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Politics Index (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
With Mr FM in Scotland I'm relying on the kindness of a reader to transport to the delights of the King's Arms tonight. Last night I was at The Red Lion East Chisenbury. Bloody fantastic - book a meal there. The Salted Almond Ice Cream with the Chocolate Fondant will live in my memory for a long time.
Dunedin Napier News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
by Lori Carnochan and Emma Craig A West Lothian councillor has condemned the youth of today after vandals targeted a town cemetery. A total of 21 heastones were damaged in Manse Road cemetery in Whitburn just after midnight on October 31. The recent vandalism is the second attack in just eight months and caused around £5,000 worth of [...]
Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
53 Threshers shops out of the 219 across Scotland are now to close down. There will be 373 closures across the UK out of a total of 1,300 shops which will affect all of First Quench's brands including Threshers, Wine Rack, Haddows, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine. As most people know the parent company, First Quench went into administration just last month and have appointed KPMG as their administrator,...
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Scottish Genealogy News and Events:- Several gravestones were damaged by vandals on Hallowe'en night at Manse Road Cemetery in Whitburn.
Intagliod Up in Blue (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
If the spinal column were a chest of drawers, what would be contained? Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks and the party to begin when someone walks through a door. This morning's smoothie--cherry, vanilla, with almond extract and megadoses of cinnamon. Visiting artist from Scotland. A Blake scholar. A printmaker. A diner at Lindy's with me and L-Bo and the lovely Charlene, on Sunday night. Chocolate velvet...
ABC (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Robbie Deans has rejected talk of divisions in Australia's squad, insisting the Wallabies are united as they look to emulate the 1984 squad that completed a Grand Slam of victories over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
France24 (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Robbie Deans has rejected talk of divisions in the Australia squad, insisting the Wallabies are united as they look to emulate the 1984 squad that completed a Grand Slam of victories over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Deans is under pressure to get the Australia team back on track this month after an alarming set of results in 2009. They lost five of their six Tri-Nations matches to finish...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
RESIDENTS in West Lothian are being invited to meet and air their views at a police surgery held by PC Jason Beck, Whitburn community police officer.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
MORE jobs are to go in West Lothian after an envelope manufacturer announced plans to shed a third of its workforce at its site in Bathgate.
Did you discover what the Earth peo (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Time to finally get around to writing up the stuff I did in Scotland on my recent trip - I was there from Friday night to Tuesday night, and besides all the worky things, there was some fun to be had too. First off, on Saturday morning, I took a trip to Breich by train. This station is served by a mere three trains a day, and generates practically no traffic at all - it has a grand total of one regular...
db-images (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The Miss West Lothian competition is swinging into top gear now as the competition’s Guru, Eddie Anderson gets ready to wield the axe and cut the number of entrants going through to the final in December to just 30 of the current 50 remaining girls. It looks, to me, like an impossible task though: the ‘gorgeous-ity’ factor among this years entrants is just soooo high that I, personally,...
Swisster (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The first biography of Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who shot to stardom earlier this year when singing on the British television show "Britain's got talent", is to be published in Switzerland next month. Swiss authork, Alexandre Friedrich wrote the book, entitled "Susie la simple", due out on November 24. When Boyle, now 48, appeared in front of the jury on the talent contest...
West Lothian Clarion (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
A West Lothian hill was turned into Scotland's version of the Tour de France's King of the Mountains stage. The notoriously steep Kingscavil hill was the scene of a hill climb hosted by West Lothian Clarion, and which attracted a field of 38 riders, some putting in final preparation for next weekends National Hill Climb champs in Fife. The race was the club's first open event and competitors travelled...
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
AN MSP has called for an end to the "soft touch approach" to prisoners following a riot at Scotland's newest prison.
Dunedin Napier News (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
By Jennifer Russell A women prison officer was in need of hospital treatment after a disturbance at the HMP Addiewell Prison in West Lothian. It is understood that around 20 inmates were involved in the incident which took place at around 1100 BST on Sunday. Inmates attacked with mops and drove the officers from a hall, injuring [...]
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