Evening News - Scotland back issues from October 2001:
Lothian baby buoyed me up says Prescott
Oct 01, 2001 ... JOHN PRESCOTT has told how East Lothian Labour supporters and onepugnacious little baby in particular helped revive his spirits afterthe infamous "rumble in Rhyl". The Deputy Prime Minister was depressed after being caught on TVpunching a demonstrator who threw an egg at him in ...
House price surge an eight-year high
Oct 01, 2001 ... HOUSE prices surged 2.8 per cent in September to stand 14.6 percent higher on the year, latest figures from the Nationwide BuildingSociety revealed today. The monthly rise is the strongest in more than eight years, sincethe 3.6 per cent jump in June 1993. The annual rise is the ...
The first 3G mobile phone hits the shops
Oct 01, 2001; ... NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile telecoms operator, haslaunched the world's first third generation mobile phone service. Users of the revolutionary phones will be able to surf theinternet and see pictures of the people they are talking to, and,eventually, be able to watch movies ...
VW heads for Russia
Oct 01, 2001 ... EUROPE'S top carmaker Volkswagen will launch a project in Russianext year that could see it eventually produce up to 300,000automobiles a year there. Russian trade and economic ...
Stock Exchange gears up to swoop for Liffe
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE London Stock Exchange is this week expected to outline a firmoffer to buy the London futures and options market Liffe in anattempt to head off a bidding war with two rival exchanges. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Euronext, the Paris-based pan-European exchange operator, ...
Johnston's title tilt
Oct 01, 2001 ... EAST LOTHIAN champion bowler Mark Johnston booked his place inthe final of the Scottish Singles with five wins at Dundee IBC overthe weekend. Johnston beat champion Darren Burnett 21-15 along the way.Johnston, 35, is aiming to emulate the 1990 and 1991 success of ...
'Muir skipper Fisher leads by example to put an end to Aberdeen's dominance
Oct 01, 2001; ... BOROUGHMUIR were grateful for two tries in the last nine minutesas they struggled to overcome Aberdeen GSFP 17-10 at Meggetland onSaturday. It was fitting that the second score near the end should comefrom No.8 Ben Fisher, as the home skipper had an excellent game inthe loose ...
Live the natural high life
Oct 01, 2001; ... Britons rely on drink and drugs to get through the week, butJulie McCaffrey finds out about natural ways to cope with stress WE are a nation of chemical junkies living for our next fix.Whether it be a craving for coffee or cola, alcohol or nicotine,tonics or antidepressants, the ...
City gym sweating the small stuff
Oct 01, 2001; ... The latest health fad aims to catch them while they're young.Lara MacMillan visits a gym in the Capital which is cashing in onthe craze With serious concerns that children are piling on the pounds asthey exercise less and spend more time in front of the television orcomputer, an ...
Legacy of a human time bomb
Oct 01, 2001; ... Huntington's disease is inherited, yet its sufferers may beunaware they have it until their mid-30s. Liam Rudden meets onevictim At a strapping six foot one inch, and weighing in at 16 stone,it's hard to believe that Alan Wilson from Gorgie is suffering froma condition that has ...
Facing up to autumn
Oct 01, 2001; ... Now that autumn is well and truly upon us, make-up is in need ofan update. Julie McCaffrey finds out what colours and techniques arehot this season Slick on your summer face with your winter wardrobe and you'lllook all out of sorts. This autumn and winter out goes the ...
City View Open war with terror
Oct 01, 2001; ... IT is possible to discern one benevolent effect of the terroristoutrages in the United States. A new urgency has been invested inthe campaign to open the markets of the world to free trade. Eventhe European Commission has been jolted into agreeing it can nolonger merely preserve its ...
Mendes on his way as Calderwood looks for new faces
Oct 01, 2001; ... DUNFERMLINE boss Jimmy Calderwood watched his side spiral totheir seventh successive league defeat against Kilmarnock , thenrevealed he's freed unsettled striker Junior Mendes to pave the wayfor new faces at East End Park. Mendes joined the Pars following anacrimonious split from St ...
