Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from August 2008:
40% gas rise shock; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Iain Pope SCOTTISH Gas were last night accused of misleading millions of customers over their shocking new price rises. Users were furious to be told they would have to pay 35 per cent more for their gas. But the Record can reveal that those who ...
6-yr-old sets fire to school.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Amy Devine A BOY of six torched a primary school. He and a 10-year-old started the blaze in a toilet block. But only the older boy has been reported to the authorities over the attack at Langlee Primary, Galashiels, ...
pounds 10m LOTTO WINNER 'VICTIM OF KEANE FRAUD' EXCLUSIVE Ex-football chief accused.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By James Moncur BANKRUPT pounds 10million Lottery winner John McGuinness has been named as one of former Celtic director Dominic Keane's alleged fraud victims. The name of McGuinness, 44, is listed in court papers along with that of business tycoon Willie ...
On the web at www.dailyrecord.co.uk.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW VIDEO ... Don't miss our guide to the best of the weekend's big releases - including the new Tron-inspired video from The Music and the new Harry Potter trailer. Watch now at DailyRecord.co.uk/entertainment YESTERDAY'S MOST READ STORIES.. NEWS ...
Gray: I'm serious about Scotland.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... LABOUR Scottish leadership hopeful Iain Gray launched his campaign yesterday with a stinging attack on Alex Salmond. He said: "I'm not going to suggest to you that I can outdo Alex Salmond on the 'playground abuse' approach to politics. "I don't think that's how our ...
Passport jobs blow.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MORE than 100 jobs are being axed at Scotland's only passport office. Bosses blamed the 114 job losses at the Glasgow regional office on a "falling demand" for passports. The ...
MPs urge Brown to sack Miliband.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... GORDON Brown was urged to sack David Miliband yesterday amid speculation about a Labour leadership challenge. Backbenchers accused the Foreign Secretary of disloyalty and called on the Prime Minister to get rid of him. Miliband sparked feverish speculation at ...
MY LAWYER IS INVISIBLE; Laughing Karadzic taunts war crimes court.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ros Wynne-Jones FORMER Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic joked as he appeared before a UN war crimes court yesterday after 13 years on the run. He told the judge at The Hague he would defend himself against charges that include masterminding the mass ...
I'll swap soap for spanner says star.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... EASTENDERS actor Rob Kazinsky is quitting the soap to follow his dream of becoming a car mechanic. Rob, who plays Walford bad boy Sean Slater, shocked fans in February when he announced his decision. But on ITV's This Morning yesterday, he said he would leave at the ...
Shane's Minder.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THUNDERBIRDS star Lex Shrapnel will play Shane Richie's sidekick in the new version of 1980s hit Minder. Five yesterday confirmed details of the revived version of the classic show ...
There's life in the old snog yet.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... CRITICS have made much of the age gap between movie stars Catherine-Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas. But there was no doubting the attraction between the couple on the Italian Riviera yesterday. Michael, 63, and Cath, 37, were having a good old smooch as they dined ...
CHRIS POPS THE QUESTION; EXCLUSIVE Gers star becomes dad then proposes.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Mark McGivern RANGERS star Chris Burke has just become a dad - and he'll soon be a husband too. The winger's girlfriend Jennifer, had a baby boy on Monday. Overjoyed Chris then proposed and Jennifer happily accepted. A friend of the ...
Flag day pride of Tommy's widow; Exclusive.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Mark McGivern TOMMY Burns's widow last night told of her family's pride after she was asked to unfurl Celtic's SPL champions' flag. The club asked Rosemary to do the honours in tribute to the Hoops legend, who died of cancer in May, aged 51. ...
Optics nerve.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Washington state's lady governor Chris Gregoire was turned away from a bar in ...
YOU CHOPPED THIS POOR GIRL TO BITS AND REVELLED IN IT; Judge raps killer who hid body in cupboard.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gordon McIlwraith BODY in the cupboard murderer Stuart Jack was blasted by a judge yesterday for revelling in his savage crime. Lord Woolman jailed Jack, 22, for at least 18 years for slitting 19-year-old Laura Milne's throat, trying to cut up her body and ...
