By Michael MacLeod
TWO teenage boys risked being gunned down by police while filming a toy gun shoot out for YouTube.
The internet clip, published last week, shows a pretend stand-off between two tracksuit-clad boys in a garden.
Firing plastic pellets at each other, one ends up writhing in agony on the ground after [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Categories: 1 . Tags: armed response, bill aitkebn, Deadline, edinburgh, gun, jackass, Lothian and Borders Police, Michael MacLeod, news, YouTube . Author: laurencrooks . Comments: Leave a Comment
By Alexander Lawrie
A SCOTTISH schoolboy visited Edinburgh Castle yesterday to view his war hero uncle’s Victoria Cross for the first time.
James Kellock, 15, from Glasgow, made the trip to the capital to see his great-great uncle’s bravery award as part of a week of special events to mark the forthcoming anniversary of the end of [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Categories: 1 . Tags: edinburgh, news, armistice, Deadline, Edinburgh Castle, Poppy, victoria cross, james kellock, WW1, royal scots museum, Hugh McIver, remembrance . Author: laurencrooks . Comments: 2 Comments
By Karrie Gillett
MORE than 70 butchers and bakers are battling it out to be crowned the world’s top pie maker.
The hotly contested title of World Scotch Pie Champion has never gone outside Scotland and this year sees a record-breaking 74 entries up for the gong.
A total of 17 judges made up [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Categories: 1 . Tags: alan stuart, butcher, carnegie college, Deadline, irn bru sausage, karrie gillett, news, pie, robert ross, scotch pie, stuarts of buckhaven, tom courts, World Scotch Pie Champion . Author: laurencrooks . Comments: Leave a Comment
By Michael MacLeod
A MAVERICK councillor has been banned from going into a hospital without supervision after allegedly snooping in to steal confidential information.
Ellen Glass is accused of lying to staff at Livingston’s St John’s hospital by saying she was an MP, in a bid to find out if staffing levels were low.
But she has hit back at the [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Categories: 1 . Tags: Charles Winstanley, confidential information, datd protection, Deadline, edinburgh, Ellen Glass, Michael MacLeod, news, NHS lothian, St John's Livingston, supervised, West Lothian . Author: laurencrooks . Comments: Leave a Comment
By Alexander Lawrie
AN UNKNOWN Scots singer is on the brink of stardom in the US – after being inspired by superstar KT Tunstall.
Rebecca Caldwell, 25, from Arbroath, quit Scotland two years ago to find fame and fortune in California.
And now the pretty singer-songwriter has landed the gig of her life at [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Categories: 1 . Tags: Alexander Lawrie, arbroath, edinburgh, fleetwood mac, hollywood, Jewel, Johnny Depp, Kt Tunstall, Los Angeles, Natalie Merchant, news, NXT Entertainment, palm springs, rebecca caldwell, River Phoenix, sheryl crow, strathclyde university, The Viper Room, tracey chapman . Author: laurencrooks . Comments: Leave a Comment
By Alexander Lawrie
SCOTS schoolkids accompanied Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop on a tour of the Lady Haig Poppy Factory yesterday. (Tues)
In the week leading up to Remembrance Day, the children also visited the mobile World War II museum, and spoke with veterans about their wartime experiences.
They also learned how to make their [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Categories: 1 . Tags: Alexander Lawrie, Armistice Day, british, edinburgh, Fiona Hyslop, Lady haig, news, Pirniehill primary school, Poppy, Poppy Factory, Poppy Scotland, remembrance sunday, war veteran, wartime . Author: laurencrooks . Comments: Leave a Comment
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