Evening News - Scotland back issues from May 2006:
Caps finally in hand for Easter Road greats
May 01, 2006; ... THE international careers of six Easter Road greats were finallyrecognised last night as they were presented with a retrospective capto mark their Scotland appearances. Under the SFA rules which pertained at the time, caps weren'tawarded unless players had faced England, Wales or ...
Gus is a must at sharp end in film of Zulu dust-up
May 01, 2006; ... HIS face could have been his fortune. But there's time yet. Chiefconcierge at the Paramount Carlton Angus Grant, meantime, is the faceof Edinburgh in the brochure selling the chain's 20 hotels throughoutthe UK and on the worldwide web. Gus, whose inexhaustible claims to fame ...
Rudi hits back
May 01, 2006; ... HEARTS ace Rudi Skacel today dismissed his row with Neil Lennon,who labelled him a "disgrace" for allegedly spitting. "For Lennon's spirit it might have been difficult and he was maybea little bit angry because it was 3-0, and that can happen infootball," said the Czech. "But I ...
Leader: 'Road tolls are a dead duck politically in the foreseeable future'
May 01, 2006; ... CONGESTION CHARGING JUST when we thought it was truly all over, the question ofcongestion charging has reared its ugly head once more, with thedirector of one of the city's leading heritage watchdogs suggesting it should be put back on thepolitical agenda. Were there not ...
No dout about it - Mike's ready to get you in shape
May 01, 2006; ... MIKE HEATLIE'S career as a celebrity personal trainer was almostruined when Gwen Stefani fell pregnant. Not that the bleach-blonde pop star was about to put her feet upfor nine months - she still wanted to work out every morning. Ratherit was because the pregnancy was so secret ...
The dark winter days go out in a blaze of glory
May 01, 2006; ... MORE than 12,000 people enjoyed a feast of colour and fire at theBeltane Festival on Calton Hill. The event, which celebrates the start of spring, saw 300performers lead a fire-lit procession around the hill last night.However, hundreds of people were left disappointed when ...
Prescott fights on after new revelations over affair with secretary
May 01, 2006; ... AN embattled John Prescott was fighting on today after a weekendof telephone conversations with the Prime Minister and conciliatorytalks with wife Pauline. Despite offering his resignation, the Deputy Prime Minister hasreceived the backing of Tony Blair following more revelations ...
Quick News: Drivers paid for dodgers
May 01, 2006; ... BUS drivers are being paid to catch fare dodgers who use faketravel cards and passes. Lothian Buses is paying between GBP 10 and GBP 25 to drivers whomanage to foil ...
Footballers cry foul as the taxman tackles junior clubs
May 01, 2006; ... IT is a million miles away from the world of SPL stars like CraigGordon, who take home wages of up to GBP 12,000 a week. But it is not the premier league players the taxman has his sightson, but the Lothians' part-time footballers, who take home GBP 10-a-week and play to crowds of ...
Quick News: Death: woman in court
May 01, 2006; ... A 56-YEAR-OLD woman is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Courttomorrow in connection with the death of a 48-year-old man inNewtongrange. James ...
GBP 2bn tax for work PC use
May 01, 2006; ... WORKERS and their companies face an additional GBP 2 billion-plusin tax over the next three years as the Government prepares to imposea levy on "significant" personal use of ...
Top Gear star Stig drives in
May 01, 2006; ... MYSTERY presenter Stig from BBC2's Top Gear is to put in a specialappearance when top drivers from Lothian and Borders Policedemonstrate their techniques and expertise at an event in Midlothianlater this month. The Young Driver Challenge 06 is open to drivers aged between 17and ...
I'll go early for good of the Labour Party says Anderson
May 01, 2006; ... CITY council leader Donald Anderson is to be forced to stand downmonths earlier than expected because of pressure from colleagues. Labour councillors have demanded he step aside to concentrate onhis Edinburgh South election battle and let a new group leader totake over in the ...
Air fares at record low levels
May 01, 2006; ... AIR fares are at record low levels, figures from the Department ofTransport showed today. The numbers show that air fares have plunged dramatically,particularly over the past decade. The figures, obtained under theFreedom of Information Act, show the typical price of a ...
Donald Anderson: Snapshot of a seven-year career
May 01, 2006; ... The highs THE number of high-profile events he helped bring to the city. Hehelped attract top events such as the MTV music awards, and to buildthe Hogmanay celebrations into one of the world's biggest streetparties. * The city's tourism industry has also grown from strength, ...
Anderson to go in August
May 01, 2006; ... DONALD ANDERSON is to step down as city council leader monthsearly after being warned not to "do a Tony Blair" and cling to poweras long as possible. Councillor Anderson, who is standing ...
