THE Scottish artist Adrian Wiszniewski has been chosen to design the foyers for 30 new schools in North Lanarkshire. The schools are part of a £1.15 billion Scottish executive scheme to renovate educational facilities. The artist, who rose to fame in the 1980s as one of the so-called New Glasgow Boys, recently completed a 20ft-wide etched glass window for Our Lady’s High School, his former school in Seafar, Cumbernauld.
HIV infections plummet among addicts
NEW HIV infections among drug injectors in Scotland have been almost eliminated, according to figures from the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health.
Last year eight people out of 2,036 who took an HIV test were found to have the infection. None of those who had the tests in Greater Glasgow or Tayside was found to be positive for the virus.
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Blind biker’s 165mph ride beats record
A FORMER soldier broke the world land speed record for the blind when he rode his motorcycle at 165mph at RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. Billy Baxter, 39, from Cambridge, had riders on either side of him giving him instructions by radio. Baxter, who lost his sight while with the peacekeeping force in Bosnia, said breaking the record on his 1200cc Kawasaki was like “riding a hurricane”.
Terror charges
THREE men aged 18, 32 and 35, arrested in a police operation in Irvine, Ayrshire, on Thursday, were charged with “terrorist-related offences”. They are due to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court tomorrow.
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Body recovered
THE body of a missing fisherman was recovered from the River Balvag in Perthshire. The man aged 73 from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, had failed to return home from a fishing trip on Thursday.
Lindbergh secret
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CHARLES LINDBERGH, the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic, had three children by a German mistress whom he met in Munich in 1957 when he was 55, according to a German newspaper.
Activist freed
THE anti-globalisation activist José Bové was freed from prison in southern France several months ahead of schedule, after a court replaced his term for destroying GM crops with community service.
Woman crushed
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A WOMAN was killed when she was crushed by a trailer loaded with a boat in Mundesley, Norfolk.
Hospital search
RESCUE workers searched for survivors of a suicide bomb blast that killed 42 people at a military hospital in Mozdok, southern Russia.
Actor Estelle dies
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THE comic actor Don Estelle, who starred as Lofty in the television series It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, died in Rochdale Infirmary aged 70.
Big cat alert
POLICE warned walkers about a big cat seen in Dumfriesshire.
Correction
IN the Focus (News, July 27) “The honeymoon’s over”, we wrongly stated that Lloyd Quinan is Bill Wilson’s campaign press adviser and Jamie Hepburn was Wilson’s agent at the last election. While Hepburn did campaign for Wilson, we accept that he was not his agent. We also wrongly stated that Hepburn is the companion of Aileen Campbell.