Evening News - Scotland back issues from July 2008:
Donations controversy MSP set to enter Labour leadership race
Jul 01, 2008 ... A LABOUR MSP who quit the frontbench in the midst of thedonations controversy that engulfed Wendy Alexander said today hewas considering standing for the party's leadership. Charlie Gordon said: "I will not deny I am considering standing." He is the latest politician to emerge ...
To Waugh on by just isn't Kenny's style
Jul 01, 2008; ... GENTLEMAN and a scholar Kenny Waugh Jr, and one of the mainsponsors of the Jazz Festival, will roll out the red carpet atHudson's, his Hope Street hotel, and host the festival launch onJuly 24 for the media, co-sponsors and senior City Fathers. "Frankly you could never call me a ...
Leader: Alexander resignation: 'John Reid is the man to save the Labour Party'
Jul 01, 2008 ... CONTEMPLATING the Labour leadership tussle, one senior Partyfigure sighed: "This should be called the deckchair election becauserearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic didn't make any differenceeither." It has come to something when dyed-in-the-wool Labour people feelso ...
HMV finding its voice in 'changing' market
Jul 01, 2008; ... Music and DVD group sees profits and sales increase MUSIC and DVD retailer HMV Group said today that it can prosperdespite the "rapidly changing" market, after posting an increase inboth profits and like-for-like sales. The company, which also owns Waterstone's, saw group ...
Roundabout work has drivers in jam
Jul 01, 2008; ... Misery for motorists as 3-month upgrade set to cause delays DRIVERS were facing long delays today at one of the city'sbusiest roundabouts, as work begins on the GBP 2.2 million upgrade. Workers closed one lane of Sheriffhall Roundabout and all itsapproach roads yesterday and ...
War of words erupts as city cuts funds for VisitScotland
Jul 01, 2008; ... Council chiefs want to increase role in promoting Capital A WAR of words has broken out between city leaders andVisitScotland after council funding for the tourism body was cut. Council chiefs have slashed GBP 125,000 off the GBP 625,617annual grant it gives to VisitScotland ...
Tron faces sale as repair bill hits GBP 2.3m
Jul 01, 2008 ... A HISTORIC kirk in the Royal Mile may be sold off after plans fora long-awaited refurbishment fell through. City council leaders are said to be considering selling the TronKirk, after the cost of restoring it doubled to nearly GBP 2.3million. Plans were approved last year ...
City housing crisis blamed for rise in rough sleepers
Jul 01, 2008 ... A RISE in rough sleepers in the centre of Edinburgh has beenblamed on a drip-down effect from the city's housing crisis. Following the release of a report from the Homeless OutreachProject, it has been said the lack of affordable housing is onereason why more people at the bottom ...
Tesco gives city taste of first Scottish non-food warehouse
Jul 01, 2008; ... Experts believe that move shows shift in focus by superstores TESCO is to open its first Scottish non-food "warehouse" store inthe Capital, the supermarket giant has revealed today. The firm said the current Wickes home improvement store onNewcraighall Road would be ...
Fears growing for missing pensioner
Jul 01, 2008; ... Police put together team of 40 officers to look for woman A TEAM of 40 officers has been put together as police step up thehunt for an elderly woman who vanished a fortnight ago. Mary Ferns, 88, who suffers from asthma and heart problems, wentmissing from her home in Vancouver ...
Call for Scotland's prison population to be reduced
Jul 01, 2008; ... Report suggests jail be reserved only for most serious crimes SCOTLAND'S prison population should be cut from 7700 to 5000,with jail sentences reserved only for the most serious and dangerousoffenders, an independent report recommended today. The Scottish Prison Commission, ...
Foulkes calls on Romanov to inform fans
Jul 01, 2008; ... FORMER Hearts chairman George Foulkes today urged VladimirRomanov to prove he is a man of his word by fulfilling the promiseshe made to the club when he first took control. Romanov, the majority shareholder, has fallen from grace in theeyes of many Jambos following a string of ...
