SCOTS singing sensation Susan Boyle wowed fans at her first ever book signing on her home turf.
The Britain’s Got Talent star arrived at Waterstones on Princes Street, Edinburgh, to sign copies of her autobiography The Woman I Was Born to Be.
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Susan Boyle says it’s “fantastic” to have her own book
Susan celebrates her new book as she welcomes her fans
SCOTS singing sensation Susan Boyle wowed fans at her first ever book signing on her home turf.
The Britain’s Got Talent star arrived at Waterstones on Princes Street, Edinburgh, to sign copies of her autobiography The Woman I Was Born to Be.
She said she never thought the day would come when she had her own story out for the public to read.
Edinburgh resident to star in new series of teen series Skins
Freya Mavor who will star in Series 5 of Skins
By Cara Sulieman
FILMING for the new season of popular show Skins is underway in Bristol as the new generation of fun-loving teens get to know each other.
And one of the cast is a lucky Edinburgh lass who got the part after turning up at open auditions held by programme makers Channel 4.
Freya Mavor, 17, will play one of the central characters in the new series which is due to hit screens next year.
And she got the part after hearing about open auditions on a bus journey.
Susan Boyle studio could shut down over cash
SCOTLAND’S top recording studio, used by Susan Boyle and Simple Minds, is facing closure over a cash row.
Glasgow’s Terminal Music could be shut down after talks to refinance a £1.9million loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland collapsed.
The prospect has been described as “tragic” by Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, while politicians said the bank could have done more to save Terminal’s 15 jobs.
RBS insisted it had acted “fairly and reasonably” during talks over the deal.
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How the 2010 election was won and lost in Scotland
The ink on the ballot papers has barely dried and still the shape of the UK Government remains unknown.
But the Scottish political map is completely clear, as Labour maintained their grip by winning at least 41 out of 58 seats north of the border.
All parties were keen to prove they had the Susan Boyle x-factor and a feisty election battle triggered the highest turn out in years.
SuBo is reality TV’s biggest tear-jerker
By Paul Thornton
SUSAN Boyle’s Britain’s Got Talent debut is the nation’s most emotional reality TV moment, a survey has said.
SuBo wowed the BGT judges and captured the heart of the nation with her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream, almost one year ago.
Now the 49-year-old ‘s performance has been voted the biggest reality TV tear-jerker, beating others like Alexandra Burke’s duet with Beyonce on the X-Factor to top spot.
And the survey – by Freeview to help launch HDTV – revealed that men were more likely to shed a tear at the Hairy Angel than at the tribulations their football team.
Overall nine out of 10 people in Scotland get upset while watching television, with soaps dominating the top emotional moments.
Number one was the final episode of Friends while on-screen deaths of Eastenders’ Bradley Brannan and Corrie’s Vera Duckworth were also in the top 10.
Jock’s Lodge shooting
Jock's Lodge on London Road
By Cara Sulieman
ANGRY residents are calling for an Edinburgh pub to be shut down after two men walked in and shot a man in the leg at the weekend.
The 24-year-old was rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after the attack in Jock’s Lodge pub on London Road on Sunday night.
He was released this (Mon) morning after being treated for his wounds.
Police are looking for two men in connection with the shooting and said that the pub would be closed for “some considerable time”.
This (Mon) morning it was still sealed off as police worked inside the bar area.
It’s not fame or money SuBo craves, it’s love
LOVELESS singing sensation Susan Boyle fears she will never find a soulmate because men think she is “a freak”.
The Britain’s Got Talent star confessed to her longing for love in a series of 3am phone calls to her brother.
She told sibling Gerry that her West Lothian home feels like a “prison cell” when she has nobody to celebrate with or lean on during down-times.
Speaking in a weekend interview, businessman Gerry, 55, said his superstar sister was left “hurt enormously” by the nickname “Hairy Angel”.
He said: “It’s just all so sad, so sad.
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Coin licked by SuBo sold
By Cara Sulieman
ONE wacky eBay bidder bagged themselves a so called bargain when they bought a pound coin allegedly LICKED by Susan Boyle for just 99 pence.
After seven days on the site, the auction only attracted one bid in the final day is was listed.
And with no other interest, the bidder nabbed the memorabilia for the lowest possible price.
With free postage, they can look forward to receiving a one pence profit along with a small piece of SuBo’s saliva.
Susan urged to move out of home
Susan returns to her home on Wednesday morning after the scare
By Cara Sulieman
DESPITE vowing never to move from her humble home, Susan Boyle is being pressured by family and friends to quit her council house in favour for somewhere with more security.
Simon Cowell has joined her brothers, Gerry and John, in voicing his concerns over the Britain’s Got Talent star’s safety.
They are worried about the star after an intruder broke into her home on Tuesday night where she confronted them after returning from London.
The youth fled, and police are still trying to find out who was responsible for the attack.
But the star vowed she wouldn’t move from the house she grew up in, even though this wasn’t the first safety scare she’s had.
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