The Scotsman back issues from May 2000:
Grant cut down to size
May 01, 2000; ... THE pre-fight publicity portrayed Michael Grant as a seriousthreat to the title reign of Lennox Lewis, but it took just a shadeless than two rounds for Lewis's power, presence and experience toexpose the hype for what it was. The disturbing fact was that Grant was regarded as the ...
Wimbledon in flipping big trouble
May 01, 2000; ... Bradford City3 Beagrie (43 pen, 50) Windass 83. Wimbledon 0 WIMBLEDON'S 14-year existence in the top flight is hanging by athread after they crashed to their eighth successive defeat and sankinto the bottom three of the Premiership for the first time ...
Stoke win marred as Cardiff fans rampage
May 01, 2000 ... Stoke City2 Gunnlaugsson (4), O'Connor (69) Cardiff City1 Young (71) POLICE in riot gear and on horseback had to deal with trouble atStoke's Division2 match with Cardiff yesterday. Trouble had been forecast beforehand and early in the second halfabout 300 visiting fans ...
Bairns are frozen out by Fridge
May 01, 2000; ... Falkirk2 McQuilken (50), Crabbe (78) Inverness Caledonian Thistle2 Xausa (4), Wilson (63) IF FALKIRK suffered from an inferiority complex prior to this,seemingly the last game to be played at crumbling Brockville priorto relocation for season 2001-02, paranoia must now be ...
Harrison ready to take on the world
May 01, 2000; ... GLASGOW'S Scott Harrison may have put himself into the worldtitle picture with an impressive win over American veteran TraceyHarris Patterson on the Lennox Lewis undercard in New York. The 22-year-old Commonwealth and IBO Inter Continental featherweightchampion boxed superbly behind his ...
'Bad day' leaves Juventus sweating over title
May 01, 2000; ... JUVENTUS coach Carlo Ancelotti played down his side's 2-0 defeatby Verona yesterday as "just a bad day" as Lazio moved to within twopoints of the Serie A leaders with a 3-2 win against Venezia. A day on which Juventus might have become Italian champions forthe 26th time turned sour ...
Boom-town status has its drawbacks
May 01, 2000; ... EDINBURGH is booming. The city centre smells of money. Propertyin the New Town is selling for inflated sums, with a house in RoyalCircus expected to carry an unprecedented GBP 1 million price tag.Commercial rents have rocketed. Expensive restaurants are doing abrisk trade. The parliament ...
No best-seller for Lally
May 01, 2000; ... MANY retiring politicians - now, there's an oxymoron - view abook deal as an alternative form of pension plan. Cast aside bypublic opinion or party machinations, they combine the chance tosecure a place in history, on their own terms, with an attempt toearn a few extra pounds to see them ...
A way forward for the past
May 01, 2000; ... THE year they decided to make what should be the celebratoryMuseums Week into the even more celebratory Museums Month would haveto be the one in which Scottish museums find themselves lookingnervously over the brink of a precipice. All the lottery money in the world, all the ...
May Day's carnival way to stand up for workers' rights
May 01, 2000; ... THE day which commemorates the international struggle forworkers' rights got a bad rap in the 1980s under the reign ofThatcher and Reagan. But this year the anniversary has taken on anew significance as anti-globalisation protesters follow up thedemonstrations that took place in Seattle ...
McAllister a Mersey target
May 01, 2000; ... FORMER Scotland captain Gary McAllister was last night linkedwith a summer move to Meryseyside, with Liverpool and Everton readyto battle it out for his signature. Anfield manager Gerard Houllier is believed to want the veteranmidfielder to boost his squad for the new season, while ...
Party boys add icing to cakewalk
May 01, 2000; ... Rangers 3 Dundee 0 THIS was a familiar story, same plot, predictable characters,with the happy ending written before the start. Just the way theRangers fans like it. Fifty thousand of them were there, expectingthe swatting of Dundee as a preamble to the serious ...
