Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from May 2008:
WELL PLAID CHANGE IN CAREER; With a passion for needlework, former clerical assistant Moira has turned an interest into a thriving firm hand-crafting kilts.(Business)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Karen Stewart SUPER seamstress Moira George didn't skirt around the issue much when she decided to ditch her clerical job and start her own business making kilts. As one of Scotland's traditional kilt makers, the 39-year-old now spends her days ...
Matter of respect; Employment FOCUS Douglas Jaap, an employment specialist and partner at the Edinburgh-based firm Gillespie Macandrew, looks at how the law ensures equality at work.(Business)
May 01, 2008 ... IN an ideal world, we'd all treat others as we would expect to be treated ourselves. But ensuring equality in the workplace isn't always that straightforward. To stamp out unfair treatment, there is legislation to protect employees from discrimination on the grounds of age, ...
Framework to succeed; Experienced tradesmen and school leavers alike can enhance their career prospects at Scotframe, writes KAREN STEWART.(Business)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: KAREN STEWART ONE of Scotland's top timber-frame firms are giving construction workers the chance to structure their careers. Scotframe Timber Engineering, want to hear from both experienced tradesmen and school leavers who are interested in joining one of the ...
Looking for glass acts; A popular pub chain need dedicated staff to help add to their new venue's pulling power, writes KAREN STEWART.(Business)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: KAREN STEWART HOSPITALITY hopefuls are being served a golden opportunity to work in a party hotspot. Bier Hof, on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, only opened a few weeks ago. But thanks to its instant popularity, owner Colin Barr is in desperate need ...
ALCO TOTS; Boy, 8, left in hospital as booze epidemic sweeps Scotland.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Ferguson A BOY aged EIGHT was rushed to hospital after a booze binge. The lad was among thousands of Scots kids who ended up in casualty after drinking too much last year. A shock report yesterday also revealed 14 other primary school ...
On the web at www.dailyrecord.co.uk.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... ON THE WEB TODAY.. Beverley Lyons meets indie rockers One Night Only in an exclusive interview before their in-store show at Glasgow's Zavvi YESTERDAY'S MOST READ STORIES.. NEWS 1. Witness killed in safe house 2. MPs blast Boruc over ...
Summit on guns to go on.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill is to press ahead with a summit on firearms - despite the absence of UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. Firearms legislation is reserved to Westminster and Smith has declined an invitation to co-host the summit next week at the First Minister's ...
Sir David slates TV 'scandal'.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... WILDLIFE presenter Sir David Attenborough last night hit out at the number of lifestyle shows on the BBC. Sir David said the lack of serious programmes was a "scandal". He added: "Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity ...
YOU'RE A SHALLOW SALESMAN CAMERON; Clash on terror plans.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Kevin Schofield GORDON Brown yesterday called Tory leader David Cameron "a shallow salesman" as he vowed to press ahead with tough anti-terror plans. The pair clashed during Prime Minister's Questions. Cameron attacked plans to allow police to ...
Boris does a bunk.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... BORIS Johnson went missing yesterday on the last day of campaigning for London mayor. He failed to appear for an over-the-phone interview on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2. Host Vine broadcast an appeal for people ...
Nicole's on song for Dusty movie.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... OSCAR-WINNING actress Nicole Kidman is to play troubled British pop legend Dusty Springfield. The 40-year-old Hollywood star has been signed up for a big screen role as the diva who battled drug, alcohol and mental problems. The biopic will explore Dusty's private ...
We are back on.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... LOVE rat Marc Bannerman yesterday confirmed he's back with singer Cerys Matthews but denied the couple are engaged. They met on reality TV show I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here. The former ...
Giant panda dies.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Japan's oldest giant panda, Ling Ling, a longtime star at Tokyo's largest zoo and a ...
A PINT OF GWYNESS; How downing stout and fish suppers changed Paltrow.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Vicky Shaw GWYNETH Paltrow has told how she ditched her super-healthy diet and now loves fish suppers and Guinness. The star, who wowed fans with a sexy new look at the premiere for her new film Iron Man last week, revealed she changed her eating habits ...
