Tragic schoolboy drowns while swimming in disused quarry

By OLIVER FARRIMOND, ALEXANDER LAWRIE, PAUL THORNTON & SHAUN MILNE
THE GRIEF-STRICKEN family of a schoolboy who drowned while swimming in a disused quarry had the heartbreaking task of formally identifying his body today.
Tragic 15-year-old Daniel Steedman, from Kirkliston, West Lothian, died while playing with friends at the Humbie Quarry near Winchburgh on Thursday evening.
An RAF [...]

Scots graffiti artists invade National Portrait Gallery

By Oliver Farrimond
A GROUP of Scots graffiti artists and street painters have taken over the stately Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
The home of some of Scotland’s most important historical figures has been given a radical makeover with spray-cans, fly posters and projectors.
The drastic transformation is part of a three-week exhibition to go [...]

Restaurant forced to close over hygiene lapse

By SHAUN MILNE
A FILTHY restaurant which served food already gnawed at by mice was forced to shut down by health chiefs – only to re-open again in time for this year’s tourist season.
Inspectors visiting the Star Sea Restaurant in Edinburgh’s busy Lady Lawson Street described the infestation of rodents as “completely out of control”.
Walls were [...]

Search is on for Scotland’s fattest pet

By Cara Sulieman
AN animal charity is trying to find Scotland’s fattest pet so that they can help them slim down.
The PDSA are asking owners to enter their chubby companions into the competition to win a place on their Pet Fit Club.
And the porkiest pet will get a free 100 day diet and fitness programme to [...]

Football boss claims he is no “bad man”

By Paul Thornton
LIVINGSTON FC owner Angelo Massone defiantly insists he is still the man to save the West Lothian club from liquidation.

Mr Massone, speaking at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after he was banned from driving over a drinking charge, said the “joke” that he was a “bad man” must end and those with Livingston’s best interests [...]

Tax man taking Hearts to court

By Cara Sulieman
HEARTS FC could become the next big name football club to face the receivers after being taken to court by the tax man.
A petition was lodged at the Court of Session by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) this week in an attempt to recover unpaid tax from Hearts.
The action could force them into [...]

Bins too tempting for arsonists

By Cara Sulieman
FIRE CHIEFS in Edinburgh fear the city’s bin strike could be putting lives at risk.
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service reports a huge increase in rubbish fires since industrial action involving the city’s cleansing crews started.
A spokeswoman for the fire service said that 74 bin fires were put out by the city’s [...]

Boy appears on double rape charge

By Paul Thornton
A TEENAGER has appeared in court over the alleged rape of two women in the same town over the space of three days.
The 15-year-old boy – who cannot be named – appeared in private on petition at Haddington Sheriff Court.
He was arrested on Wednesday following sexual assaults in North Berwick on July 19 [...]

Livi chief in road ban over drinking rap

By Paul Thornton
BELEAGUERED Livingston FC owner Angelo Massone has been banned from driving for a year after he was found slumped drunk over the steering wheel of his car in the early hours of the morning.
Mr Massone, 38, fell asleep in his car on a busy Edinburgh street following a night drinking at a restaurant.
A [...]

Funeral of tragic teen

By Cara Sulieman
THE FUNERAL of one of the 17-year-old boys killed in a horror car crash last Friday is to take place this weekend.
James Whitecross was driving a Renault Clio with his friend Daniel Neil, also 17, who was in the passenger seat when they collided head-on into another car in Macmerry, East Lothian.
Friends and [...]