Evening News - Scotland back issues from October 2000:
Courtney brace for Victoria
Oct 02, 2000; ... LEITH VICTORIA beat Sandys 4-2 in their away fixture in thePremier Division of the Lothian and Edinburgh Amateur FootballAssociation. Rob Courtney got two of the goals for the high-flying Leithoutfit to bring his personal tally for the season to six. Victoria's other two ...
Eriksson is struck dumb by rival's attack
Oct 02, 2000; ... EDINBURGH MONARCHS' Swedish speedway ace Robert Eriksson todayvowed never to speak to James Grieves again after the Glasgow Tigersstar punched him on the head following an amazing track bust-upduring yesterday's Scottish Cup second leg clash at Ashfield. Grieves was fined GBP 250 ...
Cooper believes Audley is a money-maker
Oct 02, 2000 ... BRITISH boxing favourite Henry Cooper has tipped Audley Harrisonto enjoy the fruits of his Olympic success even if his professionalcareer only lasts a couple of years. Cooper watched with pride as Harrison became the first Britishfighter since Chris Finnegan in 1968 to capture a ...
When we all had to learn the hard way
Oct 02, 2000; ... KISSING the dead was a standard, unremarkable practice among manyCatholics in the Fifties and Sixties. Most children, Catholic or not, faced the wrath of their parentsand were beaten with slippers or brushes. And many will report parents holding their noses to forcefeedthem ...
MY HUSBAND AND I . .
Oct 02, 2000; ... THE two men pore over the rings, their heads bowed over theselection of glittering gold bands as they try to choose theperfectly matched pair. The sales assistant serving Robin Scott and Graeme Edwards musthave been wondering if a romantic double wedding was in the offing ....
MARTIN'S A SHORE THING FOR GOOD FOOD
Oct 02, 2000; ... His Edinburgh restaurant's just been named the top place to eatin Scotland - and Martin Wishart is still only 30. David Torrancemeets the rising culinary star WITH more restaurants than you can shake a stick at, Edinburgh'sreputation as a foodie heaven is well documented ....
Larsson refuses to blame fatigue as Celts slump
Oct 02, 2000 ... CELTIC striker Henrik Larsson insists results over the last fourdays cannot be blamed on tiredness. After losing their 100 per cent record with a 2-1 defeat to HJKHelsinki on Thursday, the Glasgow side also dropped their firstpoints of the league campaign with a 1-1 draw at ...
Raith boss almost resigned over sale of players to Livvy
Oct 02, 2000; ... FOLLOWING probably the most traumatic week in his short career infootball management, Raith Rovers boss Peter Hetherston admitted, atthe end of Saturday's 0-0 draw with Clyde at Broadwood, that he hadbeen on the verge of quitting in the wake of the decision taken bythe club's directors ...
Deadly Duval is back to his best
Oct 02, 2000 ... DAVID DUVAL returned from a two-month absence to win the BuickChallenge in Georgia. The 28-year-old American had shown his well-being after a backinjury with rounds of 68, 69 and 67 to go into the final round inthird place. And a closing day seven-under-par 65 saw him ...
Spartans are made to work to clinch place in Scottish Cup draw
Oct 02, 2000; ... SPARTANS earned themselves a place in the first round of theTennents Scottish Cup with a 2-0 win over Civil Service Strollers -but they had to work hard. The carrot of participating in Scotland's national competitioncan often can lead to nervous Qualifying Cup ties littered ...
Brown's clean sheet impresses at Ibrox
Oct 02, 2000 ... ROOKIE goalkeeper Mark Brown has told of the joys andfrustrations of being on the fringes of the Rangers first team. The 19-year-old kept a clean sheet in his side's comprehensivedismissal of ten-man Dundee United last night. Brown capped a mature display with a last-minute ...
Canavan's revenge
Oct 02, 2000; ... HELL hath no fury like an MP scorned, and Dennis Canavan has justproved he is a very angry man indeed. His decision to quit his Westminster seat and force a by-election in Falkirk West is his latest act of bitter revenge againsta Labour leadership which has never forgiven him for ...
