Evening News - Scotland back issues from September 2008:
Leader: Haymarket chaos: 'Jenny, we're just telling it like it is on the roads'
Sep 01, 2008; ... THE reaction by council leader Jenny Dawe to a suggestion by theEvening News that all but essential vehicles give the Haymarket areaa wide berth while tram works are in progress is bizarre to say theleast. To accuse the paper of behaving in a shameful manner showsjust how far she is ...
Ten Questions: Claire Mitchell
Sep 01, 2008 ... Claire Mitchell, 31, is a PR account executive with Dada. Shelives on Rose Street 1 What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh? Running downArthur's Seat and not stopping in time to avoid the big pond at thebottom. 2 What are your memories of school? I went to Garve Primary, ...
Greens challenge Salmond to stump up for post offices
Sep 01, 2008; ... SCOTTISH Nationalists were today challenged to "put their moneywhere their mouth is" in their opposition to post office closures. Lothians Green MSP Robin Harper called on First Minister AlexSalmond to offer to meet the cost of keeping open the 258 threatenedbranches in exchange ...
Now let's see you in that Stetson Angus
Sep 01, 2008; ... LOOKED good to me, the large pig coloured green, circa 1900. Pokeyour snout deep enough into your sporran and it's yours for GBP 2000to GBP 3000. An item in Lyon & Turnbull's sale, In Search ofScottish Vernacular Furniture, now on at Broughton Place untilSeptember 24. That ...
Best news for Belhaven ale
Sep 01, 2008 ... BELHAVEN Best has become Scotland's fifth-best selling on-tradealcohol brand. According to figures from market research group Nielsen, the alehas moved up from ninth position last year, ranking above many best-selling brands of lager. The Dunbar-based company's ale is the ...
House sales fall to record 30-year low
Sep 01, 2008; ... HOUSING sales in the UK have reached a 30-year low, according tonew research by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The country's main surveyors organisation revealed its findingsas it called on the UK Government to take "significant and decisiveaction" to help ...
Earnings rise is music to the ears of leading entertainment group Vivendi
Sep 01, 2008 ... VIVENDI, Europe's largest entertainment group, has posted a 3.2per cent rise in second-quarter underlying earnings. Vivendi, which also owns the world's biggest record company,Universal Music Group, saw its underlying earnings rise ...
My little boy Blair helped save my life
Sep 01, 2008; ... shadow of cancer, Kirsty Roberts and her son Blair's days are anendless round of toddler groups, swimming lessons and playtime.Picture: IAN GEORGESON JUST like any mum, Kirsty Roberts watches her toddler son Blairplaying with his favourite toys and thinks he's rather special ....
Acies surveys expansion
Sep 01, 2008 ... ACIES, the Edinburgh-based property and construction consultancy,has launched a dedicated building surveying division following anincrease in demand from its clients. Dedicated to providing design and management solutions, the ...
High street names join centre
Sep 01, 2008 ... LEADING retail group Arcadia has confirmed that it is to open twodouble-store units at a new shopping centre in the Lothians. Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins and Burton will be housed withinthe units at The Elements, the new GBP 130 million shoppingdevelopment in Livingston ....
Drinks firm thirsty for new HQ
Sep 01, 2008 ... AGENTS have been appointed to find a leading drinks company a newhome in the Capital. The Glenmorangie Company last month announced it is to relocateits headquarters from Broxburn, West Lothian, to Edinburgh. It isalso looking to build a new bottling plant in the Lothians ....
Patients forced to move again as care home faces bulldozers
Sep 01, 2008; ... A CARE company is seeking to demolish a nursing home that EastLothian Council paid GBP 300,000 to have refurbished. The council leased Greenfield Park Care Home in Musselburgh tohouse elderly residents earlier this year after the troubledCockenzie House Nursing Home closed ....