MSPs DEMAND PROTECTION FOR WITNESSES; Call after 'safe house' murder of Jeanette.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Karen Bale POLITICIANS last night called for protection for vulnerable witnesses after the murder of Jeanette Cooper. We told yesterday how the 42 year old was due to testify against two men in a trial when she was drowned in her bath and her body torched ....
Rugby ban for racist.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGE rugby player has been handed a nine-month ban from the game for racially abusing an opponent. Hawick YM prop Martin Punter, 19, was heard calling Kirkcaldy's ...
'Death threat' over site contract.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A BOSS was warned he and his wife would "end up in hospital" if he didn't give a security contract to a specific firm. And one of the two people accused of trying to get security business by extortion was seen putting up signs for a company called Lochwood. Yet no ...
Cyclist named.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A CYCLIST who was crushed to death under a truck on Tuesday was yesterday named as Iain Wilson, 35. The bike rider, from Duddingston, Edinburgh, suffered serious head ...
Demo drama.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama students, including their ...
WE PAY..BEEB PLAY; EXCLUSIVE IT'S GAMES FOR A LAUGH - AT THE TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE State-of-the-art playroom set up for TV workers.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Stephen Stewart BORED BBC staff have been given a playroom kitted out with pounds 20,000 worth of hi-tech gear - provided by the licence payer. The room - officially called The Playground - is lavishly equipped with plasma TVs, video games, consoles and ...
Anger at 'sneak' duty on old cars.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THOUSANDS of motorists are facing a shock tax hike after it emerged older cars will be subjected to new road duties. It was believed these vehicles would be exempt from the shake-up, which is designed to penalise high emissions. But the Treasury yesterday said that ...
Fruity return.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... OPAL Fruits are making a comeback 10 years after being replaced by Starburst. In a nod to the past, makers Mars have revived them for a three-month period. And the-old style flavours - strawberry, orange, lemon and lime - ...
US slashes rates.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... The US Federal Reserve yesterday cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent to two per cent amid fears ...
Wills helps to bring home fallen soldier.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... PRINCE William comforted the family of a dead soldier after bringing his body home from Afghanistan. He met relatives of Trooper Robert Pearson, 22, at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire on Monday as he returned from a secret flying visit to Afghanistan. Trooper Pearson, from ...
FAREWELL TO SCOTS HERO; Fly-past for dad killed in Afghanistan.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lisette Johnston AN RAF jet fly-past yesterday marked the funeral of a Scots dad killed in Afghanistan. The fly-past honured Graham Livingstone, 23, of the Royal Air Force Regiment, who died in an explosion during a patrol near Kandahar airfield. ...
Blaine breaks breath record.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... MAGICIAN David Blaine set a new world record yesterday when he held his breath under water for more than 17 minutes. He achieved the feat while suspended in a water-filled sphere above the stage of Oprah Winfrey's talk show in Chicago. Although aiming to reach 23 ...
Window swipers.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THIEVES dismantled and stole a conservatory from an empty pounds 300,000 house that was up for sale. It's thought they spent a weekend taking apart the pounds 25,000 extension and driving it ...
Clone's new foal.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... The world's first cloned horse Prometea - created in 2003 by Italian professor Cesare Galli - ...
GERS FANS GO WITH THE FLO; Thousands fly in for crunch match with Fiorentina UEFA CUP FEVER..(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Keith McLeod in Florence THE blue and white invasion of Florence began in earnest yesterday. Thousands of Rangers fans descended on the city by plane and train for tonight's UEFA Cup semi-final with Fiorentina. They were greeted by low-profile ...
Record View: Licence to kill young people.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... SCOTLAND and alcohol have never mixed well - the nation that gave the world whisky has a shameful history of drink-related problems. And our next generation of problem drinkers are starting even younger. The latest report by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland on the ...
Record View: TV play no joke.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... THEY'RE certainly good to their workers at BBC Scotland. The recently opened pounds 188million HQ on the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow was kitted out with state-of-the art technology and provides excellent working conditions for staff. And now they're getting a ...
pounds 1.50 A LITRE BY SEPTEMBER; DRIVERS' SHOCK AS RISES GO ON.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tom Hamilton IF you think the cost of fuel is high now, buckle your seatbelt - the ride is about to get even more bumpy. The age of the pounds 5 gallon of petrol has arrived, with the average motorist paying pounds 61 to fill the tank. And it's ...
