Evening News - Scotland back issues from April 1999:
Trio set for starts
Apr 01, 1999 ... LIVINGSTON manager Ray Stewart is set to hand three of his starshome debuts in the crucial league clash against Alloa Athletic onSaturday. Midfielder Billy McDonald impressed on his first outing for theLions in the 1-1 draw with Partick Thistle at Firhill and iscertain to ...
Bosnia coach risks life and limb for Scots spy mission
Apr 01, 1999 ... BOSNIA coach Faruk Hadzibegic endured a 17-hour journey from hellto spy on Scotland at Parkhead last night. And, after watching Craig Brown's side go down 2-1 to the CzechRepublic, he warned: "We can foil your bid to finish second in thegroup." Hadzibegic, who attended the ...
Gould's hopes left hanging by thread
Apr 01, 1999 ... SWITZERLAND defeated Wales 2-0 in Zurich to severely dent BobbyGould's side's chances of qualifying for Euro 2000. Stephane Chapuisat scored in each half to help the Swiss moveintosecond spot behind Italy, who drew 1-1 at home to Belarus. Gould and his team will not admit ...
Berry is confident of staying in Capital
Apr 01, 1999; ... TED BERRY today delivered the message Edinburgh Rocks basketballfans want to hear when he said: Count me in for next season. Berry has been the star of the Capital team's debut season in theBudweiser League, and won the Most Valuable Player award at the mid-season All Star ...
Walker's nightmare has Neef in shock
Apr 01, 1999; ... SCOTTISH track star Melanie Neef today reflected on DougieWalker's drug nightmare and admitted: "I'd rather be injured than gothrough that." The former European Cup 400m champion was still in shock afterherfriend and Scotland team-mate was suspended by UK Athletics, pendinga ...
Jackson will play his heart out for us
Apr 01, 1999; ... STEVE FULTON used to think Hibs had an extra man on the pitchwhenhe played them in derbies. The reason was that someone wearing a green-and-white jerseyplayed as though he was possessed - a certain Darren Jackson. Now the pair are in the same team, and after less than a ...
I'll miss a golden future at Hibs
Apr 01, 1999; ... BRYAN GUNN may have no part in it, but as he hung up his glovestoday the former Scotland keeper insisted: "Hibs have a goldenfuture." Gunn has been forced into early retirement by a freak injury andspent most of yesterday saying farewells to his Easter Road team-mates. But ...
McLeish fears over Paatelainen subbing
Apr 01, 1999 ... HIBS boss Alex McLeish was today anxiously awaiting news of MixuPaatelainen after the Easter Road striker was taken off duringFinland's Euro 2000 clash with Germany in Nuremburg last night. Paatelainen, who was winning his 62nd cap, was replaced at half-time by Finland coach ...
Subie's singing and all that jazz hits right note
Apr 01, 1999; ... Subie Coleman, Jazz Joint, Henry's Cellar Bar *** IT'S hard to fail with a backing band made up of some ofEdinburgh's finest jazzmen. But it's even harder to rise above the accomplished playing ofRonnie Rae, Tom Bancroft and Tom Shields.Subie Coleman doesn't try. She lets her ...
Business unveils blueprint for future
Apr 01, 1999; ... SCOTLAND'S small firms have the potential for successful growth -and it can come about without extra cash but through greater co-operation with the Scottish Parliament. That is one of the findings of a new study which examines howHolyrood can give small firms a head start by ...
Veteran thief escapes red-handed
Apr 01, 1999 ... AN ageing bank robber dropped his haul after shuffling out of abranch of TSB in Edinburgh. The man, thought to be in his mid-40s and described as "not veryfast on his feet", walked into the bank on Gorgie Road and demandedcash after threatening staff with an unseen ...
Posters to warn of water dangers
Apr 01, 1999 ... EAST of Scotland Water hopes to avoid any tragedies this summerbyrunning a poster competition to alert youngster to the dangers ofswimming in reservoirs. The water authority fears children attracted to areas of water onhot summer days are unaware of the potential dangers from ...
