Page 2 - Monthly Archives: December 2015
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Posted: December 05, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Edinburgh Lights Up Despite Smoking Ban
Canopy of Light Delights Shoppers and Tourists
I was recently in Chartres in France on my honeymoon and saw this wonderful light show played against the ancient cathedral and noted buildings in the French town and was delighted when they decided to do similar things in Scotland’s capital city. Now every day until Christmas Eve they have a festival of light that...
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Posted: December 04, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
The Forth Bridge Closure - a Near Disaster?
Closed until the New Year
Now the Forth Bridge is closed until the New Year and thousands are facing a long journey cross country to get across this impressive stretch of water. The bridge’s website is full of zero information, but the minister responsible says safety is paramount. Well you’ve only to remember the lines of the deliciously named Sir William...
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Posted: December 02, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Speed Bonny Dinosaur over the Sea to Skye
Footprints Found by Dino Hunters
Those clever fellows who study dinosaurs, the palaeontologists, have discovered the tracks of huge dinosaurs that once roamed the coasts of pre-historic Scotland. There was nothing wee about the sauropods that lived 170 million years ago on Skye. These dinosaurs were early relatives of the famous species like diplodocus brontosaurus...
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Posted: December 02, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Otter Chaos
Otter Cubs Rescued
This year has been a busy year for the Scottish SPCA’s National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Fishcross, Clackmannanshire which has seen fourteen otters in need of rescuing. The latest trio were found on a roadside and at a flooded river bank in Brechin and are being cared for by animal welfare officers.
Otter the Mouth of Danger
In spite of their difficult start in life...
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Posted: December 02, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Spirit of Christmas Draining Away as Children Lose Belief in Santa
Vile Rumour That Father Christmas Isn’t Real
The good folks at some polling organisation or another have quizzed children in the UK and found that kids these days are a horribly doubting lot. It seems that the culprit is the Internet and those naughty people at Google. The search engine was launched some eighteen years ago and since...
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Posted: December 02, 2015Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Oh No, It’s the Internet at the Speed of Light
Scots Invention Means Internet Goes 100 x Faster, World Dismayed
If you are taking to the World Wide Web slowly, like the rest of us the news that Internet could soon be getting one hundred times faster will not necessarily be putting a spring in your step, unless you are addicted to Candy Crush or playing Call of Duty on line. This new wheeze is courtesy...
