Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from November 2008:
PHEW!(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... This is the heart-stopping moment a Scots holiday jet skidded to a halt just inches from the sea after a terrifying landing at Lanzarote FULL STORY & PICTURES: PAGES 4&5 DAUGHTER ARRESTED OVER ANNE'S MURDER SEE PAGE 7 ...
today@DailyRecord.co.uk.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Competition Win a copy of the Daily Record's new columnist Frankie Boyle's live DVD. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/competitions 76% think that Jonathan Ross should have quit the BBC too. NEWVIDEO Watch the ...
Sarah helps Obama Carrie the day.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... YOU know your campaign's got star power when Carrie from Sex And The City is manning the phones for you. Sarah Jessica Parker volunteered for Barack Obama in New York as he tried to seal victory against John McCain on Tuesday. And despite all the 72-year-old ...
RIVALS LAUNCH BID TO RESCUE HBOS; Scots tycoon behind package.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Kevin Schofield A SCOTS banker is spearheading a rival rescue bid for HBOS, it emerged last night. Jim Spowart's proposals were revealed as Business Secretary Peter Mandelson approved the Lloyds TSB rescue package for the cash-strapped bank - despite ...
TORIES PREDICT 4p INCOME TAX INCREASE.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... INCOME tax will have to rise by 4p to fund Government plans to spend their way out of the looming recession, the Tories claimed yesterday. Shadow chancellor George Osborne attacked Gordon Brown's plans to borrow more to fund public projects to kickstart the economy. ...
Anger at rise in jobless teachers.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE number of unemployed teachers has reached a three-year high. Around 400 nursery, primary and secondary teachers were out of work and claiming benefits in Scotland at the end of September. The figure has more than doubled since 2005, when 155 were looking for work, ...
Miliband's mission to war zone.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... DAVID Miliband yesterday flew out on an emergency diplomatic mission to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The foreign secretary rushed to the county amid fears the mounting violence in the North Kivu region could escalate to full civil war. Aid groups say ...
Record View: A good start on ill-gotten gains.(Leaders)
Nov 01, 2008 ... IT'S only been with us for around five years but the Proceeds of Crime Act has proved itself to be a highly successful piece of legislation. From a slow start and modest beginnings, it has become highly effective and the courts are now taking every opportunity to seize the ...
Record View: Dark shadow.(Leaders)
Nov 01, 2008 ... SHADOW Chancellor George Osborne thought he'd put Yachtgate behind him as he tried to relaunch himself with a keynote speech. But all he did was sail into more troubled waters. Predictably, his criticism of Gordon Brown and claims the PM's policies will put 4p on ...
Record View: Funny turn.(Leaders)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A BAD week for the BBC in London and it ends on a low note for their colleagues at their Scottish HQ on Pacific Quay. The comic jewel in their crown - Ford Kiernan - has been spotted at the neighbouring offices of their STV rivals chewing the ...
Mills & Boon STILL MAKE US SWOON; Publishing house mark a century of producing romantic novels with a sexy television drama.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Samantha Booth MILLS & Boon are 100 years old and to celebrate the BBC have made a steamy docu-drama based on the publishing house's history. Consuming Passions, to be shown on Sunday on BBC4, tells the story of three women living in different times who get ...
I just wish I could quit twice ..but I am not Peter Mandelson.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... RUSSELL Brand confessed yesterday that he blames himself for costing his boss her job. Asked if he felt guilty over the resignation of Radio 2 chief Lesley Douglas, he said: "I do. "I wish I could resign twice but I'm not Peter Mandelson." Brand spoke as ...
WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON, WOSSIE? Brazen Ross throws alien Halloween party days after sex calls scandal.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sherna Noah HE'S suspended from his pounds 6million-a-year job in disgrace but Jonathan Ross was in party mood last night. Despite the continuing storm over the Andrew Sachs scandal, the brass-necked star entertained his showbiz pals at an extravagant, ...
