Scots Bake Off contestant's Edinburgh Forth Rail Bridge bread fails to impress

Belhaven Brewery Company Ltd discharged some 8,000 litres of undiluted caustic solution into a public sewer when an automatic cleaning process went wrong, a court heard. The discharge of concentrated sodium hydroxide in December last year breached health and safety guidelines.Dunbar based Belhaven stopped the discharges when they discovered what had happened and alerted Scottish Water.

coronavirus.Craig Meikle, who owns Edinburgh's Saltire Soft Play, hit out at a lack of government support and said the closures were 'devastating' for the sector.In an impassioned video released on the centre's Facebook page today he said his firm was 'going down the pan' and that the industry was facing 'utter disdain'.He made the claims on the day that Nicola Sturgeon announced a new five-tier lockdown system to come into force in an effort to battle coronavirus.Craig told the Record he had

mum is facing an agonising wait for a transplant after a traumatic premature birth of her 1lb baby uncovered hidden kidney disease.Doctors discovered 23-year-old Lauren Ballantine had been living with underlying kidney disease after she underwent an emergency Cesarean section when she was just 25-weeks pregnant.The young mum, from Newmilns, had been suffering from potentially fatal pre-eclampsia and was rushed to Crosshouse Hospital at 24 weeks pregnant.Doctors we able to stabilise the East

Rangers midfielder Liam Burt the chance to impress on trial at Aberdeen.The 21-year-old was at Pittodrie for Tuesday night’s thumping win over Hamilton as a guest of the Dons after leaving the Hoops in the summer.Burt had been training with Barnsley last month and also had a short stint on trial at Sunderland.But the five-times capped Scotland Under 21 international is still on the lookout for a club as a free agent and has taken up the offer of a trial stint at the Dons.McInnes said: “We just

Pilot Fish Media has been keeping tabs on the popularity of this year's line-up of participants and is running an online scoreboard which is being updated every week. Daniella Karaoglan, Head of Agency at Pilot Fish Media has commented on the impact of TV appearances and becoming an influencer: "When looking at the likes of Love Island, Gogglebox etc, you can see just how powerful TV exposure is.

disappeared in Montrose on Monday afternoon. John Flett, 78, was last seen in the Angus town’s Wellington Park at about 4.30pm.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers have fallen in love with Scots contestant JJ Chalmers already. The ex- Royal Marine featured on the pre-series 18 episode of the popular BBC reality show on Saturday evening.

coronavirus which concerned staff are blaming on ineffectual PPE.Nurses in Scotland, apart from those dealing with patients requiring aerosol- generating procedures such as ventilators, are only issued with surgical masks.They have been denied access to the higher grade FFP3 masks which properly protect the wearer.Now nurses at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley have voiced fears about their safety following the outbreak of the virus on ward 23 – an orthopaedic ward – and ward 27 – a

Mark Millar of stealing ideas from an unknown writer has been thrown out by the highest court in the US.Michael Bennett claimed that Millar had plagiarised his self-published superhero novel Owl for comic book stories and movies.Bennett, of Norcross, Georgia, claimed he had sent his manuscript to comic book publisher Marvel in 2008 and alleged it had then fallen into Millar’s hands.However, although Millar previously worked on Marvel projects, he was never an employee of the company and lived in

Nicola Sturgeon’s plea for Scots to stay away from the Lancashire holiday town in a bid to reduce covid cases. Business leaders have rushed to defend their town’s reputation after the First Minister called on Scots not make their way there for October holidays and for Old Firm fans to abandon plans to watch the Glasgow derby in its seaside pubs.

UK vaccine trial boss has warned that life may not get back to normal until the summer next year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Pollard, of the Oxford vaccine trial team, said that Scots may have to follow strict rules on face coverings until July - even if vaccine tests turn out to be successful.

Bake Off contestant Peter Sawkins has been proving quite a draw on the latest series.The 20-year-old student has quietly been racking up the fans week by week as he's wowed with his impressive creations.And during tonight's show, which saw the Edinburgh hopeful make a special graduation cake for big brother Andrew, he caught the attention of more than a few viewers with his skills and sweet nature.It turns out, many Bake Off fans are after a lot more commitment than an hour and a bit in the

teen is fighting for his life in hospital after his bike collided with a lamppost when he wasn’t wearing a cycle helmet. Kieran Lamond, 14, was put on life support and had to have three blood clots removed after fracturing his skull in the accident on Thursday.He is still under sedation and his family still do not know if he will survive.

John Leslie groped a woman's breasts with both his hands at a celebrity Christmas party, a court heard today. The 55-year-old former star denied sexually assaulting the woman 12 years ago.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Airlines and holiday firms have demanded blanket Covid testing at airports in Scotland to save their industry.Plans to reduce the 14-day quarantine by testing incoming travellers have so far failed to deliver.Travel agents and ­aviation businesses say that unless people can confidently book holidays, more jobs will go.Jonathan Hinkles, boss of Glasgow-based ­Loganair, urged the UK Government to introduce

Bake Off contestant Peter Sawkins had a bit of a nightmare on last night's show as his Edinburgh bread creation failed to impress the judges. As it was bread week, 20-year-old Peter decided to refer back to his Scottish roots in the first round and also for his ' showstopper '.

discovered in the search for missing teen Andrew Baird.The 16-year-old vanished from the Forfar area at around 4.30pm on Saturday evening.He was last spotted in the Reid Park area of the town.When he was last seen, he was wearing a black leather jacket, sandy coloured camouflage trousers, a black hooded sweatshirt, dark green walking boots and carrying a navy 'Superdry' backback.A Police Scotland spokesman said today: "Police Scotland can confirm that a body was found on the morning of Sunday, 4

Police have issued an urgent search for a missing teenage boy. Andrew Baird, 16, vanished from the Forfar area at around 4.30pm yesterday evening.

dog walker has told how her beloved pet was left 'covered in blood' with part of his paw hanging off after standing on glass on a litter-strewn beach.Graphic pictures show the damage done to Springer Spaniel Ozzi's leg after taking a walk at Erskine beach in Renfrewshire last night.Owner Cara Binnie, from Bishopton, said it was only a king-hearted fellow dog walker that rushed to Ozzi's aid and provided bandages.She said: "We were just out for the daily walk and Ozzi went over to a grass bit

cheating the benefits agency by running 5Ks dressed as Santa when she claimed she could "barely walk" has been cleared after a 13-month trial.A sheriff found Beverley Dott not guilty and told her he was clearing her because of the highly visible nature of the regular runs she had been doing.Dott's solicitor described her as "hiding in plain sight" when she completed two 5K Santa Runs in Perth, alongside hundreds of other fun runners.And Sheriff Keith O'Mahoney ruled that Dott would not have