Fallen Angel back at Tyne
Jul 01, 2008; ... Bulgarian returns to land post as coach Angel back ANGEL CHERVENKOV returned to Riccarton today to take temporarycharge of Hearts under the guise of reserve-team coach. Vladimir Romanov's faith in the Bulgarian has earned him a secondchance in Edinburgh despite a ...
'Erratic' Vlad riles Nuremberg over Jose talks
Jul 01, 2008; ... NUREMBERG have not given up hope of taking Jose Goncalves on loannext season although they are losing patience with Hearts ownerVladimir Romanov, writes MARK BONTHRONE. The German outfit submitted a second loan offer for the player atthe end of last week and set a deadline of the ...
Around town
Jul 01, 2008 ... SHEENA CURRAN performs some stress-busting massage on SylviaMacLaren as part of Spa in the City, which turned Edinburgh into anurban spa for the day. Private dining helps to make new friends A SOCIAL networking group aimed at busy single professionals isto be launched in the ...
Online boost for fashion chain
Jul 01, 2008 ... INTERNET fashion chain ASOS has seen profits double as onlineshopping sites continue to escape any slowdown in consumer spending. The company, which stands for As Seen On Screen, posted pre-taxprofits of GBP 7.3 million in the year to March 31 - more thandouble the previous year's ...
Chicken's hot stuff at leisure park
Jul 01, 2008 ... NANDO'S Chickenland, the Portuguese piri-piri specialist, hasbecome the latest company to take up a letting at FountainPark. The X-Leisure Fund, which owns the FountainPark Leisure Complex,said the company had taken a new 25-year lease at an initial rent ofGBP 82,500 a year ....
HMV finding its voice in 'changing' market
Jul 01, 2008; ... Music and DVD group sees profits and sales increase MUSIC and DVD retailer HMV Group said today that it can prosperdespite the "rapidly changing" market, after posting an increase inboth profits and like-for-like sales. The company, which also owns Waterstone's, saw group ...
Standard Life's new director
Jul 01, 2008 ... STANDARD Life International has appointed a qualified actuary asa new non-executive director. The Edinburgh-based company has confirmed that Colm Fagan,founder of Life Strategies, one of Ireland's better-knownindependent ...
IVF isn't as easy as I hoped it would be
Jul 01, 2008; ... We talk to a city woman who knows only too well that a happyending is definitely not guaranteed THE tiny bundle had been carefully swaddled in blankets. Eyestightly closed, he looked for all the world as if he was sleeping. Cecilia Tymkewycz-Fife even imagined she saw her ...
Labour's red rose is wilting in the heat
Jul 01, 2008; ... With Wendy Alexander gone, Gordon Brown's problems lurch from badto worse. Our Scottish Political Editor examines the mounting crisisfacing the PM LABOUR'S woes seem to multiply almost by the day. As if GordonBrown did not have enough problems already, the resignation of ...
Threat to OAP rail discounts
Jul 01, 2008 ... CONCESSIONARY rail travel for pensioners and disabled people inWest Lothian is under review. Rail fares to Edinburgh are currently subsidised, costing thelocal authority GBP 110,000 a year. Over 139,000 trips were made last year. But the ruling SNPadministration has ...
Research team links health with confidence in childhood
Jul 01, 2008 ... CONFIDENT children go on to become healthier adults according toa new study co-authored by an award winning Edinburgh Universityscientist. Professor Ian Deary, who was awarded the Tenovus ScotlandMargaret MacLellan Award for his research into the effects of agingon the brain ...
Quick News: Winners take titles
Jul 01, 2008 ... TWO Musselburgh teams led by drivers of First Scotland Eastyesterday scooped Family and ...
Quick News: OAP hurt in car smash
Jul 01, 2008 ... A PENSIONER was taken to hospital after three cars crashed in thewest of the city ....
