Evening News - Scotland back issues from January 2008:
Jambos facing wake-up call
Jan 02, 2008 ... CARETAKER boss Stephen Frail today warned Hearts' under-achieving stars: "There's no hiding place!" Majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov has undertaken a managementreshuffle which will see the club launch a search for a traditionalmanagerial figure to run football operations ....
We should be streetwise by now, but . .
Jan 02, 2008; ... BEGGARS belief. The city council is saying it'll ban thatpersistent blight in central Edinburgh - begging. A pox on theCapital that has increased significantly over the past year or two. How often before have we had this empty promise from our cityfathers/mothers? Some ...
Leader: Holyrood and Westminster: 'Squabbling is overshadowing genuine debate'
Jan 02, 2008; ... WHEN Gordon Brown rang Alex Salmond back in June to congratulatehim on becoming First Minister, the two men promised they would worktogether in Scotland's interests. The message from both sides was that what's best for Scotland wasmore important than political differences. But six ...
Plea to give carers a break
Jan 02, 2008 ... LIBERAL Democrats today called on the Scottish Government toprioritise extra respite for carers in Scotland. Lib Dem health spokesman Ross Finnie said his party intended tohold the SNP to its promise to increase the respite offered tocarers. He said: "There ...
Quick News: New line for Book Trust
Jan 02, 2008 ... A NEW programme aimed at inspiring readers and writers inScotland is to be launched in the Capital. The ...
Your say: All aboard as passengers clock up record number of bus trips
Jan 02, 2008 ... What do you think of the service provided by Lothian Buses? Sandra Deans, 59, housewife, Oxgangs: "They are OK, but I thinkthere should be more publicity given to what they are doing over theChristmas period. "That does not seem to have been publicised anywhere." Ian ...
Tough year predicted as UK's finances left in 'dire shape'
Jan 02, 2008; ... THE state of the nation's public finances are in "dire shape",according to an authoritative study of 55 top UK economists. And further pressures on the economy from the credit squeeze arelikely to make 2008 the most difficult year for the economy sincethe dotcom bubble burst ....
Surging crude cost expected to hit gas bills
Jan 02, 2008 ... A SURGE in the cost of crude oil is expected to result in bigincreases on the average gas bill. Petroleum industry experts say crude oil prices are likely toremain above dollars 80 a barrel, but could push past the dollars100 barrier if supplies are disrupted in North America or ...
SL boosts its Indian stake
Jan 02, 2008 ... STANDARD Life has increased its stake in an Indian life insurancejoint venture ahead of a proposed floatation of the business on theIndian stock exchange next year. The Edinburgh-based insurer has acquired an additional 7.15 percent stake in HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company ...
Santander may renew A&L bid
Jan 02, 2008 ... ABBEY National owner Santander has not ruled out resumingnegotiations with mortgage lender Alliance & Leicester. The Spanish bank held takeover talks with the company last monthbut negotiations stalled on price. It is understood that talks had been at an advanced stage ...
Readers dig deep with GBP 13,000 for cancer unit
Jan 02, 2008; ... GENEROUS Evening News readers have helped raise more than GBP13,000 towards a special unit for teenage cancer sufferers at theSick Kids hospital. The Teenage Cancer Trust has been stunned by the support for theChristmas appeal, and now hope an announcement on a temporary ...
Around town: Prof takes to the lectern for talks on Nature
Jan 02, 2008 ... PROFESSOR Catherine Wilson will present a series of flagshiplectures at Edinburgh University exploring the subject of 'LifeAccording to Nature'. The lectures will draw on recent literature on ...
Chef Martin has the taste for Far East
Jan 02, 2008 ... LEITH chef Martin Wishart is to take his culinary talents to theFar East as part of a tour to promote Scottish cooking. He will be part of the week-long Bravehearts' Cuisine celebrationof Scottish food and drink at Singapore's Pan Pacific hotel. It has been organised by ...
Capital party is back in style
Jan 02, 2008; ... IT will go down as the year Edinburgh's Hogmanay came back with abang. Delighted street party organisers said the success of the eventand a turnout of around 95,000 had secured its long-term future. After two cancellations in four years, competition from rivalcities and ...
Happy New Year, baby..
Jan 02, 2008 ... PROUD parent Wei Ping Wang became the first new mother inEdinburgh of 2008 at 50 minutes after midnight. The 39-year-old, whose husband Zhiyu Yan Wang was at their homein Brunswick ...
Royal Mail chief defends 'pathetic' post office
Jan 02, 2008 ... A SENIOR Royal Mail official has defended a controversial newpost office in Linlithgow after it was criticised by a leading MP. Royal Mail's area service manager, Andy Bayfield, said that thepremises in the town's Regent Centre offered a suitable service anddismissed claims that ...
