Recently added articles from Evening News - Scotland:
Bedlam gains extra Momentum
Aug 26, 2008 ... BEDLAM Group has struck a promotional deal with Momentum Picturesfor the launch of the action-packed movie Never Back Down. The deal will see Bedlam's booking agency Nationwide Paintball,which operates 100 paintballing sites throughout the UK, offer afree voucher for 12 players ...
SKIER'S UPHILL BATTLE ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE
Aug 26, 2008; Gina Davidson interviews Alain Baxter ... As Chris Hoy returns from Beijing, Alain Baxter hopes to find theform that once made him an Olympic hero AS he stood on the podium, the blue-ribboned medal hanging roundhis neck matching the Saltire-shade he'd dyed his hair, Alain Baxtertightly clutched the skis which had ...
Room for one more and . . it's Spanish
Aug 26, 2008; John Gibson Edinburgh's best known columnist ... THE nerve of this guy. He breezes in from the wild west, takes ahard, business-like look at George Street, virtually all tied upwith its elbow-to-elbow array of bars and restaurants, and thinks tohimself "there's still room for me". Mario Gizzi duly made room, acquiring for GBP 2 ...
Leader: Transport funding: 'Trams levy on bus fares is a ludicrous idea'
Aug 26, 2008 ... THE suggestion by a council "think tank" that a trams levy be puton bus fares is a ludicrous suggestion that deserves to be kickedinto the long grass at the earliest opportunity. It is especiallyinsensitive at a time when Lothian Buses is struggling due to theincreased cost of fuel but ...
ECB talks up boost to facilities
Aug 26, 2008 ... CONFERENCE facilities in Edinburgh need to be enhanced if theCapital is to improve its standing as a leading global destinationfor business tourism, according to the Edinburgh Convention Bureau. The ECB is the body responsible for attracting national andinternational meetings to ...
Bovis braced for more pain
Aug 26, 2008 ... HOUSEBUILER Bovis Homes said today it was prepared for furthertough conditions after reporting an 80 per cent slump in half-yearprofits. The group's pre-tax surplus for the six months to June came in atGBP 9.5 million, down from GBP 58.4m for the previous year, afterwhat it ...
Sales slump 10 per cent despite record number of shows
Aug 26, 2008 ... OFFICIAL ticket figures for this year's Fringe show sales haveslumped ten per cent on last year, despite an expanded programmewhich contained a record 2088 shows. A total of 1.54 million tickets were sold - down from 1.7m. The ongoing problems with the box office will ...
Death-defying daredevil's picture is worth the dramas
Aug 26, 2008; Sue Gyford ... Rare signed photo is expected to fetch GBP 3500 at auction HE survived nine plane crashes, taking to the sky againstdoctors' orders, standing up in an open cockpit with his leg tied tothe seat as he captured some of the world's earliest aerial images. Now this spectacular ...
Bus chief 'compares babies to wet dogs'
Aug 26, 2008; HAZEL MOLLISON ... Pram mums insulted as letter cites Great Danes and drunks ANGRY parents today accused Lothian Buses of comparing babies todogs as the company attempts to defend its controversial pram ban. They said a letter sent by chairman Pilmar Smith attempting toplacate protesting parents ...
Sailors rescued in Forth
Aug 26, 2008 ... THREE people had to be rescued from the Firth of Forth today whentheir 24ft yacht started taking on water after striking something inthe water. The water started to seep into the vessel - named Seeka Three -as it sailed near Inchcolm Island at about 7.20am. It is unclear ...
Stranded Marie feared she would die on mountain
Aug 26, 2008; Alan McEwen; Fay Winter ... Retired nurse ate acorns to survive 3 days in Spanish heat A RETIRED nurse has told how she feared she would die as shespent three agonising days trapped on a Spanish mountain. Unable to move after falling and injuring her hip, Marie Bremnerate acorns and rubbed fresh grass on ...
GBP 80,000 boost for cinemas
Aug 26, 2008 ... CINEMAGOERS with visual or hearing difficulties will have a wholenew world of film opened up to them thanks to the installation ofnew audio description and subtitling equipment. The scheme, run by Scottish Screen and funded by the ScottishArts Council Lottery Fund, has resulted in ...
Quick News: Help to keep in touch
Aug 26, 2008 ... A COMPUTER project which helps people in care homes keep in touchwith friends and family via e-mail is looking for ...
Help beach to clean up its act
Aug 26, 2008 ... VOLUNTEERS are being asked to help clean a popular beach and helpwith a survey of seaside litter. The Marine Conservation Society is planning its Beachwatch 2008event at Cramond on Saturday, September 20. It is part of its Adopt-a-Beach ...
Quick News: Station lines up revamp
Aug 26, 2008 ... LINLITHGOW railway station in West Lothian is to undergoimprovements as part of a GBP 370 million UK-wide initiative toimprove disabled access. Linlithgow is one of five Scottish ...
Bull Terriers dumped and left for dead on farm by owners
Aug 26, 2008; Catherine Salmond ... Stable worker was shocked at finding flea-ridden dogs TWO bald dogs suffering from bleeding skin and flea infestationshave been discovered dumped on a farm in the Lothians. The English Bull Terriers were left for dead by their owners inWest Calder, in a state described by vets ...
Funeral for tragic Capital photographer
Aug 26, 2008 ... THE funeral is to be held of a 29-year-old man killed at a flatin Leith earlier this month. Stephen Edgar, a photography graduate of Stevenson College, diedon August 14. A requiem mass is to be held at St John Ogilvie Church inMurrayburn Drive, Wester Hailes, on Friday, ...
Owners furious as factoring bill doubles without warning
Aug 26, 2008; Sue Gyford ... Residents accuse firm of charging for unsolicited repairs A GROUP of residents have been hit with a huge bill after theirfactoring charges more than doubled without warning. Homeowners in the Gilmerton Road block say their usual chargesare around GBP 120 per flat for three ...
Final day Fringe frenzy axed as ticket nightmare goes on
Aug 26, 2008; MARK McLAUGHLIN ... Half-price offers are abandoned as box office software fails FRINGE organisers were forced to abandon their closing two-for-one Ticket Frenzy yesterday as this year's box office nightmarecontinued right up to the final day. The temporary software patches used to plug the gaps ...
FIRST EDITION POTTER BOOKS UNDER THE HAMMER
Aug 26, 2008 ... A SET of four autographed first edition Harry Potter books is setto raise up to GBP 2000 at auction in Edinburgh tomorrow. The set was originally sold at a fundraising charity ball for theAnthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust in Glasgow in November 2000, and isnow on the market again ....