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Minature book of Robert Burns’ poetry to be launched into orbit

Deadline News Journalist - November 15, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond A TINY book of Robert Burns’ poems is set to be blasted into SPACE. The miniature book will dock with the International Space...

Sir Sean Connery chooses an award-winning personal piper

Deadline News Journalist - November 12, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond A TALENTED young Scot has seen his bagpipe dreams realised after impressing both First Minister Alex Salmond AND screen legend Sir Sean...

Salmond on crash course with voters over new Forth Road Bridge

Deadline News Journalist - November 8, 2009

By Michael MacLeod ONLY a third of Scots support a £2billion project to build a new bridge over the River Forth, according to a...

Scottish court service lost in translation

Deadline News Journalist - November 1, 2009

By Kirsty Taylor POLITICIANS are urging the Scottish Government to “sort out” problems within the court translation service as it is revealed that there is...

Grandson of Gandhi backs Kenny MacAskill over release of Lockerbie bomber

Deadline News Journalist - October 18, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond THE GRANDSON of Muhatma Gandhi has backed Kenny MacAskill’s decision to release Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi. Speaking just days before...

Interview: Sir Malcolm Rifkind

Deadline News Journalist - October 4, 2009

By Rory Reynolds TORY grandee Sir Malcolm Rifkind believes this week's conference marked the last rites of the Labour Government and Gordon Brown - neither...

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