PLANS for the first Hibs Scottish Cup victory parade since 1902 have been finalised – all the Easter Road side have to do now is win.

A MAN was stabbed in the heart by his next door ­neighbour just hours after meeting him for the first time and inviting him into his home to play cards.

Thousands of cyclists have demanded the sentence given to double-killer driver Gary McCourt be reviewed.

Music mogul Simon Cowell once said they had more chance of winning the Grand National than getting a record deal.

A WAR veteran rendered housebound after his motorised wheelchair was wrecked by vandals will be back on the streets within days after a charity stepped in to repair the machine.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting for a new high school in Portobello Park have launched a public petition in support of a new Private Bill which would allow education chiefs to build on the green space.

A FRAIL army veteran honoured by the Queen for collecting tens of thousands of pounds for charity has been rendered housebound after his motorised wheelchair was “torn to pieces” by yobs as he lay bedridden with illness.

A BOWLING carpet worth £40,000 was laid at an indoor bowling centre just 18 months before the decision to close it.

A SHERIFF who allowed a motorist to walk free after killing a 75-year-old cyclist has caused fury by saying she contributed to her death by failing to wear a helmet.

A PUB-GOER suffered a broken cheekbone after he was attacked by three boxing fans who had blocked his view of a band playing in the bar.

THE national indoor bowls 
association has called for a plans to axe the Capital’s only public indoor bowls facility to be 
reversed amid fears the move will damage the future of the game.

A Private Bill to allow the new Portobello High School to be built in Portobello Park has been introduced in the Scottish Parliament.

Former Labour MP John McAllion will join forces with ex-SNP MSP John Finnie to press the case for an ­independent Scotland at a ­public meeting tonight.

Older children in Scotland are being offered a vaccination against measles following an outbreak in England and Wales.

IT’S a historic fixture that first kicked off in the year Scotland’s David Narey blasted a wonder strike past a helpless Brazilian goalkeeper in the World Cup.

A GAMBLING addict who conned a 96-year old woman into giving him her bank card and PIN number blew £600 playing a roulette machine in a bookies’ shop.

EXPERTS at a major health studies institute are to reunite with Malawian graduates at an event marking its 20th anniversary.

LIVINGSTON widow Rachel Clark is to lead a rally at the Scottish Parliament to call for an awareness campaign among doctors and the public about brain tumours.

CAMPAIGNERS against construction of a high school in Portobello Park have vowed to fight a private Bill allowing education chiefs to build in the green space.

PORTOBELLO Community Council is set to be slashed in size amid claims it is being led by “out of touch zombies”.