Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from March 2008:
HARRY HOME TODAY.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PRINCE Harry will return to Britain today after being removed from frontline service in Afghanistan. He was due to fly in to RAF Brize Norton this morning - less than 48 hours ...
YOU WON'T HOUND ME OUT; EXCLUSIVE SFA chief hits back at his critics.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Hugh Keevins UNDER-FIRE SFA chief executive Gordon Smith yesterday vowed not to walk away from the job. He hit back at his critics, who have accused him of lurching from one high-profile blunder to the next. In an exclusive interview, Smith told ...
On the web at www.dailyrecord.co.uk.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... ON OUR WEBSITE ... John Dingwall takes a listen to the new releases from REM and The Charlatans and takes a peek at just out DVD Starburst and new movie The Bank Job YESTERDAY'S MOST READ STORIES.. NEWS 1. Mags Haney out of jail 2 ....
CHEMICAL ALI TO BE HANGED; Iraq leaders give go-ahead for mass killer's execution.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Mark Ellis MASS killer Chemical Ali could hang today after Iraqi leaders approved his death warrant. Ali, whose real name is Hassan al-Majid, was sentenced to follow his cousin Saddam Hussein to the gallows for the poison gas deaths of tens of thousands of ...
PLEA FROM CAPTIVES' FAMILIES.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE families of five men held captive in Iraq for nine months made a desperate plea for their release yesterday. In a statement released through the Foreign Office they say to the kidnappers: "Please, show the world your true humanity and let our loved ones go." They ...
PM praises immigrant skills boost.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A POINTS system for immigrants will let the right people into the UK, Gordon Brown said yesterday. The Australian-style system - which favours skilled and qualified immigrants - went live yesterday. It only applies to people from outside the EU. The PM ...
Helena helps out.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... FORMER supermodel Helena Christensen has taken a series of photos celebrating motherhood for a set of Royal Mail charity stamps. The stamps, above, featuring photos of her son ...
Queen is so proud of brave grandson; HARRY IN AFGHANISTAN: BROWN PRAISES THE ROYAL TROOPER.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE QUEEN yesterday paid tribute to her grandson Prince Harry and said he had done "a good job in very difficult circumstances" in Afghanistan. It also emerged that the monarch had broken the news to the 23-year-old that he was being deployed in the war zone after seeing his ...
Woman spared jail over drug tot.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN who let a baby girl swallow heroin and anti-depressants was spared jail yesterday. The one-year-old girl almost died after finding the drugs in a flat where Margaret Williamson was staying, a court was told. Williamson, 25, was warned she could face jail after ...
Callous robber.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MASKED raider stole cash raised to take a 12-year-old autistic boy to America for treatment. Mum Sandra Davidson gave the thug a four figure sum after he burst into her ...
Brake on booze.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A sat-nav with built-in breathalyser is to go on sale later this year for pounds 150. You ...
KALASHNIKOV KILLER COULD BE FREE MAN IN 8 YEARS; He shot nurse in back 10 times.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ian Dow A FORMER SAS doctor who murdered his ex-girlfriend with a Kalashnikov assault rifle was told yesterday that he could be free in just eight years. Scots-born hospital anaesthetist Dr Thomas Shanks shot nurse Vickie Fletcher 10 times in the back ...
ULSTER CHIEFS TRY TO TRUMP SCOTS; Paisley bid to snatch pounds 1bn golf resort.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Magnus Gardham NORTHERN Ireland politicians are stepping up their efforts to persuade Donald Trump to build a golf complex in the province. It follows the US tycoon voicing his "disappointment" that his plan for a pounds 1billion golf resort on the ...
Row hits car tests.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THOUSANDS of driving tests were cancelled yesterday because of a 24-hour strike by Transport Department staff in a rowover pay. The Public and Commercial Service union said 5000 tests were called off after "strong support" by up to 8500 workers complaining about a ...
A new mane man.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... An Asiatic lioness at Bristol Zoo Moti has been given a new mate - as her old one's sperm ...
off the Record.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY PAT ROLLER HERE is more proof that people who work in advertising are real smoothies. It was revealed yesterday that Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream are paying tribute to John Lennon by naming anew flavour after one of his songs. His iconic No.1 hit Imagine will ...
Relieved Amy's in the clear.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SINGER Amy Winehouse will not face charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. And the 24-year-old celebrated by singing at a private party in Paris thrown by fashion houses Louis Vuitton and Fendi. Detectives had been probing ...