Housebuilder offers GBP 200k loan incentive
Jul 01, 2008 ... A HOUSEBUILDER is offering buyers an interest-free loan of nearlyGBP 200,000 to help combat the credit crunch. Edinburgh-based Manor Kingdom has launched a new deal allowingbuyers to pay just 75 per cent of the value of a new house, to helprestore confidence in the property ...
Quick News: Speed camera warning
Jul 01, 2008 ... MOBILE safety cameras will next week be on the A70 at Balerno, A8at Ratho, A90 at Cramond and West Granton Road. There are speed cameras ...
Platform for South Sub backers
Jul 01, 2008 ... CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the reopening of the South Sub railwayservice are to address the next meeting of regional transportauthority Sestran. This follows a Sestran report on the South Sub concluding it was"not a viable proposition". The city's transport leader, Phil ...
Roundabout work has drivers in jam
Jul 01, 2008; ... Misery for motorists as 3-month upgrade set to cause delays DRIVERS are facing long delays as work on one of the city'sbusiest roundabouts will see it overhauled in a GBP 22 millionupgrade. Workers closed one lane of Sheriffhall Roundabout and all itsapproach roads yesterday ...
Trees facing the chop to make way for tram line
Jul 01, 2008; ... Community groups and residents hit out against proposals TRANSPORT chiefs have come under fire for plans to chop down 28mature trees in the city centre to make way for the tram line. Tram firm TIE will cut down the avenue of trees along ShandwickPlace - adjacent to Coates and ...
'Petulant' Anwar cleared of contempt
Jul 01, 2008 ... HUMAN rights lawyer Aamer Anwar has today been cleared ofcontempt of court but criticised for being "angry" and "petulant." He had claimed that one of his clients did not get a fair trialon Islamic terror charges and was summoned as a result. His supporters, many of whom ...
Look what weave made . .
Jul 01, 2008 ... POT LUCK: Roslin Primary School pupils Rory Stewart, 7, and EmmaOwenson, 8, learn a crafty bit of weaving at the ranger ...
Show's search for volunteers
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE National Museum of Flight is on the lookout for volunteers toassist at this year's air show. The line-up at the East Fortune airfield includes wing-walking,The Blades display team and the "Eurofighter" Typhoon. Around 25 additional volunteers are required to work ...
Lawyer wins car damages
Jul 01, 2008 ... A TOP lawyer has won GBP 1000 in compensation after his Bentleywas damaged as he tried to park it outside the High Court. Richard Keen QC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, was drivingthe GBP 130,000 car into the court car park in Parliament Squarewhen sensors caused automatic ...
Joy for MSP as baby arrives
Jul 01, 2008 ... LOTHIANS SNP MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville has give birth to a babygirl. Niamh weighed in at 8lb 4oz when she made her appearance at 9amyesterday at Forth Park Maternity Hospital in Kirkcaldy. She is a first child for Ms Somerville and her husband, MylesFitt. First ...
It's green for grow
Jul 01, 2008 ... GREEN-FINGERED Lewis Britton and Elizabeth Saker muck in at theirschool's new eco-friendly greenhouse. The pupils, both aged six, were among those at Pentland PrimarySchool who helped to build an eco-friendly greenhouse using 2200plastic bottles. The youngsters from the ...
Statue of Bum to be unveiled
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE OFFICIAL unveiling of a memorial statue of the US equivalentof Greyfriars Bobby, San Diego's most famous dog, Bum, is to occurlater this month. A parade of hundreds of dogs will lead the way to the site of thestatue, in West Princes Street Gardens, on July 19. Members ...
Burned-out cars mystery baffles police
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE are appealing for information after two cars were foundburnt out in a secluded path in Lochend. Their shells were discovered last month in a walkway behindHermitage Park Grove, but officers said they were struggling to workout how the vandals got the cars there in the first ...
New clinic for city store
Jul 01, 2008 ... A NEW health clinic has opened in the heart of the city. The facility on Princes Street will include skin cancerscreening, healthy heart checks and allergy testing. It will bebased ...
