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Primal Scream - Loaded
Released as a single in 1990. From the album Screamadelica (1991)
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The Scottish Highlands
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Calvin Harris - Colours
From the album 'I Created Disco' (2007)
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Kelburn castle
Graffiti project
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Russian sailor drinks half a litre of rum before crashing 7,000-ton ship at full speed
A Russian officer on watch when a 423ft cargo ship ran aground at full speed in Scotland had drunk half a litre of rum before taking up his post, an investigation has found. The Lysblink Seaways vessel was travelling from Belfast to Skogn in Norway with a cargo of paper when it became stuck off the west coast of Scotland near Kilchoan in the Ardnamurchan peninsula on 18 February this year. The chief officer on watch, a 36-year-old Russian...
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Loch Ness: The greatest PR stunt of the century
One evening, when I was growing up on Exmoor, my father returned home with some news. He had just seen a large black cat – a panther, he supposed – on the horizon. He reported the sighting to the local farmer, who was not at all surprised, for he, too, had seen this ominous beast... Rupert Hawksley.
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Were these remote, wild islands the centre of everything?
Orkney’s number of Stone Age sites implies that the remote Scottish islands once may have been at the centre of it all. But why? An exciting new discovery could hold the clues.
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A Long December Weekend in Edinburgh, Scotland
We traveled to Edinburgh for a long weekend as Rico already needed to go up for work on that Thursday—extending the trip seemed an obvious choice to escape for a few days! Thursday was spent primarily working, but Friday brought our first day of wandering and exploring.
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21st December 1988 - Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland
Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground. A bomb hidden inside an audio cassette player detonated in the cargo area when the plane was at an altitude of 31,000 feet.
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Glasgow flathunter offered ‘£450-a-month bathroom’
A MAN hunting for a place to stay in Glasgow has revealed he answered one advert for a £450-a-month bathroom.
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Cutting Loose
Scotland's prison hairdressing competition: where prisoners are given scissors and a chance at a new life. Directed by Finlay Pretsell and Adrian McDowall.
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Storm Gertrude: Warnings as Scotland Battered
A danger to life warning is issued and winds of 101mph recorded as Storm Gertrude batters Scotland, causing major disruption.
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The Tree Farm
‘I was going north to find a tree farm, in a land where there are no trees.’ Cal Flyn on Scottish forestry.
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8th February 1587 - Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
After 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
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Here's How You Can Contribute to an Interstellar 'Message in a Bottle'
Researchers based in Edinburgh, Scotland are inviting individuals from around the world to contribute to a culturally-inspired, interstellar radio message that will broadcast from Earth into space ...
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Scottish library promises JK Rowling a slice of cake - and she actually turns up
We’re more than a little bit jealous of this book club. If you’ve ever wondered how to get JK Rowling along to a discussion about The Cuckcoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (her pseudonym) we might well have the answer…
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Scotland and Wales 'could form their own country' if Britain votes to leave EU
Scotland and Wales are in preliminary talks to split away from the UK and form a new country if Britain votes to leave the EU in June. The extraordinary proposal has been discussed by members of the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Government, and it is being taken seriously by the UK Government. The Independent can reveal the plans today after it was passed redacted documents by a Cabinet Office whistle-blower.
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Asad Shah death: Man admits killing shopkeeper because he 'disrespected' Islam
The man accused of murdering Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah has issued a statement saying he carried out the killing because he believed Mr Shah had "disrespected" Islam. Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford, is accused of killing Mr Shah outside his shop in Glasgow almost a fortnight ago. In the statement he denied the incident had anything to do with Christianity. Mr Ahmed claimed Asad Shah had "disrespected" Islam by claiming to be a prophet.
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People Demand 'Banks for the Common Good' to Overthrow Multinational Behemoths
In a new report (pdf) focused on Scotland but with global implications.
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'Snow in April is normal', says STV weather presenter Sean Batty
Surprised to see a white flurry in the middle of the year? Our man says it once even snowed in June.
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