Evening News - Scotland back issues from October 1999:
BID TO BRING SCOTS TREASURES HOME FROM LONDON
Oct 01, 1999; ... A PLAN to plunder Scottish treasures from the British Museum andbring them home has been revealed today. It would see priceless artefacts such as the 12th century LewisChessmen, Viking items and bronze bracelets dating from 100 AD beingtaken from the world famous museum in London ...
POSTMAN SUSPENDED IN THEFT INQUIRY
Oct 01, 1999 ... A POSTMAN is being investigated by the Royal Mail after he wasaccused of stealing letters from East Lothian residents, it wasrevealed today. The 20-year-old, who works from the Musselburgh delivery office,has been suspended while the Royal Mail carry out an ...
BATTLE TO SAVE MAN AFTER 100FT STATION FALL
Oct 01, 1999; ... A MAN has been taken to hospital with suspected severe injuriesafter falling through the roof of Waverley Station. The man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary by a Medic Oneambulance after he apparently fell 100ft off North Bridge andcrashed through the station roof, landing on ...
MALCOLM RIFKIND: INFORMED, INCISIVE AND INFLUENTIAL
Oct 01, 1999; ... ARROGANT BLAIR FLIES A LITTLE CLOSE TO THE SUN PERHAPS Prime Minister Tony Blair should be persuaded to take astiff dose of anti-inflammatory pills. Still reeling from a rather Frosty reception after his breakfastTV interview last weekend, and one or two rather tense ...
WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DISH?
Oct 01, 1999 ... LULU and Sharleen Spiteri share a joke as they show off thequaichs won at a Scottish music ceremony. Spiteri, lead singer with Scots band Texas, shed her grungy imageto wear a low-cut dress to pick up the PRS Original Talent Award atthe bash in ...
YOU'RE KNICKERED
Oct 01, 1999; ... IT IS the latest poster to feature a model in skimpy underwear. But far from selling a new line of lingerie, this pair of baggypants is central to a new police campaign to cut deaths among youngdrivers. The poster campaign, which mimics adverts for expensive, lacyunderwear, ...
SAINSBURY STEPS UP PRICE WARS
Oct 01, 1999 ... SAINSBURY fired the latest salvo in the supermarket price-cutting war today when it pledged to guarantee the lowest prices on1500 everyday goods. The move comes amid mounting competition between Britishsupermarkets following the purchase of Asda by US giant ...
OLDEST CITY MAP FETCHES GBP 500 AT SALE
Oct 01, 1999 ... A MAP dating back to 1585 and believed to be the firstrecognisable image of Edinburgh has sold for GBP 500. The colour Braun and Hogenberg plan, which shows the Castle andthe Flodden Wall, was sold by Bonhams auctioneers as part of a saleof 50 Scottish maps - believed to be the ...
BUS STATION PLAN FIASCO
Oct 01, 1999; ... EDINBURGH'S new St Andrew Square bus station may not be bigenough, it emerged today. Operators face having to use temporary bus stops elsewhere in thecity centre even after it is completed. Critics today claimed the bus station project was turning into afiasco and said they ...
SEPTEMBER SALES SLUMP SETS UP A V-REG BARGAIN
Oct 01, 1999; ... TODAY'S the day to begin your hunt for a V registration bargainat the start of what looks like being a buyer's market until the endof the year. For dealers have had a disappointing month since the newregistration letter was introduced on September 1. Sales figures for ...
TAYLOR'S DIARY
Oct 01, 1999; ... CARDS STACKED AGAINST LIBRARIES A$64,000 question: What do Mao Zedong, Marcel Proust and Casanovahave in common? Answer: They were all at one time librarians. Doubtless this comes as a surprise to many people who think oflibrarians as shrinking violets, dressed demurely in ...
10M DEAL PAVES WAY FOR BUS DEPOT VILLAGE
Oct 01, 1999; ... A GBP 10 MILLION deal to turn a bus headquarters into a 300-homeurban village has been hammered out - after a bid four times theoriginal asking price was accepted. The deal, which is being finalised between Lothian RegionTransport and Wimpey Homes, will change the face of the Shrub ...
FURY AS LABOUR COUNCILLORS DON'T SHOW AT MEETING
Oct 01, 1999 ... LABOUR councillors are "abdicating their responsibility" by notshowing up for committee meetings, a senior Liberal Democrat claimedtoday. Moyra Forrest, group secretary of the Lib Dems, spoke out afteronly three Labour councillors attended a personnel committee earlierthis week ....
