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Axed St Abbs crew get one over RNLI with naked calendar shot

Scottish News October 23, 2015 0

AN AXED lifeboat crew have got their own back on the RNLI - by posing naked on one of their boats. The volunteer crew of St...

Huge rise in addresses too dangerous for paramedics to visit alone

Scottish News October 21, 2015 0

THE number of “no-go” addresses which ambulance crews will not visit without police protection has increased by more than 550%. Recent figures show that more than...

90 year old retired policeman finds mysterious eggs buried in his garden

Scottish News October 16, 2015 0

A 90 year-old retired chief inspector has been left stumped after finding eggs buried in his back garden. Bill Hart from Dundee first discovered the hens’...

Jacobite castle in Aberdeenshire “paradise” looking for tenants

Scottish News October 16, 2015 0

A 16th-century Jacobite castle right in the middle of Aberdeenshire’s own “paradise” is recruiting a new set of tenants. Pitfichie Castle is a seven-bedroom historic tower...

Bungling contractors install Edinburgh bus shelter seating “too high”

Scottish News October 14, 2015 0

YOUNG children and the elderly have been left standing at Edinburgh’s bus shelters - after bungling contractors installed seating at the wrong height. Edinburgh Council has...

Leading Scots academic slams “harmful” e-cig marketing tactics

Scottish News October 14, 2015 0

A LEADING Scots health academic has slammed “harmful” e-cigarette marketing tactics. Linda Bauld, Professor of Health Policy at Stirling University, has said there is “cause for...

Scots fall in love with drinking ‘Growler’ beer

Scottish News October 13, 2015 0

THIRSTY Scots with a taste for craft beer have fallen in love with a new way of drinking - from a glass known as a...

Drinkers complain about Scottish Oktoberfest prices higher than Munich

Scottish News October 9, 2015 0

SCOTLAND’S Oktoberfest has been slated for sky-high prices after it emerged beers cost more in Edinburgh than Munich. Revellers have complained about “ridiculous” prices and underwhelming...

Rankin’s old school in “pioneering” £90,000 bid to crack down on troublesome pupils

Scottish News October 9, 2015 0

IAN Rankin’s old high school has been forced to spend almost £90,000 hiring extra staff dedicated full-time to tackling bad behaviour. Beath High, in Cowdenbeath, Fife,...

Grammar drama follows possessive campaigners’ leader’s verdict on apostrophe catastrophe

In Brief October 2, 2015 0

EDUCATION chiefs have been condemned for dropping the apostrophe from their own name. Dundee Council’s Children and Families Service has been branded “shameful” for dropping the...

Campaign launched to save the leaning tower of the Highlands

Scottish News September 29, 2015 0

AN EMERGENCY fund has been launched to prevent one of Scotland’s greatest towers from crashing to the ground. The Glenfinnan monument in Lochaber has stood proudly...

Reporter Blog: Aggressive and confrontational stewards at pro-independence rally

reporter blogs September 21, 2015 0

Deadline News photographer Wullie Marr writes about his treatment at the hands of aggressive anti-press stewards at a recent pro-independence rally in Glasgow. The Hope Over Fear rally...

Picture Special: The moment three 22-storey blocks are demolished in just five seconds with 180 kilos of explosive

Scottish News September 21, 2015 0

Three multi-storey blocks of flats in the south of Glasgow have been demolished in a controlled explosion to make way for a £5million regeneration in...

Is this a ghost photographed in the window of a former seminary?

Scottish News September 9, 2015 0

A SPOOKY hooded figure has been photographed in the window of a building where 18th century Catholic trainee priests tried to escape persecution. A snap of...

Row after rugby club charges cheerleaders

Scottish News September 1, 2015 0

RUGBY coaches are furious after a top Scottish club told them kids would be charged to act as cheerleaders at the start of games. Edinburgh Rugby,...

Scots police ridiculed for re-branding helicopter in Gaelic

News August 31, 2015 0

POLICE Scotland have been ridiculed for spending taxpayers’ cash on re-branding their helicopter in Gaelic. Nationalist MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh tweeted a photo of herself sitting in...

Scots teacher lures comedy legend with a cunning plan

News August 31, 2015 0

A SCOTS teacher hatched a cunning plan to get a British TV comedy legend to take her class about the First World War. John Lloyd, who...

Train passengers warned as rugby and festival fans descend on Edinburgh

Local News August 24, 2015 0

Scotrail has issued advice to anyone wishing to travel into the capital this weekend as 40,000 rugby fans descend on the capital, as well as thousands...

New Service Helps Parents Put Kids First After Divorce

Local News August 24, 2015 0

Charity Relationships Scotland has launched a new, free, service that puts kids first and helps them cope with separation and divorce.The service is being rolled...

Vauxhall Cars Dominate AutoTrader Fastest Selling List

Business August 24, 2015 0

Four out of ten cars on last month's Auto Trader Fastest Selling Car Chart in Scotland were Vauxhalls. The list featured the 2014 Vauxhall Mokka, which...

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