Evening News - Scotland back issues from February 2000:
THE DAY MY SON BETRAYED THE FAMILY
Feb 01, 2000; ... His son was convicted of supplying cannabis, then Mike Pringle'salleged friendship with a top police officer got him into trouble.But David McIntosh finds the councillor unfazed.. WHEN Councillor Mike Pringle opened his front door to the policeone day last March he assumed they ...
JOIN THE COD SQUAD FOR TRUE TURBOT POWER
Feb 01, 2000; ... Leave the batter and breadcrumbs behind, fisherman's friend GerryGoldwyre has better fish to fry.. NATURE is a fickle beast. When the sea is at its most unrelentingand dangerous, much of its fish stock is at its best. The naturalbreeding season for fish like cod is when the weather ...
THE ART OF MAKING LIGHT FANTASTIC
Feb 01, 2000; ... If God let there be light, Jonathan Speirs has made it into anartform. Helen Martin meets the man illuminating the world.. IN one way or another, Jonathan Speirs has touched the lives ofeveryone in Edinburgh. Whether it's a stroll along Princes Street, avisit to an art gallery, or ...
TRUST THAT LED TO DEATH
Feb 01, 2000; ... WILL we ever have as much faith in our family GPs again followingthe horrific revelation of how trusted Dr Harold Shipman murderedhis patients. Scots at least may take some comfort from the fact that differentprocedures north of the Border require every sudden death to bereported ...
KINGS MEASURE CAN RULE AT NEWCASTLE
Feb 01, 2000; ... KINGS MEASURE can reign supreme in the Entertain At NewcastleNovices' Chase at the Gosforth Park track tomorrow. Malcolm Jefferson's promising gelding has fallen on his two mostrecent outings including at this course last time. Successful here and at Wetherby earlier in the ...
IRON MIKE MAY FIGHT IN CAPITAL
Feb 01, 2000; ... MIKE TYSON could box his next European fight at MurrayfieldStadium. The home of Scottish rugby was today added to the list ofpossible venues for a bout, probably in mid-June, by a member ofpromoter Frank Warren's team. The chances of Tyson returning to Britain are favourable ...
DUNCAN: OVERCROWDING A THREAT TO AGENTS
Feb 01, 2000 ... JAKE DUNCAN turned his back on the football agents business lastyear - and he is convinced many more will follow. The former chef, who carved out a successful career for himselfin music management, lodged a GBP 100,000 bond with FIFA to securehis operating licence in 1996. He had ...
BRITS KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES..
Feb 01, 2000 ... BRITISH dance music acts re-asserted their dominance as thisyear's Brit award nominations were announced at an event starring ex-footballer Vinnie Jones. The Chemical Brothers received the highest number of nominationsin four categories while Fatboy Slim and Basement Jaxx landed ...
REBELS START TO ABANDON GROZNY
Feb 01, 2000; ... CHECHNYA'S rebel army is abandoning Grozny after months ofrelentless Russian ground and air attacks. More than 2000 men were trying today to get through the federallines and escape. Chechen and Russian commanders said that some rebels were stillfighting in Grozny and the ...
CITY IS THIRD AT NEW YEAR
Feb 01, 2000 ... EDINBURGH was the third most popular place to spend theMillennium in the United Kingdom, it emerged today. Some 180,000 revellers spent New Year in Edinburgh, second ...
CAMELOT CHIEF TO HAVE PAY SLASHED.. TO JUST 340,000 POUNDS
Feb 01, 2000 ... NATIONAL Lottery operator Camelot will cut the salary of itschief executive by a third if it keeps the licence when it comes upfor renewal, it said today. But the wage cut will still leave the company supremo earning GBP340,000. Camelot said it was responding to long-standing ...
NO 'RIP-OFF' REPORT BACKS STORE GIANTS
Feb 01, 2000; ... SUPERMARKETS today insisted there was no such thing as "rip-offBritain" after an initial report by the Competition Commission foundevidence of competitive prices and high levels of consumersatisfaction. Data gathered by the commission also suggested only "limitedevidence" of ...
BITEL BLAST AT WALKER DECISION
Feb 01, 2000; ... DOUGIE WALKER'S legal adviser today hit out at a decision to hearthe Edinburgh athlete's case against doping allegations jointly withtwo others. Nick Bitel is furious that the International Amateur AthleticFederation plan to listen to Walker's case at the same time as thoseof ...
