Tag: Australia

Sean’s adventure in Oz ends in coma

Scottish News

Peter Laing - July 10, 2013

A YOUNG Scot enjoying a dream working holiday in Australia ended up in a coma - after getting an infected finger. Sean Foster may have...

Hunt is on for descendants of “lost” Scottish explorer who mapped Australia

Scottish News

Guest - March 7, 2013

THE hunt is on for descendants of a “forgotten” Scottish explorer who became the first man to walk across Australia. John McDouall Stuart - who...

Daughters wrongly told their dad was dead

Scottish News

Guest - November 12, 2012

A HEARTBROKEN daughter said a tearful telephone goodbye to her dying father only to be told later she had been put through to the...

Children lose literally billions in support

In Brief

Guest - August 26, 2012

NEARLY £4 billion in child maintenance has gone unpaid to parents across the country. Latest figures from the Child Support Agency show that £3.802bn was...

Deep Sea World welcomes deadly stonefish

Scottish News

Guest - May 14, 2012

A DEADLY stonefish - the world’s most venomous fish species - has arrived at Deep Sea World, Scotland’s national aquarium, this week. Stonefish, which are...