- 'Sustainable' joint campus opens
- Clinic 'can boost IVF success rate'
- Cyclists in cancer charity ride
- Contamination found at nuclear site
- £24,000 fine for Legionnaires' case
- Olympic security test at Hampden
- Gun murder conviction appeal fails
- Scots 'devo-max' option highlighted
- Frew accused breaks down in dock
- House move costs up 69% over decade
- Two hurt in police car accident
- 'Scots should decide on referendum'
- Trump wants windfarm public inquiry
- Former Labour MP Eadie dies aged 91
- Pair hunted after armed bank raid
- Toddler death inquiry announced
- Salmond addresses sterling question
- Second man charged over car death
- Murder accused in blackmail claim
- Woman in court over assault claims
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Susan Boyle’s local team sells sponsor rights on auction website
SUSAN Boyle shot to global fame after internet footage of her singing audition spread across the world.
Now her local football team are hoping to use the web to boost their own fortunes.
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It’s all tram’s fault says boss of mouse plague chip shop
HEALTH inspectors have closed a city chip shop for the third time in three years – but its owner blames the tram works for its mouse infestation.
32 commentsParamedic sues for £100k over assault
A PARAMEDIC who was off work for six months after being attacked by a patient is suing ambulance bosses for £100,000 after claiming they did not tell her the call-out was dangerous.
6 comments8000 pothole repairs and a spring clean for streets among surprise council projects
An extra 8000 pothole repairs, a “spring clean” of the Capital’s dirtiest streets, measures to counter the impact of the latest tram works, new bus shelters and a series of road safety initiatives are among £2 million of surprise council spending plans unveiled today.
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Back-up needed as blessing fails to stop ‘hauntings’
A CHURCH of Scotland minister has been called in to help a family who have become too terrified to stay in their “haunted” flat.
Mother-of-two Vicky Dann told the Evening News how she had been left at her wits’ end by the spooky goings-on in their Dalkeith home which had left her daughters Jenna, 18, and Emma, 11, petrified.
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Edinburgh
Health chiefs aim to cure huge waiting list backlog
HEALTH chiefs have been forced to hire more surgeons, open defunct theatres and send patients for private treatment to tackle a backlog of thousands of Lothian patients on a massive hidden waiting list.
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Hate crimes soar as more city victims come forward
THE number of hate crimes reported in the Capital has soared by nearly a quarter – with some offences increasing by as much as 90 per cent.
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Rickshaw safety rules ‘too late to save Christopher’
TOUGH new safety controls on city rickshaws are to be introduced after an off-duty soldier was killed in an accident.
But today the soldier’s sister called for the pedal-powered vehicles to be banned altogether.
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Glimpse of a young Walter Scott on his way to Waverley
AGED 19 and studying to be a lawyer, it would be some time before he became an established household name.
Yet a glimpse into the life Sir Walter Scott was living as a young academic in the Capital has been revealed as a rare census goes on sale to the public for the first time.
Poineering penny stamp sent to Capital law firm fetches £2500
An envelope with a rare one penny stamp used to send a letter to a law firm in Edinburgh in 1850 has been sold for £2500 at auction.
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Man injured in moped hit-and-run
A MAN needed hospital treatment after an apparent hit-and-run incident involving a moped with learner plates.
Hibs striker Garry O’Connor in court on drugs charges
FOOTBALL ace Garry O’Connor has appeared in court on cocaine possession and resisting police arrest charges.
Ex-serviceman claims 4,000 indecent child images are ‘art’
A FORMER serviceman caught with over 4,000 indecent images of young girls tried to claim the snaps were pieces of art, a court has heard.
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Sport
Hearts’ players wages: SPL dismisses charge for breach of rules
THE Scottish Premier League has dismissed a charge against Hearts for an alleged breach of their rules.
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Australian Open: Andy Murray bows out at semi-final stage after five-set epic
ANDY Murray’s hopes of reaching a third successive Australian Open final were ended by Novak Djokovic today after an incredible five-set encounter in Melbourne.
Gambian Pa Saikou Kujabi gets trial at Hibs
HIBS boss Pat Fenlon today revealed he’s taken African star Pa Saikou Kujabi on trial at Easter Road, as he continues his bid to further strengthen his squad.
27 commentsHearts to appeal against SPL pay sanctions
HEARTS officials were attending Hampden Park today to mount a robust defence of their actions at the Scottish Premier League’s hearing into their charge of “failing to behave with the utmost good faith” towards the governing body.
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Hearts await fate on wages
HEARTS officials attended Hampden Park today to mount a robust defence of their actions at the Scottish Premier League’s hearing into their charge of “failing to behave with the utmost good faith” towards the governing body.
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The Guide
Review: Ron Sexsmith, HMV Picture House
There’s a 48-year-old man standing alone onstage. He’s no more overweight than most other men his age, and he still has his hair – even if it is a fluffy mess of light grey. He bestows all the showmanship of a glass of mineral water (which he drinks from), and no matter how the lights shine on him, still looks like he’s hungover or overtired.
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Review: Hot Scots, National Portrait Gallery
ROYALTY, politicians and philosophers are perhaps what we expect from the National Portrait Gallery. Well they certainly surprise with Hot Scots, a collection of portraits of something much less traditional – pure fame.
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Review: The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular, The Playhouse
The Rat Pack is back, trying to recreate a touch of Vegas glamour in a packed Playhouse on Saturday night in Edinburgh.
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Review: Katherine Jenkins: Daydream Tour, Playhouse Theatre
Poor Katherine Jenkins, having her heartbreak plastered all over the tabloids.
Would it be wrong, however, to suggest that her tragic split from clean cut fiancé Gethin Clifford Jones might be one of the better things that will ever happen to her?
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Grant Paterson’s Floorfillers
Jon Delirious - Believe In You EP
Warm late-night grooves kick off 2012 in style. Five future classics smoulder with haunting atmospherics and subterranean bubbling bass lines. Essential.
Features
It don’t mean a thing ... it’s no more than a casual fling
Men and women stuck in stifling marriages are logging on to a website dedicated to finding them a new lover - no strings attached
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Real Lives: ‘Porridge and hard work’ behind Bella’s 105 years
Armadale woman Bella Jones has been celebrating a remarkable achievement, after being joined by friends and family to mark her 105th birthday.
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Big year for city bands Discopolis and Bwani Junction
This month, Discopolis and Bwani Junction were tipped to be big in 2012 by the NME. It’s kudos rarely given to Edinburgh bands but, even allowing for hyperbole, it shows that the Capital’s music scene is finally rising from its slumber, writes Gary Flockhart
Real Lives: Variety being the spice of life works for Margaret
MARGARET Fraser, an Edinburgh woman whose working career spanned more than five decades and several jobs, has celebrated her 103rd birthday.
Cancer care is so different when tables are turned
EVERY single day nurse Mary Whitelaw tended to the needs of the desperately ill, helping them cope with the physical and mental anguish of battling cancer.
- Scottish independence: Backlash warning as English identity rises
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- Scottish independence referendum: Fresh trouble for Alex Salmond over adviser’s damning e-mails
- Warning from woman left brain damaged after binge accident
- Scottish independence referendum: One question, ten words, you choose
- Scottish independence: Momentous day as Salmond outlines referendum vision
- Scottish independence: Posing a simple question proves far from easy
- Scottish independence: Backlash warning as English identity rises
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