Evening News - Scotland back issues from July 2006:
Ronaldo is hungry to build on goals record
Jul 01, 2006; ... RONALDO is hungry - but it's goals and glory on his mind - not aportion of his favourite beef carnitas. On Tuesday the tubby marksman carved himself a special niche inWorld Cup folklore - barging past Germany's Gerd Muller to become themost prolific marksman in Finals history ....
We can keep changing for the better, says Mowbray
Jul 01, 2006; ... TONY MOWBRAY believes tomorrow's InterToto Cup clash with DinaburgDaugavpils will signal a successful season for Hibs - despite thechanges which have taken place at Easter Road. Astonishingly, only Scott Brown, Steven Whittaker and StephenGlass remain of the players who featured ...
Tony: Our fitness was shock on my arrival
Jul 01, 2006; ... TONY MOWBRAY today revealed his dismay at the fitness levels ofhis players when he first took over as manager at Easter Road -claiming some of them could hardly run half a mile. Mowbray's appointment came only days before Hibs first experiencedInterToto Cup action, the campaign a ...
Worth the wait
Jul 01, 2006; ... STEVEN PRESSLEY today admitted the Hearts players had resignedthemselves to Valdas Ivanauskas being denied the opportunity tobecome their permanent head coach. Ivanauskas was confirmed in his new position yesterday, with 64-year-old Russian Eduard Malofeev as sporting director but ...
Leader: 'Disgruntled core Conservative voters cannot be ignored'
Jul 01, 2006; ... WAKE-UP CALL THE man who should be most worried today about Thursday's by-election results is not Tony Blair but David Cameron. Tory chairmanFrancis Maude described his party's narrow squeak in the Bromley andChislehurst by-election as a "bit of a wake-up call for us". It ...
Quick news: Roof plan pitched out
Jul 01, 2006; ... A BID to form a pitched roof and install rooflights and reversedormer at a house in Trinity Road ...
Quick news: Primrose flats to bloom
Jul 01, 2006; ... NEW flats are to be built by a developer in the Capital. Abercastle Property Group has received ...
Capital mums' body misery
Jul 01, 2006; ... MORE than two-thirds of mothers in Edinburgh surveyed in a strawpoll admitted they were unhappy with their bodies after havingchildren. The survey, conducted on behalf of website ...
Brown 'must answer West Lothian Question to be PM'
Jul 01, 2006; ... A FORMER Labour minister has warned Gordon Brown that he must sortout the problem of Scottish MPs' votes on English issues atWestminster if he ever wants to become prime minister. Greg Pope has become the first senior Blairite insider to join theTories in demanding an answer to ...
MP backs call for court parity
Jul 01, 2006; ... EDINBURGH North and Leith MP Mark Lazarowicz has joined Commonscalls for equal pay for women at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Tory Eleanor Laing put down a Commons ...
Winners
Jul 01, 2006; ... Picture caption: WINNERS: Coach Si Mullen celebrates winning theWardie 7s P6 competition with his Buckstone Primary School squad.Back row, left to ...
30 more Cadbury brands tested for food bug
Jul 01, 2006; ... FOOD safety experts are investigating another 30 brands ofCadbury's chocolate following a salmonella scare that led to onemillion chocolate bars being recalled. A total of seven products were taken off the shelves last weekafter a rare strain of salmonella was found in samples of ...
Teen attacked outside club
Jul 01, 2006; ... A TEENAGER was left with a broken eye socket after an attackoutside a city nightclub. The 19-year-old was punched in the face by man outside the Massanightspot in Market Street at 3am last Friday. The suspect, who was with a ...
Doctor's peak practice
Jul 01, 2006; ... DR HOWARD MOODY navigates a perilous slope as he joins a team ofintrepid mountaineers on a trek up Scotland's Munros. Dr Moody, the vice dean of the dental faculty at Edinburgh's RoyalCollege of Surgeons, was taking part in an ambitious weekend climb toraise money for charity ....