NORMAN LENDS SUPPORT TO DALY'S BATTLE
Feb 01, 2000 ... GREG NORMAN today revealed his admiration for fallen golf starJohn Daly. Norman has handed an invitation to the American to play in theGreg Norman International, which begins on Thursday at The Lakes inSydney. And while admitting the two-time Major winner sometimes gets ...
FISHING TRAGEDY WRECK TO BE RAISED
Feb 01, 2000 ... THE wreck of the Solway Harvester fishing boat, which sank withthe loss of all seven crew, is due to be raised tonight. Diving teams from salvage vessel CSO Wellservicer have beenworking around the clock since Saturday night to clear debris andsecure the vessel prior to raising her ...
BACK PAIN CASH AID
Feb 01, 2000 ... WORKERS will be taught relaxation and posture techniques under aGBP 700,000 scheme to tackle back pain in the workplace, it wasannounced ...
EX-JOCKEY 'SHOCKED' BY DOPING AND BETTING SCAM
Feb 01, 2000 ... FORMER leading National Hunt jockey Jamie Osborne told an OldBailey jury today that he was left "frightened and shocked" by aprivate investigator's warnings about a police probe into a horsedoping and bets fixing scandal. He said Robert Harrington spoke of "corrupt police officers" ...
LIVVY STAR NEIL IS ON THE RIGHT ROAD
Feb 01, 2000; ... LIVINGSTON'S bus driver could have been forgiven for asking NeilBennett for some form of identification before allowing the playerto join his team-mates for the trip to Dumfries on Saturday. The midfielder, who has failed to make an impact this term aftersuffering a series of ...
CHIEF'S REGRETS ON LEG SURGERY
Feb 01, 2000; ... THE decision to carry out amputations on two healthy men was"regrettable" and "unacceptable", the chairman of the NHS trustwhere they were operated on said today. Ian Mullen, chairman of Forth Valley Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,confirmed that no more private patients would be allowed ...
ROBSON STILL WAITING ON DEAL OFFER
Feb 01, 2000 ... BOBBY ROBSON has told his jubilant Newcastle players to forgetabout Wembley and focus on Tranmere after they beat Blackburn 2-1 tobook a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals. The Magpies boss insists they are not out to atone for theirdisappointment of losing in the past two finals ...
MERRY TIME IN STORE AT MUSSELBURGH
Feb 01, 2000; ... MERRY PATH can make the long trip from Berkshire to Musselburghpay off by winning the Kronenbourg 1664 Novices Chase (3.45pm)today. The six-year-old is the only runner from Oliver Sherwood'sLambourn yard but comes north with a tall reputation and is likelyto take some ...
SIX SHERIFFS APPOINTED IN RESPONSE TO RULING
Feb 01, 2000 ... SIX permanent sheriffs are to be appointed in response to a courtruling that led to the suspension of their temporary colleagues, itwas announced today. Justice minister Jim Wallace said the positions will beadvertised and posts filled as soon as possible. A judgement at the ...
CELTIC ARE 'PARANOID'
Feb 01, 2000 ... CELTIC have been accused of paranoia by a leading ScottishFootball Association official. Jim Oliver, chairman of the referees committee, launched hisoutburst amid the continuing row over the psychologist's reportcommissioned by Hoops chairman Allan MacDonald following the OldFirm ...
HAS ALEX LOST HEART FOR A FIGHT?
Feb 01, 2000; ... THE message from Alex Salmond on the SNP's official website couldnot be any clearer - "With the first Scottish Parliament in 300years up and running and with the SNP as the largest oppositionparty, the cause of Scottish independence has advanced by leaps andbounds in recent ...
TIME TO PLAN A NEW SICK KIDS, TRUST TOLD
Feb 01, 2000; ... HEALTH officials were today urged to begin planning a replacementfor Edinburgh's ageing Sick Kids Hospital. The call came after it emerged that the hospital is in need of"significant repairs" to its roof and stonework. Upgrading of the hospital was carried out several years ago ...
OPTICIAN'S SEEKS RULING TO KEEP ITS RIVALS AT BAY
Feb 01, 2000 ... A HIGH STREET optician's has asked a judge to keep its rivals outof an Edinburgh shopping centre. Optical Express went to the Court of Session insisting that whenit opened for business in the Gyle Centre on the outskirts of thecity it did a deal with Edinburgh Council. A ...
VODAFONE DENIES RISE IN GERMAN TAKEOVER OFFER
Feb 01, 2000 ... VODAFONE AirTouch, the world's biggest mobile phone company, hasdenied it has raised its formal offer for German takeover targetMannesmann. The denial follows City reports that the British group had uppedits offer to a 49.9 per cent stake of any merged company, followingan almost ...
