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Tributes pour in for Scottish author Iain Banks who has died aged 59 two months after revealing he had terminal cancer

on June 10, 2013 Total Views: 126 Daily Views: 3

10 Jun 2013 08:12 FIRST Minister Alex Salmond and fellow writer Irvine Welsh paid tribute to the author of The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road. Iain Banks with Kirsty Wark BBC IAIN BANKS, one of Scotland’s greatest writers has died, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer. The Dunfermline-born author best known for his books The Wasp factory, The Crow Road and Complicity, passed away yesterday aged 59. He revealed in April he had gall bladder cancer which had spread to his liver and he was unlikely to live for long. The writer then proposed ...

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Marks & Spencer stun Scottish islanders by telling them they won’t deliver furniture.. and then send message intended for foreigners

on June 9, 2013 Total Views: 1125 Daily Views: 3

9 Jun 2013 09:01 STORE giant is involved in controversy over failure to transport goods to Highlands and Islands. STORE giants Marks & Spencer stunned islanders by telling them they can’t order furniture online – and then giving them an apology designed for foreign customers. Gobsmacked Norman MacDonald had tried to buy four leather chairs on the final day of the retail chain’s internet sale. He was shocked when he made the final click on the £304 order, only to be told: “We’re sorry. This item cannot be delivered to the address selected. If the address is outside of the United Kingdom, this item may not be available for delivery to that country.” The firm – with the slogan Your M&S – are the latest store to become embroiled in controversy over deliveries to Scottish postcodes. The failure of some shops to transport goods to the Highlands and Islands...

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Scots motorists paying almost £550 more a year for fuel than European drivers

on May 27, 2013 Total Views: 94 Daily Views: 1

28 May 2013 00:01 MOTORISTS living in areas of the Scottish Highlands are paying for their fuel than those living in European countries such as Poland, Romania and France. Fuel prices Danny Lawson/PA SCOTS drivers are paying up to £550 a year more for fuel than motorists in mainland Europe. Diesel prices in the Shetland capital Lerwick – surrounded by the richest oil fields in Europe – have hit 148p. That’s 9p higher than the UK average and 40p higher than Poland. Lerwick also has the highest petrol prices, at 145p a litre – 11p more than the UK average. In the Western Isles, petrol is 138p and diesel 142...

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Concerns for future of Inverness flights after Flybe sells Gatwick airport slots to easyJet

on May 23, 2013 Total Views: 88 Daily Views: 0

23 May 2013 11:16 FLYBE has announced the sale of all of its take-off and landing slots at Gatwick Airport to easyJet, raising concerns over future of flights between London and Inverness. INDUSTRY leaders have called for "urgent action" to safeguard flights between the Highlands and London as one of the main operators struck a deal to sell all its landing and departure slots at Gatwick Airport. Flybe announced this morning that easyJet has paid £20 million to take over its slots at the London airport from March 29 next ...

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Bafta-winning cinematographer John Aitchison set to be focus of Sir David Attenborough’s new documentary

on May 22, 2013 Total Views: 67 Daily Views: 0

WHEN John Aitchison was 14, he was just like all the rest of us in being amazed at the natural beauty of the world as shown by Sir David Attenborough. But while everyone else was simply astounded by the wildlife, John realised that the veteran presenter was accompanied by a man standing right next to him holding a camera. He knew then that he wanted to get the chance to be that guy. Now, after almost 20 years as one of the world’s foremost wildlife cameramen and photographers, he can hardly believe ...

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Longest serving ‘yottie’ joins celebrations to mark 60 years since launch of Royal Yacht Brittania

on April 16, 2013 Total Views: 92 Daily Views: 0

16 Apr 2013 18:37 THE world-famous ship, built in Clydebank, was launched on the Clyde on April 16, 1953 and today a ceremony was held on board the boat, which is now a tourist attraction in Edinburgh. The Royal Yacht Britannia Mirrorpix THE 60th anniversary of the launch of Royal Yacht Britannia has been marked with a ceremony on board the boat. The ship was built by workers at John Brown shipyard in Clydebank, near Glasgow, and was launched on the Clyde on April 16 1953. Exactly six decades on, the historic moment was remembered in a ceremony attended by the boat's longest-serving yachtsman. Ellis "Norrie" Norrell, a "yottie" for 34 years, raised a specially...

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