http://news.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=7029 news-scot-edinburgh:Scotland:Edinburgh en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk NS http://news.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=7029&format=rss Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:52:47 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://news.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/NS_rss.gif http://news.scotsman.com 281 70 http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Doctor-and-wife-fined-5000.5866435.jp A DOCTOR and his wife have been fined £5,000 for what a sheriff described as "the most outrageous breach of the peace" he had seen in 20 years in the job. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Doctor-and-wife-fined-5000.5866435.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Police-probe-mystery-death.5866873.jp POLICE were today probing the mystery death of a woman whose body was found in a house. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Police-probe-mystery-death.5866873.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Clarke-says-Tories-will-push.5866943.jp FORMER Tory Chancellor Ken Clarke says a UK Conservative government would bring forward its own proposals on more powers for Holyrood "as quickly as possible". http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Clarke-says-Tories-will-push.5866943.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/What-have-you-never-seen.5866935.jp IT'S A godsend for students too drunk to avoid a signpost. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/What-have-you-never-seen.5866935.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Developers-ready-to-take-city.5866880.jp TWO of Scotland's biggest housing developers have threatened the city council with legal action over its refusal to allow them to build on a controversial site. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Developers-ready-to-take-city.5866880.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Shock-of-the-new-at.5866426.jp A BLOCK of frozen blue ink slowly melting on to the stone floor, modernist metallic five-metre-tall trees, and an exploded cello caught in clear plastic. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Shock-of-the-new-at.5866426.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Exschool-head-jailed-for-four.5866451.jp A FORMER headmaster who had nearly 3,000 child porn images has been jailed for two years. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Exschool-head-jailed-for-four.5866451.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Care-service-chaos-as-.5866393.jp CARE for vulnerable adults in Edinburgh is in chaos after hundreds of those affected by proposed changes have chosen to opt out of city council control. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Care-service-chaos-as-.5866393.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/City39s-gyms-don39t-fit-the.5866926.jp FEWER people in Edinburgh use council-run sports facilities than any other Scottish city. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/City39s-gyms-don39t-fit-the.5866926.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Witnesses-describe-horror-at-seeing.5866884.jp A WOMAN has described how she was "frozen to the spot" when she realised she had witnessed a shooting outside an Edinburgh casino. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Witnesses-describe-horror-at-seeing.5866884.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Swing-from-treetops-and-.5866912.jp ADVENTURERS who loved the childhood challenge of climbing trees will be able to swing from branch to branch once more with the construction of a massive new high wire course. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Swing-from-treetops-and-.5866912.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Princes-St-on-track-to.5866861.jp TRAM workers are set to mount a full-scale assault on Leith Walk in the new year after claiming success on getting Princes Street reopened on time. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Princes-St-on-track-to.5866861.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Grand-finale-for-Homecoming-celebrations.5866433.jp FIRST Minister Alex Salmond will take part in two events to celebrate St Andrews Day and the finale of the Homecoming celebrations on Monday. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Grand-finale-for-Homecoming-celebrations.5866433.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Pair-in-39worst-breach-of.5866871.jp A DOCTOR and his wife have been fined £2,500 each for what a sheriff called the "worst breach of the peace" he had seen in 20 years. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Pair-in-39worst-breach-of.5866871.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Cleaner-spent-17000-of-boss39s.5866473.jp A CLEANER who was mistakenly paid £36,000 managed to spend £17,000 within just two days. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Cleaner-spent-17000-of-boss39s.5866473.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Artist39s-brush-with-charity-to.5866910.jp AN EXHIBITION of new work by the artist John Lowrie Morrison will be open to the public in Edinburgh this weekend to raise money for charity. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Artist39s-brush-with-charity-to.5866910.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Widow-pays-emotional-tribute-to.5866480.jp THE widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has paid tribute to her "beautiful man, protector and love" at his funeral service at the chapel where they married. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Widow-pays-emotional-tribute-to.5866480.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Cleaner-spent-17000-after-overpayment.5866925.jp A CLEANER blew £17,000 after cash was wrongly paid into her account, a court has heard. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Cleaner-spent-17000-after-overpayment.5866925.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Six-rescued-as-stairway-blaze.5866937.jp SIX people have been rescued by firefighters in the city centre after a blaze broke out today. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Six-rescued-as-stairway-blaze.5866937.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/New-figures-on-knife-carrying.5866877.jp MORE than 100 under-21s were found guilty of carrying a knife or offensive weapon in public in the Lothians in one year. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/New-figures-on-knife-carrying.5866877.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/City-class-sizes-are-bigger.5866899.jp CLASS sizes in Edinburgh are higher than the national average and second highest in Scotland - despite the fact education bosses say there are almost 9,000 empty desks in city http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/City-class-sizes-are-bigger.5866899.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Thieving-sales-assistant-told-.5866858.jp A SALES assistant who took more than £18,000 worth of clothes and equipment from an outdoors shop and sold them online has been ordered to pay the store back. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Thieving-sales-assistant-told-.5866858.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Kind-of-Christmas-magic.5866886.jp WE WILL Rock You stars Darren Day and Brenda Edwards switched on the Elm Row Christmas Tree lights last night. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Kind-of-Christmas-magic.5866886.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Seal-pup39s--long-trip.5866414.jp AN ORPHANED seal pup found in the Outer Hebrides has made a 300-mile trip to receive specialist care in Fife. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Seal-pup39s--long-trip.5866414.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Hundreds-opt-out-of-city.5866885.jp HUNDREDS of vulnerable adults affected by proposed care changes have decided to opt out of city council control, it was reported today. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Hundreds-opt-out-of-city.5866885.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Pupils-make-a-date-with.5866867.jp THE city's largest private hospital has teamed up with a local school to create a calendar encouraging healthy living. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Pupils-make-a-date-with.5866867.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/30k-to-focus-on-security.5866897.jp THE number of CCTV cameras due to be installed in a Lothian town is set to triple following a £30,000 funding boost. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/30k-to-focus-on-security.5866897.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/City-fighters-at-mixed-martial.5866903.jp TWO Lothian fighters will take to the ring at a mixed martial arts event in the capital tonight. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/City-fighters-at-mixed-martial.5866903.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Log-on-for-a-youth.5866940.jp YOUNGSTERS aspiring to work in theatre or cinema are invited to apply for auditions and technical interviews with the National Youth Theatre. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Log-on-for-a-youth.5866940.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Help-Capital-park-take-root.5866931.jp VISITORS to St Andrew's Day celebrations in the city will have the chance to help plant trees for a new wood in Wester Hailes. http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Help-Capital-park-take-root.5866931.jp Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT