Armed robber jailed for lock-in blunder 029

By Paul Thornton
A DOPEY squaddie who tried to hold up a petrol station but ended up getting locked in has been jailed.
Former soldier Allan Stevenson, 27, pulled a knife on an attendant at the Shell garage before demanding cash.
When the masked attacker couldn’t open the till, he ordered worker Rama Pulla through to the cash [...]

Exam hall shake-up after school flood 028

By Douglas Walker
SCHOOL pupils have been forced to sit their Highers in makeshift exam rooms after their main hall was deliberately flooded.
Hundreds of children at Portobello High in Edinburgh were evacuated after pools of water were discovered in their school building on Tuesday morning.
Council chiefs have confirmed a tap that had been deliberately left on [...]

Fifteen world premieres for Edinburgh Film Festival 027

By Karrie Gillett
BOSSES of this year’s newly-launched Edinburgh International Film Festival have promised that two of the world premieres it has secured will make the event uniquely exciting.
The festival – which shifted dates from the traditional August calendar to branch out as a stand-alone event in June – is offering a packed timetable of 142 [...]