Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from January 2009:
HEAD-IN-BAG HORROR; Hunt after mummified remains found on footpath.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Amy Devine A HORRIFIED woman yesterday found a severed human head in a shopping bag on a busy footpath. Police believe the mummified head was dumped on the walkway within the last seven days - but the victim may have died up to 10 years ago. ...
59 REVELLERS KILLED IN NIGHTCLUB BLAZE; 130 injured in Thai horror inferno.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Ben Spencer AT LEAST 59 New Year revellers died in a fire that swept through a nightclub in the Thai capital Bangkok last night. Rescue workers counting bodies at the scene said about 130 others were injured after the blaze broke out in the two-storey ...
Hard times in 2009.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... GORDON Brown last night warned the country 2009 "won't be easy" as it faces up to the economic crisis. In the PM's New Year message, he insisted Britain would pull through - but admitted the challenge was "enormous". Brown said: "This coming year won't be easy but I ...
PM Gaza peace plea.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... PRIME Minister Gordon Brown last night demanded an "immediate and urgent" ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel yesterday defied mounting international pressure and unleashed more devastating air raids yesterday as the Palestinian death toll reached 390. Brown said: ...
Marine dies on Afghan patrol.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A ROYAL Marine was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan yesterday. The serviceman, from Arbroath-based 45 Commando, died while on routine patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand province. Commander Paula Rowe, spokeswoman for Task Force Helmand, said: "Every death ...
Busy Chas works it out.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... PRINCE Charles has pipped his sister Anne to become the most hard-working royal for the first time. Charles carried out 560 official engagements in 2008. The Princess Royal, who ...
Euro pips the pound.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... HOLIDAYMAKERS were getting less than one euro for pounds 1 yesterday as the single currency reached its 10th anniversary at an all-time high against sterling. A pound was buying just 97 cents at the ...
Burning body at roadside.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... THE burning body of a man was found at the side of a busy motorway. The victim had suffered substantial head injuries. The body was found after a driver reported seeing a fire by the M45 near Rugby on Tuesday afternoon. Detective Superintendent Adrian ...
Shaven headed raiders get pounds 30k.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... DETECTIVES were yesterday hunting armed thugs who robbed two security guards at a supermarket. Two shaven-headed raiders struck outside Tesco in St Rollox Business Park, Springburn, Glasgow, before escaping with more than pounds 30,000 in a silver Volkswagen Golf, driven by a ...
TV comic phone rap.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... STAND-UP comic Lee Hurst yesterday pleaded not guilty to smashing an audience member's mobile phone at one of his gigs. At Guildford Magistrates Court, Hurst, 56, denied smashing Gareth Hughes's pounds 80 phone the at the Stoke ...
Ears hacked off.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A jealous husband cut off his wife's ears after suspecting her of calling a lover ....
BRRRING IN 2009; THE NEW YEAR ROARS IN WITH ICY BLAST OF HIGH SPIRITS Scots revellers brave big freeze to party.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Jack Mathieson THOUSANDS of revellers across Scotland defied sub-zero temperatures to usher in 2009 in rousing style. Huge crowds attended street parties up and down the country. Paisley heart-throb Paulo Nutini wowed big crowds in both Edinburgh ...
Expats' low key night; THE NEW YEAR ROARS IN WITH ICY BLAST OF HIGH SPIRITS.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... EXPATS in Dubai were planning alternative celebrations after all public parties were cancelled. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of the Gulf state, called off festivities late yesterday following the violence in Gaza. Many hotels revised their ...
Time flies for Big Ben; THE NEW YEAR ROARS IN WITH ICY BLAST OF HIGH SPIRITS.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... BIG BEN chimed in a special year as 2009 heralds the landmark's 150th anniversary. Work on the world famous clock tower was completed in 1859 and it first stuck the hour on July 11 that year. It has survived ...
Counting a deathly toll; THE NEW YEAR ROARS IN WITH ICY BLAST OF HIGH SPIRITS.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A GIANT led counter which will keep track of the number of deaths around the world this year has been unveiled in London. Spanish artist Santiago Sierra has loaned his work, called Death Counter, to insurers Hiscox in return for a personal ...