Trump to speak at inquiry.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... TYCOON Donald Trump is to give evidence at the public inquiry into his plans for a pounds 1billion golf resort. The inquiry was ordered by Scottish ministers after Aberdeenshire Council rejected plans for the development at Menie Estate, north of Aberdeen. The affair ...
CAGED AGAIN.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A SCOTS woman wanted for armed robbery and counterfeiting in Italy is back behind bars. Dorothy Fasola, 58, who runs a seafood business in Aberdeen, was sentenced to four years in 1998 by a Milan court. She returned to Scotland while appealing against the conviction. ...
Blind drunk driver.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Police were stunned to find a drink driver they had stopped was also completely blind. Now ...
BOOZING KIDS ARE KILLING THEMSELVES; Alert over children as young as eight.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Ferguson CHILDREN risk drinking themselves to death if alcohol abuse isn't tackled, say campaigners. Shocking figures reveal an eight-year-old boy was among 15 primary school kids in Scotland who landed in hospital after drinking too much. ...
Kampusch gives pounds 20k to victims.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AUSTRIAN kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has donated pounds 20,000 to the Fritzl cellar family. The 20-year-old also announced an appeal for more donations. Natascha is working with the charity SOS Mitmensch. She said: "I wanted to help and so I have paid a ...
Did the dungeon monster murder teenage Martina? Fritzl in sex killing probe HORROR IN THE CELLAR...(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patrick Mulchrone in Amstetten, Austria DAD from hell Josef Fritzl is a suspect in a sex killing 22 years ago, it was revealed yesterday. Police in Austria plan to quiz the dungeon beast over the rape and murder of 17-year-old Martina Posch. ...
Rescued brothers 'speak in grunts' HORROR IN THE CELLAR...(News)
May 01, 2008 ... CELLAR boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl use "grunts and growls," to talk to each other. Police chief Leopold Etz said yesterday: "It is only half true that the boys can speak. "They communicate with a mixture of growling and cooing. "If they want to say ...
STAFF JOBS FURY AS MUSIC FIRM BOSSES SHUT SCOTS SHOPS; EXCLUSIVE Kicked-out workers are told: 'Go to a Job Centre'.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lachlan Mackinnon STAFF at a chain of musical instrument shops were furious yesterday after being told they had lost their jobs. Workers at 10 shops run by Sound Control Holdings were sent home within hours of starting their shift. Staff had no ...
Kenneth Mackenzie.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE Kenneth Mackenzie mill in Stornoway, who manufacture Harris Tweed, are to axe 36 jobs as part of a streamlining exercise. ...
Lesbian action.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... ISLANDERS from Lesbos in Greece have taken a gay rights group to court to stop it using the word lesbian in its title. One said it "insults the identity" of the people of Lesbos, ...
Green for girls.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Sweden is to introduce a female version of the green man signal at ...
10 reasons why I'd be a rubbish celebrity.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low ONE large eyeball. Psychedelic couches. Padded diary room. Cue familiar voice-over with Northern accent. "8.45pm. The housemates are in the lounge analysing humanitarian issues such as the biggest current threat to mankind - will the whole of Essex ...
Ashton Kutcher.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low THERE'S such a thing as too much sharing. Ashton Kutcher has been blabbing about his experiences of parenthood with wife Demi Moore's daughters. "I knew one of the girls had sex and hadn't talked to us about it. So I ...
No change for Becks.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low IT'S all fun and games for David Beckham over in LA this week. He hung around with a strange coloured, large gobbed object of comedy ... and then he went to Sesame Street to film a guest slot with Elmo. Celebs ...
Gwyneth Paltrow.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low JUST checking - you know that Gwyneth Paltrow, who has spent years moaning and complaining about the paparazzi? Obviously that can't be the same ...
QUOTE of the year.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low QUOTE of the year comes from that renowned relationship guru, Ms A. Titmuss. "Don't go out with ...
