Evening Times back issues from December 2005:
FUNNY PECULIAR Queen of the 'bitch from hell' roles discovers her comedy touch Film Focus: KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS
Dec 01, 2005; ... KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS is gazing wistfully out of the window of aLondon hotel penthouse. From where she is sitting she can see clearacross the city to the London Eye and my bet is she would much ratherbe there than here. Scott Thomas is a reluctant interviewee at the best of ...
KILLER OF A COMEDY
Dec 01, 2005; ... KEEPING MUM (15) 3 stars Murderous comedy has all the right ingredients to raise a laugh THERE was a time when the art of a good murder was the basis formany an entertaining British comedy. I hesitate to make any kind ofcomparison with Kind Hearts and Coronets or The ...
NEW BAND SPOTLIGHT : ERNEST
Dec 01, 2005 ... DESCRIBE THE BAND IN 25 WORDS OR LESS: We are one of the mostexciting bands in the country. Our energy passion and ability are enormously attractive. WHERE ARE YOU BASED? Glasgow. LINE-UP: William Hitchell, 25, lead vocals/guitar/keyboards; AlanMoffat, 27, bass ...
DAVE'S DOUBLE IS A DIAMOND Grohl says new Foo Fighters album is their masterpiece
Dec 01, 2005; ... IT'S extraordinary to hear a band that has consistently sounded assolid on record and enthusiastic on stage as the Foo Fighters admitthey've spent the last 10 years always thinking their next albumcould be their last. Foos founder and frontman Dave Grohl has admitted that it was ...
MAGIC OF PANTO An all-star cast prepare to light up the King's Theatre stage
Dec 01, 2005; ... GERARD KELLY, Jonathan Watson, Joe McFadden and Juliet Cadzow starin this classic panto. And with such a talented line up, even the most wicked ofstepmother's couldn't manage to stop this show being fabulouslyentertaining. We know the story of course. Poor Cinderella ...
Butterfly is a bargain DINER TEC
Dec 01, 2005 ... The Butterfly And The Pig, 153 Bath Street, Tel: 0141 221 7711 IT wouldn't take Sherlock Holmes to work out this one. Clearly, after a certain Swedish furniture firm launched its"chuck out your chintz" ad campaign, much of the unfashionable fabricfound a home in this new ...
Art event to aid animals and kids' hospice
Dec 01, 2005 ... A MAJOR art sale begins tomorrow to raise funds for a small animalhospital and children's hospice. Over 170 books and works of art are up for grabs at Artevent 2005in the Wolfson Medical School Building at Glasgow University. The university has teamed up with the Children's ...
Damp-ridden flats to get third set of windows in three years Tenants claim water still pouring down the walls
Dec 01, 2005; ... A GLASGOW tower block may have to have its windows replaced forthe third time in just three years. Flats in the 23-storey Dundasvale Court at Cowcaddens have becomedripping wet with damp over the last week of bad weather. And today housing bosses admitted the problem may be new ...
Move to slash hours at Goma library as late-night users fall C ouncil chiefs want to bring in the same opening times as art gallery
Dec 01, 2005; ... THE opening hours at the only lending library in Glasgow citycentre could be slashed. Council bosses want to end late-night opening at the Gallery ofModern Art library on Mondays and Tuesdays. Under the plan, the library, which is in the former Royal ExchangeBuilding in Queen ...
Study says crime stats don't add up
Dec 01, 2005 ... POLICE statistics don't reflect true levels of violent crime, areport published today reveals. The Violence Research Group at Cardiff University argued that datafrom hospital emergency wards provide a far more accurate picture. According to police in the UK, higher rates of ...
Police fears for missing pensioner
Dec 01, 2005 ... POLICE are concerned for the safety of a 75-year-old man who hasgone missing from a churchrun residential unit in Glasgow. Hendry Roxburgh was last seen shortly before 8am on Monday at theChurch of Scotland home on Tollcross Road. He has gone missing on several occasions and ...
Kids keep parents awake
Dec 01, 2005 ... PARENTS whose children have severe sleep problems get by on sixhours sleep or less a night, according to new research. A survey by Ipsos Health also found tiredness caused by having ahyperactive child ...
