Evening News - Scotland back issues from March 2008:
Capital girls shine in Cross Country event
Mar 01, 2008 ... EDINBURGH AC's Emily Dudgeon clinched gold in the under-15 girls'4000m at the Scottish Power National Cross Country Championshipswith an impressive performance of 14.48 minutes while team-mateChris O'Hare scooped gold in the under-17 men's 6400m with a time of20.47 minutes. In ...
From cone to cone ..
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE "new kids on the block" in youth football, Edinburgh StarYFC, attracted more than 50 youngsters to a coaching camp at BinghamPark and now hope to have several different age groups up andrunning for the start of next season. Club leader Ian Fergus, said: "We had 52 young ...
Dates set for Primary finals
Mar 01, 2008 ... EDINBURGH Primary Schools Sports Association have published thedates of the three major cup finals at Warriston Playing Fields. The first of the final nights is on Thursday, April 17, witheight schools involved in the EPSSA Cup. There are two groups, withNether Currie, Forthview, ...
Leader: Liberal Democrats' leadership: 'It is the Tories who have worked better'
Mar 01, 2008; ... IN his first speech to the Scottish Liberal Democrats sincebecoming leader, Nick Clegg branded Labour as "old, tired andincompetent" and the Tories as "remote". But perhaps he should bemore concerned about the current state of his own party. In Westminster he is still struggling ...
Keeper finds net in Lothian Schools rout
Mar 01, 2008 ... LOTHIAN Schools FA Senior squad set up a home clash withtournament favourites Lanarkshire in the next round of the ScottishSchools' FA's Regional Cup by beating Forth Valley 6-1 atMeggetland. It was another tremendous result for the Lothian squad but theynow face the most ...
Ten Questions: Robin Thomson
Mar 01, 2008 ... Robin Thomson 29, from Polwarth, is a director of an eventplanning company 1 What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh? My dad would take meinto Princes Street Gardens and we'd sneak though the shrubbery tothe trackside railings and watch the trains go past. 2 What are your ...
Ambassador's a rum job for cocktail mixer
Mar 01, 2008 ... AWARD-WINNING Edinburgh cocktail expert Mal Spence has just beennamed brand ambassador for Mauritius-based Green Island Rum. Mal has just returned from Cuba where he was competing in theHavana Club Grand Prix cocktail competition - reported in theEvening News last month ....
Pupils show grasp of Europe
Mar 01, 2008 ... PRIMARY schools are set to take part in Euroquiz, a nationalcompetition designed to provide information about Europe and theEuropean Union. Seven primary schools from across West Lothian are taking part inthe 2008 event, including P6 pupils from Balbardie, Blackridge, MidCalder, ...
Margaret and Linda make a pretty pair for model contest
Mar 01, 2008; ... PROVING that good looks do run in the family, mum and daughterMargaret and Linda Ewen have taken on the fashion world. Linda, 32 and 65-year-old receptionist Margaret, both fromBarnton, have made it to the top 20 of a nationwide search for amother and daughter model duo ....
Joe's pavement display has to go after city chiefs' U-turn
Mar 01, 2008 ... A TRADER has been forced to clear fruit and vegetables fromoutside his shop after a brief stay of execution. Joe Hussain who has owned the Westend Store in Melville Place for19 years, was told to move his display from the pavement by Monday. The council then agreed at the ...
Lib Dem leader calls on SNP for help to dump council tax
Mar 01, 2008; ... LIBERAL Democrat leader Nicol Stephen today called on the SNPgovernment to work with him to dump the council tax. The Lib Dems are the only other major party at Holyrood thatsupports introducing a local income tax and their support would becrucial to getting it approved by the ...
Competitors on their marks for the Meadows Marathon
Mar 01, 2008; ... AROUND 800 runners are set to take part in the Meadows Marathontomorrow in a bid to raise more than GBP 50,000 for charity. The event, now in its second year, is organised by EdinburghUniversity students and is the UK's largest student-run road race. The reigning Miss ...