Falkirk prove a match for big-spending Livingston
Oct 02, 2000; ... MANY people would have you believe that Livingston's recentforays into the transfer market have been cynical attempts to weakentheir First Division rivals. The build-up to the weekend clash with Falkirk was dominated bysuch claims in the wake of the Almondvale side's triple swoop ...
Midlothian loss
Oct 02, 2000; ... DEFENDING champions Midlothian met their match when they weresurprisingly beaten 5-4 by Fife in a fiercely fought D M Hall Inter-District Winter Golf League confrontation at Liberton. Almost all the games were very close, but Fife overall had thebetter of exchanges at the last ...
Great Dane can triumph
Oct 02, 2000; ... DANEHURST, winner of her only race on turf three months ago, canfollow up on the all-weather surface at Wolverhampton tomorrow. Sir Mark Prescott's filly looked a useful juvenile in the makingwhen getting up close home to beat the more-experienced FiammaRoyale by three-quarters of ...
Terrible day for Lothians bowlers
Oct 02, 2000; ... HOLDER Graeme Archer and former champion Graham Robertson wereamong the victims as the eight-strong Lothian challenge crashed todefeat in the weekend's action of the Scottish Bowls Singles at Westof Scotland IBC. Archer kissed the title an early goodbye with a 21-18 defeat ...
Matteo to miss out
Oct 02, 2000; ... SCOTLAND coach Craig Brown's World Cup preparations have sufferedanother setback with Leeds United star Dominic Matteo set to pullout through injury. The former Liverpool player sustained an ankle injury in hisside's victory over Tottenham on Saturday and looks set to miss outon ...
Hearts can learn from sloppy loss
Oct 02, 2000; ... HEARTS coach Maggie Wilson today called on her players to buildon an encouraging second-half performance after losing 3-1 toGlasgow City in the Scottish Women's League, writes GORDON SCOTT. But Hibs must also bounce back in time for Sunday's Capital derbyat Arniston after going ...
Top students to get awards
Oct 02, 2000 ... THREE outstanding students will receive special awards today fromEdinburgh University. Javier Corripio, Victoria Gashe and Polly Walker will share theSir William Darling Memorial Prize - awarded to Edinburgh Universitystudents who have accomplished major achievements in the year ....
Watsonians are looking to prop up their ranks
Oct 02, 2000 ... STRUGGLING Watsonians are set to go into the transfer market in abid to lift themselves out of the BT Scotland Premiership basementto which they are now consigned following a 57-10 hammering atMelrose. "We should be getting a couple of props into the club for nextweekend," said ...
Athletes of future given major boost
Oct 02, 2000; ... THE Scottish Athletics Federation today announced the names ofmore than 100 rising stars who will receive support from the Bank ofScotland Talented Young Athlete Programme over the next 12 months. Included are more than a dozen local athletes, headlined byGlenkinchie's Stephen ...
Chris calls for fans' patience
Oct 02, 2000; ... CANADIAN hoop star Chris Webber today urged Edinburgh Rocks fansto be patient after the new-look team put in an opening-day displaytheir coach said was "at times atrocious". The Capital outfit, back in the British Basketball League for thenew campaign after nearly going bust in ...
League thrown wide open after Currie nailbiter
Oct 02, 2000 ... CURRIE coach Bruce Macnaughton today praised all of the playersinvolved in Saturday's nail-biting BT Premiership clash against Galaat Malleny Park. "It proves that you don't have to be throwing the ball about forit to be entertaining," said Macnaughton, referring to ...
Hibs end jinx in style and defy critics
Oct 02, 2000; ... NOW, maybe just, those who regard the chase for the SPL title asno more than a two-horse race, blinkered by the riches of the OldFirm, might concede that an outsider may have a a bit of a say inthe destination of this season's championship. Despite Hibs' scintillating start to the ...
Bird still chirpy after defeat
Oct 02, 2000 ... CHRIS BIRD today refused to be downbeat after Inverleith had beencrushed 7-1 by Western at Currie in the Scottish Men's HockeyLeague. A first-ever senior treble from Barry Kane did the most damagebut Bird said: "We tried to keep playing hockey and we didn't shut-up-shop like ...
