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By Rory Reynolds
UNDER FIRE Scotland boss George Burley looked like a man condemned leaving his Edinburgh home just hours before he was sacked.
The Cumnock-born manager refused to come to the door of his house to be interviewed yesterday as speculation over his future intensified.
By John Hislop
SHAMED banker Sir Fred ‘The Shred’ Goodwin will try anything to come in from the cold, even having his boiler serviced.
The 51-year-old former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland has been feeling the heat since details of his £342.500 per year pension and £2.7million lump sum became public knowledge.
He recently returned to his Edinburgh home after spending several months abroad.
By Andrea McCallum
A FAMILY was rushed to hospital following a fire in an Edinburgh high rise flat.
The three residents – which included a toddler – were treated at the scene by ambulance workers but were then taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary early this morning.
Fire crews were alerted to the ground floor blaze within Fidra Court on Pennywell Medway near Granton at 8am and spent more than two hours ensuring the 14-storey flat was safe.
The 15 firemen present used breathing apparatus to search the building and one fireman spoke to residents on their balconies using an extendable platform.
By Andrea McCallum
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl has been bumped from an Edinburgh primary waiting list after a new family with a P1 pupil moved into a house – just 90 metres closer to the school.
Logan Finlayson had been second in line for a place at James Gillespie’s Primary but now will have to remain at her catchment school.
The new family – who live only seven doors away from the Finlaysons on Relugas Place – has a child of starting-school age who will take Logan’s spot.