Around town: Will you quack under strain of the duck race?
Jul 01, 2006; ... A FLOCK of plastic ducks are set to go beak-to-beak on the Waterof Leith tomorrow. A duck piper and duck wardens will line the route of theStockbridge Duck Race to make sure all the bright yellow"competitors" reach the ...
Quick news: Facts on disabled care
Jul 01, 2006; ... A NEW factsheet to help the parents of the city's 4000 disabledchildren find the childcare they need has been produced. Contact a Family offers ...
Around town: Film crew are football car-azy
Jul 01, 2006; ... A FILM crew is trawling Edinburgh in a car decked out in Englandcolours to see if anyone in the Capital is supporting the ...
Quick news: On film for 60 years
Jul 01, 2006; ... THE Edinburgh International Film Festival is celebrating its 60thyear this August by screening 30 classic films ...
City culture chief bows out before curtain falls
Jul 01, 2006; ... EDINBURGH'S culture chief is to quit his job after it emerged hisdepartment is to be scrapped under new plans for a major shake-up ofcouncil services. Herbert Coutts, director of culture and leisure with the citycouncil, has revealed he is to take early retirement before the ...
Sleigh wins to follow his dad
Jul 01, 2006; ... EDINBURGH racing driver David Sleigh from Fairmilehead hascompleted a family double by emulating his father, Tom, in winningthe Guyson Scottish hill climb championship at Doune ....
Trading the grit of the city for a handful of sand
Jul 01, 2006; ... LONG balmy days digging sandcastles on Portobello beach, breezyafternoons flying a kite in Holyrood Park, or hours whiled away undercloudy skies playing "hooses" for the girls, cowboys and Indians forthe boys. And best of all? No school. The school holidays enjoyed by generations ...
John Hurt in city for tour of Holyrood
Jul 01, 2006; ... ACTOR John Hurt swapped Hollywood for Holyrood when he visitedEdinburgh for a tour of the GBP 431 million Scottish Parliament. The star of The Elephant Man and Alien was given a personal tourof the parliament yesterday by former Scottish Executive chiefarchitect John Gibbons, who ...
Baillie brings out the best in hockey
Jul 01, 2006; ... YVONNE BAILLIE has been kept busy as part of the newly-formedMidlothian Hockey Development Group providing coaching which hasintroduced the sport at a considerable number of primaries and highschools around Midlothian. She has also carried out taster sessions all over the county ...
Steak and ships as Navy Moo takes to the high seas
Jul 01, 2006; ... TODAY'S heifer is Navy Moo, who earlier this month said, 'Hej'(that's Swedish for hello), to Karlshamn Harbour from the deck of theHMS Edinburgh. Navy Moo (who is actually purple, as you can see) wasgifted to the crew of HMS Edinburgh by CowParade organisers ...
Top award for lifesaving joiner
Jul 01, 2006; ... A JOINER who turned lifesaver when he went to the aid of acollapsed workman is to receive a top award. Andy Scott, 62, has been awarded a Royal Humane Societyresuscitation certificate for his part in saving electrician ThomasLaw's life. Mr Law had stopped breathing and ...
Around town: Housing bid in the spotlight
Jul 01, 2006; ... COMMUNITY groups are to hold a meeting to discuss plans by SunriseSenior Living to build 80 sheltered homes at the corner ofEdinburgh's ...
NHSFirst in petition bid to cut hospital violence
Jul 01, 2006; ... A PETITION calling for health boards to be given more powers totackle violent behaviour in hospitals has been launched by anEdinburgh man. Mev Brown, of Southhouse Square, decided to call for action afterlearning that Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was forced to spend GBP18,000 to ...
Stone me! Lucky escape after rock smashes car windscreen
Jul 01, 2006; ... A MUM had a lucky escape when a plummeting stone from a railwaybridge smashed into her car. Evelyn Chapman had dropped her three-year-old son off at nurseryjust minutes before the incident under a bridge in Edinburgh'sBalgreen Road. The rear windscreen of her car was ...