Leeds in the frame for Champions League
May 01, 2000; ... Sheffield Wednesday0 Leeds United3 Hopkin (1), Bridges (53), Kewell (68) LEEDS United manager David O'Leary breathed a sigh of reliefafter his players ended a barren stretch in the Premiership withvictory at Sheffield Wednesday. The Elland Road side reclaimed fourth ...
Laugh? I nearly got a social life well, nearly Web Review
May 01, 2000; ... IT DOES happen, it really does happen. You log on to the internetwith no particular destination in mind and you find somethinginteresting. I hate generator programs, mainly because they never seem to liveup to my expectations and/or are chock-a-block with the latestdesign gizmos ...
Viduka's consolation prize
May 01, 2000; ... MARK Viduka was last night applauded by his fellow professionalsas Scottish football's Player of the Year. The Celtic striker overcame what has been a disappointing seasonfor his club, to land the prestigious honour on the strength of hisoutstanding performances. Ever since ...
Police appeal for help to catch rapist
May 01, 2000; ... POLICE have renewed an appeal for help to find a man who raped ateenager as she was walking home. The 19-year-old woman was attacked in in St Mary's Road,Kirkcaldy, Fife, in the early hours of Saturday. Detective Inspector Alan Small, who is leading the hunt for theattacker, ...
Workers unite for Advocaat
May 01, 2000; ... THE groaning you can hear is an almighty collective hangoversettling over Govan. The destiny of the SPL trophy has been knownfor months, but yesterday saw the silverware tucked away in theIbrox trophy room, and the requisite partying. As the champions ran round Ibrox, basking in ...
Double-take on awards as players vote for Keane
May 01, 2000; ... ROY Keane completed an awards double last night as he added theProfessional Footballers Association player of the year prize to thefootball writers award he won last week. The Manchester United and Republic of Ireland captain won thehonour ahead of Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips ...
Fiona McCade
May 01, 2000 ... I JUST can't get the smell of smoke out of my hair. There's woadall over the carpet and my broomstick is horribly singed, but thatis the price you have to pay for getting back to your Celtic paganroots. It's always such a worry, isn't it? The agony of deciding whichBeltane rites ...
MSP calls for national emergency flood plan
May 01, 2000; ... AN MSP has called for a national flood strategy after the chaoscaused throughout the east of Scotland last week. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes after two daysof heavy downpours. Now Nora Radcliffe, the Lib Dem MSP for Gordon and vice convenorof the ...
Cappielow sweet and sour
May 01, 2000; ... Clydebank0 Morton3 Anderson (30), Curran (42), Matheson (56) THE best and worst of Scottish football and human nature were ondisplay as the country's foremost crisis clubs came together atcrumbling Cappielow. Happily the best was all on the park, where Morton played ...
Clyde turn on style to go up as champions
May 01, 2000; ... CLYDE clinched the Second Division title in style at Broadwood onSaturday, winning 4-1 against an Arbroath side which finished thematch with only nine men. A Craig Cranmer double set Clyde on their way, although thevisitors did well to survive the dismissal of David Arbuckle ...
Happy ending to slope opera
May 01, 2000; ... Hibernian1 Miller (53) Aberdeen0 IT WAS fitting that Kenny Miller should be the last man to scoreplaying down Easter Road's famous slope, appropriate that ayoungster full of life and promise should administer the last ritesas an old feature faded from the scene. Of ...
Livingston's flourish too late to matter
May 01, 2000; ... Livingston3 Bingham (49, pen), McCormick (73), McPhee (80) Ayr United1 Keen (88) LIVINGSTON'S victory over Ayr moved them above Raith Rovers intofourth place in the First Division, but still well out of contentionfor a play-off place. Those at Almondvale must rue the ...
Queens sure they will beat the drop
May 01, 2000; ... Queen of the South1 Rowe (49) Hamilton Academical1 Quitongo (38) OVER to you, SFA. That was the message from Dumfries on Saturdayafter a feisty draw between Queen of the South and Hamilton Accieseliminated all others from the Second Division's relegationequation. The ...
Freeserve could be T-Online takeover target
May 01, 2000; ... BRITAIN'S biggest internet company, Freeserve, was yesterday atthe centre of takeover speculation after reports it was being eyedby a potential German buyer. Shares in Freeserve, which are widely held by small privateinvestors, are likely to rise on the report which suggests ...
