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The Scotsman
Dec 28, 2017
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Snow warnings in place for Edinburgh, Glasgow and Borders
A snow warning has been issued for Scotland’s two largest cities as temperatures are set to plunge.
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| Ayrshire North Road Federation
Moot and Prize Presentation
Mauchline (Kilmarnock FC) Supporters Club, 8-12 Earl Grey Street, Mauchline, KA5 5AD on Saturday 18th November 2017 at 18.00 until late. Buffet will be provided.
The panel will consist of Karl Guenther, Barry Winters,
The panellists will be providing pigeons for auction as well as pigeons from Baurress & Murray, Liverpool. Purchasers are liable for courier fees.
Tickets cost £10 and are available from
Andy Kyle 07944 5...
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| A couple of us are thinking of running a yb Xmas race flown in December from Dunbar. It would be open to anybody flying in excess of 45 miles. Five bird limit at £10 a pigeon. All monies would be paid out minus 10% for expenses . Separate pools etc. This wee venture is for the benefit of the fanciers who just love racing and would like to extend the racing season lol. Whats yer thoughts?
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Striker Steven Rigg says he is relishing the prospect of a fresh start having agreed to join Queen of the South.
Rigg was one of 10 players released by Carlisle United at the end of last term as part of boss Keith Curle’s first team squad shake-up.
But the 23-year-old has acted swiftly, sealing a move to the Dumfries-based Scottish Championship side, who are now managed by fellow Cumbrian Gavin Skelton.
Rigg will complete his switch when his Carlisle contract officially expires at the...
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| Almost two-thirds of Scottish motorists say they witnessed at least one driver using their mobile phone at the wheel during their last hour on the road, according to a new poll.
And 97 per cent of them have told how they regularly see other drivers looking at their phones in stationary traffic.
A new RAC poll also showed men are more likely to make a phone call while driving while women more likely to send a text.
The automative services company says the findings show the need for ma...
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| HUNDREDS of passengers will today be among the first for nearly half a century to take a train to the central Borders, ahead of tomorrow’s historic line re-opening.
The winners of 480 “Golden Tickets” will board special services from the Borders Railway’s seven new stations as part of celebrations to mark its restoration between Edinburgh and Tweedbank. The original Waverley line – named after Sir Walter Scott’s novels – closed 46 years ago.
Lord Steel, who campaigned against the route’s c...
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| Saturday 14 March 2015
ON THIS day in 1952, the first TV programme to be broadcast in Scotland showed the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society performing the Duke of Edinburgh Reel.
This day would be beginning of television as we now know it in Scotland. The programme was broadcast from the Kirk o’Shotts transmitter, using the 405-line television system.
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TEMPERATURES in Scotland could tonight plunge to the lowest levels seen this winter, according to Met Office forecasts.
Readings of -7C were expected last night as amber alerts for snow and ice remained in place for some areas. But forecasters warn that gentler winds, clear skies and a carpet of snow could force the mercury as low as -15C.
“Lightening winds could see readings of -10C or even -15C in sheltered parts of Argyll and Perthshire as Sunday turns to Monday,” said the Met Offic...
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