Hearts Administration: Scandinavians plan new bid
A SCANDINAVIAN syndicate is still in the hunt to buy Hearts – despite its initial recovery package being rejected by now axed club officials.A consultant with connections to the consortium, which is...
View ArticleCall for ban on junk food in hospitals
JUNK food should be banned from hospitals in a bid to tackle the nation’s obesity epidemic, doctors warned today.The British Medical Association conference in Edinburgh was due to hear calls for sugary...
View ArticleCorstorphine Hill murder: Body DNA sent to Europol
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found on Corstorphine Hill have sent her DNA profile to Europol in a bid to identify her.Officers are hoping foreign police...
View ArticleGrassmarket shops revolt over council levy demand
A TRADERS’ revolt has erupted in the Grassmarket with a clutch of shops facing legal action for withholding money from the firm charged with promoting the area.Around 15 businesses have refused to pay...
View ArticleSchools get PE cash boost as sport on the rise
SCHOOL gym facilities are in line for a six-figure cash injection on the back of figures which show an increase in the number of kids doing sport to combat an obesity and diabetes epidemic.Gym halls...
View ArticleJonathan Melville: Film fest draws to a close with some treats
IF the week has been dragging and you’re looking for something a bit unusual, tonight is your lucky night at the Edinburgh International Film Festival - The Surprise Movie is on at the Filmhouse and...
View ArticleBMA doctors: Give primary pupils free fruit & veg
DOCTORS have called for free fruit and vegetables to be made available to all children in primary schools in an effort to improve the future health of the nation.Under initiatives already in place in...
View ArticleJohn Gibson: This bloke’s been around by George!
There’s a small hotel with a wishing well. No there isn’t. Not in Edinburgh. It’s the first line from an evergreen song by Rodgers and Hart and sung by Sinatra in Pal Joey. But there’s a 249-room hotel...
View ArticleJonathan Melville: Return of Scottish comedy Absolutely would be fabulous
They brought the Scottish town of Stoneybridge to national television, introduced the most boring man in the world and inspired a cult following that endures 20 years after their last episode aired.But...
View ArticleTalk of the Town: It was all fright on the night for Kevin
Our interview with Kevin McKidd yesterday, where he discussed visiting old haunts on a recent trip to the Capital, prompted Witchery tours co-founder Robin Mitchell to tweet a picture of McKidd . . ....
View ArticleLeaders: ‘Two hours should just be starting point’
New government statistics reveal that the numbers of children in city primary school’s benefiting from at least two hours of PE a week is rising.Against a backdrop of spiralling obesity and a growing...
View ArticleDougie MacLean adopted into HebCelt hall of fame
AWARD-WINNING singer songwriter Dougie MacLean has been added to the Hall of Fame by one of Scotland’s leading music festivals.The musician, most famous for writing Caledonia - regarded as Scotland’s...
View ArticleIan Swanson: Holyrood recess will not halt fight for the future
IT’S the end of term at Holyrood and MSPs are about to head off on their summer break. With the sun shining, sporadically at least, politicians will allow themselves – and the voters – some respite...
View ArticleGina Davidson: ..and they call this a holiday?
IT starts sometime around Easter. The unbidden thought surfaces that there are only a few months left until the seven blank weeks of the school summer holidays loom, but like the suggestion of...
View ArticleScotmid eyes England expansion with Penrith tie-up
CO-operative retailer Scotmid is poised to expand its presence south of the Border after agreeing a deal to swallow a smaller peer in the Lake District.The Edinburgh-based group, which owns almost 200...
View ArticleScottish independence: ‘No’ vote austerity warning
SCOTLAND’S future in the UK offers only “continued austerity” as the main pro-union parties back the cuts agenda, Alex Salmond today warned.But Labour leader Johann Lamont insisted that an independent...
View ArticleAberdeen’s Tullos Hill Wood commended at Awards
Aberdeen’s Tullos Hill Wood has been highly commended at Scotland’s Finest Wood Awards, which recognises excellent woodland ownership and management.The trees were planted as part of the Woodland...
View ArticleNew CCTV footage of Yulia Solodyankina in Glasgow
POLICE have issued further CCTV footage of a missing student on the day of her last confirmed sighting.• New CCTV footage of Yulia Solodyankina has been released by Police Scotland• Clip shows Russian...
View ArticleCorstorphine Hill: Dentists to help identify woman
SCOTLAND’S top dentists have been drafted in to help police identity the woman whose dismembered remains were found in a shallow grave in Edinburgh.Experts from the Edinburgh Dental Institute have been...
View ArticleScottish independence: ‘Less EU money for farmers’
SCOTLAND’S farmers would be receive lower EU payments under independence, the UK’s Minister for Europe David Lidington warned the SNP government today.• UK Europe Minister David Lidington says farmers...
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