Evening Times back issues from November 2003:
Markets are looking up
Nov 01, 2003 ... THE FTSE 100 Index closed marginally lower last night, yet sawthrough the normally turbulent month of October almost 200 pointshigher. The Footsie also managed a small gain over the week as confidencereturns to world markets after this year's traumatic times. The mood in ...
Pop fans beat the cold to grab free MTV tickets
Nov 01, 2003 ... HUNDREDS of music fans queued for hours in freezing temperaturesin Glasgow to snap up free MTV concert tickets. Queues started forming at 3am yesterday morning outside the threeHMV stores in the city which were giving away free tickets for theMTV show in Edinburgh's Princes Street ...
BOOKS
Nov 01, 2003; ... NEED A BODY CRY? Dorothy Cavaye Librario, (pounds) 10.99 IN 1797, William Cathcart, a young Scot from Greenock, set out tojoin the family business in Jamaica. Years later, he returned to Scotland as a prosperous gentleman,leaving behind the mulatto woman who had ...
Kids' fest designed to bring out the best; LET'S GO INSPIRATION 03
Nov 01, 2003 ... Inspiration 03 : A Festival of the Arts for Children and YoungPeople. Until November 8. Various venues and times. Tel: Glasgow City Council, 0141 287 2000 INSPIRATION is back, and it's bigger, bolder and brighter thanever before. The 2003 festival ...
Prepare to face a close encounter; OUR DAY OUT; THE REAL MARY KING'S CLOSE, EDINBURGH
Nov 01, 2003 ... THE REAL MARY KING'S CLOSE 2 Warriston's Close High StreetEdinburgh Tel: 08702 430 160 Visited by the Campbells - Dougie, Karenand kids Eidann, 11, and Ciorstan, 9. What is it? Hidden beneath Edinburgh's City Chambers, Mary King's Close is awarren of concealed streets where ...
Beyonce jets in
Nov 01, 2003 ... Pop diva Beyonce arrives in Britain for the start of hernationwide tour. The star jetted in to Heathrow and was immediately handed abouquet from some of her fans ....
3 years for schoolboy who posted poison threat to wills; CHERIE BLAIR, MSPs AND BBC TARGETED BY YOUTH
Nov 01, 2003 ... A SCOTS schoolboy, who sent Prince William a terror letter said tobe contaminated with poison, has been jailed for three years ....
Enjoy a viennese whirl in austria
Nov 01, 2003; ... FAMOUS for art, opera and composers, Vienna is a paradise forculture vultures. But it also has more than its fair share of man-made beauty and natural charms. Vienna is a green city with parks round every corner and enoughoutdoor pursuits in both winter and summer to exhaust even ...
Put your best foot forward to discover the joys of a gentle stroll; No passport required: York
Nov 01, 2003 ... WALKING for pleasure, as opposed to getting you from A to B, onlybecame fashionable in Georgian times. And one of the oldest Georgian promenades in the country, alongYork's riverside, has been revived as part of the city's drive toencourage visitors to discover more about the ...
O'Neill: Celtic history lesson will be no use
Nov 01, 2003; ... MARTIN O'NEILL went for bust the last time he sent out a team atRugby Park as he had one last throw of the dice to hold on to the SPLtitle. The history books show that, even though his side won 4-0 that dayin May, they would have needed the equivalent of a double six toprevent ...
Broos wants a Celtic double
Nov 01, 2003; ... ANDERLECHT boss Hugo Broos is confident his side can deny Celticthe win they need at Parkhead on Wednesday. Finnish defender Hannu Tihinen - who made a late appearance as asub against Celtic - is set to make his first start in five gamestonight against Moeskroen. He will play ...
Fit-again Pete knows key is consistency
Nov 01, 2003; ... KILMARNOCK star Peter Canero aims to make it another disappointingafternoon for Celtic today. The last time Martin O'Neill's side were at Rugby Park theirdreams of winning the League Championship went up in smoke as Rangerswon by a canter at home to Dunfermline. That was ...
Tangerines will be inspired by injustice
Nov 01, 2003 ... Dunfermline v Dundee United Ian McCall believes the injustice ofDundee United losing their place in the CIS Cup will provide amplemotivation for his players ahead of their trip to East End Park. McCall was incensed when referee Willie Young changed his mindover a free-kick - after ...