Home power plants.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HOMES run of solar power are only a decade away, scientists claimed yesterday. They have come up with a cheap way to store power generated by solar panels - based on the way plants turn light into energy. Until now, storing the electricity generated has been expensive ...
Blade raiders.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Thugs raided a post office at knifepoint yesterday and got away with ...
WHO DARES WILLS; Elite forces are ready to take prince under their wings for secret stint.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Chris Hughes PRINCE WILLIAM is to join up with Britain's elite soldiers. The 26-year-old officer and heir to the throne will study all aspects of combat with the the UK's special forces. Bu this two-month attachment to the SAS and attached units ...
Man stabbed and beheaded on bus.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A BUS passenger repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated a fellow traveller as he slept with his headphones on. The attacker then taunted police with the victim's severed head held in his hand in Manitoba, Canada. Children as young as six who were on board the ...
STRIKERS PICKET PARLY OFFICES.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SCOTTISH parliament workers were out on strike yesterday. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union took part in the protest over pay. The PCS claimed that 95 per cent of their 5000 members in the government and the Registers of Scotland were out on strike. ...
Shown the door.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A doorman who kept his job at a posh Park Avenue apartment building in New York after a pounds ...
MEET THE MUPPET.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DAVID Beckham joins Elmo in helping Sesame Street kick off their 39th season. The England player, who lives in LA, is in a long list of celebrities lined up to help celebrate the children's TV show. The stars ...
Judge slams Army 'beastings'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A JUDGE slammed the Army for "beasting" soldiers after three NCOs were acquitted of manslaughter yesterday. Provost Sergeant Russell Price, 46, of 2 Rifles, Sergeant Paul Blake, 37, and Corporal John Edwards, 33, both of the Royal Welsh Regiment, had denied causing the death of ...
BOY AGED 6 SETS FIRE TO PRIMARY SCHOOL; Tiny vandal will get off scot-free.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Amy Devine TWO vandals aged just six and 10 set fire to a primary school. The boys started the blaze in a bin in the school's toilet block before fleeing the scene. Smoke damaged two classrooms and toilets at Langlee Primary in Galashiels, ...
Record View: Tax the power barons - NOW.(Leaders)
Aug 01, 2008 ... POOR old British Gas. Your heart bleeds for them. Not satisfied with announcing the biggest-ever price rise in the history of utility companies, they showed no shame yesterday. Less than 24 hours after obscene 35 per cent price rises - nearer 40 per cent if you pay by direct ...
Record View: Racist shame.(Leaders)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A NON-LEAGUE footballer has been fined pounds 850 for racial abuse. The case only came to court after the SFA turned a blind eye. UEFA were called in, there were questions at Holyrood and the Lord Advocate raised the issue. Now ...
Record View: A trim little pill.(Leaders)
Aug 01, 2008 ... AN exercise pill will keep you fit and trim while sitting on the sofa. The couch potato's dream. ...
THE GAS GUZZLERS; POWER GIANTS REVEAL pounds 1BN PROFIT JUST 24 HOURS AFTER 35% HIKE IN OUR BILLS Greedy energy bosses spark outrage.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Kevin Schofield BRITISH Gas sparked outrage yesterday by announcing they had raked in a billion pounds in profits. It came the day after they hit thousands of Scots with a record 35 per cent hike in fuel bills. Charities for poverty, pensioner ...
5 KIDS MURDERED BUT KILLERS GO FREE; Carbon dating fails to aid Jersey case.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Don Mackay AT least five children were feared murdered in the Jersey child abuse home but no charges are likely, it was revealed yesterday. Police are positive the children, aged from four to 11, were killed and their remains burnt in an underground cellar ....
Pirates will face music.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SEVEN workers were facing the sack last night after admitting running an illegal music piracy ring at a computer plant. Police and investigators from the British Phonographic Industry swooped last year at the Honeywell complex in Newhouse, Lanarkshire. An ...
