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No tricks with the three Vics

A YOUNG couple have named their new baby after the Scottish hospital she was born. The tot’s mother, Victoria Dawson, gave birth to 8lb 3oz baby...

Retired men shed their boredom

RETIRED Scots men will have the chance to share their skills, friendship and banter in sheds set up by a new community project. A volunteer project...

Dogs are best at sniffing out terrorists

A SNIFFER dog would be more effective at preventing terrorism at the Scottish Parliament than spending millions on “daft” hi-tec security measures, an expert has...

Three brown bears finally allowed to hibernate

A TRIO of brown bears who were rescued from a travelling circus will be able to hibernate for the first time ever in a new...

Garbage tweets turn out to be rubbish

FANS of rock chart-toppers Garbage were left enraged today after the band’s Twitter and Facebook pages were hacked. Posing as Scots singer Shirley Manson, the anonymous...

Councils spend more on paper despite expensive iPads

TWO Scottish councils who lavished their top bosses with brand new iPads have failed to cut down on printing costs as planned. Local authorities in Edinburgh...

Champion cook dies from seizure

A talented 25-year-old chef has died after suffering a seizure. “Popular” James Rehill, who worked at the Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, is believed to have suffered an...

Police hunting sex attacker

By Melissa Clark   POLICE are hunting a sex attacker who subjected a young woman on a night out to a “terrifying” assault in a city street. Officers...

Thousands of trees cut down to prevent deadly parasite

By Melissa Clark   MORE THAN 8,000 trees are being cut down in Scotland to prevent an outbreak of a deadly parasite which threatens to be the...

Scottish minister ordered to quit manse

By Melissa Clark   A SCOTTISH minister and his wife have been ordered to quit their manse because of a dispute sparked by gay clergy. The Church of...

£40,000 of public money spent on “X-Factor rejects”

By Neil Pooran   COUNCIL bosses are under fire for spending almost £40,000 of public money getting Jedward and other “X-Factor rejects” to play at a loss-making...

New Edinburgh catchphrases branded “appalling”

By Neil Pooran   NEW catchphrases designed to promote Edinburgh as part of a marketing campaign, including “Incredinburgh” and “Welfedinburgh”, have been branded “appalling”. Marketing Edinburgh, a council-funded...

Former SNP head slams Scottish Government support for gay marriage

By Neil Pooran   THE former head of the SNP has compared the Scottish Government’s support for gay marriage to “state fascism.” Campaigners have called on Gordon Wilson,...

Honey hives are the new buzz on campus

STUDENTS are living alongside 30,000 bees to reduce the carbon footprint of their halls of residence. The scheme introduced by Edinburgh University is part of a...

Nationwide legionnaires clean-up

Nearly £17million of taxpayers’ money will be spent across Scotland combating deadly legionella bacteria. Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) have issued a new contract...

Struck off: nurse bedded ‘Facebook friend’

A NURSE who had sex with a former psychiatric patient he added as a friend on Facebook has been struck off. Community psychiatric nurse David William...

Savile YouTube clip taken down

A VIRAL video showing stunt cycling sensation Danny MacAskill dressed as Jimmy Savile has been taken offline after a stream of sick comments by internet...

Resident radar guns hailed a success

RESIDENTS armed with police-issue speed guns have caught out almost 150 speeding motorists. The community speed-watch scheme in Dunfermline has issued 137 warning letters to speeding...

Surfs up for beauty who broke her back

A ST ANDREWS graduate who feared she would never walk again is bidding to become the UK’s next windsurfing champion. Sophia Joy Gilje, 24, broke her...

Mail order firm say Perth not part of UK mainland

By Melissa Clark   PERTH is not part of the UK mainland according to an English mail order firm. Despite being just an hour’s drive north of Edinburgh,...

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