Victory for city bypass campaign
Dec 01, 2005 ... SUPPORTERS of a special needs community were celebrating todayafter plans to drive a city bypass through its centre were scrapped. Transport minister Tavish Scott announced a completely new routefor Aberdeen's Western Peripheral route, avoiding the Camphill RudolfSteiner school in ...
300 jobs saved by GBP6M Clyde ferry contract Yard beats five others to clinch lifeline order that safeguards future
Dec 01, 2005; ... ATROUBLED Clyde shipyard has won a lifeline GBP6million orderwhich safeguards its immediate future. Ferguson of Port Glasgow fought off foreign competition to land anorder for a new Caledonian MacBrayne ferry. The yard will build a new vessel for CalMac's Largs to ...
Legal bid to get missing mum declared dead Family aim to end 8-year anguish
Dec 01, 2005; ... THE husband of a woman who has been missing for more than eightyears has raised a court action to have her officially declared dead. Robert McGarrigle has taken the unusual step because the body ofhis 43-year-old wife Allison, has not been found despite extensivepolice ...
SPT bosses threaten to pull the plug on CCTV for trains Row over the cost of camera upgrades comes as attacks on staff soar
Dec 01, 2005; ... TRANSPORT bosses are embroiled in a row over CCTV funding whileattacks on staff soar. Strathclyde Passenger Transport officials are refusing to spendGBP52,000 to upgrade cameras so they can be switched to new trains. And First ScotRail, which runs the train services, insists it ...
School set to honour soldiers
Dec 01, 2005 ... A SERVICE to commemorate the lives of four former pupils who diedin the Second World War is being held at a school in Newton Mearns. Former pupils who attended Belmont House School up to 1965 havebeen invited to attend a dedication service on December 10 at ...
GBP8M homes scheme will lift city area
Dec 01, 2005 ... PLANS to build GBP8million worth of family homes for rent wereannounced today. North Glasgow Housing Association said it will create two newdevelopments of semi-detached and terraced houses in Springburn andPossilpark. The plans are a huge boost for an area previously plagued ...
Need a loan? We just got another GBP2M to give out Provider given cash injection to boost support for small firms
Dec 01, 2005; ... LOCAL businesses are set to benefit from a huge cash injection. The West of Scotland's top community loans provider, DSL(Developing Strathclyde Ltd), has been boosted by a GBP2millionfunding deal to help it continue supporting local SMEs. The organisation is now regarded as the ...
Baker has the world's best pies
Dec 01, 2005 ... BAKER Robert Cowan has joined the upper crust of pie-makers. Robert, who runs the Bon Bon Cake Shop in Airdrie, Lanarkshire,has just been crowned World Scotch Pie Champion. The 54-year-old beat 59 other bakers and butchers to land thetitle at Dunfermline's Lauder ...
City chief in pensions warning
Dec 01, 2005 ... GLASGOW'S small and medium-sized firms will be hard hit byBritain's pensions crisis, a business leader warned today. Lesley Sawers, chief executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce,spoke out after the Pension Committee recommended a new NationalPensions Savings Scheme. Under ...
Mental health support from ex-sufferers
Dec 01, 2005 ... HEALTH experts were meeting in Glasgow today to discuss how peersupport can help mental health patients recover. Research has shown that people who have recovered from mentalhealth problems can be trained to support others with similarproblems. Simon Bradstreet, Director of ...
CRITIC'S CHOICE
Dec 01, 2005; ... I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET, Channel 4, 9pm WITH both her new single and album currently topping the charts,it's the ideal time to catch up with Madonna in this fascinatingdocumentary. Despite being in her late 40s, the Material Girl can still pull inthe crowds as she ...
Porn baron's firm looks to open GBP1M adult shop in city Store will sell sex toys and lingerie but won't stock hardcore pornography
Dec 01, 2005; ... BOSSES of a sex shop chain owned by American porn baron LarryFlynt want to open their first Scottish store in Glasgow. Hustler Hollywood, which recently opened its first UK shop, ishunting premises for a GBP1million store in the city. Bosses hope the outlet will rival existing ...
New boost for primary kids' health HI-TECH CLASS
Dec 01, 2005 ... A HI-TECH scheme to boost the health of Glasgow's couch potatoprimary pupils was launched today. Computer classes will help educate youngsters about the food theyeat. And these sessions will be linked to ...