Butcher claims all is Well with Pearson
Nov 01, 2003; ... CONTRACT rebel Stephen Pearson has not been made to train with theyoungsters, insists boss Terry Butcher. Butcher claims that even if he was annoyed with the midfield star,there is no other squad to send him to. Pearson's current Fir Park deal expires at the end of the ...
No McKenzie regrets for Jam Tarts boss Craig
Nov 01, 2003 ... Hearts head coach Craig Levein insists he was right to let RoddyMcKenzie leave Tynecastle for Livingston, despite the former Jambolooking like the best keeper in the SPL at the moment. McKenzie had 10 seasons at the Gorgie club but failed to establishhimself as No.1 and the West ...
DONS DEAL SUITS KRIS
Nov 01, 2003 ... New Aberdeen goalkeeper Kris Robertson (pictured) believes his one-month deal with the Dons can re-ignite his career. The 21-year-old, who left St Mirren in the summer, has beenlooking for a new club and trained with Celtic earlier this season. But now Robertson is convinced ...
Levein must be in line for move south - Preston
Nov 01, 2003 ... Livingston coach Allan Preston tipped Hearts head coach CraigLevein to be the next Scottish manager to take his skills south. Preston insists his ex-Tynecastle team-mate has now proved himselfas a top boss in the SPL and the Livi coach claims it's only a matterof time before Levein ...
JOHN'S AIMING FOR A SUTTON IMPACT
Nov 01, 2003; ... JOHN SUTTON is hoping a spell in Scotland does just as much toresurrect his own career as it did for his big brother, Chris. After coming through the youth set-up at Spurs, the big strikerhas found himself at Raith Rovers following spells with Carlisle andSwindon. It might ...
276 IN PLANE SCARE AS FIRE BREAKS OUT AT 30,000ft; MAYDAY ALERT AS CREW BATTLED FLAMES; Jet in emergency landing drama at Glasgow airport
Nov 03, 2003; ... A jet carrying 276 passengers and crew had to make an emergencylanding at Glasgow Airport after fire broke out at 30,000ft. The airport was put on full alert after the jet's crew made amayday call as it passed the island of Tiree last night. Passengers today told how they ...
Experts in clash over MMR
Nov 01, 2003 ... Two scientists at the centre of the MMR controversy have clashedin public, creating more confusion for parents. As revealed in yesterday's Evening Times, expert Dr Simon Murchinsisted the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was completely safe. But he has now admitted that the ...
Tories to vote on one-horse race
Nov 01, 2003 ... Michael Howard's leadership bid will be put to a vote even if heremains the only candidate, the party confirmed today. Kenneth Clarke was the last Conservative heavyweight to rulehimself out of the running, setting the scene for Mr Howard'sunchallenged win. The shadow ...
Stabbing: cops admit they got the wrong boy; EXCLUSIVE: Detained youth was victim of mistaken identity
Nov 01, 2003; ... A TEENAGER charged with attempting to murder an undercover policeofficer in Glasgow has been released from prison after detectivesadmitted they had arrested the wrong man. Craig Maddock, 16, spent four days behind bars after he wascharged with stabbing two men, including an ...
Vogts on high road after low points; It's fast approaching two years since Berti Vogts was appointed as Scotland's first foreign manager and he chatted with Andy Dougan about his rollercoaster ride
Nov 01, 2003; ... In that first game against the Faroes, if you had lost would youhave resigned or expected to be sacked? No. I was only in my first year in my job. I had worked for 20years with the German FA, and I know what to expect, especially inthe first qualifying match. When I was a ...
EGIL EYE ON GERS STRIKE POSITION; Match of the Day: Rangers v Partick Thistle Ibrox 3.30pm today
Nov 01, 2003; ... EGIL OSTENSTAD once managed to penetrate one of the hottestpartnerships the Premiership has ever produced. So he's confident he can eventually hold his own in the Rangersfirst-team. The big Norwegian striker is still trying to prove himself atIbrox after joining from ...
James hoping Jags measure up against the Ibrox Grady
Nov 01, 2003; ... FOREVER assured a warm welcome at Ibrox since being described as a"crazy Celtic fan" by Lorenzo Amoruso, James Grady will be back forPartick Thistle against Rangers today. And he's looking forward to the visit, not so much as a wind-upmerchant annoying the Ibrox faithful, but ...