Woodwork denies Clark glory goal
Oct 01, 2001; ... A LAST-SECOND header from former Dundee United star John Clarkalmost earned Gala Fairydean a passage into the Tennent's ScottishCup, but his powerful ten-yard effort rebounded from the crossbar. Now Preston Athletic and Gala must replay this coming Saturdayafter they drew 1-1 in ...
Gunners are caught short by Swansea
Oct 01, 2001; ... EDINBURGH coach Frank Hadden today conceded that a playershortage is dogging his attempts to engineer an upturn in his side'sfortunes ahead of Friday's crucial Heineken Cup clash with Biarritzat Myreside. The Capital outfit go into the second round of fixtures hopingfor better ...
Bairns comeback takes the weight off boss Totten
Oct 01, 2001 ... WHILE Falkirk's winless run prior to Saturday may not quite haveconstituted a crisis, manager Alex Totten will feel as though therehas been a heavy weight removed from his shoulders after watchinghis side come from two behind against Ross County to win 4-2. The Bairns scored all ...
US plane taunts spark fan hunt
Oct 01, 2001 ... CELTIC bosses today vowed to ban the sick fans who tauntedRangers' American star Claudio Reyna over the terrorist atrocitiesin his homeland. A number of Celtic supporters made "plane" gestures towards theNew Yorker during their side's 2-0 win over Rangers at Ibrox in thefirst ...
Rose victory secures top spot despite lace disgrace
Oct 01, 2001; ... LINLITHGOW ROSE ace Ian McGroarty was red-carded during hisside's 3-0 win over Whitburn at Central Park on Saturday - afterbending down to tie his bootlaces! Substitute McGroarty, who had already been booked, got hismarching orders for alleged time-wasting as his side went top ...
Celebration of hatred
Oct 01, 2001; ... NO DOUBT there will be many people who viewed Gerry Adam'srejection of terrorism at the weekend as nothing more than theslippery sound-bites of a cynical politician. But the significance of the Sinn Fein President's speech at hisparty's annual conference, where he declared that ...
Nightclub staff lay siege to students
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE fierce rivalry between Edinburgh's nightclubs has reached newheights with police being dragged into a complaint of problems at auniversity campus. Nightclub workers have been laying siege to campuses across thecity in a bid to attract thousands of new customers as students ...
Army closes Lothian base
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE Lothian barracks where Scotland's soldiers have been trainedfor 30 years is to close and all new recruits sent to England fortraining. The move will lead to the loss of up to 50 civilian jobs atGlencorse Barracks, once the HQ of the Royal Scots. The closure is set to be ...
Broto will be out for long spell
Oct 01, 2001; ... LIVINGSTON will attempt to sign a new goalkeeper this week afterit was revealed that Javier Sanchez Broto faces up to four months onthe sidelines after breaking his ankle against Hibs yesterday. The big Spaniard suffered the injury in an innocuous-lookingchallenge with Alen Orman ...
Sacked Taylor vows to prove Leicester wrong
Oct 01, 2001; ... PETER TAYLOR is determined to prove Leicester wrong for sackinghim after just 15 months as their manager. Taylor described himself as "frustrated, rather than angry" whentold of his fate by Leicester chairman John Elsom in a meeting lastnight. The former England caretaker ...
Review Capital's debut slam is pure poetry
Oct 01, 2001; ... Big Word Poetry Slam Bongo Club WHEN queues are forming out the door at the Bongo Club you haveto assume there's something pretty special going on inside. Some newreggae/dub sensation making their Edinburgh debut? Last night's gig was less of a natural headline-grabber, but ...
Review La Rue is still streets ahead
Oct 01, 2001; ... Danny La Rue, Palladium Nights, King's Theatre DANNY LA RUE returned to the King's last night with a show thatunashamedly pushed all the emotional buttons in an audience made up,for the most part, of his peers. Venerated British institution though he is, he does display ...
