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Barry Ferguson to captain partnership with UNICEF 237

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By Karrie Gillett RANGERS have become the first football club in Scotland to join forces with an international children’s charity. The groundbreaking partnership between the Glasgow club...

Easy Distraction for Ian Rankin 236

1 October 7, 2008 0

By Douglas Walker NOSEY author Ian Rankin has revealed he sits in front a plain wall to stop himself from spying on people. The Rebus author reckons...

Record-breaking whisky collection comes home to Scotland 235

1 October 7, 2008 0

By Alexander Lawrie THE WORLD’S largest whisky collection has returned home to Scotland. Over 3000 bottles of Scotland’s national drink – many of them unique - have...

Tram anger as hole reaches it’s first birthday 234

1 October 6, 2008 0

By Alexander Lawrie TRAM workers and shop owners came to blows yesterday (Mon) after a light-hearted prank went wrong. Beleaguered business owners on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk erected...

Protest over drinking age plans 233

1 October 6, 2008 0

CAMPAIGNERS against the proposed ban on under-21s buying alcohol at off-licences have staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament. The groups are calling on the Scottish...

Disabled pensioner’s wedding blues 232

1 October 6, 2008 0

By Michael MacLeod A DISABLED pensioner was left heartbroken after missing her son’s wedding - because a lift was broken. Charlotte Greig, 71, waited 20 years to...

Woman killed by truck at crossing 231

1 October 3, 2008 0

By Michael MacLeod A WOMAN has been killed after being run over by a lorry at a pedestrian crossing. The pensioner was walking across Edinburgh’s Meadow Place Road...

Life after death for JK Rowling 230

1 October 3, 2008 0

By Michael MacLeod HARRY Potter author JK Rowling says she believes in the afterlife. The Edinburgh author says she was surprised when young readers told her...

Cop in lost dad agony 229

1 October 3, 2008 0

By Douglas Walker A SENIOR police detective has been forced to take an agonising watching brief while colleagues search for his missing father. Inspector Graham Goulden, 40,...

Speed cameras are illegal says highland lawyer 228

1 October 3, 2008 0

By Michael MacLeod A ZANY legal campaigner has told the High Court that speed cameras are illegal. Highland lawyer Robbie the Pict says speed cameras and red...

ASBO breach for furniture-moving neighbour 227

1 October 3, 2008 0

By Paul Thornton A NOISY neighbour has breached her ASBO – by rearranging furniture in the middle of the night. Sonia Menzies, 25, was hit with an...

New £130million water works goes ahead 226

1 October 2, 2008 0

By Karrie Gillett The first official step in building a new £130 million water treatment works for Edinburgh has got under way. The site of the new...

Merlin the crime fighting horse retires 225

1 October 1, 2008 0

By Karrie Gillett A POLICE horse called Merlin is hanging up his saddle after 13 years of service. The 17-year-old is retiring from his duties on the...

Patient rams table into pregnant nurse after “bad day” 224

1 September 29, 2008 0

By Paul Thornton A PATIENT has been jailed after he rammed a table into the stomach of a heavily pregnant nurse who was caring for him -...

US cops send Richey hate mail 223

1 September 29, 2008 0

By Douglas Walker THE US cops who arrested Kenny Richey before his Death Row sentence have sent gloating messages to him in jail. The cheeky officers posted...

Top scout plunges to death at beauty spot 222

1 September 29, 2008 0

By Douglas Walker A TOP scout has died after plunging 50ft to his death on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Mark Muir, 19, was discovered in jagged gorse...

Tam drummed out of court 221

1 September 29, 2008 0

By Paul Thornton SUSPECTED drugs dealer Tam Paton almost went face-to-face in court with a sheriff who used to play drums in a band he...

St Monans is “community on the dole” 220

1 September 29, 2008 0

By Alexander Lawrie A PICTURESQUE seaside town has been slandered on a popular website – as a community on the dole. The people of St Monans, in...

Official whisky glass hits 5 million mark 219

1 September 29, 2008 0

By Alexander Lawrie SCOTLAND’S ‘Official Whisky Glass’ makers are celebrating after selling their 5 millionth glass. Glencairn Crystal – who supplies the Royal Family with their cut-glass...

KT honeymoon in remote cottage 218

1 September 29, 2008 0

By Alexander Lawrie NEWLYWEDS KT Tunstall and her drummer husband Luke Bullen shunned a celebrity-style honeymoon – by renting a small, secluded cottage on Skye for...

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