Evening News - Scotland back issues from November 1999:
BACK IN PEAK CONDITION
Nov 01, 1999; ... CHRIS Tiso's father climbed Everest and he's set to follow in hisfootsteps, but David McIntosh discovers that the businessman islucky to be alive TALL, stocky and constantly on the move, Chris Tiso cuts anuncomfortable figure in an office. He seems edgy, pacing like acaged ...
ALBA IN LINK-UP BID FOR WORLD DOMINATION
Nov 01, 1999; ... THE GBP 200 million Alba Centre technology park is going globalwith the launch of a new initiative to link it with companiesworldwide. Scottish Enterprise has created "Alba Associates" to encouragecompanies from around the world to take part in the centre's hi-tech software ...
IT'S ENOUGH TO PUT YOU OFF YOUR FOOD
Nov 01, 1999; ... HAVE you booked a table yet for a Millennium Hogmanay meal? No?Bill Clapperton warns that dining out on the big night could end upcosting you a pretty penny.. IF I had a pound for every time I've been asked what I am doingat the Millennium I'd be able to afford to take a table at ...
BAA FALLS FLAT AFTER AXING OF DUTY-FREE
Nov 01, 1999; ... EDINBURGH Airport operator BAA posted flat first-half profitstoday, warning that the outlook remained tough after the death ofduty free. But the operator, whose GBP 306 million first-half pre-tax, pre-exceptional profit was in line with market expectations, said theimpact of the ...
A WHINGE AND A PAYER
Nov 01, 1999; ... THERE is something of a whinge quality to BAA complaining yetagain that the loss of duty-free sales is going to hit its profits. Today the former British Airports Authority reports half-yearprofits down GBP 1 million to GBP 306m. It says forfeiting duty-free sales lost GBP 25m ...
M8 COACH SERVICE GETS UNDER WAY
Nov 01, 1999 ... A NEW daily coach service linking Edinburgh and Glasgow is beinglaunched today. Two independent transport operators have got together to set upthe M8 Motorvator which will take travellers from St Andrew Squarebus station in Edinburgh to Buchanan Street in Glasgow. Bruce ...
THREE TIMES DANCE ADDS UP TO SUCCESS
Nov 01, 1999; ... DANCE SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE TIME SIGNATURES TRAVERSE **** THE Time Signatures tour showcases three contemporary works fromScottish Dance Theatre. Darshan Singh-Bhuller's Interlock is an intense duet performed toa shimmering sitar composition by Clem ...
EARTHY DELIGHTS ARE A GLOBAL PHENOMENON
Nov 01, 1999 ... VISITORS from all over the world have flocked to the DynamicEarth exhibition since it opened its doors two months ago. Management at the GBP 34 million centre in Edinburgh say it istruly living up to its name with people from as far away asArgentina, South Korea and Zimbabwe coming ...
SURVEYORS GROWTH TO DOUBLE
Nov 01, 1999 ... A CITY quantity surveyors is poised for rapid growth afterwinning GBP 25 million in new contracts. Edinburgh-based Macdonald Alexander has seen its turnover jump by150 per cent last year and expects business to double again thisyear. The three-year-old business is hoping to expand ...
MARSHALL KNOCKED OUT BY AUSSIE STAR
Nov 01, 1999 ... ALEX MARSHALL and Alistair White got a great boost beforelaunching their bid to give Scotland a record sixth win in the HongKong Classic Pairs which begin in Kowloon today. The Scots duo were the only UK players to make it through to thequarter-final stages of the Classic Singles ...
NEIL BEATEN BY A 'FLUKE'
Nov 01, 1999; ... BEWARE the wounded Lions, or so we thought. It was welldocumented that there was a distinct feeling of injustice in theLivingston camp after last week's defeat at Raith Rovers. The players believed they were worthy of at least a point fromthe Stark's Park game, only to have their ...
THISTLE'S PLAY-OFF DISASTER
Nov 01, 1999; ... COLDSTREAM thrashed Lothian Thistle 4-1 in the League Cup play-offs to set up a mouthwatering home game against Whitehill Welfarenext Saturday. Thistle were rampant last week when they overwhelmed Whitehilland easily won 4-2. However, they displayed none of that form against ...
ZAVARONI SEALS WIN
Nov 01, 1999; ... CORSTORPHINE boosted their title challenge with a hard-fought 17-11 win away to Duns as Lothian sides fared well in Saturday'sNational League fixtures. The Union Park side looked to be strolling to victory after theybuilt on David Zavaroni's early try and led 17-3 at the ...
