Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from September 2008:
SAMURAI MUM; EXCLUSIVE Woman threatens neighbour with sword.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Ferguson A YOUNG mum-of-two brandishes a samurai sword and a kitchen knife as she screams threats at a neighbour. Mobile phone footage handed to the Record shows the terrifying scenes that led to the mum's arrest. After appearing in court ...
LOOTERS WARNED AS STORM CLOSES IN; Thousands flee hurricane.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Wesley Johnson A DAWN to dusk curfew was imposed in New Orleans last night after hundreds of thousands fled the city to escape "the storm of the century". As Hurricane Gustav approached, mayor Ray Nagin warned residents: "You need to be scared. You need to ...
Kim's on my back, moans star Alec.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ACTOR Alec Baldwin has fired another salvo in his bitter war of words with ex-wife Kim Basinger. Baldwin has accused LA Confidential star Basinger of trying to destroy his relationship with their 12-year-old daughter, Ireland. Baldwin told a magazine interview: "Think ...
FIVE HURT IN CRASH.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... FIVE people were taken to hospital last night after a four-car pile-up. The M8 was closed in both directions after the crash on the westbound carriage way, near Harthill services, Lanarkshire, at ...
Brantastic idea.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cereals which claim to cure a hangover, boost your libido and slow the ageing process have ...
CHEEKY CHOOKEY.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: George Galloway YOU'VE got tae hand it to the Chookey Sutherland. The moolah that is, the hunner million for his pair ay Titians. Whit choice dae we hiv? It's a hunner million oar the paintins get it. Or rather the foreigners get the paintings. They get lost ...
Politicians are to blame for killing fields of Calton.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: George Galloway THAT the World Health Organisation should have been obliged to record that a baby boy born in Calton in Glasgow's east end can expect to live till he's 54, while eight miles away in Lenzie a similar child will live till he's 82 is the most shameful thing ...
Darling's cold front.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: George Galloway WHILE Dr John Reid is a former communist (that's Walfrid birrling again), Chancellor Alistair Darling is a former Trotskyist. (I knew them both, too well, in their former incarnations to treat them too seriously now.) As such, ...
Cyclist in van horror.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A CYCLIST was killed and her friend injured when they were knocked down by a van. The 59-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the ...
Sunshine shortage.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... LAST month is set to be confirmed as the gloomiest August since records began. The UK had 60 per cent of the average 169 hours of sun this ...
Car crash victim dies.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN run over by a car yesterday died despite efforts by passers-by to save her. The tragedy in King Street, Aberdeen, at ...
BERRY BABES.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... HALLE Berry shows off five-monthold baby girl Nahla and a sparkler on her finger on a trip to Los Angeles Zoo. ...
REBUS PUB PAL DIES OF CANCER; Rankin's tribute to barman EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Craig Davidson A PUBLICAN made famous by Rebus author Ian Rankin has lost his battle with cancer. John Gates, who was in his 60s, passed away in a hospice early on Friday near his home in Falkirk after a two-year cancer fight. John became a cult ...
KP goes nuts over England's latest win; UPDATE.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... KEVIN PIETERSEN praised his England players after they claimed a seven-wicket victory over South Africa at Lord's under the Duckworth-Lewis method. The win means England take a 4-0 lead in the NatWest series and if they seal a 5-0 whitewash on Wednesday they'll leapfrog the ...
Loss doesn't scare Sean.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Roddy Duncan SEAN LINEEN reckons Glasgow are in good shape ahead of the new season despite a final warm-up defeat to Gloucester. In their last big build-up game before rugby's Magners League kick-offs Warriors went down 30-8 but Lineen insists the scoreline ...
Ref rage Ian's video vow.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... EDINBURGH ACCIES coach Ian Barnes insists the ref robbed his side of a win over Premiership champions Boroughmuir. Despite losing 34-14, Barnes believes the game turned when Alex Blair was penalised for a mystery offence as he was about to go over. He said: "I'll have a close ...
Lawn Tennis: ARMED AND DANGEROUS; TENNIS: US OPEN LATEST Muscleman Andy ready to power his way to Open glory.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY ALIX RAMSAY in New York HE'S been pumping iron like Superman and pounding the track harder than Usain Bolt - now he's ready to smash his way through week two of the US Open. Andy Murray flexed his biceps after blasting back from two sets down to outmuscle ...
