Tag: lothian and borders fire

Widespread thaw causes more problems for Scots

INSURANCE companies are facing a flood of claims for burst pipes totalling around £7 million a day as the winter thaw continues. After weeks of...

Two police officers and a man taken to hospital after blaze rips through Edinburgh flat

TWO police officers were taken to hospital after attempting to rescue a man from a burning flat in Edinburgh. The officers were on the scene...

Investment expert leaves £11 million will

By Alexander Lawrie TWO years ago he predicted the world-wide credit crunch - only for his timely warnings of looming financial catastrophe to go unheeded. Porsche-driving...

Boozed up firebug jailed over garage blaze

By Paul Thornton A GARAGE manager who downed 20 pints in a nine-hour binge before torching the tyre-centre he ran has been jailed. Colin McReadie, 22,...

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