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Patients attack each other almost 2,000 times in three years

News January 4, 2013 0

HOSPITALS have been blasted over safety policies after it emerged patients attacked each other nearly 2,000 times in the last three years. The violent incidents in...

Scottish ice rink forced to close because of warm winter weather

News January 4, 2013 0

A SCOTTISH winter wonderland has been forced to close its ice rink after it started to melt due to warm weather. The rink, the main attraction...

Police appeal after car window smashed by cone thrown from bridge

News January 4, 2013 0

POLICE are hunting a Hogmanay hooligan who smashed a car windscreen after throwing a traffic cone off a bridge onto a city street. The missile was...

Scotland’s “most kind-hearted tradesman” helps 93-year-old with unusual leak

Scottish News January 4, 2013 0

A TRADESMAN went above and beyond the call of duty when the leak in a frail pensioner's house he was called to fix turned out...

Dead passenger’s family issue plea for runaway driver to ‘hand himself in’

Scottish News January 3, 2013 0

THE FAMILY of a man who died in a horror New Years Day car smash issued an emotional plea for the runaway driver to hand...

Chanel catwalk reused for local talent show

News January 3, 2013 0

THE CATWALK used in Chanel’s very first Scottish fashion show is going to be used as a stage in a local talent show. The structure which...

CNN name Scotland top travel destination 2013

News January 3, 2013 0

AMERICAN broadcasting giant CNN has named Scotland as its top travel destination for 2013 - with the Scottish scenes in Skyfall cited as a big...

Rugby match abandoned after pitch is covered in dog poo

Scottish News January 3, 2013 0

IRRESPONSIBLE dog owners have led to a rugby match being abandoned after the pitch was littered with “bin bags” worth of dog mess. Peebles 2nd XV...

Edinburgh ahead of Glasgow in most takeaways per person

News January 3, 2013 0

EDINBURGH has emerged ahead of Glasgow in having the highest number of takeaways per person in Scotland, according to new research. Slimming group Weight Watchers says...

Top cop claims public should pay for dialling 999

Scottish News January 3, 2013 0

A SENIOR police official has controversially claimed the public should be charged 50p for dialling 999. Tayside Police Federation secretary David Hamilton said a premium-rate emergency...

Scottish Register of Tartans criticised after approving Disney designs

News January 3, 2013 0

THE SCOTTISH Government body which registers tartans has come under fire after approving designs for films such as Brave, German pipe smokers and children's character...

Police hunting motorist who fled scene of fatal crash

News January 2, 2013 0

POLICE are hunting a motorist who left the scene of a fatal New Years Day crash where his passenger was killed. The unidentified male was sitting...

Scottish TV doc James Logan slams hospital over grandmother’s care

News January 2, 2013 0

A SCOTTISH TV doctor has blasted "rude" hospital medics over the care they provided to his grandmother who has suffered a stroke. James Logan, presenter of...

Nearly 500 accidents on Lothian buses in one year

News January 2, 2013 0

A BUS company’s passengers became trapped in closing doors on 43 occasions, amid almost 500 accidents which were reported over the last year. New figures from...

32,000 items handed into lost and found at Scottish police station

News January 2, 2013 0

TENTS, ski-poles and medical insulin pens are just some of the mislaid possessions cluttering a police lost and found department. Lothian and Borders police force recorded...

£250,000 vet bill for Scottish police animals revealed

News January 2, 2013 0

MISHAPS involving police hounds and horses have cost Scottish forces nearly £250,000 in vets fees over the last five years. Animal assistants of the boys in...

Professor Tom Devine calls for “warts and all” version of memorial

In Brief January 2, 2013 0

ONE of Scotland’s top academics has called for a “warts and all” version of history to be used in a planned memorial to victims of...

Scottish siblings in post code lottery “of life and death”

In Brief December 30, 2012 0

A SCOTTISH brother and sister fear a post code lottery could stop one of them receiving life-saving drugs. Emma Mitchell and Nick Talbot both suffer from...

Highest number of people sleeping rough in a decade

News December 30, 2012 0

THE number of homeless people sleeping rough on the streets has risen to its highest number in a decade. Crisis, a homeless charity, recorded a 23%...