Evening Times back issues from July 2005:
Salsa club shuts doors CASH CRISIS
Jul 01, 2005 ... GLASGOW'S salsa dance base has closed after a cash crisis. The collapse of the latinthemed Havana ...
Family furyat court defeat LEGAL ROW
Jul 01, 2005 ... A JUDGE has thrown out a bid by a family to sue Glasgow CityCouncil for pounds-150,000 over its failure to evict a ...
BOY, 8, IN FIGHT FOR LIFE AFTER LAST DAY AT SCHOOL Road horror as youngster waited for primary pals
Jul 01, 2005 ... A YOUNG boy has been left fighting for his life after being struckby a car just minutes after school ended for the summer holidays. Dillon Horne, 8, suffered serious head and leg injuries when hewas hit by the 4x4 as he waited for friends coming out of St Anne'sPrimary School, in ...
TUC plea over crisis in funding pensions
Jul 01, 2005 ... MAINTAINING the state pension at 65 was "easily affordable" if theGovernment met its employment target, the TUC argued today. Raising the age would only be a "quick fix" solution which wouldforce poorer people to work longer because they were less likely tohave a private or ...
Public smoking ban 'will cost 7400 jobs' Pub landlords say revenues will fall by pounds-100 Min first year
Jul 01, 2005 ... PUB landlords claimed today that the smoking ban which will becomelaw in Scotland next March will cost 7400 jobs. They predicted a pounds-100million fall in revenues in the firstyear based on evidence from Ireland, where a ban is already enforced,and the closure of 130 medium-sized ...
Fears grow for missing patients
Jul 01, 2005 ... THE search was continuing today for two missing hospital patients. Fears are growing for the wellbeing of Archibald Smellie, 66, whoabsconded from Glasgow's Leverndale Hospital on Wednesday. Although Mr Smellie is not considered to be a public risk, thereis concern for his ...
pounds-3M loch research station
Jul 01, 2005 ... WORK has started on a pounds-3million research field station onthe banks of Loch Lomond. The development at Rowardennan will create a facility for studyingenvironmental sciences and aquaculture. It is a partnership betweenGlasgow University and Scottish Enterprise Forth ...
Scotland goes its own way
Jul 01, 2005 ... SCOTLAND and England are moving in different directions, a newbook claims today. Changing Scotland, written by Professor Robert Wright of StirlingUniversity and Professor John Ermisch of the Essex University, says"several differences" to life in England have developed in ...
Fans in rush for Celtic strip
Jul 01, 2005 ... HUNDREDS of Celtic fans queued last night to be among the first toget their hands on the club's new strip. The strip is the first to be produced by sportswear giant Nike,after the firm struck a pounds-25million sponsorship ...
Chaos as flash floods hit roads and force the Subway to shut Commuters stranded after drains overcome by nearly an inch of rain
Jul 01, 2005; ... TORRENTIAL rain caused chaos in Glasgow, flooding roads andforcing the rush-hour closure of the entire Subway system. Thousands of commuters had to find alternative ways home in themiddle of the deluge. The sudden downpour struck around 4.30pm, leaving drenchedpedestrians ...
Ayrshire in property boom
Jul 01, 2005 ... HOUSE buyers are flocking to Irvine and the surrounding area wheredemand has driven up property prices by almost 30-per cent. North Ayrshire is Britain's top property hot spot after a year inwhich buyers have turned their backs on Glasgow by opting for a desres in places such as ...
Cops call up hundreds of extra police for G8 Concerns grow over numbers of people expected to protest
Jul 01, 2005; ... HUNDREDS of extra police from all around Britain are being draftedinto Scotland ahead of next week's G8 summit. Against a backdrop of growing concern over the number ofprotesters going to Perthshire and Edinburgh, 600 additional officersfrom south of the border have been requested ...
Assaults on staff soaring
Jul 01, 2005 ... ASSAULTS on frontline workers such as nurses, bus drivers andticket inspectors have "rocketed" in the past two years. Angry Britons were "lashing out" at staff to vent their anger andfrustration, a ...
