Provides the latest RSS feeds for UK News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Edinburgh News.net http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/cat/15665b944045da4a/ en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:01:21 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:01:21 -0400 30 British comedian Russel Brand says that actress Mila Kunis turned down his advances because she was in a relationship with Macaulay Culkin. Brand and Kunis worked together in a 2008 film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and Kunis was then in a relationship with the "Home Alone" star. "I was chatting her up, and got the conversation around to, 'Have you got a boyfriend?' and she went, 'Yeah'. So you ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319529/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319529/scat/15665b944045da4a England captain Alastair Cook has said that he is confident that his team can win the ICC Champions Trophy 'without a doubt', after their seven-wicket victory against South Africa brought them into the finals of the eight-nation tournament. Ecstatic at leading England to their second ICC 50-over final in the past 20 years, Cook said that a successful climax on Sunday at Edgbaston would be a ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317618/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:10:03 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317618/scat/15665b944045da4a South African captain AB de Villiers has admitted that his team had 'felt the heat' after which it floundered after the loss of quick wickets in the morning of the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against England, who cruised into the final with a seven-wicket win at The Oval. Underlining South Africa's reputation as 'chokers, Alastair Cook's men outplayed the Proteas after electing to bowl on an ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314319/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:00:05 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314319/scat/15665b944045da4a Outgoing South Africa cricket coach Gary Kirsten has admitted that his team deserved the tag of 'chokers' after South Africa crashed to a seven-wicket defeat by England in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, it is the first time that a South African coach had publicly accepted what is widely believed in the rest of the cricket world that the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314252/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:30:04 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314252/scat/15665b944045da4a A Labour politician has claimed that he meets his alien lover four times a year for sex sessions on a spaceship that's orbiting the Earth. Simon Parkes, who sits on Whitby Town Council, even alleged that he has fathered a child called Zarka with his extraterrestrial mistress, who he has named the Cat Queen, the Sun reported. The 53-year-old driving instructor from North Yorkshire described his ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314250/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:30:03 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314250/scat/15665b944045da4a Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that it is up to the umpires to deliver judgement on any ball tampering on the field, following the simmering ball tampering allegations against England at the ICC Champions Trophy. England progressed to Sunday's final at the expense of South Africa but are still fuming that former Test bowler Bob Willis opened a can of worms by suggesting that players ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314245/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:30:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215314245/scat/15665b944045da4a Bringing a ray of hope to Australia's Ashes prospects, leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed has reportedly cleared the final hurdle to be eligible for the looming series in England after legislation that allows him to be granted a passport successfully passed through the Senate. The Pakistan-born asylum seeker is touring with the Australia A squad in England but can now officially be selected for the Ashes ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313310/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:50:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313310/scat/15665b944045da4a Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris has said that he will be staying for all the five Ashes Tests. The battle-hardened Harris will make his return from an Achilles injury for Australia A in Friday's three-day tour match against Gloucestershire in Bristol, and is set to take revenge against England in the Ashes, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Although Harris has only managed back-to-back ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312602/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:50:01 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312602/scat/15665b944045da4a England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier has said that the aftermath of the David Warner incident has brought the Australian and English cricketing authorities closer together. Warner punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar following England's ICC Champions Trophy win over their old rivals at Edgbaston and was subsequently suspended until the first Ashes ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312415/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:30:01 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312415/scat/15665b944045da4a LONDON Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain's top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran's nuclear program. The Bank Mellat case and 50 more like it pending at the European Union's General Court have cast a cloud over the future of EU ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306777/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:10 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306777/scat/15665b944045da4a The following is the scoreboard of the Champions Trophy semi-final between England and South Africa at The Oval here Wednesday. South Africa Colin Ingram lbw Anderson 0 Hashim Amla c Buttler b Finn 1 Robin Peterson lbw Anderson 30 Faf du Plessis c Buttler b Tredwell 26 A.B. de Villiers c Buttler b Broad 0 Jean Paul Duminy b Tredwell 3 David Miller not out 56 Ryan McLaren run out (Trott) ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215299896/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:40:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215299896/scat/15665b944045da4a England entered their second Champions Trophy final steam-rolling South Africa in the tournament's first semifinal match at the Kennington Oval here Wednesday. Jonathan Trott (82 not out) and Joe Root (48) guided England past South Africa's 175 in 37.3 overs after their bowlers put up an all-round show with Stuart Broad and James Tredwell striking thrice. Earlier, the Proteas were 80 for eight ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215298934/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215298934/scat/15665b944045da4a South Africa riding on crucial knocks from David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt posted 175 all out in 38.4 overs against England in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy at The Oval here Wednesday. Miller (56 not out) and Kleinveldt (43) shared a superb 95-run stand for the ninth wicket after South Africa were reduced to 80 for eight. Spinner James Tredwell was the pick of the bowlers, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215294716/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:01 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215294716/scat/15665b944045da4a A high-level Indian delegation led by Minister for Minority Affairs K. Rahman Khan met senior British ministers and officials to formulate the framework of an equal opportunity commission for India. Minister Khan and his delegation, that included Joint Secretary Y P Singh, met Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, chair of the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215293912/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215293912/scat/15665b944045da4a A pubgoer has allegedly taken a photograph of two glowing discs hovering above Bracknell in Berkshire last Friday before speeding out of view. Steve Lambert spotted the discs while he was outside the Running Horse pub making a phone call; he quickly used his phone to click a picture of UFO, the Mirror reported. He said that the disc were headed south-west at high speed towards Basingstoke. ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215292535/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:40:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215292535/scat/15665b944045da4a Many UK citizens think that cucumbers, courgettes and avocados - technically fruit, as they have seeds - are vegetables, according to a survey. The survey conducted by GardeningExpress.co.uk, showed that just 51 percent people of the country could correctly identify a tomato as a fruit while 91 per cent believe that a pepper is a vegetable, the Daily Express reported. Only one percent ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215291442/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:00:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215291442/scat/15665b944045da4a The South African media has said that England will try to convert the distraction of a looming Ashes series into motivation for Wednesday's first ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval against South Africa. According to Sport24, although the Champions Trophy is a distant second in importance to the clash with fierce rival Australia and defending the Ashes, England is hoping to see a place ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215289714/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215289714/scat/15665b944045da4a The Indian cricket team with a clean record in the preliminary stages of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in England had a strenuous session at the nets in Cardiff ahead of Thursday's semi-final clash against Sri Lanka. With this practice session yesterday, the in form Indian players are confident of facing the Sri Lankan team. The players were busy in enhancing their skills at Glamorgan County ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215289581/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:50:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215289581/scat/15665b944045da4a England captain Alastair Cook has admitted that he is 'he has never felt more nervous' ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa, despite backing his team to withstand the pressure. Stating that the 'quarter-final' victory over New Zealand was most stressful moment of his reign, Cook said that he expected the Wednesday game to be worse, although he added that he is proud ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215289576/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:50:01 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215289576/scat/15665b944045da4a LONDON The British government warned on Wednesday that future combat operations could become more difficult after a court ruled that families of three soldiers killed in Iraq could sue the military for failing to protect troops on active duty. Britain's Supreme Court upheld the claim of relatives that the Human Rights Act applied to troops serving in battle abroad, and rejected the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306780/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:13 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306780/scat/15665b944045da4a The United States and the European Union believe Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its program is for peaceful, civilian purposes. The international community has been trying for years to persuade Iran to end its uranium-enrichment program, but to no avail. Low-enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear-power plants, but highly enriched uranium is an ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306776/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:08 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306776/scat/15665b944045da4a Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215298891/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:50:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215298891/scat/15665b944045da4a Coach Robbie Deans will give James O'Connor the start at fly half and the opportunity to lead Australia's attack against the British & Irish Lions on ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319387/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:08:10 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319387/scat/15665b944045da4a Television chef Nigella Lawson was yesterday seen out in public - but was not wearing her wedding ring.It comes after her husband, Charles Saatchi, was pictured in the Sunday People grabbing her by the throat.Nigella, 53, was last spotted fleeing her London home on Sunday, when the dramatic pictures of the couple outside a restaurant emerged.Saatchi agreed to a police caution over the incident - ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319479/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:00:45 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319479/scat/15665b944045da4a now comfortably through the half-a-million pound mark, at 515,243 . It sounds a lot, but in some parts of the capital it is small change.Land Registry figures show the most expensive areas of the country - and those that have seen some of the biggest increases in prices - are the neighbourhoods that estate agents like to call "prime central London".The property boom in these places - ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319178/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:57:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319178/scat/15665b944045da4a Forget soap operas - your own doorstep is where the drama is really happening and the wild characters are far more exciting than any of those on TV.It doesn't matter how tiny your garden is - with minimum effort you can have an eclectic bunch of visitors and their daily business is an extraordinary affair. With a little effort we've managed to encourage a lot of species to my garden ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319246/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:56:58 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319246/scat/15665b944045da4a BEIJING -- Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group announced Wednesday it will invest nearly US$1.6 billion to acquire British yacht maker Sunseeker and build London's tallest residential ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319253/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:54:05 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319253/scat/15665b944045da4a Mert Karaoglan, 18, and Charleigh Disbrey, 15, died after being struck by a train travelling at 90mph near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, on Monday night.Police found suicide notes at the scene and said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. The dead man's father, Sakru Karaoglan, 48, visited the scene, accompanied by a dozen friends and relatives. He said that ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319480/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:47:37 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319480/scat/15665b944045da4a Billie Jean King won the women's doubles at her first attempt, the first of 39 grand slam titles that included 12 singles triumphs. Photograph: ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319481/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:38:38 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319481/scat/15665b944045da4a Kwani Trust and British Council will collaborate with Granta to host a week of literary events in Nairobi between June 19-23. The joint week of literary programming will include a launch of the latest Granta issue, Best of Young British Novelists 4, a three-day writing workshop, readings by visiting writers Nadifa Mohamed and Adam Foulds at Daystar University and a symposium based on related work ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319374/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:32:30 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215319374/scat/15665b944045da4a Tiger Woods has been diagnosed with a left elbow strain that will keep him out of competition until next month's British Open at Muirfield, the world No 1 said on Wednesday. Woods had been suffering minor discomfort before last week's US Open at Merion, where he aggravated the problem and was seen wincing and shaking his left arm on several occasions. "I was examined after I ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317648/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:55:13 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317648/scat/15665b944045da4a BOSTON | A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's house was a semi-pro football player with connections to Hernandez, his family said ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317498/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:54:57 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317498/scat/15665b944045da4a wildlife in May which revealed that 60% of all species are in decline."Nature in the UK is in trouble and some of our more familiar garden species are amongst those suffering serious declines," said the RSPB chief executive, Mike Clarke. ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317491/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:45:35 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317491/scat/15665b944045da4a genetically modified crops , which he will say will reduce fertiliser and chemical use and improve efficiency.Paterson's strongest speech yet in favour of the controversial practice is expected to make both a moral and economic case for them to be grown widely both in Britain and in developing countries."While the rest of the world is ploughing ahead and reaping the benefits of new ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317450/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:25:22 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317450/scat/15665b944045da4a Frank Langella , the triple-Tony award winning actor who memorably portrayed Richard Nixon on stage and screen, is to take on King Lear for the Chichester Festival Theatre, it will be announced on Thursday.The role is often called the Everest of acting and has been played in recent years by Derek Jacobi at the Donmar Warehouse and Ian McKellen at the Royal Shakespeare Company.Langella has ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317543/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:25:21 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215317543/scat/15665b944045da4a The UK is experiencing the deepest and most protracted economic downturn in a century. The decline in wages is even greater than that resulting from the Great Depression of the 