Teachers get new exams reprieve.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE introduction of a new exam to replace Standard Grades has been put back a year after concerns from teaching leaders, it was confirmed yesterday. The General Qualification had initially been pencilled in for 2013 but education secretary Fiona Hyslop said it will now be ...
Fuel cash lifeline.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A TEAM of experts are being hired in Glasgow to help people struggling with skyhigh fuel bills. The Glasgow City Council advisers will be stationed at Citizens' Advice offices, ...
Rifle road rage.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Weapons nut Miklos Toth, 52, who turned an AK-47 rifle on road workers who were keeping him ...
STALKER SCRAWLED LOVE LETTER TO DOC IN HIS OWN BLOOD; Patient harassed therapist for two-and-a-half years.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Victoria Weldon A PATIENT stalked his therapist for more than two years and wrote messages in his own blood saying: "I love you." Brian Johnstone became obsessed with clinical psychologist Dawn Relton, 30, while she was treating him. The ...
Subway fire scare.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A subway station was closed yesterday when smoke from a blaze in a nearby tenement ...
AMY TAKES IT ON CHINS.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... AMY Winehouse is keeping her chins up after putting on the pounds by ditching drugs for grub in rehab. The singer looked scrawny when she took ...
off the Record.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY PAT ROLLER DON'T say you weren't warned. Following yesterday's nonsense, we have some more Scottish-themed horror movies. First up is Julie Carden, of Dumfries, who suggested The Wick Man, Don't Loch Now, and I Know What You Did Last Summer (You Got Wet). ...
Harry's Gurkha 'kukri' lesson.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... PRINCE Harry was made an honorary Gurkha by the fearsome Nepalese warriors when he served with them in Afghanistan. The regiment paid the royal soldier the ultimate tribute by presenting him with a kukri, their famous knife, as a token of their esteem. Gurkhas even ...
3 die in crashes.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THREE people have died in three road smashes. A woman died when the car she was in hit a lorry near Portree, Skye, yesterday morning. Two hours later, a motorcyclist in his ...
Force is with them.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Darth Vader was named the biggest sci-fi villain yesterday, and Star Wars, the film ...
SCARY KATONA.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... TROUBLED Kerry Katona was spotted casting spells as she went out guising last night for Halloween. Maybe she was wishing badness on Phil and Fern after accusing them of "stitching her up" when she was the worse for wear on ...
COWELL: DANNII'S A PRIMA DONNA; X Factor judges in a new war of words.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tom Bryant SIMON Cowell has branded Dannii Minogue a diva as their X Factor feud turns nasty. Cowell was overheard bitching about Dannii after she refused to go to his private party following the National TV Awards. It was a hard-felt snub as ...
Spats on and off screen.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... AFTER last year's winner, Scot Leon Jackson, performed on the show, Dannii said: "Simon ... didn't want him in the competition. But you rock, my friend." SHE bitched: "Simon has stopped flirting with me. It's probably because he has a new girl to flirt with. But the person ...
the Razz: Scots score awards double.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND T IN THE PARK and Biffy Clyro waved the flag for Scotland by scooping awards at the UK Festival Awards in London. T in the Park took the gong for Best Line-Up, while Ayrshire trio Biffy won Best Festival Rock Act. Festival ...
the Razz: MARIAH TURNS UP THE HEAT.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BEVERLEY LYONS AND LAURA SUTHERLAND MARIAH Carey set temperatures soaring in New York when she dressed up as a sexy fire fighter. The singer showed off bejewelled red underwear and satin red stockings ...
Parly to tackle clergy.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE Scottish parliament football team had better be on their best behaviour for their next match - against clergymen. The MSPs were branded "thugs" by TV and radio pundit Chick Young after a foulmouthed punch-up during a charity match last weekend that was abandoned by the ref. ...
007's DOUBLE; Connery's exiled ancestor was dead ringer for James Bond star.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ian Read JAMES BOND legend Sir Sean Connery is proof that you really do live twice. The former 007 star is the spitting image of a distant ancestor with a secret link to Scotland's troubled past John Gordon, Laird of Glenbucket, had to flee for his life ...