More swimmers are taking the plunge as pool visitor levels rise
Sep 01, 2008 ... SWIMMERS are taking the plunge in East Lothian, with a 25 percent increase in the number using local pools. SportPlus, which runs the county's sports facilities, reported anincrease in visitor numbers of 16,500 in the past year, helping tosecure its future. But the surge in ...
Rain fails to dampen spirit of the Mela
Sep 01, 2008 ... EVI TRANO and Sam Khan enjoy the sights and sounds of the Mela asthe festival ended its week-long run. As the final Mela show brought the festival season to a closeculture minister Linda Fabiani said Edinburgh was still the world's"foremost festival ...
Long road ahead for efforts to boost public transport use
Sep 01, 2008; ... Despite rising fuel prices and more people using public transportthan ever before, Transport Reporter Andrew Picken reveals there isno sign of people in Edinburgh ending their love affair with the car IF you are reading this on a crowded bus or train then you willneed no reminding ...
Parking rules are Poles apart
Sep 01, 2008; ... IT is an example of the power of diplomacy. Staff at the Polish Consulate on Kinnear Road, Inverleith, werehit with a traffic nightmare after parking restrictions wereintroduced nearby. But, while ordinary residents have been left to battle withcommuters to find a space ...
Salt poisoner's 'new evidence'
Sep 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN jailed for four years for poisoning an eight-year-oldgirl with salt claims to have uncovered fresh medical evidence whichshe hopes will clear her name. Susan Hamilton, 44, of Broomhouse, was acquitted of attemptedmurder, but found guilty of assault to the endangerment of ...
Mother's outrage at infant bus fare policy
Sep 01, 2008; ... A MOTHER of triplets has accused Lothian Buses of discriminatingagainst her by only allowing two of her babies to travel for free. Carolyn Armstrong said she was "outraged" when drivers told hershe would need to pay for one of her 21-month-old children, as thecompany only waives ...
Venice welcomes Capital film snubbed by city's own festival
Sep 01, 2008 ... A low budget film shot in the streets of Portobello and Leith byan Edinburgh student, which was selected to be shown in Venice, wassnubbed at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Venice Film Festival's prestigious Corto Cortissimo shortfilm section features a screening ...
Highway to city for band
Sep 01, 2008 ... FANS of rock legends AC/DC will be able to catch the next bestthing to their heroes when top tribute band AB/CD play the LiquidRoom on Saturday. The band have been acclaimed by AC/DC's Angus Young as the best-sounding tribute band around, and the Midlands-based ...
Profits dance to new record for Festival
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE International Festival has notched a record profit in ticketsales from this year's event. The box office recorded a seven per cent rise in sales up to GBP2.6 million. One of the reasons for the rise is thought to be the festival'simproved range of dance performances ....
Staff spend 34 weeks a year at desk
Sep 01, 2008 ... NEW research has shown that Edinburgh office workers spend anaverage of 34 working weeks a year sitting at their desks. The study by office imaging solutions company Canon has shownthat the average Edinburgh office worker spends five-and-a-halfhours sitting at their desk every ...
New coffee shop brews up a storm
Sep 01, 2008 ... A SHOP on Morningside Road is to be transformed into a new cafe,despite concerns that it will mean the loss of another retail unit. Developers have been granted permission to change the premises,on the east side of Morningside Road, into a coffee shop andsandwich bar. There ...
Council discusses venue value worries
Sep 01, 2008 ... CONCERNS that falling land values may impact plans to redevelopboth the Commonwealth Pool and Meadowbank are being investigated bythe council. Under current plans, the existing Meadowbank Stadium will bebulldozed and around a third of the land sold off for housing, tohelp pay ...
Health staff told to hand over patient files held on computer
Sep 01, 2008; ... HEALTH workers have been told to hand over computer filescarrying patients' personal details in an effort to prevent any moreprivate data going missing in the Lothians. All 25,000 staff at NHS Lothian have been warned they must notstore sensitive details on their own computer ...