PRINTERS TO SELL PLANT AS EXPANSION PRESSES
Feb 01, 2000; ... SCOTLAND'S oldest independent printing firm is selling itscramped Broughton printing works in Edinburgh as part of a majorexpansion programme. Waterston and Sons is hoping to build a new electronic printingoperation in the Edinburgh area and is on the look-out for a ...
TAKING REINS AT ZOO SOCIETY
Feb 01, 2000 ... AN EDINBURGH entrepreneur is taking over the top post atScotland's Royal Zoological Society. Henry Elliot, director of technology firm Verbalis Ltd , willbecome chairman when Dr Richard Allan retires in May. He willconsider many key issues in his new role including ...
MAN BELIEVES HE COULD HAVE SAVED PUB DEATH FRIEND
Feb 01, 2000 ... THE friend of a man who died after he was dumped unconsciousoutside an Edinburgh pub today revealed he feels "haunted" becausehe could have saved him. Irishman John McGrady, 33, a politics student, was foundunconscious in the toilets of Whistle Binkies after closing time andtaken ...
DERAILMENT BLOCKS LINE
Feb 01, 2000 ... TRAIN services between Edinburgh and Glasgow were severelydisrupted today after freight train wagons were derailed and blockedthe track. Passengers travelling on the line which runs via Livingston andShotts were being bussed ...
13,000 POUND GOLF CLUBS STOLEN
Feb 01, 2000 ... CLUBS worth GBP 13,000 have been stolen in a break-in at anEdinburgh golf shop. The theft took place between Sunday evening and the early hoursof Monday morning at Edinburgh's Braid Hills Golf Range. A police spokesman said today: "A large quantity of golf clubshave been ...
FRIENDS IN TRIBUTE TO FIRE DEATH HUSBAND
Feb 01, 2000 ... FRIENDS today paid tribute to the husband of a councillor whodied after setting fire to himself - and admitted they didn't seethe tragedy coming. Neighbours said David Mutch, the husband of West Lothiancouncillor Wendy Mutch, was "laughing and joking" just a week beforehe set ...
TIME TO CLIP THESE EAGLES' WINGS
Feb 01, 2000; ... MUSIC THE ILLEGAL EAGLES PLAYHOUSE ** FINALLY, proof, if further proof were needed, that this whole"tribute band" phenomenon has spiralled wildly out of control. At least you could argue The Bootleg Beatles and The AustralianDoors were impersonating bands deserving of ...
GORGIE LEGEND ROBBO BACKING HEARTS' PLAN TO DRUM UP SUPPORT
Feb 01, 2000; ... HEARTS' plans to introduce a special 'singing section' for fansat Tynecastle has won the backing of Gorgie legend John Robertson. The Jambos have come up with the innovative idea for the RoseburnStand and if the club receive the go-ahead from the authorities, itwill be used for the ...
DRIVER KILLED TRYING TO SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS
Feb 01, 2000; ... A DRIVER who was struck by his own lorry and killed when hefailed to apply the handbrake died in a valiant attempt to saveother lives, a sheriff said today. Stunned motorists on Edinburgh's Corstorphine Road were broughtto a standstill when the 11-tonne lorry ploughed over a wall ...
BROTHER JOHN WILL LEAD BY EXAMPLE
Feb 01, 2000; ... MARTIN LESLIE today gave Scotland a boost in the build-up to thestart of the Six Nations Championship against Italy in Rome onSaturday by insisting that big brother John would be a captaincourageous this season. Nobody knows new skipper John Leslie quite like his sibling. And ...
PALIN TO STOP OFF IN CITY BEFORE SETTING OFF ON LATEST TRAVELS
Feb 01, 2000 ... TRAVELLING celebrity Michael Palin has announced he is visitingEdinburgh at the last minute before he leaves for his next holiday. The comedian of Monty Python fame had not intended to include theScottish capital in his latest book signing tour. However the busy writer has just ...
FANS ASKED TO FORK OUT
Feb 01, 2000; ... HEARTS have taken the unprecedented step of asking the Gorgiefaithful to come down from the stands and help tend Tynecastle'stroublesome pitch. The bizarre request is posted on the club's official website,with the club asking volunteers who regularly attend matches to forkthe ...
STUDENT HANGED
Feb 01, 2000 ... TOP Edinburgh student Dinesh Jagadish died by hanging, a post-mortem examination has confirmed. Mr Jagadish, 22, was found dead on the floor ...
