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BAA Required to Sell Stansted Airport Followed By Edinburgh Or Glasgow Airport
BAA will be required to sell Stansted Airport followed by Edinburgh or Glasgow Airport, the Competition Commission (CC) has confirmed.
Protein Study Helps Shape Understanding of Body Forms
Scientists have shed light on why some people are apple-shaped and others are pear-shaped. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have pinpointed a protein that plays a part in how fat is stored in the body. The latest findings give greater understanding...
Shahid Flies A Tornado At Airbase In Edinburgh
In what is a first for Indian cinema, on Tuesday Shahid Kapoor flew a Tornado aircraft at the Royal Airforce airbase in Leuchars near Edinburgh as part of the shooting for his father’s Mausam.
14 Year Old Reginald Earnshaw Confirmed As Youngest Known Service Casualty of WWII
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has confirmed that following a public appeal, which was made after it erected a headstone at the grave of Reginald Earnshaw in Comely Bank Cemetery in Edinburgh in July 2009, family members have been in contact to...
979 People Recommended to The Queen for 2010 New Year Honors List
The 2010 New Year Honours List recognizing outstanding achievement and service across the whole of the United Kingdom is published today. More women have been honored than ever before, making up 45% of the list, including six Dames and 38 CBEs. Once again,...
Old Golf Course At Musselburgh Links Outside Edinburgh Officially Recognized As the Oldest Surviving Golf Course in the World
The Old Golf Course at Musselburgh Links just outside of Edinburgh, Scotland has been officially recognized as the oldest surviving golf course in the world by Guinness World Records. Historians uncovered the earliest record of golf being played on any...
Royal Navy’s Record-breaking Drug-buster HMS Iron Duke Returning to Home
Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke, which made a record-breaking drugs seizure in the North Atlantic in September, will return to her Portsmouth home on December 14. The Type 23 frigate found 5.5 tonnes of pure cocaine with an estimated UK value of £240m...
Temporary Export Bar Placed on Welsh Landscape with Two Women Knitting, a Painting By William Dyce
U.K. Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by William Dyce, Welsh landscape with two women knitting. The Minister’s ruling follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art...
