Yes, December in the UK Was Cold!

Provisional figures from the Met Office issued today reveal that December 2010 has become the coldest December across the UK since the national series began in 1910.

British Missionary Serving a Jail Sentence for Sedition in The Gambia Released

A British missionary serving a jail sentence for sedition in The Gambia has been freed, the British Foreign Office confirmed Sunday.

Billy Connolly Caught in a Blizzard While Filming Tribute to Poet Norman MacCaig

Comedian Billy Connolly, fiddler Aly Bain and award-winning novelist Andrew Greig were caught in a blizzard while filming a tribute to their friend, the great Scottish poet Norman MacCaig (1910-96).

BBC Scotland Secures Rights to Football’s International And Domestic Matches

BBC Scotland will broadcast full live coverage of all four away fixtures in Scotland’s campaign to qualify for the European Championships.

Her Majesty the Queen to Open the British Garden At Hanover Square in New York City

Aberdeen Asset Management (“Aberdeen”) has gifted a granite stone from the heart of Royal Deeside in Scotland to the British Garden at Hanover Square in New York City. The stone and its plinth are one of the new features in the garden which...

Staggering 62% of Scottish Farms Fail on Quad Bike Safety

Figures released by the Health and Safety Executive show that almost two thirds (62 per cent) of Scottish farms visited in an intensive inspection initiative were found not to be using All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), such as quad bikes, safely. The information...

Pankaj Kapoor Rubs Vocal Chords With Sean Connery

For his starrer Happi directed by Bhavna Talwar, where Pankaj Kapoor plays the Charlie Chaplinesque role of homeless tramp in Mumbai, most of the dialogues and sounds have been captured live. However some vital portions of the brilliant actor’s...

Hard Kaur Back in the UK

After 3 years of rocking away in Asia, Hard Kaur is back in Birmingham for the BritAsia Music Awards 2010. Her return to the UK is rather late and this will be her first public appearance after 3 years of being in Asia.

Helicopter Makes Life Saving Dash Through Volcanic Ash

At 08.40 Friday morning, the Coastguard Helicopter based at Sumburgh in Shetland was called upon to perform an evacuation of a woman who had taken an overdose and was in need of urgent medical attention. Shetland Coastguard liaised with ambulance control...