As the standoff with Colonel Gadaffi continues to escalate, Napier News has heard how Libyan students at an English school in Edinburgh have reacted to the rebellion. Eileen Macintyre said one of her students was determined to go to fight against Gadaffi’s forces. Finally she and her husband managed to persuade him to stay. Macintyre, [...]
Stopping the Traffickers
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Tony Garner Scotland may be set for its first child trafficking prosecutions after the release of a report claiming the extent of the problem is much worse than previously feared. Clare Tudor of the Scottish Refugee Council told Napier News that police had taken two individuals into custody. Tudor told Napier News that children [...]
Soundtrack for the city
March 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Football: SPL round-up
March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Tony Garner In the SPL both Old Firm sides won at the weekend to keep the title race bubbling almost as high as the bad blood between them. Goals from Kris Commons helped Celtic beat Hamilton 2-0 on Saturday, while Kyle Bartley was Rangers’ unlikely goal hero as they squeezed past St Mirren 1-0 [...]
Police rapped over 999 tardiness
February 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Football Round Up
February 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Tony Garner After Wayne’s lunchtime wondergoal you could be forgiven for thinking that no other football took place over the weekend. But, bicycle related hyperbole aside, it was a fairly standard two days of action both north and south of the border. In Scotland, Celtic turned over the challenge of Dundee United with a [...]
A design for life after cancer?
November 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Tony Garner Construction is under way on the latest architecturally unique Maggie’s Cancer Centre next to Gartnavel hospital in Glasgow. The charity, which places built environment at the heart of its cancer support philosophy, commissioned an internationally renowned Dutch architect for the Gartnavel design. The plans drawn up by Rem Koolhaus feature a ring [...]
Blackburn poultry takeover still on
November 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Tony Garner An Indian businessmen has given assurances to fans of English Premiership football club Blackburn Rovers that he will put their interests first in his dispute with Venky’s, the Indian poultry conglomerate whose £46m takeover of Blackburn is expected to go through this month. Saurin Shah claimed that Venky’s had promised him that [...]
Petition calls for Lockerbie enquiry
October 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The saga of the Lockerbie Bomber took another twist yesterday as a petition was handed in to the Scottish Parliament calling for an Independent Inquiry into Abdulbaset al Megrahi’s conviction. The petition is signed by 1,200 people, the vast majority of them from Scotland. It is supported by Jim Swire, father of one of the [...]
Mixed Fortunes for Scots in Delhi
October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Tony Garner There were mixed fortunes for Scottish competitors on Day three of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In the aquatics centre the highlight was a silver medal from the men’s 4 x 200m freestyle team, with Robbie Renwick anchoring the team home superbly to add to his gold in the individual event. However [...]
