Tag: staff

Zoo axes 16 members of staff in a bid to save money

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Deadline News Journalist - March 23, 2011

EDINBURGH Zoo has axed more than one in 12 staff in a bid to save money. The zoo layed off 16 of its 200 employees at the end...

Pupils expelled from Edinburgh schools for teacher sex threats

Deadline News Journalist - July 26, 2010

By Oliver Farrimond Sex threats and stalking against teachers are among the reasons hundreds of Scots pupils have been sent home from school, it was...

100th birthday honoured by man’s local bookies

Deadline News Journalist - February 18, 2010

By Andrea McCallum SCOTLAND’S oldest known punter celebrated his 100th birthday in style yesterday– in his local bookies. Sam Martinez was presented with a cake as...

Lucky black cat finds rescue centre

Deadline News Journalist - February 16, 2010

By Andrea McCallum A LUCKY black cat managed to find an animal rescue centre with its head wedged in a can of food. The disorientated moggy...

Environment watchdog uses flights three times per day

Deadline News Journalist - February 14, 2010

By Rory Reynolds SCOTLAND’S environmental watchdog has come under fire after it emerged that staff took nearly three flights a day last year. The Scottish Environmental...