UNDER THE COVERS; FROM CHEEKY KYLIE TO BROODING BECKS, THE LEGENDARY LIFESTYLE MAG HAS SHOWCASED 20 YEARS OF STARS GQ editor lifts lid on stories behind classic images.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lindsay Clydesdale IT'S the magazine that persuaded Kylie to flash her bum,provoked Michael Hutchence's wrath after stirring up his tangled love-life,and counts Michael Caine as its biggest fan. GQ celebrates its 20th birthday this week and editor Dylan ...
100 READERS TO WIN pounds 100 EACH TO SPEND AT ASDA; pounds 10K OF PRIZES.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... GET your Christmas off to a cracking start by winning pounds 100 to spend on all your festive favourites available under one roof at ASDA. The Daily Record has joined forces with the supermarket known for every day low prices, so that 100 readers can win pounds 100 each. And ...
2 FOR1 CURRY AT RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT SCOTLAND.(Competition/Offers)
Nov 01, 2008 ... IT'S our hottest offer ever ...buy one curry and get another free! We've teamed up with Harlequin Restaurants, their Ashoka Shak chain and other Indian restaurants around Scotland to bring you this tasty 2-for-1-meal deal. Whether you're a chicken Korma lover or ...
Golf: YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER; VOLVO MASTERS Jimenez fury as play-on decision wrecks title bid.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DALE RANKIN SPANIARD Miguel Angel Jimenez was left raging last night after his European Order of Merit title bid was controversially ruined at rain-hit Valderrama. Jimenez needed to win the Volvo Masters to have a chance of finishing top of the money list ....
Coulthard out to save the wailing; F1 JUDGMENT DAY: BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX...(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Frank Haynes DAVID COULTHARD'S been no stranger to bubbly in his glorious career - but now he just wants to avoid bubbling. Brazil is DC's final race before he retires and he's desperate not to let his usual steely calmcrumble in an outpouring of emotion. ...
Kenyan is in running for a New York gold; UPDATE.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... KENYAN Catherine Ndereba last night warned Paula Radcliffe she is desperate to win gold in tomorrow's New York marathon. Ndereba is one of Radcliffe's main rivals and will take to the streets of New York looking to add victory to her impressive list of career titles. ...
Russell's Ton his way up the table; Livingston v Morton IRN BRU DIVISION ONE...(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... IAIN RUSSELL is a man on a mission to make sure Morton maintain a change in fortune that has secured two wins on the bounce. The Cappielow striker insists confidence has been flowing through the squad after bringing a dismal run of defeats to an end. Now they meet ...
We'll take home comfort on trips; Ross County v Clyde IRN BRU DIVISION ONE...(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... DAVID HUTTON insists breaking their home hoodoo can help Clyde bring back three points from Dingwall. The Bully Wee keeper reckons last weekend's win over Livingston can spark an improvement in their form on the travels as well as at Broadwood. He said: "We got the ...
Britt soon to write off Jags; Partick Thistle v QoS IRN BRU DIVISION ONE...(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... GERRY BRITTON insists Partick will pull out the stops to pick up three points against the league leaders. The Jags have gone six games without a win but the assistant boss is adamant they can fire themselves back into the title race if they can recapture their early-season form ....
JOHN EYES HIT AND RUN; DIVISION 2.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gordon Parks JOHN McGLASHAN swears Arbroath are not down and out despite a run of 11 games without a win. The Gayfield side have won just once in the league and prop up the table but boss McGlashan is convinced three points against Ayr will spark a revival. ...
TEAMSHEET.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... STIRLING have no fresh injury concerns while Stranraer are without Martin McBride and James Creaney. Iain Dobbins is expected to be fit. Brechin welcome John Ward back from injury at Peterhead who are without Neil McVitie and have a doubt over virus victim Sean Fleming. ...
