Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) back issues from July 2009:
Jokes banned in pub.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... AN ISLAND's only Michael Jackson fan has banned jokes about him from her pub. Jane Hanlon, 31, got so fed-up with cracks about her idol she put up a sign outside An Tigh Seinnse on Islay. It reads: "Anyone found to be disrespectful to the memory of Michael Jackson by ...
'He was never happier'.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... JACKO'S photographer pal Kevin Mazur last night told how the star was at his peak as he rehearsed for the tour. In what was to be his last interview, Jacko said at LA's Staple Center: "This is where I belong. Come on, let's make this happen. I'm so excited." Jacko ...
TRAGIC KINGDOM; Neverland ranch lies a sad and empty wreck of star's fantasy land.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... THIS is Michael Jackson's fantasy world - lying in tatters. These pictures, taken days before his death, show how his Neverland mansion has become a ghost town. The singer once filled the jam-packed rooms with bizarre artifacts, life-sized mannequins and toy figures ...
Soccer Shorts.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... IT'S MURPHY'S LAW FOR LIVINGSTON have appointed John Murphy as manager - but are set to face legal action from West Lothian Council as the club plunges to the brink. Livi could face proceedings from the Court of Session as well as administration with the club given a June 30 ...
CLYDE YARD CRISIS; EXCLUSIVE: Secret closure plan threatens 3500 Scots workers: TORPEDOED.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Magnus Gardham SECRET plans to close two Clyde shipyards have been drawn up by the defence giant building Britain's new aircraft carriers. A leaked memo from the boss of the Govan and Scotstoun yards has raised fears that both sites could be axed within a ...
Tiny twin death probe.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Tiny twin death probe POLICE crime scene officers leave the home of a young Dundee couple yesterday ...
C'MON ANDY!(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Roar him tovictory ...
JACKO'S REVENGE ON DAD.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... JACKO'S REVENGE ON DAD ...
today@DailyRecord.co.uk.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... said FALLEN ANGEL Evicted housemate Angel on her time in the house. Watch now at of you Thriller was your favourite Michael Jackson album JOHNNY DEPP We ...
Aid group Scot held.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... A SCOT is among 21 human rights activists "kidnapped" by Israeli authorities. Theresa McDermott was on an aid boat near the Gaza coast when ...
pounds 902m tax 'not paid'.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... SCOTLAND'S councils are owed pounds 902million in council tax - and non-payers cost them pounds 109 million last year. Figures out yesterday show that the total ...
Radio go ga ga for Scot.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... MORAY Firth Radio have changed their name to Murray Firth Radio as Murray Mania hits fever pitch. Breakfast presenter Ginno Conti said yesterday: "Many of our listeners this morning were shattered but riveted by the coverage. Some slept in for work, including ...
THE OPPONENT.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... SPANIARD Juan Carlos Ferrero, 29, is nicknamed "mosquito" for his speed and wiry build. ...
Roof is fine, say bosses.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... WIMBLEDON bosses rejected Andy Murray's complaints of stifling humidity under the Centre Court roof yesterday. After winning his five-set battle against Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka, Murray said: "When I finished, it was like I had been in a bath. It was very very humid." ...
Hulk: He was fit as a fiddle.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... INCREDIBLE Hulk star Lou Ferrigno says Jackson had "never looked better" as he trained for his comeback concerts. Muscleman Lou was helping Jacko get in shape for the 50 shows. And he insisted: "He convinced me that he was going to make the biggest comeback in ...
Got a story?(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... PHONE: 0141309 3251 TEXT: 84080 START YOUR ...
Capital's honour for cycle hero Hoy.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... OLYMPIC cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy was honoured by his home city yesterday. Hoy, 33, received the Edinburgh Award to recognise his achievements and the contribution he has made. The triple Beijing Olympic gold medallist follows previous winners JK Rowling and ...
COPS PROBE DEATH OF TINY TWIN BOY; Neighbours tell of their shock after tragedy of four-week-old baby.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: James Moncur POLICE and social services were yesterday investigating the sudden death of a fourweek-old twin boy. Paramedics were called out in the early hours of the morning but declared little Zach Hathway dead. Tayside Police sealed off a ground ...