Rookie Ryan named man of the match
Oct 02, 2000; ... RYAN FORD was today hailed as a hero despite Edinburgh Capitalsslipping to a 6-4 defeat to the British National League titlefavourites. The inexperienced goaltender was press ganged into the front lineafter the shock 11th hour decision of Carmelo Giurieo not to jointhe club ....
Handy Andy dedicates his goal to better half
Oct 02, 2000; ... HEARTS striker Andy Kirk today dedicated his first competitivegoal for the club to his long-suffering fiancee Karen Graham. The front man notched the Jambos' second of the game againstMotherwell to break his duck for the Tynecastle outfit after hismove from Glentoran in February ...
Butler happy to put boot into West Calder
Oct 02, 2000; ... RUTHLESS Robin Butler today defended his Stoneyburn team forputting the boot into West Calder United - even though it broughtbitter memories of his own nine-goal humiliation flooding back. The Beechwood Park outfit spoiled United's 50th anniversarycelebrations with a 9-1 drubbing ...
Sydney games will be difficult to beat
Oct 02, 2000; ... FOLLOW that Athens, if you can. Pity the luckless Greeks as theirOlympic organising committee of Athens 2004 struggle to get theirship on course to stage the next Games in four years time. They will now be judged on Sydney and it is hard to believe,whatever they do, that they can ...
Jukebox on song as Hearts show the strength of their character
Oct 02, 2000; ... HOW a team responds to a major setback can reveal a lot about itscharacter, and for that reason Hearts boss Jim Jefferies must be asatisfied man today. A week ago the Jambos flopped miserably in crashing to defeatagainst Kilmarnock in the Capital, their display easily the worst ...
Heritage groups call for 'Nimby charter'
Oct 02, 2000 ... HERITAGE and conservation groups today called for a "Nimby'scharter" to allow people to have a greater say about newdevelopments on their doorstep. Currently, members of the public have little effective means ofprotest if a major housing development, for example, is ...
Four-way race to control the skies
Oct 02, 2000 ... THE first front runners have emerged in a four-way race tocontrol the skies over Britain, ahead of the part-privatisation ofthe National Air Traffic Service, or Nats, early next year. The UK's eight major airlines headed by British Airways, BritishMidland and Virgin Atlantic, have ...
Fears for gallery art
Oct 02, 2000 ... FAMOUS artworks in Edinburgh's Scottish National Gallery could belost to the public after the death of a Scots aristocrat. Masterpieces could be lost to ...
Medics kept families in dark over deaths claim
Oct 02, 2000 ... DOCTORS at a leading heart centre kept relatives in the dark whenoperations went wrong, it was reported today. The family of a young girl who died at Oxford Heart Centre werenot told theatre lights contributed to her death. Even the Coronerwas not given the results of an internal ...
Firms lack hiring know-how
Oct 02, 2000 ... ALMOST 70 per cent of the UK's small to medium-sized businesses,or SMEs, have no idea how to hire and fire employees, according tonew research. Neither do they know how to deal with many crucial legal issuesor how European legislation will impact on their business. A Mori ...
Brown shrugs off the praise
Oct 02, 2000; ... RELUCTANT hero Olly Brown shrugged aside praise engulfing himfollowing Boroughmuir's 29-15 win over Heriot's FP which leaves themspearheading the Edinburgh title challenge in the BT ScotlandPremiership, and insisted any bouquets should be evenly shared amongcolleagues. No matter ...
Pyramid selling at James Thin
Oct 02, 2000 ... SECRETS of Ancient Egyptian culture were disclosed when authorIan Shaw talked about his new book in Edinburgh. The ...
Call for law change over branding fad
Oct 02, 2000; ... A PAINFUL new body art craze from the United States is catchingon in Edinburgh, prompting calls for a change in the law. Branding, involving burning designs on to skin, is being carriedout behind closed doors in city tattoo studios. The Evening News has learned that several ...
Honours for Scots heroes
Oct 02, 2000 ... SCOTLAND'S civilian heroes were honoured by First Minister DonaldDewar in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle today. A total of 76 brave men and women were thanked for their help inassisting the nation's police forces. Among those honoured was Derek Rhind who prevented an ...