ENERGETIC LIGHTS FOR FESTIVE SEASON
Nov 01, 1999 ... GIANT advertising boards are set to go up on the Mound andPrinces Street to mark the GBP 150,000 sponsorship of Christmaslights by British Energy. The billboards, measuring up to 20 square metres, are likely tobe in place from November 24, just before the lights ...
THE NAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
Nov 01, 1999 ... FEW newly-weds would ever think about swapping a dream honeymoonin the Florida sunshine to stay at home in Scotland up to theirknees in dirty nappies - especially when the nappies don't evenbelong to them. But that's what Edinburgh couple Collette Valvona Healey andhusband Les ...
BUDGET HOTEL BID FACES AXE THREAT
Nov 01, 1999; ... A PROPERTY developer today accused council officials of wreckinghis plan for a GBP 3 million hotel in one of Edinburgh's busieststreets. Conservative councillor and publican Tom Ponton says he will beforced to scrap his proposal for South Bridge unless planners changetheir ...
SINGLE EURO-DRINKS MARKET PLEA
Nov 01, 1999 ... THE whisky industry has launched a campaign to demand a singleEuropean market for alcoholic drinks. The Scotch Whisky Association is calling on Euro-MPs to boostexports by bringing down the excise duty payable on spirits, whichis higher than for wine. SWA director general ...
THE BLAND PLAYED ON AND THE CROWD LOVED IT
Nov 01, 1999; ... MUSIC TEXAS SECC *** TEXAS have it all. They're the band that graduated from giggingin small, dingy Glasgow venues to performing at top eventsthroughout the globe. They're due to entertain thousands of Millennium revellers at aone-off Edinburgh Castle gig on Hogmanay ...
POLICE CHIEF IN SLEAZE PROBE STAYS ON DUTY
Nov 01, 1999; ... THE deputy chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police willstay in his post during an investigation into allegations that hepassed information to a convicted murderer. Tom Wood, who insists he has done absolutely nothing wrong, willnot be suspended as a probe takes place into the ...
SUCH A NICE NIGHT OF COMIC STORIES
Nov 01, 1999; ... COMEDY MRS BARBARA NICE THE STAND *** ANYONE who still thinks stand-up comedy is all about a bunch ofguys reeling off one-liners would have done well to visit The Standthis weekend. For one-liners were in scant supply on this primarily femalebill. Take the highly ...
ALLIANCE SHARES SURGE AFTER MERGER RUMOURS
Nov 01, 1999 ... SHARES in mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester surged today onhopes of a possible merger following the ousting of chief executivePeter White. Mr White left after a "divergence of views with the board overthe management of the group", A&L said today. His departure on Friday ...
HAPPY HIBS KNOCK SPOTS OFF UNITED
Nov 01, 1999; ... WELL, don't say we didn't warn you. If you missed this one thenyou only have yourself to blame for ignoring our suggestion thatHibs' latest Sunday night offering could well be one to remember. And we weren't wrong. This will be a game which won't beforgotten in a hurry by the ...
CATENARO THREATENS CLEAR-OUT
Nov 01, 1999 ... ANGRY Angelo Catenaro today warned his Edinburgh ScotrailCapitals ice hockey squad: "Stick to the game plan, or we'll getguys who will." The player-coach saw red after the Capitals lost 6-1 to HullThunder at Murrayfield last night. "We did not deserve to win the game," said ...
JEFFERIES STEPS UP SEARCH
Nov 01, 1999; ... HEARTS boss Jim Jefferies was today set to step up his efforts tostrengthen his squad. With his share of the Scottish Media Group's GBP 8m investment inthe Tynecastle club now in place, the manager, who watched his sidego down 1-0 to Dundee at the weekend, is ready to ...
WHITBURN EYE TITLE
Nov 01, 1999; ... WHITBURN boss Keith Burgess feels his side are now ideally placedto go on and reclaim the Division One title from fierce rivalsLinlithgow Rose after they maintained their four-point lead at thetop of the table with a resounding 5-2 win at Bonnyrigg. "It was a great performance and ...
IT WASN'T A PENALTY SAYS OLE
Nov 01, 1999; ... OLE GOTTSKALKSSON today insisted Billy Dodds' last-gasp penaltymiss was no more than justice for Hibs, claiming it should neverhave been a spot-kick in the first place. Like 11,000 fans inside Easter Road, the big Icelandic star heldhis breath as Scotland striker Dodds stepped up, ...