Royal visitor at science show
Jul 01, 2005 ... PRINCESS Anne will be guest of honour at the 7th World Congress ofChemical Engineering conference at the SECC. More than 2000 visitors from 65 nations are expected to arrive inGlasgow for the conference, ...
TV property duo out to help Scots
Jul 01, 2005 ... TELEVISION property gurus Kirstie Allsopp, pictured, and PhilSpencer are searching for house hunters in Scotland to star in theirnew series of Location Location Location The Channel 4 experts makeit their mission ...
Flood chaos in city's west end
Jul 01, 2005 ... A ROAD in the west end of Glasgow was flooded after a water pipeburst. A knee-deep pond formed on Airlie Street, outside HyndlandSecondary school, yesterday as tradesman worked nearby. Chris Willshaw, ...
Prosecution seek retrial of death-row Scot
Jul 01, 2005 ... DEATH-ROW Scot Kenny Richey is to be retried over the death of atwo-year-old girl killed in an Ohio fire 19 years ago. Richey's murder conviction was overturned by an appeals court inApril, giving the state 90 days to retry him or set him free. Putnam County prosecutor Gary ...
Tragedy as mum-to-be and unborn twins die Inquiry launched after Bridget, 40, contracts blood poisoning in hospital
Jul 01, 2005 ... AN investigation has been launched after a pregnant mother and herunborn twins died when she contracted blood poisoning in hospital. Bridget Coll, 40, and her partner Robert, from Knightswood,Glasgow, had been looking forward to starting a family. Friends said the couple were ...
Polmont slammed for still locking up under-16s
Jul 01, 2005 ... AYOUNG offender's institute is still locking up children more thana year after inspectors advised against this, a report claims. The Polmont Young Offenders Institute near Falkirk is designed tohold 16 to 21-yearolds but is regularly holding younger children. A report by the ...
Bid for deal in fingerprint cop case
Jul 01, 2005 ... THE Scottish Executive is seeking an out-of-court settlement withformer police officer Shirley McKie. Ms McKie is planning to sue the Scottish Criminal Records Officefor pounds-750,000 after losing her job following false accusationsof perjury. She was sacked after her ...
Glasgow will feel benefit of pounds-2.1 BNWatchdog says investment will bring new homes and jobs
Jul 01, 2005; ... SCOTLAND'S water watchdog has reassured Glasgow it will benefitfrom a pounds-2.1billion investment in infrastructure. The Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland, Alan Sutherland,said council leaders should be encouraged by the investment whichwill allow thousands of homes to be ...
Scots in bid for stage triumph
Jul 01, 2005 ... THE Kirkton Players from Carluke, Lanarkshire, are carryingScotland's hopes at a national drama festival this evening. Scotland's 2005 amateur drama champs will perform in the BritishFinal Festival of One-Act Plays in ...
Health Minister tackled over Yorkhill row
Jul 01, 2005; ... HEALTH Minister Andy Kerr has been accused of not having a graspon the row over the new Yorkhill. He was challenged in the Scottish Parliament by MSP Sandra Whiteover the way he appears to be interpreting a promise made by hispredecessor, Malcolm Chisholm. Mr Kerr was asked ...
Salsa clubbers floored by city nightspot axe 20 staff to go at popular venue as parent company hits a cash crisis
Jul 01, 2005; ... GLASGOW'S home of salsa dancing has closed after its owners hit acash crisis. The collapse of latinthemed nightclub Havana, next to CentralStation, has left around 20 staff out of work and hundreds of salsaaficionados from across the west of Scotland without a base. At least ...
Scots smoke ban will save lives LANDMARK LEGISLATION
Jul 01, 2005 ... THE landmark decision to ban smoking in Scotland's public placesis a great step towards improving the nation's health. Making pubs, clubs and restaurants smoke-free is a brave movewhich will be welcomed by a silent majority who have put up with thenoxious fumes created by others ...
Investment gap must be bridged SCOTTISH WATER
Jul 01, 2005 ... REVELATIONS that Scotland's water industry watchdog backs the needfor urgent and large-scale investment in Glasgow's waterinfrastructure are welcome. Regrettably, the scale of investment he's suggesting - pounds-200million for the whole country - is simply not enough. For too ...