Sea search for eight resumes
Oct 02, 2000 ... A SEARCH operation for eight fishermen feared drowned when theirtrawler was capsized by a huge wave off the coast of Ireland wasresuming today. Three other men - one of them the skipper of the French vesselL'Orient - were hauled from the sea, 60 miles west of Loop Head, CoClare, ...
Phone share flood poses threat to BT
Oct 02, 2000; ... THERE are fears today that a wave of public offerings from rivalEuropean telecom groups could ruin the planned GBP 40 billionflotation of BT's mobile phone subsidiary. As the company formally denied that its chairman Sir IainVallance is to leave the company - which is billions in ...
Knock-on effect from insurers aids economy
Oct 02, 2000; ... FOR every two new jobs created by the insurance industry inScotland, a further seven could be generated elsewhere in theeconomy as a result of knock-on effects, according to a new reportout today. The research, from the Edinburgh-based economic analysts BusinessStrategies, said ...
West Lothian butchers fail in bid for licences
Oct 02, 2000; ... EVERY butchers' shop in West Lothian which applied for a newlicence to sell cooked meat with raw meat has failed - compared tojust five per cent in Edinburgh. All 38 West Lothian businesses bidding for the new certificate,which came into force today in the wake of the 1996 E.coli ...
The real Reivers stand up at last
Oct 02, 2000; ... FULL BACK Chris Paterson today backed Edinburgh Reivers to winthe Heineken European Cup, starting this weekend, after the super-team had dug deep into reserves of pride and character for anamazing 43-33 victory over Caerphilly in the Welsh/Scottish League. Trailing 30-10 during ...
Carphone Warehouse's Mviva signs up 30,000
Oct 02, 2000 ... BRITAIN'S largest independent mobile phone retailer, CarphoneWarehouse, today said it had signed up 30,000 people for itsinternet portal, Mviva, in the four months since its launch. Chairman and chief executive Charles Dunstone described theresults as "probably the fastest growth ...
CGNU set to splash out 1.3bn pounds for Perpetual
Oct 02, 2000 ... UK LIFE insurance group CGNU is preparing a GBP 1.3 billion bidfor Perpetual, Britain's sixth-largest mutual fund company, itemerged today. CGNU - which wants to expand its fund management business - isunderstood to have informally approached UK-based Henley in the pastmonth, ...
Whole world in their hand for just 2500 pounds
Oct 02, 2000 ... A MINIATURE globe, measuring only two-and-a-half inches indiameter, has sold for more than GBP 2500 at an Edinburgh auctionhouse. The globe, which fits neatly into the palm of a hand, was made in1835. The tiny item, which was sold for GBP 2530 at PhillipsAuctioneers' sale ...
City View
Oct 02, 2000; ... THE earnings of top British executives are rising by almost 20per cent a year - four times the rate for average earnings -according to a study by Hay Management Consultants. The average chief executive of a FTSE 100 company is now paid GBP752,000 a year - that excludes perks such ...
Comic Rory is poetry in Motion
Oct 02, 2000; ... Mark Maier, Rory Motion, The Stand A DOUBLE helping of comedy from south of the Border brought afantastic night to the Stand this weekend. First, Rory Motion from Yorkshire strides on to the stage, guitarstrapped firmly to his chest and exuding confidence. His ...
Craig wins again in city
Oct 02, 2000 ... THE winner of the Channel 4's Big Brother programme caused a stirin a Capital shopping centre at the weekend during a fundraisingtour. Craig Phillips won the nation's heart when he ...
Water-themed dance never wishy-washy
Oct 02, 2000; ... Scottish Dance Theatre Traverse THE long shadow of the Festival still hangs over danceperformances in Edinburgh. The sheer brilliance of the likes of NDTmake it hard not to look harshly on home-grown productions. But Scottish Dance Theatre, the contemporary dance ...
Fans fury at Hibs prices
Oct 02, 2000; ... HIBS today defended their ticket pricing policy as Hearts andRangers fans learned they will have to pay pounds 21 each for nextmonth's big games at Easter Road. Tickets for both games go on sale next Monday and the price hasalready provoked fury from one Hearts fan who has written ...
