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- At least 200 people were killed Tuesday when a gasoline pipeline exploded in Nigeria's biggest city of Lagos, a Red Cross official said. The death toll was expected to rise. |
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- It was at the Jam on the River on Penn's Landing, in the spring of 2001. The Godfather of Soul was the headlining act. He took to the stage, and the crowd just ate it up. |
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- The National Rifle Association has released an illustrated hit list of groups it is positioning against as it ironically scaremongers about "Freedom in Peril." In conjunction with recent government green scare repression and the work of corporate PR front groups like the Orwellianly-named Center for Consumer Freedom, the NRA has taken its cue to pile on animal activists in its fundraising appeals to "patriots of financial position." From democrats to dark-skinned "illegal alien gangs" to wealthy Jews to Katrina looters to the media (or carnage pornographers), the NRA leaves no potential boogeyman stone unturned. You have to see it to believe it. (full 3. |
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- A TEENAGER was killed in a Christmas blaze which was believed to have been started by a dropped cigarette, police said today. |
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- THOUSANDS of drivers are being urged to challenge their parking tickets in court after fines issued in the city were ruled to be illegal. |
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- PASSENGERS were today warned to leave more time for catching their trains as a major shake-up of rail services in and out of Edinburgh gets underway. |
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- AS Tony Blair approached his tenth anniversary in office his ambition was to secure a place in history. And he's certainly done that by being the first serving Prime Minister to be interviewed in a criminal investigation whilst in office. |
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- A MILITARY history museum would be created in the old Royal High School under new plans aimed at bringing the building back into public use. |
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- RETIRING Lothian race pioneer officer hails 'multi-cultural city' |
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- FLOOD protection work to safeguard nearly 1000 homes and businesses along the Braid Burn is set to get under way within seven months. |
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- FIRST Minister gives programme's appeal for Malawi a boost |
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- GOYA was not a happy man. Not if the collection of prints currently on show at the National Gallery are anything to go by. |
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- THE memories of the tsunami still have the power to send chills through everyone. We can all remember the horror with which we watched the terrible images and heard the stories of incredible survival and unimaginable tragedy. |
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- GREEN-tinged statue of Burns faces restoration |
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- THE Edinburgh Military Tattoo is heading for its fastest ever sell-out, with the last tickets set to be sold within the first few days of 2007. |
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- SWEDISH graduate lands dream role with winter festivals |
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- A £10 million sports centre would be built in Craigmillar under scaled-down council plans to improve community facilities. |
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- CITY leaders are to lobby the Scottish Executive in a bid to free up NHS Lothian land to build replacements for some of Edinburgh's crumbling schools. |
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- A FLOATING bar-restaurant complex on Leith's waterfront has been unveiled after a £1.1 million makeover. |
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- MOBILE misuse in schools is to be tackled in the first scheme of its kind, it was revealed today. |
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- TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh is to help get Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations off to a rousing start. |
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- COUNCIL chiefs are lining up a special event to give members of the public the chance to have their say over plans for a multi-million-pound new cultural centre in East Lothian. |
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- LORD Fraser is set to bounce back from his "air rage" controversy to chair a panel of highly-skilled judges - in a curry contest. |
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- ORGANISERS of Edinburgh's half marathon have urged would-be participants not to miss out on a cut-price entry offer. |
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- HUNDREDS of thousands of people were expected to attend fox hunts across the country today despite the ban which came into force nearly two years ago. |
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- A BLAZE blamed on illegally-sold fireworks swept through a department store in the central Philippines on Christmas Day, killing 24 people who tried to escape in a bathroom. |
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- A MUM who had her children's Christmas presents stolen said today the family was "over the moon" at an offer to replace them. |
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- PROUD mum Kirsten Manson cradles newborn son Callum who was the first baby born on Christmas Day in Edinburgh. |
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- THE chief of Lothian Buses has hailed the flat-fare pricing structure introduced earlier this year as a success. |
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- POLICE say a Sikh schoolboy has expressed "deep regret" after admitting that he lied about being the victim of a race attack in Edinburgh. |
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- A CITY marketing executive has raised £4000 for a leading cancer charity after taking part in a trek through the Peruvian Andes. |
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- A LEADING organisation representing small businesses claims to be in the dark about a compensation agreement for retailers who suffer during the construction of the Capital's tram network. |
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- COMMUNITY groups are exploring the possibility of trying to save two woods in Midlothian. |
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- THE father of an Edinburgh charity worker has told of his relief after his son-in-law was released without charge over the murder of a colleague. |
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- SCOTLAND's Transport Minister is to hold a one-day conference in the Capital on high-speed rail. |
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- ONE of the city's leading hotels has been sold off for the second time in four months - to a company backed by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and music impresario Simon Cowell. |
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- THE father of a former policewoman wrongly accused of leaving her fingerprint at a murder scene today revealed they are to end their campaign for a public inquiry into the case. |
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- Norwich: Experts are trying to find the source of a hospital bug which infected five babies and may have been a factor in the death of a sixth. |
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- A HORSE which became trapped in soft mud on farmland has been saved by fire crews. |
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- Pakistan: A car bomb has exploded near the entrance of the airport in north-western the city of Peshawar, killing one man and wounding two more. |
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- A LEADING heritage expert is to give a keynote speech on Scotland's buildings-at-risk register in the city next month. |
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- A MOBILE phone mast is to be set up on Colinton Road despite objections from local residents. |
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- A JAPANESE court today sentenced an architect to five years in prison for violating safety standards by faking earthquake-resistance data for hundreds of buildings. |
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- UNIONS are drawing up plans to submit a claim for a £1000 pay rise and a reduced working week for up to 1.5 million council workers. |
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- A RAID on a building site netted thieves sheets of aluminium worth £8000. |
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- CALIFORNIA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to the state for surgery after breaking his leg in an Idaho skiing accident over the weekend, his spokeswoman said. |
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