forecasters warning of worse to come. And a 45-year-old trucker was killed when his lorry was blown over in gales reaching 70mph on the M6 in Cumbria. A Met ...
Kids consoled by bedtime stories.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Karen Bale THE Xbox generation still enjoy a good old-fashioned bedtime story. A report yesterday revealed more Br itish children are read bedtime stories than their parents were. Almost two-thirds of British parents now read their children a ...
Fare and square.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... VILLAGERS had a whipround to pay a cabbie whose passenger ran up a pounds 220 fare then did a runner. The cabbie was left cashless in Banknock, near Falkirk, after driving a teenager who claimed he would be paid at the end of the trip from Newcastle. But when he told ...
LABOUR OF LOVEJOY; TIM PROVES THERE'S LIFE AFTER QUITTING THE MOST TALKED ABOUT FOOTIE SHOW ON TELLY Brains behind Soccer AM admits he misses his 'baby' but has lots of new projects to keep him busy.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Brian McIver FOR 12 years, he was the cheeky-faced star who made Soccer AM the most talked about football show in the country. But just six months after quitting the programme he wrote, produced and presented, Tim Lovejoy can hardly bear to watch the show ...
THE LOUNGE LIZARDS; Meet these laid-back reptiles who just love posing for the camera.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lachlan Mackinnon THESE lounge lizards are living the high life in Hollywood. The reptiles have become models for a series of amazing pictures by their owner Henry Lizardlover. Henry, 53, has about 50 lizards of all sizes roaming about his Los ...
sing for your supper; razz rocks.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... NAME the artist and the song and you could win a prize: But something happened For the very first time with you My heart melts into the ground Found something true And everyone's looking round Thinking I'm ...
sound check; razz rocks.(Features)(Sound recording review)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Fulton Cuddly Shark The Punisher of IV30 THIS is the debut single from a Highland trio now living in Glasgow and there's a brilliant blend to their music. While they have the punk strut of The Stooges and The Cure, there's also the ...
Ready for more; razz rocks Exclusive Taking on big stars in Grammy awards is just the start for USband.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Rick Fulton IT'S a tall order for a small American but Hayley Williams is ready for the challenge of taking on Amy Winehouse. Hayley's band Paramore are up against the controversial singer in the Grammys for Best New Act, but the 19-year-old from ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE ANDY MCARTHUR AYR UTD.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: ANDY MCARTHUR TWO wins on the bounce and all of a sudden we are seventh after yet another game where both Alex WiIliams and Ryan Stevenson both hit the net. The best thing about the recent victories is we are creating lots of chances but we need to keep our ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE DEREK ROONEY FALKiRK.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: DEREK ROONEY IT'S an absolute travesty we didn't take anything from the game against Celtic, never mind the three points we deserved. I haven't seen a Hoops side dominated the way they were by Yogi's boys for a while. But, like so often in the ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE CHRiS HUTTON MOTHERWELL.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRiS HUTTON AS you read this the January transfer window will be securely locked until 2009. Hopefully Mark McGhee will have drafted in a couple more fresh faces to help us ensure this season finishes with some tangible reward for our great efforts to date. ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE STAN MALLiNSON CLYDE; pounds 25 Letter of the week.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: STAN MALLiNSON WHEN I left Broadwood last Saturday I actually felt sick. I had just seen my team lose 3-2 after taking a 2-0 lead and missing a last-minute penalty. I couldn't work out how we had lost, especially as the first 40 minutes were the best we'd ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE BRiAN MARTiN STRANRAER.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BRiAN MARTiN THE Blues' Cliftonhill clash with Albion Rovers last Saturday was a washout, leaving us with a backlog of away fixtures. Our last away game was at the start of January and we now face midweek trips to Elgin, East Stirling and Albion Rovers. Oh the ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE WiLL TENNEY ST MIRREN.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: WiLL TENNEY JANUARY had been good to my beloved Budds - until Saturday 26th that is! We had been on roll and were moving up the table before the wheels came off at Ibrox. We had Rangers under pressure for the first 25 minutes then they scored and we lost Will ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE ROBERT COCHRANE MORTON.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROBERT COCHRANE MORTON can't buy a league win and our games each Saturday seem more and more like Groundhog Day. It doesn't matter what formation we put out, the end result is always the same - well beaten. So even the most diehard supporter ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE SANDY ARMOUR KiLLiE.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: SANDY ARMOUR THERE'S still something special about the Scottish Cup even in these times of overpriced and stale SPL football. Killie have been in freefall over the last few months and the fans are getting increasingly angry at the lack of funds being provided ...
