Tag: Leith

Fire in four-storey block of flats

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - November 24, 2011

FIRE crews tackled a blaze in a four-storey block of flats which left one woman hospitalised today. A woman was rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary...

Council lands award nomination despite trams fiasco

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 6, 2011

By Kirsty Topping OFFICIALS behind Edinburgh’s tram fiasco have been shortlisted for an excellence award. Edinburgh City Council is in the running for the title of...

Hibee Irvine Welsh planned to sink Hearts, claims friend

Scottish News

Anna Gault - August 24, 2011

By Kirsty Topping HIBS fanatic Irvine Welsh tried to sabotage deadly rivals Hearts by applying for the job of manager at Tynecastle, a new book claims. But the plot quickly...

Armed stand-off between police and man allegedly threatening to cause gas explosion

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - April 10, 2011

By Kevin Duguid POLICE were called to a major disturbance after a man was alleged to have threatened to blow himself up. The 28-year-old was...

Guinea pigs dumped in cardboard boxes

In Brief

Anna Gault - March 31, 2011

TWO guinea pigs have been found dumped in cardboard boxes. The Scottish SPCA has appealed for information after the animals were found abandoned in separate...