1930s. A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies notes that workers in Britain have suffered unprecedented pay cuts of 6 percent in real terms over the last five years. With inflation, the figures point to a more than ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313625/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:49:45 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313625/scat/15665b944045da4a Four members of the Scot's Guards pose for a photograph next to a new Eurostar train, during a media event, in central London, October 7, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313368/scat/15665b944045da4a Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:22:22 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313368/scat/15665b944045da4a froze to death on a boozy night out , an inquest heard yesterday.Bernadette Lee, 25, was more than double the drink-drive limit when she was found on snow-covered grass just yards from the front door of her sister's home in Deal, Kent, on January 20.She had on only a dress, despite the freezing temperatures. The inquest was told she died of hypothermia and alcohol intoxication.A report from ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312638/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:37:00 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312638/scat/15665b944045da4a has died aged 51 .Gandolfini, who played the conflicted head of the Soprano family, is believed to have had a heart attack while on holiday in Italy.As well as the groundbreaking HBO series, his film credits included Zero Dark Thirty and Killing Them Softly, and he appeared in the Broadway production God Of Carnage.It is understood triple Emmy Award-winning Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312639/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:36:59 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312639/scat/15665b944045da4a The Boston School Committee on Wednesday approved making condoms available in the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313510/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:36:43 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215313510/scat/15665b944045da4a Host England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa was bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions. England will play the winner of a semifinal between India and Sri Lanka in ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312637/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:18:49 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215312637/scat/15665b944045da4a The British & Irish Lions have announced the team to play the Wallabies in the 1st Test at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday. The starting XV comprises eight new Test Lions and will be captained by Sam WarburtonIn the backs Leigh Halfpenny, Alex Cuthbert, George North, Jonathan Davies and Jonathan Sexton all make their Lions Test debuts, while experience is provided by Brian ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311944/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:09 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311944/scat/15665b944045da4a A top businessman who threw his weight behind the Government's savage cuts is to be made an unelected minister and handed a peerage.BT boss Ian Livingston was named by David Cameron as the Coalition's new trade minister yesterday.It was confirmed that he will be made a Lord to get round the fact that he hasn't been elected to Parliament.Mr Livingston, who will step down from BT, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311878/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:29:45 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311878/scat/15665b944045da4a Too many people suffering from mental health issues are being locked up in police custody rather than being protected in hospitals, a joint inspection has found. Police have powers to take individuals suffering from mental health issues in a public place to a "place of safety" for their protection. But guidance states that in all but "exceptional" circumstances this should ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311579/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:21:04 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311579/scat/15665b944045da4a Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is to call on the Government, scientists and industry leaders to join forces to allay the public's fears on the use of genetically modified (GM) crops. In a speech later he will say that they "owe a duty to the British public to reassure them that GM is a safe, proven and beneficial innovation" for farmers and consumers. Mr Paterson, who has ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311655/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:21:03 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311655/scat/15665b944045da4a Sportscover has become a sponsor of The Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust. The trust is committed to getting young lives on track through a range of innovative projects. Central to every project is the opportunity for each young person to work alongside elite sports ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311881/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:00:59 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311881/scat/15665b944045da4a AA Insurance has welcomed the news that the European Commission is considering legal action against Spain for refusal by many Spanish hospitals to recognise the European Health Insurance Card ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311880/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:00:59 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311880/scat/15665b944045da4a Selena Gomez and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran are now involved in a trans-Atlantic romance, Us Weekly reports. The couple were brought together ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311736/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:59:25 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311736/scat/15665b944045da4a Nigel Evans , already under arrest for alleged rape and sex assault, has been held on suspicion of three more counts of indecent assault on young men. The 55-year-old MP answered bail on Wednesday at Preston police station in the north-west of England following his arrest in May on suspicion of rape and sexual assault and was told that he faced the additional allegations. All the claims involve ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311823/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:55:18 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311823/scat/15665b944045da4a If a poll were taken on whether we should grant Ian Brady's wish to be allowed to starve to death there would be a landslide in favour.Especially after he told a tribunal that the murders he carried out on children were "petty". Revenge is a strong instinct and wanting to see this monster dead is understandable. But listening to the misery he's in, hearing his anger and his ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310915/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:24:32 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310915/scat/15665b944045da4a ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311621/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:22:03 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215311621/scat/15665b944045da4a Slim Whitman died Wednesday from heart failure. The singer know for "Indian Love Call" and his trademark yodel was 90-years-old. He once said he hoped to be remembered for two things: a good voice, and a clean suit. Scott Pelley ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310754/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:10:50 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310754/scat/15665b944045da4a The prospect of an eventual "tell Sid"-style sale of shares in Lloyds Bank was raised by George Osborne as he claimed Britain's economy had emerged from "intensive ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310607/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:09:23 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310607/scat/15665b944045da4a Bankers' bonuses soared to record levels in April as the Government's cut in the top rate of income tax came into effect, new figures have ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310666/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:09:20 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310666/scat/15665b944045da4a Royal Bank of Scotland , in a move that could delay the bailed-out bank's return to the private sector.In his annual speech to City grandees at Mansion House on Wednesday night, the chancellor said he was "actively considering options for share sales in Lloyds", in which the government has a 39% stake. Speculation is mounting that a partial sell-off of the state's Lloyds stake ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310614/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:03:34 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310614/scat/15665b944045da4a Nigellagate from some feminist commentators who usually appear to have the acronym AMAB (all men are b******s) tattooed on their typing fingers.Had Kerry Katona been snapped getting throttled by her partner outside a Toby Carvery in Warrington, and stayed silent, I'm sure there'd have been a tweetfest about Little Miss Thickoe betraying her gender by failing to report the Neanderthal ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309808/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:08 