Bank's bonus for Barnardo's
Jan 02, 2008 ... A LEADING children's charity has received an extra Christmaspresent from a team of fundraisers at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Barnardo's was presented with a cheque for GBP 2360 from the RBSteam towards the ...
Quick News: Lothian man's a winner
Jan 02, 2008 ... ONE man from East Lothian is unlikely to be suffering fromJanuary blues after learning today he is a millionaire. The man, who has not yet been named, has scooped ...
New inspector on south beat
Jan 02, 2008 ... A NEW police inspector has been appointed to oversee operationsin the south of Edinburgh. Sector inspector Glenn Milne has taken the reins for theHowdenhall area of the city, replacing former inspector StephenPaul. Inspector Milne joined Lothian ...
City to buck UK trend with steady rise in house prices
Jan 02, 2008; ... ESTATE agents are predicting the city's housing market will be"steady as she goes" in 2008, with massive price hikes a thing ofthe past. Market experts believe there will be slow but steady growth inthe Lothians this year, with house prices rising by between one andfour per ...
Rail watchdog slams fare rise
Jan 02, 2008 ... A RAIL watchdog has criticised new train fare rises that are dueto come into effect this week. Passenger Focus said that the fare rises, which are expected tobe implemented tomorrow, would hit customers hard as many were abovethe government-capped rate of 4.8 per cent ....
Around town: Rapper dancers on pub crawl
Jan 02, 2008 ... DRINKERS got a shock when dancers with swords invaded eight pubsin Leith, to demonstrate a unique form of traditional culture ....
Oxfam flush with success
Jan 02, 2008 ... OXFAM shops are celebrating one of their best festive seasons,after seeing unusual presents such as goats, seeds and toilets flyoff the shelves. Staff at the Morningside shop say they sold nearly one gift every60 seconds from their Oxfam Unwrapped catalogue in the run-up ...
Hospital wins estate award
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE Western General in Edinburgh has won a prestigious award inrecognition of the way it manages its estate. It received the ISO 9001 accreditation following an audit by theBritish Standards Institute. It means all of NHS Lothian's acute hospitals are now serviced byan ...
Depression partners win Europe award
Jan 02, 2008 ... A PARTNERSHIP set up to try to reduce depression and suicide,which features NHS Lothian as its UK partner, has won a Europeanaward. The European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD), picked up thefirst Gastein Award at the European Health Forum Awards. The EAAD was recognised ...
Around town: Talented artist in frame for Fruitmarket exhibition
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE biggest exhibition to date by talented Scottish artist LucySkaer promises to be one of the highlights of the FruitmarketGallery's 2008 programme. The Market Street venue will also feature Print the Legend - agroup exhibition curated by Patricia Bickers - ...
Quick News: Glass act on the shortlist
Jan 02, 2008 ... ARTIST Alison McConachie has been shortlisted for the BombaySapphire Prize 2008, the world's biggest annual international awardfor ...
Media brought to heel on shoes
Jan 02, 2008 ... A UNIVERSITY lecturer has said TV and the media are encouragingwomen to damage their feet by wearing high heels too often. Gloria Dunlop, lecturer in podiatry at Queen Margaret University,said the problem will be particularly acute following the Christmasand Hogmanay party season ....
Bridge 'dearest road in the UK'
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE new Forth road bridge will be the most expensive road in theUK at an estimated cost of GBP 6600 an inch, a new report claims. The new crossing is expected to have a final bill of GBP 4.22billion when it is completed in 2016. The cost far outstrips the second-most ...
Health care staff urged to develop ideas
Jan 02, 2008 ... MEDICS are being encouraged to use their experience of working onthe frontline of health care to develop new products to improve theservice. Scottish Health Innovations Ltd is encouraging NHS Lothian staffto make the most of their great ideas to the benefit of patients. The ...
Quick News: Charity wants helpers
Jan 02, 2008 ... HOMELESS charity Bethany Christian Trust urgently needsvolunteers at its shops in Stockbridge, Corstorphine, ...
City set the stage for fantastic year
Jan 02, 2008; ... 'A LL the world's a stage', wrote Shakespeare in As You Like It -that's certainly true of the Capital come August when the Festivaland Fringe kick in. A quick trawl through the last 12 months of thelocal entertainment scene, though, shows that, even without theannual arts extravaganza, ...
Leadership cults do no good for democracy
Jan 02, 2008; ... THE death of Benazir Bhutto has put democracy under themicroscope. Her shocking demise may have made her homeland ofPakistan impossible to govern in what we would recognise as a"democratic" fashion. The people who wrote and spoke millions of words about Benazir'sdeath possibly ...