Football: Soccer Shorts - BENJI WANTS TO QUIT HIBS.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ABDESSALAM BENJELLOUN is keen to make his loan to Charleroi permanent after netting the winning goal on his debut for the Belgian club. The Morrocan international striker, 23, on loan from Hibs, came on after an hour and got the winner five minutes later against Roeselare. ...
Football: SCOWLARI; ALL THE PREMIERSHIP ACTION Pressure builds on Phil after Chelsea flop leaves fans and owner unhappy Chelsea 1 Tottenham 1.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Carl Askew WATCH out Phil.Any more of this and they'll start to ask questions about you. Luiz Felipe Scolari may want his side to become the Blue Brazil and clean up the silverware with champagne football. But yesterday the party went decidedly ...
Fab nod for Bullard but Owen's out; ALL THE PREMIERSHIP ACTION.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ed Casey FABIO CAPELLO last night handed Jimmy Bullard a surprise place in his England squad to face Andorra and Croatia - but there was no place for Michael Owen. Fulham midfielder Bullard had barely been mentioned as a candidate, even after Steven ...
Football: Benitez goes on defence; ALL THE PREMIERSHIP ACTION.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 0 LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez reckons defences came out on top after his side were held to a draw yesterday. Both sides had chances to claim all three points but the match ended goalless thanks to some stubborn defending. ...
Football: A Wright nice way to return; ALL THE PREMIERSHIP ACTION.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Sunderland 0 Man City 3 RETURNING wing king Shaun Wright-Phillips launched his second spell at Manchester City in spectacular style by bagging a debut double. The pounds 9million winger, who left Chelsea last week, netted two goals in eight minutes as City ...
MONTY MISSES THE CUP; Scot learns his Ryder fate by voicemail.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil Cameron COLIN MONTGOMERIE'S Ryder Cup dream was shattered by Nick Faldo last night after the European captain dumped him from the side in a VOICEMAIL. But the big-hearted Scot insisted he will cheer on the team as an armchair fan after dominating the ...
Strach set for heart to Art talks.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Keith Jackson GORDON STRACHAN will have a heart-to-heart with Artur Boruc after the keeper's big-game blunder capped a disastrous Old Firm derby defeat for Celtic at Parkhead. The Polish international's personal life is in turmoil following the reported ...
I COULD STILL BE LOSIN' COUSIN; Walt admits sweat over goal star Dan.(Sport)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Keith Jackson WALTER SMITH watched Daniel Cousin bulldoze his way through Celtic yesterday - but admitted the big striker's Ibrox future will hang in the balance until the transfer window closes at midnight tonight. Cousin came in from the cold to turn in a ...
Nimrod families sue MoD.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... RELATIVES of some of the 14 servicemen killed when their RAF Nimrod plane exploded in Afghanistan will take legal action against the Government, their barrister said yesterday. A writ will be served on Defence Secretary Des Browne today, accusing the Ministry of Defence of ...
Fury over Palin bid.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... PRESIDENTIAL hopeful John McCain was blasted yesterday after it emerged he had only met his running mate once before he appointed her. Furious Republican Party ...
Interest to stay on hold.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... INTEREST rates look set to remain on hold this week but the cost of borrowing could fall before the end of the year. The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee are widely expected to leave the base rate at five per cent when they announce the result of their twoday meeting ...
Lib Dem shuffle.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... NEW Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott has reshuffled his front bench team giving leadership rivals Mike Rumbles and Ross Finnie key roles. Rumbles will be the party's business manager and chief whip while Finnie remains the party's health spokesman. Glasgow MSP Robert Brown ...
Gray blasts Nats.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... LABOUR leadership contender Iain Gray yesterday launched another attack on First Minister Alex Salmond over his comments about Margaret Thatcher. Salmond last week said Scots "didn't mind" the ex-Tory PM's economic polices in the 1980s. But as he hit the by-election ...
Drive in honour..(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THIS is the poignant moment a young motor-racing fan paid his own tribute to late rally legend Colin McRae. The boy was snapped on a bike in a convoy of 1300 Subaru cars driving the 300 miles from McRae's home town of Lanark to the ...