HOLE-IN-WALL GANG'S GBP 100,000 SNATCH
Oct 01, 1999; ... MORE than GBP 100,000 has been stolen from a bank cashpointmachine in the Capital, police revealed today. The cash was stolen from the ATM outside the Clydesdale Bank inEaster Road after the thieves beat the machine's security system. Lothian and Borders Police and the bank are ...
POLICEMAN ILL AFTER HORSE RESCUE
Oct 01, 1999 ... AN EDINBURGH policeman was taken to hospital after he suffered asevere allergic reaction to a horse. PC John Stirling helped round-up a run-away horse in HillparkGrove, Davidson's Mains, yesterday morning. However, after safely securing the horse in a field, he suffereda ...
GIBSON: EDINBURGH'S BEST KNOWN COLUMNIST
Oct 01, 1999; ... GREGOR DOCTORS THE FUNNY BONE BEWARE Gregor Fisher (Rab C Nesbitt to you), I'd been told. Theman can be a bit tetchy. No need for the early warning system,though. When we met for the first time in Glasgow yesterday we finishedup big buddies. To the extent that he trusted me ...
NEW IDEAS IN OLD TOWN SET FOR GO-AHEAD
Oct 01, 1999 ... INNOVATIVE plans to redevelop a neglected area of the Old Townare set to take another step forward next week. The Burrell Company wants to transform the area around OldFishmarket Close to create flats, offices, a cafe and a nursery. And planning officials have declared ...
UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR 'LOBBYGATE' KEY FIGURE AS COMMITTEE FACES COURT CHALLENGE
Oct 01, 1999 ... CABINET Minister's son Kevin Reid, one of the key figures in thelobbygate affair, was facing an uncertain future today. His employer Beattie Media announced yesterday it was closingdown its lobbying division with immediate effect. The firm said it was having talks with Kevin ...
SHEENA'S SET FOR MOVE TO SOUTH AFRICA
Oct 01, 1999; ... TELEVISION presenter Sheena McDonald is to quit her Edinburghhome to begin a new life in South Africa, it emerged today. The former BBC and Channel 4 star is heading to Johannesburg withher long-term partner, Allan Little, as she recovers from a seriousroad accident. Ms ...
NEW HELP FOR SPORTS FANS
Oct 01, 1999 ... CULTURE Secretary Chris Smith today launched new moves to helpfans buy out football and sports clubs. The announcement came at the Labour Conference where he set outhis ...
THE PARTY'S OVER, WE'VE NO CONES TO SPARE
Oct 01, 1999; ... MILLENNIUM street parties are set to be scrapped in Edinburgh -partly because of a shortage of traffic cones. Several communities have already asked for their streets to beshut off to traffic just before midnight on Hogmanay so parties canbe held, and more are expected to ...
HEALTH TRUST FACES CLAIMS FOR GBP 1M
Oct 01, 1999 ... THE NHS in West Lothian is facing more than GBP 1million inclaims from disgruntled patients and employees. Medical and clinical negligence claims from 40 patients couldcost West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust GBP 433,000, according tofigures revealed in the trust's annual report. A ...
MINISTER SAYS NHS STAFF MUST KEEP HUMAN TOUCH
Oct 01, 1999 ... THE NHS has to involve patients more if it is to raise standards,Scottish Health Minister Susan Deacon said today. Ms Deacon told a conference in Glasgow that doctors, managers andnurses had to work hand in hand with patients and had to make surethat the human touch was not lost in ...
ARCHER GETS TORY MAYOR NOMINATION
Oct 01, 1999 ... LORD Archer today claimed victory in the election to choose theConservative candidate for the job of Mayor of London. In a statement released by his campaign team ahead of theofficial announcement, Lord Archer, who was contesting the ballotwith former transport minister Steven ...
STATION NOT THE TICKET
Oct 01, 1999; ... IT now seems that the revamp of St Andrew Square Bus Station isfatally flawed. Apparently it might not have enough stances and others will haveto be created outside the station. The entry and exit is in the sameplace and all buses will have to reverse to get out, which ...
NEW BUS STATION IN CHAOS FEAR
Oct 01, 1999 ... EDINBURGH'S new St Andrew Square bus station may not be bigenough, it emerged today. Operators face having to use temporary bus stops elsewhere in thecity centre even after it is completed. Critics today claimed the bus station project was turning into afiasco and said they ...
