An FOI request made by the Scottish Labour Party has revealed that some patients suffering from chronic pain are waiting for more than 6 months before their first appointment. The findings have revealed that 1,866 patients are waiting for their first appointment, whilst over 1,000 people are awaiting a follow-up appointment. The worst waiting times [...]
A car dramatically crashed outside Trinity Academy on Craighall Road earlier this afternoon. An eyewitness reports that the driver smashed into another vehicle at high speed as it was trying to park. No injuries were reported. More details to follow.
This Saturday, Edinburgh will go dark. In conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour 2012, Edinburgh will join hundreds of cities from all over the world by switching off lights and electricity, and going dark, for an hour. Earth Hour is scheduled on the last Saturday of every March, closely coinciding with the equinox, [...]
The company that makes Irn Bru have reported a steady increase in profits. AG Barr’s profits have increased by 16.4% to £35.4 million for the year ending January 2012. Turnover for the same period was £237 million. Sales of Irn Bru itself rose by 2.7% with the company planning to open a new site in [...]
Theresa May the Home Secretary has made the latest in a series of allegations about the prospects for an independent Scotland. In an interview with the BBC, Ms. May stated that there may be border controls on the border with England, dependent on whether Scotland opts out of the Schengen agreement or not. This comes [...]
A lack or low content of the protein IFITM3 due to genetic mutation can change a harmless flu into a life-threatening disease. This information was announced in a collaborative study which included contributions from Edinburgh University and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute among others. While most people recover well from a flu, some have to [...]
An experienced nurse has been suspended from her post after being charged with committing sexual offences against a minor. Rhona Sharman, 50, has been suspended from her position as a staff nurse in West Lothian by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The ban is expected to last 18 months while the accused faces the [...]
Pressure has continued to mount on the Old Firm to accept new voting rules in the Scottish Premier League. Yesterday Kilmarnock Chairman, Michael Johnston, compared the struggle of the 10 “rebel” clubs to that of the Arab Spring, “Hopefully we can be as successful as some of the pro-democracy movements elsewhere.” The 10 clubs, which [...]
Staff and students at Jewel and Esk College have launched a new record label, Feast Records. Utilizing the college’s impressive array of recording equipment the label is aimed at promoting “new young musical talent in Scotland”. An event will be held to celebrate the new label on the 30th of March at Edinburgh’s Electric. The [...]
A 47-year-old man has been charged with the murder of the man who was found dying of his injuries in Saughton Park on Saturday. He is appearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court today. The police named the victim as taxi driver Ebrahim Aryaei Nekoo, 41, who was discovered in the east part of the park at [...]
The final film in the British fantasy film franchise took the top prize at the Empire Film Awards 2012 in London last night. Along with Best Film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 scooped the award for Best Director, for David Yates. Accepting the award he commented, “It’s a real treat to get [...]
Scottish gay rights charity, Equality Network has responded to a sermon given yesterday by the Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti. In the sermon he claimed that “tolerance” is turning into “tyranny” on the subject of gay marriage, accusing the political mainstream of “marginalizing” religious opinion. The Archbishop claimed yesterday that the proposed introduction of [...]
A four year old boy was rescued by fire fighters after becoming trapped in a climbing frame in Lauderdale park in Dunbar, East Lothian yesterday evening (25 March 2012). The boy had to be cut free when his arm became trapped in a metal part of the climbing frame by fire fighters using a grinder [...]
Ten thousand smokers will participate in a new lung cancer screening trial, according to Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer. Sir Harry Burns announced the trial will test the cost-effectiveness of EarlyCDT lung, a simple blood test used to detect the disease in its earliest stages. Current screening methods only detect advanced lung cancer. The trial will [...]
Come rain or shine, this week will see the kick off of the 25th annual Edinburgh International Science Festival. Preparations for the March 30th opening are going “pretty good” according to Frances Sutton, PR manager for the festival, as works are continues to set up for the nearly 200 events being offered this year. Final [...]
Much of Scotland has been basking in the glorious sunshine and soaring temperatures this weekend. Feeling more like summer than spring, UK temperatures surpassed Mediterranean temperatures, out-scorching Barcelona and Mallorca. After a foggy Saturday in Edinburgh, Sunday had sun worshippers out in force around the capital’s parks basking in the unseasonal heat wave. The warm [...]
Every year we turn our clocks forward by an hour at the last weekend in March. This year the change to daylight-saving time, or summer time as many people call it, took place yesterday, on March the 25th. Summer time will reduce energy costs by aligning the time we spend awake and working with daylight. [...]
Listen Here: The NSPCC has launched a new campaign urging the public to act on doubts about child safety, as new figures show most people wait at least a month before picking up the phone. In the last six months, 374 people from Scotland contacted the NSPCC with concerns about a child that were considered [...]
Edinburgh University’s Pollock Halls have the best accommodation fire safety record in Scotland. Following Freedom Of Information requests to Scotland’s largest universities, Napier News discovered that the Fire Brigade were only called to Edinburgh University’s Holyrood halls twice in the last academic year. The site, which houses around 2000 students, has seen dramatic improvements following [...]
A technique which cools the human body, inducing a kind of hibernation, is to be used to see if it will help the recovery of stroke victims. The technique, which recuduces body temperature from 36.8C to between 34C and 35C has already been used to treat brain injury after cardiac arrest or birth defects. Inducing [...]
MPs have declared that control of Scotland’s seabeds and coasts should be transferred from the Crown Estate to local authorities. The Scottish Affairs Committee criticised previous management of the areas, citing a lack of transparency and public consultation. Whilst the Queen currently owns Crown Estate rights, surplus revenues from leasing of it’s land to operations [...]
Three children and a teacher have been killed following a shooting at a Jewish School in Toulouse. The shooter took aim as pupils were being dropped off for primary school before he escaped on a scooter. The three children killed were all described as being of North-African descent. Details remain unclear but police have stated [...]
1940 Joachim Gauck is born to a captain of the merchant navy and a office clerk on the 24th of January. 1951 Gauck’s father is taken in and sentenced to two times 25 years of heavy labour for supposed anti-soviet agitation and spying. The family does not know about the trial or the deportation. 1953 [...]
The UK’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 has been unveiled today on the official Eurovision website. The entry, a ballad entitled “Love Will Set You Free” is performed by veteran crooner Engelbert Humperdinck. Humperdinck, 75, will perform the song at the Contest finals in Baku, Azerbaijan on May 26, in a bid to [...]
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Comment: George Watson’s College’s MUN Conference
If there’s one group we like to blame society’s problems on, it’s young people. These binge drinking hoody wearers are disaffected, uncaring and couldn’t spell “politics” if their entire Spelling Bee credibility depended on it, right? Wrong. While some of us continue to bury years of repressed memories of endless evenings spent crying over boys [...]