Tag: new year

Teenager knocked down by taxi on New Year

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - January 2, 2011

AN 18-year-old was taken to hospital after being struck by a taxi not long after the clock struck 12 on Hogmanay. The man was knocked...

Out with the old, in with the new

Shaun Milne - December 31, 2010

THERE are an awful lot of smile resistant people in Edinburgh who get fairly prickly in the run up to the Bells. They will moan...

Organisers unveil the Edinburgh Hogmanay programme

Deadline News Journalist - November 9, 2010

BILLY Bragg, The Charlatans, KT Tunstall and Biffy Clyro will headline Edinburgh’s world famous Hogmanay celebration. The huge street party will also feature a series...

Pig pair win Monty's hungry heart

Deadline News Journalist - June 14, 2010

By Martin Graham TWO unlikely TV stars have had their bacon saved and found a new home at a heritage centre in Livingston. Smokey and Streaky...

Gleneagles chef set to tuck into Kilimanjaro challenge

Deadline News Journalist - December 27, 2009

By Michael MacLeod CANCER-conquering chef Andrew Fairlie is planning his next challenge to summit Mount Kilimanjaro. And as Scotland’s top hotel chef, he wants to...