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Pics show kitesurfer lifted 30ft above sea off Troon

PICTURES show a daredevil kitesurfer lifted 30ft above the waves by the strong winds that battered Scotland at the weekend. Paul Gordon was out for...

Survivor of five heart attacks, aged 20, defying docs to cycle 450 miles

A 20-year-old who has already survived five heart attacks is defying doctors to cycle 450 miles across Scotland. Colin Sutherland has three holes in his...

Football law has made sectarianism worse claims criminologist

BANNING “offensive” chanting at football matches has made the problem of sectarianism worse, according to a Scots criminologist. Dr Stuart Waiton says the 2011 law...

Scot selling wooden skis at £750 a pair

AN enterprising Scot is making wooden skis that sell for £750 a pair.       Jamie Kunka - the first Scottish ski maker for over 30 years...

Scots curling bosses ban new brooms days before championship

THE Scottish-governed sport of curling is facing “broomageddon” following a total ban on hi-tech brushes. The brooms have outraged many curlers because they use high-tech,...

World curling federation bans controversial “Frankenbrooms”

THE WORLD Curling Federation, based in Perth, has banned controversial “Frankenbrooms” from this year’s Pacific-Asia Championship. The 2015 Championship kicked off on Sunday in Almaty,...

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