Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from April 2008:
Celts fan battles to save Gers supporter; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Janice Burns A CELTIC fan tried to save the life of a Rangers supporter who collapsed after the Old Firm game. Carol Young suffered a brain haemorrhage while celebrating her team's 1-0 victory over their rivals on Saturday. Nurse Elaine Houston, ...
WENDY TURNS TO VICE SCANDAL SPIN DOC; EXCLUSIVE Labour adviser quit over hooker shame.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Magnus Gardham A SPIN doctor who quit after he was caught with a hooker in his car has been brought back as an adviser to Wendy Alexander. Philip Chalmers plunged Donald Dewar's administration into crisis when he resigned over the scandal in 2000. ...
On the web at www.dailyrecord.co.uk.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... NEW COMPETITION We've got five copies of the action packed new blockbuster No More Heroes for the Nintendo Wii to give away. Enter our competition now at dailyrecord.co.uk/competitions NEWS 1 Kevin Thomson attacked at party 2 Racing ace David ...
Warning of pounds 750m 'tax gap'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A TREASURY Minister yesterday warned of a pounds 750million shortfall if the SNP introduce a local income tax. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper said the SNP's flagship policy would have "serious impact" on services because of the massive shortfall. She ...
Call to limit immigration.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE UK should set an actual limit on immigration, a House of Lords committee said yesterday. The peers cast doubt on plans for an ...
Hands off the docs.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PATIENTS who attack doctors and nurses will face tougher penalties from today. An extension to Scotland's Emergency Workers Act ...
MUGGED BY MUGABE; Rivals fear tyrant will steal election.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Andrew Woodcock TYRANT Robert Mugabe is planning a massive fraud to stay in power despite a crushing poll defeat, opposition activists claim. Only a few official results have been released from Saturday's election in Zimbabwe, prompting fears the ...
MILIBAND: THE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BRITAIN yesterday called for the results of the Zimbabwe vote to be released without delay. The call comes after fears of vote rigging be the tyrant desperate to stay in power. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said: "The Zimbabwean people turned out to vote in their ...
Sharon let-off for TV chiefs.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TELLY watchdogs have let ITV chiefs off the hook after Sharon Osbourne's foul-mouthed outburst at the Brit Awards. A total of 128 complaints were received by Ofcom after the live show on February 20. Sharon, who co-hosted the music gongs with husband Ozzy, told guest ...
Strictly golden oldies.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BRUCE Forsyth is the nation's most admired male golden oldie, a survey revealed yesterday. Nearly half of the 3000 people polled voted the 80-year-old Strictly Come Dancing presenter as their most loved and durable star. Second favourite in the Co-op Insurance survey ...
RICKY AND BIANGER; EastEnders pair back on the bawl REUNION SOAP FANS HAVE WAITED FOR..(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Brian McIver WARRING exes Ricky and Bianca will finally be reunited on TV screens tonight in a special episode of EastEnders. And the ginger one's famous screech of "Rickaaaayyy!" will be rocking Albert Square in no time at all. The former ...
Man on tot murder rap.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MUM and a man appeared in court yesterday following the death of her toddler son. Heather Boyd was charged with assaulting 23-month-old Brandon Muir. Robert Cunningham was accused of his murder. Both were also accused of wilful neglect, cruelty and ...
OAP gang raid terror.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A THUG pinned down an elderly woman as thieves ransacked her home. The terrified 70-year-old watched as raiders rifled through her house before making off with pounds 200 in savings and a mobile phone. The callous gang forced open a bedroom window at the rear of the ...
FEARS GROW FOR MISSING CLUBBER ROBBIE.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... POLICE frogmen, dogs and a helicopter joined in a search yesterday for a young electrician who went missing after he left a pub to walk to a nightclub. Robbie McFarlane's route from the Village Inn in Dunblane to The Beat nightspot in Bridge of Allan would have taken him close ...
DON'T COME HERE FOR A MORTGAGE; Northern Rock urge customers to switch.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Magnus Gardham NORTHERN Rock hope to ditch more than half of their mortgage lending by persuading customers to move, it emerged yesterday. Boss Ron Sandler said the now-nationalised bank would encourage borrowers to switch to rival lenders when their deals ...