SHOW MUST GO ON.. SO CUE US NAVY
Oct 01, 1999 ... AN Edinburgh theatre company is poised to call in the US Navy toship one of their actors to New York. George Anton has been told he might not be able to fly to Americabecause of a burst eardrum following an accident during rehearsals.Doctors are expected to confirm today that his ...
19 HELD IN DRUG RAIDS CRACKDOWN
Oct 01, 1999 ... AROUND 200 police officers today carried out raids in Scotlandand England in a crackdown on a suspected organised crime syndicate. Members of Merseyside Police major crime unit, supported by theoperational support unit, carried out a number of search warrants atproperties in ...
PRIME MINISTER HINTS AT TAX CUTS BEFORE NEXT ELECTION
Oct 01, 1999 ... TONY BLAIR today hinted the Government could cut taxes before theGeneral Election, as well as increasing public spending. The Prime Minister insisted it was not an "either-or choice"between reducing taxation and spending more on schools andhospitals. In a television interview ...
STAR REEVES BOOKS A DATE TO APPEAR AT WATERSTONE'S
Oct 01, 1999 ... COMEDIAN Vic Reeves is bringing his unusual brand of humour to anEdinburgh bookshop. The comic, who rose to fame with programmes like Shooting Starsand The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, arrives in the Capital nextFriday to sign copies of his book, Sun Boiled Onions, at the ...
SCOTLAND'S BEACHES GETTING CLEANER
Oct 01, 1999 ... STANDARDS of cleanliness at Scotland's bathing waters increaseddramatically this summer, Scotland's environmental watchdogannounced today. Figures released by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agencyshowed 88 per cent of bathing waters reached the minimum standardslaid down ...
HEROIN TAKES HOLD
Oct 01, 1999; ... A HUGE increase in the number of new heroin users in the Lothianarea was revealed by health chiefs today. A Lothian Health report on drug misuse revealed new users of theclass A drug increased to 262 in 1997-98 - a jump of 48 per cent onthe previous year. And there are fears ...
BUS FIRM'S CUTS FARE ENOUGH IN DRIVE FOR SUCCESS
Oct 01, 1999; ... THE maroon and white buses of LRT's 500-strong fleet are afamiliar city sight -almost as synonymous with the Capital as thetowering spire of the Scott Monument or the Castle's broodingoutline. And despite the predictable moans and groans overheard at anycity bus stop about the ...
FURY AT SECOND HOMES BLOCK
Oct 01, 1999 ... ENVIRONMENT Minister Michael Meacher was today under fire afterbeing accused of trying to impose "Soviet-style" restrictions onpeople owning second homes in the countryside. During a packed fringe meeting at the Bournemouth conference MrMeacher suggested wealthy people should not ...
THERE'S NOTHING WILD ABOUT ROBERT
Oct 01, 1999; ... THE man dubbed the Wildman of Central Scotland was todaydescribed as a gentle nature-lover who likes young people. Robert Sinclair is in prison after failing to turn up forsentencing at Stirling Crown Court. He had earlier fled from his friend Willie Leitch's home in ...
1M FIGHT AS PATIENTS SUE
Oct 01, 1999; ... THE NHS in West Lothian is facing more than GBP 1million inclaims from disgruntled patients and employees. Medical and clinical negligence claims from 40 patients couldcost West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust GBP 433,000, according tofigures revealed in the trust's annual ...
END OF BAN ON GAYS IN FORCES WILL NOT STOP THE BULLIES
Oct 01, 1999; ... THE Edinburgh woman who revealed how the Army spied on suspectedgays today told of her delight at the new European court ruling onhomosexuality in the forces. But she also warned gays and lesbians to "think very carefully"before joining up because they will still face ...
ORDER BOOKS MANUFACTURE STRONG SIGNS OF RECOVERY
Oct 01, 1999 ... THE UK's manufacturing sector expanded for the fourth month in arow in September - and at its fastest rate for two years. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply said today itspurchasing managers index rose to 53.9 from a revised 53.1 inAugust. A reading above 50 ...
OLD TIMER BUILDING A NEW FUTURE
Oct 01, 1999 ... BUILDER Archie Meikle has quit a top job with West Lothian'sbiggest construction firm to launch his own operation. And Mr Meikle believes his new company, Ashwood Scotland Ltd, canproduce larger, better quality homes for lower prices than theconstruction giants. He left his ...