Chip can save a lot of pain if a treasured friend is lost
Mar 01, 2008; ... WE are undoubtedly a nation of animal lovers and becoming theowner of a cat or dog means a welcome addition to the family. So if your pet goes missing, it can have a devastating effect. This is why it is vital to have your cat or dog microchipped assoon as you can. If it goes ...
Around town: Campaigners target biofuels
Mar 01, 2008 ... A NEW campaign group has been set up in the Capital to fight thegrowing use of biofuels. Campaigners are concerned about the loss ...
Call centre's life-saving worker hailed
Mar 01, 2008 ... A WEST Lothian call centre worker's quick thinking may have saveda caller's life when he collapsed following a brain haemorrhage. Stephanie Smith, 22, who works in the Sky call centre inLivingston, answered a call from 50-year-old Stephen Lapping whocollapsed and fell to the ...
Water mains work finished
Mar 01, 2008 ... WORK has been completed on the replacement of more than akilometre of ageing mains along Corstorphine Road. The 11-week project was put on hold twice, once for Christmas andonce for a Six Nations rugby match, but Scottish Water's regionalmanager, Craig Lawson, said he was ...
Oil transfer reports online
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE full environmental assessment of controversial plans totransfer millions of tonnes of crude oil from tanker to tanker inthe Firth of Forth has been made available by Forth Ports. The plans were dropped ...
Quick News: Park's revamp blooms
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MAJOR project to overhaul a woodland park in Midlothian has nowbeen completed. A plantation in Gore ...
Around town: Rail talk for Lockerbie row MSP
Mar 01, 2008 ... CONTROVERSIAL MSP Chris Harvie is to address the meeting of alocal railway campaign group. The SNP politican was this week forced to make a public ...
New road markings confuse drivers in run up to Shandwick Place closure
Mar 01, 2008 ... NEW road markings on Lothian Road left many drivers confusedbefore the major city centre diversions even got under way. The changes were made ahead of today's closure of Shandwick Placefor trams roadworks. But yesterday there were already problems, after road paintersset to ...
Around town: Capital store workers ring up GBP 10,000 for charity
Mar 01, 2008 ... WORKERS at branches of the Scotmid supermarket in Edinburgh haveraised more than GBP 10,000 for a local homeless charity. Dozens of workers have been donating 10p a week for the last sixyears as part of the firm's give as you earn and the ...
Flying start for business park as big-name hotels check in
Mar 01, 2008; ... TWO major hotel chains are to anchor a giant new business park onthe outskirts of the Capital. Premier Inn and Park Inn are the main players in the newdevelopment on the site of the former Marshall's chicken plant atNewbridge. Hundreds of jobs are expected to be created by ...
Quick News: Author's city signing
Mar 01, 2008 ... AUTHOR William Coles is to sign copies of his new book, The WellTempered Clavier, in ...
Quick News: New art in the frame
Mar 01, 2008 ... A CITY art gallery has announced its latest exhibition. The Leith Gallery on the Shore will ...
It's all change at the Gyle!
Mar 01, 2008; ... Route to the airport THE Gyle shopping centre is being tipped as the most likelylocation for the new rail-tram interchange for passengers heading toand from Edinburgh Airport. Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson announced in September theScottish Government was scrapping ...
Museums plan under attack
Mar 01, 2008 ... A CITY charity set up to develop community history projects hascriticised council plans to overhaul the Capital's museums. The proposal would see the Museum of Childhood sold to help fundthe creation of the new "museum hub", which would incorporate theMuseum of Edinburgh and the ...
Lights back on after 4 months
Mar 01, 2008 ... STREETLIGHTS have been switched back on along a road in northEdinburgh after four months out of action. As the Evening News reported earlier this year, residents havebeen afraid to walk on part of Pennywell Road after dark ...
Around town: Festival makes volunteer call
Mar 01, 2008 ... VOLUNTEERS are being sought for one of the biggest events of theEdinburgh summer. The Meadows Festival - which will take place ...
