Evening Times back issues from February 2008:
Nightmare as winter strikes hard 90 MPH WINDS
Feb 01, 2008 ... ATROCIOUS weather conditions disrupted road, rail and sea linksacross Scotland today. As winds hit 90mph, lorries were barred from bridges, crewmembers had to be airlifted to ...
SNP brings in thousand new police BUDGET
Feb 01, 2008 ... ONE thousand extra police officers are to be recruited inScotland. The SNP Government today amended its first Budget proposals tohonour the manifesto commitment. Finance ...
CRIME HOSTEL STAYS OPEN
Feb 01, 2008 ... ACRIME-RIDDEN Glasgow hostel is to stay open for up to a year. Owners of the Parkview have ...
Personal care cost planning 'failure' Watchdog in call for clarity over service budget
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE flagship policy of free personal care in Scotland waslaunched without hard information on the likely cost. A critical report from watchdog Audit Scotland today added thatthe GBP1.8billion bill for the first four years of care was millionsmore than expected. And the annual ...
Friends' tributes to tragic meningitis boy
Feb 01, 2008 ... TRIBUTES were paid today to a schoolboy believed to have beenkilled by the brain bug meningitis. As revealed in yesterday's Evening Times, Michael Burns, 14, diedon Wednesday at Glasgow's Southern General. He had been absent from St Andrew's and St Bride's High School inEast ...
Music festival ticket frenzy kicks off
Feb 01, 2008; ... A TICKET scramble got under way today as gold dust briefs forthree major rock festivals went on sale to music fans in Scotland. The lure of 80s revival festival Retrofest, Rock Ness andGlastonbury was drawing fans' cash in a tickets frenzy. The Evening Times revealed last month ...
WINTER NIGHTMARE Roads, rail and ships hit as gales lash Scots
Feb 01, 2008; ... SCOTLAND was battered by winds of up to 90mph today as roads,trains and sea services were again seriously hit. Two firefighters suffered broken legs after a building collapsedas the storms brought chaos. They were taken to Monklands and Hairmyres hospitals inLanarkshire after ...
1000 extra police for Scots forces SNP forced into U-turn over spending pledge
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE SNP has bowed to pressure to honour its pledge on extrapolice officers. There will be 1000 extra police recruited under Budget amendmentstabled by Finance Secretary John Swinney in a bid to secure enoughopposition votes to get his spending plans passed. SNP ministers had ...
Joy as Liz is crowned Queen of Scotland SCOTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR Waiting is over as our winner is announced at gala event
Feb 01, 2008; ... LIZ CAMERON was crowned the Evening Times Scotswoman of the Yearlast night at the magnificent Banqueting Hall at Glasgow CityChambers. Cheers erupted as the former Lord Provost, who has done so muchfor her beloved city, received the specially commissioned bronzetrophy from ...
STARS SHINE AT GALA NIGHT PICTURE SPECIAL Glasgow turns out to honour a very special group of Scotland's most inspirational women
Feb 01, 2008; ... OUR newly-crowned Scotswoman of the Year Liz Cameron said it wasa privilege to be a woman - and all 250 guests at last night'sglittering bash made it a heart-warming, uplifting occasion. Representatives from the worlds of entertainment, sport,business, politics, community groups ...
GBP200,000 battle for Glasgow crime hostel Landlord fights to keep open notorious B&B
Feb 01, 2008; ... A BUSINESSMAN has launched a legal battle that will allow him tokeep his crime-ridden Glasgow homeless hostel open - even though itcould cost him GBP200,000. Alistair McKever is appealing a recent Sheriff Court judgmentthat looked to have shut the notorious Parkview B&B in ...
1800 Scots troops in Afghan mission
Feb 01, 2008 ... MORE than 1800 soldiers from Scottish regiments are to be sent toAfghanistan. The move is designed to add punch to the frontline fightingstrength of 16 Air Assault Brigade when it takes responsibility forHelmand province next month. Soldiers from three of the Royal Regiment ...
Final farewell to firefighter
Feb 01, 2008 ... MOURNERS were today paying their last respects to a firefighterkilled in a road accident while responding to an emergency call. A fire engine was to carry watch commander John Noble's coffinfrom ...
