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Scottish prisoners could be allowed to send emails

By Claire McKim   SCOTTISH prisoners could get the right to send email - by giving handwritten messages to warders to scan in and send on. Bosses want...

Upmarket jeweller’s robbed in broad daylight

A TRAY of engagement rings worth £27,000 has been stolen in broad daylight from an upmarket jeweller’s. Lime Blue diamond store in Edinburgh was targeted by...

Yarn-bombers target Edinburgh tram works

EDINBURGH’S controversial trams project has been targeted by a new protest craze from north America. A colourful, crocheted banner which read “Tramway to Hell,” was draped...

Fishermen’s close encounter with shark

TWO fisherman have told how they had a close encounter with a 20ft shark a few miles off the Scottish coast. Graeme Carlyle and John Tait...

Scots rocker Fish in flood fight

By Melissa Clark   SCOTS rocker Fish is locked in a bitter row over a benefit gig for flood victims. The former Marillion frontman is putting on a...

Students living in Travelodge hotels two weeks after term started

STUDENTS from one of Scotland’s top universities are living in Travelodge hotels more than two weeks after term started. The 21 freshers at Edinburgh University have...

University graduate dream job: In Antarctic

A SCOTTISH university graduate has landed her first job in charge of the most southerly post office in the world. Florence Barrow will have three humans...

Colin McCreadie says Amazon packages is murder

FORMER Taggart star Colin McCreadie reckons opening packages from Amazon is murder. The exasperated actor took to Twitter to complain about the mound of boxes and...

Gas explosion: 30-year-old sues for £200,000

A KITCHEN fitter allegedly claimed he had been doing his job so long he could no longer smell gas - seconds before a massive explosion...

White scots twice likely to get cancer than ethnic minorities

THE unhealthy lifestyles of white Scots means they are twice as likely to develop some cancers than ethnic minorities living in the same country. Shocking new...

Chatty midwives struck off after bungling baby’s birth

By Melissa Clark   TWO midwives who chatted about their holidays as they bungled a baby’s birth have been struck off. Lyn Foy and Donna Jack failed to...

A pensioner who was found “bleeding to death” has died

By Sam Whyte   A PENSIONER at the centre of a national outcry after he was “left to rot” in a squalid flat has died. John Gibson, 90,...

Severe gales in Edinburgh caused a raging blaze at a block of flats

By Sam Whyte   THE SEVERE winds battering most of the country caused a raging blaze at a block of flats in Edinburgh. Emergency services were called to...

Family of dead man have asked people with information to ignore police

By Sam Whyte   A FAMILY who have fought for answers surrounding their son’s death have asked people with information to come directly to them and ignore...

Edinburgh council has employed a private firm to help clear thousands of un-emptied bins

EDINBURGH council is using an army of private workers to help clear thousands of un-emptied bins - after its controversial move to fortnightly collections. Temporary workers,...

Academic claims silence key to good behaviour in schools

By Sam Whyte   THE sound of silence is key to better behaviour and exam results in Scottish schools, an academic claimed today. Dr Helen Lees, an education...

Stray cat hitch-hiked 200 miles from Leeds

By Melissa Clark   A STRAY cat that befriended staff at a Scots nursery turned out to have hitch-hiked from 200 miles away. Tiger, a five-year-old tabby, turned...

Split-tickets slash rail fares

RAIL passengers are being taken for a ride with travel fares because of "historic" failures in the pricing structure. Commuters could be losing out on savings...

Potter author ‘gets’ the poor

JK ROWLING has hit out a politicians for not understanding levels of poverty. The Harry Potter author, who is worth £560 million, said that even “a...

Seals shot in salmon sanction

THE number of seals shot by “government licensed killers” on Scottish fish farms can finally be revealed. The Scottish Government has released figures through a Freedom...

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