High schools safe from axe
Mar 01, 2008; ... SECONDARY schools in Edinburgh have been given a reprieve frompossible closure - for now. Education leaders today revealed that no secondaries would beaxed, but primary schools may not be so lucky. Castlebrae and Drummond community high schools and Wester HailesEducation ...
Around town: Lecturer's CD contribution strikes a chord
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MUSIC lecturer has completed an album of original music bycelebrated Scottish composer Robert Crawford. Classical pianist Nicholas Ashton, a lecturer at NapierUniversity's Ian Tomlin School of Music, was asked to record thepiano ...
Warning over King's sell-off
Mar 01, 2008 ... CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the long-term future of the King'sTheatre have warned against any attempts to sell the venue. Council leaders this week refused to rule out that option, whichwould help pay for a multi-million pound revamp, although there havebeen no approaches ....
Around town: Boys' Brigade pays tribute to former leader
Mar 01, 2008 ... A LEITH Boys' Brigade has paid tribute to a member and formerpresident who served for 75 years. Former councillor Craig Richards died at the age of 101 recently,and the 1st Leith Company said his death was a great loss ....
Saved by the bell..for now
Mar 01, 2008; ... SECONDARY schools in Edinburgh have been given a three-yearreprieve from possible closure. Education leaders today revealed that no secondaries will be axedas they draw up their new hit-list of schools. In the last programme of proposed closures, abandoned after apublic ...
Friends scale new heights to honour Shaun
Mar 01, 2008 ... FRIENDS of an Edinburgh man killed by a drink-driver are planningto climb a mountain to raise awareness of the damage caused by drink-driving. Father-of-four Shaun Henderson, 43, was killed on January 3 lastyear in Stevenage when a van driver, who had been drinking, ran intohim, ...
Wrestlers slam into city store
Mar 01, 2008 ... WRESTLERS are to bodyslam into a city record store to meet fansand sign autographs. WWE stars The Miz and John Morrison will be appearing in the HMVstore on ...
Pet news
Mar 01, 2008 ... ONE in seven pets are suffering unnecessarily from preventableillness, new research has found. Half the nation's dogs, three-quarters of the UK's cat populationand 90 per cent of pet rabbits aren't up to date with theirvaccinations. A third of pet owners also admit that it has ...
Pierre's cooking with gas
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE friendly lop-sided grin dissolves and the easy laughter thatmoments earlier echoed around the stylishly furnished New Townrestaurant is replaced by a French rant. For the next ten minutes, the chef, infamous restaurateur andculinary force who brought cheap and cheerful French ...
Royal Mail still fails to deliver
Mar 01, 2008; ... POSTAL deliveries in Edinburgh have again been ranked as amongstthe worst in the UK, according to the latest Royal Mail figures. The report, which covers the last nine months, showed that justover 80 per cent of the Capital's first class mail had beendelivered the following day, ...
Real Lives: Nell Tait: Happiness the secret to reaching 100
Mar 01, 2008 ... Nell Tait, who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday, comesfrom a family of centenarians. Her mum, Betsy, lived to 100, and herAuntie Meg reached 102. Born and bred in Winchburgh, West Lothian, Mrs Tait celebratedher 25th birthday yesterday - despite being born 100 years ago ...
Nostalgia: A relic from the old days
Mar 01, 2008; ... IT is thought to be one of the oldest of the Capital's many"gastropubs", recorded as a bar as far back as 1852. Little has obviously changed as you stand outside the Doric morethan 150 years later - until you turn away from the pub. MarketStreet and the surrounding areas are an ...
Stepping out for Sick Kids
Mar 01, 2008 ... A GROUP of Sick Kids supporters are planning a sponsored walkacross the Forth Road Bridge to raise money for the hospital. The fundraisers will be led by former patient Aimi Burrows, 18,on June 14. They want to raise awareness about the good work the hospitaldoes as ...