Letter: ROW Z - FANZINE KENNY TAYLOR BERWiCK.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: KENNY TAYLOR NOBODY in their right mind would join a club like ours in the transfer window. We are bottom of Division Two, there is no money available, gates are falling and we are losing top scorer Ian Diack to Brechin in summer. Who can blame him? ...
ROW Z: AMATEUR FOOTBALLERS WIFE.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Was it love at first sight? Yeah..until he started boring me to death with his chat-up lines. What do you argue about? Who pays for the petrol in the car (it's mostly me). How did you pals react when you started seeing John? They ...
ROW Z: Alan Main knew.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Alan Main knew he was getting on when ...
Football: Don't look to me to be new Hutton; TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST...(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Colin Duncan STEVEN WHITTAKER secured a place in his second consecutive CIS Cup Final - then insisted he doesn't want to be compared with Alan Hutton. The defender, a winner with Hibs 12 months ago, starred in Wednesday night's 2-0 semi-final win over ...
Football: Man can send Gers down Pan; TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST...(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... RANGERS will have to stop a striker who is setting the African Nations Cup alight if they are to progress in the UEFA Cup. Panathinaikos - the Ibrox club's rivals in the last 32 of the competition - last night signed Manchester United attacker Manucho on loan until the end of ...
Football: Rams raid lands No.1 target Roy; TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST...(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ROY CARROLL has finally made the switch from Rangers to Derby. The 30-year-old keeper, who has signed until the end of the season, has been waiting for several days to make the move to Pride Park. Carroll's transfer was delayed while the SPL leaders searched for a ...
Football: Sepp rap for Andy decision; TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST...(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes the Court of Arbitration for Sport's judgmentin the Andy Webster case will damage the world game. Webster appealed against a FIFA fine of pounds 625,000 for breaking his contract at Hearts to join Wigan in 2006. Now the CAS have ...
Football: I ALWAYS DREAMED OF MOVE TO IBROX SAYS GERS NEW BOY STEVE DAVIS; TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST...(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY NEIL CAMERON & DAVID McCARTHY STEVE DAVIS finally realised his childhood dream last night when he was able to call himself a Rangers player - 11 years after he thought his chance had gone. After a long transfer deadline day of negotiations and a bump or ...
AMO: YOU ARE CRAZY TO REJECT RANGERS; EXCLUSIVE.(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY KEITH JACKSON LORENZO AMORUSO last night accused fellow-Italian Andrea Caracciolo of bottling out of a deadline day move to Rangers. Amoruso was shocked yesterday afternoon when he received a phone call from Ibrox manager Walter Smith - the man who ...
Football: JAROSIK SET FOR RUSSIA RETURN; EXCLUSIVE.(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By David McCarthy JIRI JAROSIK was heading back to Russia last night as Krylya Sovetov made a deadline-busting move to lure the Celtic midfielder with a pounds 1million-a-year contract - as Record Sport revealed they would last month. Former CSKA Moscow star ...
Football: Cup card facing weather wipeout.(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE SFA were last night bracing themselves for this weekend's Scottish Cup card to be decimated with snow, rain and frost forecast over the next 48 hours. And the association has taken the unusual step of announcing rescheduled dates for most of the games in the event of ...
Football: TRANSFER CLOCK WATCH; TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST...(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil Cameron MY hope as I sat down in the morning and munched through a healthy roll and square sausage was that it was going to be a quiet deadline day. But soon enough the rumours started to fly, phones began to ring with readers asking whether Kaka had ...