Free instruments strike chord with poor children
Jul 01, 2006; ... CHILDREN living in some of Scotland's poorest communities are tobe given free musical instruments as part of a new initiativeborrowed from the slums of Venezuela. The Scottish Arts Council and BBC have agreed to create a charitythat will identify a deprived urban area of the ...
Top three spot just what the doctor ordered
Jul 01, 2006; ... RETIRED doctor Ian McKee has won a top three place on the ScottishNationalists' Lothians top-up list for next year's Holyrood electionsdespite an alleged move to scupper his chances. The result of the SNP's internal ballot to rank its listcandidates means the former Wester Hailes ...
Quick news: Reid hails woman's OBE
Jul 01, 2006; ... THE Home Secretary has personally congratulated an Edinburgh womanon her recent OBE for services to child ...
Conan Doyle story finds new Holmes at library
Jul 01, 2006; ... AN original manuscript of a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir ArthurConan Doyle has been donated to the National Library of Scotland. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client was the first story in thelast Holmes compilation, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, which waspublished in 1927 ....
Around town: Screening for stars in Pilton
Jul 01, 2006; ... COMMUNITY film project Pilton Video wants aspiring actors to putthemselves in the frame for stardom The Actors Database DVD offers locals ...
Thug punches woman in street attack
Jul 01, 2006; ... A YOUNG woman was left with a black eye after an unprovoked attackin broad daylight. The 20-year-old was walking along West Nicolson Street at 6.45pmlast Saturday when she was approached by a youth who punched her inthe face. Her attacker was described as being of mixed ...
Racist attacks shame as Asian man's jaw broken
Jul 01, 2006; ... POLICE are today investigating two racist attacks in Edinburgh,which have left one man in hospital after he suffered a broken jawand cheekbone. The victim was one of two Asian men who were assaulted by fourmales who shouted racist taunts at them before attacking them. The ...
Seven per cent rise in number caught with drugs in Lothians
Jul 01, 2006; ... POLICE in the Lothians catch 11 people every day in possession ofillegal drugs, new figures revealed today. A total of 4204 people were caught carrying drugs in the region inthe past year, a seven per cent rise on the year before. Edinburgh's drugs chief Tom Wood today said ...
Tempus 'is helping to create a Bond Street of the North'
Jul 01, 2006; ... THE latest bar-restaurant to open on George Street is helpingtransform the thoroughfare into the "Bond Street of the North",developers have claimed. EH2 Tempus opens next to the George Hotel on Monday, as part of aGBP 12 million overhaul of the famous hotel. The launch of the ...
Tourist tax will drive visitors out of city, warns hotel chief
Jul 01, 2006; ... Will a tourist tax price Edinburgh out of the market? Tell us whatyou think THE boss of one of Britain's biggest hotel chains today slammedplans to create a special "tourist tax" in the Capital. Grant Hearn, chief executive of Travelodge, which own 22 hotelsacross Scotland, ...
King's gets ready to unwrap Tutti Frutti treat
Jul 01, 2006; ... SEA of Souls star Dawn Steele and veteran Scottish actor Tam DeanBurn are to star in the National Theatre of Scotland's flagshipproduction of John Byrne's Tutti Frutti, which comes to the King'sTheatre later in the year. The pair will be joined by Balamory star Julie Wilson Nimmo, ...
City pupils failing to make the grade in reading and maths
Jul 01, 2006; ... SCHOOL pupils in Edinburgh are among the worst in Scotland when itcomes to reading and maths. A snap survey of all of the city's primary and secondary schoolsfound a significant number of pupils taken out of classes and testedat random failed exams in both skills. Examiners ...
Gardens arty . . but not exactly a Dream venue
Jul 01, 2006; ... ROBERT J Williamson is a man with a dream. You might even say aMidsummer Night's Dream, which is appropriate as he's the actor/manager responsible for the first Edinburgh Shakespeare Festival,which began on Tuesday in the majestic surroundings of Princes StreetGardens. Sitting ...
