Woman killed by truck at crossing 231

By Michael MacLeod
A WOMAN has been killed after being run over by a lorry at a pedestrian crossing.
The pensioner was walking across Edinburgh’s Meadow Place Road when she was mown down.
Witnesses suggested the truck went through a flashing amber light, but police were unable to confirm the circumstances, describing it only as ‘a tragic incident’.
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Life after death for JK Rowling 230

By Michael MacLeod
HARRY Potter author JK Rowling says she believes in the afterlife.
The Edinburgh author says she was surprised when young readers told her the books made them question their own existence.
And she admits her stories have even converted Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe to believe in life after death.
 Rowling’s views on faith and spiritualism [...]

Cop in lost dad agony 229

By Douglas Walker
A SENIOR police detective has been forced to take an agonising watching brief while colleagues search for his missing father.
Inspector Graham Goulden, 40, has taken a back seat as fellow officers desperately try to track down his dad, Alan Goulden.
Mr Goulden went missing a month ago and despite an extensive search operation by [...]

Speed cameras are illegal says highland lawyer 228

By Michael MacLeod
A ZANY legal campaigner has told the High Court that speed cameras are illegal.
Highland lawyer Robbie the Pict says speed cameras and red light cameras have never been registered or approved by the UK Parliament.
The 61-year-old raised the legal point after being clocked doing 85mph on the A74 in Dumfriesshire – a road [...]

ASBO breach for furniture-moving neighbour 227

By Paul Thornton
A NOISY neighbour has breached her ASBO – by rearranging furniture in the middle of the night.
Sonia Menzies, 25, was hit with an anti social behaviour order in August, part of which meant she was to keep the noise at her Edinburgh flat down.
But she was arrested in the early hours of yesterday [...]