Driver backs over woman and toddler; 42-year-old dies, girl aged 3 injured in car park tragedy.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Amy Devine A WOMAN was killed and a threeyear-old girl injured when a driver backing into a disabled bay ran over them in a supermarket car park. Both were trapped under the vehicle's wheels and firefighters had to use high pressure airbags to lift the car off ...
Deal a bit shady.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Supermarket giant Asda is set to sell Brad Pitt-style aviator sunglasses for men, women ...
Speaker to lord it.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... DEPOSED Commons Speaker Michael Martin is to be made a lord. The Queen informed Parliament that the former Labour MP for Glasgow North-east will get a peerage. Martin ...
Hampden ain't a bad place to be; the Razz.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEV LYONS OLD ROCKERS never die, they just sweat it out, and AC/DC showed they can just keep going and going. The rain stayed off, but Hampden was Thunderstruck as rockers Malcolm and Angus Young played to a home crowd alongside lead singer Brian Johnson. Classics were ...
TOMMY TAKES OVER T; Reilly's bringing all his pals along.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEV LYONS SCOTS singer Tommy Reilly is planning on camping out with his pals at T in the Park - but record chiefs are worried he'll be partied out by the time he plays his gig on Sunday. Tommy, who stormed the charts with his single Gimme A Call after winning ...
SMOOTHIE T4 presenter Steve Jones [...]; the Razz.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEV LYONS SMOOTHIE T4 presenter Steve Jones has admitted he was once engaged. Ladies' man Steve said: "I was engaged once. I don't think many people know that. I was 22 years old and she was a wonderful girl, but things just didn't work out." Despite a ...
MAXIMO Park are coming to [ ... ]; the Razz.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEV LYONS MAXIMO Park are coming to Scotland this autumn. The ...
WIN TICKETS TO SEE THE VIEW AT T; the Razz.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEV LYONS WIN a pair of tickets for T in the Park AND get to watch The View from the side of the stage. Thanks to DF Concerts and Tennent's Lager we have a pair of weekend camping tickets to giveaway plus an exclusive moneycan't-buy prize. Not ...
Justin's a geezer; the Razz.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEV LYONS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE might have made music with Madonna, but he likes to party with her estranged hubbie Guy Ritchie. The singer was treated to a lock-in and singsong at Guy's pub The Punchbowl when he visited London to promote his new fashion label ...
TOUGH AT THE TOP; the Razz.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEV LYONS TOUGH AT THE TOP IT'S a hard life. Miley Cyrus had to call on all her talents to snog co-star Liam Hemsworth on the ...
Daughter fiddled pension.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... A WOMAN who claimed her dad'spension for three years after he died has been ordered to repay pounds 20,160. Diane Elliott, 58, pretended her father was still alive and forged his signature on forms. She was rumbled after the supermarket where he had worked got ...
I'VE CRACKED THE PYRAMIDS; Scots cafe owner claims he's found secret.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Craig McQueen FOR thousands of years the pyramids of Egypt have amazed and baffled people in equal measure. Tourists and scholars alike have been awestruck by the size and precision of the structures, while struggling to comprehend why they were built in the ...
See what can happen when you pick on the wrong pensioner.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... THIS is the battered face of a knifeman beaten up by a pensioner he tried to stab. Gregory McCalium, 23, is pictured in a police mugshot bearing the scars of his beating at the hands of Frank Corti, 72. A court heard yesterday how drunken McCalium smashed his way into ...
LOCAL'S HEROES; Couple save movie pub.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Stuart Patterson ONE of Scotland's most famous pubs is set for a new lease of life after it was finally saved by Local Heroes. The Pennan Inn has been lying empty for two years and it was feared it might never reopen. But now Freddy Johnson and his ...
Forces Day 13 in court.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... THIRTEEN people appeared in court yesterday charged with breaching the peace at an Armed Forces Day parade in Glasgow. The group are alleged to have disrupted celebrations in the city's George Square on Saturday. Colin Campbell, 30, Christopher Kinney, 25, and Liam ...
Player is guilty of rape bid.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... A FORMER footballer was yesterday convicted of attempting to rape a woman in a city centre street. Paul Reynolds, 19, who played for Clyde and Airdrie United, was dragged off his 20-year-old victim with his trousers and boxers at his ankles by two bouncers. During a ...
