Tag: scotland news

Sir Jimmy’s jaunty tunes “better than Rolling Stones”

Deadline News Journalist - September 6, 2009

By Michael MacLeod SCOTS trad music legend Sir Jimmy Shand was better than the Rolling Stones, according to the Beatles’ official biographer. The Fab Four’s best-known...

Panic as jet fire grounds Edinburgh flight

Deadline News Journalist - June 17, 2009

By Michael MacLeod PASSENGERS had to flee across a runway after a plane engine caught fire just moments before take off. Fire crews surrounded a Flybe...

Kilt copyright could save tourists from tartan tat

Deadline News Journalist - June 16, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A CLAN chief is calling for a “tartan trademark” to stop cut price cloth being fobbed off as authentically Scottish. Lord Jamie Sempill,...

Missing pensioner’s anguished family fear the worst

Deadline News Journalist - June 16, 2009

By Michael MacLeod HEARTBROKEN relatives of a Scots pensioner who has been missing for a year admit they now fear she is dead. Frail 89-year-old Mary...