ANNAN v SPARTANS; SCOTTISH CUP SPECIAL.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... ANNAN boss Harry Cairney last night vowed to continue his search for talent after being turned down by four of Gretna's rising stars. Cairney, whose club won their place in the SFL ahead of cup rivals Spartans, said: "We were interested in some of the Gretna lads but they have ...
WICK v E'BURGH CITY; SCOTTISH CUP SPECIAL.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... WICK are hoping to get the better of Edinburgh second time round after high winds ruined last week's clash at Meadowbank. Highlanders boss Richard Hughes was happy with his side's efforts and said: "We did well down there and we are confident with home advantage." ...
KEITH v FORRES; SCOTTISH CUP SPECIAL.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... GORDON WINTON is cursing the wedding day blues. The Forres boss goes into today's replay with Keith minus skipper Neil Whyte who is attending a wedding. Winton said: "It is far from ideal but Neil had made the commitment and could not foresee the replay." ...
STROLL ON; SCOTTISH CUP SPECIAL Tom does a Civil Service for his beloved club Civil Service Strollers v Vale of Leithen.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gordon Parks CIVIL SERVICE STROLLERS may not be aristocrats of Scottish football but that hasn't prevented Tom Brown dreaming like a schoolboy of rubbing shoulders with the Old Firm. The Edinburgh side's general manager and all-round enthusiast believes ...
Lie's John ready to Nock out old mates; SCOTTISH JUNIOR CUP WEST.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Kevin McGoldrick JOHN McLAY insists he's disappointed to be facing former club Cumnock in the Citylink Scottish Cup second round today. The Arthurlie midfielder would rather have come up against Campbell Money's men at a later stage of the competition. ...
WE'VE ROBBED RIVALS OF A REAL STAR; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE SPL LATEST... Swanson tips his pal to earn a Scots call FALKIRK v DUNDEE UTD Today, Falkirk Stadium, 3pm.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Euan McArthur DANNY SWANSON last night described Scott Robertson as the bargain of the season - then tipped him for international stardom. Robertson's summer switch from city rivals Dundee is proving more shrewd by the minute. And his decisive ...
Goals will seal new deal for Higdon; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE SPL LATEST...(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Ed Casey FALKIRK'S Michael Higdon insists he must start scoring again if he is to earn himself a new contract. The 25-year-old has allowed his standards to drop in recent weeks, paying for a poor second-half showing against Aberdeen with his starting place ...
TROUBLE SHAKER; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE SPL LATEST... Malcolm shrugs off bad-boy image to close in on cap call MOTHERWELL v HAMILTON Today, Fir Park, 3pm.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Hugh Keevins BOB MALCOLM'S middle name used to be trouble. Now he's on a mission to erase his past and build a future that includes a belated bid to make the Scotland squad. Ten years after making his first-team debut for Rangers at 17 he is grateful to ...
Being Off his game won't worry Rich; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE SPL LATEST...(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Hugh Keevins RICHARD OFFIONG has gone from being the First Division's Player of the Year and top scorer six months ago to the subs bench with one goal to his name in the SPL. But the Hamilton forward won't go into today's derby withMotherwell any more ...
Reid has his players Well on their guard; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE SPL LATEST...(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... HAMILTON boss Billy Reid reckons derby rivals Motherwell will be on a revenge mission when the sides meet this afternoon. Accies sent Mark McGhee's side crashing out of the Co-operative Insurance Cup earlier in the season and Reid would love to be a winner again. But ...
Hugh hopes Love affair will go on; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE SPL LATEST... Murray goal to play at new home.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY NEIL CAMERON HUGH MURRAY will forever be known as the man whose goal saved St Mirren. Now the midfielder is praying he'll be involved on the pitch when the club reach another pivotal moment in their history with January's move to their new stadium. ...
THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A RUN; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE SPL LATEST... Ian: We need to bounce back ST MIRREN v HIBS Today, Love St, 3pm.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Craig Swan IAN MURRAY reckons Hibs endured a "hellish"run over the past two months. But the Easter Road ace insists a November to remember can launch Mixu Paatelainen's side back on course for an assault on third place in the SPL. Murray, left, ...