Sturgeon wait-list apology
Feb 01, 2008 ... HEALTH Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has apologised after a patientwas taken off a hospital waiting list allegedly to help a healthboard meet treatment ...
Beatson date for Salmond
Feb 01, 2008 ... FIRST MINISTER Alex Salmond was today officially opening the newBeatson West of Scotland cancer centre. Along with Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon, he was to tour thecentre in Glasgow's Gartnavel hospital, meeting key staff ...
Mum's hospital dust scare
Feb 01, 2008 ... A NEW mum is being treated to prevent infection after the Glasgowoperating theatre where she had surgery was found to be contaminatedby dust. The woman had her operation hours ...
Man in court over gun 'find'
Feb 01, 2008 ... A MAN has appeared in court after a gun was allegedly found at asports centre. As revealed in later editions of yesterday's Evening Times, the27year-old was arrested after the firearm ...
Thug killed hamster in torture stunt
Feb 01, 2008 ... A THUG involved in the killing of a hamster which was shot afterbeing taped to a giant firework faces being locked up. Sick Steven Gordon led friends in torturing the animal in October2005. Footage of the horrific incident was filmed on mobile phonecameras and led to Gordon ...
Mortgage crisis for hundreds of city homeowners Project is struggling to cope as residents face financial ruin due to debt
Feb 01, 2008; ... WORKERS on a project set up to fight repossessions today told howthe number of homeowners unable to pay their mortgage in Glasgow hasreached crisis levels. Bosses at Govan Law Centre's Preventing Homelessness say thescheme is inundated with desperate people whose properties are ...
Stop abuse of the Appeal Court system
Feb 01, 2008 ... IT'S no surprise that Alistair McKever is making every effort tokeep his crime-ridden hostels open. An appeal offers him a chance to make money. And, even if hewithdraws his action at the last minute, he's likely to stillprofit. There's something wrong when endless appeals ...
Every one's a worthy winner
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE candidates for the Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year wereall outstanding. It was an exceptional year with all our nominees makingextraordinary contributions. Nicola Sturgeon played a pivotal role in delivering an SNPgovernment. Louise Martin was central to Glasgow's ...
Are you ready for Freddy? Horror star back in action Glasgow's ghouls love to be frightened, but what's your favourite scary film
Feb 01, 2008; ... IT'S enough to give you nightmares - horror star Freddy Kruegeris making a comeback. The disfigured serial killer star of theNightmare on Elm Street films will terrify a new generation of moviefans when he returns in a new series of the popular horror flicks. The razor-clawed ...
Make pen-pushers work on wards
Feb 01, 2008 ... EVERY NHS bureaucrat should spend a week on the wards beforestarting in the job. Seven days helping to deal with the pain, fear, sickness andsadness of patients against a backdrop of stress, mess, staffshortages and verbal and physical abuse from drunks and drug addictsmight make ...
Disgrace of rent rise on damp flats
Feb 01, 2008 ... I AGREE completely with Mr Thoms about the GHA rent rises(Evening Times, January 29). I think it is a disgrace that the rents have gone up by such alarge amount. Mine is one of the flats that has an uncertain future and we arebeing forced to live in a place that has a severe ...
120 jobs go as plastics plant axed Factory to shut after European rivals undercut it
Feb 01, 2008; ... A FACTORY in Cumbernauld looks likely to close in April with theloss of more than 120 jobs. The Tenma plastic mouldings plant is shutting after beingundercut by European rivals. For 20 years the North Lanarkshire firm has produced TV casingsfor electronics giants such as ...
April's sitting pretty with the thin blue line of bikers MEMORIES
Feb 01, 2008 ... THERE was a treat in store for passers-by in George Square backin June 1970, when the police held a preview of their tattoo. A whole range of entertainments included trick motorcyle acts,police dogs and mounted police were put through their paces to thedelight of lunchtime ...
Court seizes free man's GBP75,000
Feb 01, 2008 ... LEGAL chiefs have taken GBP75,000 in proceeds of crime from a manwho had his drugs conviction quashed. Police seized the cash during a drug raid on John McGinty'sRutherglen home in 1995, which led to him serving seven years injail after his 1997 conviction. After his release ...