Golf club hits out at inquiry over hotel
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE owners of Deer Park Golf Club have said they are disappointedby the local council's decision to seek a public inquiry into theirplans for a hotel development. West Lothian Council's planning committee threw out the proposalsfor a 93-bedroom hotel with associated access roads ...
Around town: Boutique aims to fashion new look for the autumn
Sep 01, 2008 ... ONE of Edinburgh's leading boutiques is to be given an autumnmakeover. The Jane Davidson designer womenswear boutique is having itsentrance redesigned in a bid to enhance and refresh the GeorgianTownhouse store. Sarah Murray, owner of Jane Davidson, ...
Quick News: Shop plan chewed over
Sep 01, 2008 ... A FORMER DVD shop in Drumbrae is set to be turned into a dentalsurgery, despite concerns about the loss of ...
Dazzling end to the Festival
Sep 01, 2008; ... THOUSANDS of awed onlookers flocked to vantage points around thecity to enjoy the spectacular fireworks display marking an end tothis year's Edinburgh festival season. Around a quarter of a million people watched as 100,000 fireworkswere set off at the Castle yesterday, to the ...
Emergency workers honoured for flood efforts
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE actions of emergency service workers who rescued dozens ofpeople trapped by the heavy flooding in West Lothian last month areto be recognised by the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Board. In a report to the board, chief fire officer Brian Allaway saidthe brigade had ...
Quick News: New plans for GAP site
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE GAP Group is to create a new storage depot at the SighthillIndustrial Estate. The group has been given permission to demolish and replace itsexisting depot ....
Grand boost for GTA fans
Sep 01, 2008 ... FANS of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV are toget the chance to download an extra 15 hours of gameplay. Edinburgh-based developers Rockstar North are preparing torelease the exclusive download content, which is expected to beavailable early next year. It is ...
New bikes ready to Hog the limelight in Capital
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE LATEST additions to the world-famous Harley-Davidson brandare set to be launched in Edinburgh. Fans of the iconic motorcycles are expected to flock to theEdinburgh store to see the unveiling of the new Harley-DavidsonModel Year 09 (MY09) collection. Kirk Hale, principal ...
Jacobite sale rakes in cash
Sep 01, 2008 ... JACOBITE glasses, dating from 1750, have shattered pre-saleestimates after fetching prices in the high thousands at a recentauction. The sale at Bonham's salerooms on Queen Street saw eager bidderspush up the prices, with a small Jacobite wine ...
Zoo expects 'keeper for a day' gifts will be a roaring success
Sep 01, 2008; ... MUCKING out rhinos and tending to cockroaches might not beeveryone's idea of a great day out. But staff at Edinburgh Zoo are expecting hundreds of people topay for the privilege after unveiling plans for a "keeper for a day"experience. The public will be able to get closer ...
Call to tackle re-offending
Sep 01, 2008 ... EDINBURGH West Liberal Democrat MSP Margaret Smith has urged theScottish Goverment to cut the prison population by tackling re-offending rates. Speaking after official figures showed the average daily prisonpopulation had risen by three per cent in the last year, she ...
Education role for MSP Smith
Sep 01, 2008 ... EDINBURGH West MSP Margaret Smith has been appointed the ScottishLiberal Democrat spokeswoman on education and young people in areshuffle by new party leader Tavish Scott. And Mike Rumbles, one of Mr Scott's rivals for the leadership,becomes chief whip. Ross Finnie, the other ...
School facing the axe seeks merger lifeline
Sep 01, 2008; ... PARENTS fighting to save a city primary are hoping to get a stayof execution by opening up its doors to pupils from another school. Campaigners at the under-threat Lismore Primary say that nearbySt John's could temporarily merge with the Bingham school while itundergoes its ...
Quick News: BBC lights up concert
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is to play at St Mary'sParish Church in Haddington, as part of this year's ...
