MORE than 6,000 litres of alcohol were spilt over a road yesterday after a 38-tonne tanker overturned. The tanker, travelling from a distillery in Edinburgh, collided with a small van at 8:40am on the A71 near the North British Distillery in Addiewell, West Lothian.

A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged shooting of a parking warden as he dished out tickets in Edinburgh. Lothian and Borders Police say they have charged the 21-year-old following the incident in the city's York Lane last Thursdsay. (c) 2008 Daily Record; Glasgow (UK).

By NO BYLINE PARENTS have been urged to check their children's mobile phones after three pupils were suspended for circulating pictures of a half- naked boy. The youngsters from secondary schools in East Lothian circulated the images via text messages.

APOPULAR stand-up comic underwent surgery yesterday after an unprovoked attack by a gang of teenagers, police said. Edinburgh comedian Bruce Devlin, 30, was assaulted by the group on a bus in the city on Friday night.

By Leader SUCH is the level of concern that has been voiced in some quarters over the rising levels of violence and drunkenness in our city centre that the news that there is to be an increased police presence at weekends and late at night will be widely welcomed.