BROWN 'AGREES WITH DARLING ON ECONOMY' Straw dismisses claims of a rift.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Dave King PM GORDON Brown backs Chancellor Alistair Darling's dire assessment of the UK economy, it was claimed yesterday. Justice Secretary Jack Straw dismissed claims of tension between the Treasury and Downing Street. He spoke out after the ...
Jools: My Jamie will never be a cheat.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TELLY chef Jamie Oliver's wife Jools has revealed she is sure he would never cheat on her. Former model Jools, 33, said she once had fears because Jamie works with so many women and the couple often lead separate lives during the week. But the mother of two, who has ...
Everest skydive.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... FILMMAKER Holly Budge plans to be the first woman to skydive over Mount Everest. Holly, 29, wants to parachute from 465 feet above the 29,035ft peak before landing in a meadow at 12,350 feet. ...
Dear old Dalek.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A rubber Dalek which cost 50p in 1965 has sold in an internet auction for pounds 1500. Dr Who ...
JOHNNY D GOOD; Tattooed star goes back to rock roots.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lachlan Mackinnon LOOKING every inch the rock god, actor Johnny Depp prowls the stage, guitar in hand. The Pirates Of The Caribbean star rejoined his old band The Kids at a fundraiser in Florida. And girlfriend Vanessa Paradis and daughter ...
It's Elliot.. Billy Elliot.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... BILLY Elliot actor Jamie Bell says working with James Bond hunk Daniel Craig has inspired him to be an action hero. They have been working together on a new film, Defiance. Jamie, 22, said: "He runs and does all this head-ducking and diving. And I was like, 'That is ...
Jason pops up again.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... JASON Donovan is to release a new album, 15 years after his last. Let It Be Me features cover versions of classics such as Blue Velvet, Love Hurts and Smoke Gets In My Eyes. The 40-year-old Australian has also reworked his old hit Sealed With A Kiss and written a ...
IT'S A DOG EAT DOG WORLD.. YOU HAVE TO DEFEND YOURSELF OR YOU DIE - SAYS SAMURAI MUM; EXCLUSIVE HORROR AS NEIGHBOUR THREATENED WITH KNIVES.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Ferguson and Craig McDonald THESE shocking pictures expose the terrifying extent of Scotland's blade culture. A young mum confronts her neighbour wielding a samurai sword in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other. The mum-of-two, aged ...
GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF NEW ORLEANS; Mayor's hurricane plea.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Wesley Johnson HUNDREDS of thousands of people were fleeing New Orleans to escape "the storm of the century" yesterday. Mayor Ray Nagin warned residents: "You need to be scared. You need to get your butts out now." About a million people along ...
QUAKE RESCUE.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... RESCUE teams have arrived in China's Sichuan province after an earthquake on Saturday morning. At least 27 people died and 180,000 homes were affected by the 6.1 magnitude ...
Record View: Now Darling must deliver.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2008 ... CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling is to be commended for his honesty. At last, a politician has given an honest assessment of the situation - no frills or spin. He has clearly stated global conditions have come together to produce a unique set of problems and it is impossible to say ...
Record View: Lots of thanks.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2008 ... LOTTERY winners are given a golden chance to do something with their lives. Some such as arch yob Michael Carroll choose to wage a one-man campaign to sicken the rest of us against individuals scooping such jackpots. But others have put their good fortune to good use ...
Record View: Lib dummy.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2008 ... LIBERAL Democrat councillor Paul Coleshill is a single man who still enjoys clubbing at the age of 55. Nothing wrong with that. But jumping on stage wearing only a posing pouch in a Mr Burly contest at a club that was later busted for staging a mass ...
CHILD'S PLAY? NAE DANGER; Why today's youngsters don't have the fun kids of yesteryear enjoyed.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Laura Coventry TRADITIONALLY, almost every pupil wore shiny lace-up shoes on the first day of term. But now, according to a survey of leading shoe brands, today's primary school children are ditching "dangerous" laces for Velcro fastenings instead. ...
F1 boss: Pray axe falls on Games.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... FORMULA 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says London's 2012 Olympics will be a massive let-down after Beijing - and would be better off scrapped. Britain's richest sports boss claims the best thing to happen to London 2012 would be an earthquake so that the Games would have to be ...
Labour leaders.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... HOURLY rates for car mechanics have almost hit a massive pounds 200 - about the same as a solicitor. A study revealed at least one London dealership - believed to be a BMW franchise - are charging ...