BLIND MAN, 77, PARKED HIS TRACTOR ON THE A9; Drivers collided avoiding trailer.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gordon Currie A BLIND OAP caused a high-speed crash after parking his tractor and trailer in the fast lane of a dual carriageway. A court heard Robert Simpson, 77, who is registered blind and lives in a nursing home, had been driving in the dark without any ...
ANGEL KATE SNAPPED UP.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... KATE Beckinsale dazzled at the premiere of her film Snow Angels. And one fan outside the Los Angeles show took the ...
HERE COMES THE BRIDE, A LEAP YEAR LATER ON; Newlyweds won't have anniversary until 2012.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ian Abernethy LEAP year lovers Bruce Beattie and Jackie Monro got hitched yesterday - exactly four years after she popped the question. Jackie took advantage of the tradition that women can propose on February 29 and asked Bruce to marry her on that day in ...
DNA clue traps robber.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE driver in a bungled robbery in which a guard was shot was caught through DNA he left on a petrol cap. Allan Rodger was part of a gang who targeted a security van in Kilmarnock in May 2006. They tailed it from Glasgow in two cars, a Ford Focus and a stolen silver BMW. ...
Terror of rob victim.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A GANG who beat up and robbed a man in his own home were being hunted yesterday. The four thugs burst into the 38-year-old victim's house in Lasswade, Midlothian, on Thursday night. ...
Mother's Day wish.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE distraught mum of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews last night cried: "All I want for Mother's Day is my princess back." Karen Matthews, 32, made the plea as police continued their search ...
1 OUT OF EVERY 100 YANKS BEHIND BARS.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE US jails more of its people than any other country - with more than one in every 100 Americans behind bars. A prison reform group have found that 2.3million adults were in jail at the start of the year, out of a US adult population of 230million. The Pew Centre ...
SUPERMODEL'S BODY IS FISHED OUT OF RIVER; Gruesome find month after she goes missing.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Peter Allen THE body of a former supermodel has been found in a river. Katoucha Niane was fished from the River Seine near Paris - a month after she was last seen alive. Last night, police were probing the possibility she had been murdered. ...
Royal dram is a winner.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE company that make Prince Charles's whisky, Barrogill, are the toast of the industry. Inver House Distillers have been named International Distiller of the Year. The firm, based in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, who also produce Balblair and Old Pulteney malts, launched ...
I'M UP.. AND RUNNING; Athlete whose legs were crushed defies odds.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Dean Herbert AN ATHLETE who was told he would never run again after being crushed at work has entered this year's London Marathon. Bert Logan battled his way back to fitness after suffering a cracked pelvis and severe leg injuries when he was trapped ...
Caught red-faced.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A FIREBUG caught because he burnt his face while setting a car alight escaped a jail sentence yesterday. Daryl Ness, 19, was left in agony when petrol vapour exploded as he lit a canister inside a motor in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. Police quizzed him after he went to ...
FREE KID'S DVD; TODAY AND EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK.(Competition/Offers)
Mar 01, 2008 ... STARTING in today's Daily Record, and every day next week, we're giving every reader a fantastic kids DVD - FREE. The collection includes Bob the Builder, Barney, Kipper, Thomas the Tank Engine, The Wiggles and Fireman Sam. Today you can pick up Bob the Builder. Our ...
Letter: Your view - Harry has done the nation proud; Comment OF THE DAY.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mrs Lorna Johnston I FELT a real sense of pride in Prince Harry after reading in today's Daily Record about how he was sent to fight on the front line in Afghanistan. For all people say about him and criticise him, the point is that he actually did what was ...
Letter: Your view - Harry has done the nation proud.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: James Keeney WELL done to Prince Harry for going to war in secret and doing his bit for his country. No doubt some people will still have a good moan about him regardless. ...
Letter: Your view - Harry has done the nation proud.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... I AM writing this letter in anger as everyone is making such a huge fuss over Prince Harry's stint serving in Afghanistan. What about all the other troops who have been fighting for a lot longer? Yes we know he is a member of the Royal ...
Letter: Your view - Art attack.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gordon MacRae CONGRATULATIONS to The National Galleries of Scotland for securing Anthony d'Offay's impressive private collection of contemporary art for the nation. As Linda Fabiani was quick to point out, the doors to modern art have been well and truly ...
Letter: Your view - Full of hot air.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: G. Cowie I READ that Alex Salmond is keen to appear in an episode of Taggart, but states he doesn't want to be a "body". Might I suggest the ideal role for him would be as the village idiot? So far, most of Mr Salmond's promises have turned out to be hot air and now he ...