Loo locker avoids jail.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MAN whose girlfriend sat on a toilet for so long that the seat stuck to her has been given six months' probation. Kory McFarren, 36, last month admitted mistreatment of a dependent adult after Pam Babcock, 35, was locked in the loo of his home in Kansas for up to two years. ...
BETTER OUT HERE; Sequel fails todeliver what fans hoped for THE X FILES - I WANT TO BELIEVE *** 15 GRANT LAUCHLAN'S MOVIE REVIEWS.(Features)(Movie review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: GRANT LAUCHLAN IF you want to believe, then believe this - they say you get what you pay for. And nothing could be closer to the truth in this big screen sequel to the ground-breaking TV series. Take a look at the film's budget, reported to be about ...
Movie Q & A; DAVID DUCHOVNY The X Files - I Want To Believe.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: DAVID DUCHOVNY Q WHAT was it like working with Billy Connolly? A I LIKED Billy a lot. I thought he was great in the movie - which is most important. Billy is fascinating because he's interested in just about everything. And he's not "on" like a ...
Must be scene; TERMINATOR SALVATION.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Why we are excited: Batman starring in Terminator - it can't get much better than that as Christian Bale becomes John Connor in the fourth Terminator movie. Plot: After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors ...
clubbing: THE D J Q & A JOHN DIGWEED; LIVE AT: LOCH LOMOND '08.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: andy everett FOR clubbers Live At: Loch Lomond has the potential to be one of the highlights of the year. Although this weekend sees a string of top live acts such as The Sex Pistols, The Happy Mondays, Ocean Colour Scene and Pete Doherty take the stage, the line-up in ...
clubbing: EXCLUSIVE DANCE TENT LINE-UPS AND SET TIMES.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: andy everett COLOURS DANCE TENT Saturday, August 2 12:00-1:00 GIOVANNI FERRI 1:00:2:30 NEIL QUIGLEY 2:30-3:30 JONATHAN LISLE 3:30-4:30 PAOLO MOJO 4:30-5:30 ANTHONY PAPPA 5:30-7:00 NIC FANCIULLI ...
clubbing: Lomond festival is set to thrill.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: andy everett THERE isn't much that promoter Ricky McGowan hasn't seen and done in the world of dance music over the past couple of decades, from small intimate club nights to massive sell-out events, he's been there and succeeded hundreds of times. Last year, ...
clubbing: TUNES We pick the tunes today you'll be dancing to tomorrow.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: andy everett No Halo Put Your Hands On (Sunday Shoutin') Paul Harris, Ian Masterson and Therese have the audacity to mess with a true classic and actually deliver a great re-hash of the Johnny Corporate smash. It's dripping with the usual Hed Kandi ...
Football: Youth row clubs want Peat out and look to sue SFA.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gary Ralston GEORGE PEAT was ordered to resign last night as two clubs prepare to launch a legal action against the SFA. Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston has demanded the SFA president quit for backing the demotion of his club, Ross County and Dundee from ...
Football: Cool Cam bags four; SV Rietvogels 0 Aberdeen 10.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DUTCH trialist Dyon Camero fired four goals as Aberdeen ended their tour of Holland with a slaughter in the sun last night - but he is still unlikely to be offered a deal. Assistant boss Jimmy Nicholl said: "Camero definitely has something in him but it is the manager's ...
Football: Blues march on but fail to Spark against minnows; UEFA Cup Round-Up.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MANCHESTER CITY eased into the second qualifying round but it was part-timers Streymur who left with their heads held high last night. The Faroe Islanders, already 2-0 down from the first leg, were never going to trouble Mark Hughes' side at Barnsley's Oakwell, where the game ...
Football: A GRAND STAND BY REFEREES; EXCLUSIVE.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil Cameron SCOTTISH football's top referees will find out today whether the SPL have agreed to their demands of a wage increase to pounds 1000 a match. Record Sport can reveal league bosses have gone four days past an agreed deadline regarding the issue ...