730 JOBS IN BALANCE AFTER CLOSURE BLOW.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SEVEN hundred workers fear they face the axe after after their new English bosses announced they were shutting a Scots office. Wolverhampton-based Carillon acquired the Tannochside facility in Uddingston, near Glasgow, last month as part of their pounds 554million takeover of ...
Nightclub shooting.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TWO men are being hunted by police after a shooting incident early yesterday. Gunshots were fired at the rear of Frampton's nightclub on Maryhill Road in Glasgow shortly before 2am. It is unclear whether the incident was the result of a gangland feud. The ...
Tommy taken off the air.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TOMMY SHERIDAN has been axed from his radio talk show, it was revealed yesterday. The former Socialist MSP, who is facing a perjury charge, said he was "disappointed" to be dropped from Talk 107, Scotland's only commercial talk-radio station. He has hosted a show for ...
Ecstasy in school.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A BOY of 14 was arrested yesterday on suspicion of dealing ecstasy in the playground. He was questioned by detectives after allegedly offering fellow pupils the Class A drug for pounds 2 a tablet. Police were called to St Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, after ...
DIANA DEATH NOTHING TO DO WITH PRINCE PHILIP OR MI6; CORONER SLATES EVIDENCE GIVEN BY FAYED TEAM AND BUTLER BURRELL 'Mr Fayed's theories are not being pursued because there is not a shred of evidence' LORD JUSTICE SCOTT BAKER, CORONER.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Bingham THE coroner heading the Princess Diana inquest said yesterday there was "not a shred of evidence" she was murdered. Lord Justice Scott Baker poured scorn on Harrods tycoon Mohamed al Fayed's "worthless" conspiracy theories - including his ...
Record View: Treasury right to quiz Nats.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE SNP government's plans to replace council tax with a local income tax came under heavy fire from the Treasury yesterday. Yvette Cooper, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, warned there was a pounds 750million black hole at the heart of plans - the difference between the cash ...
Record View: Salute a hero.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE word "hero" hardly begins to sum up Roger Morewood. He is one of "The Few" - the band of courageous fliers who protected Britain against the Nazi threat in the dark days of 1940. Sadly, he is one of the last. Now aged 92, he has outlived most of his ...
CHEAP.. SO BE CHEERFUL; Fuel and food cost more but consumer goods hit your pockets for less now SHOP PRICES ARE LOWER THAN 35 YEARS AGO.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Craig McQueen WITH mortgage rates spiralling, petrol prices rocketing and energy costs going through the roof, you'd be forgiven for thinking you get less for your money these days. But according to research from Pricewaterhouse Coopers, we've never had it ...
RACING WORLD MOURN CRASH VICTIM DAVID; Tributes to air tragedy car champ.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Craig McDonald TRIBUTES poured in yesterday for a Scots racing driver killed in a weekend plane crash. David Leslie died in a horrific fireball with four others after their Cessna jet ploughed into a house in Kent. The bodies were recovered ...
This should be Colditz for kids ..but it's chaos; EXCLUSIVE Secure-unit staff fear for their lives.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Donna Watson STAFF at a riot-hit secure unit say management are risking their lives by being soft on the child inmates. Two dangerous teenagers are on the run after the latest outbreak of rioting, in which workers were slashed and battered. ...
Sex romp complaint boss in cash win.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A COUNCIL boss forced to quit his job after complaining about managers romping in the office has won his case for unfair dismissal. Former leisure manager Tom McNeil, 52, was accused of breaching the confidentiality of a report by his employers at Aberdeen City Council. ...
EGGS ARE A SMASH.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SHOPPERS bought more free-range than battery hen eggs for the first time last month. The British Egg Information Service said 51 per cent of sales were free-range - 10 ...
Three's a proud.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Golfer David Philips, 66, has notched his third hole in one - at the same hole. He ...
off the Record.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY PAT ROLLER WE'RE beginning to think that Boris Johnson should take up a consultancy with a bookmaking firm ... for he seems to be becoming an expert on the laws of probability. As evidence, consider his take on the likelihood of him ever becoming leader of ...
Spacey in BBC star hunt fury.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... HIT telly talent search I'd Do Anything has been slammed by actor Kevin Spacey The Oscar winner - who is artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre - said the BBC were unfairly promoting Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals. I'd Do Anything is hunting for a star for a ...