Trouble brewing
Apr 01, 1999; ... BILL WATSON, the chief executive of the troubled Scottish RugbyUnion, showed the stoicism of an 18-stone prop yesterday when herefused to flinch at the huge sponsorship blow delivered byTennent's. The brewing giants have canned their big-money support of thedomestic game more ...
McCann's one of the Scotland winners
Apr 01, 1999; ... I HAVE to admit I went to Celtic Park last night fearing theworstfrom what was effectively a makeshift Scotland in the Euro 2000clashwith the Czech Republic. After the first 15 or 20 minutes, however, my spirits were raiseddramatically. Scotland just started so well ...
Comfort is going off the rails
Apr 01, 1999; ... WE have all become used to the hoo-ha which breaks out everythreemonths when the franchise director publishes his records of railperformance. It's the same old litany of troubles - complaints up,punctuality and reliability down. But the picture is different in Scotland, where ...
Time to draw a line under poverty myth
Apr 01, 1999; ... ACCORDING to Treasury figures, 12 million Britons are officiallypoor. Next comes the Chancellor's statement that the officialpoverty line is based on those earning less than around GBP 150 aweek. I once had a discussion with a colleague who maintained thatpoverty in Britain was ...
Alexander the great . . a radical success
Apr 01, 1999; ... New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (MCA) ***** Straw - Shoplifting (Warners) **** JUST when you thought the charts had been surrendered to Stepsandtheir shiny, smiling ilk, here is proof positive that pop musicneedn't be mindless nor meaningless.The first - ...
Coles removed as chairman
Apr 01, 1999 ... EMBATTLED International Olympic Committee member Phil Coles hasbeen removed as chairman of the Sydney Games Torch Relay Committee. Olympics Minister Michael Knight said Coles was obviouslydisappointed when told the news but claimed the circumstancessurrounding Coles made it ...
Trotting all over the town
Apr 01, 1999 ... AS the debate over Edinburgh's transport system continues torage,an unlikely solution has come riding into town. The horse and cart is making a comeback in the Capital - andenthusiasts for a greener kind of horsepower than that found underthe bonnet of a car predict the ...
Prickly problems in gardens
Apr 01, 1999; ... HEDGEHOGS face death in every corner of the city gardens theyadopt as their homes. Ponds, fruit nets, slug pellets, strimmers, bonfires andlawnmowers all pose potential threats to the prickly creatures - andare causing increasing numbers to come a cropper. Wildlife experts at ...
Boo boys may cost McAllister his place
Apr 01, 1999; ... SCOTLAND boss Craig Brown today admitted that he may have to dropskipper Gary McAllister for the good of the team after the Coventrystar was booed by the Tartan Army against the Czech Republic. Brown's decision to substitute McAllister in the second half lastnight was greeted by ...
Sales rise brings retail cheer
Apr 01, 1999 ... BRITISH retail sales have staged a sudden recovery and increasedat their fastest rate since September last year, the ConfederationofBritish Industry said today. The CBI's distributive trades survey for March showed that 41 percent of retailers reported a rise in sales volumes ...
Medics voice fears over Trust shake-up
Apr 01, 1999 ... THE most radical shake-up of Scotland's health service came intoforce today to a cautious welcome by doctors. The number of NHS trusts has been cut from 46 to 28 to streamlinehealthcare in hospitals and cut bureaucracy. In Lothian, the number of NHS trusts has been cut from six ...
Cabbies hail rug cover-up
Apr 01, 1999 ... ART student Laura Quarmby has been on an undercover mission tokeep cab passengers warm and cosy. The third-year sculpture student has fitted out a fleet of citytaxis with tartan rugs to give them a homely feel. And to help passengers tell one ...
Trade Secretary hails deal to rescue Rover
Apr 01, 1999 ... TRADE and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers today hailed the dealon Government aid to save Rover as a value-for-money package for thetaxpayer. "It breaks new ground as far as a package of this nature isconcerned because we have secured substantial investment from BMWitself to the ...
On course for battle
Apr 01, 1999; ... A RIVAL bid by hotel magnate Sir Rocco Forte could thwartEdinburgh pub tycoon Kevin Doyle's plans to create two new golfcourses in East Lothian. Millionaire Mr Doyle last month unveiled his latest leisureschemefor the Archerfield estate to protests from villagers . But ...