Football: ECK EYES BOBO; CELTIC AT THE FEYENOORD TOURNAMENT...(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BIRMINGHAM CITY manager Alex McLeish is locked in a battle in with Sunderland to sign Celtic central defender Bobo Balde. Balde, 32, has a year left on his contract at Parkhead but has been told by Celtic boss Gordon Strachan that he can leave on a free transfer if he can find a ...
Football: 5 years in a row I've got an AC Milan strip...this time I want Real Madrid; CELTIC AT THE FEYENOORD TOURNAMENT... Hitman Jan desperate to swap shirts with Bernabeu boys in the Champions League.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY NEIL CAMERON JAN VENNEGOOR of HESSELINK has a wall in his house filled with jerseys taken as mementos from his European adventures - but he has left a space for one more special one. It's all brilliant white, with a touch of blue trim and the crest belongs ...
Football: Gers still hungover from UEFA Cup but there's no need for fans to panic just yet; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AFTERMATH...(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: JIM McLEAN WALTER SMITH has been caught between a rock and a hard place this summer but Kaunas will still not crush his ambition to take his side into the Champions League again. I turned on the TV on Wednesday night and couldn't believe the goalless result ...
Football: Five ways to break blank; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AFTERMATH...(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... RANGERS have failed several times to score at home in Europe but still got through. Five examples: 1978-79 Cup-Winners' Cup - Rangers 0, PSV 0; PSV 2, Rangers 3. 2001-02 UEFA Cup - Rangers 0, PSG 0; PSG 0, Rangers 0 (aet, Rangers win ...
Football: WE DIDN'T NEED TO BE FIT TO STOP YOU; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AFTERMATH...(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... GLOATING Kaunas ace Rafael Ledesma last night mocked Rangers by saying he tamed Walter Smith's side at only 50 per cent fit. The Brazilian playmaker infuriated Ibrox players and supporters during the 0-0 first-leg draw for a mixture of cheeky tricks and annoying playacting. But ...
One goalless draw and Gers fans are sending out the distress flares; 102.5 clyde 1 superscoreboard HOTLINE.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: HUGH KEEVINS TAKES YOUR CALLS IT'S official. Sirens are wailing, alarm bells have been pressed and panic buttons activated. The balloon's gone up and distress flares are illuminating the sky over Ibrox. Rangers are in crisis and the season hasn't officially ...
Football: MADJID IS A BIG TALENT BUT CAN DRIVE YOU CRAZY WHEN HE TRIES TO BEAT 4 OR 5 MEN; THE GOOD AND THE BAD ON pounds 2.5M RANGERS SIGNING TARGET Lee warning on speed king Boug.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DAVID McCARTHY RANGERS fans can look forward to a rollercoaster ride with their emotions now Madjid Bougherra has completed his pounds 2.5million move to Ibrox. That's the view of a man who stood shoulder to shoulder with the centre-back during a year-long ...
Football: Club say sorry for ticket shambles.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Keith Jackson RANGERS last night apologised to their fans for the ticket office shambles which saw thousands locked out of Ibrox on Wednesday. Furious supporters bombarded Record Sport yesterday after the cock-up which saw some of them still waiting to get ...
Football: DUTCH FURY AT CELTIC'S SNUB.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil Cameron FURIOUS organisers of Feyenoord's Jubilee Tournament last night blasted Celtic after they snubbed a press conference they were contractually obliged to attend. Boss Gordon Strachan and one of his players were supposed to attend the media ...
Football: HEMDANI SOLD ME ON GERS DEAL; RECORD SPORT EXCLUSIVE Madjid's joy at pounds 2.5m Rangers switch.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By David McCarthy RANGERS last night swooped to snatch Charlton Athletic's Algerian international defender Madjid Bougherra from under the noses of West Brom. Tony Mowbray's Premiership new boys thought they had snapped up the highly-rated 25-year-old - until ...
Sporting HEROES.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Two speed-machines to excite those who love to drive on pages 12&13 and 18&19 CUT A DASH IN A SHARP OPERATOR Seat's bigger and broader Ibiza offers ...