Lawyers in equality call
Oct 02, 2000 ... NEW anti-discrimination laws are needed to help women and ethnicminorities smash the glass ceiling to promotion, the Law Societysaid today. Sex and race discrimination laws ...
Judges say savage pet bull mastiff has to die
Oct 02, 2000 ... APPEAL judges have refused to lift a death sentence on a dog thatmauled an eight-year-old boy in a savage attack. Winston, a 10-stone bull mastiff, bit Paul Higney so severely theboy needed emergency surgery. But owner Joanne McIlwaine claimed she should never have ...
Visitors desert troubled Dome
Oct 02, 2000 ... VISITORS to London's beleaguered Millennium Dome dropped to theirlowest level since January, its owners reported today. Attendance figures for September show that 463,284 people visitedthe Dome last month, including 73,555 free educational trips - anaverage of 15,442 a day ....
Ferguson is not to blame for Pars loss
Oct 02, 2000 ... DUNFERMLINE boss Jimmy Calderwood defended club captain IanFerguson who was sent off as the Fifers flopped 2-1 to fellowPremier League new boys St Mirren at Love Street on Saturday. The ex-Ranger had a nightmare game and was finally red cardedafter giving away a series of free ...
Scots TV chef orders bullies off the menu
Oct 02, 2000 ... CELEBRITY chef Nick Nairn has called on Scottish schools tointroduce discreet measures to protect pupils from being bullied forreceiving free meals. The Glasgow-based television star claimed too many young peopleat school are being stigmatised and bullied because they ...
Home is where the morgue is
Oct 02, 2000; ... ONCE it was a room filled with the sound of laughter as childrenplayed with their toys. But now Mary Fairbairn has turned her children's old bedroom intoa chapel of rest - and built an extension in her garden for amorgue. Mrs Fairbairn, 53, today opened a funeral parlour - ...
Business failures in Britain drop sharply
Oct 02, 2000 ... BUSINESS failures in the UK fell by 6.4 per cent in the firstnine months of this year, according to figures published today bybusiness information company Dun & Bradstreet. The total number of business failures was 30,925 to the end ofSeptember. This compares with 33,028 in the ...
Discharge for drugs soldier
Oct 02, 2000 ... A SOLDIER is being discharged from the Army after being foundwith drugs as he prepared to take up guard duties at Balmoral. Private Crawford Hughes, 25, of the 1st Battalion of the Argylland Sutherland Highlanders, based in Edinburgh, is going through anadministrative discharge ...
Doctor 'wiped surgery equipment in mouth'
Oct 02, 2000; ... A DOCTOR dropped a piece of equipment on an operating theatrefloor and wiped it with his mouth before placing it in a patient'swindpipe, a medical tribunal was told today. The allegation was made as Dr John Evans-Appiah, 58, of EastLondon, appeared before the General Medical ...
Goose ordeal for pensioner
Oct 02, 2000 ... A PENSIONER was today recovering after being knocked off abridge, falling into a river and being charged by a Canada Goose. Lilly Reeve, 76, was taken to the Northern General Hospital inSheffield amid fears she had broken her back in the incident, inWhitley Woods, Sheffield ....
Police sting turns blunt as target in jail already
Oct 02, 2000 ... DETECTIVES spent two months planning a sting on a suspected drugdealer using a helicopter, sniffer dogs and undercover officers -then raided his house to find the man was already in prison. Two plain clothes officers posing as delivery drivers called atan address in Gipsy Hill, ...
Hearts to withdraw Scott from U21 squad
Oct 02, 2000; ... HEARTS are to withdraw Scott Severin from the Scotland Under-21squad for the forthcoming clash with Croatia. The versatile youngster has been plagued by an ankle injurysustained in the young lions' recent win in Latvia. Although Severin started the first leg of the UEFA Cup ...
IF gets 30m pounds of mortgages
Oct 02, 2000 ... JIM SPOWART, chief executive of Intelligent Finance (IF), claimedhis new telephone bank took over GBP 30 million of mortgage businessover its first weekend. The Halifax bank subsidiary's computer systems emerged ...