TV role beckons as hermit spared jail
Apr 01, 1999; ... SCOTS hermit Robert Sinclair is to become a wandering televisionstar after being given a second chance of freedom. Sinclair, who went on the run last month after being ordered tolive in a house, was given bail by Sheriff Robert Younger after apalappeared in court and offered him ...
Drums.. you just can't beat them
Apr 01, 1999; ... THEY are a common sight on the boulevards of Paris, advertisingthe latest films, plays and operas. And now two giant poster drums are set to bring a touch of theContinent to the Royal Mile, at the entrance to one of Edinburgh'sbest-known landmarks. The 15ft steel-and-glass ...
World order has two faces
Apr 01, 1999; ... THE tragic events in the Balkans reminds us of how sadly ill-equipped international political structures are to cope withunacceptable behaviour by any national government as we reach theMillennium. Today, with such instant global communication technology, youwould think that the ...
Lockerbie suspects 'to be handed over today'
Apr 01, 1999 ... THE two Libyans suspected of carrying out the Lockerbie bombingcould be handed over within hours, it was reported this afternoon. An Arabic newspaper based in London, Asharq Al-Awsat, quoted"informed sources" as saying that the two men were likely to beplaced in the hands of the ...
JAMES' DREAM COMES TRUE
Apr 01, 1999; ... HEARTS-DAFT Kevin James today savoured his GBP 300,000 move totheTynecastle side and admitted: "It's a dream come true." The 23-year-old, who was snapped up by Jim Jefferies from his oldclub Falkirk just before last night's transfer deadline, trainedwithhis new team-mates for ...
Highway robber stands to deliver
Apr 01, 1999 ... GHOSTLY tour guide Robin Mitchell plans to haunt the electioncampaign for the Scottish Parliament. He has formed his own party to stand as a candidate on theLothianlist. And he will do his electioneering dressed as highway robber AdamLyal, who was hanged in the Grassmarket ...
Rare response
Apr 01, 1999; ... THIS week I made a rare journey to that strange far-away city,Glasgow, to give a lunchtime public lecture in its magnificentconcert hall. To my astonishment, ...
Coming to you soon ... Armadale the movie!
Apr 01, 1999; ... SUN-KISSED sands, crashing waves and beautifully preserved artdeco hotels - none of these features spring immediately to mind foranyone planning to visit West Lothian. But one town has refused to throw in the beach towel in thebattleto attract tourists - and today unveiled a new ...
850,000 to fight homeless problem
Apr 01, 1999; ... WEST Lothian has won almost GBP 850,000 to tackle homelessnessandcut its housing waiting list. The cash will kick-start a GBP 2.2 million scheme to buy andrefurbish about 70 former council houses so they can be re-let forlow rents. The Scottish Office gave West Lothian ...
Stocks soar to record high
Apr 01, 1999 ... LEADING shares raced to record highs today as traders reportedrenewed hopes of interest rate cuts and a last-minute rush to buyPeps and Tessas. Millions of pounds was added to the value of the top UK companiesas the FTSE-100 Index jumped to 6370.1 points - up 74.8 on theprevious ...
Scots make changes
Apr 01, 1999 ... SCOTLAND have recalled three players to their team for the under-21 rugby international against France at Vienne on April 9. Heriot's stand-off Gordon Ross and Berwick scrum-half Mark Leereplace Chris Paterson and Robert Chrystie as Scotland's ...
Illness comes back to haunt polio victims
Apr 01, 1999; ... SUFFERERS of a "forgotten illness" which is affecting theirhealthafter lying dormant for years, need more support from the healthservice - doctors said today. A team of Edinburgh medics believes not enough is being done tohelp people who survived polio decades ago, but are now ...
Not a lotto control
Apr 01, 1999; ... LAST week parliament was told of further lottery funding intoareas previously covered by central or local government. The National Lottery is a great success. We all cheer when alocal project wins funds. But I have a nagging worry; do we notelect MPs ...