Money grabbers.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low HEAR that noise? That's the spin machines cranking into action over on Planet Tinseltown as the almighty row over Miley Cyrus's Vanity Fair pictures rumble on. In case you missed it, the 15-year-old Hannah Montana star posed semi-naked for the ...
INCIDENTALLY..(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low Day 104: Total Weight Loss 30lbs. Still to lose: 70lbs. Please note there will be no weight-loss update this week as persistent discipline difficulties have ...
Privacy is a write off.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Shari Low SPECIAL thanks to Melinda Messenger and her agent for contributing a new entry to our ongoing task of writing a celebrity dictionary. Last week, announcing the sad news that Melinda and husband Wayne had separated, Melinda's agent said: "They're ...
Sir Alan Shaws Kevin the door.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... BANK manager Kevin Shaw was fired from The Apprentice last night. The 24-year old put his head on the block in the boardroom when he disagreed with Sir Alan Sugar. In the latest task, the two teams had to come up with a range of greetings cards. Kevin was ...
Club is big ticket.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Britain's biggest nightclub will open in August. The pounds 6million Oceana club in ...
pounds 10m LOTTO JACKPOT BANKRUPT FORCED TO QUIT DREAM MANSION; Bank repossesses pounds 750k home.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ben Spencer LOTTERY bankrupt John McGuinness was finally ordered to hand over the keys of his pounds 750,000 mansion yesterday. McGuinness lost the luxury six-bedroom house after a bank won a repossession battle. But mystery surrounds how he was ...
the Razz: KOOKS KICK OFF; Exclusive Luke's blast at 'tiresome' Shadow Puppets.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... IT looks like a new battle of the bands has kicked off between The Kooks and Alex Turner's combo The Last Shadow Puppets. The face-off began after Arctic Monkeys man Alex and his Rascals mate Miles Kane knocked The Kooks' Konk off the No1 spot in the album charts. ...
the Razz: Scots fest reaps green reward.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND T IN the Park's status as one of the world's greenest festivals was confirmed yesterday after it picked up a top eco award. Yourope, the European Festival Association, granted it the first Green'n'Clean award in Scotland. ...
the Razz: showbuzz.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND LATINO superstar Ricky Martin has reportedly bought a Brazilian island. The Livin' La Vida Loca singer paid an estimated pounds 4million for the private island just off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. According to Mexican newspaper El ...
the Razz: Boys like their milk.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND ROCKERS One Night Only claim it's weird buying their own single from a store. The guys are hoping for huge success with It's About Time, their follow up to anthem Just For Tonight. Lead singer George Craig ...
the Razz: Paula's all ears.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND AMERICAN Idol fans were gobsmacked after Paula Abdul managed the mother of howlers during the latest episode. Judge Paula seemed distracted during the end of round one, commenting on contestant Jason Castro's two songs even ...
the Razz: ALICIA'S GETTING A BIT CLINGY.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND THERE'S not many people who can get away with clinging grey Lycra. Singer Alicia Keys does it - but it seems her skin-tight frock was ...
the Razz: Mark is Kaiser's chief.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND MARK Ronson is finally working with Kaiser Chiefs in person. After enjoying a smash when he got Lily Allen to sing the Leeds band's Oh My God, the hit producter is now mixing their new album. Fans have already ...
Bones are from Russian royals.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... SCIENTISTS yesterday confirmed they have found the remains of Russia's last crown prince. DNA tests show that bone fragments exhumed in the Ural Mountains belong to Tsarovich Alexei, heir to the last tsar Nicholas II. They also found the remains of Alexei's sister ...
Hobbit habit.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... SIR Ian McKellen has confirmed he will reprise his role as Gandalf in the two-film adaptation of The Hobbit. Fans had clamoured for him to play the wizard again in the prequel to The Lord Of The ...
Ace of clubs.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Golfer Graham Hart got two holes in one during the same round. Graham, 59, sank ...
EX-BANKER FACING JAIL FOR ATTACK ON POORLY WARDEN; EXCLUSIVE Thug's vicious assault after whisky bender.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Amy Devine A FORMER banker is facing jail for a drunken attack on a sick parking warden. Alastair Buglass shouted sectarian abuse at Damian Paton, pinned him against a wall and punched him. Damian, who has testicular cancer, suffered a broken ...