VOICE OF REASON IS SET TO LEAD SCOTS
Nov 01, 2003; ... GORDON Bulloch has been tipped to haul Scotland out of their RugbyWorld Cup woes - after helping Glasgow get through a nightmare spelllast season. Bulloch is widely touted to take over as captain from BryanRedpath when the Six Nations Championship gets going next year. The ...
SCOTS GLORY FOR GILMOUR
Nov 01, 2003 ... ST ANDREWS club supremo Tommy Gilmour (below) reckons theundercard for tonight's show is as good as anything he has puttogether, with the Tartan theme particularly strong. He said: "The great thing about promoting a high profile show inScotland is it gives you a chance to put on ...
Website chronicles city's rich history
Nov 01, 2003 ... A NEW website charting the history of Glasgow from 800AD topresent day has been launched. The (pounds) 600,000 Glasgow Story site features thousands ofpictures and archive film from British Pathe. Highlights include the Empire Exhibition in 1938 and ship launchesfrom the ...
Scots care system 'is failing children'; 60% of kids leave with no qualifications and 20% end up homeless
Nov 01, 2003 ... Six out of 10 children in care in Scotland leave with noqualifications, job or training. And 20% go through a period of homelessness soon after ceasing tobe in care, according to official figures. Children's minister Peter Peacock admitted: "These statistics area terrible ...
Back court clean-up
Nov 01, 2003 ... RESIDENTS in Glasgow begin the first phase of a Groundforce-stylemakeover in their community today. The Garturk Daisy Allison Association in Govanhill planned theclean-up as part of the Community Service ...
Attack man dies
Nov 01, 2003 ... A MAN has died after an alleged attack in Glasgow. Robert Munro, 36, suffered serious injuries in an incident at aflat in Battlefield Avenue, Mount Florida, early on Monday. Mr Munro was taken to Glasgow's Victoria Infirmary ...
Fixed penalty plan for minor crime
Nov 01, 2003; ... A NEW report has called on police forces to issue warnings andfixed penalties for minor crimes to cut bureaucracy and release moreofficers onto the beat. The recommendation described as "radical" is made in a report fromHer Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary on how police respond ...
Another award for hotel
Nov 01, 2003 ... A CITY hotel has scooped another top design award - despite itsnickname Big Green Blob. Glasgow architects Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop won theprestigious European Hotel Design Award for the (pounds) 45millionRadisson Hotel in Argyle Street, ...
Samurai sword attack man jailed
Nov 01, 2003 ... A FORMER Scottish boxing champ has been jailed for 15 years for asamurai sword attack on a man walking home from a family party. Victim Don Essen suffered horrific injuries, including a seven-inch long cut to his chest, and had three fingers partially severed. Ex-boxer George ...
Jayne is crowned queen of the robots; Sexy Geordie presenter unleashes her darker side to front cult combat series
Nov 01, 2003 ... ROBOT WARS Five, Sunday, 7pm To millions of television viewers,she is the happy-go-lucky Geordie who has brightened up our TVscreens in shows such as The O-Zone and Top of the Pops. But Jayne Middlemiss has a darker side, for the 32-year-old hasrevealed a passion for violence and ...
Naked truth behind Casualty calendar
Nov 01, 2003 ... CASUALTY, BBC1, SATURDAY, 8.10pm Tonight's episode of Casualty really is a case ofart imitating life. The staff at Holby agree to pose for a charitycalendar just like the ladies of the Calendar Girls movie. Nikki - played by Kelly Harrison - poses topless with nothing buta ...
Screen gossip
Nov 01, 2003; ... Stars to speak up Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes, left, and HelenaBonham-Carter, below, will lend their voices to the first everfeature-length Wallace and Gromit movie. The project, titled Curse Of The Wererabbit, started shooting thisweek at Aardman Animations' Bristol studio ....
Contracts in doubt after takeover
Nov 01, 2003; ... THE future of major building projects in the west of Scotland isstill uncertain despite the takeover of collapsed construction firmBallast. English-based Rok Property Solutions bought the firm and certainconstruction contracts for a fee of up to (pounds) 2million. But ...