Report reveals nuclear plant picture scares
May 01, 2006; ... PEOPLE taking photographs outside Torness Power Station made uptwo of 18 security incidents reported at the Dunbar nuclear plant inthe last three years. Details released by the Office for Civil Nuclear Security todayrevealed there have been two incidents that involved ...
Barnardo's in carers drive
May 01, 2006; ... CHILDREN'S charity Barnardo's has kicked off a recruitment driveto get more foster carers in Edinburgh and the Lothians. The initiative comes after a recent Barnardo's survey showed thatthe kinds of people who foster children range dramatically. Fiona Bennett, children's ...
The dark winter days go out in a blaze of glory
May 01, 2006; ... MORE than 12,000 people enjoyed a feast of colour and fire at theBeltane Festival on Calton Hill. The event, which celebrates the start of spring, saw 300performers lead a fire-lit procession around the hill last night.However, hundreds of people were left disappointed when ...
Quick News: Bird flu masks don't sell
May 01, 2006; ... AN Edinburgh shop that is selling face masks to help protectagainst bird flu has seen no increase in sales - despite the arrivalof the ...
Ming gives Jaguar away to museum
May 01, 2006; ... SOME of its collection of vintage classic cars date as far back asthe 19th century and include an 1897 Arnold Benz, a Leon Bollee from1898 and a 78-year-old Rolls-Royce. So the new addition of a fairly common 17-year-old Jaguar XJSCoupe would not usually be something to excite car ...
Prescott battling on after new revelations
May 01, 2006; ... AN embattled John Prescott was fighting on today after a weekendof telephone conversations with the Prime Minister and conciliatorytalks with wife Pauline. Despite offering his resignation, the Deputy Prime Minister hasreceived the backing of Tony Blair following more revelations ...
Quick News: Body is found in sea
May 01, 2006; ... THE body of a woman who went missing from her home in West Lothianlast week has been found in the sea off the Berwickshire coast. Margaret Sorlie, 51, from Uphall, was reported missing byrelatives on Wednesday lunchtime after she failed to turn up to herwork in ...
Heart of gold as boxer gives gear to appeal
May 01, 2006; ... COMMONWEALTH Games gold medallist Kenny Anderson has donated itemsfor a charity auction. The top amateur boxer, 23, gave a signed Scotland vest and a pairof his gloves to raise money for pioneering stem-cell treatment tohelp Ian Munro, 44, walk again. The Leith man has been ...
Cash crisis threat to Capital's place as medical world leader
May 01, 2006; ... THE Capital's place as a world leader in developing new treatmentsfor incurable diseases is under threat because of a lack ofinvestment. Scientists in Edinburgh at the cutting edge of stem cell researchare currently working to find new treatments for conditions such ascancer, ...
Business briefs: Builders merchants' sales down
May 01, 2006; ... SCOTS builders merchants saw sales drop by 4.2 per cent over thethree months between December 2005-February 2006 compared with thesame period the year before, ...
Drug trials begin on women with breast cancer genes
May 01, 2006; ... CLINICAL trials were expected to begin today of a new treatmentfor women who have inherited breast cancer genes. Studies suggest the drug carboplatin, already used for lung andovarian cancer, could be up to 20 times more effective for women whocarry the defective BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...
Castle Street goes into the market for continental look
May 01, 2006; ... THE first in a string of open-air markets is set to take place onCastle Street after a GBP 2 million revamp. A fine foods market on Thursday, May 25 will kick-off an eventsseason featuring outdoor entertainment in the street, where councilchiefs have spent GBP 2m pedestrianising ...
Around town: Commercial interests lined up
May 01, 2006; ... A SPEED-NETWORKING event and a visit to the Edinburgh Mail Centreare ...
Around town: Ivory figures to be auctioned
May 01, 2006; ... VALUER Hamish Wilson holds a hand-carved Chinese ivory figure fromthe 18th century. The figure - a ...
Around town: Sandy tees up young golfers
May 01, 2006; ... GOLF legend Sandy Lyle is helping take a junior golf initiativelaunched in the Lothians to the rest of Scotland. The five-times European Ryder Cup team member has ...
Three hurt as Chinese gangs clash in street
May 01, 2006; ... THREE men were receiving hospital treatment today after a fightinvolving Chinese gangs carrying weapons, including a machete. Violence broke out in the Saughton Park area, of Edinburgh, in theearly hours of yesterday. Some gang members fled, either on foot or in cars, shortly ...