Man 23, is held over hit-and-run LENNOXTOWN
Dec 01, 2005 ... A YOUNG driver has been arrested by police in connection with ahitand-run which left two people in hospital. The 23-year-old man was arrested almost two weeks after fivepeople were knocked down in ...
Taxi ads to warn of morning-after driving Cabbies enlisted to help in police festive crackdown
Dec 01, 2005; ... POLICE are to use taxi adverts in a bid to curb drink driving overthe festive season. Strathclyde Police has teamed up with media firm Cabtivate to warndrivers of the dangers of getting behind the wheel the morning after. The move, being used for the first time, will see the ...
Drunk driver who mowed down boy escapes jail term Five-year-old's mother hits out at probation sentence for man three times the limit
Dec 01, 2005 ... A DRUNKEN motorist who knocked down a five-yearold boy has escapedjail despite admitting he was almost three times the drink-drivelimit. Police found an empty Buckfast bottle in Michael Feeley's carafter he lost control and ploughed into the schoolboy, pinning himagainst metal ...
Boozed-up mum had four kids in car
Dec 01, 2005 ... A WOMAN drove with four children in her car while she was almostfour times the legal limit. Police officers who pulled over Suzanne Elder were so worriedabout the safety of her children, aged seven to 11, they contacted arelative to collect them. Today a sheriff told Elder: ...
Woman killed by bus is laid to rest
Dec 01, 2005 ... FRIENDS and relatives of a young woman killed by a bus gatheredtoday to say their final farewells. Sarah McLean, 21, from Bourtreehill, Irvine, lay dying in the roadin front of her fiance Billy Eskdale after she was struck by the busin Irvine High Street. The tragedy happened ...
Hockey star in award bid
Dec 01, 2005 ... A YOUNG Scottish hockey player has been included in the shortlistof 10 teenage sporting talents being considered for the title of BBCYoung Sports Personality of the Year. Kelburne's 15-year-old prodigy, Kenny Bain from Paisley, is theonly Scot among the 10 contenders and his ...
Man serious after accident
Dec 01, 2005 ... A PEDESTRIAN suffered serious injuries after being knocked downnear a busy road junction. Ian Craig, 43, was hit by a car in Paisley in Glasgow Road closeto Mill Street and suffered broken ribs and suspected fractures tohis ...
City to get additional supplies of flu jabs
Dec 01, 2005; ... MORE than 80 surgeries in the Glasgow area will receive back-upsupplies of flu jabs from next week. NHS Greater Glasgow will be delivering additional supplies to GPpractices to meet rising demand and comes as its counterpart inEdinburgh ran out of the vaccine for staff. Last ...
Probe into house blast
Dec 01, 2005 ... A STREET was still cordoned off today after an explosion ripped ahouse apart. A 25-year-old man is in hospital with 50-per cent burns followingthe blast in Buckstone Grove near Edinburgh's Fairmilehead district,thought to have been caused by a gas leak. Houses in the ...
Sarah Heaney
Dec 01, 2005 ... THE Scotland Today newsreader is expecting her first child withhusband Ed Adams. According to friends, Sarah, 34, is due to give birth next summer,and is thrilled at the prospect of being a ...
Teenage girls who dress to chill are dicing with death Top doc says youngsters who wear summer fashions in winter run risk of hypothermia
Dec 01, 2005; ... THEIR outfits are more high-summer Ibiza than sub-zero deep-winter Glasgow. But youngsters who brave the city's 'Baltic' conditions just towear that cropped top or shortsleeved shirt and mini skirt could bedicing with death. A top medic has warned revellers that following in ...
Top doctor issues plea on World Aids Day
Dec 01, 2005 ... SCOTLAND was today marking World Aids Day along with 140 othercountries. Doctors across the country are keen to spread the message thatsafer sex can protect against HIV transmission as the number of newcases this year is expected to be the highest since testing began ...
Fury over plans to move college to school fields Sports grounds under threat in GBP42M development plan
Dec 01, 2005; ... PLANS to relocate one of Glasgow's biggest colleges to a site usedfor school sports has sparked fury. Under the GBP42million proposals, Anniesland College will movefrom its existing site in the west end of the city to the grounds ofthe former Jordanhill Teacher Training College, ...