Why I'm glad my days as a smoker are numbered PERSONAL VIEW My smoke- free holiday experience
Jul 01, 2005; ... SCOTLAND'S MSPs voted yesterday to introduce smoke-free publicplaces from next spring. Many other countries have already introduceda ban on smoking in public places. Smoker ROSEMARY LONG, who supportsthe ban, describes her experience of smoke-free Malta where she spenta recent holiday IT ...
Nicola looks to the future
Jul 01, 2005 ... TEENAGE violin maestro Nicola Benedetti marks the beginning ofrefurbishment work at London's Royal Festival Hall by burying a timecapsule in its walls. The venue is to close for 18 months ...
Grieving family loses court bid Judge rejects move to sue council for pounds-150,000 over killer neighbour
Jul 01, 2005 ... THE family of a man killed by a neighbourfrom-hell has lost itsbid to sue Glasgow City Council for pounds-150,000 over its failureto evict the attacker. James Mitchell, 72, died in 2001 after being attacked by JamesDrummond, who lived next door in Mosspark. Widow Anne, 64, ...
West end parking battle has just begun
Jul 01, 2005 ... I'VE NEVER written to a newspaper before, but feel compelled to doso because of the way Glasgow City Council have pushed through thewest end parking scheme despite overwhelming opposition from localresidents. The council claims the restrictions were proposed in response ...
OnThisDay 01.07.05
Jul 01, 2005 ... 1858: Charles Darwin presented his paper On The Origin of theSpecies to the Linnaen Society in London. 1905: Albert Einstein published his Theory of Relativity. 1910: Duncan Black and Alfonzo Decker established their toolcompany. 1916: The Battle of the Somme ...
Birthdays
Jul 01, 2005 ... Deborah Harry, Blondie singer, 60; Ross Kemp, actor, 41; Pamela ...
Times Past Richmond Park, Glasgow, July 1955
Jul 01, 2005 ... WITH the schools breaking up for the summer holidays, the city'sparks will soon ring with children's voices. Richmond Park in Oatlands, the 'Ritchie' to locals, has been afavourite with generations of children. Situated ...
McConnell and Maxwell are the smoke ban stars HOLYROOD WEEK
Jul 01, 2005; ... JACK McCONNELL is a peripheral figure peeking into the rarefiedworld of the G8 leaders. He is a man who had a fraught start to the year over "villagate"and a politician who should be paying personal attention to theshenanigans over a replacement for the Queen Mother's ...
Art award for project by abused women
Jul 01, 2005 ... ANart exhibition which featured work from abused women, childrenand prostitutes has won a prestigious visual arts award. Elbowroom, which was shown earlier this year at the Gallery ofModern Art, involved women's groups from across Glasgow in a projectdesigned to highlight the ...
Cranston gets her trail place
Jul 01, 2005 ... ONE of Glasgow's most famous citizens, Miss Kate Cranston,features on a new heritage trail in Barrhead. Architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed her famousWillow Tea Rooms in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street. In 1892 Miss Cranston moved to a villa at 39 Carlibar Road ...
pounds-9300 lift for Pudsey
Jul 01, 2005 ... PUDSEY Bear visited Motherwell to pick up a cheque for theChildren in Need Appeal. The money was raised at the annual North Lanarkshire CouncilCharity Burns Supper held in the ...
Kids to learn craft skills
Jul 01, 2005 ... PARENTS looking for ways to entertain their children during thesummer holidays can try a craft workshop. Calderglen Country Park in East Kilbride will hold a drop-in eventin the conservatory next ...
Best-selling Scots crime writer to get honour from university
Jul 01, 2005; ... A GLASGOW graduate who became one of Scotland's most celebratedauthors is being honoured by his former university today. Christopher Brookmyre graduated from Glasgow University in 1989with a degree in English Literature and went on to forge a successfulcareer as a journalist and ...
Postcode prescribing hits new cancer drug for men Glasgow doctors are told prostate treatment is not worth the money
Jul 01, 2005; ... SUFFERERS with the most common form of male cancer are not gettinga new drug treatment because postcode prescribing is blocking accessto the drugs, surgeons were told in Glasgow. Each year 30,000 men in Britain are diagnosed with prostatecancer. Survival rates are high if it ...