MSP praises Malawi charity
Jan 02, 2008 ... ONE of the Capital's MSPs has praised a charity which has raisedGBP 125,000 for the impoverished African nation of Malawi. Edinburgh South Lib Dem MSP Mike Pringle has lodged aparliamentary motion congratulating Linda MacDonald and all thevolunteers at Mums charity for ...
The uprising that came to a bloody end
Jan 02, 2008; ... PROUD of their heritage and willing to risk their lives toprovide for their families, the Highlanders who came to Edinburgh tojoin home armies battling against French invasion had a fearsomereputation. Speaking in their native tongue and wearing traditional Highlanddress, these ...
Country can't afford delays on new bridge
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce hascalled for no more delays on the new Forth Road Bridge in her annualnew year message. Liz Cameron said the country's economy was relying on the multi-billion project coming in on time and budget. She added: ...
Around town: Charity makes plea for more volunteers
Jan 02, 2008 ... CHILDREN'S charity Barnardo's Scotland has launched a freshappeal for volunteers in the Capital. Barnardo's Scotland is also supporting Community ServiceVolunteers' (CSV) Dare to Care initiative which ...
Quick News: GBP 20k boost for groups
Jan 02, 2008 ... A NUMBER of community groups in the city have been awarded atotal of GBP 20,000 in grants through the council's ...
Planting the seed for more park helpers
Jan 02, 2008 ... COUNCIL chiefs have issued an appeal for people to set up morevolunteer groups to look after the city's green spaces. There are currently 20 Friends of Parks groups in the Capitalsupported by the council, which has pledged to invest GBP 5.6million into green spaces over the next ...
Around town: Four toilets open for holidays
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE holiday season opening hours means only four of the city'spublic toilets will be open today and tomorrow. The ...
MSP warns of university cuts
Jan 02, 2008 ... LIB Dem MSP Mike Pringle has called for a rethink on Governmentplans that could result in a funding cut to city universities. Mr Pringle, whose Edinburgh South constituency is home to bothEdinburgh and Napier universities, said the SNP administration atHolyrood needed to explain ...
Around town: Bus engineer takes second
Jan 02, 2008 ... AN 18-year-old Lothian Buses engineer has finished runner-up inthe Passenger Transport Awards' apprentice of the year ...
All aboard as passengers clock up record number of bus trips
Jan 02, 2008; ... BUS passengers made a record 114 million trips on Lothian Buseslast year - an increase of nearly six million on 2006. It is the ninth year in a row the council-backed company has seenpassenger numbers rise. The firm today put its success down to more frequent services onthe ...
Quick News: Walk that extra Mile
Jan 02, 2008 ... A PACK of cards, maps and stickers has been produced to encouragefamilies to take walks around the ...
MSP slams Lothian Health for 'ignoring' alcohol treatment
Jan 02, 2008; ... HEALTH bosses in Lothian were criticised today for not choosingalcohol treatment as one of their top priorities for extraGovernment funding. Former Wester Hailes GP Dr Ian McKee, now a Lothians SNP MSP,said alcohol addiction had become a "silent epidemic" affecting morethan ten ...
Birthday in LA for round the world cyclist
Jan 02, 2008 ... SOLO cyclist Mark Beaumont celebrated New Year - and his 25thbirthday - cycling through Los Angeles. Mark, from the New Town, has now been on the road for 150 daysand has covered 14,000 miles. And with 4000 miles to go to complete his 'Round the Word Cycle',he is on target ...
GBP 7.9m bill for new lampposts
Jan 02, 2008; ... CITY leaders have been landed with a GBP 7.9 million bill afterit emerged more than 5000 crumbling lampposts must be replacedwithin five years. The council recently replaced 900 unsafe street lamps following acitywide survey that was prompted by a series of near misses ...
Sign up for organ donation, says Foulkes
Jan 02, 2008 ... A LOTHIANS MSP who is calling for a change in the law on organdonations is urging people to sign up as donors under the presentsystem. Labour's George Foulkes, who backs an opt-out system where organsare presumed to be available for transplant unless a person saysotherwise, said ...
Search for 1st class posties
Jan 02, 2008 ... ROYAL Mail is urging people to nominate unsung hero postmen andwomen in their communities for this year's Royal Mail 1st ClassPeople Awards. The company wants to hear about postal staff who are charityfundraisers in their spare time, or have performed a public-spirited act or ...
Resolve to be greener in 2008
Jan 02, 2008 ... CANDLELIT baths, a brisk walk and turning the central heatingdown are among the new year resolutions proposed by the ScottishEnvironment Protection Agency. The agency said a relaxing soak by candlelight would ...
Holyrood goes spy-tech to get computers switched off
Jan 02, 2008; ... SCOTTISH Parliament bosses have set up an electronic "spy" systemto make sure MSPs and Holyrood staff switch off their computers atnight. And any politicians, researchers or officials who fail to complycan expect constant e-mails reminding them to do so. The move is part of ...
