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Laser scanners are being deployed in Orkney to record details of some of the island’s key historical landmarks.
A team from Glasgow School of Art and Historic Scotland will scan the chambered tomb of Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae...
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The death of three children discovered following a suspected gas explosion at an apartment in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh is being investigated as...
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Time runs fast. Three years ago to-date, in July 2007, a Muslim Indian-graduate, Australian hospital desk clerk fresh from visiting UK-residing relatives happened to be...
made popular Jul 2 2010
Police in Rio have arrested four Scottish tourists after the men were caught removing their clothes and making “obscene gestures” on one of the...
made popular May 21 2010
Britain’s governing Labour Party fired a candidate in the national election Friday after he made offensive and profane comments about his political foes on his...
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Prison sentences for serial rapists and pedophiles need to be far more severe than they are. Sex offenders who are deemed unrepentant and untreatable need to be locked...
made popular Jan 28 2010
The former Royal Marine, who became notorious for his naked hike from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 2003, has spent much of the past seven years in prison...
made popular Jan 13 2010
Contaminated heroin may have caused an anthrax outbreak among drug addicts in Scotland, killing six people and infecting 12 in total, health officials said Thursday.
made popular Jan 8 2010
Janet Llewellyn, 66, was playing on a nine-hole course with Ronnie Battersby when she was hit in the back of the head by his tee shot, it is understood.
The widowed...
made popular Oct 10 2009
The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity.
Speaking to Scotland’s The Herald newspaper from his home in...
made popular Aug 29 2009
Network Rail has proposed a new £34bn ($55bn) high-speed railway line linking Scotland and London by 2030.
The line will serve Birmingham and Manchester, getting...
made popular Aug 26 2009
What could turn an enemy into a trade partner respectful recently?
Perhaps, rocky relations with Col. M. Khaddafi is a classic example of smoothing Western stand on...
made popular Aug 24 2009
After another weekend of crisis, nationalisation and ministerial chicanery, several thoughts occur on the political implications.Firstly, the concept of Scottish...
made popular Oct 13 2008
Sean Hay, who was looking forward to becoming a father for the second time, was knifed repeatedly by a gang of three men who fled the scene, leaving him dying in front...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Poor breeding of seabirds on the coasts of Scotland has raised alarm and concern among bird conservation groups here. The birds increasingly abandon the nests, and...
made popular Jul 15 2008
THEIR deaths were portrayed as a Romeo and Juliet-style suicide pact.
But Harry Horse, the acclaimed children’s author and illustrator, killed his terminally ill...
made popular Jul 16 2008
A Scotland journalist Paula MacKinnon uncovers a market for human organs in her attempt to donate one of her healthy kidneys to a stranger in a bid to save a life.
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made popular Jul 11 2008
Travelling to new places and mingling with new people adds more value to our life. But at the same time we have to maintain the long standing relationship with our kith...
made popular May 28 2008
From Scotland comes news that a fashion designer is selling bikinis made from salmon skin. I’m serious. I have to ask whether this is a great idea.
made popular May 23 2008
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Travelling to new places and exploring its natural beauty is the ideal way to take a break from the strenuous daily chores. Scotland with its varied topography is an...
made popular May 9 2008
# Support for Scottish independence has increased, with four in 10 Scots saying they would back it.
# Kosovo is gearing up for full independence, expected early in...
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Scotland’s Simon Danielle, left, is tackled by Ireland’s Luke Fitzgerald, right, during their Six Nations rugby union international match at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, Saturday March 14, 2009.
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