Game, set and match for Wimbledon data collectors
Jul 01, 2006; ... TWO Edinburgh women are paying special attention to the WimbledonChampionships this year. Frances Hendry, 20, and Mhari Neish, 21, are part of the IBM/Wimbledon data collector team responsible for recording every strokeby the world's best tennis players. From their ...
90 years on, city salutes its victims of Somme horror
Jul 01, 2006; ... CHURCH bells rang out across the killing fields of the Sommetoday, 90 years to the minute after thousands of young Britishsoldiers poured out of their trenches to their deaths. At exactly 7.30am French time, bells echoed across the cornfieldsbetween 60 separate villages across the ...
New faces
Jul 03, 2006; ... TENON, the accountancy and business adviser, has announced astring of promotions in Scotland, including two new directors andthree associate directors. Keith Marshall joined Scott Oswald (Tenon's former Scottishoffice) in 1997. Following nine years with the firm, he has now ...
World Cup football has gone to my overhead
Jul 03, 2006; ... IT'S hard going trying to keep up with all this football. WorldCup quarters down the pub, Champions League draw, InterToto Cup, aflashy new sporting director at Tynecastle. Then once things calmdown, the new season starts. I've always been suspicious of the "computers" that ...
John fights back to evict big brother Allan from Gorgie Mills competition
Jul 03, 2006; ... THE Priestley brothers squared up to each other in the quarter-final action of the club championship at Gorgie Mills and a 21-20thriller went to John in a dramatic climax. "My older brother Allan had me on toast at 20-13 up but I pippedhim at the post with a 3, 2, 3 finish and he ...
Kid converted
Jul 03, 2006; ... ANDREW CALDWELL was a Karate Kid at the age of ten but, a decadelater, he is bidding to become a British Isles Champion at bowlshaving won the Scotland Under-25 Singles title last year. His successat Ayr Northfield last season has earned him the right to representhis country in the Home ...
Logan boys made to work for place in national finals
Jul 03, 2006; ... THE widely-known Logan clan of Kirkliston is on the march to thenational finals stage at Ayr Northfield in early August but Ian,Greg, and Grant gave their support a few palpitations before bookingthe place in the Triples. The finals of the West Lothian District championships at ...
Rampant Hibs on easy street
Jul 03, 2006; ... Hibs 5 Dinaburg Daugavpils 0 THE gulf in class and level to which Hibs stamped their authorityon this match is probably best illustrated by the fact Tony Mowbrayand Co ended the 90 minutes DISAPPOINTED they couldn't add to theirfive-goal winning margin. The Easter Road side ...
McCrone seals salver victory at Turnhouse
Jul 03, 2006; ... OLLY McCRONE recovered from a shaky start to win the qualifyingsalver for the first time in the Turnhouse Open. McCrone, a stalwart of the host club and winner of the overallevent in 2002, was out in 38, three-over-par in Saturday's firstround, before birdies at 13, 14, 16 and 18 ...
Kingsknowe have it all to do following loss at Glencorse
Jul 03, 2006; ... DEFENDING champions Kingsknowe need a miracle to make the knock-out phase of this year's Applecross Edinburgh Summer League. Ian Printy's men still have four games to play in the round-robinphase but they'll need to win them all to have a chance ofprogressing. At the fifth ...
Waugh, what is he good for? More than hotels
Jul 03, 2006; ... KENNY WAUGH JUN - his dad Kenny chaired Hibs and he's still amajor Edinburgh bookmaker - couldn't be at the launch in Hope Streetof his company's latest investment, Hudson's. Bad form, I protested. He and wife Catrina were in London,watching the Stella Artois tennis. When I called ...
Skacel Czechs out of tour
Jul 03, 2006; ... WANT-AWAY Jambo Rudi Skacel was at Edinburgh Airport with his team-mates this morning - but he boarded a different flight. As the players departed for their pre-season tour of Austria,Skacel who, unlike the others was not wearing club gear, boarded aflight to Prague instead ....
