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A MAN assaulted a lone 16-year-old employee during a premeditated shop raid, leaving the teen so shaken that he called his mum.
Gordon Steen, 32, from Edinburgh, brandished a knife at Aquib Aslam at the Star Store in Kirkliston and threatened to kill him if he told the police.
Terrified Mr Aslam called his mum as soon as the robbery was over and went to shut up shop.
A female customer who was trying to get in to the shop saw how upset he was and comforted him until his mother arrived.
By Cara Sulieman
A SICK schoolboy flashed at two women in their 20s – before trying to pull down one of their leggings.
Mohammad Sohaib, 16, started following the girls as they walked down Gordon Street in Edinburgh before grabbing one of them on the bum and asking her “why do people not like to have sex in this country?”
The teenager then exposed himself to both women before trying to pull down the leggings of the other girl.
Today at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Sohaib pled guilty to two charges of assault and one of public indecency on February 15 this year.
The three Riggi children
By Cara Sulieman
THREE children found dead in an Edinburgh flat earlier this month will be laid to rest in Aberdeen on Friday, it was announced today.
Twins Austin and Luke Riggi, eight, and their five year old sister Cecilia Riggi, were found dead in their home in Edinburgh on August 4.
There had been reports of an explosion at the townhouse in the Slateford area of the city leading to their discovery.
Theresa Riggi, 46, the children’s mother has since been charged in connection with their murder.
The trams were set to open in Edinburgh next year but have been delayed by at least seven months
By Cara Sulieman
EDINBURGH councils chiefs plan to axe the German firm carrying out work on the city’s troubled tram project.
Council chiefs say they are at the end of their tether after months of delays and projected overspends.
The £545 million project – originally due to finish in August 2011 – promised to bring benefits to the capital but is now seven months behind schedule with no end in sight.
Now they are preparing for a potentially costly legal battle to rid them of the contractors Bilfinger Berger.
Transport convener, Councillor Gordon Mackenzie, said the “ludicrous” position adopted by Bilfinger Berger left the council with no option but to terminate the contract.
Martin Gordon has been missing since last Wednesday (March 24)
By Cara Sulieman
FRIENDS of a nightclub manager who has been missing for a week after leaving for work have set up a Facebook page to try and track him down.
Martin Gordon left for work at Edinburgh club Cabaret Voltaire last Wednesday (March 24) but never turned up.
His flatmate and friend Richard Duff has now set up a group on the social networking site in a bid to track down the 33-year-old, who is originally from Glasgow.
Mr Gordon – who was known to his friends as Tartan – was last seen leaving his flat in the Grassmarket for work at 7.40pm on Wednesday March 24.
Elizabeth McVey is missing from her family home
By Cara Sulieman
MOUNTED police patrols today joined the hunt for a missing Scots mum as fears grew for her safety after she disappeared from her home early on Monday morning.
Elizabeth McVey, from Musselburgh, has not been seen since she vanished from her home in the East Lothian town’s Eskview Road.
The last time anyone from her family saw the keen churchgoer was around 12.30am at her home before she was reported missing by relatives seven hours later.
She is registered as living at the house with husband Michael, and grown up children, son Mark and daughter Lynsey.
By Cara Sulieman
A FRENCH teacher who worked at Prince Charles’ former school faces being struck off over allegations that he helped students cheat on an oral exam.
Eric Tessier-Lavigne is alleged to have given 11 pupils at Gordonstoun School in Elgin an unfair advantage by emailing them information about a conversation topic the day before the GCSE French exam took place on May 4 2009.
It is also alleged the emails contained the instruction “destroy after reading”.
Today, the Disciplinary Sub-Committee of the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC) heard that Mr Tessier-Lavigne denies the charges and the case was adjourned until April 27 when they will hear evidence.
By Cara Sulieman
A roadside memorial to a pensioner who died when was knocked down by a car on her way home from work has been stolen.
Senga Elder was killed after a car mounted a pavement in Auchtermuchty in Fife, sending her flying into a skate park.
The 67-year-old – who was on her way home from Myres Castle – died instantly of head and spinal injuries in the 2008 accident.
Her family had laid down the white steel cross at the side of the road as a touching tribute.
But it went missing at the weekend.
Haggis, neeps and tatties
By Cara Sulieman
HAGGIS producers are working round the clock to meet demand for this Burns Night on Monday.
World famous Edinburgh firm Macsween say they have seen a sharp rise in sales of the traditional dish, claiming it has been a record year for both the meat and vegetarian varieties.
Sales have risen 25 per cent, with the most noticeable rise in England.
Meat producers Malcolm Allan have seen a staggering 2000 per cent rise in the sale of the delicacy this year.
They have also secured a contract with Tesco to supply 25,000 haggis to their English stores as more and more people embrace the dish made from meat off-cuts and traditionally wrapped in sheep’s stomach.
SuBo outside her home today
By Cara Sulieman
SCOTS singing star Susan Boyle is almost certain to be asked to take part in recording a Song for Haiti.
Showbiz reports across the globe were quick to say SuBo had already been signed up for the single which is being masterminded by her friend and mentor Simon Cowell.
But the superstar from West Lothian revealed today she was still to get a call to take part in the biggest fundraising record since Band Aid.
Today, just hours after the Britain’s Got Talent boss revealed he had been approached by the Prime Minister and promised to “make it happen”, Susan said she was still waiting on news.
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