Richey dreams of driving ‘green machine’ 056

By Douglas Walker
UNEMPLOYED Kenny Richey has revealed his dream job  – a ‘Green Machine’ road-sweeper.
The former Death Row con says he loves driving and this is the only way he’ll be able to do it while getting paid.
Big-kid Richey says he’s been getting plenty of behind the wheel practice playing racing games on his Xbox.
The [...]

Award-winning restaurateur banned over mouse droppings 055

By Paul Thornton
AN award-winning restaurateur has been banned from running food businesses after he admitted a catalogue of sickening hygiene breaches.
When council officials inspected Herman Rodrigues’ Suruchi restaurant they were disgusted by the conditions they found, including mouse droppings littering the premises.
Inspectors also discovered bags of food gnawed open and water from a burst waste [...]

Pensioners survive explosion 054

By Karrie Gillett
AN 87-year-old blind man has been pulled from the rubble of his bedroom by neighbours after a suspected gas explosion gutted his home.
 
The blast at the bungalow of Frank Hastie and his wife Molly, 86, ripped through the entire home – leaving the front door blown out on to [...]

Scots artist swaps Tate for tiny seaside gallery 053

By Alexander Lawrie
 
A WORLD-FAMOUS Scots artist is holding a rare exhibition in a tiny, seaside art gallery.
 
John Bellany CBE, who has work hanging in the London Tate Gallery, has 12 original paintings worth a total of £100,000 for sale at the Harbour Gallery, Port Seton over the next four weeks.
 
The small [...]

Ceremony to recognise bravery 052

By Alexander Lawrie
 
A BRAVE police constable managed to corner a raging bull just as it was about to gore an elderly man to death.
 
PC Derek Turnbull was first on the scene when the fully grown bull escaped from an abattoir in Galashiels.
 
He chased the dangerous animal for several miles before it [...]

Tee time for world’s young golfers 051

By Karrie Gillett
THE world’s best young golfers have teed-off at the first ever tournament of its kind to be held outside America.
Hundreds of kids from around the world have arrived in East Lothian as a field of seven to 14-year-olds from 34 different nations take to the fairways.
But the young elites [...]

Texas star inspired by KT, Amy and Sandi 050

By Douglas Walker
TEXAS singer Sharleen Spiteri says she has been inspired to go it alone by the young Scottish female singers dominating the charts.
The sexy songstress says the quality of material produced by KT Tunstall, Amy MacDonald, and Sandi Thom has given her the confidence to produce a solo record.
The 40-year-old [...]

Thugs bite friend’s ear off 049

      
By Paul Thornton
A VICIOUS thug bit off his friend’s ear and spat it out on the floor in a  misguided attempt at relationship counselling.
Benjamin Hammond, 19, started punching Brian McLintock after getting involved in an argument between him and his girlfriend.
And as the terrified 17-year-old tried to defend himself, Hammond sank his teeth into his [...]

Free wine – if you buy my flat 048

By Alexander Lawrie
A CRAFTY wine buff is enticing house hunters to buy his home – by offering them a bottle of classic wine while they view.
 
Giles Cooke, 37, is one of only 265 Masters of Wine in the world and is giving a bottle of fine wine to every potential buyer who comes to view [...]

Man starves puppies to death 047

By Paul Thornton
A MAN has been banned from keeping animals for five years after he starved three puppies to death.
Michael Nesbitt, 18, kept a litter of seven Border Collie Cross pups and their mother in a cage surrounded by their own faeces and urine.
And when he realised that three of the tiny dogs had died [...]