9am Briefing: Campaigners attack petrol station

Police were called out to the Shell petrol station on Comiston Road at around 2.30am this morning, after several protesters took over the forecourt and vandalised the pumps.

Staff at the garage said they were unable to comment and would not confirm whether the pumps had been put out of action for any time.

Police said protesters were quickly dispersed.

POLICE have identified seven women who were raped by serial killer Peter Tobin.

Tobin is serving three life sentences for the murders of schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, 15, 18-year-old Dinah McNicol and 23-year-old Angelika Kluk.

The women were identified following an appeal for information in July.

Giving an update during a new appeal on Crimewatch on BBC One last night, Det Supt David Swindle, from Strathclyde Police, said: "Since that last appeal we've identified seven women that have been raped by Peter Tobin and we've followed up thousands of lines of inquiry including the commencement of the excavations in Brighton and Hampshire."

A MAN named Daniel Defoe had to be rescued by the coastguard after he became stuck on Cramond Island.

A crew from RNLI at South Queensferry, set out to help the man - the namesake of Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe - and his female partner on Tuesday afternoon after they became stranded at Cramond Island.

A spokesman for Forth coastguard said: "We received the call at 3.10pm when we were told that a man and his female partner had been cut off by the tide at Cramond Island.

"The man was a bit sheepish about revealing his name at first. He was called Daniel Defoe - the same name as the author of Robinson Crusoe. "

HEADHUNTERS have been called in to a search for a high-profile figure who will be charged with promoting Edinburgh on the world stage.

Executive search specialist FWB has been brought in by the city council to find a chief executive for a new body responsible for promoting Scotland's capital.

A salary of about 110,000 will be offered to the successful candidate, who will lead efforts to promote Edinburgh as a leading tourism destination, a hub for inward investment and the creative industries, and a world-class place to live and study with the new Marketing Edinburgh body.