Football: I've watched Barry grow from Daft Oleg to Captain Sensible; TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST... EXCLUSIVE Derek: He's outgrown his nickname as a kid at Ibrox and matured into a player who'll shine with Celtic.(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ANTHONY HAGGERTY DEREK McINNES watched Barry Robson blow a promising Rangers career because of his juvenile behaviour. However, McInnes could not be any happier that the player once dubbed Daft Oleg has finallymatured sufficiently to clinch a pounds ...
Football: LEVEIN: WE'LL COPE WITHOUT ROBBO.(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alan Marshall CRAIG LEVEIN insists the Dundee United bandwagon will keep rolling forward - despite the loss of skipper Barry Robson to Celtic in a pounds 1.25million deal. The Tannadice side are weaker for the loss of the midfielder but boss Levein is ...
DEAL OR NO DEAL; Celtic grab Robson and win race for Ben Rangers miss out on Italian but snatch Davis.(Sport)
Feb 01, 2008 ... By Anthony Haggerty CELTIC last night beat off stiff competition from Nottingham Forest to land Dundee United midfielder Barry Robson in a pounds 1.25million deal. And Hoops boss Gordon Strachan made it a double deadline day swoop when he landed Middlesbrough hitman ...
Quality is plain to C.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Mercedes are on to a sales winner with the new C-Class Page 12 THAT'S A PROPER BARGAIN Chevrolet's estate gives you loads of car for your money PAGE 17 STRIKES A ...
Touring in style; BILL CAVEN says anyone who thinks that estate cars can't be fun - or fashionable - should give this BMW load-lugger a try.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN YOU may have thought that estate cars were dead and buried, but don't start writing the obituary just yet. Indeed, the latest breed of load-luggers are a far cry from the estate cars that used to be the lifeblood of travelling sales folk up and ...
motoring NEWS.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... LOVE is in the air ... and it is starting to appear on our number plates as well. DVLA Personalised Registrations are bracing themselves for the annual onslaught of passion in the form of romantically-linked registrations, which come to the fore around Valentine's Day. ...
Mercedes raise the quality of C life; With a bigger build, the new C-Class offers more interior space. And, as well as being technologically advanced, it also offers impressive fuel figures, as BILL CAVEN reports.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN THERE are few Mercs that fly out of the showrooms faster than the family-sized, premium saloon that is the C-Class. The world's leading motor manufacturer recently introduced the latest-generation model and early indications show that it's going ...
Drive for value; The latest addition to the Lacetti line-up is further proof that Chevrolet strive to give buyers a whole lot of car for their money, writes CHRIS REES.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRIS REES THE Chevrolet badge might traditionally be associated with Route 66-busting escapades but, let's face it, the Chevrolet Lacetti is no cruiser. It is, in fact, a rebranded Daewoo built in Korea, but it does share one Chevrolet trait: it combines ...
Wheel entertainment.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Jet Blast and the Hand of Fate - John Ackroyd Design engineer Ackroyd, who has been a key man in a mad mix of land speed and balloon records, gives an insight into the world of record-breaking. pounds 23.36 at www.sprintbooks.co.uk Carl Forgarty's Crash! and Recover! ...
Fresh line of torque; The Laguna's most powerful diesel engine to date also offers low emissions, says BILL CAVEN.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN IF there's one car marque that look set to change the fortunes of the unfashionable estate car, it's Renault. The French giant seem to be on a roll these days. Their last Laguna estate was pretty svelte and was undoubtedly one of the ...
Lion-sized leap; Peugeot venture into the SUV sector - with a little help from their friends, says BILL CAVEN.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN THEY say there is a first time for everything - even if it means allowing your main competitors to have a head start on you. While other automakers poked their toes firmly in the rapidly-expanding SUV sector, Peugeot took a step back. ...
motoring NEWS.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A SUBSTANTIAL number of young drivers regularly take extreme risks like overtaking blind and driving while under the influence of drugs. Research from road safety charity Brake and Green Flag found that one in three young drivers admitted overtaking when they can't see what's ...