From millionaires to grannies. . .Glasgow marchers have a message for the G8 MAKE POVERTY HISTORY Thousands of ordinary people head to Edinburgh hoping to change the world. . .
Jul 01, 2005; ... AN estimated 100,000 people will descend on Edinburgh tomorrow forthe historic Make Poverty History march, one of the biggest publicdemonstrations ever seen in Scotland. Everyone taking part is being asked to wear white and to form a'human band' around the capital. Inspired ...
No return to Red Clydeside as scientists muddy waters
Jul 01, 2005 ... PLANS to evoke memories of Red Clydeside by releasing a bright dyeinto the river proved to be a damp squib. TV camera crews and newspaper photographers turned up yesterdayafter promises the river would dramatically change colour asscientists launched a pollution survey. But ...
Garden tribute to Queen Mum
Jul 01, 2005 ... PRIMARY school pupils from Glasgow are collecting shells for an18th century-style pavilion. Items collected from lochs and beaches across Scotland will beused to decorate the internal walls of the pavilion, the focal pointof a memorial garden to the Queen Mother at Edinburgh's ...
Robber who knifed cop gets longer jail term Appeal judges cage addict for 4 years
Jul 01, 2005 ... AN ARMED robber who stabbed an offduty policeman after he rushedto help a female victim has had his jail sentence increased. Anthony Clinton, 27, was originally jailed for 30 months for aspate of attacks on lone women in Glasgow. But the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh ...
More undergo NHS sight tests
Jul 01, 2005 ... MORE people with diabetes in Scotland are having eye sight tests. New figures out today show there was an increase of almost 6000people, who have diabetes, going for NHS tests. Across Scotland 934,960 sight tests were paid by NHS boards in theyear ending in March, up by 1.6-per ...
I suspect fiancee is cheating on me . . .with my best friend GOT A PROBLEM? Shereen has the answers
Jul 01, 2005; ... HUNDREDS of Evening Times readers and Real Radio listeners havebeen playing agony aunt and helping out with our weekly dilemmas.This time we are looking for advise for Ross, who suspects hisfiancee is not telling the whole truth. ROSS'S DILEMMA I'm due to marry Sharon next month, ...
Workers at TV factory get a pounds-130 windfall
Jul 01, 2005; ... THE 500 workers at JVC's television production plant are set for acash windfall. Staff at the East Kilbride factory will pocket an extra pounds-130 . . . days after being sent home with a cut in wages when bossesordered a temporary shutdown. A technical hitch hit the launch ...
It's all downhill from here on in as pounds-60 Mindoor ski slope takes shape
Jul 01, 2005 ... THIS is the early glimpse of Scotland's first "real snow" indoorski slope which is set for take off on the banks of the Clyde. Xscape opens at Braehead in spring next year and bosses expect toattract three million visitors in its first year. A total of pounds-60million has been ...
Chunghwa TV factory is flattened for hotel
Jul 01, 2005 ... WORK has started on the site of the former Chunghwa TV factory,which is to be transformed into a hotel and office complex. Demolition is under way and construction crews will soon move onto the EuroCentral site at Mossend, Lanarkshire, to begin buildingthe first part of a ...
Children book summer challenge
Jul 01, 2005 ... CHILDREN are being urged to read six books or more over the summerholidays. East Dunbartonshire's library service is running a readingchallenge to encourage young people to enjoy books. Participants are asked to read at least six books between now andSeptember 22 and keep a ...
Green light for 1000 new homes on hospital site
Jul 01, 2005; ... NEARLY 1000 homes are to be built on the site of a formerpsychiatric hospital. The project at Woodilee Hospital in Lenzie has been given outlineplanning permission by East Dunbartonshire Council. It is part of the pounds-56million Kirkintilloch Initiative, a 10-year plan to ...
MYLIFE
Jul 01, 2005; ... JULIE HOGAN, 33 Marketing manager Where do you live? Langside - the best village in Glasgow. Marital status? I met Ian, my husband of two years, in the Hilton. No, not at thebar but the gym. Childhood ambitions? To be a jet fighter ...
