A POLICE pipe band tutor has been cleared of assaulting a teenage girl on the group’s coach as they made their way home from a music competition – despite touching her breast.
Iain McAlister had been accused of assault after allegedly quizzing the 18-year-old girl about her nipples before unbuttoning her top and “tugging” at her boob.
The 39-year-old had previously admitted during evidence that he had made seedy jokes about her breasts and that he may have touched her “by accident”.
A WINDSWEPT Susan Boyle breezed back into Scotland yesterday (Wed) after making a flying visit to America to launch her debut album.
And with her first disc ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ already going down a storm in the charts, SuBo said the outlook had never looked sunnier.
Sheltering from rain and gales with her trademark hair protected by a hood, she wandered around her locals shops almost unnoticed at first back in her West Lothian hometown of Blackburn.
Sporting a bright red scarf – complete with a badge of her pet cat Pebbles – she was eventually stopped by overjoyed friends and school children keen to welcome the star back home.
A PAINTING by renowned artist LS Lowry thought to be worth more than £100,000 is to go under the hammer next week.
‘Barges on a Manchester Canal’ could fetch well over the estimated price when it appears at auction at Edinburgh’s Lyon & Turnbull on 2 December.
The distinctive works of the Lancashire-born painter – known for his famous depictions of Glasgow’s docks – have been sold for several times the estimated price in the past.
His painting of The Liver Building went for £1million in 2006 – double the expected price.
While Cranes and Ships, a 1947 painting of Glasgow’s Prince’s Dock, was bought by the city’s council for £200,000 in 2006. Continue reading →
The 85-year-old, who was knighted in 1990 for his services to sport, said: “He has a real passion for the sport and he seems to be thinking about it all the time. Continue reading →
A SEVEN-year-old girl who saved the life of her mum after a seizure has said she learned what to do by watching Children In Need.
Police praised Leah Grant for her “quick thinking and bravery” after she carefully checked her mum’s breathing before calling 999.
She climbed into her mum’s bed feeling unwell herself on Sunday morning, but discovered that her mum became confused when Leah spoke to her, before suffering violent convulsions and rolling onto the floor.
The brave primary three pupil checked her mum’s breathing, before calling 999 and describing her mum’s condition to an ambulance services operator
Then little Leah, who lives in Linlithgow, West Lothian, ran to a neighbour’s home to get help for her mum Grace. Continue reading →
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