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Ferguson Marine woe: Scots ministers face official sanctions over failure to submit first financial accounts on time PREMIUM Ferguson Marine woe: Scots ministers face official sanctions over failure to submit first financial accounts on time MINISTERS face an official sanction after the nationalised shipyard company at the centre of Scotlands ferry building fiasco failed to file four sets of financial accounts on time, the Herald can reveal. The results for Ferguson Marine, which controls t...

1 May 2021 Reports by two of Britain’s leading news outlets have published separate sets of analyses that claim millions of Britons have been living in areas that have seen no deaths from coronavirus in weeks. Analysis by BBC News, also quoted by British newspaper of record  The Times, was published on Friday claiming that around 22 million people across the four nations of the United Kingdom live in areas where there have been no recorded deaths by COVID-19 from April 1st to the 28th. In t...

10 of the coolest holiday rentals in Scotland Gemma Bowes Alexander House, Auchterarder, Perthshire Two converted horseboxes, Thistle and Juniper, have been added to the collection of self-catering and glamping accommodation at the Alexander House estate in Perthshire. The whole place, which sleeps 25, is often rented for weddings and events, but each component – including the wings of the main house and two yurts – is available individually too, plus there’s a heated indo...

Updated: April 30, 2021, 1:16 pm Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Hebrides Mountain Rescue Team (HebMRT) have launched a fundraising effort to build a new base that is “fit for purpose”. The group, based in Stornoway, operates throughout the Outer Hebrides ranging from Barra in the south, to Lewis in the north. ...

Published: The hit TV show Outlander follows its characters from the battlefields of the Second World War to the Jacobite risings of the 18th-century and colonial North Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution. Based on a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon, the drama uses a time-slip narrative – in which its protagonist Claire (played by Caitriona Balfe) moves initially between the 1940s and the 1740s – to play fast and loose with history. But far from inaccurate, the show i...

LONDON - Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry was reluctant to read the script of “Limbo.”

On a Scottish isle, Limbo breaks the refugee movie mould by Hilary Fox, The Associated Press Posted Apr 30, 2021 5:22 am EDT Last Updated Apr 30, 2021 at 5:28 am EDT In this image made from video provided by Focus Features, Amir El-Masry, left, stars as "Omar" and Vikash Bhai stars as "Farhad" in director Ben Sharrocks “Limbo”, a film about refugees waiting on a remote Scottish island for residency. The film is based on writer Ben Sharrock’s own experience of studying and living in Arab c...

On a Scottish isle, Limbo breaks the refugee movie mold HILARY FOX, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5In this image made from video provided by Focus Features, Amir El-Masry stars as "Omar" in director Ben Sharrocks “Limbo”, a film about refugees waiting on a remote Scottish island for residency. The film is based on writer Ben Sharrock’s own experience of studying and living in Arab countries, visiting refugee camps and rooted in the fact that asylum seekers are of...

Print In March, U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel announced potential plans to send asylum seekers to processing centers farther afield — the Isle of Man or even Gibraltar. The report also suggested using remote Scottish islands as a place to house refugees — a recommendation that was immediately denounced by Scotland. It may sound equals parts inhumane and absurd to force refugees into isolation on an island, but that’s almost exactly the plot of Ben Sharrock’s second film, “Limbo.”...

Friday, 30th April 2021 at 12:26 pm In January 2020, island residents of North Uist and Bernerary in the Outer Hebrides had something to celebrate when they discovered they had the prize winning postcode in the Postcode Lottery. Advertisement The grand prize was an impressive £3 million divided between them, and a new one hour Channel 4 documentary, The Scottish Island That Won The Lottery, explores what happened next to the residents of the remote Scottish islands. Did the win change them at...