Victim of Capital's worst ever paedophile ring fights for life
Jul 01, 2008; ... Doctors resuscitate Dana Fowley after heart stops 3 times THE victim of Edinburgh's worst ever paedophile ring was todayfighting for her life in hospital after internal bleeding caused herheart to stop three times. Dana Fowley was being treated at the Western General Hospital ...
Stranded Scouser stole wine to help get home
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN stranded hundreds of miles from home stole two bottles ofwine so he could travel back for free, a court has heard. Paul Quirk, 33, thought up the scam when he was released fromjail in Edinburgh and had no way of getting home to Liverpool. Penniless Quirk claims he was ...
Newly-elected president promises to target student debt
Jul 01, 2008 ... STUDENT debt is to be targeted by the new president of thestudents' association at Edinburgh University. The association will have four new members at the helm for thecoming year, after a new president and three new vice-presidentswere elected to office. Adam Ramsay, the ...
Darwin to be honoured in events at zoo
Jul 01, 2008 ... A SERIES of events to honour the life, ideas and impact ofCharles Darwin are to be held at Edinburgh Zoo. It is taking part in Darwin200, a national celebration of thefamous naturalist, which starts today. The celebrations cover three anniversaries. Today it is 150 ...
Concern over vandal attacks
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE have raised concern about an ongoing spate of vandalism inNewhaven, after shopfronts in Ferry Road were smashed. The incidents took place in the last month in and around theNewhaven stretch of the street, and police said three shops were hitin the vandalism spree ....
'Chuting' party claims success
Jul 01, 2008 ... AN event to try to encourage tower block residents to recyclemore - in a bid to stop them blocking up old rubbish chutes - hasbeen hailed a success. The Edinburgh Tenants Federation laid on the action day at theCalder flats in Wester Hailes at which 139 residents were ...
Teens blame robberies on video game
Jul 01, 2008 ... A GROUP of teenagers charged with carrying out a violent robberyspree in New York have blamed their actions on video game GrandTheft Auto IV. The game, created by Edinburgh-based Rockstar North, follows theadventures of immigrant Nico Belic as he tries to work his way intothe ...
Pitch plans set for approval
Jul 01, 2008 ... CONTROVERSIAL plans to build floodlit hockey pitches at anEdinburgh school are set to be approved. Edinburgh Academy put forward the plan to create the all-weatherfacilities on its playing fields off East Fettes Avenue. The two new pitches would be surrounded by ...
Housing crisis is blamed for rise in total sleeping rough
Jul 01, 2008; ... Number of people found in city centre has increased to 39 A RISE in rough sleepers in the centre of Edinburgh has beenblamed on a drip-down effect from the city's housing crisis. Following the release of a report from the Homeless OutreachProject, it has been said the lack of ...
Tesco gives city taste of first Scottish non-food warehouse
Jul 01, 2008; ... Experts believe that move shows shift in focus bysuperstoresTESCO is to open its first Scottish non-food "warehouse"store in the Capital, the supermarket giant has revealed today. The firm said the current Wickes home improvement store onNewcraighall Road would be transformed into ...
Fears growing for missing pensioner
Jul 01, 2008; ... Police put together team of 40 officers to look for woman A TEAM of 40 officers has been put together as police step up thehunt for an elderly woman who vanished a fortnight ago. Mary Ferns, 88, who suffers from asthma and heart problems, wentmissing from her home in Vancouver ...
Radioactivity scare at uni
Jul 01, 2008 ... INVESTIGATIONS are being held into the cause of a radioactivescare which took place at a city university yesterday. Firefighters attended the incident at Heriot-Watt's Riccartoncampus shortly before 3pm yesterday. Students and staff reported ...
Boy, 4, held by police at ID card protests
Jul 01, 2008 ... A FOUR-year-old boy was among those held during ID card protestsin Edinburgh, it was reported this morning. Nine arrests were made yesterday as protestors from the campaigngroup No2ID attempted to disrupt a meeting at the Carlton HighlandHotel. Among these herded into ...