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309808/scat/15665b944045da4a Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron (left) and the concept the New York design studio Atopia submitted to Locog in 2007. Photograph: Getty ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309813/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:15:49 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309813/scat/15665b944045da4a Ratings agency S&P says that 13.5% of mortgage borrowers in north-west England are in negative equity, against 0.9% in London and the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309431/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:15:32 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309431/scat/15665b944045da4a Ukip leader Nigel Farage said there is "something quite unpleasant going on" in Scotland after his Ukip team was sprayed by a protester with a fizzy ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309809/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:07:19 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309809/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:59pm EDT ---- NOTE: Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310909/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:59:31 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310909/scat/15665b944045da4a Scotland 's poorest neighbourhoods.The charity has accused ministers in successive Scottish and UK governments of failing to combat poverty effectively by putting wealth-creation, consumption and economic growth ahead of ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309811/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:58:53 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309811/scat/15665b944045da4a At least five pedestrians have been injured by electrical equipment exploding under London sidewalks since January 2012, officials say. In the most serious case, a woman was burned over about 20 percent of her body by an explosion in the Edgeware Road last year, the Evening Standard reported. Two other women suffered less serious burns in the same blast. Indran Sivarajah told CNN he had a near ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310061/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:50:34 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215310061/scat/15665b944045da4a The hapless thief who raided a petrol station with a see-through plastic bag covering his face is just one of many criminals to don a ridiculous ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308628/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:50 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308628/scat/15665b944045da4a I had never seen snow until my first day in Britain. I was 11 years old and it was freezing cold. I couldn't speak any English and my family had fled our country, terrified for our lives.The whole way of life here was so different to Zaire, but people were so friendly.And Britain is now my home.I was a refugee, just like 50 million people now across the globe - from Syria to Afghanistan, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308627/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:47 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308627/scat/15665b944045da4a Rolf Harris should be left alone - because all he did was "cuddle his secretary".Rolf, 83, has been questioned by police as part of Operation Yewtree over historical allegations of sexual offences and remains on ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308629/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:43 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308629/scat/15665b944045da4a A former call girl yesterday told a court how media tycoon Eddy Shah paid her thousands of pounds to work exclusively for him.Susan Davies, 53, who is accused of making a 14-year-old girl join in her sex sessions with Shah, first met him in a London hotel.Davies told the Old Bailey trial: "We talked quite a lot. Obviously we had sex."She was "flattered" when he said she should ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308632/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:43 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308632/scat/15665b944045da4a A girl was threatened with being excluded from college after accusing students of rape, a court heard.The 18-year-old was suspended after speaking to staff about the incident in her campus room. She claims she then got a letter from a senior member of staff warning her she faced "exclusion" for bringing the college into "disrepute by demeaning sexual actions with a group".But ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308631/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:43 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308631/scat/15665b944045da4a Soul singer Joss Stone yesterday said she was feeling fine again after the "odd" plot by two men to rob her of 1million, decapitate her and throw her body in a river.The star was targeted by "cannabis- smoking layabouts" Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw, who were convicted of the bizarre conspiracy at their trial in April.But Joss, 26, has put the ordeal behind her. She ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308630/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:42 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308630/scat/15665b944045da4a Police may be forced to stop punishing anti-social thugs because Government reforms now make it too expensive.Yobs who breach Crime Prevention Injunctions - the new-style Asbos - are dealt with under contempt of court laws, but that can cost 1,500 a time.And Gavin Thomas, the Vice President of the Superintendents' Association, told MPs the bill could deter forces from pursuing yobs who ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308633/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:40 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308633/scat/15665b944045da4a A husband battered his wife to death with a 4lb ornamental elephant after she asked him for a divorce, a court heard yesterday.Devendra Singh, 33, hit Charlotte Smith, 42, around the face and head with force that was "off the scale".Philip Bennetts QC, prosecuting, said: "Bone was smashed and shattered."After the attack in September, Singh cleaned the house, near Leek, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308634/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:40 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308634/scat/15665b944045da4a Mum-of-two Tina Nash was left permanently blind by Shane Jenkin in April 2011, in a brutal attack that lasted 12 hours.Tina, 33, had hoped to rebuild her life after 18-stone Jenkin, 34, was jailed for life in a mental health unit last year.However, Tina was the victim of another assault in her home of Penzance, Cornwall, on Sunday, it is claimed.Roland Alli, 32, appeared before magistrates in ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308635/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:38 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308635/scat/15665b944045da4a When the news broke that the world's first successful womb transplant patient, a Turkish woman called Derya Sert, was pregnant, model Tabitha Taya felt like her emotions were all over the place.Even more so when, weeks later, it was announced that five women were to have womb transplants next year.From the age of 15, 26-year-old Tabitha has known that she will never be able to bear her own ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308636/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:36 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308636/scat/15665b944045da4a student Meredith Kercher .Italy's top judges ruled the possibility that the 21-year-old died during a sex game that went wrong needed to be re-examined.And the move immediately cast doubt on whether the couple should be allowed to be in contact now they have been formally recalled.The pair, along with Knox's mother, spent Tuesday visiting New York together - sparking rumours they have ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308637/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:14:34 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308637/scat/15665b944045da4a Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, will officially kick off his campaign to bring genetically modified crops to the UK today by calling on the government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread fear and ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309343/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:39 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309343/scat/15665b944045da4a schools ", the chief inspector of schools in England will say in a radical speech on Thursday, as part of a drive to improve education for poor children "unseen" by the current system.Sir Michael Wilshaw will also spell out a tougher approach ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309344/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:22 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309344/scat/15665b944045da4a Poverty is a creation of society and - if we work together and have the will - we have ample resources to end it. But the first step on that journey needs to be a radical transformation of the economy so it provides prosperity for all, not just a ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309346/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:19 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309346/scat/15665b944045da4a