NO SEX PLEASE, YOU'RE BRITISH; FEARS OVER RISE IN VISITS TO COUNTRIES WITH STRICT LAWS Warning to tourists.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By John Ferguson THE number of Brits getting into trouble abroad could soar this year as more travellers visit countries with stricter laws on drink, sex and drugs. With a predicted rise in trips to destinations such as Dubai, Turkey and Egypt next year, the ...
Spain is still the holiday favourite; FEARS OVER RISE IN VISITS TO COUNTRIES WITH STRICT LAWS.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... SCOTS holidaymakers continued to flood into Spain last year. More than 1.2million passengers flew to popular sunspots such as the Costa Del Sol in 2008, twice the number flying to nearest rival Holland. And while Ireland remained the third favourite destination for ...
Get more duty-free; FEARS OVER RISE IN VISITS TO COUNTRIES WITH STRICT LAWS.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... THE value of duty-free goods UK travellers can bring in from outside the EU goes up today from pounds 300 to pounds 340. Fragrances, electrical goods and souvenirs ...
SWITCH ON.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Annie Brown Jools' Annual Hootenanny 2008, BBC2, Wed The cool way to see in the Bells, even if it wasn't live. Shooting ...
SWITCH OFF.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Annie Brown Top of The Pops, BBC1, Thurs Alexandra Burke's murderous version of Hallelujah disrupted the digestion of my Christmas dinner. ...
Watson was BBC's pielight; BBC1, Hogmanay.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Annie Brown THE New Year "special" Comedy Resolutions was comparable to being force-fed leftovers from the BBC canteen. Repeats of classic sketches replaced Still Game in the Hogmanay schedule for BBC Scotland. And it felt like choking on haggis ...
Most Annoying People 2008; BBC Three, Mon.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Annie Brown BBC Three's irreverent review of the year looked back on the celebrities who made us itch with irritation in 2008. But I didn't agree with their number one choice Agyness Deyn, who apart from her ...
Top Gear Vietnam Special BBC2, Sunday.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Annie Brown TOP Gear ended its current series with an epic voyage across Vietnam in eight days. The BBC billed it as one of "the most incredible road trips Top Gear has ever attempted" but failed to mention the few hundred miles they covered by train. ...
quote.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Touching festive family exchange from The Royle Family (Christmas Day, BBC1) Denise: "You could get ...
Justin is true star of Fame; Bring Back Fame, Ch4, Sat.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Annie Brown JUSTIN Lee Collins, the man who "brought back" Dallas and Star Wars, was a joy in Bring Back Fame. Given 10 days - if you don't count the weeks devoted by minimum-wage researchers - he had to reunite the cast of Fame for a street jam. ...
Plea over missing train girl.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... POLICE were last night hunting for a 14-year-old girl who went missing on a crowded train. Alba MacLeod Berongos was travelling with her dad on a Glasgow to Edinburgh service when she disappeared. He lost sight of her on the train as it arrived at Haymarket Station ...
Cordon Blue.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Dieters can now get blue-tinted glasses to help them lose weight. The Japanese ...
LONELY GANNET; 1400-mile airlift bid to save seabird trapped in Scotland.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Kevan Christie CARERS of Scotland's loneliest seabird are hoping to fly him to Gibraltar. Maximus the gannet was plucked to safety last month after 150,000 of his pals flew off to sunnier climes, leaving him behind. The eight-week-old chick, ...
Forcing people to drink is a bad idea.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joan Burnie Q THIS isn't really a problem, it's just a wee plea to people asking them not to try to force drink on others. I know it's a big joke to some people, but it's not to those like me who are alcoholics. I am coming up for my third sobriety birthday ...
Christmas dinner.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joan Burnie Q WHEN I met him my partner was in a miserable marriage. He only stayed because of his kids. But with my support he felt able to escape. I encouraged him to see the kids despite his wife bad-mouthing me. We have been together now for 18 months and ...
Cousin abused me and I feel ashamed.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joan Burnie Q I WAS abused sexually by my cousin when I was 12. It happened three times and I still remember every single minute of it. Thankfully he and my aunt moved away soon after but I can tell you it made my life very difficult. My first ...
'I've been dreaming about gay sex with men - should I ignore it?'.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joan Burnie Q IAM 35. When I was in my teens I thought I might be gay. But I didn't want to be gay so I worked hard to be straight. I had loads of affairs and, without boasting, also discovered I could have any woman I wanted. I was a real Jack the ...