Jazz goes greener.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HONDA'S all-new Jazz supermini which goes on sale this autumn will include a pair of low-emission models. The smallest, a 90bhp 1.2-litre unit achieves 55mpg with improved CO2 emissions of 120g/km - a figure essential for modern city cars. The larger 1.4-litre engine ...
Autumn date for new Targa.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PORSCHE have lifted the lid on their latest 911 Targa, which will be letting the sun come in just in time for the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. The German marque say the arrival of the new models heralds the fastest-ever model change in the long history of the 911. ...
New Ka is unveiled.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A NEW baby Ford is on the way 12 years after the original Ford Ka caused a stir with its funky looks. Due to make its world debut at the Paris Motor Show in October, the new Ka will join Ford's latest line up of distinctively-styled models. Hot on the heels of the ...
TAKING FUEL ADVANTAGE; Petrol price cuts yet to reach motorway pumps.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PETROL pump prices may have dipped but some motorway services are charging up to 6p a litre above the national average. The AA say the average UK price is 117.9p a litre, with some supermarkets cutting that by as much as 4p. However, motorway service stations are ...
Car clone crime on the rise.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... CAR checking body HPI are warning used car buyers to protect themselves from the growing threat of having their car cloned. Criminals create a clone of a car by stealing the identity from another vehicle. They replace the number plates and VIN on their car with the stolen ...
The Beat goes on; Seat get ready for another red-hot summer as their latest-generation Ibiza prepares to take over the mantle as the Spanish marque's best seller, writes MALCOLM ROBERTSHAW.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: MALCOLM ROBERTSHAW FOR more than two decades, Seat have been producing cars dedicated to the "Balearic Beat". And it is the Ibiza model that has established itself as a firm favourite with holidaymakers and folks back home since 1985. However, time ...
motoring NEWS.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DAIHATSU are offering buyers added value from their limited-edition Terios Kiri of which only 250 cars will be built. Based on the Terios 1.5 S, the Kiri adds special metallic green paint, roof rails, five-spoke 16in alloy wheels, a hard spare wheel cover, leather-covered ...
Romantic Romeo is lovely to drive; JOHN SCANTLEBURY admits that while the beautifully sculpted Alfa GT Q2 may not be a practical family car, it does, nevertheless, offer bags of fun behind the wheel.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN SCANTLEBURY YOU know what you're going to get with an Alfa - dreamy looks and sporty determination with bags of driver involvement. In some cases, too much driver involvement could be required and Q2 versions of high-powered diesel models were introduced ...
BMW THAT'S THE SHOW BUSiNESS; Hard on the heels of the coupe and saloon pairing, BMW's M3 has now raised the roof, writes RICHARD M HAMMOND.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: RICHARD M HAMMOND GRATUITOUS fun is what BMW's M cars are all about, and none more so than the M3 Convertible. First available as a coupe, then a four-door saloon and now with a folding hard-top, all three body styles boast the same unapologetically powerful ...
Epic-a storyline; As the first new offering to roll off the former Daewoo production line, GM's new Chevrolet family saloon is a pretty decent starter for 10, reckons BILL CAVEN.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BILL CAVEN YOU ONLY need to look at the Epica to realise why Chevrolet came up with the name. The saloon is certainly no shrinking violet when it comes to size and it's only marginally beaten by the new Ford Mondeo. But, then again, you would ...
motoring NEWS.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... AUDI are replacing the 168bhp 1.8-litre TFSI entrylevel engine found in their A5 Coupe with a larger, more powerful unit. However, the new two-litre TFSI engine is greener and more economical than its smaller sibling. Derived from the 208bhp version of the two-litre ...
Growing appeal; ROBIN ROBERTS says this frugal yet lively C2 is bound to attract new fans at a time when motorists look to drive down running costs.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROBIN ROBERTS CITROEN'S name is a byword among younger drivers who want style, performance and economy. The flagship model of the C2 range is a prime example of a car that will tick all the right boxes for them. But the 1.6 HDi VTS is also the kind ...