o In the titanic battle in the Lords against gay marriage, many have witnessed the apparent union between Lord Dear, the former chief ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308489/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:18 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308489/scat/15665b944045da4a eczema , according to a new study by British researchers."One potential explanation is that broad-spectrum antibiotics alter the gut microflora and that this in turn affects the maturing immune system in a way that prompts allergic disease development," said researcher Dr Teresa Tsakok, who works at St Thomas's hospital in London.The findings, published in the British Journal of ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309230/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:15 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309230/scat/15665b944045da4a Engineers have warned that a lack of strategy, patchy maintenance and uncertain funding is undermining Britain's infrastructure, and have called for an independent commission to create a long-term transport plan.The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said that the short-term political cycle and spending decisions were leaving necessary work undone and delaying big projects.ICE said urgent, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308334/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:10 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308334/scat/15665b944045da4a England swept aside South Africa today to reach the final of the Champions Trophy. It was in every sense a formality, almost from first ball to last, a point that arrived with 75 balls ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308638/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:58:49 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308638/scat/15665b944045da4a Boris Johnson's grand replacement for the bendy bus, which will run from Hampstead to Pimlico, was billed as the greenest, cleanest in the world but does it live up to its ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308639/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:53:14 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308639/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:48pm EDT By Matt Scuffham and David Milliken LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain is ready to start selling its shares in Lloyds Banking Group and will examine whether to break up Royal Bank of Scotland, Finance Minister George Osborne said on Wednesday, after acknowledging the re-privatisation of RBS remains a long way off. The government is keen to show Britain's ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309439/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:02 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215309439/scat/15665b944045da4a Jonathan Trott hit 82 not out from 84 deliveries on Wednesday as England beat South Africa to reach the final of the ICC Champions Trophy.Joe Root added 48 before being bowled by Jean-Paul Duminy, as England easily chased down their target of 176.Earlier in the day, the England bowlers had torn through the South Africa attack, restricting them to 8-80 in the 23rd over.But they were frustrated by ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308640/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:39:42 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215308640/scat/15665b944045da4a Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere more than a billion years before the Earth, scientists believe.Specimens of surface rock nearly four billion years old have been examined by Nasa's Spirit rover and show the effects of oxygen.In contrast, rocks flung into space from the interior of the planet by volcanoes have reached Earth as meteorites and show no such effects.This suggests oxygen in the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307261/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:48 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307261/scat/15665b944045da4a Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was blasted today for not naming the NHS inspectors who covered up a botched probe into hospital baby deaths. Grieving families are demanding that the staff responsible for the conspiracy are brought to book. But no one involved in the scandal at the Care Quality Commission has been named or sacked. Mr Hunt talked tough after a damning independent report slammed ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307262/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:47 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307262/scat/15665b944045da4a The next government will have to increase the pace of spending cuts by 50% in the two years after the 2015 election if it is to meet the current deficit target, new research by the Resolution Foundation thinktank shows.The report finds that if the next government decides instead to stick with the current - already punishing - pace of cuts, the deficit target will only be met by raising taxes by ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306820/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:05:21 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306820/scat/15665b944045da4a Britain failed to put Hezbollah's militant branch on the European Union's (EU) terror list on Wednesday, as several goverments expressed fears over the move fuelling more violence in the Middle East, diplomats told Reuters. Following an inconclusive meeting on June 4, when the UK pushed for the blacklisting of the Lebanese ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307263/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:59 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307263/scat/15665b944045da4a Three out of four of the long-term unemployed taking part in the Government's 5bn Work Programme have not yet started a job, according to figures published ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307264/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:31 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307264/scat/15665b944045da4a Chris Davis hit two more home runs and drove in five runs as Baltimore crushed Detroit. (AP) Less than two years ago, Chris Davis was a prospect who hadn’t panned out, a trade chip whom the Rangers used to acquire a reliever for their stretch run. Now he’s found a home in Baltimore, and with every passing day, he continues to cement his place among the game’s top sluggers, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307265/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:22 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307265/scat/15665b944045da4a Auckland example: The Wynard pedestrian crossing bridge in Auckland, New Zealand may be what a proposed bridge linking Quayside and Queensborough could look like. The drawbridge cost $5 million in ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307266/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:55:47 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307266/scat/15665b944045da4a Members of The Tootsie Rolls, a retro girl band, pose for pictures during the second day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 19, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307267/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:55:28 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307267/scat/15665b944045da4a What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Edmonton? Is it landmarks such as our colossal mall or the four gleaming pyramids nestled in our river valley? Or might it be less obvious: the biting cold that strikes your bones in the dead of winter or the sizzle of green onion cakes at one of our many summer ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307268/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:55:17 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307268/scat/15665b944045da4a Moors murderer Ian Brady remains "chronically psychotic" and should stay in a hospital for treatment, his mental health tribunal has heard. The child killer suffers from long-term paranoid schizophrenia which does not "just fade away and die", according to the clinician in charge of his care at high security Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside. The 75-year-old was constantly ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307161/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:54:43 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307161/scat/15665b944045da4a Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has delivered a robust defence of his strategy to jolt the world's third largest economy out of almost two decades of stagnation - dubbed Abenomics - as he insisted in a speech ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307164/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:47:18 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307164/scat/15665b944045da4a U.S. President Barack Obama kisses German Chancellor Angela Merkel after she finished her speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 19, 2013. Obama is in Berlin on his first official state visit to Germany and spoke at the historic site where fifty years earlier U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307247/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:38:48 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215307247/scat/15665b944045da4a Photographs show Iceland has broken a two-year ban on whale hunting, the environmental group Greenpeace charged Wednesday. "We've just received anonymous photographs showing Iceland has broken the moratorium on commercial whaling, again," Greenpeace