... Labour had opposed an "oil fund". In fact it has opposed a North Sea oil fund for decades whether for Scotland or the UK. They did not ... years they were in power after the discovery of oil in the North Sea in the mid-70's. In fact when Labour was last in power in 2009 ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 9 2015 - 11:40am - 0 comments
... normal people around and I’ve spent the day on an odyssey North and South in search. I kicked off at Orrisdale gawping at the horses it's ... The day is sharp, crisp and clear the Mournes and the North Down coast are peeping out of the distance on the horizon. There is a ...
Bernard Moffatt - Feb 3 2019 - 5:05pm
... in farmland in Rossett, near Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) in north Wales. Then he found another in the same place nine months later. When ... suggesting long lived connections with communities living in Ireland and other parts of Atlantic Europe...We think that these complete and ...
Mair Williams - Mar 27 2015 - 1:09pm - 0 comments
... of our Nordic links. Steve’s adventures in the frozen north would be infinitely more interesting than listening to some nerd from ... Image: Tynwald President flies the flag up North! Bernard Moffatt Disclaimer: This ...
Bernard Moffatt - Aug 8 2018 - 12:43pm
... in the town of Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige) in the north of Scotland. Designed by Scottish sculptor Alan Beattie Herriott, the ...
Douglas MacQueen - May 22 2023 - 6:10pm
... a mood of patriotic fervour appears to have failed in North Wales, where there seems to be a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the ...
Mair Williams - May 16 2018 - 12:16pm
... (Scottish Gaelic: Deasgard, Siorrachd Bhanbh) in the North East of Scotland in 1816. The Celtic Iron-Age trumpet dates from between ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 27 2016 - 8:24pm - 0 comments
... interest in, and love of, Scottish food and drink produce in North America. As a Government, we have supported Macsween to grow their ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 20 2017 - 6:27pm
... Festival entertainment circuit who tour extensively in North America. This band has a growing and loyal fan base. Albannach's ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 3 2015 - 3:16pm - 0 comments
... 3100 BC to 2500 BC. This was a time in the Neolithic or New Stone Age period before the discovery of metal. Eight dwellings can be seen, ... such as the Links of Noltland near Grobust Bay on the north coast of Westray which contains the remains of a Neolithic village as ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 11 2016 - 7:38am - 0 comments