Barrie quick to defend Officer
Oct 01, 2001 ... CURRIE coach Kevin Barrie today leapt to the defence of DavidOfficer after the full back was sin-binned during a 34-22 win atGlasgow Hawks, which helps the Edinburgh outfit keep in touch withthe BT Scotland Premiership pacesetters. "I thought it was a bit harsh to show David the ...
Heriot's clocked off early, says coach Donald
Oct 01, 2001 ... HERIOT'S coach Donald Macdonald today admitted his playersknocked off prematurely near half-time in going down 21-13 atMelrose. Macdonald said: "With a 13-3 lead we maybe started clock watchingand instead of turning round with the advantage, handed apsychological edge to ...
Why the city has to tighten its belt
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE four councils of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East and West Lothianare about to embark on a major consultation exercise over the newstructure plan. We are asking you for your views on the future shape of Edinburghand the Lothians, and in particular on how much new housing ...
Making a Patsy out of all her victims
Oct 01, 2001; ... NORMALLY I have little time for women who whinge that somepreying femme fatale threw herself at their husband and led himastray. It suggests their husband was some kind of gullible retardat the mercy of a scheming wench. It's also called being in denial. "My husband couldn't ...
Greencore feeling the heat
Oct 01, 2001 ... FOOD group Greencore, which last year bought ready meals firmHazlewood, has said it is being hit by the intense supermarketcompetition. Price pressure in the "value" bread market meant the results ofits UK bakery operation Kears would fall "well below" expectationsin the ...
Aching limbs no excuse for Hibs,insists McLeish
Oct 01, 2001; ... IT WAS, perhaps, inevitable following their Herculean effortsagainst Greek outfit AEK Athens that Hibs would suffer something ofa European hangover with barely 72 hours having elapsed since theircruel UEFA Cup exit. However, after watching his side turn in a lacklustre ...
Grange cup defeat
Oct 01, 2001 ... UNDERSTRENGTH Grange slipped to their first League Cup hockeydefeat , going down 6-3 to Aberdeen Asset Management at Peffermillafter doubles from player-coach Phil Webster and Cameron Mowat. Stewart McMorrow, the Edinburgh side's team manager, said:"Frankly, we were shocking and ...
Lafreniere shows his class in Capitals win
Oct 01, 2001 ... JASON LAFRENIERE was the toast of his Edinburgh Capitals icehockey colleagues as his treble sunk Fife Flyers at Murrayfield lastnight. The former NHL hit-man showed his class in the 5-1 humbling ofthe Kirkcaldy club which left the visiting fans open-mouthed. And Scott Neil, ...
Levein faces hard slog to turn Hearts around
Oct 01, 2001; ... WHEN a team is struggling you tend to find it doesn't get thebreaks it requires - as Hearts supporters discovered against DundeeUnited on Saturday. Short on confidence, the Jambos were in desperate need of a liftagainst Alex Smith's side having gone into the game on the back ...
Bid to end 'slavery' of nurses returning to hospitals
Oct 01, 2001 ... UNISON is to make a legal challenge over the conditions underwhich nurses are re-employed after taking a career break. The publicservice union claims the current system of re-employing nursesamounts to slavery and plans to change this practice through an em-ployment tribunal. Currently, ...
Rocks show promise despite two defeats
Oct 01, 2001 ... THE opening weekend of the new British Basketball League seasonbrought no joy for Edinburgh Rocks after the Capital club slipped todefeats against London Towers and Sheffield Sharks. But new coach Kevin Wall today insisted that there were signs hisunder-prepared team can go on to ...
Television viewers vote to switch off for election
Oct 01, 2001 ... INTEREST in the recent General Election campaign fell to an all-time low among TV viewers, according to a report today. Around 70 per cent of viewers who took part in the survey saidthey had little or no interest in the coverage, despite the majorityciting TV as their main source ...
Restaurants in dog-house over snub to the blind
Oct 01, 2001 ... THOUSANDS of restaurants and pubs across the UK continue to breakthe law by refusing to accept guide dogs, it was claimed today. One in eight eateries contacted in a survey would not allow aguide dog on their premises, despite this being illegal since 1999under the Disability ...