said in a Twitter message. The group urged people to share the images "to help expose Iceland's bloody secret." The ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306950/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:38:45 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306950/scat/15665b944045da4a Reuters © Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King speaks to employees during the opening of the Prudential Regulation Authority, in central London April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Lefteris ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305503/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:06:22 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305503/scat/15665b944045da4a Olympics golden girl Donna Hartley-Wass was today described as "everyone's star" at her funeral.More than 200 mourners paid their respects to the 58-year-old former 400m runner, who died suddenly while sunbathing in her garden on June 7.Her husband of 26 years, ex-Emmerdale actor Bobby Knutt, 67, arrived at 1.30pm for a service then burial at Holy Trinity Church in Wentworth, South ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305891/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:40 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305891/scat/15665b944045da4a A schoolboy fan of street magician Dynamo accidentally hanged himself in his bedroom, an inquest heard.Charlie Kelsey-Neil, 12, who had ADHD, spent hours watching the star's TV shows and was interested in knots.He was found unconscious by a younger sibling after the pair had an argument.Mum Caroline, 31, and stepdad Jovan Neil, 26, tried to revive Charlie but he was pronounced dead later ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305890/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:39 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305890/scat/15665b944045da4a A cat whose leg was broken in five places when he was run over by a car is walking again - thanks to a bone tissue transplant. Since the operation to screw two-year-old tabby Burt's thigh back together using soft bone tissue from another cat, he has only been allowed out on a harness. But he will get his freedom back when the screws are removed next week. Professor John Innes said: ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305892/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:39 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305892/scat/15665b944045da4a Moors Murderer Ian Brady is "chronically psychotic" and could start having hallucinations if he leaves hospital for jail, his mental health tribunal heard today.The child killer suffers from long-term paranoid schizophrenia which does not "just fade away and die", according to the clinician in charge of his care at high security Ashworth Hospital.Brady, 75, was constantly ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305894/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:38 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305894/scat/15665b944045da4a Government plans to privatise the Royal Mail could be hit after a boycott by thousands of postal workers moved a step closer today.Up to 26million items could go undelivered every day if a ban on handling letters from rival operators goes ahead.Members of the Communication Workers Union have voted overwhelmingly in favour of supporting action.Fearing the massive impact it would have, Royal Mail ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305893/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:38 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305893/scat/15665b944045da4a Royal Bank of Scotland , in a move that could delay the bailed out bank's return to the private sector.In his annual speech to City grandees at Mansion House on Wednesday night, the chancellor said he was "actively considering options for share sales in Lloyds", in which the government has a 39% stake. Speculation is mounting that a partial sell-off of the state's Lloyds stake ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305425/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:56:07 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305425/scat/15665b944045da4a George Osborne announced, the option of a good bank/bad bank split at RBS will be examined in detail. In any case, privatisation of RBS is "some way off", said Osborne, and Lloyds is top of the batting order for a sale of shares.What on earth is going on? Well, one thing is clear: the assembled forces of Lord Lawson and other members of the Banking Commission, the governor of the Bank ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305426/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:52 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305426/scat/15665b944045da4a Norwegians turn Europe's trash into cash but fuel concern over the future of recycling , 15 June). Domestic recycling rates continue to improve and while most local authorities now collect plastic bottles at the kerbside, some waste companies are still sending huge volumes of this plastic resource abroad rather than having it processed here. This is supported by the incentives they receive ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305596/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:50 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305596/scat/15665b944045da4a plants we'd really come to see were "double dumplings", the old dales name for globe flowers that I first became aware of as a child, when collecting picture cards was a popular pastime. In 1959, Brooke Bond tea distributed a series ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305597/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:49 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305597/scat/15665b944045da4a UK -- Families of soldiers killed in combat may sue the government for damages, Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday in a surprising decision that may have profound consequences for future military operations. The Supreme Court found that soldiers in foreign combat zones are covered by human rights legislation, and that the Defense Ministry has a duty to care for its soldiers that makes ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305895/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:55:36 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305895/scat/15665b944045da4a Manama, June 19 (BNA)-- Housing Minister Bassim bin Yaqoob Al Hamar received today Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey and adviser to the British Government Vanessa Lawrence. They discussed historic bilateral relations and ways of bolstering them as well as means of boosting cooperation between the Housing Ministry and the Ordnance Survey. A O Q BNA 1740 GMT ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305896/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:52:10 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305896/scat/15665b944045da4a Donald Macintyre writes political sketches for The Independent, having been Jerusalem correspondent since 2004, covering Israel and the Occupied Territories, as well as travelling for the paper to Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Libya and Egypt. As Political Editor and then Chief Political Commentator, he previously covered the John Major and early Tony Blair era. He has written for the Daily Express, ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305702/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:53 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305702/scat/15665b944045da4a The most senior judges in the land issued a damning indictment of the Government's policy on secret courts, accusing it of requesting unnecessary closed ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305635/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:52 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305635/scat/15665b944045da4a Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305897/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:46:51 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305897/scat/15665b944045da4a Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said the review into the future of RBS is welcome but the Government must look at all options, including splitting it ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305438/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:45:04 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305438/scat/15665b944045da4a Police have been asked to investigate allegations of a cover-up at the Care Quality Commission, stemming from the health regulator's failure to investigate an alarming rise in deaths in Morecambe ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305898/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:48 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305898/scat/15665b944045da4a Demonstrators protest outside the Premier League headquarters in London on Wednesday , against what they deem as excessively high ticket prices in for teams in England's top flight division. The average price for tickets to Premier League football games has increased this year. They are more expensive than the Bundesliga and La Liga with only the Serie A being more ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305899/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:40 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305899/scat/15665b944045da4a Syria , putting his strongest emphasis yet on a political solution to the crisis as he came under pressure from his own backbenchers and Labour not to supply weapons to the Syrian rebels.Cameron was reporting back to the Commons from ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305802/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:34 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305802/scat/15665b944045da4a Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron (left) and the concept the New York design studio Atopia submitted to Locog in 2007. Photograph: Getty ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305736/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:30 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305736/scat/15665b944045da4a John Paul II, clearing his way to sainthood, will be announced within several weeks, a member of the Vatican said. The Holy See has not revealed the nature of the miracle, but Italian media report it concerns the healing of a Costa Rican woman cured of a severe brain injury after her family began praying to the memory ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306045/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:28:29 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215306045/scat/15665b944045da4a Rail passengers think trains are failing to provide good value for money with less than one in five on one major route happy with their fares, a survey reveals. And overall satisfaction has dipped from last year as passengers faced inflation-busting fares rises. On value for money, Greater Anglia and the Stansted Express - the capital to airport shuttle - was given a satisfaction rating of just ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304614/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:40 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304614/scat/15665b944045da4a Former Prime Minister Tony Blair today urged Western governments to intervene in Syria. Mr Blair, speaking in Israel, said the "predominant emotion" was to stay out of the civil war. But he warned that the cost of staying out may be higher than getting involved. Mr Blair said the situation was one of many "ugly choices" facing world leaders, including on Iran's nuclear ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304613/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:40 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304613/scat/15665b944045da4a US President Barack Obama's wife Michelle laid flowers today during a sombre visit to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. America's First Lady was joined by daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12, as well as the president's half sister Auma. The Obamas are spending two days in Germany and Michelle took their daughters and Auma while Obama was in talks with the country's leader ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304615/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:39 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304615/scat/15665b944045da4a Angry residents of Margate have appealed to the High Court against the Government's decision to build a giant Tesco store on the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304197/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:49 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304197/scat/15665b944045da4a The pathologist who botched the post-mortem of a man struck by a policeman at G20 protests in 2009 has abandoned his appeal against being struck ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304365/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:47 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304365/scat/15665b944045da4a A flyer for the St John's hospice summer fair recently dropped on doormats across north London. The top half of the leaflet advertised the bouncy castle and candyfloss; the bottom half promoted Casualty First - "your private walk-in urgent care centre."Both the hospice and walk-in centre are parts of the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, a private healthcare operator that is ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304230/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:18 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304230/scat/15665b944045da4a (Reuters) - Tiger Woods has been diagnosed with a left elbow strain that will keep him out of competition until next month's British Open at Muirfield, the world number one said on Wednesday. Woods had been suffering minor discomfort before last week's US Open at Merion, where he aggravated the problem and was seen wincing and shaking his left arm on several occasions. "I was examined ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305889/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:17 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215305889/scat/15665b944045da4a Defence secretary Philip Hammond says the decision could leave operational decisions in combat zones open to 'the uncertainty of litigation'. Photograph: ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304729/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:15 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304729/scat/15665b944045da4a set up after last year's Libor scandal , identifies all the structural problems and nails the fundamental flaw in finance today: "Too many bankers, especially at the most senior levels, have operated in an environment with insufficient personal responsibility." Indeed, as they like to say in the City, running a mega-bank these days is like "Catholicism without a hell", or ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304413/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:08 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304413/scat/15665b944045da4a Link to video: Alastair Cook delighted after England's Champions Trophy win over South Africa England strolled their way into Sunday's Champions Trophy final. If winning by seven wickets, with 75 deliveries in hand, represents a breeze in what had been anticipated to be a tight contest, then it could have been more of a hurricane had it not been for a fighting ninth-wicket ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304617/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:47:07 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304617/scat/15665b944045da4a Manama-June19(BNA)Deputy Premier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa today received Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey and adviser to the British Government Vanessa Lawrence and discussed cooperation to develop geospatial data and survey applications. He stressed strong historical relations and steadily growing cooperation in all fields highlighting the importance ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304618/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:43:22 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304618/scat/15665b944045da4a Bankers' bonuses leapt to record levels in April as the Government's cut in the top rate of income tax came into effect, new figures ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304620/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:18 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304620/scat/15665b944045da4a (Adds quotes) * England to meet India or Sri Lanka in final * South Africa bowled out for 175 By Mark Meadows LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Hosts England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa 'choked' in yet another semi-final when they were bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions at The Oval on Wednesday. South Africa were favourites heading into ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304778/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:35:24 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304778/scat/15665b944045da4a Michael Gove , Ofsted inspectors have published the highly critical report into the Discovery Free School, in Crawley, West Sussex, which opened in September 2011.Inspectors were severe on the primary school's leadership, saying its governors failed to grasp the school's "serious shortcomings", while school leaders "believe the school is far better than it is".The ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304621/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:28:40 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304621/scat/15665b944045da4a Senior bankers who are particularly reckless with customers’ – or taxpayers’ – money should face criminal charges, fines, and even jail terms. That is the main recommendation from a British parliamentary commission on banking standards. It also wants the bonuses of failed bankers to be taken back and for them to lose their pensions. Lawyers say it would be very ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304318/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:26:58 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304318/scat/15665b944045da4a Cameron said, Turkey's journey over last few decades in terms of political freedom and economic freedom has been remarkable LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Turkey's journey over the last few decades in terms of political freedom and economic freedom had been remarkable.Cameron replied the questions about Gezi Park protests at a press meeting in regards to G8 ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304624/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:21:58 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304624/scat/15665b944045da4a Lennox Hill Ltd announces the launch of version 2.0 of its Audits module as part of its long term plan of continuously adding features to its isoTracker Quality Management Software. The upgrade to the Audits module is intended to make it more powerful, more flexible and more customisable while maintaining the same