9am Briefing: Woman's narrow escape as flat blaze went unnoticed for two hours

A WOMAN had a lucky escape after she failed to notice a fire in her kitchen for two hours because there were no smoke detectors fitted in the flat.

Firefighters were called to the fire, which broke out in a tumble dryer, on Caledonian Crescent in Dalry at around 9.25pm last night.

The 49-year-old woman, who suffered smoke inhalation, was given oxygen at the scene by firefighters before being transported to the Royal Infirmary by ambulance.

• THE GRIEVING sister of a man who died after being electrocuted at work has welcomed the news that the number of Scots dying in work accidents is to be investigated.

Edinburgh lawyer Louise Taggart's brother Michael Adamson would have been 32 today but he died in 2005.

The Commons Scottish affairs committee is to launch an inquiry next month to find out why the rate of workplace deaths in Scotland is nearly double that in England and Wales.

Michael was working to connect up a security system at a sports shop when he touched a live wire.

• THE ROYAL Bank of Scotland has revealed that its top five non-board executives collectively earned more than 21m last year.

The part-nationalised bank also disclosed it paid a total of 375m to 323 key staff members, including 256m to its top investment bankers.