Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill popped into the radio studio to speak with our reporters about the Lockerbie bomber, the new plans to tackle organised crime in Scotland, and how the Cashback for Communities scheme is helping youngsters around Edinburgh and Fife. Listen here:
2009 was the year of homecoming, and 2010 is the year of outgoing for some university students. Our reporters, Jingjiao Liu and Chenyu Cui, speak to Suzanne Smith, Faculty Administrator at Edinburgh Napier University, about exchange programs currently on offer to students. They also speak to some international students about their experiences.
by Wendy Wan Some 70,000 horses are eaten in France every year, with an estimated 4.7 million believed to be consumed around the world every year. And it seems the meat is now back on the menu in Scotland for the first time in more than 70 years. The controversial choice is being served at an eatery [...]
by Wendy Wan Soham murderer Ian Huntley has returned to prison from hospital after he was attacked by a fellow inmate. Huntley is serving 2 life sentences at Frankland Prison for murdering 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman back in 2002. The 36-year-old was reportedly slashed at the throat with a makeshift knife and was found by prison staff [...]
All Twitterers, people who tweet on Twitter, from Edinburgh on Thursday will converge at Ghillie Dhu on Rutland Place for a Twestival, an offline event. It would include music, magic shows and prizes. By doing so, Edinburgh would join other cities in the globe in a worldwide fundraiser for charity, Concern Worldwide. Tickets are priced [...]
by Wendy Wan Under new plans by Prime Minister Gordon Brown every person in Britain would be online with their personalised website, saving billions of pounds by creating a paperless state. With the new scheme online transactions are proposed for everything from claiming benefits, paying the council tax and even passport applications. The proposed plan [...]
We went down to Mary King’s close with ghost hunter and paranormal investigator Mark Turner to record voices from the beyond. Armed with a Panasonic dictaphone we recorded questions that we wanted to ask the spirit world and waited for their reply. The sounds picked up are called EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) and they are otherwise inaudible [...]
by Wendy Wan After a year-long battle, change has finally arrived in America with the passing of the historic and controversial legislation to provide universal health care coverage in America. The House of Representatives voted the legislation through by 219 votes to 212. This will see healthcare coverage for 32 million Americans without it, and the cracking [...]
Rangers beat St Mirren 1-0 on Sunday to win the Scottish League Cup despite being two men short. Kevin Thomson and Danny Wilson had been sent off in the second half for the last 20 minutes at Hampden Park. Kenny Miller headed the late winner in the 84th minute for Rangers’ 26th triump in Scottish [...]
British Airways (BA) today said there could be further delays and cancellations of its flights following strikes called by the company’s unions. The strike has cost the airlines millions of pounds. The company would soon announce its revised schedule for the next weekend when its other strikes are scheduled to begin. The Union has planned [...]
Forty nine Muslims have been charged with murders of Christians in the City of Jos in Nigeria. Many of the victims were children, women and elderly. They were hacked to death with matchets and set on fire. About 100 Christians are believed to be killed, but there are no official figures to [...]
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