THE Tory MP Boris Johnson is standing for the rectorship of Edinburgh University. The former Spectator editor, now the shadow higher education minister, is up against John Pilger, the journalist, Magnus Linklater, the former Scottish Arts Council chairman, and Mark Ballard, the Green MSP.
Plea for father
Advertisement
THE son of a pensioner missing for almost five months yesterday made an emotional plea for help to find him. Ian Cranston said James, 84, had not been seen since leaving Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire on a day trip in August.
Anti-torture vigil
HUMAN rights campaigners held a vigil outside the American consulate in Edinburgh to protest against alleged CIA torture flights.
Raith Rovers gala
GORDON BROWN, the chancellor, joined the best-selling authors Nick Hornby and Ian Rankin yesterday for a gala day at Raith Rovers to mark the £1.3m buyout of the club last year.