CARS TEA BAGGED.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TOP-range sports cars worth hundreds of thousands of pounds were stolen from a new dealership - along with the office teabags. Crooks made off with a Lamborghini Gallardo, a Porsche 911, two Subaru Imprezas, three Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions and a Renault Clio V6. ...
Stella stupidity.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Two thirsty thieves who stole 20 cases of Stella Artois lager from a warehouse were nabbed ...
MIBBES AYE TUNES; DJ Kenny hits the decks for wife's charity.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ben Spencer FOOTBALL legend Kenny Dalglish hit the decks as he made his DJ-ing debut to raise money for charity. King Kenny, 57, climbed behind the wheels of steel at Glasgow's Byblos club on Sunday night. He was taking part in a DJ competition ...
Fishermen rescued.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TWO fishermen were rescued yesterday after their creel boat began taking on water. The Eynhalla, whose pumps had failed, later capsized between Skye and Applecross on the mainland. ...
Man found dead.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Police are keen to speak to two men who were with Charles Williamson, 57, of Tayport, Fife, ...
STUPIDITY GUARDS NICK pounds 10k; Dozy duo deliver bank box they've plundered.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Karen Bale TWO blundering security van drivers stole pounds 10,000 from a money box they had collected from a bank. Gary Docherty, 41, and Hugh Drummond, 47, somehow believed the missing cash wouldn't be spotted. But the dozy guards were snared ...
Kerry's mum ducks court.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE mother of troubled celebrity Kerry Katona failed to turn up for a court date yesterday. Susan Katona, 48, is accused of claiming pounds 5600 in income support while pocketing about pounds 100,000 for media interviews in which she labelled Kerry an "unfit" mother and "an ...
Pregnant pause as we wait for the truth.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Shields IFTHE story had broken today and not last week, most of us would have laughed it off as another April Fool's Day media spoof. "World's First Pregnant Man," said the headlines. And beside them was a picture of a naked and bearded Thomas Beatie, with ...
SAUSAGE SAPPER FOR GORDON.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Shields IT can't have been the best week for Selkirk butcher Gordon Newlands. First, he learns his home town is banning plastic bags ... and his shop has just received an order for 65,000 of the damned things. Then he picks up ...
WE SHOULD BE THANKING SMITH.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Shields WAS it a dive or wasn't it? Who cares - my wee dive in Ayr was packed on Saturday afternoon and not a hint of trouble. Too bad they didn't all hang around until the real result of the day - Ayr horsing Alloa 2-1. As a neutral, the result didn't ...
The Ritz.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Shields HER Majesty has pulled out of a party at The Ritz. It appears she doesn't want to appear to be "extravagant at a time of financial gloom". Too bad she didn't feel the same way last week when an army of chefs, footmen and ...
Kenny knows I'm write.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Shields AFTER giving him a doing in this column many times, I'm beginning to warm to justice minister Kenny MacAskill. Every time I make a suggestion about cleaning up the booze business, it becomes government policy a week later. It happened ...
Boy gets collared.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Shields A LITTLE boy is on a bus and doesn't realise he is sitting next to a priest. "Hey mister, your collar is on back to front," he says. "Yes," says the grumpy priest, "I am a father." "So is my dad and he doesn't wear his collar ...
the Razz: Twins to play for little Ivan.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND THE PROCLAIMERS are to perform a special charity gig for eight-year-old Ivan McGaw who suffers from a rare brain condition and severe learning difficulties. The concert - at Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, on Tuesday, July 8 - ...
the Razz: Chung gets it off her chest.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND TV presenter Alexa Chung won't pose topless because she doesn't think her boobs are big enough. The 24-year-old is also reluctant to bare all for men's magazines because she fears it would harm her career prospects. ...
the Razz: AMY GLOVES TO TRASH IT.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND AMY WINEHOUSE chose her best Back To Black gloves to chuck the rubbish out in London. The singer was pictured standing next to piles of black bin liners. But in ...
the Razz: U2 seal the deal.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND U2 have inked a 12-year deal with Live Nation, the promoters who recently signed a EUR120million contract with Madonna. The contract, signed for an undisclosed fee, will cover all of the Irish ...
