by Blythe Harkins The ‘Stone of Remembrance,’ a war memorial outside of the City Chambers on the Royal Mile was vandalized recently. Either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, white paint was thrown on the nearby walls and in front of the memorial. A team of specialists had to be called in t0 remove the [...]
By Claudie Qumsieh In London at weekends dark figures connected to the sewers rise out of the pavements: urinals. Edinburgh has unveiled plans for similar, if not as cinematic, urinals to address the problem of drunkards using the streets as make-shift toilets. The proposal was outlined in a report into how the night-time economy of [...]
by Katy Docherty Amanda Knox is starting an appeal against her conviction of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Knox’s lawyers argue that there are various gaps in the prosecution’s argument and are seeking a full review of the original DNA evidence. Last year an Italian court found Knox guilty for the murder and sexual assault of [...]
By Oonagh Brown Edinburgh City Council has joined forces with the Lothian & Borders Police to tackle antisocial behaviour. Together they have launched The Antisocial Behaviour Strategy 2010-2013, aiming decrease the capital’s rates of vandalism and potential crime. The strategy plans to tackle the “root causes” of problems before they begin to affect the community. [...]
Expenses MPs to be tried Three ex-Labour MPs involved in the expenses scandal, including Jim Devine of Livingston, have lost their final legal challenge to facing criminal trials. They had claimed they should not be tried as they were protected by Parliamentary privilege. Nigel Pleming QC, who represented Jim Devine, said had told the Supreme [...]
By Claudie Qumsieh Former US President George W. Bush has admitted authorising the illegal practice of waterboarding during the interrogation of terror suspects. Bush claims the technique “helped break up plots” on both US and British soil, including Heathrow airport and Canary Wharf in London. Bush made the admission in his memoirs “Decision Points” which is [...]
by Trystan Davies An attack in Leith Walk resulted in a man being scarred for life. The assault took place this week at the City Limits bar in the city centre. The 37-year-old man was drinking in the pub with friends when they were confronted by a group of men who started to racially abuse them. One of [...]
By Morag Hobbs & Claire McCann A woman from Edinburgh escaped a prison sentence as judge says little purpose would be served by sending her to prison. The woman, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, faced charged surrounding her drug use and in order to maintain freedom must return to the court to [...]
by Josephine Heinemeier Retailers John Lewis have been fined £20,000 after failure to follow appropriate safety procedures concerning asbestos checks, resulting in the possible exposure of the poison to 15 construction workers. While undergoing refurbishment, John Lewis’s Edinburgh store has been found in breach of correct asbestos checks. In accordance with demolition and refurbishment procedure, [...]
by Katy Docherty A Mexican Archbishop today called for a cease to country’s bloody battle against drug cartels. His plea comes at the funeral of the latest 18 victims to be caught up in gang violence. The bodies of the 18 were discovered in a mass grave outside the holiday resort of Acapulco. The funeral took place [...]
By Lauren Codling Concerns have been sparked after a local man was attacked near the Napier Sighthill Campus in a nearby over ground crossing, on the morning of Thursday the 4th November. The man has been identified as Mark Shaw, 30. Shaw was walking to work when he was attacked by two individuals who went [...]
By Anika Aylward Blake After a young woman was sexually assaulted on the Union Canal, Edinburgh, earlier this year, the lack of visibility on the canal is becoming an issue with the public. The Union Canal, previously known as the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, has recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of its reopening as [...]
By Adam Bergin Union calls off London bonfire night strike A firefighters’ strike in London has been postponed amidst fears for public safety, after private contractors brought in as cover were deemed to be incapable. The strike, which was due to run from 10am Friday until 9am Sunday and include over 5,500 workers, was to [...]
A third night of rioting in a prison complex in South Yorkshire has seen a total of 250 inmates moved to different locations today, following similar riots in a young offenders unit opposite the prison the previous two nights. The riot took place in the adult section of Moorlands prison, near Doncaster, last night where [...]
As bonfire night approaches an Edinburgh based Firefighter has condemned the “demonization” of the striking members of the London Fire Department. It comes after strikebreakers unleashed a day of shocking violence against London’s Firefighters. At Croyden Fire station a striking Firefighter was struck by a speeding vehicle driven by a non – union member. [...]
By Katy Docherty Tommy Sheridan has accused former Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) member Alan McCombes of scripting tapes in which ex-SSP leader confesses to visiting sex clubs. McCombes denied accusations that he collaborated with Sheridan’s best man George McNeilage to create the damaging video. McCombes denied these claims: “That is just nonsense. Neither did I hire Rory Bremner [...]
By Morag Hobbs A robber who left his distressed victim in need of counselling has been sentenced today at the high court in Edinburgh to ten months in jail. Morris Hodgkiss was found guilty of attempted robbery on Jeffery James Jewellery shop, Haddington on the 7th October of this year. Hodgkiss, who has previously been [...]
by Sofia Gonçalves A “strategic dialogue” with Britain was postponed by Israel as a sign of protests over “defence and security issues”, reported by the BBC. AFP mentioned these protests are also on how “a law which allows British courts to prosecute visiting Israeli officials for alleged war crimes”. UK’s Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered [...]
By Claudie Qumsieh More than 70,000 prisoners are to be given the right to vote. David Cameron has “reluctantly” given in to calls for the UK to comply with EU law. Compensation to disenfranchised prisoners could have cost the tax payer hundreds of millions of pounds, legal advisers warned the government. The government failed to comply with a ruling of [...]
By Bryanie Kane. A pipe bomb, along with flammable liquid, found in a silver Toyota car in Belfast International Airport on Saturday at 14:30BST, is said to have been there for up to a year. This has caused a fear of revived dissident threat. Police and army bomb experts were alerted to the scene on [...]
By Elizabeth Ting The Scottish Supreme Court rule refusal will allow the suspects to have access to a solicitor in police interviews. In the past over 25 years in Scotland, suspects had no rights to apply for lawyers when detained, which was incompatible with law in England and in most of the European countries. In [...]
By Claudie Qumsieh An espionage Chief has made a public speech for the first time today. John Sawers heads the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) aka MI6. The organisation gathers foreign secret intelligence. MI6 has been operating for 100 years but did not officially exist until 1992. Over the past 5 years SIS has gradually become [...]
Despite the credit crunch police chiefs received bonuses. Lothian and Borders police superintendents and chief constables shared tens of thousands of pounds of tax payers money over the last year First Minister Alex Salmond commented in this weeks Scottish Nationalist Party conference that police forces will go through big changes because of the Westminster spending [...]
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 [...]
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