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Locals in Tillicoultry all turn out for Gamu

1 October 8, 2010 0

By Amanda MacMillan GAMU fever swept her adopted hometown of Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire on Wednesday as around 100 fans gathered outside her flat in a defiant show of...

Gamu still praying for an X-Factor miracle as Pastor steps in

1 October 8, 2010 0

By Amanda MacMillan X FACTOR star Gamu Nhengu and her family have turned to God as the battle to keep her dream alive goes on. 18-year-old...

Courageous 1SCOTS now preparing for Homecoming parades

1 October 7, 2010 0

By Amanda MacMillan THE Commanding Officers of 1SCOTS paid a glowing tribute to his “courageous” troops yesterday following their return home from Afghanistan. Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Herbert...

Alex Salmond warms up with a hearty bowl of Scots porridge

1 October 6, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle FIRST Minister Alex Salmond put a Scottish staple on breakfast when he joined a group of school kids for a hearty bowl of...

Scots prisoners help to build effigies for Indian festival parade

1 October 6, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle SOME of Scotland’s hardest prisoners have helped create giant 40ft effigies to be torched to mark a major Hindu celebration...

Russell Brand: ‘Edinburgh is the most important city for my career’

1 October 5, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle RUSSELL Brand revealed Edinburgh has been the most important city for his career, after doing stand-up gigs for years at the Fringe Festival. He...

Edinburgh beauty parlour first to offer women designer waxing

1 October 5, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle AN Edinburgh beauty parlour has become the first in Scotland to offer women designer bikini line waxing – and is being described as...

Snapping lobsters caused canoeists to panic and capsize

1 October 5, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle TWO canoeists out fishing for lobsters had to be rescued after one dropped a pot of the snapping shellfish into the kayak...

Russell Brand hopes third book will be about marriage

1 October 5, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle RUSSELL Brand is heading for a change of pace – revealing that the third installment of his ‘Booky Wook’ series could be focused...

Budget cuts mean firefighters are offered voluntary redundancy

1 October 5, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle FIREFIGHTERS in the Lothian and Borders service are being given the opportunity to apply for voluntary redundancy or early retirement, as part of...

Lothian and Borders Police target thieves by writing letters

Local News October 4, 2010 0

By Amada MacMillan IN a new crackdown against break-ins police in Edinburgh are writing to known offenders warning that they will be targeted. The number of housebreakings...

Blue the dog promoted to Bombardier

1 October 4, 2010 0

By Amanda MacMillan A TERRIER dog was recognised for his service today (Mon) as he was promoted to Bombardier at a ceremony at Edinburgh Castle. Blue, the official mascot...

Teenager who beat heroin dies of methadone overdose

1 October 1, 2010 0

By Amanda MacMillan AN ex-drug addict who helped young heroin users fight addiction has died after taking a single dose of methadone at a friend’s flat. Linzi...

Cowell tops charts of books most left behind in hotel rooms

1 October 1, 2010 0

By Amanda MacMillan SIMON Cowell, Ant and Dec and Vince Cable have topped the chart of the books that are most readily discarded in UK hotel...

Fife Police seize Class A's with street value of £500,000

1 September 30, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle Police seized more than £500,000 worth of heroin and cocaine during a series of planned drugs raids in Fife. A 26-year-old man from Kirkcaldy...

Security guard honoured for saving two-year-old's life

1 September 30, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle A SECURITY guard at Heriot-Watt University who saved a toddler from choking to death on a hot dog has been hailed a hero. Two-year-old...

Man shouts abuse at security guard after drunken night out

1 September 30, 2010 0

By Cara Sulieman A MAN who can’t remember how he ended up at hospital told a Polish security guard to “go home” because he woke him...

Man embezzles money from shop to fund gambling addiction

1 September 30, 2010 0

By Cara Sulieman A MAN embezzled more than £5,000 from the shop he was in left in charge of by faking cashback transactions. Richard Humphries, 32, put...

Edinburgh warned of a HIV ticking timebomb as new cases rise

1 September 30, 2010 0

By Christine Lavelle HEALTH experts are warning that Edinburgh could be facing a HIV ticking time-bomb, as more than 100 new cases a year are expected...

New legislation to help prevent forced marriages

1 September 30, 2010 0

By Amanda MacMillan THE SCOTTISH Government launched a crackdown on forced marriages today (Thurs) – warning offenders they could be jailed under strict new laws. Deputy First Minister Nicola...

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