Mixed reaction in Scotland to plans for pensions
Dec 01, 2005 ... PLANS to revamp Britain's ailing pension scheme have received amixed welcome in Scotland. Help the Aged said Lord Turner's Pensions Commission deservedcongratulations for 'grasping the nettle' of the impending crisis. The SNP said the report strengthened its call for a ...
Piping cops to play for Pope
Dec 01, 2005 ... PIPERS from Strathclyde Police have an audience with the Pope thisweek. Strathclyde Police Pipe Band will join topselling acts at aconcert in front of Pope Benedict XVI at the ...
Nurse struck off over disabled boy's death Man found guilty of misconduct in treatment blunder
Dec 01, 2005; ... A NURSE implicated in the death of a disabled teenager has beenstruck off. Frank Duffy - who twice treated 17-year-old Simon Dolan atGlasgow's Yorkhill Hospital in the days before his death from bloodpoisoning - was found guilty of misconduct and has been banned fromworking as a ...
MSP left in agony hits out at medical centre staff shortage Late- night crisis leads to claim receptionists are 'assessing' patients
Dec 01, 2005; ... AN MSP claims he was left in agony at a medical centre becausereceptionists are expected to assess a patient's condition aftermidnight. Stewart Maxwell, an SNP list member for the West of Scotland, toldof his nightmare at the Glasgow Emergency Medical Services (Gems)centre at the ...
Bed blocking worse in city hospitals
Dec 01, 2005 ... THE problem of bed blocking in Glasgow's hospitals worsened overthe past year . . . despite a significant drop across the rest of thecountry. New 'delayed discharge' figures from the NHS information andstatistics division, ISD Scotland, show more people had to remain inhospital ...
Reading classes go back to basics Schools told that old-style methods work best for kids
Dec 01, 2005; ... CHILDREN will be taught to read using a "back to basics" teachingmethod in all primary schools in England and Wales following asuccessful trial in Scotland. A Government review of literacy education is expected to recommendchildren should learn to read through letter ...
Couch potato kids get healthy-living lessons 40,000 primary pupils given new diet and exercise regime
Dec 01, 2005; ... COUCH potato primary pupils in Glasgow are to be taught abouthealthy eating and fitness in computer classes. The interactive scheme of hitech sessions is to be linked tophysical education classes when pupils will put into practice whatthey have learned. It is hoped the move - ...
Fans set to queue for launch of Xbox 360
Dec 01, 2005 ... DEDICATED fans are expected to start queueing for the long-awaited Xbox 360 tonight ahead of the midnight launch. Microsoft's latest video game console is expected to quickly sellout following a surge of pre-orders. Hundreds in Glasgow are expected to brave the cold to be among ...
Man 23, is held over hit-and-run
Dec 01, 2005 ... A YOUNG driver has been arrested by police in connection with ahit-and-run which left two people in hospital. The 23-year-old man was arrested almost two weeks after fivepeople were knocked down in ...
Actress to the rescue as panto star hit by beanstalk show 'curse' Suzanne has just days to learn lines after fairy Fiona collapses
Dec 01, 2005; ... A YOUNG Glasgow actress has rushed to the rescue after a pantostar became the latest victim of the curse of Jack and the Beanstalk. Suzanne Donaldson, 24, stepped in after Fiona MacLaine collapsedwith a burst appendix. Fiona, also 24, was rushed to hospital for emergency ...
Fresh hope in Caroline death probe
Dec 01, 2005 ... DETECTIVES probing a girl's murder nearly 10 years ago have hadcalls naming possible suspects after a TV appeal. Caroline Glachan, 14, was found dead near her home in Bonhill,Dunbartonshire, in August 1996. She had been beaten up and her body was dumped in the River ...
Time should not dictate quality of medical care HEALTH
Dec 01, 2005 ... REVELATIONS of a lack of medical staff after midnight at Glasgow'sout-ofhours GP centres are disturbing - as are claims thatreceptionists, not nurses, sometimes assess the condition ofpatients. These centres were set up to offer sick individuals face-to-faceconsultations with ...
Stop cyclists creating urban playground BIKE STUNTS
Dec 01, 2005 ... THE exclusive photographs of youngsters performing bike stunts onthe roof of Buchanan Street Subway are shocking in several respects. First of all, there is the very real prospect one of these kidscould seriously injure themselves or innocent shoppers in the courseof performing ...
