Bin men refuse to work in ice and snow

By Cara Sulieman

RUBBISH in Edinburgh is being left to rot in the streets after bin men refused to go and collect it in the treacherous weather.

Two out of three stayed away from work on Thursday, saying “health and safety” was preventing them from braving the slippery streets.

But it has caused anger among other workers at Edinburgh City Council – including parking attendants and park wardens – who downed tools and took to the streets to try and clear the roads.

The head of the council’s services for communities department, Mark Tuley, said that they had given the bin men the option of working or going home without pay.

Fisherman lands surprise catch

By Cara Sulieman

A FISHERMAN got more than he had bargained for when he pulled up his net to reveal a TORPEDO rather than his expected haul of prawns.

Robert Thomson was fishing near Port Seton in East Lothian when he stumbled upon the 12-foot long explosive.

Bundling it into his boat, he called the coastguard and nervously waited for a couple of hours for a bomb disposal unit to arrive.

But after his tense wait, the 42-year-old found out that it was a dummy used as a practice devise by the Royal Navy.