MINIMUM WAGE GETS BUSINESS BACKING
Oct 01, 1999; ... THE minimum wage has not made a significant impact on the economybecause of the "prudent level" at which it was set, the country'smain employers' group said today. The Confederation of British Industry said the potential problemsof the launch of a GBP 3.60-an-hour rate had been ...
BARRIERS PUSHED BACK AS FARRY GETS THE NOD FOR MIM
Oct 01, 1999 ... THE Scottish Hockey Union have given the go-ahead for Australianstar Anthony Farry to make his long-awaited debut for MIM EdinburghRHG. The new player-coach will go straight into the starting line-upwhen MIM face Dundee outfit Menzieshill tomorrow. Farry's arrival in ...
HEYWOOD SKATING ON THIN ICE
Oct 01, 1999; ... HITMAN Jason Heywood walks a suspension tightrope as full-strength Edinburgh Capitals go on the road for the first time in theBritish National League this season, writes NIGEL DUNCAN. The former Paisley Pirate has four penalty points to his name,which makes him only one short of ...
NEW BAR AT FRINGE VENUE
Oct 01, 1999 ... A POPULAR Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue is to launch a new barthat will be open all year round. Callum Buchanan, which owns 233 Cowgate - the Gilded Balloon'sbase - has been given ...
AD AGENCY STAFF NOT YET EARNING KEEP
Oct 01, 1999 ... UK ADVERTISING agencies are getting lazier and less profitable asthey spend more on staff who contribute less to the bottom line,according to a new report. The annual financial review of the industry by accountancy firmWillott Kingston Smith found traditional agencies - ...
PITTODRIE GLORY DAYS IN PAST AS McLEISH PLOTS DONS' DOWNFALL
Oct 01, 1999; ... ALEX McLEISH will take a walk down memory lane tomorrow as hereturns to Pittodrie for the first time as manager of Hibs - but heinsisted there will be no room for sentiment. The Easter Road boss will help unveil an GBP 8000 mural recallingAberdeen's glory days, the "floor to ...
McKINNON RELISHES HIS DEBUT FOR LIVVY
Oct 01, 1999 ... RAY McKINNON played at a packed Hampden in a Scottish Cup Finalat the age of 21, has graced the English Premiership and trodden far-flung European fields. Yet the midfield playmaker reckons his Livingston debut againstFirst Division leaders St Mirren this weekend is as big as every ...
HEARTS FAIL IN MAGIC BID
Oct 01, 1999; ... HEARTS boss Jim Jefferies has failed in a dramatic bid to bringprodigal son Allan Johnston back to Tynecastle in a cut-price deal. Jefferies admitted he had been in contact with both Sunderlandand the player's agent regarding a move back to the Gorgie club forthe winger, who spent ...
STAR MURRAY COULD HAVE BEEN A ROCK
Oct 01, 1999; ... SCOTLAND star Scott Murray could have been preparing to play forthe Rocks -instead of facing the Boks - this weekend, but for apivotal sporting decision which ended a hoop dream. The former Preston Lodge schoolboy was named player of the FiveNations earlier this year and goes into ...
SMITH SAYS SIZE DOESN'T MATTER
Oct 01, 1999; ... THE description "strong silent type" might have been inventedexclusively for Tom Smith. Strength, of course, is taken for granted when you have earnedworldwide acclaim for your part in a winning Lions series againstSouth Africa. And seldom will it be tested more than against ...
WE'VE GOT GROUNDS FOR BEING OPTIMISTIC
Oct 01, 1999; ... THE news that the club are about to start work on building a newmain stand at Easter Road will be, I think, warmly welcomed byeveryone, not least the players. Seeing another new stand go up lets the fans see that the club ismoving in the right direction, and players do get a boost ...
HIGGINS READY FOR HENDRY
Oct 01, 1999; ... JOHN HIGGINS is heading for an all-Scottish showdown with StephenHendry after hitting top form to reach the semi-finals of the RegalMasters in Motherwell last night. Higgins was full of confidence as he trounced Ken Doherty 6-1 andis now waiting to see if Hendry can overcome John ...
IAN GETS HIS KICKS
Oct 01, 1999 ... LIVINGSTON-BASED European kick boxing championship contender IanMitcheson showed that he was no slouch fighting under Marquis ofQueensberry rules against Irish light heavyweight Peter Cowan. Fighting on the Eastern Scottish Select v an Irish club squadfrom Newry at the Capital's ...
