Barry Martin: Last News

A stubborn 84-year-old woman forced developers to build a new mall around her tiny home after turning down a million dollar buy-out offer.

Footballer Andy Robertson has surprised the children of hero firefighter Barry Martin with a trip to Lapland to see Santa.

The firefighter who died tackling a blaze at the former Jenners department store in Edinburgh has been given a guard of honour by his fellow officers ahead of his funeral today.

Firefighters across the UK held a minute's silence in memory of a colleague who died while fighting a fire at Edinburgh's historic Jenners building.

The Jenners building, which was gutted by fire in Edinburgh, has been turned into a shrine to the hero firefighter who lost his life during the call out.

A firefighter has died following a fire at the former Jenners building in Edinburgh.

home in Seattle, Washington in 2006. The property, which had been reported as the inspiration for Disney’s film Up, still stands proudly among the five-storey complex which surrounds it.

Four police officers guilty of misconduct over the death of a dad left naked and unresponsive in the back of a van can keep their jobs, a tribunal has ruled.

a competition to come up with puns for their gritter fleet.And one suggestion on Facebook got a lot of backing from the public.When the Hamilton Advertiser reported on the council competition, Barry Martin took to our page with the ‘Mar-grit Ferrier’ suggestion.And so far, he has picked up almost 50 ‘likes’ for his post.However, the council won’t be going for it as the competition is only open to school pupils.Last year’s competition for South Lanarkshire Council’s Roads department saw Gritter Thunberg, Lewis Caploughdi, Salt Disnae, Oh Plougher of Scotland, Nitty McGritty, Gritty McVitie, Snow Coo and Spready Mercury out gritting the roads, supported by Snow Blow Patrol the snow blower.The MP was dumped by the SNP group in Westminster

South Lanarkshire Council recently announced their naming competition for council gritters this winter, which previously produced the likes of Gritter Thunberg and Lewis Caploughdi as names.