Mixu backs WBA-linked Boozy to do best for Hibs
Mar 01, 2008; ... MIXU PAATELAINEN today backed Guillaume Beuzelin to continuegiving his all for Hibs - even although the French ace admits hedoesn't know if he'll be at Easter Road next season. Although he vehemently denies having agreed to join EnglishPremier League hopefuls West Bromwich Albion, ...
Di Rollo family buoyed as doctor says 'play on'
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE father of Scotland rugby star Marcus Di Rollo today spoke outto try to allay concerns over his son's career due to a heartcondition. Paul Di Rollo, from Edinburgh, said he expected the 21-timescapped centre to resume playing having taken encouragement fromfurther tests on a ...
Frail: Vlad only sold Velicka because he wanted to leave
Mar 01, 2008; ... VLADIMIR ROMANOV sanctioned Andrius Velicka's GBP 1milliontransfer to Viking Stavanger because the striker made it clear hewanted to leave Hearts. After scoring 14 goals this season, Velicka indicated his wish tobegin a fresh chapter in his career, resulting in his departure ...
Top doc gives Di Rollo OK in heart scare
Mar 01, 2008; ... A TOP London cardiac specialist has added weight to the view thatScotland centre Marcus Di Rollo is fit to continue playing rugbydespite being diagnosed with irregular heart-beat, the 21-timescapped player's father has claimed. Speaking exclusively to the Evening News about his ...
Pinilla set for early return
Mar 01, 2008; ... MAURICIO PINILLA is on course for an earlier-than-scheduledreturn from injury, with Hearts coaching staff hopeful he will makea reserve-team appearance later this month. The Chilean striker is progressing rapidly through arehabilitation programme after suffering knee ligament ...
Neil revelling in life Doon at Queens
Mar 01, 2008; ... HE'S starred for Hearts against Bordeaux, Braga, Feyenoord and FCBasel yet Neil MacFarlane has revealed he's never enjoyed hisfootball as much as he is just now playing for Queen of the South. The unassuming midfielder has been a key figure for thePalmerston Park outfit this term ...
Hibs Ladies hogging the sunlight as Scotland jet out for Cyprus Cup bid
Mar 01, 2008; ... THE Scottish women's football team head for Cyprus on Monday andthere it will be a distinctly green tinge to the Dark Blues' squad. Out of the 20 players chosen by coach Anna Signeul, no fewer thannine play for Hibernian Ladies. The Cyprus trip my seem glamorous but it will ...
Road train going nowhere fast as tourist idea hits the buffers
Mar 01, 2008; ... IT is an idea that looked sure to build up a head of steam. Butambitious plans to bring a road train to Edinburgh's streets lookset to be derailed before they even get out of the ground. Canadian-born entrepreneur Les Maitland has applied to the citycouncil to secure a ...
Your memories: Early riser Alex was cream of the crop as delivery boy
Mar 01, 2008 ... ALEX HORNE, 64, a retired handyman, grew up in the 1940s and 50sin Bathgate, where he often helped his father Richard in thedelivery van. Richard worked for Bathgate Co-op in Jarvie Street and deliveredfood around Whitburn, East Whitburn, Dechmont, Boghall and Deans. During ...
Shell-shocked . . staff escape injury as tree falls on garage
Mar 01, 2008; ... STAFF at an Edinburgh garage had a lucky escape when a tree camecrashing down just feet away from petrol pumps. The high winds yesterday saw trees brought down and trafficlights battered by gusts of up to 70mph. Staff at the Shell garage on Comiston Road were left ...
Get off your backside and see the film! Prince of wails Afterwords . .
Mar 03, 2008; ... HAPPY talk. Among the first to congratulate Oscar-winning DanielDay Lewis, Edinburgh's sometime actor and retired club comic Alex"Happy" Howden. They worked together on Martin Scorsese's Gangs ofNew York. Happy recalls: "Danny was a real nasty piece of work in thatmovie, the ...
