Evening Times

Man Jailed for Driving Smoking Car

ADISQUALIFIED driver was banned for eight years after he admitted driving a car with smoke billowing from its engine. Police were called to the vehicle after it caused a tailback on March 21 on Arkleston Road, Renfrew.

Great Granny Wins Gbp50,000

AGREAT grandmother from Glasgow has landed a GBP50,000 bingo jackpot. The 80-year-old, who has asked not to be named, won a UK-wide prize at the NB Leisure Bingo Club, in Riddrie.

Drunken Yobs Face Gbp40 On-Spot Fines Police to Crack Down On Street Thugs and Vandals

DRUNKEN yobs and vandals in west Scotland will be hit with on- the-spot GBP40 fines from next month. Police will have the power to issue the fixed penalties for 'riotous' drunken behaviour, urinating in the street and being drunk and incapable in public.

Coo-Ee. . . Can We Eat Your Leftovers?

VISITORS to a South Lanarkshire garden centre are being given the chance to go green - with the help of two Highland cows. The two beasts, Bruce and Wallace, are resident at the Flowers of Scotland centre in Carluke and are happy to munch through unwanted vegetable peelings and bread waste from the coffee shop.

Sentencing Policy Must Be Reviewed

THE call for doctors to be covered by laws protecting emergency workers is understandable. It doesn't make sense to exclude them from laws which make it an aggravated offence to attack police, fire and ambulance crews and casualty staff.

Complaints Must Not Be Ignored

GLASGOW city councillors appear to be listening at last to complaints over the notorious Parkview Hotel. But refusing a licence to extend its capacity must only be a first step.

Will Gory Pics On the Packet Put You Off Your Cigarettes? Department of Health Gets Tough with Graphic Images of the Effects of Smoking

CIGARETTE packets have been carrying "smoking kills" messages for four years - but smokers are paying less and less attention to them .Now health bosses are turning up the heat in their shock tactics - by unveiling graphic photographs that highlight the perils of smoking. The photographs, which will be displayed on packets from September 30 next year, pull no punches.

Think Again On Partick Shelters

I RECALL that Partick is designated as an interchange station. Yet it would appear that passengers will be expected to disembark from one train, and, assuming it's raining, will have to get drenched while walking to the covered areas, only to get soaked again when they reboard their connection. Brilliant. Do Scotrail and SPT live in the real world and do the bosses ever use the trains? I suspect not. Harry, Glasgow

Pubs Levy Will Hit the Innocent

IWAS astonished to read on your front page (August 29) claims that Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill wants to impose a levy on pubs and clubs to pay for policing. If he is allowed to impose this measure, it will simply be passed on to people like myself who have worked all their lives, committed no crimes, paid full NI and tax and are receiving from the police an ever-decreasing level of service.

Fans Warned of M8 Delays

DELAYS are likely on the M8 tonight and over the weekend due to roadworks. Resurfacing between Junction 11 Stepps Road and Junction 12 Cranhill starts at 8pm tonight and ends on Monday.

Vera Treats Pals to Gbp100,000 Trip

AMILLIONAIRE tycoon has delighted five old friends by paying for a GBP100,000 school reunion in New York. What Every Woman Wants founder Vera Weisfield has whisked five pals off to the Big Apple for a luxury break.

Gbp165,000 Cost of Battles to Be City Msps 52 Candidates Spent From Zero to Gbp9400

CANDIDATES trying to win Glasgow seats on the Holyrood gravy train spent more than GBP165,000 between them in their bid to become MSPs. And the figures for the city will be higher since they don't include the amount spent by list candidates Bashir Ahmad of the SNP and the Green Party's Patrick Harvie.

Let's Race in the Streets! Big Run Weekend Three Different Races Attract Thousands of Competitors to Race in Glasgow

AFTER months of sweat, toil and training, the big event is finally here, as the freshnlo Great Scottish Run goes under starters' orders in Glasgow this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, 18,000 runners and thousands more spectators will take to the streets of Glasgow for Scotland's biggest sporting challenge.

Jail for Paint Pest Caught Red-Handed

ANart supplies sales assistant whose gang daubed graffiti on trains across central Scotland has been jailed for two months. Vandal Dudley Halls, 29, and his friends' spraypaint damage cost thousands of pounds in repairs to trains in Motherwell, Airdrie and Yoker as well as in Perth.

Agony of Raped and Murdered Girl's Mum

THE World's End murder trial has heard how the life of a victim's mother changed forever after she heard the shocking news. Margaret Scott "went downhill" after the horrific events of October 1977, said husband Morain Scott, 77 whose wife died in 1979.

Council Is Offering Free Uplift of Bulky Refuse

PEOPLE living in Glasgow and disposing of bulky refuse can arrange free uplifts by the city. Those living in non-tenement buildings must request a special uplift of bulk items which will be carried out within 10 days of the request being made. Planks of wood, branches and hedge clippings must be no longer than 4ft.

Memories Brewery's Truck Fleet Rev Up and Roll Out the Barrels

THANKS to Evening Times reader Bill Ryan of Glasgow, who sent us today's photograph, which was taken in July 1983. "It's a sight you don't see on the streets of Glasgow any more, " said Bill, "The Bedford trucks at Tennents brewery are all lined up waiting to be loaded up with barrels and kegs to be delivered to pubs around the city.

Festival Tickets Boost

EXTRA last-minute tickets have been released for an 80s nostalgia festival this weekend. Thousands are expected to attend Retrofest tomorrow and Sunday in the grounds of Culzean Castle in South Ayrshire. The UK's first all- 80s music festival gets under way with Kajagoogoo, and headliners include Human League and Belinda Carlisle.

Gbp800,000 Payout for Axed Staff 200 Workers Win Tribunal Case After Firm Shuts

ALMOST 200 workers who were axed without warning when factories shut down have won protective awards totalling an estimated GBP800,000. The 191 workers at the Irvine and Kilwinning factories of Simclar (Ayrshire) Ltd, which is in administration, took their cases to an employment tribunal.

Jailed Over Gbp38,000 Music Haul Rock Star Helped Convict 'Pirate'

ONE of Europe's biggest music pirates has been jailed for 20 months after being convicted in part due to evidence from rock legend Jimmy Page. Robert Langley had been arrested in 2005 after being caught with a massive haul of GBP38,000 worth of CDs and DVDs at a record fair at the SECC.