T in the Park tickets cause traffic chaos

By Cara Sulieman
HUNDREDS of desperate music fans queued overnight to get T in the Park tickets, causing traffic chaos on the capital’s streets.
The doors opened at 9am on Friday and festival-goers started queuing on Thursday afternoon, determined to be at the festival.
Police had to block off a lane of the road to [...]

Superfit ten-year-old saves mum from drowning

By Cara Sulieman
A SUPERFIT boy hero saved his mum from drowning by hauling her out of the bath by her hair.
Aidan Smith, 10, found his mum Amanda unconscious and underwater in their bathroom in Galashiels.
But instead of panicking, the brave boy pulled the plug before using all his strength to drag the 30-year-old out on [...]

Record-setting RBS losses provoke anger

By Oliver Farrimond
THE ROYAL Bank of Scotland yesterday announced losses of £24 billion – the biggest in British corporate history.
With the recession set to deepen in 2009, the announcement will come as grim news to investors, shareholders and RBS customers.
Speaking at a news conference, RBS chief executive Stephen Hester said the [...]

Cops in TV appeal for 1983 murder

By Karrie Gillett
A NEW television appeal is going out in a bid to solve the 26-year mystery of the murder of a young mother.
A reconstruction of the last known movements of Edinburgh prostitute Sheila Anderson will be aired on BBC’s Crimewatch programme tonight (THU).
The 27-year-old was murdered on Gypsy Brae in the Granton area of [...]

Giant custard experiment shows science is no trifling matter

By Karrie Gillett
AN EXPERIMENT using an inflatable pool filled with enough custard to make 875 trifles has been used to show science has many uses.
A Scottish Government campaign has been launched in a bid to show young people that science is “not just for geeks”.

The drive aims to challenge misconceptions about [...]

Plumber jailed after scaling Forth Bridge

By Michael MacLeod
A PLUMBER has been jailed after scaling the Forth Road Bridge to commit suicide the day after his friend’s funeral.
William Keenan, 40, scaled the south tower of the iconic landmark on Tuesday evening bringing traffic to a halt for an hour.
His antics sparked a full scale response as concerned drivers below plagued emergency [...]

Thug kills puppy with coffee mug

By Michael MacLeod
A THUG who killed a miniature Poodle with a coffee mug because it wouldn’t stop barking has been jailed.
Ian Robson, 32, claimed he was angry at the noise his friend’s 15-month-old puppy Olly was making and lashed out at the defenceless animal.
Sick Robson hit it so hard with the cup, the dog’s skull [...]

Babe saves his own bacon

By Paul Thornton
A PIGLET destined for the slaughterhouse has saved his own bacon after being found by a local farmer following almost a week on the run.
Babe was discovered in a field just outside Edinburgh by a farmer last week and is now being nursed back to health.
Scottish SPCA workers who are caring for the [...]

Anti-gay Christians distribute ‘abhorrent’ cartoon strip

By Alexander Lawrie
FURIOUS Scots have blasted an evangelical group for distributing a booklet to encourage hatred towards homosexuals.
The cartoon-strip leaflet, entitled Birds and Bees, is being handed out in cafes, churches and youth clubs in Dunfermline, Fife.
It features two gay characters called Larry and Charles who are introduced to a class full of schoolkids and [...]

Scots stunna in bid to be High St Honey

By Alexander Lawrie
A SEXY Scots nurse has beaten off stiff competition from thousands of wannabe models to make the top ten in FHM’s hottest High Street Honeys.
Kirsty McDaid, 23, polled thousands of votes to become one of only three Scottish finalists in the popular lad’s mag’s competition.
Kirsty, who works at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, [...]