Artists create landscape of magical work
Sep 01, 2008 ... STUDENT Emily Hogarth's Magical Landscape is being displayed atthis year's Masters postgraduate show at Edinburgh College of Art. The show, being held at the College of Art on Lauriston Place,features the final course work of this year's graduating students,who have come from ...
Fire centre sparks into life
Sep 01, 2008; ... FIRE chiefs are set to press ahead with building a new multi-million pound training centre at Newbridge, despite continuingdoubts over Scottish Government funding. Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service has been recommendedto approve starting work on the centre after an ...
Around town: Nursery to get the go-ahead
Sep 01, 2008 ... A NEW nursery school building is set to be created on LanarkRoad. Under plans recommended for approval by the ...
Worshippers' prayers answered as church reopens after GBP 6m upgrade
Sep 01, 2008; ... A CITY centre church has re-opened after a GBP 6 million revamp Members of St Paul's and St George's Episcopal Church in YorkPlace have spent nearly three years worshipping in temporarypremises while the massive renovation programme was carried out. But on Saturday they moved ...
Objectors fail to block new home proposal
Sep 01, 2008 ... A NEW mews property is to be developed in the grounds of a B-listed building, despite concerns from local residents that it willdestroy the character of the area. The site of the development, on land at the rear of QualityStreet, sits within the grounds of Dover Cottage, a ...
Rebus' famed barman dies
Sep 01, 2008 ... A BARMAN made famous by Ian Rankin's Rebus books has died ofcancer. John Gates, who ran the author's favourite pub the Oxford Bar,succumbed to cancer following a two-year battle with the illness atthe weekend. He became famous when it emerged that a key ...
Tougher sentences for death drivers hailed
Sep 01, 2008 ... NEW road safety laws designed to provide appropriate punishmentfor causing death by dangerous driving have been welcomed by WestLothian Council. Two new offences which have now come into effect are causingdeath by careless driving and causing death by unlicensed,disqualified, or ...
Scotland's top food and drink on the menu
Sep 01, 2008 ... FREE whisky and the chance to sample some delicious game birdpies are among the local highlights of this year's Scottish FoodFortnight. The Food Fortnight, set to be launched on Friday, features almost60 events taking place across Scotland over a two-week periodinvolving schools ...
End of two-year legal fight opens door to new flats
Sep 01, 2008; ... THE transformation of one of Edinburgh's biggest eyesores isfinally set to get under way after a two-year delay. Seven-storey blocks of flats and a row of shops will beconstructed under the GBP 70 million scheme for the site of theformer bus depot near Shrub Place. The ...
Quick News: ID cards prove popular
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE country's leading voluntary proof of age scheme has announcedit has issued 1.8 million cards. Use ...
Venue is the best bar none
Sep 01, 2008 ... ONE of the biggest Fringe venues in Edinburgh has revealed thatits bar was among the busiest in the country during the festival. The Underbelly, which runs venues in the Cowgate as well as theUdderbelly Pasture on Bristo Square, said it had sold more ...
Veterans' Day planning starts
Sep 01, 2008 ... PLANS for major celebrations of next year's Veterans' Day arealready under way, the council has revealed. The 2008 celebrations in July were the Capital's first officialcelebrations of Veterans' Day, and saw pipers and drummers parade upthe Royal Mile ....
Viagra's keeping my little girl alive
Sep 01, 2008; ... A SEVEN-year-old girl with a rare illness is being kept alivethanks to four doses of Viagra a day. Natalie Archibald, from Musselburgh, fell ill 18 months ago, withmedics at first putting it down to over-excitement. But she was later found to be a rare childhood sufferer of ...
Tourism adverts earn city GBP 50m
Sep 01, 2008; ... A SERIES of campaigns to bring more tourists to Edinburgh haveboosted the city's economy by more than GBP 50 million, according toa new report. The national tourism body VisitScotland has run nine Edinburgh-focused campaigns in the past year. It said that, as well as ...