Yes Dawson.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A bronze statue of comedian Les Dawson, who died in 1993 aged 62, is to be erected on ...
OUR SAVIOUR; EXCLUSIVE Lotto winner Barry's cash lifeline for brain tumour girl Katy.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lachlan Mackinnon THE cash-strapped parents of a girl battling a deadly brain tumour won't lose their home after a lotto winner bailed them out. Four-year-old Katy Wymant, from Canada, is undergoing a year of therapy in Glasgow after doctors found a brain ...
PUTIN A TIGER IN HIS PLACE.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... RUSSIAN PM Vladimir Putin took on a tiger at the weekend. He held the doped ...
SHOW US THE LOTTO MONEY; Salmond plea for pounds 150m games aid.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Dave King A CALL for more Lotto cash to fund Glasgow's Commonwealth Games in 2014 has won crossparty support. Scottish government ministers want Westminster to provide pounds 150million lottery funding for the games - as compensation for funds that have ...
off the Record.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY PAT ROLLER WE fear that Jessica Simpson may have to put up her Daisy Dukes and slug it out with her critics. The former Dukes Of Hazzard actress is trying to carve out a new career as a country singer, but it's not going well. A gig in Ontario ...
Airline debts may hit pounds 25m.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ZOOM Airlines went bust with debts of up to pounds 25million, bosses said yesterday. They rejected reports that they owed pounds 62.7 million when they went into administration last week. It was claimed that figure was set out in papers lodged with the Office of ...
MEN'S SEX LIE.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ONE in five men is a sex-crazed liar. Twenty per cent of males regularly lie about being "in love" to get a girl into bed. That was the finding in an online survey of 75,000 ...
Family business.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Actor James Gandolfini, best known as TV mafia boss Tony Soprano, ...
SCIENTISTS 'RISK END OF THE WORLD' Black hole fears over experiment.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Craig McDonald THE biggest scientific experiment in history has been hit by a last-minute legal challenge - amid fears it could cause the end of the world. Opponents of the Large Hadron Collidor claim the machine may create a mini-black hole that could ...
DJ's bid to track lost star.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A DJ who has made a song an Edinburgh Festival hit is trying to track down the musician who created it more than 10 years ago. Radio Forth 2's Lenny Love has released the song, Festival City, after it proved popular with visitors to the city. But he can't find the ...
FLASHY FINALE.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A QUARTER of a million people watched Edinburgh Festival's annual fireworks extravaganza last night. About 100,000 fireworks and four tonnes of explosives ...
Run for your wife.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A couple's wedding had to be postponed and the bridal party evacuated when live World ...
I LOVED DOING COCAINE, SAYS DAME HELEN; QUEEN STAR'S SHOCKING DRUGS CONFESSIONS But Klaus Barbie made her quit.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sherna Noah DAME Helen Mirren has admitted that she used to "love" cocaine. The actress, who won an Oscar last year for her role as the Queen, revealed he took the drug until the early 1980s. But she quit when it was revealed that Nazi war ...
Bear fur is really old hat.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ANIMAL rights campaigners are to meet defence chiefs in their battle to bin the bearskin hats worn by Buckingham Palace guards. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will suggest new designs for the guardsmen's headgear. And it could mean the end of the ...
Firework horror.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A trailer filled with fireworks exploded in Spain yesterday, killing a 20-year-old woman ....
POWER OF SCOTLAND.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THIS Scots star of a new reality TV show could barely contain herself as she took a bow at Hampden. Glaswegian Lesley Robertson, 27, is taking part in reality show When Woman Rule The ...
TYCOON WIFE'S BODY IS FOUND IN MANSION; Shot victim and dead man in torched house.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ben Spencer TYCOON'S wife Jill Foster had been shot in the head in her family's torched mansion, police revealed yesterday. Detectives investigating the arson attack which gutted the property said dental records confirmed one of two bodies found was that of ...
the Razz: CHART.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND THE OFFICIAL UK SINGLES CHART 1 (1) I Kissed A Girl Katy Perry 2 (-) Pjanoo Eric Prydz 3 (4) Disturbia Rihanna 4 (2) The Man Who Can't Be Moved Script 5 (10) Mountains Biffy ...