Jul 21 2012 By Stephen Stewart soldier daniel mackenzie Image 1 A FORMER Army corporal has swapped the killing fields of Afghanistan and Iraq for the burst water mains of the Western Isles. Daniel Mackenzie – who left the Royal Signals after several tours of duty – is now an apprentice with Scottish Water. They are backing our Hire A Hero campaign to end the...
NewsJul 21 2012 By Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary syria douglas alexander Image 2 AS the world comes to together to celebrate the Olympics, we must not forget those trapped far away from the festivities. The suffering and tragedy the residents of the small Syrian village of Tarmesh have endured in recent days will likely make them doubt if they will ever be able to celebrate or rejoice again. In Tarmesh, 150 innocent people including women and children were massacred – many shot in the head at close range. The pictures were harrowing and the reality of the slaughter was unimaginable. While it is Syrian president Bashar Assad’s actions which left the streets of Tarmesh stained with blood, a dark cloud of blame will now hang over Beijing and Moscow. Their decision to veto this week’s UN Security Council...
NewsJul 19 2012 By Kevan Christie ScotRail train derailed by landslide near Dunfermline A WITNESS said last night that rail passengers were lucky to be alive after their train was derailed when it hit a mudslide. Around 30 passengers and two crew members were on board when the front carriage of a ScotRail train smashed into a mudslip and came off the tracks. The accident happened on a stretch of rail between Rosyth and Dunfermline, near Pitreavie Industrial Estate, at 4.10pm. There were no injuries but Alan Goodsir, owner of Gym 64, near Rosyth, was amazed there were no fatalities. The 48-year-old said: “I’m just glad no one was hurt – they’ve had a lucky escape.” Alan first became aware of the incident when ...
NewsJul 18 2012 THE number of homes sold in the first five months of the year has increased by 11% on an annual basis, showing signs of recovery in the housing market, according to a new report. The average cost of a house in Scotland stood at £146,073 in May, down almost £200 on the previous month's figure. Experts said the housing market was faring well under a "stuttering" economy, with an increase in sales hinting towards a more sustained recovery. However, they issued a note of caution over the future availability of mortgages, saying lending to buyers with small deposits has been suppressed. The findings in the latest LSL/Acad Scotland house price index revealed that despite prices being flat, they are...
NewsJul 4 2012 Tornado AN operation launched after two Tornado jets crashed off the north coast of Scotland has moved from a search-and-rescue mission to one of recovery, officials confirmed. Four personnel from RAF Lossiemouth were involved in the incident in which the Tornado GR4s came down in the Moray Firth yesterday. A rescue helicopter picked up two people who were taken to hospital in Inverness before continuing to search for the remaining pair. Fred Caygill, a Maritime...
NewsJul 4 2012 Tornado AN operation launched after two Tornado jets crashed off the north coast of Scotland has moved from a search-and-rescue mission to one of recovery, officials confirmed. Four personnel from RAF Lossiemouth were involved in the incident in which the Tornado GR4s came down in the Moray Firth yesterday. A rescue helicopter picked up two people who were taken to hospital in Inverness before continuing to search for the remaining pair. Fred Caygill, a Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman, said: "The search-and-rescue phase of the mission was terminated at 7.04pm yesterday evening. "We are now in a recovery phase. We stand by to assist the Ministry of Defence in any way that we can ...
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