A TEMPESTUOUS TALE GOES DOWN A STORM
Oct 01, 1999; ... OPERA KATYA KABANOVA EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE ***** LEOS JANACEK has written the most ravishing music for thisadulterous story adapted from Alexander Ostrovsky's Russian play TheStorm. Like Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Katya Kabanova (Susan Chilcott) isa tragedy waiting ...
HOTEL CHAIN VENTURE IS WELCOME LUXURY
Oct 01, 1999; ... BATHGATE-based Macdonald Hotels has been given the go-ahead for aGBP 7 million luxury complex in the Borders. It will bring around 100 jobs to the area, which has been badlyhit by unemployment. The four-star 150-bed Macdonald Hotel and Country Club is set tobe built on the ...
MAN ADMITS ABUSING HIS SON'S FRIEND
Oct 01, 1999 ... A FATHER-of-three had one of the worst collections of childpornography ever seized in Scotland, a judge heard. David Heron, 41 - who had downloaded thousands of photos from theInternet - was caught out when a pal of his young son revealed the"rude secret". During a search of ...
P&O TO SELL EARL'S COURT
Oct 01, 1999 ... SHIPPING giant P&O has announced the sale of its massive Earl's Court Olympia venue for GBP 183 million. The property, which hosts concerts and events like the IdealHome Exhibition, has been sold to an acquisition vehicle backed byprivate equity company Candover and the Morris ...
STERLING'S SHOW OF STRENGTH SET TO PUT SQUEEZE ON SCOTS
Oct 01, 1999; ... ECONOMIC growth is set to push up UK interest rates and put thesqueeze on beleaguered Scottish manufacturers, according to a newreport. A forecast rise in the strength of sterling is also likely to hitScotland harder than the rest of the UK because of its reliance ontourism and ...
SKINNER'S MAKING BID TO CONTINUE WIN STREAK
Oct 01, 1999; ... DUNFERMLINE'S Justin Skinner is chasing a unique hat-trick whenthe Pars meet Clydebank tomorrow. Skinner who signed from Hibs a month ago, got off to a flyingstart with the Fifers by helping them to victory over promotionrivals Livingston. But the former Fulham star was ...
HEALTH EXPERTS REJECT FLU DRUG
Oct 01, 1999; ... ANTI-FLU drug Relenza has been rejected for prescription on theNHS by health experts who advise the Government on new treatments. It was reported today that the National Institute for ClinicalExcellence (Nice) has cast doubt over the so-called wonder drug'seffectiveness for ...
McVEIGH TELLS TROOPS TO BUILD WINNING RUN
Oct 01, 1999; ... RAITH ROVERS face up to tomorrow's home fixture against Falkirkin positive mood after the 2-0 victory at Inverness CaledonianThistle last Saturday. Manager John McVeigh was disappointed that his team had failed toincrease their lead against Inverness but remains conscious of ...
BEETHOVEN GETS SCO OFF TO A PERFECT START
Oct 01, 1999; ... MUSIC SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA EGMONT OVERTURE: PASTORAL SYMPHONY;EMPEROR PIANO CONCERTO QUEEN'S HALL **** THIS first concert in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's new seasonstarted off with charming conductor Joseph Swensen making a vow ofrenewed commitment to his ...
HENMAN CRASHES
Oct 01, 1999 ... TOP-SEED Tim Henman bowed out of the Toulouse Open, beaten in thesecond round by unseeded Frenchman Nicolas Escude. The world number seven became the fifth seeded player to exitbefore the quarter-finals when he lost 6-4 6-2. Henman snubbed the chance to play in the Grand Slam ...
SCOTLAND ACE GALLACHER IN GEORDIE MOVE
Oct 01, 1999 ... SCOTTISH international Kevin Gallacher today joined Newcastlefrom Blackburn to ease the Magpies' striker crisis. Gallacher signed for the St James' Park club this afternoon andis available to play against Middlesbrough on Sunday. The 32-year-old was out of contract at Blackburn ...
McLEISH IGNORES THE STATS
Oct 01, 1999; ... HIBS boss Alex McLeish today insisted his players can defy thelaw of averages and send Aberdeen tumbling to an eighth successivedefeat at Pittodrie tomorrow. McLeish is well aware that with his own side having lost theirlast four matches that many see tomorrow as a possible turning ...
LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR BLACKBYRDS FANS
Oct 01, 1999; ... They might be cheesy, but easy listening clubs are booming, findsYogi Haughton ... TWO little words that strike the fear of God into every teenager. . Golden Oldies. The moment you hear them you're swamped withvisions of your granny hiking up her skirt to reveal elasticstockings ...