Talking Rangers Smith Orders Stars to Prove Unirea Was a Blip Smith Orders Stars to Prove Unirea Was a Blip We'll Have to Pull Up Drawbridge to Make Our Home a Castle. . .

WALTER SMITH has challenged his players to finally turn on the style in Europe in front of their own supporters. The Rangers manager believed the foundations of a successful Champions League campaign would rest upon their home form.

Inquiry Told Fire Doors Left Open at Tragic Care Home Staff Nurse Says Evacuation Training 'Limited'

FIRE doors were left open and staff were not trained in evacuation techniques in the nursing home where 14 elderly people died in a fire, a fatal incident inquiry has heard. Questions were also raised over whether the fire alarm at Rosepark Care Home in Uddingston was frequently checked, and why gates leading to the home were locked, potentially delaying access for fire engines and ambulances.

Flight Is Diverted As Scots Child Taken Seriously Ill

A HOLIDAY fl ight made an emergency stop on doctors' orders to save a young child's life. Four-year-old Vegas MacBeth, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, became seriously ill on a flight from Egypt to Glasgow, according to reports today.

Scots Shun Christmas Cutbacks

SCOTTISH kids are the luckiest in the UK, according to new research that says families north of the border are least likely to curb their festive spending. A survey by Clydesdale Bank found only 35-per cent of people in Scotland were planning to reduce their Christmas budgets, compared to 47-per cent in England and 53-per cent in Wales.

Hand-Ball Will Not Define My Time - Henry

THIERRY HENRY has revealed he does not believe that his infamous hand-ball in the World Cup play off against the Republic of Ireland will prove to be the defining moment in his long and successful career. The Barcelona striker reckons he has achieved enough good things in the game not to have his reputation sullied forever by one indiscretion.

Tv Pick of the Day Cast Offs, Channel 4, 11.05pm

THIS new, darkly comic drama series written by Jack Thorne - who also wrote for Skins and Shameless - is about six disabled characters sent to a remote British island for a fictional reality television show. Dan (Peter Mitchell), who has spent six months in a wheelchair, is sweet, slightly naive, and liable to have his pants nicked and stuffed into a postbox. Or at least he is when he is playing with the local wheelchair basketball team, which he is doing only because his dad thinks it is a ...

Scotlandtoday Hunt for Robbers After Bookies' Raid

ROBBERS wielding a hammer and a knife threatened staff during a raid at a bookies. The thieves struck at William Hill in Newfi eld Place, Rutherglen, around 8.50pm yesterday and demanded cash from a male member of staff.

2 Weeks of Delays New System Tells Drivers How Long They'll Be Stuck

DRIVERS face two weeks of serious disruption as a pounds-1 million road improvement scheme gets under way on the M74 in Lanarkshire. But in a bid to help drivers, electronic messages will tell them just how long they will be stuck in queues.

Comment of the Day Crossing Will Worsen Road Chaos

I FIND it hard to fathom that Glasgow City Council is set to shut two of the city's busiest streets to build a pedestrian crossing that must be no more than 50 metres from an existing one at Gordon Street (Evening Times November 23). As if Union Street isn't congested enough with buses without it being made worse because they've got yet another set of lights to tackle before making it down to the Clyde.

Let Off Lightly

IT doesn't seem as though the courts take the issue of domestic violence seriously if only one in 10 of those convicted of the crime are jailed (Only 10-per cent jailed for domestic violence, November 23). But what is more worrying is that a quarter of those convicted received no punishment at all.

Memories 1946 1976 Girls Go Hysterical As Rollermania Hits Town

NO, it's not the Tartan Army in full cry but a howling crowd of Bay City Rollers fans watching their idols back in 1976. Forget Jedward and Susan Boyle, the Bay City Rollers knew how to send fans into a frenzy.

Faces in the News X Factor's Rikki in Lights Turn-On

X FACTOR fi nalist Rikki Loney will be the star of this year 's Christmas lights switchon in Greenock town centre on Saturday . Rikki, 21, from Glasgow, will perform on stage after the Christmas lights switchon at 5pm, followed by a variety of local bands.

Central College Glasgow Graduates

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Plea for Pet Blankets

ANIMAL lovers are being urged to donate blankets to the Scottish SPCA rescue and re-homing centre in Cardonald. The centre cared for 650 dogs and 200 cats last winter and staff believe even more may arrive this year.

Bank Makes 13 Bn Plea

LLOYDS Banking Group today set out details of its 13.5 billion pounds UK record cash call to its 2.8million private shareholders. The group, which is 43-per cent owned by the taxpayer, is offering them stock at a 38.6-per cent discount under plans to avoid having to pay 15.6bn pounds to insure 260bn pounds in loans in the Government's Toxic Asset Protection Scheme.

Review the Rocky Horror Show, King's Theatre, Glasgow

THERE'S not many musicals where the audience is almost as entertaining as the action on stage. But then Rocky is not like most musicals.

Scotland Today Swine Flu Study Launched

A STUDY to identify any rare side effects of the swine flu vaccination was being launched today. The research is being rolled out in stages across Scotland but initially will only look at people aged 16 and over. It is hoped to expand the study to include children later.

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Museum Gears Up for Festive Fun Concerts and Special Events in Run- Up to Xmas

A HOST of festive fun is planned at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the run-up to Christmas. On the weekend of December 5 and 6 the museum is running "relaxation" tours, with adults offered a complementary therapy.