Real Lives: Andrew Watson: Lawyer was not held back by blindness
Jan 02, 2008 ... Well-known commercial property lawyer Andrew Watson has died,aged 67. BORN in Edinburgh during the Second World War, Andrew grew up inthe Capital. After leaving school in the city, he moved to Glasgow, where heremained for the next 11 years after taking up an ...
We'll all be giving it a go come the resolution
Jan 02, 2008; ... IT'S the month of good intentions, when we try to make up for ourfestive excesses by throwing away the cigarettes or embarking on apunishing gym schedule. But before January is out many of us will be off the exercisebike and back on the sofa, happily scoffing biscuits and ...
Review: Concert in the Gardens: Kasabian shine with star Noel
Jan 02, 2008; ... Concert in the Gardens, Princes Street Gardens **** LEICESTER party monsters Kasabian had been mouthing off for weeksprior to their Hogmanay headlining stint - lead singer Tom Meighanboasting that his band had "a huge surprise planned", which would"result in the greatest New Year ...
Around town: MP puts green cards on the table
Jan 02, 2008 ... EDINBURGH West Liberal Democrat MP John Barrett today urgedeveryone to make a New Year's resolution to recycle their Christmascards. The Woodland Trust and ...
Who is woman with missing Sasha?
Jan 02, 2008; ... POLICE have released CCTV images of a missing Lothians 15-year-old with a mystery woman at a London rail station in a bid to tracethe runaway girl. Fears are growing for the safety of Sasha Martin, who disappeared from home in Lasswade, Midlothian, three months ago. Her mother ...
Lineen tips De Luca to fulfil his potential at Test level
Jan 02, 2008; ... FORMER Scotland centre Sean Lineen is tipping Edinburgh starletNick De Luca to shortly follow him onto the international stage inhis old position. In his capacity as Glasgow coach, Lineen, 46, had a close up of23-year-old De Luca's skills last weekend as he helped orchestrate ...
Hogg emerges as mainstay
Jan 02, 2008 ... CHRIS HOGG has been a virtual ever present at the heart of theHibs defence so far this season and is quickly fulfilling thepotential which persuaded former boss Tony Mowbray to pluck him fromthe Ipswich Town youth set-up. With Easter Road captain Rob Jones as a central defensive ...
Youngster may be thrown in as defensive crisis hits hard
Jan 02, 2008; ... HEARTS are facing a defensive selection crisis for today's SPLvisit to Tannadice with both Ibrahim Tall and Marius Zaliukasnursing injuries sustained in Saturday's defeat at Falkirk. Should neither player achieve sufficient fitness, Hearts will beforced to turn to untried ...
Ibrahim back in favour and walking tall as fans' choice
Jan 02, 2008 ... IBRAHIM TALL leads the People's Choice voting among Heartssupporters at the half-way stage of the season and the fact that hedoes is a testament to the manner in which the defender has bouncedback from a difficult start to his Tynecastle career. The Senegal international endured a ...
Proctor looking for Lions to recapture that winning mentality
Jan 02, 2008; ... THE visit of Dunfermline to Almondvale this afternoon was set tounderline just the kind of margins football bosses must work under. When Mark Proctor's Livingston team dismantled the Pars 4-0 intheir last meeting at East End Park back in November it virtuallysignalled the end for ...
Craig in line for double lift as Hibs head for Paisley
Jan 02, 2008; ... HIBS interim boss Tommy Craig today revealed he's hoping for adouble fillip ahead of Saturday's vital SPL clash with St Mirren. The Easter Road outfit will head to Love Street determined tobring a miserable run of seven matches without a win to an end withfingers crossed that ...
Jones fires warning to his team over slump
Jan 02, 2008; ... HIBS skipper Rob Jones today warned his team-mates that they andthey alone will have to shoulder the responsibility of lifting theEaster Road side out of their current slump. After making anastonishing start to the season in taking 21 points out of apossible 27 from the opening nine ...
Ruben's goal is a Hearts victory
Jan 02, 2008; ... DESPITE scoring his maiden Hearts goal at Falkirk on Saturday,Ruben Palazuelos was left with a hollow feeling in the pit of hisstomach afterwards. This afternoon, he hopes the visit to DundeeUnited will provide redemption by ending a sequence of fiveconsecutive defeats for the Tynecastle ...
Petty criminals to be targeted in drug fight
Jan 02, 2008; ... A NEW measure aimed at cutting drug-related crime is to bepiloted in Edinburgh later this year. Drug Treatment and Testing Orders, currently used only forserious criminals, will be extended to cover more minor offenders. The move, due to be announced by Community Safety ...