The Siberian freeze UK is on its way, and it’s going to bring bone-chilling temperatures of -10C. According to the latest weather reports, the freeze will strike on Tuesday, February 18, bringing snow and rain to much of the UK. Weather experts, including WXCharts and the Met Office, have predicted a bitterly cold spell, with […]
This day in history we feature William Wallace. William Wallace was executed for treason this day in 1305 for his struggle to free Scotland from English rule. Trivia – William Wallace On this day in London, William Wallace was executed for treason, condemned for leading Scottish resistance forces during the first years of the long […]
With temperatures rising north of the barometer worldwide due to global warming, locals in Scotland have aimed to save the River Dee salmons. Salmon is known as cold-water fish, with a recommended spawning temperature range of 4oC to 10oC. Let alone hatching, the rising temperature of the water also puts the salmon eggs in danger […]
Britain on Tuesday hailed a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as it begins the biggest vaccination programme in the country’s history with a new Covid-19 jab. The first patients in line on what has been dubbed “V-Day” — the over-80s, care home workers and at-risk frontline health and social care staff […]
Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against “period poverty.” The measure makes tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies, at an estimated annual cost to taxpayers of 24 million […]
“I want to get scared, really scared without the antics”, this is what I told the discerning tourist officer at the Edinburgh Tourist Information Centre. In a flash, she pulled out the Mercat Ghost Tours flyer with a self-proclaimed ‘5-star scare factor’ and with softened vowels, muttered, “Um telling ye, thae arr the baist”. While […]