TRUST CALLS FOR PLANS TO REPLACE SICK KIDS
Feb 01, 2000 ... HEALTH officials were today urged to begin planning a replacementfor Edinburgh's ageing Sick Kids Hospital. The call came after it emerged that the hospital is in need of"significant repairs" to its roof and stonework. Upgrading of the hospital was carried out several years ago ...
SALMOND CALLS FOR SCOTS LOTTERY ROLE TO BE BEEFED UP
Feb 01, 2000 ... SNP leader Alex Salmond today called for increased Scottishrepresentation on a National Lottery body and for an annualparliamentary debate on the distribution of funds. Mr Salmond, addressing the Third National Lottery Conference inEdinburgh, said GBP 150 million of Lottery money ...
THE LIKELY LASS WHO'S PLAYING A WIDER FIELD
Feb 01, 2000; ... IT'S the perennial curse of any successful actor or actress witha high-profile TV role under their belt. Brigit Forsyth can hardly walk down the street without beingrecognised as Thelma, the battle-axe wife of brown ale-supping Bobin 70s sitcom The Likely Lads. But for ...
BITEL BLAST AT WALKER DECISION
Feb 01, 2000; ... DOUGIE WALKER'S legal adviser today hit out at a decision to hearthe Edinburgh athlete's case against doping allegations jointly withtwo others. Nick Bitel is furious that the International Amateur AthleticFederation plan to listen to Walker's case at the same time as thoseof ...
CANNABIS GROWER IS JAILED FOR 18 MONTHS
Feb 01, 2000 ... A MAN who grew GBP 3000 worth of cannabis plants in his bedroomwas jailed for 18 months today. Grant Murray, formerly in the Royal Navy, grew the drug in a bidto pay off a GBP 6000 debt. Currently working for Scottish Widows, he had been unemployedwhen he carried out the ...
SONY GOES ONLINE TO COMPETE WITH DEALERS
Feb 01, 2000 ... JAPANESE electronics giant Sony Corp is to start selling itsconsumer electronics products online in direct competition withdealer networks. Sony has formed a new company, Sony Style.com, jointly with itsdomestic sales unit to sell customised electronics appliancesthrough its ...
6500 FACE AXE AS BA ALTERS COURSE
Feb 01, 2000; ... BRITISH Airways is to axe thousands of jobs over the next threeyears to help fund its drive to attract more business travellers. The redundancies could be as high as ten per cent of theairline's 65,000 workforce and will affect staff worldwide,including those based in ...
BLUE CIRCLE PUT 1.2 BILLION POUND TAKEOVER BID IN MIX
Feb 01, 2000; ... CEMENT maker Blue Circle is believed to be considering a GBP 1.2billion-plus takeover bid for a US building group. The news came as French firm Lafarge officially launched a GBP3.4bn hostile bid for the UK's biggest cement producer. Blue Circle had previously rejected calls for ...
BRAD READY TO PIT HIS WITS AGAINST SCOTS
Feb 01, 2000; ... ITALY'S new rugby coach, New Zealander Brad Johnstone, will enterthe Six Nations Championship arena on Saturday oozing defiance,writes BILL LOTHIAN. The Azurri may be written off in some quarters as 250-1 outsidersfor the title won last year by Scotland. But as a former All ...
SPARTA LAY BATTLE PLANS FOR CASTLE
Feb 01, 2000; ... EDINBURGH Castle could be set to stage the first boxingtournament held within its walls if negotiations between one ofEdinburgh's premier amateur clubs and Historic Scotland bear fruit. The move comes as part of an attempt by the Sparta club inMcDonald Road to forge links with The ...
GINGER DEAL GETS SHAREHOLDERS' THUMB-UP
Feb 01, 2000 ... SHAREHOLDERS in the Scottish Media Group have approved its GBP225 million takeover of Chris Evan's Ginger Media Group. Of those who voted, 99.6 per cent backed the deal which will seeEvans pocketing GBP 75 million. The Granada group, which owns 18.5 per cent of SMG and which ...
TWIST IN THE TALE OF THE MUMMY CAT
Feb 01, 2000; ... A MUMMIFIED cat found in one of Edinburgh's oldest buildings wasprobably the victim of a ritual killing, it emerged today. Experts say the well-preserved skeletal figure was almostcertainly slaughtered to ward off evil spirits hundreds of yearsago. Now the animal is set to ...
