Douglas MacQueen's blog Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to formally open a new museum and ... last year, is part of the redevelopment of Stornoway's Lews Castle, which had previously been closed for 25 years. Stornoway (Scottish ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 6 2017 - 2:09pm
... The Mail continued: "..Alex Salmond (First Minister of Scotland) was accused of political opportunism after unfurling a Saltire ... victory. The move was politically sensitive because Scotland is planning to hold an Independence Referendum in Autumn 2014. The ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jul 9 2013 - 8:09pm - 0 comments
... newspaper suggested the Labour Party was in meltdown in Scotland ahead of next years UK General Election, while SNP support has more ... clout in a hung UK parliament to secure greater powers for Scotland. As reported in the Scottish newspaper The Herald the 'poll also ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 30 2014 - 10:58am - 0 comments
... St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh Scotland Dear First Minister, On behalf of the Manx Nationalist ... personal disappointment. However, looked at from outside Scotland the decision of almost half those who voted to support the proposition ...
Alastair Kneale - Sep 19 2014 - 10:02pm - 0 comments
... and musical links between the Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin) and Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is to be recorded by a Scottish harpist and Manx Gaelic Singer. Scotland's Rachel Hair is seen as one of the world’s finest exponents of ...
Alastair Kneale - Mar 26 2021 - 2:46pm
... call from animal welfare groups for the culling of seals in Scotland to be ended. A report in the Scottish Sunday Herald says: ... are demanding an end to the mass shooting of seals around Scotland's coast. “Hundreds of the seals which have been shot so far were ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 9 2016 - 9:12pm - 0 comments
... of Skye and Mull. This is not the only connection with Scotland. Nasa's Mars Curiosity space exploration vehicle is exploring a part of the planet named after Torridon in Scotland. Nasa chose the name Torridon due to the Torridonian Supergroup, a ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 13 2018 - 2:48pm
... of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. In July 2015, during renovation work on a property in Applecross ... completed which led to the discovery that the bones dated to Scotland's Iron Age. In Scotland, this period began around 800BC. The ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 26 2023 - 9:46pm
... news published by the Celtic League: Land Reform Bill Scotland: Will It Be Radical Enough? NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The ... Government has launched new proposals for land reform in Scotland . The Move comes following the publication of a report by The Land ...
Myghal Map Serpren - Jun 25 2015 - 3:40pm - 0 comments
... record-breaking £68,500 ($86,435) at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Scotland's capital Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) yesterday ... Distillery was founded in 1886 by William Grant in Dufftown, Scotland, in the glen of the River Fiddich. The River Fiddich (Scottish Gaelic: ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 6 2016 - 9:57pm - 0 comments