Acoustic gig for city band
Feb 01, 2008 ... HOTLY-TIPPED Glasgow band Attic Lights will play a free acousticset at a city record store. The group celebrates the release of their new single, Never GetSick Of The Sea, with a free performance at Fopp in Union Street onMonday. The short set starts at 5pm, ...
DO IT FOR SCOTLAND, LAWRENCE PALS BACK SCOTS KICKER TO STUN SUPERBOWL FANS ACROSS THE WORLD
Feb 01, 2008; ... ALMOST six years ago, in March 2002, the Scottish Claymoressigned a promising talent named Lawrence Tynes. The Greenock-born kicker, then 23, was a star in the making. Butfew could have predicted what Lawrence would go on to achieve. On Sunday, he will take to the field with ...
It's last orders. . . as RAF veterans' social club closes
Feb 01, 2008; ... A SOCIAL club in Glasgow's West End for Royal Air Force veteranshas been put up for sale after more than 50 years. The Royal Air Force Association in Woodlands is to close itsdoors at the end of next month. It has gone on the market and is expected to be sold for ...
Music therapy is helping addicts get lives on song Gorbals group's dark moments put into lyrics
Feb 01, 2008; ... RECOVERING addicts in Glasgow have turned their nightmareexperiences of living with drug and alcohol abuse into songs. Flashback is the first songbook to be produced by the music-therapy group at Gorbals-based South East Alternatives. Francis McGrillen, Kirsty Souter, David ...
Stage is set for theatre boss to move
Feb 01, 2008 ... ONE of Glasgow's most innovative theatre bosses is heading forpastures new . . . . but he's just moving down the street. After 17 years at The Arches, and after transforming it fromderelict railway arches into a top drama and club venue, AndyArnold, above, is taking the short ...
Spanish class for families bags 3 awards
Feb 01, 2008 ... A COMMUNITY project where families learned Spanish is celebratingwinning three awards. Playbusters, based in the East End of Glasgow, runs classes forchildren aged four to 12 and their parents. The project has won the European Award for ...
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Milestone for polio care group
Feb 01, 2008 ... A GROUP that supports people living with polio is getting readyto celebrate its 70th anniversary. To highlight its work, the British Polio Fellowship will hold aspecial lunch this month. The group's regional secretary Georgina Hay said although thenumbers are declining, there ...
Grunge outfit head for city
Feb 01, 2008 ... GRUNGE band Jimmy Eat World have lined up a gig at Glasgow'sBarrowland. The Arizona outfit will play the legendary venue, which ...
Bouncers praised as more carry licences Watchdog sees rise in number of door staff on industry list
Feb 01, 2008; ... A SECURITY watchdog has praised door staff for being properlylicensed just two months after new legislation was put in place. Around 63-per cent of Scots bouncers were found to hold validDoor Supervisor Licences during spot checks. The new figure comes just months after the ...
City shamed in list of telly fee dodgers
Feb 01, 2008 ... GLASGOW is one of the worst cities in the UK for TV licencedodgers. Last year 21,715 licence evaders were caught in Glasgow - threetimes more than in Edinburgh. London topped the league of shame, with 35,191 dodgers, whileBirmingham came third with 10,417, followed by ...
NEWSBITE
Feb 01, 2008 ... ONE of Glasgow's most successful singers - who played Broadwayand London's West End - is performing in Paisley this month. Lena Martell - who ...
Brown is odds on to beat the bookies TV PICK OF THE DAY DERREN BROWN: THE SYSTEM, C4, 9PM
Feb 01, 2008; ... HORSE racing, as we all know, is animated roulette. It's alottery with legs. We can't predict winners, largely because most horses look thesame, and they can't speak and tell us how good they feel on the dayof a race. Now, if they could trot up to the starting post, weigh up ...
Law firm of the year in expansion move
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE firm that won the 2007 Scottish Law Firm of the Year titlehas significantly expanded its Glasgow operation after acquiringanother company. Lindsays' existing Glasgow team will move from offices in WestGeorge Street into ...
