Two people are being accused of shooting and killing a gangster at a pub in Edinburgh.
Two men, including Marc Webley, were shot and killed outside the Anchor Inn in Granton just before midnight on New Year’s Eve.
The 38-year-old made some videos making fun of his enemies and challenging them to come and fight him before he got killed.
Mr Webley passed away in the hospital from his injuries and another man, who is 39 years old, is in serious condition but is stable.
A 32-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were arrested for something, and now they have been charged. The police haven’t confirmed what they are accused of.
Police said that some people in a red Hyundai Tucson stopped outside the pub on West Granton Road and then attacked someone on purpose.
The driver is believed to have left the car, shot a gun, then got back in and drove away towards Leith.
Two people who were taken by armed police from a flat on Gorgie Road will go to court in Edinburgh on Monday, January 8th.
Investigators were searching the area for clues after the deadly attack.
People also left flowers outside the pub.
Mr Webley has a past of being in violent gangs and was sent to prison for trying to murder someone in 2005. He was given an 11-year sentence.
At 19 years old, he and a man named James Tant shot a rival criminal in Granton, but their attempt to kill him didn’t work.
He went to jail for six months because he tried to scare a man into giving him £1,000 at a garage.
In 2022, he was found not guilty of trying to kill two people because a witness said she couldn’t be sure it was him.
Before he died, Mr. Webley told his friends that he thought he would be attacked. He also said that he carried weapons with him everywhere he went.
Jane Park, who won the Euromillions, was in a relationship with Mr. They broke up just three weeks before he was killed.
“I can’t believe I’m writing this,” she said on Instagram the day after he died.
We talked yesterday. If I could hold you close and tell you everything will be okay, I would do anything to do that, Marc.
We were together for a few months, and you taught me important things that I will always remember. I am extremely upset. The bed that is best for you is up high.
A report about two people being charged with causing Mr. Webley’s death will be given to the Procurator Fiscal.
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Man and woman accused of killing gangster outside pup in Edinburgh
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Cost of living crisis: ‘Parents are buying smaller toys for Christmas’
When we went to Toys Galore in Edinburgh, the owner, Donald Nairn, told us that the current state of business is the toughest he has ever encountered.
“If you’d asked me in 2019 what the next few years would be like I could not have possibly imagined in my wildest dreams it would have been as challenging as it has been,” he said.
That’s because toys have gone up in price due to rises in production and global shipping costs as well as the pound being weaker, he explains.
But he says there’s a limit to how much he can put up prices for his customers.
“There have been some products where we have simply decided not to sell it anymore because we think the price has gone up so much that it’s no longer sellable,” he said.
And he’s noticed his customers are being a lot more cautious in their spending.
“Most people are struggling because they’ve seen all the costs go up – interest, fuel, food and yet their wages just haven’t kept up so everything’s squeezed.
“Although they will still buy a toy for a birthday or Christmas present they will buy a smaller toy or there might not be a trip to a toy shop on a Saturday.
“I think people try to do their best to make Christmas as normal as possible but undoubtedly people will be cutting back a bit.”
Source:BBC.com
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First public engagement since Queen’s funeral: King Charles offered free haircut
People expressed their “thrill” and pride at seeing the King and his wife at Dunfermline, Fife, where they were attending one of the royal couple’s Monday engagements.
King Charles and the Queen Consort have carried out their first official engagement together since royal mourning ended.
Hundreds of people lined the streets in Dunfermline to greet the couple as they left the city chambers.
They were seen chatting, smiling and shaking hands with people who had waited patiently for their arrival – with the monarch even being offered a free haircut.
When asked if he would like to go into a local barber’s shop, King Charles smiled and said “next time”.
The crowds were “thrilled” with the royal visit. Teacher Carol Williams, 52, who was waiting to catch a glimpse of the couple, said “it’s such an honour for Dunfermline to be his first visit as the new King”.
It was the first time King Charles and the Queen Consort had carried out a public engagement since the Queen’s funeral on 19 September.
Before spending time with the crowds, the royals had attended an official council meeting where the King formally marked the conferral of city status on Dunfermline and signed a guest book.
During the ceremony, the King said he was “delighted” when it was announced the town would become a city.
He said he hoped people would feel a “real sense of pride in this new chapter”.
The Fife city was one of eight places to be awarded its new status as part of the late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was also at the chambers for the royal engagement.
King Charles and the Queen Consort then visited Dunfermline Abbey to mark its 950th anniversary and to see the resting place of Robert the Bruce.
Image:The King and Queen Consort attend the council meeting in Dunfermline 
Image:The royal couple wave to the crowd as they leave Dunfermline Abbey They were again greeted by crowds of well-wishers and met officials from Historic Scotland to learn more about the conservation of the site.
The King and his wife will be hosting a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh later on Monday to celebrate British South Asian communities.
They are expected to meet between 200 and 300 guests of British Indian, Pakistani, Bangladesh, Sri Lankan, Nepalese, Bhutanese and Maldivian heritage from across the UK.
The event will recognise the contribution many from these communities have made to the NHS, arts, media, education, business and the armed forces.