Royal Bank and FSB set to hold key seminar
May 01, 2000; ... THE Federation of Small Businesses and Royal Bank of Scotland areplanning a summit with the cream of Scotland's political andeconomic thinkers and policymakers to try to thrash out solutions tothe problems facing Scottish industry. The organisers believe thetiming of the conference, ...
'If it came to the crunch, I'd change jobs to stay in the west'
May 01, 2000; ... SINCE getting a better-paid job in Edinburgh 18 months ago, ChrisCopleton, right, has been travelling from his home in Glasgow, butthe balance between better pay and the stress of commuter life hasbeen taking its toll. Until a few weeks ago his day began at 5:30am. An ...
Mothers 'may pass on cancer'
May 01, 2000 ... MOTHERS who smoke during pregnancy may be able to pass on cancerto their unborn babies, a scientist has claimed. A major study found a powerful cancer-causing chemical fromcigarettes in the wombs of expectant women. Exposing a foetus to the carcinogen called NNAL may be the ...
Cereals body to open up selection system
May 01, 2000; ... THE Home Grown Cereals Authority, which collects a levy of 40p onevery tonne of grain sold by farmers, is to adopt a new approach todrawing up the annual recommended list of cereal and oilseedvarieties. The HGCA believes the existing system, used for 60 years, isinflexible and ...
Sixth rider dies in horse trial fall
May 01, 2000; ... A RIDER has been crushed to death by her horse while competing intrials, less than a week after the introduction of new safetymeasures. Jemima Johnson died on Saturday after her experienced 11-year-old mount, called On Your Honour, hit a log-pile fence at theWilmslow Horse Trials ...
Master of the universe
May 01, 2000; ... THE internet has witnessed some amazing events in its time, fromthe declarations of religious cults that Armageddon is almost uponus to dot-com companies consisting of two geeks, an idea and a bitof string fetching hundreds of millions of pounds on the openmarket. Few, however, could ...
US utilities back with hostile bid for Hyder
May 01, 2000; ... TWO US companies whose break-up bid for Welsh utility Hyder wasrejected in favour of a GBP 402 million offer for the group byNomura are set to launch a hostile offer. Southern Company and Pennsylvania Power and Light are preparingan offer of up to GBP 464 million for Hyder, ...
Detectives cast net on web for clues in baffling cases
May 01, 2000; ... DETECTIVES are using the internet in an attempt to help to solvetwo of their most baffling cases. Lothian and Borders Police have put details of the murder ofRobert Higgins and the mysterious disappearance of teenager VickyHamilton on the world wide web in the hope of finding new ...
BT to unveil Highland jobs
May 01, 2000; ... HUNDREDS of jobs are to be created in a Highland unemploymentblackspot. BT Scotland will announce this week details of a ...
The long wait for a new lease of life
May 01, 2000; ... FEW 15-year-old girls are allowed to stay out with their friendsas late as they would like, but Susan Dunn's reason for getting homefor an early night is rather more pressing. She has to be hooked up for ten hours of dialysis as she sleeps. Susan has been waiting for more than ...
Tragedy of Edinburgh's squandered potential
May 01, 2000; ... FROM THE creation of Edinburgh Park, Scotland's most successfulbusiness location, to the plan to build a GBP 100 million shoppingmall under Princes Street; scratch beneath the surface of therevival in the city's economic fortunes and you will find one,unique organisation. That ...
Blue Group in CA link-up
May 01, 2000 ... THE Blue Group, the Edinburgh-based information technologysupport and consultancy business, has teamed up with the US softwaregiant, Computer Associates, to offer a new service for small andmedium sized enterprises. The deal follows a complete reorganisation at Blue ...
Hague warns of 'flood' of refugees into UK
May 01, 2000; ... WILLIAM Hague re-ignited the row over racism in Britainyesterday, by warning that right-wing extremists would take to thestreets in protest unless the government took firm action to stemthe "flood" of bogus asylum seekers. Critics accused the Tory leader of "playing the race card" ...