IT'S A MATERIA WHIRL; But Daihatsu's supermini offers value for money.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: KERRY SIMPSON DAIHATSU'S daringly designed Materia has, rather like life, its ups and downs. The upside is superb styling, eye-opening cabin space squeezed out of supermini dimensions and run-forever engineering. But this small people-mover takes a ...
WHEEL SCOTS.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... MERCEDES have introduced a Grand Edition version of their four-door coupe - the CLS-Class. The one-off 3.5-litre diesel version - complete with power upgrade to 272bhp - will now cost from pounds 48,445. HONDA have slashed a couple of grand off prices in their Civic range ....
entertainment.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... entertainment it's what we're about to advertise call ...
READER OFFER.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... READER OFFER ...
Celts lose to Bairns.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Gardner FALKIRK manager Eddie May has persuaded Ross Wilson to turn down Celtic and take up the new post as head of football development with the Bairns. Wilson, who was the club's head of education and welfare, had agreed to move to a similar role at ...
Jambos capture wing ace Santana.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Alan Marshall SPANISH winger Suso Santana has joined Hearts on a three-year contract. The 24-year-old, who was on loan at Fuerteventura last term, agreed to join the Jambos after his deal at Tenerife expired. Last night Suso said: "I like to take ...
Hull may quit race for Marc.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... CELTIC could move into pole position for signing MarcAntoine Fortune after Hull threatened to withdraw their pounds 4million bid for the Nancy striker. Fortune - who agreed personal terms with the English Premiership outfit two weeks ago - is believed to have held talks with ...
Charlie pleads to stay.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... CHARLIE ADAM last night pleaded with Rangers boss Walter Smith to give him a second chance. The midfielder made only nine appearances last season before being loaned out to Blackpool. A string of Championship clubs have shown interest in Adam and financial pressures ...
We need two new Buddies.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... ST MIRREN manager Gus MacPherson is still aiming to bring in two new players despite having his budget and squad cut. He needs another defender following the loss of Will Haining, Scott Cuthbert and Marc McAusland. The Buddies boss said: "It's difficult to put a ...
Soccer Shorts; IT'S MURPHY'S LAW FOR LIVI.(Features)
Jul 01, 2009 ... LIVINGSTON have appointed John Murphy as manager - but are set to face legal action from West Lothian Council as the club plunges to the brink. Livi could face proceedings from the Court of Session as well as administration with the club given a June 30 deadline by council ...
Tracy's accent simply annoys; TELLY WATCH.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tennis E Willams PAUL ROBESON was on Court One for Women's quarterfinals day. But sadly he didn't treat us to his timeless version of Ol' Man River. This had a lot to do with the fact that the great baritone and civil rights activist is dead! But nonetheless, ...
DOG TIRED; Andy recovers for Ferrero clash by snoozing with his pet pooch.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: HUGH KEEVINS ANDY MURRAY woke up yesterday to find his name on the lips of the nation. But that didn't mean his pooch got the push the night before. Britain's No.1 might have been left exhausted after his five-set drama with Stan Wawrinka but he allowed man's ...
MURRAY FANS IN 60 HOUR TICKET VIGIL; HERE WE GO AGAIN... HERE WE GO AGAIN: ANDY.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Hugh Keevins MURRAY MANIA has gripped Wimbledon as fans waited an incredible 60 hours to see Andy in action today. There has never been anything like it in the 123 years of the championships. Supporters began their quest for tickets to today's ...
FLETCH SEALS pounds 3M BURNLEY SWITCH; pounds 3m DEAL.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Anthony Haggerty STEVEN FLETCHER last night sealed a pounds 3million switch to Premiership new boys Burnley and insisted it was a dream come true to finally get his move to the best league in the world. In a whirlwind day for Fletcher, the former Hibs striker ...
Jim has that six appeal; Well in for six.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Neil Cameron NEW Motherwell boss Jim Gannon last night revealed he will rebuild his depleted side with at least SIX new signings. But transfer business must wait until after the Europa League qualifier against Llanelli. The first leg is at Airdrie tomorrow. ...
Tiny twin death probe.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... POLICE crime scene officers leave the home of a young Dundee couple yesterday as a probe gets ...
