Sir Chris Hoy in call to save Meadowbank velodrome
CAPITAL golden boy Sir Chris Hoy has called on city officials to preserve the future of a creaking velodrome which set him on the path to becoming Britain’s greatest ever Olympian. In an exclusive...
View ArticleLynne McCrossan: Denim den will chase away your shopping blues
There’s a new kid on the block tucked up Thistle Street.Amongst Edinburgh’s shopping icons, such as Jane Davidson and Pam Jenkins, a little denim emporium has settled right in.The shop is so new...
View ArticleTalk of tyhe Town: Well, that week was pretty dram good
SCOTS almost certainly don’t need an excuse to drink more whisky.But just in case we were running short of reasons, World Whisky Day is now here to stay, having involved 20,000 drinkers across the...
View ArticleArmed gang tries to abduct Da Vinci rapist’s twin brother
THE identical twin of Da Vinci Code rapist Robert Greens has told how a gang tried to abduct him at gunpoint – then apologised when they realised they had the wrong man.Richard Greens, 35, from...
View ArticleEdinburgh plans co-op council with parents in charge of childcare and tenants...
PARENTS running childcare facilities and tenants managing housing estates are among the new measures expected to be introduced as part of wide-ranging changes to the way services in Edinburgh are...
View Article1200 attacks on Lothians teachers - shocking assaults by kids as young as four
A SHOCKING toll of attacks by children as young as four on teachers in the Capital has been revealed today.New figures show there were 1278 physical assaults against staff working in schools across...
View ArticleNHS spends £500,000 on users’ needles and swabs
SUBSTANCE abusers in the Lothians have been handed millions of items of drug paraphernalia at a cost of more than £500,000 in less than three-and-a half years.Under a Scottish Government strategy aimed...
View ArticleLicence to Kilt: James Bond’s relationship with Scotland
THE BOND girls come and go, but OO7’s most enduring relationship – with Scotland – is being celebrated this month as the film franchise celebrates its 50th birthday, says Brian Pendreigh.Nothing much...
View ArticleScottish word of the day: Thunderplump
LEAVE it to Scots to come up with a marvellously descriptive word for a sudden downpour of rain and accompanying roll of thunder.“We got caught in a thunderplump and we’re absolutely drookit”A...
View ArticleTurn out the lights to save hundreds of young birds, islanders advised
PEOPLE on a remote Scottish island are being asked to switch lights off and keep their curtains closed at night to stop hundreds of young birds being lured to their deaths.• Residents of the Isle of...
View ArticlePanny and Alastair Laing find drastic changes and patience working at Logie...
WHEN Panny and Alastair Laing first moved to Logie, his family home perched on the side of a hill above the River Findhorn near Forres in 1991, the formal two-acre partially walled garden at the foot...
View ArticleEdinburgh Sketcher: Edinburgh Castle from the National Museum of Scotland
IN TODAY’S illustration, the Edinburgh Sketcher depicts the view of Edinburgh Castle, from the roof of the National Museum of Scotland.Edinburgh Sketcher is a sketch blog from Mark Kirkham, an...
View ArticleNorse codes: Neil Oliver on his new BBC series ‘Vikings’
IN HIS new series, historian Neil Oliver says that though Vikings could be violent, they were also explorers and traders, driven by the same urge to dominate as their Christian neighbours.When he was a...
View ArticlePrimark boosts AB Foods profits
PRIMARK’S budget clothing continues to be popular with shoppers, helping owner Associated British Foods to yesterday predict its full-year profits will be “substantially ahead” of last year’s...
View ArticleM&B shares rise on hopes of stability as new chief is unveiled
PUBS group Mitchells & Butlers unveiled its fourth chief executive in three-and-a-half years yesterday, sending its shares to a six-month high.M&B said it had hired Alistair Darby, chief...
View ArticleCala refocusing pays off as group posts highest profits in 13 years
CALA, the Scottish housebuilder, has revealed its highest profits since the group was taken private in 1999.The company has benefited from a major restructuring and a focus on the premium end of the...
View ArticleGoogle hits New York catwalk with specs of the future
THEY have been hailed as the shape of things to come, but Google’s ground-breaking smart eyewear technology Project Glass took to the catwalk yesterday at an event that kicked off New York Fashion...
View ArticleOne in eight middle-class children say they’re a ned
MANY teenagers welcome being called a ned or chav, despite associating the term with drugs, alcohol, antisocial behaviour and doing poorly in school, a worrying study has found.• Glasgow University...
View ArticleJim Sillars: Totalitarian SNP run like the communist party
THE SNP hierarchy has been accused of exerting “totalitarian” control over backbenchers by a former deputy leader of the party.Jim Sillars, who famously won the Govan by-election for the Nationalists...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics: Million line London streets to hail the pride of Britain
AFTER six weeks, 185 medals, and an emotional journey which has redefined our view of sport and disability, Britain’s golden summer culminated in a joyous finale yesterday as an estimated one million...
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