RAITH READY FOR FIFE'S DERBY DAY
Nov 01, 1999 ... HAVING guided his Raith Rovers team through 12 league matchessince taking over as manager, John McVeigh has finally pushed hisside into the First Division promotion race. Saturday's 3-1 victory over Greenock Morton, their sixth win ofthe season, propelled Raith into third place in ...
THE LOAN ARRANGER RIDES IN
Nov 01, 1999 ... A SCHEME has been launched to offer small businesses interest-free loans to improve their energy efficiency. The Government-backed non-profit making company Energy SavingTrust is also offering companies free energy advice over the phonein the Loan Action Scotland ...
COURTNEY LEAVES THE CROWD PINING FOR MORE
Nov 01, 1999; ... JAZZ COURTNEY PINE THE QUEEN'S HALL **** SAXOPHONIST Courtney Pine and his five piece combo produced everymusical and audience participation trick in the book - and sent thepredominantly young crowd into ecstasy. And, yes, it was a crowd. The Queen's Hall management ...
STUDENTS GET LOT OF FUZZ FOR A FASHION
Nov 01, 1999 ... IT looks like the latest designer collection to appear on thecatwalks of Milan or Paris. But in fact these stylish little numbers started life as acrumpled heap of thick and fuzzy mohair blankets. The collection was born after a team of Edinburgh fashionstudents transformed a ...
SCOTS MOVE INTO TOP 20
Nov 01, 1999; ... SCOTLAND today received a major boost ahead of their forthcoming'Battle of Britain' matches with England when it was announced thatCraig Brown's side had soared into the top 20 footballing countriesin the world. The Scots started the year 38th in the FIFA world rankings but ...
MERGER TALK FUELS SHARE RISE IN MORTGAGE GIANT
Nov 01, 1999 ... SHARES in the Alliance & Leicester mortgage bank shot up four percent on early trading today, amid continuing speculation that it wasin merger talks following the surprise departure of chief executivePeter White. Shares rose 37p to 925p when the market opened, but analysts ...
SRU IS STILL KEEN ON UK LEAGUE
Nov 01, 1999; ... SCOTTISH rugby chiefs today restated their support for a BritishLeague, despite a lukewarm response from English clubs. The issue of a cross-border league was raised again followingreports that Sky Television was preparing to back a 16-teamcompetition, which would include ...
DARIO'S DESPAIR
Nov 01, 1999; ... BATHGATE'S Dario Franchitti today shrugged off his failure toland one of the biggest titles in motor sport, saying: "I'm stillalive but my best friend isn't." The 26-year-old was referring to the death of Canadian Greg Moorewhich overshadowed the CART FedEx Championship decider at ...
KEITH FINALLY SHEDS 'FORGOTTEN MAN' TAG
Nov 01, 1999; ... KEITH BUNYAN finally shrugged off his "forgotten man" tag lastnight as basketball's Edinburgh Rocks opened their uni-ball trophycampaign with a 77-72 win over the Leicester Riders. In a Group B game of few highlights, the 22-year-old formerFalkirk Fury player came off the bench to ...
IN-FORM WOODS TO AID MONTY'S CAUSE
Nov 01, 1999; ... TIGER WOODS is celebrating yet another win - and if he does itagain in Spain this week Colin Montgomerie will be Europe's No.1 fora magnificent seventh year in a row. In a victory tinged with sadness following the tragic death lastMonday of US Open champion Payne Stewart, Woods had ...
SONIANS LOSE OUT
Nov 01, 1999 ... STAND-IN coach Douglas Campbell saw Watsonians' slip to a 5-2home defeat to Division One men's hockey pace-setters AirwaysWanderers but was happy with his team's performance. Injured Campbell, who could make his comeback this weekend, hadto re-shuffle his rearguard when Richard ...
COACHES SHOULD LEARN FROM RUGBY LEAGUE
Nov 01, 1999; ... A RECENT visitor to Edinburgh was Barry Honan who played full-back for the Wallabies at Murrayfield in 1968 when Jim Telfercaptained Scotland to a 9-3 victory. Honan's company, Digi Sports, has just produced an instructionalrugby union work, some extracts from which I saw on screen ...
FRENCH SURPRISE FORCES AUSTRALIA INTO RE-THINK
Nov 01, 1999; ... AUSTRALIA captain John Eales today admitted the Wallabies willhave to do a complete re-think after France's shock World Cup semi-final win over tournament favourites New Zealand. Australia will take on the French in the World Cup final atCardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday ...