affordable price. This upgrade follows recent upgrades to the Complaints ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304625/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:20:59 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304625/scat/15665b944045da4a David Wall of Britain's Royal Ballet has died of cancer at his family home in London, the BBC reported. He was 67. The type of cancer that ended his life Tuesday was not disclosed. Wall became the youngest male principal in the dance company's history when he was 21. A recipient of the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire title, Wall retired from the troupe the ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304626/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:19:59 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215304626/scat/15665b944045da4a Cairo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi welcomed today Catherine Ashton, vice-president of the European Union (EU) and high representative for foreign affairs, and talked to her about the dispute for the construction of the Ethiopian super-dam, according to the official media. In the meeting, they talked about the opening of communication channels between Cairo and Addis ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215302978/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:45:56 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215302978/scat/15665b944045da4a Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been found guilty of massive tax evasion in Italy.The pair were convicted in a Milan court of failing to declare 1 billion euros (860m) in income tax to authorities.The court sentenced them both to 20 months in jail.Prosecutors said that the pair had evaded taxes on income of 416 million euros each and 200 million euros through a Luxembourg-based ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303377/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:39 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303377/scat/15665b944045da4a It is baffling and disappointing to us, as people who have suffered some of the worst press abuses of recent years, that the Guardian suddenly appears ready to surrender to the manipulations of press corporations responsible for many of those abuses ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303952/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:39:52 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303952/scat/15665b944045da4a Hosts England have sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa "choked" in yet another semi-final, when they were bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions at The Oval. South Africa were favourites heading into the tournament, but limped through the group stage and have now bowed out in eight major international last-four clashes, winning only one. England, not ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303379/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:33:53 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303379/scat/15665b944045da4a This stunning photo of a bridge demolition on the M1 has won the first prize of 100 in Picture This 2013 - the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) East of England annual photography ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303380/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:42 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303380/scat/15665b944045da4a Bower announced her resignation as chief executive of the CQC in February 2012 after the organisation had come under fire. Photograph: Teri ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303208/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:58 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303208/scat/15665b944045da4a A woman who had her eyes gouged out in a horrific attack by her then boyfriend has allegedly been the victim of another assault by a different man.Tina Nash, 32, was blinded by her boyfriend Shane Jenkin as she slept at her home in Cornwall two years ago.He has been jailed for life while Nash has written a book about her experience and campaigned on the issue of domestic violence.It emerged on ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303385/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:56 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303385/scat/15665b944045da4a The Guardian has been accused of surrendering to "press corporations responsible for many of those abuses" that led to the establishment of the Leveson inquiry.Hacked Off, the lobby group that campaigns on behalf of victims of press intrusion has written to the paper asking it not to "bend to the powerful vested interests" it so "valiantly exposed".The group was ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303386/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:55 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303386/scat/15665b944045da4a Britain's Prince William (L) and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (2nd L) arrive at Westminster Abbey in London, on June 4, 2013. William and Catherine do not know the sex of their baby, which is expected in mid-July and should be born by natural delivery, palace sources said ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303388/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:31 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303388/scat/15665b944045da4a PLAINFIELD, Vt. - Ronald Pitkin, 84, remembers the day in the early 1960s when his brother Belmont got a gash in his leg while the two were cutting firewood. They went to the office of the town physician, Dr. Frank Corson.Corson worked alone, and Pitkin was drafted to be his assistant. "He told me 'You're going to have to scrub up.' I was the operating room nurse that ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303389/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:18:46 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215303389/scat/15665b944045da4a Britain's Supreme Court has eliminated sanctions against an Iranian bank, which was penalized over its alleged links to the nation's nuclear weapons ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301618/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:26 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301618/scat/15665b944045da4a Reuters © Power lines are reflected in a mirror at the Rio Tinto power station in Lynemouth, northern England July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nigel ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301714/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:42:17 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301714/scat/15665b944045da4a LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator will on Thursday say capital holes at Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays account for more than 90 percent of a 25 billion-pound ($39 billion) shortfall, the Financial Times said.The shortfall was based on estimates at the end of 2012, and the Bank of England said in March about half the total amount it identified was ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301417/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:42:06 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301417/scat/15665b944045da4a The mum of cop-killer Dale Cregan must stay behind bars after failing in a bid to win bail following her arrest last week. Anita Cregan, 56, was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office on Friday. The next day she was remanded in custody by magistrates and a judge sitting in chambers at Manchester Crown Court today refused to overturn the decision. Mrs Cregan, from ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301999/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:13 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301999/scat/15665b944045da4a A trader has been fined for trying to sell this rabbit with hugely overgrown teeth at a market. David Shipton admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the rabbit, which he was trying to sell at Stratford-upon-Avon livestock market. The rabbit had such long teeth that they restricted its ability to eat. Shipton was prosecuted by Warwickshire County Council trading standards after officers ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215302001/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:12 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215302001/scat/15665b944045da4a It's hardly surprising that love-struck pensioner Chris Green had almost given up hope of convincing his other half Ann Turner to marry him. Since the couple bought an engagement ring almost 40 years ago, Chris had asked her hundreds of times to walk down the aisle - but she kept knocking him back. Retired miner Chris decided to give it one more go as he celebrated his 75th birthday in ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215302000/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:35:11 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215302000/scat/15665b944045da4a Nigel Evans denied any wrongdoing after he spent a further day being questioned by detectives in connection with historic sex abuse claims. The Tory MP for Ribble Valley was re-arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault as he answered police bail as part of an inquiry into alleged rape and sexual assault. Speaking outside Preston police station, Mr Evans, 55, said he was ... http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301622/scat/15665b944045da4a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:32:07 -0400 http://www.edinburghnews.net/index.php/sid/215301622/scat/15665b944045da4a