Friends find teenager dead hours after party argument
Jul 01, 2008 ... Painter 'as much a mate as a son' to his grieving parents A TEENAGER was found dead by his two best friends just hoursafter an argument at a party. David Noble, 19, stormed home to his parents' house after thedisagreement on June 21, but disappeared a short time later ....
Target for nurseries too costly to be met
Jul 01, 2008; ... City education chiefs admit they can't find GBP 800k to raisehours EDUCATION bosses have admitted they won't be able to meet thecosts of increasing nursery provision in Edinburgh to bring the cityin line with national targets. The Scottish Government has pledged to increase ...
Caught in middle of piping row
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE stand-off between residents and bagpipers on the Royal Milehas left police with their hands tied, Chief Constable David Strangsaid. Mr Strang admitted that it was a "difficult situation" asofficers were compelled to deal with residents complaining aboutnoise ....
Have you 'rescued' my cat?
Jul 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN has put out an appeal to find her cat, saying it ispossible a city household may have taken it in assuming it is astray. Linda Scott, 37, of Lochend, last saw her pet Playdoh on June 13after he was fed. But he hasn't returned since, and because he doesn't wear ...
Potter books to fetch GBP 20k
Jul 01, 2008 ... A SIGNED set of first edition Harry Potter books is expected tofetch up to GBP 20,000 at auction today. The set of seven hardbacks published by Bloomsbury goes on saleat Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers in Berkshire. Each illustrated cover has been signed by JK Rowling without ...
Keys event opens up Royal Week
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE Queen attended the Ceremony of the Keys at Holyrood yesterdayat the start of a busy week of official engagements for Royal Week. Hundreds gathered to watch as she was greeted by the city's LordProvost George Grubb. Today she will hand out honours at the Palace of ...
Study hoping the puzzles of Riddle's Court can be solved
Jul 01, 2008; ... Heritage groups to dig into history of intriguing building ONE of the city's oldest and most intricate buildings is set fora major study into its past and future. The sprawling Riddle's Court on the Royal Mile, which dates to1590, is currently used very little, but it is hoped ...
Dynamic Earth eyes up share of GBP 250,000
Jul 01, 2008 ... OUR Dynamic Earth is set to share in additional funding of GBP250,000 announced for Scotland's science centres. The money, to be made available this year, is intended to getmore young people switched on to the world of physics, engineeringand technology. The funding will ...
Super-carrier deal imminent
Jul 01, 2008 ... A DEAL which would see a significant number of jobs created andsecured at Rosyth is finally expected to be signed off this week. The long-awaited agreement to build two aircraft super-carriersat Rosyth and in Glasgow will secure thousands of jobs acrossScotland, including at the ...
London trip evolves for pupils
Jul 01, 2008 ... PUPILS from four city high schools are to represent Scotland at ascience conference in London. The youngsters from Broughton, Queensferry, Currie and Portobellohigh schools are all taking part in the Darwin and ContemporaryScience Conference at the Natural History Museum ...
Website presses Scotland's Eurovision case
Jul 01, 2008 ... A CAMPAIGN has been launched for Scotland to have its own entryin the Eurovision Song Contest. Scots Eurovision fans got together via Facebook and othernetworking sites to set up www.scotlandineurovision.eu - a websitewhere people can register their support. Spokesman David ...
Drinking water boost set for go-ahead
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE LATEST stage in a major set of improvements to Edinburgh'sdrinking water is set to get the go-ahead tomorrow. Plans for several sections of new piping running along theoutskirts of Edinburgh have been recommended for approval by councilofficials. The project has been ...
Judge dumps motions on slopping out
Jul 01, 2008 ... A SHERIFF has dismissed a doctor's view that prisoners who wereforced to use toilet buckets in their cells suffered psychologicalharm. Former prison medical officer Dr Keith Irvine said that in arange of slopping out cases inmates had suffered psychological harm. But at ...