I snogged my 16-year-old niece.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joan Burnie Q I BEHAVED very badly at a family party. I had too much to drink and I French-kissed my 16-year-old niece. I am 58 and absolutely disgusted with myself. The girl told her mum who unfortunately told her sister, my wife. Now I'm having ...
Letter: Your view - Israel must give peace a chance; Comment OF THE DAY.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Duncan McFarlane I WAS saddened by yesterday's news that the Israeli security council had voted to continue the attacks on Gaza. It is wrong for the armed wing of Hamas to kill Israeli civilians by indiscriminately firing rockets, but it is equally wrong for ...
Letter: Your view - Israel must give peace a chance.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: J.C.W. BRITAIN and America will not stand against Israel, so it is up to the world to unite and stop Palestine ...
Letter: Your view - Israel must give peace a chance.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: M.B. YOUR columnist George Galloway's comments that Israel are aggressors made me boil with anger. Does he not recall that Hamas sent in more than 3000 rockets during the so-called truce and at least ...
Letter: Your view - Good golly.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: A.Lindsay AS a child, my jar of jam and toys showing golliwogs had no racial significance to me. Our tolerant Christian nation is being dictated to by a minority - the same minority who have no qualms in making a profit selling all things relating to ...
Letter: Your view - Suffering alone.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Colin Bower IN this credit crunch, with so many suffering, from their homes being repossessed to the loss of their jobs, it is wonderful to learn how much the Members of Parliament are following the philosophy "charity begins at home". Acareful investigation ...
Letter: Your view - Net result.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jim Geddes I ALWAYS detest this time of year when I have to queue in busy Post Offices to renew my car road tax. This year, I had a surprise when my reminder from the DVLA said that I could do it online in minutes. I was not going to go ahead, ...
Letter: Your view - Hardly a 'new' year.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: G.M. THERE used to be sure-fire signs that New Year was here: Christmas trees appearing outside houses shedding their needles; piles and piles of boxes in the street waiting uplift after Christmas; and cheap drink offers in the shops, to name but a few. Now, ...
Letter: your texts.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Janet Morgan REGARDING Zavvi going bust: My mum - who is blind, deaf and dying from cancer - got my daughter 20 vouchers for her Christmas ....
Letter: your texts.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Nicole AT least Theo the puppy's owners handed him in to an animal shelter ...
Letter: your texts.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: Angry reader SO much for abolishing parking charges at hospitals. They've ...
Letter: help.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: J.(Mick) Murphy TRYING to contact Isabel, who I met in Blackpool in November with her ...
Letter: help.(Letters)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: I.L. ON Sunday, December 21, my granddaughter went to Baritza in Kirkcaldy and left her bag, containing her present to me. It had ...
Pray.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... THERE was no room for them in the inn. St Luke 2,7 AN INN so crowded that there ...
We Deliver.(Features)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Good Morning, We can arrange to have your copy of the Daily Record delivered to your door ...
HERE'S TO OUR HAPPY NEW YEAR; RECORD SPORT COLUMNISTS MAKE THEIR SPORTING WISH LISTS FOR 2009.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: BY NEIL CAMERON THE new sporting year starts today. Let's hope it leads to Scotland getting to the World Cup, our clubs doing better in Europe, Scots getting back to being a real force in golf and Andy Murray to, well, win everything. Here we ask ...
Dons will battle to stop Lee leaving.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Ian Orr JIMMY CALDERWOOD will do all he can to keep Lee Miller at Aberdeen - but the Dons boss admits if the striker continues his recent fine form it could be hard to persuade him to stay. Calderwood believes Miller is the best striker in the SPL and fears ...
Zal could have been off before he was off; Exclusive.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Gary Ralston REFEREE Iain Brines was ready to red card Marius Zaliukas even before his dismissal for a Pittodrie bust-up with Lee Miller. The Lithuanian defender last night claimed he is ready to quit Scotland because he is so disillusioned at the decision ...
BORO'S RAID ON FLETCH; EXCLUSIVE Hibees strike star is target in Premiership club's pounds 2.5m swoop.(Sport)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Neil Cameron STEVEN FLETCHER could play his last game for Hibs in the Edinburgh derby as Middlesbrough were last night preparing a pounds 2.5million bid for him. Record Sport can reveal Boro boss Gareth Southgate will send a representative to Tynecastle ...