the Razz: Showbuzz.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND PORTISHEAD are all at sea over their tour. On the road to support latest album Third, founder Adrian Utley admitted performing on the big stage doesn't come easy for two of their trio. He said singer Beth Gibbons is hit by nerves and ...
the Razz: BIFFY'S ALBUM A PUZZLER; Exclusive Row over band's compilation release.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND A NEW Biffy Clyro compilation album is on the way and while fans might be excited by the release, the Scots rockers aren't too pleased about the move. Singles from their first three records have been complied by their old ...
the Razz: Heckler had no hope.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND KT TUNSTALL had to silence a heckler who kept shouting "Hopeless" at her. But he wasn't being rude, only asking the Fife singer to play the B-side of her 2007 single Hold On, which is called Hopeless, on her tour of Japan, ...
the Razz: Interview Panic.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND PANIC At The Disco admit they struggle with "in-depth" questions. Asked for his dream interview answer, bassist Jon Walker joked to Channel 4 music: "Listen, we're a group ...
the Razz: In The Park line-up.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND WILL Young has been added to this year's T In The Park line-up. The 2002 Pop Idol winner will play the Pet Sounds ...
the Razz: Andy Burrows.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND RAZORLIGHT drummer Andy Burrows is working on a solo album for a charity. A Razorlight spokesman could not ...
the Razz: JENNIFER Aniston.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND JENNIFER Aniston is to visit the home of her Greek ancestors. The former Friends actress - whose dad John was born in Crete - will travel to ...
Crash tragedy of Malta Scot Neil.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SCOTTISH businessman has died eight days after he was involved in a road crash in Malta. Neil Macklin, originally from Aberdeen, had been riding a BMW motorbike which was in collision with a car in Pembroke, in the north of the island, on March 14. He never ...
Just a sweet art.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Diabetics could control their blood sugar by taking up Tai Chi, the Chinese martial art ....
It's a bump-y ride for Gwen.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... GWEN Stefani didn't let her baby bump get in the way of some fun at a Hollywood play park. The singer might have told son Kingston it was a treat for him but it was clear she was enjoying a ...
COPS CLOSE IN ON RUNAWAY HUBBY; Man whose two wives were drugged in car crashes is in England.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Bob Dow THE net was closing in last night on a runaway husband whose first wife died in a car crash and whose second wife was almost killed in a copycat "accident". Detectives were preparing to move arrest Malcolm Webster, whose first wife was killed in ...
WE'RE IN BIG TIME.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ST MIRREN Boys Club Under-11s are all set to step up into the "big time" at last. The lads will move into the West Dunbartonshire League in August. And the're hoping they'll be wearing brand new strips, courtesy of Kits for Kids. Coach Barry McAuley is ...
OAPsface work con.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ELDERLY people are being targeted by bogus workmen, cops warned yesterday. Strathclyde Police's community safety department urged pensioners and women living alone in ...
Golfers fail to lift ban.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... GOLFERS have been bunkered in their attempt to lift a ban on playing golf on Sundays on Lewis in the Western Isles. The course's landlords said they were "not inclined to accept" Stornoway ...
UNMASKED; Exclusive HEART-THROB ACTOR GERARD BUTLER IS NOW FACING UP TO HIS QUIET LIFE Hollywood hot Scot reveals that he goes unnoticed back home.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Rick Fulton HOLLYWOOD has been fighting over Gerard Butler since he flashed his acting talent - and his amazing six-pack - in 300. Yet he can walk down the street unrecognised in his native Scotland. No doubt that is because the handsome actor has worn a ...
Deer me, that's loud.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A CAR gadget that makes a high-pitched whistle to stop deer running on to roads is proving a hit with drivers. In just two weeks, the pounds 7.50 Deer Whistle - distributed by Cameron Macrae, of ...
Viruses to tackle fatal bug.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... STITCHES and dressings laced with bacteria-killing viruses could be used to stop patients contracting MRSA after surgery. Scots researchers have developed a method of bonding infection-fighting agents to materials including nylon. The bacteria-destroying viruses, ...
Hiss and tell.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A belly dancer escaped a parking ticket in London by telling officials that she stopped her car ...