Tag: Forth Road Bridge

House builders reported for travel gaffe

Deadline News Journalist - July 10, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE AN AWARD-WINNING house-building company has been reported to the advertising watchdog for telling potential home-owners the journey from Dunfermline to Edinburgh takes...

Birthday girl saves dad after car pier plunge

Deadline News Journalist - May 13, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A NURSE celebrating her birthday has been hailed a heroine after pulling her elderly father from his car after it plunged 15...

Plumber jailed after scaling Forth Bridge

Deadline News Journalist - February 26, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A PLUMBER has been jailed after scaling the Forth Road Bridge to commit suicide the day after his friend's funeral. William Keenan, 40,...

Bridge bosses to use lasers to thwart ‘Spidermen’

Deadline News Journalist - February 24, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie FORTH Road Bridge bosses are turning to a new high-tech option in trying to stop would-be Spidermen climbing the world-famous structure. Officials are...

Forth Bridge ‘Spiderman’ Jailed

Deadline News Journalist - February 4, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie A REAL-LIFE ‘Spiderman’ who caused traffic mayhem after climbing almost 400 feet up the Forth Road Bridge has been jailed. Ross Wilson, 22,...