Scott slippers fetch GBP 3000 comfortably at city auction
Mar 03, 2008 ... SIR WALTER SCOTT'S slippers were sold at auction in Edinburgh atthe weekend forGBP 3000. An ornate belt buckle that belonged to the famous writer alsofetched GBP 3000 at auctioneers Shapes, on Bankhead Avenue, while amuseum in Selkirk paid GBP 750 for Sir Walter's death mask ....
City Diary
Mar 03, 2008 ... THE following business news is expected tomorrow: * Travis Perkins, the building materials group behind brands suchas Keyline and Wickes, is due to post full-year numbers. Profit isexpected to be around GBP 259 million. * Premier Foods, the UK's biggest food producer whose ...
Calling bosses of the future
Mar 03, 2008 ... ASPIRING entrepreneurs in the Lothians are being offered a freenetworking event taking place on Wednesday at the Ikea store atStraiton. Business Gateway is running the event, which aims to help thosethinking about ...
All-round excellence helps publisher Pearson to book record GBP 549m result
Mar 03, 2008 ... MARJORIE SCARDINO, chief executive of publishing group Pearson,today hailed "an excellent performance from every part" of thebusiness as the group reported record results. Pearson, which is behind the Financial Times and book giantPenguin, said adjusted pre-tax profit in the year ...
Art benefactor in call for Capital 'Guggenheim'
Mar 03, 2008 ... THE former art dealer who gave away more than GBP 100 millionworth of contemporary works wants an iconic gallery, similar to theGuggenheim in Bilbao, to be built in Edinburgh to house it. Anthony d'Offay said the collection, described as the mostimportant in the UK, "needs a great ...
Tiny flat expected to make a massive profit
Mar 03, 2008 ... A TINY flat in Edinburgh's New Town is forecast to spark abidding war and sell for as much as GBP 80,000. The bijou accommodation, in a former townhouse in Picardy Place,measures just 150 sq ft or 14 sq metres, and will be advertised as"The Shoebox" when it goes on the market with ...
Anger over hold-up on new crossing
Mar 03, 2008 ... CITY leaders have come under fire for not making a developerinstall a pedestrian crossing over a busy road - six months afterthey said they would take enforcement action. The crossing was meant to go on Colinton Road as part of anagreement with developer Applecross, which saw 170 ...
Mixed response for plans to re-roof palace
Mar 03, 2008 ... PLANS to re-roof the 15th century Linlithgow Palace and open itas an international visitor centre have been given backing by localcommunity councillors. However, Historic Scotland has poured cold water on their plans,saying the re-roofing could not be achieved without destroying ...
Graffiti art classes help children learn
Mar 03, 2008 ... CITY youngsters are being offered graffiti art and culturalawareness classes in bid to encourage them to steer clear ofantisocial behaviour. Lothian and Borders Police, in support of the national SaferScotland campaign, also plans on running workshops includingresolving group ...
Few delays as drivers steer clear
Mar 03, 2008; ... MANY predicted it would be chaos but the first real test ofdiversions for city centre tram works has passed off without anyreal problems. Lengthy queues developed on Melville Place and the West ApproachRoad at peak times during the morning rush hour but drivers appearedto be ...
Builder pays power bills
Mar 03, 2008 ... AN Edinburgh-based housing company is offering to cover gas andelectricity bills for new householders for two years, despite a fallin their own profits. The Walker Group saw pre-tax profits in the year to the end ofSeptember dip to GBP 12.8 million, from GBP 27.2m ...
Runners line up for half-marathon
Mar 03, 2008 ... IT was an unusual sight for anyone hoping for a quiet walk in theMeadows. Hundreds of runners, some dressed as centipedes andchickens, ran a half-marathon to the sound of opera singers andbongo drums. There was a carnival atmosphere as around 830 participantscrossed the ...
Quick News: Man treated after fire
Mar 03, 2008 ... A MAN was treated by paramedics for the effects of smokeinhalation after a fire at a house in the New Town. Firefighters were called to an address on Jamaica Mews at ...