Life ban is lifted.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... MONTY Python's Life Of Brian is to be shown in Glasgow for the first time since it was effectively banned 29 years ago. Licensing chiefs ruled in 1980 that the spoof of the life of Christ could only be shown in the city with an over-18 X-certificate. And because ...
Kate: I'll quit over pay cuts.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... BREAKFAST TV presenter Kate Garraway has threatened to quit GMTV if bosses force through pay cuts. Garraway, 42, who is expecting her second child next month, is furious at moves to slash her pounds 280,000 salary by pounds 70,000. A source close to Garraway said: ...
MARIAH HAIRY; WILL THE REAL SLIM CAREY PLEASE STAND UP..: Singer puts boot into Eminem by playing a male rapper in video.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Beverley Lyons DIVA Mariah Carey swapped her curves, cleavage and heels for a beard and baggy pants in her latest video. The singer got into an Eminemstyle mode in the video for new track Obsessed. Mariah sported a goatee to cross-dress as a ...
Cliff Richard rap.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Singer Cliff Richard has been ordered to demolish a pounds 30,000 conservatory at his ...
Hocus focus.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Keys to success are rituals and concentration ANDY Murray will use superstition and concentration to work his magic in the fight to clinch a Wimbledon semi-final place today. The world No3 will warm up on his favourite practice court at a specific time. During the ...
12 fans commit suicide.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2009 ... AT least a dozen distraught fans have killed themselves since Jackson's death, it was claimed yesterday. Gary Taylor, president of the London online fan club MJJcommunity.com, said he believed one of the fans was British. He said: "I believe the total figure is 12. ...
JACKO'S REVENGE; Star leaves father with nothing but gives cash and kids to mum.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rick Fulton MICHAEL JACKSON took revenge on his cruel dad by cutting him out of his will, it was claimed last night. Reports said Jacko left cash to his mum Katherine and kids and gave money to charities, but didn't want dad Joe to get a penny. And ...
Gig ticket souvenir.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2009 ... FANS who paid in advance for Michael Jackson's UK concerts have been offered money back or a souvenir ticket as an alternative. Promoter AEG Live said the tickets ...
Madonna in tour tribute.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2009 ... MADONNA is to pay tribute to Jackson at a show on what would have been the tragic star's 51st birthday. Promoters in Bulgaria say the singer is planning to introduce ...
SOLE SURVIVOR; TRAGEDY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark McGivern A TEENAGE girl was rescued from the ocean yesterday - the only survivor from a crashed jet carrying 153 people. The 14-year-old, named only as Bahia, was found floating 10 miles from the Comoros islands in the Indian Ocean, where the Yemenia Air ...
Snip op stallion's escape.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... A RACEHORSE made a dramatic bid for freedom on a motorway - hours before he was due to be castrated. Trade Price was returning from Musselburgh races, where he had finished third, on Monday when he leaped into the front section of the horsebox. The driver pulled on ...
Scots act on noise nuisance.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... COUNCIL bosses in Scotland are the strictest in the UK for acting against noisy neighbours. Falkirk Council issued 190 ASBOs to the pests last year, more than any other UK authority. And Dundee and Edinburgh were second and third for noise abatement notices issued by ...
16 KILLED IN FIREBALL TRAIN CRASH.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... AT LEAST 16 people died when a train ploughed into houses, sparking a gas-fuelled fireball in Tuscany, Italy. The train, carrying liquefied natural gas, struck homes in Viareggio as victims slept. Rescue officials said at least 50 people were hurt. The train was ...
BOOZE DEATHS SHOCK; One every three hours.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Magnus Gardham BOOZE could be killing a Scot every three hours. Research suggests the death toll from alcohol is nearly twice as high as previously thought. An NHS study, using a new method of calculation, found 2882 Scots - equivalent to one every ...
RETURN OF THE WONKY CARROT; EU LIFT BARMY RULES ON BENDY FRUIT AND VEG.(News)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Geoff Meade CURVY cucumbers and knobbly carrots return to supermarket shelves today - after the EU chucked out rules on the size and shape of 36 types of fruit and veg. For 20 years, EU-wide marketing standards have meant only the finest-looking produce ...