Business briefs: Figures show SME output and new orders up
May 01, 2006; ... BUSINESS output and new orders for small and medium sizedcompanies in Scotland continued to grow in the first quarter of 2006,new figures have revealed. But the SME index, compiled by accountants and business advisorsPKF, shows ...
Animal rights demo aims to cow ministers into calf ban
May 01, 2006; ... ANIMAL rights campaigners will gather outside the ScottishExecutive's office at St Andrew's House on Wednesday to protest aboutplans to resume live calf exports from Scotland. Advocates for Animals supporters, sporting cow masks, will handthe Scottish Executive a giant postcard ...
New tax rules on PC use could hit staff with bills
May 01, 2006; ... STAFF and their employees could face a tax bill of around GBP 730million a year if they use workplace computers for personal e-mailing and internet surfing, it has emerged. Under the terms of the Finance Bill, which will be debated in theHouse of Commons tomorrow, businesses face ...
Firefighter is bitten by parrot in burning flat
May 01, 2006; ... A FIREMAN bitten by a parrot while rescuing the bird from aburning flat had to be taken to hospital for a tetanus shot. The firefighter was injured after his crew were called out to afire at Ferniehill Road just after 3pm on Friday. The blaze wasalready well-alight by the time ...
Business briefs: Job coaching programme offers training
May 01, 2006; ... SCOTTISH Business In the Community, is offering six free places onits highly successful "Job Coaching" programme, which offers twodays' training as coaches in job search and career development ....
Around town: Open day tells families it's fun to learn
May 01, 2006; ... AN education open day aiming to highlight learning opportunitiesopen to families is to take place in Midlothian. It will include a storyteller, art and craft skills forums and analcohol health workshop ....
Around town: MP taking the pledge on NHS
May 01, 2006; ... A CAMPAIGN to get politicians to vow they will always use the NHSand never seek private medicine has won the backing of a West LothianLabour MP. Michael ...
Baugur linked to HoF buyout
May 01, 2006; ... BAUGUR, the Icelandic investment group, was today thought to bebehind a bid for House of Fraser after the department store chainconfirmed it had received a "very preliminary" approach. The group said in a statement that it had received an approachwhich may or may not lead to a ...
Hostel for homeless closes after 125 years
May 01, 2006; ... A LODGING for homeless people has closed after more than 125 yearsin the Capital. Bowfoot House, next to the Apex International on the Grassmarket,is to undergo extensive renovation before being turned intoaffordable housing. The owners of the building said that it was no ...
Business optimism at highest in a year
May 01, 2006; ... BRITISH business optimism improved in the latest quarter to itshighest level in more than a year with manufacturers' confidenceleaping ahead, a survey today revealed. The Institute of Directors said its balance of company bosses whowere more optimistic about their business outlook ...
Thoroughly modern Mills gets ready to orchestrate Festival
May 01, 2006; ... WHEN the Australian composer Jonathan Mills was named as successorto Sir Brian McMaster as director of the Edinburgh InternationalFestival earlier this year, it took many in the arts world bysurprise - not least Mills himself. Two months on the "chardonnay Aussie academic" or ...
Jobs coup for Anderson as employment expert joins
May 01, 2006; ... ANDERSON Strathern, the Edinburgh-based legal heavyweight, haspoached employment law specialist Alan Masson from rival firmMacRoberts. The move is seen as something of a coup for Anderson, whoseemployment unit is almost a decade old and in that time has increasedfrom two lawyers ...
Greenbelt anger at Water of Leith plans
May 01, 2006; ... GREEN belt campaigners have warned that development on the banksof the Water of Leith has reached saturation point after plans weresubmitted to build more than 60 townhouses along the river. More than 200 letters of objection have been sent into the councilover outline plans by ...
Historic lighthouse serves as a beacon for potential buyers
May 01, 2006; ... TEN potential buyers have made offers for a century-old lighthousein East Lothian. The 40-metre high Barns Ness lighthouse near Dunbar, which isowned by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), has become redundantdue to advances in technology. It has marked the southern ...
Shooting suspect's partner denies family feud to blame
May 01, 2006; ... THE partner of suspected gunman James Bain has denied that afamily feud sparked a pub shooting that left ex-boxer Alex McKinnondead. McKinnon died and another man was seriously injured following theshooting at The Marmion pub in Gracemount a week ago. The murder was thought ...
Hit musical is just what the Doctor ordered
May 01, 2006; ... FORMER Dr Who Sylvester McCoy will be among the stars appearing inthe hit musical Me and My Girl when it comes to the Capital in theautumn. The popular musical is coming to the city's Festival Theatre inlate October as part of a UK-wide eight-month tour. Also appearing will ...