101 60 wins, just 17 defeats and a place in UEFA Cup Final but Smith is still haunted by Kaunas hell and fan who asked: Do you care as much as me? EXCLUSIVE RANGERS BOSS TALKS TO Record Sport.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY DAVID McCARTHY WALTER SMITH watched the latest James Bond movie at a charity function in London on Thursday night. All action and no storyline was the verdict but then again Smith is no Jonathan Ross. And ain't that a relief. The Rangers manager ...
HANDS OFF TOMMO.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Chris Roberts WALTER SMITH last night warned West Brom they are wasting their time even thinking about a move for Kevin Thomson this winter. Record Sport revealed last month Tony Mowbray will return with a bid for the Rangers midfielder in the January ...
LAY OFF NAKA.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Greig Thomas SCOTT BROWN last night blasted the "ridiculous" challenges Shunsuke Nakamura had to endure against Kilmarnock. Nakamura was booked after complaining to referee Craig Thomson about four tough tackles on him. And Brown sympathised ...
YOU WON'T BE NEEDING THIS NACHO; McNACHO: THE DREAM IS DEAD SFA chief ends Novo hopes of playing for Scots.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gary Ralston & Craig Swan GORDON SMITH last night denied undermining George Burley as the SFA shut the door on Nacho Novo's chances of playing for Scotland. The Hampden chief executive confirmed the four home nations are sticking - for now - to their ...
HBOS DEAL WILL HIT SCOTS HARDEST; Warning over risk to small firms.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Kevin Schofield SMALL businesses in Scotland will lose out from the planned takeover of HBOS, competition watchdogs have warned. But Business Secretary Peter Mandelson yesterday gave the go-ahead for the buyout by Lloyds TSB, despite the alert from the ...
TORIES PREDICT 4P INCOME TAX INCREASE.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... INCOME tax will have to rise by 4p to fund Government plans to spend their way out of the looming recession, the Tories claimed yesterday. Shadow chancellor George Osborne also warned that future generations would have to pick up the tab for Gordon Brown's plans to raise ...
Salmond chips in on pie-election trail.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... ALEX Salmond really took the biscuit in the search for votes yesterday. The First Minister and SNP candidate Peter Grant took time out from campaigning for the Glenrothes contest for a bite to eat. Salmond appeared impressed by the giant pie-shaped trophy awarded to ...
NATS ARE GETTING IT ALL WRONG; Brown's campaign attack GLENROTHES BY-ELECTION 5 DAYS TO GO.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Dave King GORDON Brown yesterday accused the SNP of making the "wrong decisions" for Scotland. The Prime Minister hit out as he joined the campaign trail in Glenrothes for the second time in less than a week. He and Labour candidate Lindsay Roy ...
Stunning Concept.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... DRINK-drivers are in for a shock in Russia - after cops were issued with high-voltage cattle prods. Officials believe zapping boozy motorists will be an instant wake-up call to the dangers of drink-driving and ...
BUSTED BY THE DRUG MACHINE; pounds 25k detector hits the clubs.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Bob Dow CLUBBERS were tested with a revolutionary drug detector for the first time last night. The pounds 25,000 Itemiser machine instantly reveals if a person has had contact with even tiny trace amounts of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and cannabis. ...
Letter: Your view - Sky-high cost of guise and dolls; Comment OF THE DAY.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: W. K. WHAT has happened to old-fashioned Halloween? When my children were growing up, they dressed up in anything they could find. They would be pirates, gypsies, chimney-sweeps and ladies with all their finery. As long as you weren't recognised, that was all ...
Letter: Your view - Sky-high cost of guise and dolls.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Geddes I'M 60 and when I was young, there was no problem going around the local neighbourhood guising. But times have changed. On Wednesday night, two dressed-up girls aged around seven knocked on my door shouting ...