Tag: mobile phones

Police crackdown reveals van driver using laptop behind the wheel

ASTONISHED police officers pulled over a van driver after spotting him using a laptop computer behind the wheel. The mad motorist was one of 282...

Scots Police slam mobile phone drivers with £1.2m fines during 2009

By Oliver Farrimond CHATTY drivers in Scotland have had to pay up almost £1.2 million this year for using their mobiles while driving. Scotland’s police forces...

Sheriff’s postal strike plan to text criminals: “C U in crt”

By Michael MacLeod A SHERIFF told social workers to send text messages to cons during the “inevitable chaos” of the postal strike. Thousands of Scots postal...

Dealer’s fruity excuse for chucking drugs over prison wall

By Michael MacLeod A DOZY drug dealer was caught throwing heroin and mobile phones over a prison wall for inmates – after lobbing a fresh...

High-Tech helping hand for house hunters in Edinburgh

By Oliver Farrimond HI-TECH house hunters will be able to track down information on homes for sale near their actual location – by sending a...

Schools to encourage use of mobiles and iPods

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE SCOTS kids are to be encouraged to take their iPods and mobile phones to school – to download their lessons in a...

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