A rare automaton of a black man smoking a cigarette will be sold at auction by Lyon & Turnbull this week. Valued at around £1500, the piece is made by famous Frenchman Vichy and dates from the period 1860 to 1910, known as “The Golden Age of Automata”. Sourced from a private collection near Dundee, [...]
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 [...]
Soaring oil prices have led to petrol prices hitting record highs in the UK. Motorists must now shell out 140.20p for a litre of petrol. This is on the back of a slew of increases in fuel prices. Diesel was priced at 143.05p just last month. No respite awaits car owners across the country experts [...]
A letting agency in Scotland is making the Polish community feel at home by providing information, linguistic support and adverts in the Polish language. Edinburgh has an estimated Polish population of 8,000 and there is a growing number of restaurants, supermarkets and delicatessens in the city. Edinburgh Napier News spoke to Letting Solutions Manager Brian [...]
A new campaign has been launched today by school pupils in south Edinburgh. “Just give me a minute” highlights the small amount of time lost to a driver if they travel at 20mph rather than 30mph. The speed difference will save lives according to experts. A 20mph speed limit along residential streets from Arthurs Seat to Blackford [...]
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 [...]
Scotland’s Public Health Minister, Michael Matheson, has introduced a pre-9pm ban on the television advertising of foods which are high in fat, sugar and salt content. Matheson has also written to Westminster Health Secretary Andrew Lansley asking whether he would support a move to introduce this ban across the UK. “We want to introduce a [...]
Shelter has launched a new initiative, in partnership with the Scottish Electoral Commission, to encourage homeless people to put themselves on the electoral roll. Those who wish to vote in the up-coming local elections can either declare a local connection, telling the nearest office where they spend the majority of their time, or register a [...]
The Olympic torch will probably be the most symbolic image of the British summer. As the torch’s route and each of the bearers were disclosed today on London 2012′s website, Alessandro Brunelli talked to someone who has already had a close encounter with it. More on this topic: New Olympic torch route illuminates games’ divers history
Women can feel sexual pleasure or even have an orgasm when exercising, a new study proved. The research group from the Indiana University Bloomington found that about 40 % of the 370 women responding to the survey had experienced exercise-induced orgasms or sexual pleasure in more than 10 occasions. The most ‘rewarding’ type of exercise [...]
Top Story: Muamba remains in ‘dangerous condition’ Other sport news from around the UK: - Hearts maintained their excellent Edinburgh Derby record with a 2-0 victory at Tynecastle yesterday. Goals from Craig Beattie and Suso Santana proved enough to defeat a lackluster Hibs and extend their unbeaten run in the fixture to 10 games. - [...]
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 [...]
Joachim Gauck has taken up the official functions as the new German President and taken over the official residence Schloss Bellevue. With 991 out of 1228 (approx 108 abstentions) votes the top candidate was confirmed in the first run and will be sworn-in on Friday. Gauck, a former GDR civil-rights activist, was the federal commissioner [...]
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 Olympic torch will start its 8.000 miles journey on May 19th and will visit every British nation and over 1.000 communities, as well as stunning landmarks like Stonehenge or Isle of Lewis in Scotland. It will need an average of 115 people each day to carry the torch to its final destination in the [...]
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 [...]
Green tea grown solely in panda excrement will command high prices worldwide. An entrepreneur in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu plans to charge up to £2,000 per 500 grams for his product, which he claims says will make it the world’s “most expensive tea.” An Yanshi says he chose to grow tea in panda [...]
Monty Python’s Spamalot, a hit Broadway musical is opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse tonight. Written by Eric Idel and John du Prez, this production of the “rip-off” of Monty Python will run for six-days. The production stars former Doctor Who Star Bonnie Langford and this UK tour will run in Edinburgh for 6 days. In [...]
John Henderson, CEO of Scotland’s colleges, talked about the colleges’ situation and their future.
Plans have been revealed for new housing that will replace the notorious Fort housing estate in Leith. Council officials took charge of the site today from the security firm that has overseen the site, while families moved out. The last family moved out last week. The site will be demolished later this year. The plans [...]
On Sunday mothers across the country will be receiving gifts from their children. But where did this special day come from? Origins Mother’s day has it its origins deep in history, falling on the middle Sunday of Lent, the Christian time of fasting.it has been celebrated on this day since the 16th century.This day [...]
A broken traffic light in Edinburgh’s West End has caused severe delays during rush hour today. The fault is a result of a glitch in the computer system that controls the lights. The biggest problem areas are Haymarket and George Street. Delays are lasting up to thirty minutes in these areas. The lights are changing [...]
The UK’s home care service has been described as “shocking and disgraceful” by a consumer group today. Many elderly people have been left with food out of reach, in soiled beds and without their medication, a care association has said. The UK Home Care Association said it was never acceptable for people to experience rushed or inadequate [...]
Potential bidders who wish to buy Rangers Football Club have until the end of today, 16 March, to submit a bid. There are currently five bidders who are interested in taking over the Rangers. Ibrox administrators, Duff and Phelps, will look at the bidders’ funding capabilities and how they will handle the financial concerns of [...]
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