EASSON IS WORKING ON RIGHT LINES
Nov 01, 1999; ... NO doubt it would have come about anyway, but the SRU'sinvolvement with the Scottish Institute of Sport's rugby initiativeis very much in line with the view expressed in the Lord Mackayreport, which stated: "We foresee considerable benefit for the SRUin making use of the resource ...
IT'S FABRIZIO HIBS!
Nov 01, 1999; ... HIBS won the battle over Hearts yesterday. Minds could take alittle longer. For, no matter how hard you try to be objective about a third-round tie in the Scottish Women's Football Association League Cup,com parisons with the men's game are unavoidable. For a start, the top ...
HEARTS FAIL TO HEED AN AIR RAID WARNING AND PAY PRICE
Nov 01, 1999; ... THIS was a strange one, to tell the truth. Hearts will probably never dominate another game this season theway they did here. They will probably never create more chances infront of goal. But Jim Jefferies will also be hoping they never look assluggish, or less passionate ...
SOFTWARE FIRM VOWS TO CREATE 500 POSTS
Nov 01, 1999; ... AN Edinburgh company which is blazing ahead in the computersoftware and specialist service industry today pledged to create 500jobs. 3DMS Ltd has quadrupled its turnover since it was set up inNovember 1996. It achieved a turnover of GBP 127,000 in the first 12 months, ...
FRANCHITTI STIUNNED BY PAL'S DEATH
Nov 01, 1999; ... BATHGATE'S Dario Franchitti today shrugged off his failure toland one of the biggest titles in motor sport, saying: "I'm stillalive but my best friend isn't." The 26-year-old was referring to the death of Canadian Greg Moorewhich overshadowed the CART FedEx Championship decider at ...
HENDRY: SFA ACT ON CLAIM
Nov 01, 1999 ... THE SFA have referred a compensation claim from Rangers over aninjury to Colin Hendry to their insurers. Hendry, who is on the verge of a move to Derby, hasn't playedsince Scotland's Euro 2000 qualifier against Bosnia last month. The defender picked up a knee injury during the ...
JEFFERIES STEPS UP PACE ON PLAYER SEARCH
Nov 01, 1999; ... HEARTS boss Jim Jefferies was today set to step up his efforts tostrengthen his squad. With his share of the Scottish Media Group's GBP 8m investment inthe Tynecastle club now in place, the manager, who watched his sidego down 1-0 to Dundee at the weekend, is ready to ...
OLE: IT WAS NO PENALTY
Nov 01, 1999; ... OLE GOTTSKALKSSON today insisted Billy Dodds' last-gasp penaltymiss was no more than justice for Hibs, claiming it should neverhave been a spot-kick in the first place. Like 11,000 fans inside Easter Road the big Icelandic star heldhis breath as Scotland striker Dodds stepped up, ...
BOOKIE SURVIVES 'DYING' 4 TIMES
Nov 01, 1999; ... ONE of Edinburgh's best-known bookmakers was today recovering inan American hospital having "died" four times while on holiday. Jimmy Caldwell, also a high-profile gambler and publican, had aheart attack while staying in a hotel near Phoenix, Arizona. Mr Caldwell was first ...
HUNTING FOR AN ANSWER
Nov 01, 1999; ... TO most who live in the city, there is no excuse for fox-hunting. They cite the cruelty involved and the pleasure the huntingset derive from the chase and the kill. In this day and age, they argue that there must be moreefficient, more humane and more expedient ways of ridding ...
PM EXPECTED AT LAUNCH OF CITY'S HOGMANAY
Nov 01, 1999 ... THE Prime Minister is expected to attend the gala opening ofEdinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations on December 27. However, it is understood that Tony Blair will return to Londonto welcome in the new Millennium with the Queen in the MillenniumDome at Greenwich. Downing Street ...
NEIGHBOUR SEES MAN DIE IN FIREBALL HORROR
Nov 01, 1999; ... A WOMAN described today how she watched in horror as a neighbourwas turned into a human fireball as he tried in vain to escape ablaze in his Edinburgh flat. John Ross - known as Jackie - was "a ball of orange fire" as hefought desperately to get out of the window of his ...