Mile high lapdance man is fined (pounds) 600
Nov 01, 2003 ... A drunken businessman demanded a lapdance from a stewardess in amid-flight outburst. Lewis Davidson, 43, became abusive towards cabin crew memberCharlotte Ryan soon after boarding the plane at Glasgow Airport. Depute fiscal Esther Lees told Inverness Sheriff Court: "He made ...
We're all in for a magic night; Tricks will amaze and astound
Nov 01, 2003 ... BEST EVER HIDDEN MAGIC TRICKS, SATURDAY, SCOTTISH 5.30pm Phillip Schofield conjures up some classic TVillusions in a celebration of the world's greatest conjurers andmagicians. Dexterity, danger and dodgy velvet suits are to the fore in thishour-long special that ...
The case of the vanishing actor; Daniel Casey bids a fond farewell to Midsomer Murders
Nov 01, 2003 ... MIDSOMER MURDERS Sunday, SCOTTISH 9pm Detective Chief InspectorTom Barnaby (John Nettles) bids farewell to Detective Sergeant GavinTroy (Daniel Casey) in tonight's murder mystery. His youthful sidekick has been promoted to inspector and offered ajob away from Midsomer ....
Souness keeps the faith
Nov 01, 2003 ... Graeme Souness says he has lost none of his self-belief despiteBlackburn's poor form. He takes his team to fellow strugglers Leicester on Sunday aimingto end a seven-match run without a win. Souness said: "Both professionally and privately I have gonethrough a great deal ...
Gerry missing for Jags
Nov 01, 2003 ... PARTICK Thistle head for Ibrox today with no wins from 10 leaguegames and minus one of their most experienced player. Veteran Gerry Britton (calf strain) joins another striker, kneeinjuryvictim Andy Thomson, on the sidelines. The Jags are also without defenders Ian Ross (toe ...
Stewart left sweating
Nov 01, 2003 ... Airdrie United boss Sandy Stewart is facing a crock crisis aheadof today's clash with Morton. He said: "Allan McManus is a doubt with a stomach strain. "We've also been without Stephen Docherty and Scott Wilson, andSteven McKeown and Alan Gow have had the flu." Ton ...
Ken's midfield teaser
Nov 01, 2003 ... QUEEN'S PARK boss Kenny Brannigan faces a midfield selectiondilemma ahead of today's Hampden visit of Gretna. He said: "Stuart Kettlewell is available again after suspension,but Jonny Whelan has done a fine job in the midfield for us and it'sa real toss-up. "However, we ...
Pearson kicks off O'Neill's plans to rebuild; As star Celts set to go
Nov 01, 2003; ... MARTIN O'NEILL is resigned to losing some of the biggest names atCeltic Park. And the Hoops boss is already making plans to replace them, withMotherwell's Stephen Pearson one of his first targets. O'Neill confirmed he had made an enquiry about the Well 21-year-old, who is ...
De Boer out for months
Nov 01, 2003; ... RANGERS are bracing themselves for being without Ronald de Boeruntil the New Year. The 33-year-old influential Dutch playmaker is awaiting scanresults that may lead to further surgery on his injured knee. Gers boss Alex McLeish tried to deflect suggestions that de ...
Delay warning for Scots mail customers
Nov 01, 2003; ... ROYAL Mail customers in Scotland were today being warned oflengthy delays for mail to and from London. Unofficial strike action in the south of England has forced theRoyal Mail to seal up post boxes in a bid to clear the backlog. There was an unofficial walkout by ...
Watchdog in boost for energy companies
Nov 01, 2003 ... energy suppliers are beginning to adhere to the industry'stransfer charter, according to an industry watchdog. However, energywatch Scotland warned there was no room forcomplacency and said consumers transferred in error should be quicklyswitched back to the original supplier ....
Police shock over fireworks boy, 8; Youngster ignores safety campaign by setting off rockets
Nov 01, 2003; ... SHOCKED police caught an eight-year-old boy setting off powerfulrockets during a fireworks safety crackdown. The youngster was taken home by officers after he was foundplaying with fireworks near his home in the East Ayrshire village ofLogan. His 26-year-old mum has been ...
Man carried 2 bombs into police station
Nov 01, 2003 ... A MAN forced the evacuation of a police station after walking inoff the street with two home-made bombs. Daniel Tollan told officers he was going to kill his wife as shewas sleeping with the man fitting a carpet in their home. But the 38-year-old had second thoughts about the ...