Have you got the right chemistry?
Feb 01, 2008; ... A GROUP of leading Scottish chemical firms are part of a trademission to the US to showcase Scotland. The team, which includes East Kilbride-based NiTech Solutions,are attending one of the world's biggest chemical sector events. Led by Scottish Development International and ...
Keeping it in the family can lead to trouble HOLYROOD WEEK
Feb 01, 2008; ... THERE will be a few MSPs looking anxiously over their shoulderafter the scandal of the Tory MP who paid his son GBP40,000 inparliamentary allowances for doing nothing. Derek Conway, who was suspended yesterday from the Commons for 10days over the "misuse" of public money, is not ...
Mooc given blank Czech to bank goals that count Thistle's giant striker desperate to repay McCall faith
Feb 01, 2008; ... PARTICK THISTLE new boy Vitezslav Mooc has promised to turn hisshort-term deal into a permanent Firhill move. As exclusively revealed in later editions of yesterday'sSporttimes, the Czech Republic striker has penned a deal until theend of the season. But Vitel, who has ...
Binos battle like cup final fires Bomber New boss targets win to haul Clyde away from mire
Feb 01, 2008; ... CLYDE boss John Brown has tagged tomorrow's visit of StirlingAlbion as a cup final. The second bottom Bully Wee have a nine-point edge over basementrivals Binos and a victory for the Broadwood side would virtuallyconsign Stirling to the IrnBru First Division drop. And a home ...
CLASS OF '88 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? SCOTTISH CUP SPECIAL We catch up with Celtic's heroes of 20 years ago as current stars hit the road to Hampden
Feb 01, 2008; ... IN 1988 Celtic carried off a historic League and Scottish Cupdouble in their centenary season and, Bhoy, did they players enjoythe party. 20 years on, Celtic travel to Kilmarnock tomorrow in thenext round of their Cup defence . . . but here we take some time tocatch up on the fates and ...
McCall's quick move earns a Britt reward Thistle boss brings former boss Gerry back as new No.2
Feb 01, 2008; ... GERRY BRITTON will today complete a shock Firhill return as No.2to Ian McCall. The second coming that Partick Thistle's support thought theywould never see is expected to be rubber-stamped later today. It comes some 37 months after Britton's ill-fated year-longtenure as ...
Dougie's off in GBP50,000 deal
Feb 01, 2008; ... ON a busy final day's trading in the Irn-Bru SFL, Clyde finallylost star asset Dougie Imrie. The 24-year-old striker signed for Inverness Caley in a dealworth just under GBP50,000 after turning down both the main titlecontenders for the First Division crown, Hamilton and ...
Accies to take second chance
Feb 01, 2008; ... HAMILTON manager Billy Reid believes his side can cash in on theScottish Cup lifeline handed out by the SFA. Their Emergency Committee threw Brechin City out of thecompetition for fielding two ineligible players in the 2-1 fourth-round replay win over Accies. Therefore, the ...
Quinn expects new faces to help Uefa push
Feb 01, 2008; ... MOTHERWELL captain Paul Quinn reckons the capture of StevieHammell and Simon Lappin can help the Fir Park club grab a Uefa Cupplace. Mark McGhee swooped for former Steelmen favourite Hammell and ex-St Mirren midfielder Lappin just before the transfer window closedat ...
Challengers come and go . . . but Allan wants to be Ibrox No1 for keeps TALKING RANGERS McGregor welcomes Alexander, but has no intention of giving up first pick
Feb 01, 2008; ... RANGERS' Number One. It's got a congratulatory ring to it thatAllan McGregor rather enjoys. Having had to wait a long time to hear it, and maybe even tobelieve it, McGregor won't be handing over such a hard-foughtposition easily. And, just as Ally McCoist used to joke that ...
Deadline dash for SPL late movers
Feb 01, 2008 ... ABERDEEN left it late on deadline day as they signed defenderAlan Maybury on loan from Leicester until the end of the season. Maybury had been training with his former club Hearts afterfailing to secure a place in the Foxes first team this season. The 29-year-old could make his ...
