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New links between Scotland and Canada forged as communities honour WW2 airman
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (587+ words) A CANADIAN Air Force pilot whose plane crashed in Scotland's Southern Uplands during the Second World War has been honoured in the South Lanarkshire village of Leadhills. Leadhills Miners' Library gifted a salvaged propeller blade from Sgt George Stevenson's Hawker…...
Infamous concentration camp commandant's home reborn as anti-extremist centre
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1591+ words) IN the former home of the SS commandant who ran Auschwitz, Jacek Purski is talking about neo-Nazis and reclaiming a number that represents "Heil Hitler" and white supremacy. He's referring to the number 88, which is a code in far-right circles…...
Explosive device revealed after 24-hour closure of Scottish beach
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (111+ words) A SUSPECTED explosive device which caused a beach to be closed for 24 hours has been revealed to be an unexploded paintballing grenade. Emergency services were called to East Beach in Lossiemouth at around 1. 20pm on Friday after an unexploded ordnance device…...
Scottish university opens UK's first Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing display
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) AN exhibition documenting the lasting effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will open for the first time in the UK at a Scottish university. To mark the anniversary of the catastrophic event, the University of Stirling is…...
Bomb disposal team called to Scottish beach after 'suspect item' found
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (223+ words) A BOMB disposal team was called to a Scottish beach over the weekend after a suspected ordnance was discovered. The Greenock coastguard rescue team are reminding residents not to touch unusual items found on Inverclyde's shores following a suspected ordnance…...
Scottish activists mark 80 years since atomic bombings with new 'peace garden"
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (742+ words) ACTIVISTS in Scotland have marked the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the opening of a new garden. A vigil, organised by the Glasgow branch of the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), was held at the…...
Doric play to mark 80 years since end of Second World War
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (488+ words) A NEW play written almost entirely in Doric is to be staged to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War A NEW play written almost entirely in Doric is to be staged to celebrate the 80th anniversary…...
Westminster Abbey service to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (482+ words) Ten-year-old Alexander Churchill, the great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, will light a candle of peace. Westminster Abbey service to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day The sacrifices of Second World War veterans and their generation will be commemorated…...