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Dunfermline and Edinburgh: King Charles and Queen Consort set to visit
In their first joint public appearances since the Queen’s funeral, the King and Queen Consort are scheduled to go to Dunfermline and Edinburgh.
They will visit Dunfermline Abbey to mark the former town’s new status as Scotland’s eighth city.
Charles and Camilla will also attend a council meeting at the City Chambers.
The King and his wife will then host a reception at Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse, to celebrate British South Asian communities.
The late Queen Elizabeth previously visited Dunfermline Abbey to mark its 900th anniversary and this year it is celebrating its 950th anniversary.
Royal mourning ended last Tuesday and Scotland has since seen the Prince and Princess of Wales visit for the first time since taking up their news titles.
King Charles and Camilla attended church at Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral, last Sunday as they were seen in public for the first time since the late monarch’s funeral.
Dunfermline’s regal past
IMAGE SOURCE , GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Charles and Camilla will visit the Category A-listed Dunfermline Abbey, built in the 12th Century Eight places in the UK were made cities as part of platinum jubilee celebrations marking the 70-year reign of the late Queen Elizabeth.
Dunfermline’s bid was based on its historic status after King Malcolm III established its ancient seat in 1057.
He married Margaret of Wessex, who was later canonised as a saint and considered a religious and cultural pioneer.
She brought Benedictine monks to Scotland and introduced cultural innovations from the Courts of Europe.
As Scotland’s only female saint, she attracted pilgrims from all over the world, leading to the building of Dunfermline Abbey.
It was later established as a royal mausoleum for the Scottish Crown. A total of 18 royals, including seven kings, were buried there – from Queen Margaret in 1093 to Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, in 1420.
Robert the Bruce, otherwise known as Robert I, became the last of the seven Scottish kings to be buried there in 1329 – although his heart was taken to Melrose – and his name is carved into the top of Dunfermline Abbey.
The couple will be welcomed on their visit to Dunfermline by community groups, including a pipe band and local schoolchildren.
King Charles will formally mark the conferral of city status and make a short speech in the chamber room.
He will also meet the Lord Lieutenant of Fife, Robert Balfour, who will introduce Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Secretary Alister Jack.
After the ceremony, Charles and Camilla will take a short walk to Dunfermline Abbey to formally mark its 950th anniversary.
They will be introduced to representatives from Historic Scotland and learn about the heritage of the local area and conservation of the site.
The lord provost of Fife, Jim Leishman, was looking forward to welcoming the royals.
“It has been a long hard journey and a lot of people deserve a lot of credit for the work they have put in over ten years,” he told BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme.
“The King and Queen Consort are having a wee walk going down to the abbey after he has given us the city status – the people of Dunfermline will love that.
“That is what makes it very very special – his first official engagement in Scotland and he is coming to Dunfermline. That is a tremendous accolade for the people of Dunfermline.”
Palace reception
The King and Queen Consort will later host a reception in the great gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
They will meet between 200 and 300 guests of British Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepalese, Bhutanese and Maldivian heritage from across the UK.
The event will recognise the contribution many from these communities have made to UK life, from the National Health Service to the arts, media, education, business and the armed forces.
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Queen’s final Scottish journey charts a life of service
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh returned to the Forth Road Bridge 50 years after officially opening it.
Queen Elizabeth II will leave her beloved Balmoral for the final time on Sunday and take a journey that will stir memories of her life of service.
Her cortege will wend its way through villages and towns she knew well. It will skirt cities where she opened hospitals, congratulated business leaders, met schoolchildren and greeted well-wishers.
As well as the villages of Aberdeenshire, where she was considered a neighbour as much as a monarch, it will travel through Aberdeen, then south through Angus, Dundee, Perth and Fife.
Symbolically, Her Majesty’s coffin will be taken over Queensferry Crossing – a structure she opened in 2017.
Along this journey to her final resting place will be the visible signs of the role she played in shaping modern Scotland.
Royal Deeside – Church and community
Image source, Getty ImagesThe late Queen marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One at Crathie Kirk in August 2014.When the Royal cortege leaves Balmoral it will pass close to Crathie Kirk – the church where the Royal family have worshipped since Queen Victoria in 1848.
It was an important place to Queen Elizabeth, a woman of great faith. Just last weekend she hosted the Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
He said she was “obviously frail…[but] absolutely on the ball”, adding that she was “very much very engaged with what was happening in the church and what was happening in the nation too”.
Image source, PA MediaThe late Queen spoke to the local butchers in Ballater before unveiling a plaque marking a Diamond Jubilee cairn in September 2012It was also a link to the local community, which included the nearby village of Ballater, where she was considered a local by many.
After flooding caused millions of pounds worth of damage in 2015, the late Queen later met residents affected in an official visit and praised local efforts to recover.
Aberdeen and Dundee – Industry and innovation
Image source, PA ArchiveQueen Elizabeth II launched the flow of oil from the Forties Field in the North Sea to BP’s Grangemouth refineryThe coffin will be driven along the A93 towards Aberdeen, before turning south and crossing the King George VI bridge, named after her father.