Quick News: Get fired up for charity
Sep 01, 2008 ... BRAVE fundraisers are being sought to take part in a firewalkingchallenge at Edinburgh ...
Beaten Billy faces up to injury woe
Sep 01, 2008 ... HAMILTON boss Billy Reid was left counting the cost of Saturday's2-1 defeat to Hearts when Craig Swailes limped out of the actionafter less than 20 minutes with a hamstring strain. He looks set to be joined on the treatment table by RichardOffiong, who suffered a similar injury ...
Rose boss sends defiant message after defeat of Bathgate
Sep 01, 2008; ... Bonnyrigg Rose 2 Bathgate Thistle 1 BONNYRIGG ROSE boss Alan Miller watched his side open up theirSuper League account with an impressive 2-1 win over BathgateThistle, then hit back at the club's critics. The New Dundas Park outfit endured a difficult League Cupcampaign, ...
It's time to give Miller some credit, says Smith
Sep 01, 2008; ... Celtic 2 Rangers 4 RANGERS boss Walter Smith hopes Kenny Miller's Old Firm doublehas finally silenced the critics who have refused to accept himsince his return to Ibrox. However, the former Scotland manager conceded that there areprobably sections of the Rangers support ...
Riordan battle
Sep 01, 2008; ... HEARTS made official contact with Celtic over the weekendregarding unsettled striker Derek Riordan and are vying with Hibstoday for the player's signature. Mindaugas Nikolicius, an official from Hearts' parent companyUkio Bankas Investment Group, has outlined a season-long ...
Self-belief is key to Killie's clean sheets, claims Jefferies
Sep 01, 2008 ... KILMARNOCK manager Jim Jefferies insists growing belief withinhis squad led to the Rugby Park side keeping their fifth clean sheetof the season when they battled to a 2-0 victory against DundeeUnited at Tannadice. For the third time in four Clydesdale Bank Premier League ...
Don't panic, says Jackie, as Bairns lose out again
Sep 01, 2008 ... FALKIRK defender Jackie McNamara is refusing to hit the panicbutton despite the club's losing start to the new Clydesdale BankPremier League campaign - and insists the Bairns will soon turn thecorner. After just missing out on a first-ever top-six berth last term,John Hughes' ...
Paatelainen expecting all out action on deadline day
Sep 01, 2008; ... HIBS boss Mixu Paatelainen today revealed he's poised for ahectic day in the transfer market as he attempts to beat tonight'smidnight deadline to bring new faces to Easter Road. Although Paatelainen had no signings to report over the weekend,he was anticipating plenty of action ...
Classic Match: Hibs 2, Rangers 0: August 19, 1989
Sep 01, 2008 ... HIBS toppled champions Rangers with a superb display at EasterRoad. The Easter Road men had failed to score a single goal againstRangers the previous season and went into the game looking to dobetter - and that they did. After a magnificent defensive operation in the first ...
People's Choice: 'Unless Mixu gets backed with money, he will fail'
Sep 01, 2008 ... Iain Cooper, 44, New Town: "You reap what you sow, and that wasnever more apt as we watched our team huff and puff against a solidMotherwell team. Although we lost, we aren't to far behind the likesof Motherwell but we need to sped money, starting with a keeper anda striker. It was ...
Hogg insists Hibs will come good
Sep 01, 2008; ... Hibs 0 Motherwell 1 CHRIS HOGG today attempted to put a brave face on what has been amiserable week for Hibs, knocked out of the Co-operative InsuranceCup by First Division Morton and left with just four points fromtheir opening quartet of SPL matches. With the transfer ...
Classic Match: Hearts 2, Hibs 1: April 1, 1989
Sep 01, 2008 ... IT was the victory that started Hearts' famous 22-in-row unbeatenrun against their fierce rivals as John Robertson netted his tenthgoal in the fixture .. TRANSFER-SEEKING Steve Archibald was left out of a Hibs team thatincluded GBP 300,000 newcomer Keith Houchen, from Coventry ...