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Oldest Scottish choir celebrates 150th a year late

Reuters Life! Online Report 31 days ago

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Scotland's oldest choir produced a fascinating program, including a world premiere by English composer Judith Bingham from the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, to mark its 150th anniversary a year late in Edinburgh's Usher Hall. The 100-strong Edinburgh ...

Royal Scots Borderers Leave For A Six Month Tour Of Afghanistan

Getty Images 38 days ago

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Soldiers from The Royal Scots Borderers,say goodbye to their loved ones as they depart from Dreghorn Barracks for a six month tour of Afghanistan on September 30, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Around one hundred soldiers from the ...

Prince Philip blasts supermarkets, second-home owners

AFP Global Edition 38 days ago

Prince Philip has taken a pot shot at supermarkets and second-home owners who he says are threatening the traditional British village, in remarks published Wednesday. In an interview with Shooting Times magazine, the notoriously straight-talking Duke of Edinburgh also blasted industrial farming ...

Car Crushing Monster Truck Launches The Magnificient Machine Exhibition

Getty Images 43 days ago

EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 25: A Seven tonne Monster Truck gives a demonstration of it’s car crushing abilities at the Museum of Flight on September 25, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The trucks will be appearing at the Magnificent Machines event at ...

Vast Ice Sculpture Of The Forth Rail Bridge Arrives In Edinburgh

Getty Images 57 days ago

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 11: Jack Hackney sculpts the Forth Rail Bridge out of ice on the roof of the Prince’s Street Mall on September 11, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Smirnoff drinks company simultaneously unveiled five huge ice sculptures across the UK ...

Ian Rankin Opens Revamped Edinburgh University Library

Getty Images 58 days ago

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: Bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin, opens a redevelopment of the University of Edinburgh Main Library on September 10, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The grade A listed building in George square has undertaken a GBP 60million pound redevelopment ...

Queen cancels school visit over swine flu outbreak

AFP Global Edition 59 days ago

Queen Elizabeth II cancelled a visit to one of the country's top schools due to a suspected outbreak of swine flu there, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday. She had been due to open a new sports hall at Gordonstoun School in northeast Scotland, ...

Employees From Johnnie Walker Campaign Outisde The Scottish Parliament

Getty Images 66 days ago

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 02: Johnnie Walker employees protest over the proposed closure of its Kilmarnock plant outside of the Scottish Parliament on September 2, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The people of Kilmarnock have expressed their fears for the town’s future if ...

Daily aspirin may do more harm than good: study

AFP Global Edition 68 days ago

Healthy people taking a daily dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks may be doing themselves more harm than good, according to a new study by British scientists. Researchers found that the risks of bleeding from taking aspirin were such that its ...

Ethiopian athletes 'flee British hotel'

AFP Global Edition 74 days ago

Four Ethiopian athletes have gone missing during a visit to Britain for an international athletics event, officials said. The athletes, two women and two men, fled their hotel in London on Tuesday and failed to make a connecting flight to Edinburgh ahead ...

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