Evening Times

Fiend,31 Admits Gran's Brutal Murder

A MAN has admitted murdering a grandmother and hiding her body under floorboards in his flat for more than four years. Robert Kelly, 31, today pleaded guilty to strangling 64-year-old Glasgow money collector Agnes Mechan and robbing her of around GBP300.

Gbp6 M Flights Boost for Glasgow

GLASGOW is to get a multi-million pound Boston bonanza. As the first flyglobespan service was taking off today for the popular US city, Scots tourist chiefs predicted the new route would trigger a massive surge in American visitors.

Rogue Bus Firms Face Crackdown

BUS firms were today warned they'd be driven off the roads of Glasgow if they didn't act to curb rogue drivers. City council chiefs are determined to stamp out congestion caused by bus drivers double parking, or blocking rivals' bays.

Tesco Step Up Security in Strike by Drivers

TESCO has beefed up security at a distribution depot which supplies its stores across Scotland after dozens of delivery drivers went on strike. Strikers on a picket line at the warehouse in Livingston, West Lothian, are outnumbered by security guards, and say extra CCTV cameras and security fencing was installed before the industrial action began yesterday.

Gbp6 M Boost for City From Boston Flights Daily Service Set to Bring Thousands of Tourists Here

GLASGOW is expected to get a GBP6million Boston bonanza from new transatlantic fights. Budget airline flyglobespan today launched new daily flights to the American city from the end of June.

Airlift Drama for Girl Hit by Mystery Bug Sister Is Struck by Same Illness Which Killed Her Brother

A GIRL was airlifted to hospital after being struck down by a mystery bug which claimed her brother's life. Joanna MacNeil, 3, was rushed from the family home in Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, to Glasgow after she suddenly became ill.

Gbp7 M Ayr Campus for Paisley Uni

AYR could soon be the home of a new GBP75million campus. Paisley University plans to develop a series of environmentally friendly units at the Craigie Estate which will increase the number of students there to almost 4500.

Farewell to a Princess Tearful Family Grieve for Little Girl Who Couldn't Eat

GRIEVING parents today paid tribute to their "brave princess". Seven-year-old Caitlin Cameron died from a rare illness that meant she had to be fed through a tube.

Labour's 9 Councillors Control Inverclyde

LABOUR has taken control of the Greenock-based Inverclyde Council following the local government elections earlier this month. Voters returned nine Labour councillors, five SNP councillors, four Liberal Democrat councillors, one Conservative councillor and one Independent councillor.

Paolo Can Be Bigger Star Than Robbie Says Rod

ROD STEWART says 20-year-old Paisley born singer Paolo Nutini will be bigger in America than RobbieWilliams. Paolo sold more than a million copies of his debut album, These Streets, last year, and toured America with Paul Weller and the Rolling Stones.

Euro Bike Ride for Charity

TEN bikers from the West of Scotland are to ride 4000 miles across Europe to raise cash for a children's charity. The Roon the Ootside tour starts in Ayr next Tuesday and will cross 16 countries in 10 days and hopes to raise GBP8000 for Children 1st, a child welfare charity.

Tears As the Little Girl Who Couldn't Eat Is Laid to Rest Villagers Dress in Favourite Colour for Funeral of Pink Princess

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl who battled a rare illness which meant she couldn't eat real food has died. Caitlin Cameron had to be fed through a drip for 12 hours every night of her short life after being born with a condition thought to affect only a few people worldwide. Today her grieving family paid tribute to the courageous youngster who they affectionately called 'the pink princess' - pink after her favourite colour and princess because of her love of Disney characters.

Warder Wants Gbp300,000 Over Barlinnie Fight

A FORMER prison officer wants GBP300,000 damages for psychiatric illness after he swallowed blood from an inmate as he broke up a fight in Glasgow's Barlinnie jail. Edward Pratt said he had to wait months for the results of tests for Aids and hepatitis, which finally proved negative.

Chernobyl Carer Wins Burns Prize

A WOMAN who helped children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has won this year's Burns Humanitarian Award. Adi Roche set up the Chernobyl Children's Project International to support children in countries who are still suffering the health impact of the reactor breakdown in 1986.

Protester, 80, to Fight On

AN 80-year-old woman arrested during a protest at the Faslane naval base has vowed: "I'm determined to do it again." Barbara Green travelled from her Yorkshire home for a two-day stint in the Faslane 365 year-long protest at the Clyde base.

Hq Move for Clothing Chain

THE Mackays' clothes chain is moving its headquarters from Paisley to neighbouring Inchinnan in Renfrewshire. Local councillors have given the goahead for a new HQ and distribution centre at the old Hewlett Packard complex, which has lain empty for the past two years.

Deer Is Rescued in Town

A STRANDED deer had to be rescued after it got into difficulty in a town centre. The animal ended up in water close to the Palace Theatre, in Kilmarnock late last night, but when fire crews launched a rescue craft, it was scared off.

Woman Rescued in Fire

A WOMAN was being treated in hospital after suffering severe smoke inhalation when fire broke out in her home. The blaze happened around 9pm yesterday in Balgrayhill Road, in Springburn.

Driver 'Serious' After Thugs Torch Car

ADRIVER suffered serious burns after two thugs torched his car as he parked it. The 32-year-old man was approached by the attackers who deliberately set alight the Renault Clio while he was still inside.

New Gbp75m Campus Will Help Create 'Super-Uni' Largest Learning Centre in Country Will Be Developed

PAISLEY University is planning a GBP75million campusinAyrasit expands into a "superuni" stretching across the west of Scotland. Education chiefs have unveiled proposals for a massive development on the Craigie Estate next to the River Ayr, in a new partnership with the Scottish Agricultural College, SAC.