Fears that pensioner’s body may have lain for weeks

By Cara Sulieman

POLICE were last night carrying out a post mortem to try and establish how a pensioner died – amid fears his body could have been left lying in his council home for weeks.

The body of William Lynn, 70, was finally found by officers who entered his house in the Clermiston area of Edinburgh after being tipped off by worried council workers.

They couldn’t get in touch with him over months of unpaid rent and called in officers to investigate.

Lothian and Borders Police would last night say only that the circumstances surrounding his death remained “unexplained”.

The Big Yin gets a big fright

The Big Yin

By Cara Sulieman

SCOTS comic Billy Connolly has revealed he has stage fright ahead of his Scottish tour later this year.

It’s the first tour he has done in four years and tickets sold out in hours.

But the Big Yin has admitted that he is terrified of the big crowds that will greet him in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.

Brian Cox delves into his family history

Brian browses the archives

By Cara Sulieman

HOLLYWOOD star Brian Cox delved into his ‘born’ identity yesterday – only to discover a secret family tragedy.

The biggest shock was finding out that his great grandfather Patrick McCann had died in an asylum in 1911 after being admitted with his six year old son Samuel.

Shocked Brian, 63, in Edinburgh to trace his roots yesterday, said: “I didn’t know about my mother’s grandfather.

Fans finally get their hands on tickets for Big Yin

 

By Cara Sulieman

FANS trying to buy tickets to see legendary Scots comic Billy Connolly play live at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh failed to see the funny side yesterday after computer glitches again crashed the booking system.

City of Edinburgh Council, which owns the venue, had been working overnight to try and get the system up and running again after it failed on Monday.

But despite assurances all would be well yesterday, they were only able to fix half of it, and only phone bookings were being accepted.

Online sales were unavailable as even an alternative link failed, leaving fans to scrabble over the phone lines as they tried to secure tickets for the show.

Rush for big Yin crashes website

The apology on the Usher Hall website

By Cara Sulieman

A HUGE scramble for tickets to see the ‘Big Yin’ play live in Edinburgh caused an entire booking system to crash yesterday.

Billy Connolly fans were left frustrated trying to get hands on the briefs for any of his four night gigs at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.

Demand was so high that the booking system failed meaning people couldn’t book either online or by phone.

And because the council-owned venue is being refurbished, no-one could pick them up in person either.