AVM's losses up 500 per cent
Oct 01, 2001 ... ADAPTIVE Venture Managers, the Livingston-based incubator group,has seen first-half losses increase by 500 per cent to pounds505,000 over the last year. The firm blamed the bulk of it on a GBP 350,000 write-down on itsinvestment in EctoPharma, the developer of green pesticides ....
Hearts chief backs Levein
Oct 01, 2001; ... HEARTS chairman Doug Smith today insisted there was no need forpanic despite the Jambos crashing to their fourth defeat on the trotagainst Dundee United on Saturday. An injury-time header from substitute Stephen Thompson condemnedCraig Levein's men to their third successive ...
SRU gets tough
Oct 01, 2001 ... TWO rugby players who were sent off for putting the boot intoopponents in separate incidents today received nine and eight monthbans. The Scottish Rugby Union disciplinary panel suspended Perthshiresecond row Peter Hart for 36 weeks for kicking a Madras College ...
Bank paints a bleak picture of economy
Oct 01, 2001 ... VARIOUS economic figures released today continue to point towardsa grim outlook for both the Scottish and UK economies, and suggestthat business confidence is now at its lowest point in five years. According to the latest Bank of Scotland economic survey,Scottish service sector ...
Woman dies in horrific smash
Oct 01, 2001; ... A YOUNG woman killed in a horror road accident in Edinburgh isbelieved to have stepped out in front of the lorry which knocked herdown. Nicola French suffered severe head injuries after being struck onthe A90 Edinburgh to South Queensferry road on Saturday. Eyewitnesses and ...
Brown rules out terrorism tax hikes
Oct 01, 2001 ... GORDON BROWN today ruled out increasing income tax or borrowingto pay for the war on international terrorism. The Chancellor was adamant that he could find the cash withoutaffecting his current spending plans. The Dunfermline East MP said: "I would rule out a rise in ...
Piece of Burns' love life up for grabs
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE love life of Robert Burns was infamously entangled,influencing many of his most famous poems and songs. Now the story of how he plotted an escape to Jamaica to avoid thefall-out from one of his early love affairs has been revived by thesale of a rare first edition of his ...
Mobile phone hero hailed for foiling thieves
Oct 01, 2001; ... AN Edinburgh woman who stalked thieves through woods whiletalking to police on her mobile phone was hailed as a hero today. Diane Armstrong, from Cramond, received a Meritorious ConductAward at a ceremony in Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall for helpingofficers catch a pair of ...
Crackdown to put brakes on car crime
Oct 01, 2001; ... THE biggest-ever crackdown on car crime in the Lothians waslaunched by police today. The move comes after new figures showed that more than 5000 carcrimes have been recorded so far this year in the Lothian andBorders force area - one fifth of all crime. Victims of car crime ...
Prince takes the biscuit
Oct 01, 2001 ... THE Prince of Wales put hygiene before fashion on a visit to afactory where his own brand of biscuits are made. He got dressed up in a white coat and a kilt for a tour of theproduction line at the Walker's Shortbread plant in Elgin, in Moray, Staff showed the royal guest how ...
DaimlerChrysler in radical move
Oct 01, 2001 ... CAR-MAKER DaimlerChrysler said it was forming a "chairman'scouncil" to advise its management on global strategy, in a movewhich analysts said could herald far-reaching changes in Germancorporate governance. The company said the council would be chaired by chief executiveJuergen ...
Soapstars face snub from Emmerdale cast
Oct 01, 2001 ... ACTORS on soap opera Emmerdale are said to be refusing to workwith the winners of ITV's Soapstars show. The five winners , including 19-year-old Elspeth Brodie fromMusselburgh and Jason Hain, 21, from Newburgh in Fife, are due tojoin the existing cast as a new family on Emmerdale, ...
Soapstars face Emmerdale snub
Oct 01, 2001 ... ACTORS on soap opera Emmerdale are said to be refusing to workwith the winners of ITV's Soapstars show. The five winners , including 19-year-old Elspeth Brodie fromMusselburgh and ...