Stay safe in the city . . don't mention football
Apr 01, 1999; ... A NEW tourist guide to Edinburgh is being launched - and one ofits tips on enjoying the city is to avoid pub conversations aboutfootball, religion and politics. As well as describing the Capital's vibrant night life,magnificent architecture and famous festivals, the new Lonely ...
Transport of delights will feed flood to waterfront
Apr 01, 1999; ... EDINBURGH'S waterfront boom could spiral so quickly that Leithwill need its own futuristic public transport system, expertsrevealed today. Massive redevelopment projects from Granton to Portobello couldrequire a new monorail, tram or "guided bus" network to cope withdemand, it is ...
Lazarowicz tipped for Begg's job
Apr 01, 1999; ... A FORMER council leader and chairman of the Scottish Labour Partyhas been tipped to take charge of Edinburgh's transport reformsfollowing the departure of David Begg. Mark Lazarowicz, who led the ruling Labour group on EdinburghDistrict Council for seven years, could find himself ...
Homes plan is not to fat lady's taste
Apr 01, 1999; ... WHEN the Romans built a fort at Inveresk, they battled to holdtheir defensive line against the wild and ferocious Picts. Now well-to-do residents of the conservation village nearMusselburgh face a new struggle - against developers eager tobenefitfrom the cachet of an Inveresk ...
Kwik-Fit finds road to success with industry awards
Apr 01, 1999 ... KWIK-FIT has raced ahead of the competition and picked up two ofthe motor industry's Oscars. The Edinburgh-based group, now the world's largest independentparts, repair and replacement specialists, scooped the top prizes atthe 1999 Fleet News Awards. It won the Fleet Driver ...
Laugh like a drain at toilet humour
Apr 01, 1999 ... Little Book of Wrong Shui R Candappa, Ebury Press, GBP 1.99 IF there is one book that has captured the imagination of thoselooking for spiritual uplift and good fortune in an increasinglycynical and fast-moving world, it is Lillian Too's Little Book ofFeng Shui. But there ...
Cable & Wireless sues US firm
Apr 01, 1999 ... CABLE & WIRELESS is suing US telecoms group MCI Worldcom,allegingthe company has failed to meet its side of a GBP 1.1 billion dealagreed last year. The London-listed telecoms group bought MCI's Internet businessinSeptember, but is now seeking damages in the US courts, arguing ...
34,000 saves child helpline
Apr 01, 1999 ... THE Government today stepped in with a GBP 34,000 safety net tosave Childline Scotland's crisis-hit bullying helpline from closure. The service was facing a funding shortfall, but the extra cashshould ensure it can keep going. Announcing the cash ...
Club's drive to protect Grand Prix racetrack
Apr 01, 1999 ... THE historic British Racing Drivers' Club has revealed plans tounlock the value of its Silverstone Grand Prix racetrack and keeptheGBP 50 million site from hostile bidders. Financial advisers Dresdner Kleinwort Benson has come up withproposals to protect the circuit from unwanted ...
Germans hit RMC profits
Apr 01, 1999 ... BUILDING materials firm the RMC Group has suffered profits plungedue to difficult markets in Germany. RMC, one of the world's biggest ready mixed concrete makers, saidpre-tax profits fell to GBP 264.5 million in the year ended December31 1998, ...
BP Amoco finally seals GBP 16bn takeover of Arco
Apr 01, 1999; ... THE BP Amoco GBP 16 billion takeover of US oil group AtlanticRichfield (ARCO) was finally closed today - but at a cost of 2000jobs worldwide. This comes on top of the 3000 jobs which the UK-based oil andpower group said in February it would be shedding as part of cost-cutting ...
KLA demands Kosovar men return to fight
Apr 01, 1999 ... KOSOVAR rebels are warning ethnic Albanian men who have fled theprovince they must form a guerrilla army and return to fight theSerbs. In a statement today, the Kosovo Liberation Army said anyone whodid not would face reprisals, even in the relative sanctuary ofAlbania. The ...
KIDNAPPED
Apr 01, 1999; ... THREE American soldiers were today paraded before a Serbiantelevision audience - just hours after they were captured while on areconnaissance mission on the Kosovo border in Macedonia. The three servicemen were wearing what appeared to be militaryuniforms and looked to have ...
