Craig Williams
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'A huge vanity project' - when Sputnik crash-landed in Scotland (opens the original)
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Ten years ago, an alien object entered Scotland's airspace for the first time. The website and internet radio station Sputnik News was named after the first man-made satellite which was launched into space in 1957. The size of a basketball, the original Sputnik emitted a simple beep for three weeks before its battery died. But the signal it sent the world's governments was much more significant. It showed that the Soviet Union was winning the space race, and that news jolted the west into action
Number of farms with bluetongue virus rises to eight (opens the original)
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The bluetongue virus has now been detected on eight farms in Dumfries in Galloway, according to the latest figures. Nine sheep and 58 cattle have been found to have the bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) infections. The latest cases were found on premises in Kirkcudbright and Castle Douglas, following earlier cases around Lockerbie and Creetown. The news came after temporary restrictions were introduced on the movement of animals in Dumfries and Galloway to prevent the spread of the potentially deadl
Businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Wood dies aged 84 (opens the original)
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The Aberdeen-based businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Wood has died aged 84, his family has announced. Sir Ian was one of the UK oil and gas industry's most respected leaders, who turned his family's fishing boat repair yard into a global engineering player in the North Sea and internationally. He retired as chief executive in 2006 and a year later began concentrating on his charitable work, creating The Wood Foundation, which works on social and economic inequality, especially in Scotland a
Anger as 544-bed hostel gets go-ahead in Edinburgh's historic West End (opens the original)
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Campaigners in Edinburgh have hit out after the Scottish government granted planning approval for a 544-bed hostel in the city's Atholl Crescent. More than 280 objections were lodged against the plans to transform four Category A-listed Georgian townhouses within Edinburgh's Unesco World Heritage Site into pod-style hostel accommodation. The application by developer Atholl Crescent Propco Ltd was determined on appeal by the Scottish government on Friday. Those opposing the hostel say they are wo
Burnham tells Swinney independence is 'off limits' at Commonwealth Games meeting (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has met the Scottish and Welsh first ministers ahead of the start of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Burnham spoke to John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth at a series of face-to-face meetings in Glasgow. Downing Street later said a second Scottish independence referendum was "off limits". Swinney said the new prime minister gave a commitment not to bypass Holyrood with his plans for further devolution of power, while ap Iorwerth said he set out the case for Wales to have pa
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