Clyde town piers set to welcome new 60-car ferry
Jul 01, 2005 ... THE latest car and passenger ferry to go into service on the Clydewas being named today in Rothesay. The pounds-8.75million Bute is the first new ship to be introducedby CalMac on the Upper Clyde for 30 years. It will operate between Wemyss Bay and Rothesay, from next ...
Cleaner beaches in pounds-6.4 Mproject
Jul 01, 2005 ... WATER bosses have put the first of three massive new wateroutfalls in position at Helensburgh. The work - part of a pounds-6.4million upgrade in the town - wascompleted by Scottish Water. In a week-long operation, a high-performance plastic pipe ...
Traders face pounds-200 fines in blitz on advertising boards Council crackdown aims to make pavements safer for pedestrians
Jul 01, 2005; ... TRADERS across Glasgow have been told to stop blocking pavementswith illegal advertising boards - or face pounds-200 fines. Bosses of shops, restaurants, pubs and cafes are under orders toremove the sandwich-style boards from the streets. The city council crackdown aims to make ...
COMEDY Jo Caulfield
Jul 01, 2005; ... JO CAULFIELD is a comedienne whose material involves a healthydose of reality and occasional showbiz fantasy. Her wittyobservations about life's everyday situations are funny and familiarto her sell-out crowds. Woven through her act are hilarious observations from everydaylife ...
Celebrate the love goddess Venus Rising @ The Burrell ART EXHIBITION
Jul 01, 2005; ... ASUMMER of love begins today at the Burrell Collection, onGlasgow's south side, where the goddess of love is the inspirationbehind a new exhibition. Venus Rising is an eight-week-long exhibition featuring the worksof Titian, Degas and Picasso. The centrepiece is Titian's ...
PREVIEW: SPECIAL OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
Jul 01, 2005 ... TOMORROW night Parkhead will play host to the 2005 SpecialOlympics opening ceremony. The celebrations will mark the start of the week-long Games, thebiggest UK sporting event this year. The acts lined up to play include Texas, Lucie Silvas, right,Robert Post, Croft No. Five ...
CRITIC'S CHOICE
Jul 01, 2005; ... THE KUMARS AT No 42, BBC1, 9.30pm SANJEEV (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and his offbeat screen family haveplayed host to plenty of big names in this sixth series of the chatshow but, unfortunately, the end is nigh as it draws to a close thisweek. Tonight, Anglo/American actress Zoe ...
City building apprentices take college's top awards
Jul 01, 2005 ... FOUR Glasgow apprentices have won five awards at the NationalConstruction College Scotland awards. The honours were presented at a ceremony in the Normandy Hotel,Glasgow, attended by more than 150 guests. Eddie Stelmaszuk, 18, from Glasgow, who was employed by SGBServices Ltd ...
Stockbroker branches out
Jul 01, 2005 ... STOCKBROKER Charles Stanley has opened a new office in Glasgow. Chartered accountants Colin Steedman and Susan Gordon have joinedfrom Aitken ...
Craig gives his clients a taste of life at sea Keen sailor uses yacht for new hospitality venture
Jul 01, 2005; ... THE boss of a hotel bookings firm is leaving terra firma behindwith a new venture. Keen sailor Craig Perkins has launched Geronimo Events, acorporate events and hospitality company based on the waters off thewest coast. Using his own 46ft yacht as well as a flotilla of yachts ...
Harrison will face chiefs
Jul 01, 2005 ... SCOTT HARRISON'S Boxing Board of Control disciplinary hearing isoff until Tuesday. This will enable the WBO featherweight champ from Cambuslang toappear before representatives ...
Scots trio hit the right mark
Jul 01, 2005 ... KIRSTY BALFOUR and Kerry Buchan have made the Commonwealth Gamestimes in the 200m breaststroke, along with Stirling's Todd Cooper inthe 100m Butterfly at the Speedo Scottish ...
Strauss has Lord's prayer
Jul 01, 2005 ... ANDREW STRAUSS wants to continue his already impressive Lord'srecord by beating Australia's cricketers in the NatWest Series Finaltomorrow. The ...