City firm gets Connected in property market
Oct 01, 2001 ... EDINBURGH electronic media company Connected Digital Media isplanning a big expansion into the English real estate and propertydevelopment market with its new "virtual tours" product. Director Neil Tocher said the new product allowed users to placea 360-degree panoramic picture of ...
Scots firms 'unaware' of impact from new data act
Oct 01, 2001 ... THOUSANDS of small Scottish businesses could face prosecutionunder provisions about to come into force as part of the new DataProtection Act because they are unaware they are affected, accordingto business information company Experian. Mike Bradford, director of data protection ...
US bank loans to 'troubled' firms double to 136bn pounds
Oct 01, 2001 ... THE number of bank loans to American companies labelled"troubled" has doubled to about GBP 136 billion over the past year,according to sources working on a new official survey. The annual review of syndicated loans - those over GBP 13.5bn andshared by three or more banks - by the ...
Brake Bros nets fish seller
Oct 01, 2001 ... SCOTTISH seafood wholesaler Scotia Campbell Marine has beenbought for GBP 4 million by food supply firm Brake Bros. Trading under the name Campbell & Neill, SCM supplies fresh fishand seafood to caterers, with branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Inthe year ended February 28, it had ...
Social clubs may lose out on jackpots
Oct 01, 2001; ... SOCIAL clubs in Edinburgh and the Lothians face losing tens ofthousands of pounds of income each under government plans to put aGBP 15 cap on fruit machine jackpots. Cash prizes of up to GBP 250 attract so many customers to thejackpot machines that many clubs make a large chunk of ...
Gail first in the queue as complex opens doors
Oct 01, 2001 ... TV STAR Gail Hipgrave is to open the flagship Ocean Terminalcomplex this week. The Edinburgh-born presenter - who changed her name from Porterto Hipgrave after getting married last month - will be the firstcustomer through the doors of the shopping centre when it opens itsdoors ....
Christmas treat for Grassmarket
Oct 01, 2001 ... THE Grassmarket is set to stage a Christmas market after a localsurvey found overwhelming support for the move. Previous efforts to stage a Christmas market in the historicthoroughfare were thwarted after complaints from the area'sresidents ....
Church gets repair cash
Oct 01, 2001 ... A CITY church has been awarded GBP 247,000 for repairs andconservation work from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Christ Church in Morningside said the grant would ensure ...
25 killed in bomb attack
Oct 01, 2001 ... AT least 25 people were killed and 50 wounded today whensuspected Islamic militants set off a car bomb and burst into theKashmiri state parliament in India. The rebels brought the hijacked vehicle to the assembly buildingin the summer capital of Jammu-Kashmir state and ...
Strike on UK consulate foiled
Oct 01, 2001 ... GERMAN police foiled an attack by Islamic extremists on theBritish consulate general, it was reported today. It was the first confirmed threat against a British target sinceSeptember 11. The Hamburg offices were said to have been saved following aGerman police operation ....
Strong jobs market set to last
Oct 01, 2001 ... BRITAIN'S labour market, currently enjoying the lowestunemployment levels for 26 years, remains strong, with further jobgains expected in every sector, according to research releasedtoday. Recruitment specialist Manpower said its quarterly survey ofemployment prospects showed 30 ...
UN plea on weapons of mass destruction
Oct 01, 2001 ... UNITED Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called fortighter controls on nuclear, chemical and biological weaponsfollowing the terrorist attacks on the United States. Mr Annan warned that millions of people could have been killed inthe suicide attacks if terrorists had ...
Store scheme defeat looms
Oct 01, 2001 ... OBJECTORS to plans to turn an old storehouse in Cramond into ashop and garage are expected to lose their fight. Seven neighbours, the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland,the Cramond Association and Cramond Heritage Trust had opposed thescheme for the stone-built store at ...
Jim beaming as his proud Lions save their best for the big boys
Oct 01, 2001; ... NO MORE can Livingston's fine start to life in the Premier Leaguebe declared a flash in the pan. With nine games played, the Lionsfind themselves a lofty third in the table and, quite simply, theyare there on merit. The most impressive feature of the side assembled by Jim ...