Scotland on Tuesday

WELCOME to today's tasty news morsels, including SPORT, FASHION, TELEVISION, BUSINESS and the INTERNET.

RED TOP REVIEW

Tommy Burns saved Rangers star's life

The Scottish Sun leads its front page with the story of former Rangers player and soccer pundit Craig Paterson, who says the death of Tommy Burns saved his life. Celtic legend Burns recently lost his life to skin cancer aged 51. Paterson tells the Sun that his death prompted him to get a mole checked out which proved to be cancerous but was caught early enough not to claim his life. It was Paterson's wife, Christine, who noticed a mole on her husband's shoulder blade had turned a strange shape and colour. Just days after Burns's death, Paterson wasted no time getting to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where the mole was removed and found to be cancerous. Two weeks later he was given the all-clear. "If it wasn't for Tommy, I would never have done anything about the mole – like a typical bloke. I wish with all my heart he was here, talking about getting the good news."

Duran Duran singer's a big Le Bon-nie lad

You wouldn't know it from the weather here, but there's plenty of sunshine abroad and that means pictures of celebrities in their swimwear accompanied by vicious captions. Simon Le Bon and his wife Yasmin get the treatment today on their holiday in Sardinia. The Daily Mirror observes that "Simon Le Tum's got a lot of front" while Yasmin is still "Le Bonny". The Sun observes: "Simon Le Bon once sang about being Hungry Like The Wolf. And it looks like he has satisfied that craving with a mountain of cakes." Most appalling of all for the Duran Duran singer is the Daily Record, which has a giant picture of 49-year-old Mr Le Bon with his hand stuck down the front of his Speedos. "It was probably just a Reflex – but some things are better kept private," says the paper.

Life in stir

Finally, the Sun and Record trade blows with that staple of tabloid land: the prisoner story. The Record tells how double killer Christopher Hutcheson was attacked by fellow cons who dropped a 42-inch flat screen television on his head from a second-floor walkway in Kilmarnock Prison. Of course, it was once considered outrageous that prisoners were allowed colour televisions at all. Now they are being used as gravity-assisted assassination weapons. Hutcheson, who must have a titanium skull, is apparently recovering in hospital from a "flesh wound". The Sun's story tells how Stuart Leggate, serving life for the murder of a boy in Glasgow, is demanding plastic surgery on the NHS so he is safe from reprisals on release. The paper quotes an insider at Peterhead jail as saying: "Leggate's a beast of the worst kind. He wants the prison service to pay for this op – if they do, it'll be a national scandal."



TELEVISION

By Fiona Leith

Proms queen Sue Perkins

Is there anything Sue Perkins won't do for the cameras? In tonight's new series, Maestro, BBC2, 9pm, she joins newsreader Katie Derham, actors David Soul, Jane Asher and Bradley Walsh, musicians Goldie and Alex James, and fellow TV Peter Snow as they compete to conduct the BBC Concert Orchestra in front of an audience of 30,000 as part of the Last Night of the Proms in September.

Kavita Oberoi waves the magic wand

Tonight's fairy godmother of the Secret Millionaire series, Channel 4, 9pm, is Kavita Oberoi (below), a businesswoman worth £10m, who goes undercover in Birmingham to invest her wealth with those less fortunate.

Don't do a bodge job

As fewer of us are able to afford to move home, our entanglements with the building trade are destined to become more frequent. In Don't Blame The Builder, Channel 4, 8pm, building expert Jeff Howell goes about advising the great British public on how to get the brickies in the door without chucking your sanity out of it.



FASHION

By Kayt Turner

Ghetto fabulous

It's always the same. When a couple goes out on the town (or to their own movie premiere) the woman pulls out all the stops. Look at these great pics of Toccara Jones. Wonderful dress, great shoes and fabulous, fabulous hair. she looks amazing. Now take a look at him – Shawty Shawty (too idle even to think up a different surname). Shorts, some ratty old shirt and trainers – hardly making an effort, is it?

Ghetto flabulous
L'il Kim had better be careful or we'll have someone's eye out with those. Although, given that she's obviously diverting her full attention to holding in her stomach, maybe she doesn't have the time to watch out.

Ghetto the Hell Outta Here

Phil Collins is very excited about the opening of 'Tarzan – The Musical'. Don't know if the young German cast are all that happy at having to pose with an old codger who appears to have spilt his dinner down his front and now seems intent on rummaging in his trousers. 'I'm 84, y'know!

BUSINESS

Woolworths hires new broom

Troubled retailer Woolworths has moved to stem its decline in sales with the appointment of former Focus DIY chief executive Steve Johnson as its new boss. Johnson, 44, will replace Trevor Bish-Jones who announced his resignation from the post in June. Johnson said he would be focusing on "value creation for all stakeholders" when he joins the firm in September.

Tesco's £60bn Indian plans

Meanwhile Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket chain, is making its first foray into the Indian retail market with plans to build a wholesale cash-and-carry business as well as signing a deal with India's Tata Group to develop its hypermarket business. The UK company will invest £60bn over the next two years, and will open its first site in Mumbai by the end of 2009. Tesco intends to open at least three large 'hubs' in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, with several smaller sites in the surrounding areas.


SPORT

First Scottish medal in Beijing

Canoeist David Florence became the first Scot to medal in Beijing, winning silver for Britain in the C1 slalom.

Meanwhile, China's men won the team gymnastics gold. American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed his third gold in the pool in the 200m freestyle. Tomorrow he's favourite for gold in the 200m butterfly – he holds the world record – as he chases his target of eight golds in one Games.

Paula Radcliffe on course for gold

Britain's medal hopes have been given a boost by the news that Paula Radcliffe looks set to line up in the field for Sunday's marathon. A fully-fit Radcliffe would be a strong contender for gold but, although she admits she has yet to recover fully from a stress fracture in her leg.



INTERNET

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