Children find live grenade
May 01, 2000; ... RESIDENTS around Murrayfield Stadium were evacuated from theirhomes last night after children playing in the area found a livehand grenade. The children alerted their parents when they found the device onthe banks of the Water of Leith. It had probably ...
Balloch 'will become a ghost town'
May 01, 2000; ... LOCH Lomondside's largest village could become a ghost town, itwas claimed yesterday. Bed and breakfast owners and boat hire firms at Balloch are upsetat plans to divert visitors from the village into the GBP 60 millionLomond Shores tourist complex. Local businesses have been ...
Executive defends move to stop prisoner release
May 01, 2000; ... THE Scottish executive last night defended its decision to resista High Court order to release one of Scotland's most violentprisoners. Gary Moore, the killer of James Boyle, jun, son of the murderer-turned-sculptor, was granted interim liberation from Shotts jail inLanarkshire ...
The making of an impressionist
May 01, 2000 ... RORY Bremner was born in Edinburgh and attended Clifton HallSchool. He cried on the steps when sent to board but his memoriesafter that are largely happy. "I was a show-off and good at sport -rather necessary attributes for public school." Although Scottish, he doesn't make a big, ...
Monday Interview Rory Bremner At last,Rory gives a good impression of happiness
May 01, 2000; ... HE CAN do presidents and princes and he's especially good at ourprime minister, but for long enough one persona eluded the master-mimic Rory Bremner - that of husband. He captured it once, only tolose it, and after his divorce he feared his chance had gone forever. He remembers the ...
Basement carpet sells for 15,500 pounds at auction
May 01, 2000; ... A GLASGOW doctor who found a dirty old carpet in the basement ofhis four-storey town house sold it for GBP 15,500 at auction inEdinburgh yesterday. The doctor, who wishes to remain anonymous, was clearing the homeof his parents and sent several items of furniture to auction ...
Warning that museums may be history
May 01, 2000; ... MUSEUMS in Scotland are in crisis and entering a "crunch point",the Scottish parliament will be told this week. The bleak warning will come as more than 1,500 museums throughoutBritain launch Museums and Galleries Month, a scheme designed toencourage more people to appreciate the ...
New to the Net No 16: Free loaders
May 01, 2000; ... OVER the past few weeks I have often mentioned "downloading"programs from the internet without going into much detail. That isbecause the mechanics of this procedure are now relativelystraightforward and it is, generally, just a matter of following theinstructions without having to worry ...
Police praise rugby fans
May 01, 2000; ... THE 67,000 supporters who attended the rugby league Challenge Cupfinal at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday drew praisefrom Lothian and Borders Police yesterday. The match commander, Chief Superintendent Jim Pryde, said ...
Grain growers tough it out as the world market fluctuates
May 01, 2000; ... IN THE line of duty, I have spent a night alone with 200 bankers,gone unarmed among a large gathering of landowners and factors and,tempting providence, spoken to a dinner of accountants whospecialise in bankruptcies. As of last week, another campaign medal - an afternoon with ...
Pressure for organ donation rethink increases
May 01, 2000; ... NURSING and doctors' leaders and politicians called yesterday fora mature debate on organ donation to end the tragedy of people dyingwhile on the waiting list for a transplant. Although the Royal College of Nursing and the British MedicalAssociation disagree fundamentally on ...
Massacre victims remembered
May 01, 2000 ... EX-SERVICEMEN, members of Scotland's Polish community and othersgathered in Kirkcaldy yesterday to honour the victims of the KatynMassacre, a Soviet atrocity that happened in Poland 60 years ago,during the Second World War. Some 15,000 Polish people were executed under the orders ...
Luxury high-rise flats planned for Leith
May 01, 2000; ... THE conversion of warehouses and other commercial buildings intoexecutive flats has led to the "gentrification" of parts of Leith,much to the chagrin of some of the local population. But now the port's tower blocks, previously corporation-owned andworking class-occupied, may soon ...
