Patient rams table into pregnant nurse after “bad day” 224

By Paul Thornton
 
A PATIENT has been jailed after he rammed a table into the stomach of a heavily pregnant nurse who was caring for him – because he was having a bad day.
 
Prosecutors said John Ross, 46, would have been able to see the Afro-Caribbean staff nurse was almost six-months pregnant when he launched the sick [...]

US cops send Richey hate mail 223

By Douglas Walker
THE US cops who arrested Kenny Richey before his Death Row sentence have sent gloating messages to him in jail.
The cheeky officers posted a ‘Thank You’ card to the inmate and wrote inside – ‘You’re now back where you belong’.
A separate enclosure shows a grinning Richey with the words ‘Are you still smiling?’ [...]

Top scout plunges to death at beauty spot 222

By Douglas Walker
A TOP scout has died after plunging 50ft to his death on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.
Mark Muir, 19, was discovered in jagged gorse bush by a passing walker after going missing 24 hours earlier.
The teenage student had been out with friends before deciding take a detour along the precarious hillside.
Police believe he lost [...]

Tam drummed out of court 221

By Paul Thornton
SUSPECTED drugs dealer Tam Paton almost went face-to-face in court with a sheriff who used to play drums in a band he managed.
The 70-year-old former Bay City Rollers manager was arrested on Friday night and, after a weekend in the cells, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday over 12 drug charges.
He [...]

St Monans is “community on the dole” 220

By Alexander Lawrie
 
A PICTURESQUE seaside town has been slandered on a popular website – as a community on the dole.
 
The people of St Monans, in the East Neuk of Fife, have seen their reputation insulted on the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
 
The self-editing website – the biggest free information database in the world – states: “St Monans [...]

Official whisky glass hits 5 million mark 219

By Alexander Lawrie
 
SCOTLAND’S ‘Official Whisky Glass’ makers are celebrating after selling their 5 millionth glass.
 
Glencairn Crystal – who supplies the Royal Family with their cut-glass crystal – has smashed all sales expectations over the past six years.
 
The company behind the famous Glencairn Glass is to celebrate the sales landmark by introducing a brand new version [...]

KT honeymoon in remote cottage 218

By Alexander Lawrie
 
NEWLYWEDS KT Tunstall and her drummer husband Luke Bullen shunned a celebrity-style honeymoon – by renting a small, secluded cottage on Skye for the week.
 
The Scots-born pop star chose to stay in one of four private cottages in the tiny crofting and fishing village of Elgol.
 
The rock star couple were recently married at [...]

Family’s firebomb nightmare continues 217

By Alexander Lawrie
 
A FAMILY whose home was attacked in a horrific petrol bomb assault say they are still haunted by the attack.
 
Brian and Tracy Soave, from Penicuik, Midlothian, were sleeping when their home was fire-bombed by ex-neighbour Andrew Brown in August last year.
 
Brown, 23, was sentenced to eight years at Edinburgh’s High Court on Monday [...]

Michelle McManus supports children’s charity 216

By Karrie Gillett
FORMER Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus showed her support for a new children’s helpline which would see counsellors available online.
The campaign from charity NSPCC is hoping to raise more than £11 million in Scotland over the next three years to expand the service which answers calls for help from [...]

JK Rowling honoured by city of Edinburgh 215

By Michael MacLeod
HARRY Potter author JK Rowling has said she can’t ever imagine leaving Edinburgh after being honoured by the city.
She picked up the ‘Edinburgh Award’ on Friday night for her “outstanding achievements and contribution to the city.”
With husband Dr Neil Murray in tow, she arrived at the 5-star Prestonfield House [...]