Tag: highlands

Scots bothies given major revamp

Deadline News Journalist - September 13, 2009

By Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND’S bothies have had a major revamp this year, with a record amount of money spent on sprucing them up. In the last...

Floods hit Scotland

Deadline News Journalist - September 3, 2009

By Cara Sulieman and Rory Reynolds TORRENTIAL rain and flooding across parts of Scotland were feared to have claimed the life of at least one...

Iconic Trainspotting station has to go to rehab

Deadline News Journalist - August 21, 2009

By Michael MacLeod THE desolate Scots train station made famous in cult film Trainspotting is getting a £400,000 facelift - because it is so popular...

Scotland’s crime-ridden train network

Deadline News Journalist - August 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND’S sprawling network of trains and stations are being plagued by drug dealers, drunkards and sex attackers, shock new figures reveal. Hard pressed...

Smelly bus stops hit the capital

Deadline News Journalist - July 28, 2009

By Cara Sulieman NOT for nothing was Edinburgh once dubbed Auld Reekie. With the ongoing bin strikes seeing stinking rubbish littering the streets, and rush-hour traffic...