by Faith Orr and Lauren McKenzie
Vitamin D wristband set to improve kid’s health
October 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Assault in Leith
October 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Faith Orr A woman was assaulted and had her handbag stolen in Duncan Place in Leith early yesterday morning, according to police. The 42-year-old victim was knocked to the ground by her assailant and kicked several times before he made off with her bag. Police are describing the attack as “opportunistic,” by a man [...]
Man Mountain
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A JUDGE in Ireland has issued an unusually ‘high’ punishment to a man who abused a policeman in County Donegal. Joseph McElwee, 38, of Aughavennan, Rathmullan was ordered to climb Ireland’s holiest mountain at Milford District Court recently. The court heard that McElwee had hurled a tirade of foul language at two officers outside a [...]
Recovering drug addicts forced from substance misuse service
December 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By Faith Orr Recovering drug addicts in Aberdeenshire are being forced to look elsewhere for treatment after a doctors surgery shut down its substance misuse service. The Finlayson Street surgery in Fraserburgh have made the move following the retirement of Dr Sandy Wisely, who was made famous when he revealed the abundance of reforming drug [...]
Mother lets 14 year old daughter have sex in family home
November 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By Faith Orr A mum’s horrific decision to allow her 14-year old daughter to have sex with her boyfriend, 22, was slated as ‘outrageous’ last night. The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allowed Daniel Balfour to have underage sex with the teenager in her home. She claims this was to protect her [...]
Shannon Matthews Case Continues
November 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By Faith Orr Karen Matthews, the mother of Shannon Matthews who went missing for 24 days earlier this year, joked about wanting to have sex with policemen during her daughters disappearance, a court heard yesterday. A friend has told how Matthews has a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ character, lively and joking in private but solemn and [...]
Fritzl’s Mother Also A Prisoner
October 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Josef Fritzl, the infamous Austrian who kept his daughter imprisoned in his basement, has now admitted keeping his mother locked in the attic. It has emerged that Fritzl, 73, kept his mother in the bricked up room for years until her death in 1980 as revenge for her treatment of him as a child. Fritzl, [...]
Charities In Crisis
October 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The voluntary sector in Scotland has been trying to weather the storm of the current financial crisis this past week. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisation’s Chief Executive, Lucy McTernan, has met with the Secretary of State for Scotland to discuss the issue of Icelandic bank deposits. Ms McTernan said: “The voluntary sector in Scotland [...]
A ‘Dooking’ World Record Attempt
October 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Locals in Peebles are to attempt to break a seasonal world record this weekend. Around 200 people are expected to turn up at The Gytes Leisure Centre on Saturday to ‘dook’ for apples. The event is hoped to form a new world record for most people bobbing for apples. The local businessman who came up [...]
