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THE Saltire is flying alongside the Ukrainian flag at the “birthplace” of Scotland's national flag.

Who was St Andrew? How did he die? And what happened to his bones? Here's everything you need to know about the history of St Andrew's Day.

St Andrew & the Saltire History of St Andrew We think he was a fisherman and one of Jesus' first Apostles. He was sentenced to death by crucifixion by the Romans in Greece, but asked to be crucified on a diagonal cross as he felt he wasn't worthy to die on the same shape of cross as Jesus. This diagonal cross is now used on the Scottish flag - the Saltire. Records suggest Scotland adopted St Andrew as the patron saint by the year AD 1000. In 1286, the Seal of the Guardians of Scotland (used to authenticate legal documents and communications) had a representation of St Andrew on his X-sha...

Letter to the editor: U.S. failed to heed early warning of cyberattack Share The headline on Page A7 on Friday read “Hack against U.S. is ‘grave threat,’ cybersecurity agency says.” Cited in the Associated Press article is the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which terms the hack, as paraphrased by the reporter, “a long-undetected intrusion.” Evidently, they didn’t read the Portland Press Herald. A headline on Page B1 in that newspaper on Aug. 17, 2017, more than three years ago, declared, “ ‘The next Pearl Harbor will be cyber,’ says King.” Angus ...