Kia's super Cee'd; This simple but impressive low-cost estate offers an accomplished drive with a real feeling of solidity, writes BILL CAVEN.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN IT would appear that the Cee'd has been firmly planted in the minds of British motorists as the car grows in popularity. The Kia began life as a hatchback before also becoming an estate. This month it will re-invent itself again when the last member ...
motoring NEWS.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FORGET Swiss Toni. New research has revealed that Lorraine Kelly and Jeremy Paxman are amongst the celebrities most British drivers would trust to sell them a reliable car. And, overall, Britons are more likely to trust a female car salesperson. With Phil Mitchell's ...
Sit pretty in the Lounge.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... CITROEN are taking the compact MPV to new levels of luxury with the introduction of the Lounge. It is a special edition of the French car giant's award-winning C4 Picasso and created uniquely for the UK market. Perfect for those looking to travel in style, the C4 ...
New face joins Merc family.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... MERCEDES-BENZ have unveiled a stand-alone model series in the guise of the new CLC - the compelling entry-level model in the marque's coupe family. The sports coupe's design, technology and equipment meet the requirements of discerning young drivers looking for an athletic car ...
Topping the Euro charts.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... IN its first full year on sale, the Peugeot 207 has become Europe's best-selling car. Between January and December last year, the Peugeot supermini clocked up 437,505 sales, beating the Volkswagen Golf to the top spot. Since its launch in the UK in July 2006, the 207 ...
WAKE UP TO THE DANGER; Sleep disorder is on the rise among UK drivers.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ONE in 100 drivers unwittingly suffer a sleep disorder that could make them doze off at the wheel. An alarming 300,000 motorists in the UK are at risk of falling asleep while driving, posing a huge threat to road safety. According to NHS Direct, obstructive sleep ...
Car of the Year 2008 award.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE prestigious Car of the Year 2008 award, given to the Fiat 500 by a jury of specialist journalists from 22 European countries, was presented this week at a ceremony in Berlin. The little Fiat, which went on sale in the UK ...
Liddell has unlucky run at Daytona; motorsport.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BRUCE BOOTH A COMING together with a larger prototype sportscar late on in the race robbed Edinburgh-born Robin Liddell of a possible top-three finish at the season's opener at Daytona Beach last weekend. The Scot, making his debut for the Stevenson ...
CHOOSE ANY TRAiL AND LET THE FUN BEGiN; Whether you're negotiating city streets, hitting the open road or venturing off the beaten track, Nissan's compact SUV will ensure it's an enjoyable ride, writes BILL CAVEN.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN NISSAN have established an impressive stable of 4x4 vehicles over recent years, helping them to cater for a wide range of tastes and requirements. For those seeking an attractive SUV to show off around the city, the Murano soft-roader will more ...
Adding more 6 appeal; New looks make popular Mazda an even more attractive buy, writes BILL CAVEN.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN EXPECTATIONS are naturally raised when the time comes for a car maker to replace an award-winning model. There's great pressure on the designers and engineers to come up with a car that's equally special - or even superior. And this is ...
Truly Superb sequel; BILL CAVEN reckons Skoda's flagship model will be making a much bigger impact on its class thanks to its striking new appearance.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN IT'S easy to hit a wrong note when you blow your own trumpet, so Skoda took a huge gamble when they christened their flagship model "Superb". But their choice of name also demonstrated the unquestionable confidence the Czech car company now have in ...
On the web at www.dailyrecord.co.uk.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY.. John Dingwall takes his weekly look at the world of entertainment and reveals the line-up for Retrofest. YESTERDAY'S MOST READ STORIES.. NEWS 1. Pain of bride death dad. 2. Blizzards forecast. 3 ....
Beadle is mourned in online tributes.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FANS are flocking to join a Facebook tribute page to the late telly trickster Jeremy Beadle. Admirers from all over the world have posted touching messages to the 59-year-old prankster, who lost his battle against pneumonia on Wednesday. His show Beadle's About was ...
P.S. I'm quitting.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ACTOR Gerard Butler has told how his new movie helped him quit smoking. The Scot plays a husband who dies of cancer in P.S. I Love You. Butler, 38, who stars alongside Hilary Swank, insists the ...
Fruit and nuts.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Italian customs officers found two 10ft missiles among crates of oranges on a truck. But it ...