Family back star David's plan to quit; Mum and Dad 'surprised' by timing of Fame Academy winner's announcement
Nov 01, 2003; ... FAME Academy winner David Sneddon's parents today backed theirson's decision to quit - but said they were surprised by his timing. The Paisley star who won the first series of the BBC1 talentcontest has announced he is quitting pop to concentrate onsongwriting. In less than ...
Five firemen, four cops to save student stuck in gate
Nov 01, 2003 ... FIVE firemen and four police officers struggled for 25 minutes tofree an embarrassed student stuck in a fence. The tipsy teenager was trying to climb an 8ft tall metal gate totake a shortcut home when he wedged his leg between two railings. He was climbing into St Edward's ...
Bus stop killers 'being protected'; Someone knows who murdered football fan, say cops
Nov 01, 2003; ... POLICE believe two thugs who kicked a football fan to death aftera row on a bus are being protected. William Mitchell, 36, was attacked by two men after he got off abus in Westmuir Street, Parkhead, on his way home from a Rangers gameon Tuesday. His 14-year-old nephew, who ...
Rangers fans face Manchester lock-out
Nov 03, 2003 ... RANGERS fans will face a lock-out when they arrive in Manchesterfor tomorrow's Battle of Britain match. Hundreds of pubs and clubs in the city centre are shutting onpolice advice to avoid trouble between rival fans before theChampions League clash with Manchester United ....
Holly and Jessica murder trial starts
Nov 03, 2003 ... The murder trial of Ian Huntley, accused of killing Sohamschoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, was due to begin todayat the Old Bailey. The best friends, both 10, triggered one of the biggest manhuntsever seen in Britain when they vanished on August 4, last year ....
Spain closes its border after bug ship docks; Angry Britons hit out as liner arrives at Gibraltar
Nov 03, 2003 ... A cruise ship carrying Britons hit by a virulent sickness bugtoday docked in Gibraltar. The P&O cruiser the Aurora reached the quayside just after 5.30am. But passengers who have not been hit by the Norovirus were notbeing allowed on shore until further medical checks have ...
2 for court over death
Nov 03, 2003 ... TWO men were expected to appear in court today in connection withthe murder of a 91-year-old great-grandmother. The men, aged 34 and 39, were arrested by police probing the deathof Ayrshire woman Margaret Irvine. A friend found Margaret's badly-beaten body in her home at ...
Peace deal is agreed to end postal dispute; Rush is on to clear huge backlog after secret talks
Nov 03, 2003 ... Thousands of postal workers were ending their unofficial striketoday after a deal was clinched in the early hours during a marathonsession of talks. An agreement was finally reached at 3.30am after Royal Mailchairman Allan Leighton and Communication Workers Union ...
Man held over death
Nov 03, 2003 ... A MAN has been arrested in connection with the death of a 29-year-old, whose body was found in his home last week. Gary Homer was discovered in the house in ...
Hunt after mugging
Nov 03, 2003 ... POLICE today stepped up their hunt for two men after a woman wasmugged in Glasgow. The 32-year-old was injured when two men pushed her into a fenceand robbed her. She was walking in Lochend ...
Trades training pledge
Nov 03, 2003 ... SCHOOLS must do more to offer vocational training for pupils toprovide Scotland with more skilled tradesmen, First Minister JackMcConnell said today. He wants them to provide more options to encourage young peoplewho might want to become joiners, bricklayers, electricians ...
Doctors slam plan to shut Queen Mum's
Nov 03, 2003; ... TWO of Glasgow's top baby heart surgeons today warned that closingthe Queen Mum's would put their patients at risk. Paediatric cardiologists Trevor Richens and Alan Houston ofYorkhill's Royal Hospital for Sick Children said their world-beatingheart surgery unit had been ignored by ...
Armed robber in raid
Nov 03, 2003 ... DETECTIVES are hunting an armed robber who held up a villagegarage. The man burst into McCashins garage, in Main Street, Condorrat,near Cumbernauld, around 3.30pm ...
Crash victim 'serious'
Nov 03, 2003 ... A TEENAGER is today 'critical' after a weekend crash near Glasgow. An 18-year-old male driver and his 15-year-old girl passenger werein a Volkswagen Sirocco near the Torrance roundabout, on the Glasgowto ...