Hostage to misfortune
Apr 01, 1999; ... THE sight of the three peace-keeping American soldiers capturedbythe Serbs being paraded on Yugoslavian television is all toohorriblyfamiliar - a repeat performance of the tactic used by Saddam Husseinwhen beaten and exhausted RAF pilots were shown on Iraqi television. The ...
Geddes gets his come-tuppence!
Apr 01, 1999; ... EVERY Scottish councillor was recently sent a questionnaire bytheConvention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla), asking for theirviews on the future of local government. There was a disappointing response ... only 20 per cent botheredto complete and return it. Obviously ...
Tony Blair: I have kept my promise to Scotland
Apr 01, 1999; ... WHEN I campaigned in Edinburgh two years ago during the GeneralElection, I promised to help build a modern and fairer Scotland. Ialso promised our Government would be different. In short, we wouldkeep our promises. Today, and this month, shows we are doing just that. The next ...
Peace talks take break
Apr 01, 1999; ... DEADLOCKED Northern Ireland peace talks were today set for anadjournment after 20 hours of negotiating. The IRA's Sinn Fein allies and the Ulster Unionists, the twoparties at the centre of an impasse over terrorist disarmament, wereunable to reach agreement on a deal to permit the ...
Soldier dies after police car chase
Apr 01, 1999; ... AN inquiry was underway today after an off-duty Scots soldier waskilled following a high-speed chase with traffic police. Private Richard Murdoch, 24, was fatally injured when his Peugeotcar careered out of control into a shop front in the early hours ofthe morning. Pte ...
Lottery boost for Scots film on Mary
Apr 01, 1999; ... THE biggest Scottish-made film since Rob Roy was today handed aGBP 500,000 cash boost. Edinburgh-based Raging Star films hope to do big box officebusiness with a movie based on the early life of Mary, Queen ofScots. And their pre-planning was today boosted when they landed ...
Sleepers on track for a new look
Apr 01, 1999 ... SCOTRAIL today announced plans for a GBP 7 million upgrade oftheir "hotels on wheels" for passengers travelling between Edinburghand London. The upgrade will see a major revamp of the rail operator's 16Caledonian Sleeper trains including a complete renewal of ...
Mitsubishi alert over Lothian jobs
Apr 01, 1999; ... JOB losses cannot be ruled out at two manufacturing plants inWestLothian, company bosses admitted today. The troubled Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - which employs morethan 700 people at two factories in Livingston, producing videorecorders and air-conditioning systems - is to ...
Jobs blow as Ford axes 680 staff at UK plants
Apr 01, 1999; ... CAR giant Ford today announced 680 voluntary job losses underplans to improve efficiency. The redundancies would be spread throughout the company,includingthe huge factories at Halewood on Merseyside and Dagenham, Essex,thefirm said. The US-owned company, which employs ...
Yeltsin calls for emergency Group of Eight talks in bid to solve crisis
Apr 01, 1999 ... RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin appealed today for foreignministers of the Group of Eight industrial countries to convene anemergency meeting on the Yugoslav crisis. "Every lost day brings new casualties and tragedies. We must actimmediately," Mr Yeltsin said in a television ...
Tusk force bids to bring back walruses
Apr 01, 1999; ... THEY were hunted to extinction from the islands of the Forth morethan 1000 years ago - but the return of the walrus is one stepcloser. Permission has been secured to acquire a handful of the tuskedbeasts, half whale and half seal, from Norway. Now campaigner Peter Clarke ...
Couple's terror as trolley hits car
Apr 01, 1999; ... A YOUNG couple today said they could have been killed after ashopping trolley was thrown from a bridge onto their car. Keith Adam and girlfriend Karlyn Moughan were showered with glasswhen the trolley smashed through the windscreen of their NissanMicraas they drove along Crewe ...
Plea for action to halt violence against women
Apr 01, 1999 ... LOTHIAN'S man in Brussels has called on the European Parliamenttodevelop a strategy for tackling violence against women. MEP and Vice President of the European Parliament David Martintold a seminar in Edinburgh this week that the European Parliamenthad an important role to play ...