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Rigging the game with Tabitha Lasley, the woman who broke into the world of North Sea oil workers © DCT Media Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up It’s a familiar Hollywood plotline; the single-minded individual who confronts obstacles, struggles with strangers and ends up being tossed on to the scrap heap, but keeps fighting to bring their dream to fruition. In the movies, there is usually a happy ending for such characters, b...

America not only has two Presidents – Biden, the unelected one, and Trump, the elected one – but two impeachments. This is new territory. The audacious attempt by nice Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, to whom I copying this column as a courtesy, to impeach Joe Biden over his corrupt dealings with Ukraine is unlikely to get anywhere, with respect, but the numbers could look quite different after the mid-terms. That’s always assuming, of course, that a way can be found to count the votes fairly. Sadly, at the moment America is not a functioning democracy. Not content with ...

Cast adrift … Tabitha Lasley Extracting oil offshore is a treacherous business, requiring grit and stamina from its workers, along with a willingness to be cut off from civilisation for weeks, sometimes months, at a time. When men come home from the platforms they are like returning soldiers, struggling to acclimatise and communicate with their wives and girlfriends. Many will turn their phones off and spend the first few days in the pub. Gain the confidence of an offshore worker and he will probably tell you about the friend of a friend who filled his pockets wit...

Piper Alpha Gallantry Medal to be sold at Dix Noonan Webb The medal is being sold by Mr Mackay, who is now 68 years old, and was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. It is expected to fetch £4,000-5,000 and is being sold with copies of various official letters, including ones from Downing Street, regarding the award and investiture. LONDON .- The Queen’s Gallantry Medal awarded to Captain Ian MacKay of the Merchant Navy, for his gallantry during the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster of 6 July 1988 will be offered by Dix Noonan Webb in their live/ online auction of Orders, Decorations, Medals and Mil...

A PIPER Alpha hero who helped save the lives of three oil workers during the 1988 oil rig disaster has said he will sell his Queen’s Gallantry Medal at auction to ensure the events are not forgotten. Merchant Navy captain Ian MacKay was awarded the medal for his bravery during the tragedy on July 6, 1988 in which 167 men lost their lives. He and two crew members of the diving support vessel, Lowland Cavalier, spent eight hours searching for survivors in a small fibreglass workboat. Braving intense heat, explosions and falling debris, they saved three of Piper Alpha’s crew. Mr Mac...