Provides the latest RSS feeds for Scotland News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Edinburgh News.Net http://www.edinburghnews.net/ en-us Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:08:58 -0400 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:08:58 -0400 30 The teenager smashed a bottle against a lamp post and struck his victim with it on the neck before hitting him on the arms, chest and head with the weapon.The attacker later told police that he was "r... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16042165&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:33:00 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16042165&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Rangers director John McClelland has been appointed as a vice-chairman of the European Club Association. McClelland joins other vice-chairmen, AC Milan director Umberto Gandini and Barcelona presid... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16042418&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:42:11 -0400 BBC Sport http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16042418&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Pawnbrokers, traditionally used by the less well-off, are reporting a huge rise in the number of more affluent and professional-type customers eager to make some quick cash.One of the Capital's main p... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16041632&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:10:18 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16041632&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Labour leadership, Margaret Curran has put any ambitions she may have had of presiding over Holyrood on hold in an attempt to shore up Gordon Brown's position at Westminster.Labour's Scottish health a... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16039220&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:00:30 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16039220&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 SFA chief executive Gordon Smith is asking the Tartan Army if they would be prepared to pay higher ticket prices to watch a high-profile friendly against Argentina. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16042417&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:42:12 -0400 BBC Sport http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16042417&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A major road junction in Dunfermline is to close for a week for upgrading work to be carried out. Traffic will be forced to use local roads when work begins on the mini-roundabout at Woodmill Road ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16040877&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:42:06 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16040877&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Scottish Government has been urged to do more to avert a labour crisis in the Highlands as increasing numbers of migrant workers return home. More than 2,000 people from Eastern European countr... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16040878&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:42:04 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16040878&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Margaret Curran, selected last night as Labour's candidate in Glasgow East, took to the campaign trail in the constituency, followed by a posse of supporters bearing placards and balloons.In a fightin... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035417&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:36:05 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035417&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Reporting Scotland was forced off air for 20 minutes after staff had to be evacuated in a fire scare.Viewers were treated to local London news including a feature on a Lucian Freud exhibition in the E... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038041&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:45 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038041&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Joseph Millbank, 47, was last seen in the Perth area on Friday, June 27 and could be a danger to children.He was convicted in January 2002 at the High Court in Aberdeen of three charges of lewd, indec... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038036&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:36 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038036&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 st streets in Edinburgh even worse.Edinburgh North and Leith Labour MP Mark Lazarowicz said the situation had got to such a point that people's health was at risk and rats were being attracted.He cite... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035843&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:52 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035843&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 UNWANTED pets are having to be sent to Dundee to be rehomed as callous owners in the Capital abandon them to go on holiday, an animal charity warned today. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035842&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:50 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035842&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 NEARLY nine out of ten passengers are satisfied with the service provided by First ScotRail, according to a new survey by rail watchdog Passenger Focus. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038047&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:26 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038047&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Houston Industrial Estate in Grange Road, Livingston, was targeted between 5pm on Friday and 1.20pm on Sunday.A padlock on gates to the yard was broken to gain entry. The thieves made off with an ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038049&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:20 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038049&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Richard Allan, 21, felt his eyesight go blurry after his show on Friday night and assumed he had been dazzled by stage lights.But the bass player had actually torn his retina as he jumped around the s... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038042&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:42 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038042&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Bosses at BAA, who run the Capital's airport, have applied for planning permission to put up 11 of the hanging banners, which are three metres high and would be attached to lamp-posts around the main ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035836&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:38 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035836&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 BOSSES at an top city hairdressing chain investigating the theft of £76,000 of hair straightening irons from their business discovered their own computers were being used to sell similar items on eBa... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035832&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:36 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035832&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 New figures from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) reveal an 18 per cent drop in orders among service firms in Scotland – the worst in the UK.Bosses in both manufacturing and service firms expe... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038038&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:50 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038038&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A total of 788 formal complaints were made by the public between April last year and March, compared with 505 for the preceding 12 months.Misconduct proceedings were launched against 15 force staff me... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035835&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:34 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035835&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The 88-year-old disappeared three weeks ago to the day after leaving her Livingston home to go shopping. Officers are still following up unconfirmed sightings in Edinburgh between June 17 and 19, but ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038046&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:30 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038046&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Lloyds TSB Foundation will provide advice on applying for funding and give information on what sort of charities the foundation funds.Andrew Muirhead, the foundation's chief executive, said: "We a... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16037575&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:38 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16037575&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 PLANS for a new water treatment plant to serve the Capital have moved closer after council chiefs gave the go-ahead for a pipeline linking the city with Midlothian. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035834&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:32 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035834&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Seven pensioners were injured, some serioulsy, in a bus crash in Glasgow. It is understood the dial-a-bus on which they were travelling went off the road in the city's south side and hit a tree. The... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035418&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:16:47 -0400 The Herald http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035418&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A CHILD molester who used his dog to threaten his young victims was found to have a cache of child pornography and images of bestiality stored on his computer. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038037&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:55 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038037&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ian Craig's warning comes just days after the company launched a review of its services.The rising price of diesel, a wider economic slowdown and tram roadworks have severely dented passenger numbers ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035830&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:25 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035830&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ian Sayers, who is originally from Edinburgh but now lives in York, started the campaign after his two-year-old son Sandy was killed in a car crash in France in 2006.Mr Sayers, 39, had momentarily for... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035838&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:40 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035838&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The garden belonging to Susan Burns, who writes a gardening column on growing organic foods, will be open on August 2 and 3.A small fee will be required to enter the garden in Nantwich Drive, Craigent... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035829&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:09 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035829&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Two men hit the man with a bottle and an umbrella over the head at the Broughton Street shop at 5.30pm yesterday. They then fled the scene in a green Lexus parked outside the shop.The victim was taken... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035840&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:45 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035840&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The 89-year-old Edinburgh woman tumbled through the hatch, which had been left unguarded by Progas Heating Ltd. The gas replacement contractor, based in Stirling, was hit with the fine at Edinburgh Sh... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035833&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:28 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035833&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 HEARTS owner Vladimir Romanov attended a reception at 10 Downing Street last night as the club picked up an award for investing in the local community. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035841&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:48 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035841&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Labour MSP Margaret Curran was chosen as the party's candidate for the Westminster seat last night – and immediately threw down the TV challenge to the SNP's John Mason.Glasgow city councillor Mr Ma... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038040&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:47 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038040&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Fringe organisers have invited stall holders to apply for a place on one of ten stalls they plan to set up for this year's extravaganza in the Meadows.The event, which regularly attracts up to 150,000... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035828&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:13 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035828&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 THE families of patients who died as a result of the Clostridium difficile outbreak at a Scottish hospital will today announce plans for legal action. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038043&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:33:40 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038043&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Capital City - Festival exhibition will run between July 31 and August 25 at the scotlandart.com Gallery in St Stephen Place in Stockbridge. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035826&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:05 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035826&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Nigel Worthington has hinted that new Celtic signing Pat McCourt will be in Northern Ireland's squad for the 20 August friendly against Scotland. The skilful midfielder moved from Eircom League clu... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038257&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:41:59 -0400 BBC Sport http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038257&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The offending signs originally stated there was no access to Leith Walk via Lorne Street from Easter Road.There actually is, but only for southbound traffic. The two-week one-way project, which will a... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035839&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:57:42 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16035839&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The date for the first leg of Rangers' Champions League second qualifying round tie with either Santa Coloma or FBK Kaunas has been set. Walter Smith's side will host their opponents at Ibrox on We... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038256&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:41:58 -0400 BBC Sport http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16038256&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Lee McConnell is ready to claim a place in the Great Britain Olympic 400m squad for Beijing at the British Olympic trials which begin on Friday. McConnell, 29, who was forced to quit hurdles at the... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16036838&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:41:52 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16036838&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The family of a student whose body remains missing after he went swimming in a Highlands loch have described him as a "loving son and brother". Searches of Loch Assynt, east of Lochinver, have so far... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16036837&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:41:50 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16036837&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 YOU'D be forgiven for thinking the only impact Edinburgh's tramline has had on the city so far is to make life difficult for motorists. Drivers in the north-east of the Capital are already well used t... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034174&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:01:44 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034174&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dunfermline have taken the German striker Joseph Laumann on trial to their training camp in Austria. Laumann, 24, has Bundesliga experience with Schalke 04 and has been playing with Rot-Weiss Erfur... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034528&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:29 -0400 BBC Sport http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034528&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The Liberal Democrats have launched their campaign for the Glasgow East Westminster by-election. Candidate Ian Robertson promised he would fight to reverse the blight of years of "Labour neglect". T... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033874&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:26 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033874&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Borders MSP Jeremy Purvis has ruled out a bid to become the next leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He had been considered a contender following Nicol Stephen's resignation from the post las... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033876&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:27 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033876&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Edinburgh-born artist Alexander Stoddart – whose work includes the Adam Smith statue on the Royal Mile unveiled last week – has spoken of his fears about plans to move statues of George IV and Wil... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034161&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:01:49 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034161&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A murder inquiry has been launched after the body of a man was discovered on a stair landing in Glasgow. The 35-year-old was found in the common close at a property in Plean Street, Yoker, in the w... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033877&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:31 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033877&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 FOR a man who is said to have fathered 67 illegitimate children, he probably spent more time in bed, but a number of historic armchairs once owned by a maverick Edinburgh banker are set be sold. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034172&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:01:58 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034172&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 WIMBLEDON may be over for another year, but Meadowbank campaigners are hoping to win their battle over what they say is a lack of courts for the next generation to play on. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034162&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:01:53 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034162&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Michael Gribben, 51, was found dead at Dunsyre House North, Calder Crescent, on Friday June 27. There are no suspicious circumstances and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal. It is thought... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034180&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:59:21 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16034180&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A 70-year-old man has died after he was hit by a car in Paisley, Renfrewshire. The pensioner was hit by a Vauxhall Corsa in Dykebar Crescent at about 0105 BST on Tuesday. He was taken to the town's ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033870&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:21 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033870&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A rising number of fuel thefts has prompted a security warning from police in southern Scotland. In one incident at a filling station in Sanquhar, a motorist filled up his tank before driving off wit... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033871&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:20 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033871&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A major marina development in south west Scotland is expected to open within weeks. Dumfries and Galloway Council hopes the Stranraer scheme will play a part in regenerating the town's waterfront. T... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033869&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:17 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033869&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Vandals have struck at the first phase of a UK-wide network of walking and cycling routes less than a day after it was officially opened. The Queen of the South Viaduct across the River Nith in Dum... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033868&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:32:15 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16033868&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Napier University in Edinburgh recently held a presentation to tell South African students about the benefits of studying at Napier and the advantages of choosing Scotland as a study destination. Nap... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16030202&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:29:21 -0400 IOL http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16030202&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The summer crackdown will see police, council wardens and parking attendants target hot-spots in teams.High-visibility patrols will target city-centre buses, trains and licensed premises to stop peopl... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16030597&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:24:15 -0400 Edinburgh Evening News http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16030597&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ministers in Scotland plan to close what they say is a "legal loophole" in the GP contract that could allow private firms to run surgeries. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon will tell a British Medica... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026997&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:00:55 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026997&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A SCOTTISH expatriate may never walk again after a drunk he expelled from a dinner party in his Bulgarian home allegedly ran him over in a Land Rover. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022024&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:08:51 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022024&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 THERE will be at least three contenders for the Scottish Liberal Democrat leadership, it was confirmed yesterday, after Tavish Scott and Ross Finnie joined Mike Rumbles in the contest to succeed Nicol... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026008&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:29 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026008&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 GLASGOW is to host this year's Eurovision Dance Contest, it was announced yesterday. The competition will be held on 6 September following the success of the inaugural event in London last year. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16020992&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:22:19 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16020992&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The 70km cable will run from Skaill Bay in Orkney to Dunnet Bay. It is the latest move to upgrade services to the Northern Isles. BT has already agreed with Faroese Telecom to share part of a new fibr... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026006&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:21 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026006&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Frank Doran, Labour MP for Aberdeen North, said a trust would further honour those who died in the disaster on 6 July, 1988. Yesterday, survivors and victims' relatives attended a memorial service in ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026007&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:15 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026007&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 ld have been longer had he not pleaded guilty early. He also ordered him to be monitored in the community for four years after his release. Susan Duff, defending, said: "He feels that he would not hav... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026002&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:39 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026002&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A POTTERY pig bought for just over £2 at an auction 40 years ago, is expected to fetch more than £5,000 when it is put up for sale again next month. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026010&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:11 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026010&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 nk's details have been sent to every police force in Europe. He was jailed after admitting taking indecent pictures of children in Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness. He also admitted charges of abusing g... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025999&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:42 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025999&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Ms Curran was the overwhelming choice of the members of the Glasgow East Labour Party who voted for her to become the candidate for the 24 July poll.Within moments of being selected, Ms Curran challen... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16023350&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:03 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16023350&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 ONE in ten workers at troubled Aberdeen City Council might lose their jobs as part of efforts to solve the financial crisis in which the authority is mired, it was claimed yesterday. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16024668&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:06:56 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16024668&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Her mother told Perth Sheriff Court that her daughter "wasn't the same girl" after being subjected to an alleged indecent attack by Farooq Hussain.She said: "She was very innocent. She wasn't like a n... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026004&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:36 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026004&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Viewers tuning in to BBC Scotland's early-evening TV news were, instead, informed about wildlife in Clapham and the Tate Gallery.Reporting Scotland, the BBC's news programme north of the Border, was f... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025996&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:50 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025996&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 THE Scottish Charities Regulator will today lodge a petition in the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking permission to remove Captain Alistair MacGregor and his wife, Joanna, as directors of Cantrayb... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026013&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:06:55 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026013&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Strange, isn't it? The English allegedly cannot understand Scottish accents on the television, but the Scots are expected to understand all the weird English accents. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022025&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:22:16 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022025&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The clinic stopped the treatment study after Peter Munro was reported to have suffered a heart attack.Mr Munro, 48, a former security guard, was taken to hospital after arriving at the Charles River c... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026009&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:28 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026009&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Alex Salmond predicted his Scottish National Party (SNP) would pull off an upset in the Glasgow East constituency, where a vote has been called for July 24 after the sitting Labour member of parliamen... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022023&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:42 -0400 The Peninsula http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022023&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 t up two accounts and had been using his work computer to trade, they said. He had not told his bosses he was selling online until confronted about the eBay sales – then he claimed he had sourced hi... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026003&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:32 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026003&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 To topic; return of an ear bone and skulls.I met an O'Sullivan, dual citizen of neither the US or UK. He said this to me:"They restrained him, heated a coin on the fire, and placed it in his eye. He w... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025993&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:08:00 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025993&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A NURSE sacked for physically abusing a mentally ill resident in his care has lost his unfair dismissal claim after an employment tribunal in Glasgow. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026012&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:12 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026012&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 SCOTLAND'S greatest remnant of Roman occupation was last night granted World Heritage Site status – ranking it alongside the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025995&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:52 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025995&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A chilling 999 call was played at the High Court in Glasgow in which Ann Lilburn screamed: "I'm dead." Her husband David, 45, denies murdering her at their home in Paisley last July. http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026017&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:06:59 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026017&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 re", will create hundreds of jobs and bring thousands of visitors to the area. Jim Mather, the minister for enterprise energy and tourism, said: "The Ayrshire is an exciting development that, once bui... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16023352&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:06:59 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16023352&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Liberal Democrat Party third-place in 2005, have selected mathematics teacher Ian Robertson as their candidate. He will begin campaigning on Tuesday. Meanwhile the http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022022&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:44:53 -0400 Wikinews http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16022022&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 The alsatian bit into John Davie's thigh as he approached a caravan at Hareness Road in Aberdeen.Isobel Stewart, 36, was found guilty of being the owner of an out-of-control dog at Aberdeen Sheriff Co... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026016&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:04 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16026016&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 PERCHED atop the dramatic cliffs near the spectacular chasm of the Bullars of Buchan, brooding Slains Castle is now a roofless ruin – the remains of an imposing fortress which may have once been hom... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025992&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:58 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16025992&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Two osprey chicks raised on a Highlands reserve have been tagged so their migrations can be tracked by satellite. The BBC Scotland news website reported last month that the RSPB planned to tag birds ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16024154&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:18:33 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16024154&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Dundee United have completed the signing of Cardiff City striker Warren Feeney on a season-long loan. The 27-year-old will team up with fellow Cardiff player Willo Flood, who will spend a second se... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16020345&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:05:52 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16020345&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 An Aboriginal delegation is heading home from Scotland after taking repossession of remains of their ancestors, which were taken from Australia more than 100 years ago. The remains, including six sku... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16018372&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:47:12 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16018372&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 St Mirren manager Gus MacPherson says he is keen to further strengthen his squad this summer. Saints have already secured deals for Tom Brighton, Jack Ross, Steven Robb and Dennis Wyness for the ne... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16019599&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:18:30 -0400 BBC Sport http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16019599&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Albion Rovers have signed defender Martin McGoldrick from Junior side Harmony Row. The 21-year-old plays at full-back and joins other new signings Marc Pollock and Robert Wright. Third Division ... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16019600&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:18:29 -0400 BBC Sport http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16019600&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 A Japanese snow monkey has been recaptured after it escaped from the Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore. The incident comes just days after it emerged that three of the animals had already died the... http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16019007&cat=5ba58fd38447f467 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:18:21 -0400 BBC http://feeds.edinburghnews.net/?rid=16019007&cat=5ba58fd38447f467