BOOKIE 'DIES FOUR TIMES' AND SURVIVES
Nov 01, 1999 ... ONE of Edinburgh's best-known bookmakers was today recovering inan American hospital having "died" four times while on holiday. Jimmy Caldwell, also a high-profile gambler and publican, had aheart attack while staying in a hotel near Phoenix, Arizona. Mr Caldwell was first ...
BLACK DAY AS LAST MINE FACES THE AXE
Nov 01, 1999 ... COAL production is to cease at the last remaining deep mine inthe north east of England. The announcement was made to today's morning shift at Ellingtoncolliery, near Morpeth, Northumberland, by RJB Mining's chiefexecutive Richard Budge. RJB Mining said it was to offer the ...
PROPERTY CRIMES 'MOST DIFFICULT TO SOLVE'
Nov 01, 1999 ... CRIMES of violence such as assaults or murders are completelydifferent crimes from crimes of property, which are much moredifficult to solve. Assaults and murders are direct contact crimes -many of themtaking place within ongoing relationships - and as such, there ismuch more ...
DARLING ON A PEACE MISSION
Nov 01, 1999 ... ALISTAIR DARLING today offered an olive branch to Labour rebelsover his welfare shake-up when he outlined significant concessionsto try and head off a repeat of May's massive backbench revolt thisWednesday. The Social Security Secretary ...
BUSKER HITS HIGH NOTE
Nov 01, 1999 ... BOW-TIED busker Al Stewart received surprise recognition from hisbiggest fan as he marked his 90th birthday with his regular Saturdaymorning performance. The veteran saxophone player - who worked with dance bands incity centre ballrooms in his heyday - has entertained the ...
DOBERMAN STRANGLER IN TRAUMA
Nov 01, 1999 ... THE Edinburgh teacher forced to strangle his dog after itattacked him is still too traumatised to speak about the incident. Dog lover Frederick Parrish gagged his pet Doberman with its leadwhen the animal turned on him in a quiet country lane in Lanarkshirelast Tuesday. The ...
UNDER-FIRE DEAF SCHOOL PRAISED BY INSPECTORS
Nov 01, 1999; ... A RENOWNED deaf school at the centre of pupil abuse allegationswas today handed a glowing report. Edinburgh's Donaldson's College was praised for the "very goodprogress" made since a damning inspection in April last year. While the school was under scrutiny allegations had ...
MINISTER IN PLEDGE ON WOMEN'S POSTS
Nov 01, 1999; ... WOMEN'S chances of winning powerful positions in public life weregiven a huge boost by the Scottish government today. The coalition administration has set a target of having 50 percent of public appointments held by women by the year 2002. And it wants 35 per cent of public ...
MINISTER VISITS EX-GOGARBURN RESIDENTS
Nov 01, 1999 ... SCOTTISH Health Minister Susan Deacon today visited formerresidents of Edinburgh's Gogarburn Hospital in their new homes. Gogarburn, which closed earlier this year, has been officiallyreplaced by a network of community care facilities for people withlearning disabilities. The ...
STORES PROBE VERDICT DUE
Nov 01, 1999 ... THE Competition Commission said today it will decide early in theNew Year if there is evidence of supermarkets ripping off thepublic. In a letter to grocery store chief executives detailing theprogress of its pricing probe, the Commission said any stores ...
MILLENNIUM BUG PUSH STARTS
Nov 01, 1999 ... A GBP 9.4 million campaign to reassure homeowners they havenothing to fear from the Millennium Bug was being launched today byHouse of Commons leader Margaret Beckett. The Bug is the inability of many electronic systems to recognise00, causing a potential ...
DETECTIVE TELLS COURT HE DIDN'T USE PICKS
Nov 01, 1999 ... A SENIOR detective insisted today that no pick shafts were takenon a controversial drug raid - in spite of an earlier courtadmission that it was "a possibility". Detective Inspector Ian McBain, 48, from Dumbarton, is one offive Strathclyde Police officers now on trial - accused of ...
DEACON FURY AT MSPs' CRITICISM
Nov 01, 1999 ... HEALTH Minister Susan Deacon was today said to be furious aboutcriticism of her evidence to the Scottish Parliament's healthwatchdog. The minutes of the last meeting of the cross-party healthcommittee reveal MSPs accused the minister of being evasive and ...
BLAIR AND CHARLES SET FOR HUNT CLASH
Nov 01, 1999; ... TONY BLAIR and Prince Charles were set for a stormy meeting todayafter heavy criticism of the Prince for allowing his son to gofoxhunting. Royal observers said the move would further politicise tonight'sregular summit between the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister,who wants ...