The city was the focus of many trips by the Queen. It was where she opened a children’s hospital in 2005 and hosted a special sitting of the Scottish Parliament in 2002.
But it was perhaps her actions in Dyce in 1975 which had the most profound effect on the city – she pressed a gold-plated button which formally began the operation of the UK’s first oil pipeline.
The 130-mile pipeline from Cruden Bay to Grangemouth served the Forties oilfield 110 miles east of Aberdeen.
It marked the beginning of a North Sea oil industry which brought thousands of new jobs and great prosperity to the north-east of Scotland.
Image source, PA MediaShe met apprentices at the Michelin tyre factory in Dundee in 2016Heading south on the A90, the coffin will take the Kingsway – designed to commemorate Edward VII – through Dundee.
During a trip to the city in 2016, the Queen met apprentices at the Michelin tyre factory’s training school and workshop.
However, two years later the company announced the closure of the site, with the loss of 850 jobs.
More than 300 million tyres had been produced in the plant, which opened in 1971. It finally closed in June 2020 and is now an “innovation centre”.
Angus – Childhood memories
Image source, Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth (centre) was with her parents and cousin at Glamis Castle in 1931 to celebrate her grandparents’ golden wedding anniversary Between Aberdeen and Dundee, the Royal coffin will travel along the A90, skirting the Angus town of Forfar.
Nearby is Glamis Castle, the ancestral home of the late Queen’s maternal grandparents and a place where she is said to have spent many happy childhood holidays.
It was where her parents honeymooned and where her mother, Queen Elizabeth, gave birth to her sister, Princess Margaret in 1930.
Image source, Getty ImagesPrince William – now the Prince of Wales – graduated with a degree in geography Past Perth, the coffin will travel through Fife – a short hop from St Andrews where the late Queen’s grandson William went to university and met his future wife, Catherine.
She joined Prince Philip, her son Charles and his wife, Camilla, at the graduation ceremony in June 2005.
Fife – Naming ships and opening bridges
Image source, PA MediaThe Queen was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh as she named the Royal Navy’s biggest ever ship As the coffin reaches the most southerly point of Fife, it will pass Rosyth where the UK’s largest warship was officially named in her honour, in June 2014.
She smashed a bottle of whisky against the side of the aircraft carrier at Rosyth dockyard.
Six UK shipyards, and more than 10,000 people at more than 100 companies worked on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
It entered service in 2020 and is now the Royal Navy’s Fleet Flagship.
Image source, PA MediaNicola Sturgeon looked on as the late Queen cut the ribbon on the Queensferry Crossing The late Queen opened two bridges across the Forth during her 70 year reign – the Forth Road Bridge in 1964, and the Queensferry Crossing in August 2017.
Her coffin will cross the new Queensferry Crossing, linking Fife to Edinburgh.
She returned to the Forth Road Bridge in 2014 to mark its 50th anniversary and was back just three years later to cut the ribbon on its £1.35bn replacement.
Queen Elizabeth II said the Queensferry Crossing, the UK’s tallest bridge, was a “breath-taking sight” and one of three “magnificent structures” across the Forth.
Edinburgh – A new parliament
Image source, PAAt the end of its journey, the Royal coffin will be taken to the Palace of Holyroodhouse – the Royal residence opposite the Scottish Parliament building.
In a speech to MSPs she acknowledged the construction’s “difficult and controversial birth” and urged them to make Holyrood a “landmark of 21st century democracy”.
She returned in October last year to open the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood despite some Covid restrictions still being in place.
Image source, ReutersThe leaders of the main political parties in Scotland greeted The Queen before the ceremony last year. In a speech in the debating chamber, she paid tribute to those who made an “extraordinary contribution” during the pandemic.
And she spoke of her happy memories of Scotland and her “deep and abiding affection for this wonderful country”.
“It is often said that it is the people that make a place and there are few places where this is truer than it is in Scotland.”
Source: BBC
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Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin moves to Edinburgh
Many thousands of well-wishers are expected to line the route as the Queen’s coffin is driven from Balmoral to the Scottish capital Edinburgh.
The journey is expected to begin at about 10:00 and take about six hours.
The cortege will make its way through Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Angus and Tayside before reaching Edinburgh.
The Queen will then lie at rest in The Palace of Holyroodhouse overnight.
The Queen lies in an oak coffin in Balmoral Castle’s ballroom, according to a palace official. It has been covered with the Royal Standard for Scotland and a wreath of flowers has been placed on top.
Members of staff at Balmoral have been able to pay their last respects before the Queen’s coffin is moved at 10:00 BST today. Many of the staff at the castle have spent a good deal of their lives working for the Queen.
“It is a scene of quiet dignity,” the palace official said.
The Queen’s love of her home in Balmoral was well known. She spent most summers at the 50,000-acre country estate in Aberdeenshire, usually with her beloved husband Philip and family by her side.
The coffin will soon be carried by six of Balmoral estate’s gamekeepers to a hearse at the entrance, before departing on its six-hour journey to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
Source: BBC