Letter: Your view - Crying foul.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ron Gay READER W.S.D. made a very good point in Thursday's Daily Record, stating that youngsters are being encouraged to cheat at football. It's a real shame and ...
Letter: Your view - Ad ban.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Miriam Anderson HOW can we expect to start to combat the issues of knife crime in our towns and cities, when advertisements for the new Rambo movie on bus stops show Sylvester Stallone wielding a machete? Is it any ...
Letter: Your view - Clean up.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE NHS, which is driven by Government targets instead of cleanliness and patient care, is a national disgrace when looking at the huge increases in deaths because of our dirty hospitals. Get rid of the pen-pushing, ...
Letter: Your view - The bard is better.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Capaldi WHY hasn't Prestwick International Airport been renamed Robert Burns International? Liverpool has John Lennon International, Paris has Charles de Gaulle, New York has J.F.K., but what about Scotland? Where is our admiration for our ...
Letter: Your texts.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Anon WHY are Asda opening more stores when they are cutting ...
Letter: Your texts.(Letters)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jim I WONDER who is now going to pay for the upkeep of the Forth Road bridge ...
Pray.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... MANY nations shall come and say "Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob: and He will teach us of His ways ...
We Deliver.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Good Morning, We can arrange to have your copy of the Daily Record delivered to your door every ...
Fisher nets a deal in capital; UPDATE.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... AMERICAN Ryan Fisher touched down in Scotland yesterday to join Edinburgh Monarchs. The 24-year-old misfired last season with Belle Vue and the Californian knows he's in the last-chance saloon. Fisher said: "I believe I have what it takes to make an impact." ...
Boxing: ENZO: I'M MORE SCARED OF JOE'S DAD THAN HAYE; BATTLE OF BRITAIN Fight ace taunts rival over terror of tiny tot trainer.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY FRANK HAYNES ENZO MACCARINELLI last night delivered the ultimate insult to Battle of Britain opponent David Haye. Maccarinelli taunted him by saying he is more scared of his trainer Enzo Calzaghe than he is of the WBC and WBA cruiser-weight title holder. ...
Golf: MONTY'S LEFT ALL CUT UP; JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC Masters bid on knife edge as Col crashes.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DALE RANKIN GUTTED Colin Montgomerie was light years from Augusta last night after blowing his latest chance to qualify for the Masters. The big Scot went into the Johnnie Walker Classic in Delhi ranked 54 in the world and aware he had to plunder points to ...
Rocks taking stock.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... STERLING DAVIS admits his Scottish Rocks defence will face one of their biggest tests yet tonight when they take on free-scoring Worcester. The coach admits his side have hit a bump recently as they battle to secure home advantage in the basketball play-offs but insists they ...
Olympic Brits dump Scots hope Moodie.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SCOT Graham Moodie has been dumped from Britain's hockey squad on the eve of the Olympic qualifiers - accused of not being fit. And Kelburne's Niall Stott, who played alongside Moodie in Athens four years ago, was axed as reserve as the Brits prepared to launch into the ...
IT DOESN'T LUCA GOOD; Dragons 10 Edinburgh 10.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... AN injury to Scotland star Nick De Luca and a failure to hold on to a 10-point lead made it a miserable night for Edinburgh against Newport Gwent Dragons. The Test centre was taken off with suspected ankle ligament damage late in the first half of a Magners League clash played ...
DAN MAKES IT A BREEZE; Glasgow 9 Ospreys 6.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... GLASGOW produced a gutsy Magners League performance to stun the champions at storm-lashed Firhill. Home fans gave referee Jonathan Kaplan stick for most of the match as it appeared their heroes would be foiled by astring of dodgy verdicts. But their mood changed when ...
Marathon man Niall.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NIALL MacPHEE insists he'll keep making the 750-mile journey from his Derby home every week if it helps Fort William win the shinty title. The 22-year-old centre feared his career was over when he landed a job testing synthetic surfaces for FIFA. But after training ...
HIGHLAND.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... JAMIE SHEWAN will today ask Buckie manager Duncan Shearer to defy doctor's orders and play him in the clash with Rothes. The 31-year-old played on in last week's title crunch with Inverurie with a broken nose. A kick in the face knocked him out cold for more than a minute. ...