1,500 march to save hospital
May 01, 2000; ... ABOUT 1,500 people staged a demonstration at the weekend insupport of a hospital which faces an uncertain future. Even staff at Perth Royal Infirmary took part after beingreassured by trust chiefs that they would not face anyrepercussions. Ward closures have already been ...
Adjutant looks in command of big race
May 01, 2000; ... IT ONLY seems like yesterday, doesn't it, since the last NationalHunt season ended? But it wasn't, of course, it was as long ago asSaturday. So less than 48 hours after the curtain came down on theold jumps campaign, the tapes will go up on a new one at Fontwelltoday. With the ...
Stylish science writing that leaps across the cultural divide Read of the week
May 01, 2000; ... The Lying Stones Of Marrakech Penultimate Reflections in NaturalHistory Stephen Jay Gould Jonathan Cape GBP 17.99 ONE OF THE commonest questions Stephen Jay Gould is asked by hisstudents is where they can find the technical monograph thatinspired Darwin's Origins of the Species ....
The new avengers: now it's personal
May 01, 2000; ... HAVE you ever been done wrong, burned or spurned? Has your loverleft you holding the baby, your best friend served up betrayal oryour boss used and abused you? This is no longer a problem, becausethe time has finally arrived when it is indeed better not to getmad, but to get ...
Carol Laula King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow
May 01, 2000; ... AFTER an impressive set by local support, Tequila Mockingbird -topped by an intense, thunderous climax which is every bit asconvincing as the more delicate and restrained material that camebefore it - the Mockingbirds' singer makes a point of shaking herbandmates' hands before they leave ...
'Edinburgh has the edge, but that may change'
May 01, 2000; ... LEIGH Johnston, 27, has commuted from Edinburgh to Glasgow forthe past ten months to reach her work at the Scottish Civic Trust. Last Friday was her final day with the trust after securing a newjob with Historic Scotland in Edinburgh, a move that will compressher three-hour daily ...
Carry on camping
May 01, 2000; ... WHEN I called, I asked to speak to Cherry Dupree. "Kerry Dupreespeaking," said Ceri Dupree - and that was the least of theconfusion. He, or she, is coming to Scotland this week for a week,to play in a revival of the cult 1970s show Hot Stuff, a mix ofsong, dance and drag loosely based on ...
So, how long have you had this life-long ambition to look stupid?
May 01, 2000; ... WE HAVE all heard words spill from our lips that micro-second toolate to retrieve them. Well, some comfort can be found in the revelation that money andfame offer no protection against saying stupid things, according toa new book which has collected the pearls of wisdom of the ...
McLeish has little chance of replacing Dewar, say insiders
May 01, 2000; ... HENRY McLeish's chances of becoming Labour leader when DonaldDewar stands aside were played down yesterday by his own back-benchers. The dismissal of the enterprise minister's prospects came as heand other potential successors were warned not to push their claimsduring the First ...
Drag from the past
May 01, 2000 ... 1 Drag parts - female roles played by men - are probably socalled because the costumes dragged on the ground. If "life's adrag" you're wearing your skirts too long. Roll your trousers, likeJ Arthur Prufrock. 2 Showing an actor a frock is like showing a ferret a drainpipe -Paul ...
Euro's woes mean UK interest rates may have already peaked
May 01, 2000; ... IN RECENT weeks, the markets have been dominated by two phenomena- the turmoil on Wall Street and the euro's continuing, precipitousdecline. The two are linked more closely than you might think, both intheir causes and their consequences for the UK. A couple of weeks ago, the ...
Bottom line in tale of two cities
May 01, 2000; ... EMPLOYMENT JOBS are easier to find in the capital, and Edinburgh workers canon average expect to come home with a larger wage packet than theircounterparts in Glasgow. Average weekly earnings in Edinburgh are GBP 396 compared withGBP 373 in Glasgow, according to statistics ...
EDI's founder attacks city over plans for future
May 01, 2000; ... THE founder of the property development company, EDI, which isbehind the GBP 100 million development of a shopping mall underPrinces Street, has launched a blistering attack on its owner,Edinburgh City Council, claiming it is mismanaging the city's futureeconomic ...