There are rolling hills and wild scenery, there’s weaving, tartan and tweed, tales of emigration and sites of bloody battle, with glorious beaches, distilleries, stately homes and spectacular wildlife ...
Karin Ptaszek-Kochis from Denmark reached the top 300 in women’s singles during her professional tennis career. But now at 52, she is topping the rankings in the women’s senior charts in pickleball ...
A chip shop and four-bedroom home have been brought to the market for sale in what is described as a “lifestyle” opportunity. The family is to sell the popular village chip shop and home after 35 ...
Democracy, Churchill satirised, is “the worst form of government” – except, that is, for all the other systems that have been tried. The challenge for elected politicians is that their bosses, the ...
It’s Russell Findlay who suggests we meet in Weatherspoons; it’s £1.50 for a coffee, with free refills, and we both like a bargain so that’s good. He turns up on his bike wearing a tomato-red jacket ...
Aberdeen has posted a record turnover of £23.6m but still made an annual loss of £880k. While the club grew its income by 49 per cent from the previous financial year, a £6.1m fall in player sales ...
THE Diary was sad to hear of the death of Labour politician John Prescott, a fella from humble roots who thrived during an era when the Labour Party still had a passing acquaintance with the working ...