We were fighting drop 12 months ago.. if this is pressure bring it on; SPL LATEST... Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE Lasley relishing Euro challenge FALKIRK v MOTHERWELL Today, Falkirk Stadium, 3pm.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Craig Swan KEITH LASLEY says the only time anyone at Motherwell dares mention Europe is when the lads are discussing their summer holiday plans. But the Fir Park midfielder is adamant his teamhave every right to start dreaming of a spot in the UEFA Cup and ...
YOGI'S BAIRNS CASH PLEA; SPL LATEST... Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alan Marshall JOHN HUGHES admits his Falkirk side are looking good for a top-six finish this season but insists the club need to splash the cash if that's going to become a regular event. Hughes, who was beaten by today's opponents Motherwell in the race ...
SMITH.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY HUGH KEEVINS EXCLUSIVE SFA CHIEF OPENS HIS HEART TO SCOTLAND'S TOP SPORTS SECTION I was wrong to use George Burley's unveiling as boss to address my critics ..I should have chosen another time and place I could have got Mark McGhee's phone number in seconds but I'd ...
VELICKA'S FIVE-FOLD NORWAY PAY HIKE; Exclusive.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gary Ralston ANDRIUS VELICKA will earn five times his salary at Hearts with new club Viking Stavanger. It's understood Velicka was on a basic of only pounds 950 at Tynecastle but will pocket almost pounds 5000 a week in Norway over the length of a ...
I'M GLAD MY FULHAM MOVE IS OFF; EXCLUSIVE Cousin u-turn after FIFA block switch south.(Sport)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By David McCarthy DANIEL COUSIN last night saw his pounds 3million transfer to Premiership strugglers Fulham thrown out by FIFA - then claimed he'd changed his mind about moving anyway. The Gabon international striker's agent insisted that Cousin spoke to ...
So that's why he's called the trouser snake..(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... POP hunk Justin Timberlake lives up to his nickname - with bulging trunks in his latest movie role. He co-stars as bad guy Jacques Grande in new Mike Myers flick The Love Guru. Trousersnake flaunts his toned torso in the comedy. But ...
Mutiny on the ferry..(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PASSENGERS staged a mutiny on a ferry to Colonsay after being told to get off to make room for higher-priority travellers. Oban-bound passengers from Colonsay were ordered to spend the night on Mull to free up ...
THE EMPTY ISLES; Cut-off homes left with only caviar and whisky.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Liz Longden ISLANDERS had just caviar and whisky to live on after their supply ship was cut off for a week by storms. The 125 residents on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides are completely dependent on the mainland for all their food. They're used to keeping ...
ABORTION PILL HUBBY JAILED FOR 3 YEARS; He put tablets in his pregnant wife's food.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Stewart Maclean A BAKER who put abortion tablets in his pregnant wife's breakfast was jailed yesterday for three years and nine months. Gil Magira crushed the pills into a sandwich, a bowl of cereal and a yoghurt to try to make her lose their baby but he ...
MoD to face Nimrod fury.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... FAMILIES of 14 servicemen killed in Afghanistan will have talks with defence chiefs. Some remains of the troops who died in the Nimrod spy plane disaster near Kandahar in 2006 were ...
TRAPDOOR TO HELL; NEW FIND BY POLICE SEARCHING FORMER CHILDREN'S HOME ON JERSEY.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Victoria Ward in Jersey POLICE probing the horrors of the Haut de la Garenne kids' home have found a trapdoor leading to the cellars where children were allegedly raped, drugged and flogged. Former residents at the Jersey care home told police about the ...
THE LOVING GRANDAD WHO SEEKS JUSTICE FOR ALL THE KIDS; NEW FIND BY POLICE SEARCHING FORMER CHILDREN'S HOME ON JERSEY.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... DEPUTY police chief Lenny Harper has known tough times and tragedy in his personal life and his career. But, as a proud grandad, he finds the horror of the unfolding scandal at Jersey's Haut de la Garenne childen's home particularly hard to bear. Harper's son-in-law, ...
Record View: Battle for Ryan on home front.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... LITTLE Ryan Kerr is amiracle baby. His mum, Kim Gibson, was the first Scots woman to give birth while on dialysis. She was told she had a one in a thousand chance of becoming pregnant. And her chances of giving birth were even lower. Ryan defied the odds ...
Record View: Unmourned.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE notorious "Chemical Ali", one of Saddam's Hussein's most feared lieutenants, is to hang. He was condemned to death on genocide charges for killing 100,000 people during the 1988 Anfal campaign against the Kurds in northern Iraq. Many were gassed - hence Ali ...