Back-seat neds bring terror to city's buses
Dec 01, 2005 ... I'VE read some interesting letters about "our" buses in Glasgow .. . but of course they're not our buses at all. They seem to belong to the neds, who control them and use them asdrinking dens and public toilets. My car being in the garage, I took the bus to my local ...
Why Glasgow's the place to be for a great night out Scotland the Best author on what's hot in our style city
Dec 01, 2005; ... AS THE author of the authoritative travel guide Scotland the Best,Peter Irvine, left, has assessed everything that the city has tooffer its visitors and residents. Here, on the eve of the book's new,updated eighth edition, Peter tells RUSSELL LEADBETTER what's hot andwhat's not in ...
Times Past Argyle Street, 1973
Dec 01, 2005 ... SHOPPERS in Glasgow city centre can't have failed to notice it'sgetting awfully busy out there. With only 24 more days left until Christmas, the festive crowdsare growing by the day. Let's hope that ...
City zoo plan is just a carry on up the jungle
Dec 01, 2005; ... JUST what Glasgow has been missing really; a makebelieve Amazonianswamp. So much more chic than the real thing and convenient to visitwithout the need for nasty things like flights, jags and visas. And where better than Rutherglen, a neck of the woods that hasbeen going to ...
First Minister to host Chinese VIP
Dec 01, 2005 ... FIRST Minister Jack McConnell has welcomed one of China's mostsenior politicians to Scotland in a bid to improve trade links. Han Yuqun, governor of Shandong Province, flew in yesterday for aseries of meetings with ministers. The First ...
Dynamic award is return for library
Dec 01, 2005 ... GORBALS Library and Learning Centre in Glasgow has won an awardfor helping improve the local community. The centre, which provides training opportunities for young peoplein the area, won the ...
Pupils hit streets to sweep up litter
Dec 01, 2005 ... PUPILS have taken to the streets to tackle litter with councilcleansing bosses and the local community cop. Deborah Provan, 17, Ross Rodgers, 15, Amy Law, 15, and 16-year-old Kristi Mjosaij, from ...
Craft fair comes to country park
Dec 01, 2005 ... A CHRISTMAS craft and activity fair will be held at MugdockCountry Park, near Glasgow, on December 7. The event starts at 6.30pm and will feature the ...
Appeal judges rule 156 MPH driver must be punished Acquittal decision is overturned as sheriff is slated for original court ruling
Dec 01, 2005 ... A MILLIONAIRE businessman cleared of driving at 156mph while usinga mobile phone was today told by appeal judges he will be convictedof an offence. Ronnie Klos' acquittal by Sheriff Paul Arthurson in April promptedthe Crown to appeal the decision. Three judges at the ...
Consultants battle to give years of quality life
Dec 01, 2005 ... BOYS with Duchenne staying in Newcastle can expect to live 10years longer than patients in Scotland. This is thanks to advances made at the specialist muscle centrethere. But Glasgow consultants are fighting to bring that gold standardto their patients. Dr Douglas ...
We'll never give up hope that one day they'll find a cure SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Children with muscular dystrophy face an uncertain future, but their families fight on
Dec 01, 2005; ... THE Spirit of Christmas concert in aid of the Muscular DystrophyCampaign will be held at Paisley Abbey on Saturday. Compered byactress Eileen McCallum, it will be a star-studded event featuringsome of the cast of River City. But Connor Colhoun, the little boywho will light the Christmas ...
"I couldn't take it all in. I couldn't stop crying"
Dec 01, 2005 ... THEY make a joyful family picture, but last year Eileen McCallum'stwo little grandsons were both diagnosed with Duchenne MuscularDystrophy. It was a body blow for the actress, who is best known for herroles in the television soap, High Road, and The Steamie, and who, at68, ...
Mothers of Iraq victims to attend Glasgow rally
Dec 01, 2005 ... GLASGOW mother Rose Gentle, above, will be joined by Americanpeace campaigner Cindy Sheehan for a day of protest in Scotland aboutthe war in Iraq. Mrs Gentle, whose son Gordon, 19, was killed in Iraq, will meetMrs Sheehan, whose son Casey also died in the war, at a rally ...
Patients urged to give their opinion
Dec 01, 2005 ... PATIENTS are invited to give their views on the way GreaterGlasgow's health services are run. The Scottish Health Council would like to hear from anyone keen toair their opinions on the city's health care ...