CONTI MOULDS MID-LIFE CRISIS INTO A RED-HOT HIT
Feb 01, 2000; ... COMEDY LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS KING'S THEATRE ***** TOM CONTI. The two words are almost guaranteed to fill a theatre.And those smitten with the Shirley Valentine effect will not bedisappointed with his showing as the decidedly frumpy Barney Cashmanin this effective and ...
COLLINS KEEPS HIS COOL DESPITE PARS DEMOLITION JOB
Feb 01, 2000; ... DEREK COLLINS today savoured his first goal for Hibs - and kepthis fingers crossed that it could signal a memorable Scottish Cuprun for the Easter Road outfit. Hibs' 4-1 demolition of First Division promotion hopefulsDunfermline not only eased them into the fourth round for the ...
DISNEYLAND ON WAY TO CAPITAL
Feb 01, 2000 ... DISNEYLAND is coming to Edinburgh - but only to look for staff towork at its Paris theme park. Over 500 jobs in entertainment, fast food, shops, cleaning,catering and reception at the French attraction are on offer forthis ...
YOUNGSTER SAVAGED BY MOTHER'S DOG
Feb 01, 2000; ... A YOUNG girl was viciously attacked by a fighting dog as shetravelled through the city in a car with her family. The girl was travelling along Priestfield Road, Prestonfield andwas accompanied by her mother and her mother's boyfriend. Today police officers launched an ...
FOOTBALL STARS NEED PEOPLE THEY TRUST - THAT'S WHY WE EXIST
Feb 01, 2000; ... WHEN Jim McArthur heard Hibs boss Alex McLeish describe KennyMiller's agent as "greedy" during recent contract negotiations, hismind drifted back to similar claims aimed at him nearly 30 yearsago. As a young goalkeeper, he sat in manager Eddie Turnbull's EasterRoad office, poised ...
GIBSON: EDINBURGH'S BEST KNOWN COLUMNIST
Feb 01, 2000; ... CASH FROM CHAOS NOT a word to the Chinese or the Russians about this, but we'rehere for the taking. They could commandeer the UK with barely awhimper. We've got an Air Force grounded because it can't get the spares,a Navy that can't sail because it's short of fuel and an Army ...
PROBE AS GIRL IS SAVAGED BY MUM'S DOG IN CAR
Feb 01, 2000; ... A YOUNG girl was viciously attacked by a fighting dog as shetravelled through the city in a car with her family. The girl was travelling along Priestfield Road, Prestonfield andwas accompanied by her mother and her mother's boyfriend. Today police officers launched an ...
CALL FOR U-TURN OVER CITY ROADS SHAKE-UP
Feb 01, 2000; ... AN angry backlash against plans to restrict drivers in the citycentre grew today. After the unveiling of proposals which include shutting the westside of Princes Street to cars, and blocking off West End rat runs,drivers and community leaders today called for a rethink. And ...
BOTANIC GARDEN MAKES A SPLASH
Feb 01, 2000; ... AN artificial waterfall is being created at the heart of one ofEdinburgh's major tourist attractions in a bid to shed its "stuffy"image. Designers at the Royal Botanic Garden have revealed they arethinking up ways to make it more popular with the public. And the first new ...
FIRST SIX NATIONS TRY WILL COME, CLAIMS LOGAN
Feb 01, 2000 ... WINGER Kenny Logan is set to go into Saturday's Six Nations clashwith Italy in Rome dreaming of his first try in Europe's premierinternational rugby tournament. But despite the fact he is expected to be named on Thursday for a46th cap, he insists he is under no pressure to cross ...
EU THREAT FOR AUSTRIA
Feb 01, 2000 ... THE European Commission was holding an emergency meeting today todiscuss the intention of EU nations to sever most political contactswith any Austrian government that includes the far-right FreedomParty. The move follows a series of verbal attacks ...
GM FOOD IS GOOD FOR YOU, SAYS LEADING SCOTS EXPERT
Feb 01, 2000 ... EATING genetically modified food is not dangerous while organicfarming poses considerable risks to human health, a leadingscientist said today. Professor John Hillman, director of the Scottish Crop ResearchInstitute, made his comments in the organisation's annual reportwhich is ...
SO MANY DEATHS THROWN IN DOUBT
Feb 01, 2000; ... THE 23 new cases facing Shipman include: Widow Amy Whitehead, 82, who died at her home in Haughton GreenRoad, Denton, on March 22 1993. Shipman certified the causes ofdeath as heart failure and myocardial infarction (heart disease). Widow Nellie Mullen, 77, who died at home in ...