Cup quest gets Saints excited
Feb 01, 2008; ... THE old cliche about the romance of the cup might seem a bittired, but for St Mirren, threetime winners of the Scottish Cup, itadds a layer of excitement to the tournament. Saints host Dundee United tomorrow and manager Gus MacPherson hasadmitted that Hampden dreams are already ...
Hoops high five set for challenges on all fronts New Bhoys sure to play big part in busy season run-in
Feb 01, 2008; ... CELTIC today declared themselves highly satisfied with theirbusiness as they reflected on a transfer window which saw five newfaces arrive at Parkhead. Andreas Hinkel, Kiko Mizuno, Georgios Samaras, Barry Robson andBen Hutchison have all checked in, for a total outlay of ...
Wembley can wait for new Scotland boss Burley England game doesn't fit with boss's plans
Feb 01, 2008; ... THE clash of the Auld Enemy is off - for this year at least. SFA chief executive Gordon Smith confirmed that plans toressurrect the Scotland v England international in May have beenscrapped because new national manager George Burley does not want tohead to Wembley with a weakened ...
WINDOW IS NOT CLOSED AT CELTS Strachan looks for more deals
Feb 01, 2008; ... CELTIC have not given up hope of doing more transfer business -even though the European window has closed for another five months. The Parkhead club topped the trading lists in Scotland by signingfive players from around the world in January for an outlay ofaround ...
Mizuno jets in to seize his chance
Feb 01, 2008; ... KOKI MIZUNO got his first taste of life as a Celtic player today -and declared himself ready to show the Hoops fans what he can do. The Japanese winger flew into Glasgow last night and the 22-year-old reckons he is fit to play, after continuing to train with JEFUnited while his ...
Davis gets his dream . . . after 11 years
Feb 01, 2008; ... STEVEN DAVIS today arrived in Glasgow to begin life as a Rangersplayer - 11 years after his dream move to Ibrox was crushed. The Northern Ireland midfielder was snapped up on loan fromFulham until the end of the season as the SPL leaders salvagedsomething from a disappointing final ...
Debt crisis warning on city homes HOUSE PRICES
Feb 02, 2008 ... A SMALL fall in house prices could push thousands of Glasgowhomeowners into a debt crisis. A credit reference agency ...
FURY AT NEW 15-per cent POWER PRICE HIKE AVERAGE BILL SET TO RISE BY GBP144
Feb 02, 2008 ... ENERGY giant Scottish Power has sparked fury after raising fuelbills by 15-per cent from today. The average bill for combined gas and electricity will rise byGBP144 a year from GBP959 to GBP1103. It's the latest energy supplier to ...
Squinty Bridge repairs start TRANSPORT
Feb 02, 2008 ... A HUGE steel frame is to be attached to Glasgow's Squinty Bridgeso vital repairs can be carried ...
Guard of honour for tragic firefighter
Feb 02, 2008 ... HUNDREDS of firefighters from across the UK turned out to paytheir respects to a colleague killed in a road crash whileresponding to a 999 call. Servicemen joined friends and family of John Noble at his funeralin Alloa, Clackmannanshire. The watch commander with Central ...
Wendy lists top donors to campaign
Feb 02, 2008 ... SCOTTISH Labour leader Wendy Alexander today named the top donorsto her leadership campaign which is being probed by electionwatchdogs. The 10 gave donations of just under GBP1000 each and included anex-Labour MP and a law officer. M s Alexander said she was disclosing the ...
Christina's bride of the clyde
Feb 02, 2008; ... CHRISTINA RICCI'S latest movie sees her play a girl born with apig's nose whose dreams of becoming a beautiful bride come true -thanks to a fairy godmother from Maryhill. Gwen Russell, 52, designed the stunning ivory wedding gown wornby the actress in the new film ...
The Cribs rock city with free gig at record store
Feb 02, 2008 ... ONE of the hottest indie bands around got fans rocking at a freegig in Glasgow. The Cribs - nominated for three NME awards including Best BritishBand and Best Live Band - also signed copies of their album, Men'sNeeds, Women's Needs, Whatever, at HMV in Argyle Street. For ...