What a May Day
May 01, 2006; ... Hundreds of people took to the streets to celebrate May Day.Saturday's march and rally began in Market Street and wound up at ...
OAPs set for GBP 1.5m care bill refunds
May 01, 2006; ... EDINBURGH could be forced to repay up to GBP 1.5 million to oldpeople who have been charged for help with preparing meals, despitethe policy of free personal care, an MSP has claimed. Former Scottish Tory leader David McLetchie, MSP for EdinburghPentlands, has already secured a ...
Heritage group puts tolls back on agenda
May 01, 2006; ... THE debate over Edinburgh's controversial congestion chargingscheme is to be re-ignited by the new leader of heritage group theCockburn Association. Moira Tasker, who has replaced David McDonald as director of theassociation, has targeted heavy traffic as one of the main threats ...
New faces
May 01, 2006; ... ANDY CUMMING has been appointed a non-executive director of LloydsTSB Scotland. He is currently senior sanctioning director for theLondon-based wholesale and international division of the bank. LloydsTSB Scotland chief executive Susan Rice said: "I welcome Andy andlook forward to seeing ...
Around town: Conservatory just what the doctor ordered
May 01, 2006; ... A BRAND new conservatory is set to be added to the back of a citynursing home. Elder Homes Ltd have been given permission to build the structureat the building on Chamberlain Road by the ...
Little battler Shields wins new Hibs deal
May 01, 2006; ... HIBS boss Tony Mowbray today revealed Jay Shields' stormingperformances over the past month have earned the Easter Road star anew contract. The little right-back had looked to be on his way out of the clubwhen, with his current deal expiring at the end of the season, hehadn't ...
Business briefs: Puma sales
May 01, 2006; ... SPORTSWEAR firm Puma said sales over its first quarter were up 30per cent to GBP 447 million, thanks ...
Around town: Grow with the flow at plant sale for rivers
May 01, 2006; ... THOUSANDS of plants are going on sale as part of a fundraisingdrive for Edinburgh's rivers. The Water of Leith Visitor Centre on Lanark Road is holding aplant sale on May 6 with all funds raised going to conservation workon the waterway ....
QE2 to make city port call in 40th year
May 01, 2006; ... THE world's most famous ship is to return to Edinburgh next yearas part of her 40th birthday celebrations. The QE2, which was built in Scotland in 1967, is set to make avisit to the Capital in September 2007 - docking at SouthQueensferry. The luxury liner, which boasts five ...
Business briefs: Quarry digs up new tenants
May 01, 2006; ... TWO more retailers are to open stores at new retail park TheQuarry, in Blackhall. Clothes store New ...
Cancer victim makes the running in Race for Life
May 01, 2006; ... APAIR of trainers and a new haircut might not sound that specialas birthday presents. But to Christine Carr they mean the world. Two years ago she feared she would not live to celebrate any morebirthdays after she was diagnosed with a rare cancer. Weeks of gruelling ...
Your say: Heritage group puts tolls back on agenda
May 01, 2006; ... Should Edinburgh consider road tolls again? Kat Barron, 20, hairdressing student, Bingham Crossway: "I don'tthink there's really any need for a congestion charge in the citycentre, as I don't think it would do anything to reduce the amount oftraffic." Iain McGill, 29, ...
Recycling rate quadruples
May 01, 2006; ... THE amount of waste recycled by residents in East Lothian hasquadrupled in four years. A government target of 25 per cent of all household waste beingrecycled by this year has been broken, with householders nowrecycling 27.6 per cent. Council chiefs have put the ...
Business briefs: Scots economy poised to grow 1.5 per cent by end of year
May 01, 2006; ... SCOTLAND'S economy is likely to end 2006 showing growth of around1.5 per cent, according to the Bank of Scotland's Index of LeadingEconomic Indicators. That would represent a drop from the 1.8 per cent growth seen over2005, Scottish Executive figures revealed last week. And ...
Around town: Non-profit business fair
May 01, 2006; ... A FAIR promoting the services of social enterprises is set to takeplace. The Midlothian ...
Pub horror: first arrest
May 01, 2006; ... POLICE have arrested a 21-year-old man wanted in connection withthe fatal shooting at an Edinburgh pub. Detectives swooped yesterdaymorning and took the suspect into custody after an eight-day manhunt.They had appealed for the man to give himself up over the weekendafter he went into ...
Slab killing: man arrested
May 01, 2006; ... A MAN being hunted by police for a murder in Pilton last month hasbeen arrested. John Graham, 20, is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Courttomorrow in connection with the murder of Thomas Hart, 51, who wasbludgeoned to death with a paving ...