Tag: War

Conan Doyle led campaign to issue Somme troops with body armour

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - June 30, 2016

SIR Arthur Conan Doyle led a campaign to provide British troops at the Somme with body armour, a new exhibition reveals. Doyle is best known...

MoD sitting on 1,000 empty family homes in Scotland worth £160m

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - June 2, 2016

MILITARY chiefs are sitting on 1,000 empty family homes worth an estimated £160m, it has been revealed. Despite the scandal of 1,000 military veterans living...

Scots Rugby bosses plan to uproot war memorial to make room for luxury hotel

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - June 1, 2016

SCOTTISH rugby bosses have admitted their plans to build a luxury six floor hotel at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium may mean uprooting a memorial for...

Shocking 80% surge in lone children arriving in Scotland

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 24, 2016

SCOTLAND has witnessed an 80% surge in children arriving in the country on their own, according to a refugee service. The Scottish Guardianship Service has...