Knox takes over as Scots' youth coach
Jul 03, 2006; ... ARCHIE KNOX has been appointed as Scotland's national youth teamscoach. Part of the full-time job will involve responsibility for themanagement of the Scotland Under-21 team. That post was previouslyheld by Rainer Bonhof and had been filled on an interim basis byMotherwell boss ...
Leader: 'Naturally the police welcome the flexibility they will exercise'
Jul 03, 2006; ... DRINKING IN PUBLIC THE U-turn by the Scottish Executive in granting powers to allowselective drinking in public in the city's streets and public placesis a welcome compromise. While there is no doubt many would have beenin favour of a total ban, as operates in Glasgow, giving ...
Game against Danish could be a sizzler, says Mowbray
Jul 03, 2006; ... TONY MOWBRAY believes Hibs fans will be in for a footballing treatif his side book a place against Danish side Odense in the thirdround of the InterToto Cup in a fortnight. The Easter Road side are all but assured of a place in the nextround after yesterday's 5-0 first-leg ...
City heeds the Thunder alert
Jul 03, 2006; ... CITY leaders are to examine the recommendations of a report thatwarned of a growing threat from rival cities to Edinburgh's status asa leading festivals city. The Thundering Hooves report published in May warned that long-term strategies and significant increases in investment are ...
Awards given to computer course crew
Jul 03, 2006; ... THE achievements of 50 Midlothian women who have completed acomputer course have been recognised at an awards ceremony. The women have been unemployed for more than two years or workless than 16 hours a week and have all successfully completed theMiTech IT training course within ...
Second World War ice heroes receive medals
Jul 03, 2006; ... MEDALS have been awarded to war heroes who sailed across theArctic to take aid to Russia. The men have endured a 60-year battle for recognition of theirbravery in sub-zero temperatures and under heavy enemy fire. The medals were awarded after a campaign in the Lothians, led ...
Getting wild in the Capital
Jul 03, 2006; ... THE work of World Wildlife Fund Scotland is set to be outlined aspecial event in the Capital. The WWF Scotland Supporters Conference will be held on Saturday,September 23, from 1pm to 4pm. Attendance is free but places arelimited, so anyone wishing to attend is advised to book ...
Convoy heroes receive medals
Jul 03, 2006; ... MEDALS have been awarded to Second World War heroes who sailedacross the Arctic to take aid to Russia. The men have endured a 60-year battle for recognition of theirbravery in sub-zero temperatures and under heavy enemy fire. The medals were awarded after a ...
Fiscal orders probe into death of nursing home resident, 92
Jul 03, 2006; ... A FATAL accident inquiry will probe the standards of care at aprivate nursing home in the Capital following the death of a 92-year-old woman. Isabella McGregor was taken ill at Ashley Court Nursing Home,Morningside, in September 2004. She died hours after being moved toLiberton ...
RBS 'facing backlash' over extradition of NatWest trio
Jul 03, 2006; ... ROYAL Bank of Scotland is facing a business backlash over its rolein the planned extradition of three former NatWest bankers, formerCBI director-general Sir Digby Jones claimed today. Sir Digby, who left his post on Friday, warned RBS chief executiveSir Fred Goodwin that there ...
Business as usual as Rod squad exits Leith
Jul 03, 2006; ... PAST the giant whale tusk and through the shuttered New Kirkgateshopping arcade is where you will find it. It might not be the most salubrious journey to South Leith ParishChurch, but for the hundred or so who attend every weekend it's awalk of faith. No doubt Rod Stewart ...
Dawn raids net GBP 350,000
Jul 03, 2006; ... POLICE today said the dawn raids on homes in south Edinburgh onFriday netted around an estimated GBP 350,000 worth of controlleddrugs, money and other assets. Four people arrested in the swoops were due to appear at EdinburghSheriff Court ...