Tag: london 2012

Castle Olympic rings bill to be paid by taxpayers

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 22, 2011

HARD pressed taxpayers are to foot a £200,000 bill to hang Olympic rings from Edinburgh Castle. The plan – for a city still reeling from...

Olympic chiefs blame Scottish officials for Castle rings plan

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 18, 2011

OLYMPIC bosses say plans to hang giant rings from Edinburgh Castle were not their idea. The UK Government claims the decision was made by officials...

Olympic ring of steel plan to thwart terrorists

Deadline News Journalist - August 9, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A FENCE fortress is being put up around Britain’s Olympic site to keep out terrorists. The 11-mile ring of steel will emit a...

Gallery want Olympic TV switched off

Deadline News Journalist - December 18, 2008

By Michael MacLeod GRUMPY gallery bosses have hit out at a plan to show major sporting events live on a jumbo screen on...

Chris Hoy auctions cycling shirt

Deadline News Journalist - December 16, 2008

By Cara SuliemanFANS OF cyclist Chris Hoy can bid to win a bit of sporting history and help a charity at the same time. A...

Karate champ Calum’s Japan joy

Deadline News Journalist - November 26, 2008

By Michael MacLeod SCOTLAND'S top karate star is home with a bronze medal from the world's toughest fighting competition in Japan. But unlike his foreign...

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