54 REVELLERS DIE IN NIGHTCLUB BLAZE.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A NIGHTCLUB fire killed at least 54 New Year revellers yesterday. Witnesses claimed indoor fireworks sparked the blaze in the Thai capital Bangkok. The Santika Club - ...
2009 WON'T BE EASY BUT WE'LL HELP YOU; Brown's New Year vow to voters.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Daniel Bentley GORDON Brown last night warned the country 2009 "won't be easy" as it faces up to the economic crisis. In the PM's traditional New Year message, he insisted that Britain would pull through - but admitted the challenge was "enormous". ...
We're not finished yet, warns Israel.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... PRIME Minister Gordon Brown last night demanded an "immediate and urgent" ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel yesterday defied mounting international pressure and unleashed more devastating air raids yesterday as the Palestinian death toll reached 390. Brown said: ...
BRRRING IN 2009; Scots revellers brave big freeze to party THE NEW YEAR ROARS IN WITH ICY BLAST OF HIGH SPIRITS.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Jack Mathieson THOUSANDS of revellers across Scotland defied sub-zero temperatures to usher in 2009 in rousing style. Huge crowds attended street parties up and down the country. Paisley heart-throb Paulo Nutini wowed big crowds in both Edinburgh ...
Many, many happy returns.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... BRITAIN'S oldest twins will today celebrate their 101st birthdays - after defying odds of 700million to one to reach such an age. Betty Richards and Jenny Pelmore were born 30 minutes apart in Manchester on January 1, 1908. The pair live just a short drive from each ...
Last minute on doomed spaceship.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... THE crew of the Columbia space shuttle had only a minute to live after alarms starting going off, a NASA report said yesterday. But the seven victims of the 2003 disaster did not know that. They were being professional - working to get the ship back under control - when they ...
KOPA LOOK AT HIS TOOTH.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... THE man allegedly assaulted by Liverpool star Steven Gerrard yesterday showed off his missing tooth. Meanwhile, the England midfielder laughed with Brazilian Lucas and shook hands with striker Fernando Torres as he got back to training. The 28-year-old has been ...
NURSES' STRIKE THREAT OVER PARKING FIASCO; EXCLUSIVE Fury at hospitals' 4-hour stay rule.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Janice Burns and Magnus Gardham NURSES at Scotland's busiest hospitals are threatening strike action over a car parking fiasco. From today, fees at the majority of Scottish hospitals will be scrapped after a two-year Record campaign for free parking for ...
Woody's all-white wedding.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... ACTOR Woody Harrelson has wed in a star-studded ceremony in Hawaii. The star of Indecent Proposal and Natural Born Killers married long-term girlfriend Laura Louie. Among the guests were actors Owen Wilson and Sean Penn and singers Alanis Morrisette and Willie Nelson ....
Drug rap Amy back in court.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... AMY Winehouse was yesterday summoned to appear in a Norwegian court in connection with a fine for possessing drugs. Winehouse and husband Blake Fielder-Civil were fined pounds 250 each after being caught with a quarter of an ounce of marijuana in Bergen in October, 2007. ...
SLIM LINE KATE.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... SLINKY Kate Winslet shows off her sexy new figure. The British actress has trimmed down to size 10. Kate said: "I don't believe in this craziness for being skinny but I eat sensibly. "I don't go to the gym but I do Pilates every day." Now ...
MUM WINS pounds 1M WITH LAST FIVER; Hard-up Maria scoops fortune on scratchcard.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Byline: By Ben Spencer A MUM who was too skint to buy presents for her family spent her last pounds 5 on a Lottery scratchcard on Christmas Eve - and won pounds 1million. Maria Murray exchanged Christmas cards with her family but told them she could not afford to buy ...
Lotto for Games.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A QUARTER of the lottery money set aside for good causes is being used to fund the 2012 London Olympics and meet lottery distributors' admin costs, Tories claim. Research by the party showed Camelot gave pounds 1.2billion to the Good Causes fund in ...
Alert over heroin as bug kills drug user.(News)
Jan 01, 2009 ... A DRUG user has died from the flesh-eating bug necrotising fasciitis. And two other people are fighting for their lives in hospitals in Lanarkshire and Glasgow. A fourth patient with symptoms is responding well to treatment. Last night, health officials ...